Testimony in Phillips case highlights key witnesses
The article details courtroom testimony including Captain Mumma of Iowa City and witnesses Peter O Connor EF D Marble and Will Heinen. Sheriffs Shores and Leighton faced questions about statements by the defendant in the county jail after the tragedy while Johny McCaskill and H EB McCaskill described a jail conversation and the defendant's posture during the first shot.
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Mumma
Iowa City
Phillips
Peter O'Connor
Ef, D. Marble
Will Heinen
F., M. Shores
Leighton
George H. Lonergan
Evening Courier
Johny McCaskill
H. EB. McCaskill
Agent for Fifty Roads Issues Call
New York April 12 Stuart chairman of the general managers association of fifty eastern railroads issues a call for a conference committee meeting in New York April 17 to discuss engineers strike vote and whether to counter their pay demand.
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New York
Co.stuart
General Managers’ Association of Fifty Eastern Railroads
French Lieutenant Killed in Air Accident Near Paris
Paris reports Lieut. M H L A Roncour of the Twenty seventh Infantry killed in an aviation mishap while performing a flight 125 miles east of Paris. He fell from a high altitude over Laimont as his aircraft collapsed from an unknown cause leaving his body nearly unrecognizable.
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Paris
HL A. Roncour
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Laimont
Noted steamer Venus purchased by New Orleans captain
The steamer Venus, famous for the Nicaragua revolution, has been bought by Capt. 3. Barbie of New Orleans from the Costa Rican government. Rumor says it will be used in the Mexican revolution.
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New Orleans
Venus
Nicaragua
Barbie
New Orleana
City in Brief: Autopography and Union News at Buchanan's
Local notes report a license to wed issued for Alexander Nicol and Ethel Thomas of Waterloo. Social items note visits and recoveries, with city plans to improve Cedar River park by opening a road to ease congestion. The Midland Pathfinder tour by Des Moines publishers will pass Waterloo April 20 for Hawkeye Highway inspection after extensive road surveys.
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Alexander J. Nicol
Ethel A.thomas
Waterloo
Francis Houck
Jesup
Leah Hubbard
Cedar River Park
Fairview Cemetery
R. ¢. Thompson
Midland Pathfinder
Tews Publishing Company
Des Moines
Hawkeye Highway
Iowa
Denver
Omaha
Last Appearance of Rachel The Tragic French Actress
The famed French actress Rachel made her final New York bow on November 17 1855 as Phedre in Le Moineau de Lesbie at Tripler ball. A cold night near the prompter’s seat precipitated pneumonia leading to her death after a December 17 1855 Charleston performance. She died January 5 1858 at Villa Sarden Cannes.
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Rachel
New York
Phedre
le Moineau de Lesbie
Walnut Street Theater
Philadelphia
Raphael Felix
Pneumona
Rapheael
Charleston
S. C
Adrienne Lecouvreur
Havans
Europe
Villa Sarden
Cannes
Slang Confusion Hits Lisitania Courtroom Tale
A vivid extract shows Mack the Mick aboard the Lisitania joking about British slang. He recounts lawyers and judges misreading terms like toff and eyeglass while noting courtrooms use their own language. The scene wryly mocks unfamiliar jargon among legal figures.
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Mack
Mick
Lisitania
Deir
Custer
Sayal
Market News and Weather Outlook From Chicago Trade
Chicago on April 18 reports brisk buying in wheat and corn with May futures hitting sharp moves and later steadying. Cattle hog and sheep receipts and prices are listed, with pork lard and ribs trading in the $15.25 to $18.40 range. Chicago produce shows butter, eggs, cheese, poultry, and potatoes with varied receipts and prices. Weather outlook calls for rain tonight and Sunday with cooler conditions in the west. partly unsettled in South Dakota with possible rain or snow and a colder Sunday.
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South Dakota
Chicago
Iate
PLA
Flv
Wester Nn
Hurly Cps
Cash grain prices and futures notes from New York and St Louis
The report lists cash and futures quotes for wheat corn and oats across markets. Prices shown include No 3 red wheat at 1.05 to 1.09 per bushel with various quality grades, No 2 yellow and white corn around .79 to .83, and oats around .60 to .94. Futures reflect May and July contracts for wheat and corn on New York and St Louis exchanges amid regional Minneapolis activity.
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H. W
N. S
N.S
Crop scare lifts wheat prices in Chicago and Kansas City
Wheat futures surged in Chicago with May at 1.10 and July at 1.06 as a crop scare spurred rapid trading. Profit-taking cut to 1.07 for May and 1.052 for July after a volatile session. C E Gifford & Co. announced a transfer of trade. In Kansas City May and July rose to about 1.05 and 0.99 respectively.
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Chicago
C. E. Gifford & Co
Kansas City
Board of Trade
Body of Maj. Gen. Frederick D. Grant Lies in State
The body will lie in state for ten days under military guard in the chapel of Cornelius at Governor's Island, near General Grant's old headquarters. Funeral delayed ten to twelve days awaiting the Princess Michael Carstacuzene-Sterans key from Russia. Burial planned at West Point with military funeral services.
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New York
Frederick D. Grant
Cornelius
Governor's Island
General Grant
Department of the East
Michael Carstacuzene-Steranskey
Russia
West Point
Women Attend Mc Caskill Trial In Record Numbers
Waterloo witnesses record crowds as women, from youths to 80 years old, fill courtroom seats daily for the Mc Caskill trial. Bailiff Burk faces constant pleas for chairs near the press table as next week’s pleas approach.
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Waterloo
McCaskill
Burk
H E Casner To Live In Waterloo
H E Casner, reared in Jesup and longtime Illinois Central operator and agent, last served as contracting freight agent for the road, plans to reside in Waterloo.
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H. E. Casner
Jesup
Illinois Central
Water-loo Welcomes New Equitable Agent Casner
Siouxa City resident and wife move to Waterloo to begin a new home. Casner previously served two years as district agent for Equitable Life of Iowa in Marshalltown and succeeds the late A. K. Ham as district agent. He will cover Ham’s former territory plus part of Marshalltown while starting as a telegraph operator in his youth.
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Sioux City
Waterloo
Marshalltown
Equitable Life of Iowa
A. KE. Ham
Terri
Tory
Ham
Marshalltown Territory
Mr. Casner
Joaup
Owning a Home Beats Renting Says Plan From 19th Century Ad
A narrative contrasts two neighbors James Walters and Charles Stevens. Walters pays $20 monthly rent totaling $2,880 over twelve years, while Stevens buys via a building contract and loan, turning $720 rent into a paid home worth $3,000. The ad promotes a Prospect Hills house, priced at $3,500 with rent and loan terms.
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James Walters
Charles Stevens
Walters
Stevens
Prospect Hills
George Miller
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