Trail of taffy leads to boys in Winona kidnapping tale
Minneapolis detective notes a candy trail from Winona theatre to a group of boys led by 14 year old George Kornier of Minneapolis. George denied involvement in a grandmother’s missing $500 from a chimney stocking as detectives traced his links to a San Francisco exposition tale and a film show finale.
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Minneapolis
Winona Picture Theatre
George Kornier
Marshall Street
George
Sneridan School
Aihout
Francis Novak
Hifth Street
San Francisco
Winona
Winora
Novale
Brownstone hair stain promises safe gray coverage
An advertisement touts Brownatone hair stain as a lead free, painless gray cover that darkens to light brown or black. It claims no rubbing or fading, two shade options, and a free sample offer with 10 cents for postage. Sold by Henderson Drug Co. and Wangler Bros. Co. in Waterloo and Covington Kenton Pharmacal Co. in Kentucky.
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Pax
Kenton Pharmacal Coc
Pike Street
Covington
Waterloo
Henderson Drug Co
Wangler Bros. Co
I W W Crave Excitement Start Fire in Co Jail
In Sioux City on April 15 inmates of the county jail belonging to the Industrial Workers sparked a fire by piling blankets and igniting them. Fire crews extinguished the flames though the odor lingered in the courthouse for hours as spectators taunted the prisoners.
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Sioux City
J. W
Pierce Street
Waterloo-Black Hawk County atlas project announced
Warl J. Robinson & Co. plans an Iowa exclusive atlas with Black Hawk County and Waterloo featured. Charles Van Vleck will provide the county story focusing on agriculture, industry, education, and infrastructure with Waterloo views illustrated. Real estate transfers and local news follow, including auto theft recovery and fire apparatus shipment notice.
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Black Hawk County
Waterloo
Warl J. Robinson & Co
Chicago
Charles van Vleck
Waterloo Commercial Club
Robinson
Cram. Company
Iowa
iMr
van Vieck
Union
Clifton Brown to be buried in Minneapolis
Telegram reports funeral services for Clifton Brown who died suddenly in Rochester Minnesota. Services from the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Walter Brown 1801 Tenth avenue south will be held Friday with interment in Minneapolis. Details of his death were not received here.
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Arthur V. Fowler
Clifton Brown
Rochester
Minn
Walter Brown
Tenth Avenue South
Theatrical Offerings Across Waterloo Tonight
Gorrell Stock company presents What Happened to Jones a three act farce with Walter Thompson as Jones. Grand Theatre shows The Outlaw's Revenge based on Villa life with cast including Walsh Hunt Marsh Harron. Majestic Theatre opens a three day program featuring The Five Kimina Japs the Great Howard ventriloquist Just Vaudeville and more. Plaza hosts Tia Bachelor’s Romance with Miss Huling and John Emerson. Medics meet as county boards ratify care contracts and plan May delegates while divorce and alimony actions proceed in Cedar Falls.
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Gorrell Stock Company
Jones
Walter Thompson
Smith
J. A. Nelson
the Grand
Mutual Master Pictures
Gen. Villa
Mexico
R. A. Walsh
Irene Hunt
Mae Marsh
Robert Harron
Waterloo
Majestic
Kimina
Howard
Ted
Una Bradley
Bill
the Lavigne Sisters
John Emerson
Plaza
La Porte City marriage and case details in court filing
The document mentions a marriage in La Porte City on November 25 1901 and a defendant deserting the plaintiff in February two years earlier. It also cites First National Bank of La Porte City vs Oscar Casey for 5883 22 on notes. A testimonial from Mrs M A Bridges of Robinson Mississippi describes kidney pills restoring vitality and relieving various pains, ending with an ad for Foley Kidney Pills sold by druggists nationwide.
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Ple
la Porte City
First National Bank of
Oscar Casey
M. A. Bridges
Robinson
Miss
Foley
Foreigner Seeks Penitentiary Relief in Muscatine
A man named Gustavus Soth, claiming no offense, asked Muscatine police chief W R Rice to place him in a penitentiary to escape his inability to earn a living. Rice doubted the plan, noting the man’s age around forty and his offer to do anything but die if housed or employed. After stating relatives in Davenport, Soth was referred to Charles Kern of the welfare association and given a ticket to Davenport.
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Muscatine
Seth
Davenport
Charles Kern
Welfare Association
Severe pimples vanish with Cuticura treatment
Miss Myrtle Orth of Bruning Nebraska reports relief after two treatments and various soaps failed. She used Cuticura Soap morning and evening and Cuticura Ointment at night, leaving her face clear. The advertisement urges readers to request the Cuticura Skin Book and to purchase Cuticura products worldwide.
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Miss Myrtle Orth
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Pleasant View
W. Id
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Myron G. Harris
J. Foy Cross
Normal
Cedar Falls
John McChane
John J. Afe- Chane
Clarence C. Severin
Frank L
E. M. McKevitt
East Waterloo
John ©. Williams
Mornin
Doe
Spring ‘Creek Chapel
G. Hamilton
Anna Schroeder
Jack Sutentic
Block, Hammond & Hopkin's
G. M. Nesbit
Grant Avenue
Presbyterian Hospital
E. F. Stevenson
Bridge Street
Weshit
Waterloo Medical Society
M. OG. A
Dunham
la France Fire Apparatus
Contern
Burch’s
Batiste
China
Akajestic
County Board of Supervisors
Waterloo Medical Society For
Y. M.C.A
Lan & Savings Association
Nee and
M. Hathaway
Grace Betts
Charles Betts
Addross
Cuticura
Dept. T
Beaton
Paul Davistia
Thade
Lisle
Ues
Westery
Onyis
Hilfel
Tronelad
Black Cat
AlCallum
Eiffel
Fi Man
Waterlon
Columbia Star
Hawthorne
Columbia
Hartford
Axminsters
Pioneer Savings Bank
J. W. Arbuckle
F. B. Dietrick
Cashier
RW. Ste
J. Peddicord
Claud F. Berry
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