Five Men Held Without Bonds in Mob Murder Case
Collinsville Illinois April 12 five men were arrested and jailed without bail on murder charges following a coroner's verdict after the hanging of Robert Prager a German alien near the town early last Friday. The detainees named are Joseph Riegel Wesley Beaver Richard Dukes Jr Enid Elmore and William Brockmeter. The attorney general said a Edwardsville grand jury will be asked to indict the five and several other suspected mob members.
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Collinsville
Robert Prager
Here
Mnder
Joseph Riegel
Wesley Beaver
Richard Dukes Jr
Enid Elmore
Wiliam Brockmeter
Edwardsville
Mortuary Notices For Gustave Forestier And Susan Myers
Gustave Forestier formerly of Waterloo died in Freeport Illinois after lung trouble. His daughter Mrs Joseph Kress traveled after telegram news. funeral held in Freeport with burial there. Forestier, 42, worked as a mason in Waterloo earlier. mother died years ago. survived by three daughters including Mrs Earle J Afnsile and three sons. residence listed as Rock Falls Illinois. Mrs Susan E B Myers widow of Jerome B Myers died in Chicago. body to Waterloo for burial. three children survive Mrs H W Hammond Laura and Jerome. burial plans pending. Myers and husband once lived in brick house now Byrnes park clubhouse. later moved to 604 Fourth Street West Waterloo.
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Gustave Foresner
Waterloo
Freeport
Joseph Kress
Forestier
Susan E. Myers
Susan EB Myers
Jerome B. Myers
Chicago
Myers
Byrnes Park
City
Fourth Street
First Congregational Church
H. W. Hammond
Laura
Jerome
Texas Cattle Herds Depleted by Drouth
Texas cattle herds have shrunk due to two years of drought with western ranges thinning from sales and shipments to better areas. I N McCrary notes no rain since Feb 14 1916 and warns of further decline. Calf losses soar, banks loan for feed, and whispers of a delayed cattle revival persist.
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Canas
Tex
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Kansas
Colorado
Texas
West Texas
Birmingham
Ala
Fort Worth
Waterloo Lodge to Convene for First Degree Work
Waterloo lodge No 105 A F and A M will hold a called communication Saturday evening at Basonic temple to perform work on the first degree. The note jokes that the Huns pay $85 per pair for shoes and a man with an $83 pair should kick strong.
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Waterloo Lodge
Basonic Temple
Huns
City in brief highlights local notices and arrivals
Ill at home for some time Silas Northey shows slight improvement. Airs M L Tate recovering well after Presbyterian hospital operation. Harry McKay veteran fireman seeks rheumatism treatment in Hot Springs Ark. Dr R E Christopher investigates hog cholera outbreak in Bremer county. Mrs J C Larkin of St Paul to visit daughter Helen M Larkin at Y W C A. fire at Hawkeye Oil plant causes no damage. Sheriff Henderson ships out two I W W men interfering at a local factory. C F Altstadt to lecture on War Bread at St Pauls Church Community Service League. Florence Butler re elected head of Ogden Utah high school science dept. Incorporation papers for Boysen Shoe Co Cedar Falls filed. Alfred B Boysen president. George P Boysen sec treas. cap stock 25000. Mrs J H Yaggy returns from Vinton. Rev Yaggy to preach at Graves Memorial Church. H A Snyder re elected Royal Arcanum Iowa grand secretary. term two years. unanimously reelected. Singers Sewing Medh Co opens branch Herff stitching Shop 517 Lafayette St April 15 with sewing supplies.
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M. L. Tate
Presbyterian Hospital
Harry McKay
Hot Springs
Ark
R. E. Christopher
Bremer County
J.C. Larkin
St. Paul
Helen M. Larkin
Pace
Y. W.C.A
Hawkeye Oil Company
D. B. Henderson
C. F. Altstadt
Altstadt & Langlas Baking Company
George P. Boysen
Vinton
The
Singers Sewing Medh. Co
Lafayette Street
Smiling Doug Fairbanks Separates From Wife
New York April 12 Mrs Fairbanks announces a mutual separation from her husband actor Doug Fairbanks to allow him to pursue his professed love for a screen star They name the other woman and say no divorce will occur with both remaining friends The split follows 12 years of marriage and a plan for Mrs Fairbanks to live apart with their son while he explores the big love with another actress
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New York
Douglas Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Mr. Fairbanks
Chicken Joe Campbell Sentence Commuted to Life
Springfield April 12 Governor Lowden commuted the sentence of Chicken Joe Campbell to life imprisonment for the murder of the wife of former Joliet Warden Allen. The commutation follows judicial appeal and is announced today in the Illinois capital.
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Springfield
Jll
Lowden
Campbell
Allen
Joliet
Man Convicted of Murder Sentenced to Death in Joliet
Campbell was convicted in the county circuit court of murder and sentenced to death. He was reprieved six times before the case reached the supreme court, which affirmed the death sentence.
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Joliet
Campbell
Supreme Court
German Submarine Crews Low in Spirits
London dispatch reports British seamen observation that German submarine crews are very nervous and pallid, showing the strain of war. Descriptions include frantic haste by captains and tension in bomb hands, with moral reflections on German conduct and a grim Belgian incident.
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London
England
Gays
Manchester Guardian
Chamber of Commerce backs universal military service
The Chicago sixth annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States adopted resolutions urging universal military service, reaffirming support for government price control, endorsing elimination of non-essential industries, and pledging full backing for war-winning measures.
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Chicago
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Man Receives Oil Land Payment and Buys Car
Fort Worth report states Troy Gilmore a private in the One Hundred and Eleventh Ammunition Train at Camp Bowie received 66,600 dollars from his wife in Pawnee Oklahoma as payment on oil land. He immediately purchased an automobile.
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Fort. Worth, Tex
Troy Gilmore
Camp Bowie
Pawnee
Okla
Gilmore
Williams Pink Pills Restore Nervous, Pale Woman
A testimonial promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a blood builder for nervous rundown conditions. Mrs I F Lothrop of Stoughton Massachusetts recounts dizziness weakness and weight loss improving after taking the pills. The ad offers free books Building Up the Blood and What to Eat and How to Hat and lists price six boxes for $2.50.
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Consumpton
Dr. Williams
Dr. WitHame
Dr Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N.Y
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Collins
Ville
Guspave
Buchanan
Silas Northey
Doug
Massachusetts
Barguin
High Street
Warwick
Blaci
Oxfords
Brownlee’s Shoe Store
Joseph Sons Company Jewelers and Silversmiths
First National Hani Building
Enderlein
Uncle Sam
Enderlein’s. Clothes
West Fourth Street
North Waterloo Meat CO
East Fourth Street
Grocer
Spaghett
Hamburg
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