Sheffield choir arrives by solid steel train in Waterloo
The 215 member Sheffield choir reached the Rock Island depot at 9 05 am from Milwaukee aboard a six car solid steel train. Local Knights of Pythias welcomed them at the depot and at a Pythian temple breakfast after an auto tour of the city.
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Sheffield Choir
Rock Island
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Railroad
Third Avenue
Middle West
Kiester
Rapids
Pritchard
Meakins
H. E. Kiester
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Alsng
G. B. Chase
Buffalo
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
E. O. Soule
C., RY. & P. Lines
B. E. Miller
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Fifty Story Building Planned in New York
Plans filed with the Superintendent of Buildings Miller for the Broadway Park Place company to construct a fifty story tower in New York City. The building is slated to be the tallest in the work and will be fifty stories high.
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New York
Miller
Broadway Park Place Company
Sheffield Choir Arrives at Pythian Temple for Breakfast
The Sheffield choir from Waterloo visits the Pythian Temple as day headquarters. Breakfast awaits them after they alight from the train, with over two hundred people to serve, carried out by the Ladies Guild of Christ Episcopal.
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Pythian
Sheffield
Waterloo
Pythian Temple
Aga
Ladies’ Guild of Christ Episcopal
Sheffield Choir Tour Inspires Waterloo Greeting
The Sheffield choir from England tours the world with Waterloo as a welcomed stop. Locals pledge friendship and lasting memories, praising shared language and heritage and hoping the visitors carry Waterloo in their hearts.
Indict Railroads on Rebating Charges in Cleveland
Federal grand jury returns ten indictments charging four iron ore railroads entering Cleveland with rebating and conspiracy to violate the Elkins law. Officials Hanna Ireland and McCabe indicted. penalties include fines up to 26 000 with two years jail plus civil suits for triple rebates.
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Cleveland
D. F. McCabe
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Din R. Hanna
R. J. Ireland
M. M. Hanna & Co
L. W. Day
Ireland
Bermudas
McCabe
Hanna
United States
W. L. Day
Dan R. Hanna
R. L. Ireland
D. T. McCabe
Pennsylvania
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Bessemer
Lake Erie
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
W. Ll. Day
Bank Clearings and Realty Transfers For Week Ended April 27
Waterloo reported total bank clearings of 1 389 929.32 for the week ending April 27, with daily figures shown in the week’s ledger. Realty transfers list 58 deeds totaling 41 361, 34 mortgages totaling 135 036, 9 chattel mortgages totaling 1 413 335, and 2 bills of sale totaling 164, along with 26 mortgage releases totaling 15 148. Instruments recorded to date reach 2 484 versus 2 632 a year earlier, a decline of 168.
Measles Outbreak Among U S Troops at Nogales
A dangerous measles outbreak has struck United States troops at Nogales. First Lt. George P. Stallman of the medical reserve corps and an army hospital nurse departed yesterday to tend the sick.
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Douglas
Triz
United States
Nogales
George P. Stallman
Medical Reserve Corps
Army Hospital
Weston named private secretary to Senator Kenyon
Special from Fort Dodge Iowa April 27 Weston court reporter under Judge Lee has been appointed private secretary to Senator Kenyon and will assume duties June 1 Weston previously worked under Kenyon as district judge and helped start Webster City's first daily paper, with a long notable role in Iowa politics
Work on steel plant in Alabama resumes after week
Birmingham Alabama April 27 structural work on the American Steel and Wire plant at Corey near Birmingham resumed yesterday after a week long shutdown caused by tariff bill pressure. The firm a subsidiary of United States Steel, said there was no coercion intended toward Congressman Oscar Underwood of Birmingham who led the tariff push in Washington. The shutdown was described as due to general conditions rather than any specific action.
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Washington
Croamins
Iowa
Curamins
Lafollette
Cumnins
Interstate Commerce
Gallinger
Committee On Committees
Cummins
Senate
House of Representatives
Underwood
Ways and Means Committee
Birmingham
Ala
American Steel & Wire Company
Corey
Here
United States Steel Corporation
Osca W. Underwood
Ways and Means
War
Contempt Arrest Orders Inked In Lorimer Probe Echo
Springfield action pits National Packing head Edward Tilden and two bank officials against the Helm committee in a tense contempt fight. Writs to arrest were ordered and arrests set for Chicago tomorrow while habeas corpus would be sought to delay and gain time.
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Springfield
John Oglesby
Edward Tilden
W. C. Cummings
George M. Benedict
Senate
Hatfield
Chicago
The
National Packing Company
George Benedict
Drovers’ Deposit National Bank
William C. Cummings
Drovers’ Trust and Savings Bank
N. C. Sears
Helm Investigating
Lorimer
John Healy
Helm Committee
Tilden
Wiineis Senate
Heef Trust
Helm
John J. Healy
Trealy
Jones
Mr. Tilden
Supposed Sister Sought for Unidentified Boy
A dead unidentified boy of about 16 was found after an attempt to board a moving freight train on the C G W railway. A picture of a girl, believed to be his sister, was found with him and authorities hope it will lead to his identity. He appears tall for his age, with blue eyes and brown hair. His body lies at Wile Mauser's undertaking parlors as relatives are sought.
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Iowa
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Dubuque
Independence
Topeka
Kan
R.A. Dunkelberg
Waterloo
Sheffield
Buffalo
Knights of Prthlas
Pythians
Waverly
el Fa
Dyersville
Beales
Wile & Mauser
Rock Island Clubs Eye Baseball League Action
Rock Island officials and attorneys discuss the Quincy suit against a ten club league. Judge Creighton’s Springfield consideration, Sexton and OBrien push for updates as Rock Island and Davenport clubs make player sales to Monmouth.
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Rock Island, I
Creighton
Springfield
Quincy
M. E. Sexton
Rock Island
Quinn O'Brien
Chicago
Rock Island Club
Sexton
Tearney
National Commission
Odeary
Davenport
O'Leary
Benton
Land
Monticelin
Stark
Monmouth Central Association
Indictments Handed Down In Polk County Cash Heist Plot
The Polk County grand jury indicted four alleged safe blowers Tom Hateh Peter Juhl Al Rhoades and James YCallaghan of Des Moines for conspiracy and breaking and entering in connection with the midnight attempt to dynamite and rob the county treasury on March 21 Also Dr H D Skelly of Council Bluffs was indicted for murder in the first degree in the deaths of Deputy Sheriff Woolman and Des Moines bartender Edward Brerzing
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Tes Moines
Polk County Erand Jury
Polk County Treasury
Tom Hateh
Peter Juhl
al Rhoades
James Ycallaghan
Des Moines
Dobson
Dr. Kelly
H. D. Skelly
Council Bluffs
Woolman
Edward Brerzing
Nell Texana Is Arrested Again for Vandalism
Nell Texana who runs a gallery on Water Street was arrested this afternoon on the charge that she entered J F Stone’s room at Water and Fifth Streets and destroyed pictures. She had paid a $7.85 fine in police court this morning and awaits a hearing by the court. France warns signatories intervention in Morocco to protect foreigners at Fez and restore order under the sultan.
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Nell Texana
Water Street
J. F. Stone
Water and
Fifth Streets
Nell
France
Paris
Morocco
Fez
Labor Fight Deepens as McNamaras Hire Darrow
Clarence Darrow joins the defense for John and James McNamara and Ortie McManigal amid a fund of 55000 raised by Seattle’s central labor council to aid the prisoners and challenge detective agencies, while William Burns defends his union sympathy and denies a frameup in the Los Angeles Times case.
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Enos Angeles
Cal
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Moyer, Haywood
Ettihone
John and
James McNamara
Ortie McManigal
Seattle
Wash
McNamara Brothers
Orti McManigal
Central Labor Council
Los Angeles
Burns
William J. Burns
Los Angeles Times
Indianapolis
Dre
Taft Drives Canadian Reciprocity Campaign
President Taft plans a busy day in New York with meetings for Republican readers and a key speech on Canadian reciprocity at the Associated Press banquet. Earlier he spoke to the Hungarian Republican club, with more remarks expected as the reciprocity bill moves through the Senate.
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New York
Taft
Senate
Investigate Maternity Homes Ordered by Iowa Health Board
Des Moines April 27 the estate board of control asked the Iowa board of health to prepare plans for examining maternity homes across the state. The move follows reports that some girls leaving the homes were in poor health.
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Des Moines
Estate Board of Control
Iowa Board of Health
Paul D. Phelps Sentenced to Five Years in Reformatory
Paul D. Phelps pleaded guilty to embezzlement and faced sentencing in district court. Judge Ranneler stated no discretion remained and sentenced the man to five years’ confinement in the state reformatory at Anamosa.
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Paul D. Phelps
Ranneler
Young Phelps
Anamosa
Accident Near Ware Reveals Ignorant Driving Of Burning Buggy
An April 27 incident near Ware reports two townsmen in a wagon with a horse facing a strong wind. Will Dempsey's daughter warned that the buggy was on fire. They stopped to find the rear end burned, top collapsed, and the fire largely extinguished, with remaining embers.
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Ware
Whdre
Will Dempsey
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Quincey
Indigt
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