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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1913
Page
5
Plans for Waterloo Amusement Week, starting August 4, draw wide interest and promise large crowds for fireworks and varied entertainment. The First Congregational Church will keep its building open for all four days from 9 am to 7 pm, with dining tables and kitchen facilities available, plus restrooms for all.
Premier Central Association pitcher Bentley agreed to join the Detroit Americans after extensive talks between Manager Hough and Stout McGuire. Initial offers were refused. final terms included $259 down plus additional incentives next spring. Bentley is slated to report to the Tigers on September 2, with a reassignment from Monmouth to Ditrsburg via Lumwa as Boss Hough evaluates Mitchell and others.
The readable portion describes a confused inquiry into a study's plot and purpose, mentioning Father John and a druggist, with references to a Hovey company and closing details but lacking coherent facts or events. No verifiable people, places, or dates emerge.
Auction notice offers a farm for sale two miles from Drinkwater Albion in cultivation with no stem. Asking price is 547 an acre with value around S60. Potential rent of $3 an acre. For details, wire or write.
Camp Hildebrand near Charles City Aug 6 Col Allen ordered discharge of three men for bringing whiskey into camp. One man failed to report with his company. two others tried to smuggle liquor, were detained by guards, and sent home after overnight confinement. The sheriff alerted Col Allen.
Miss Eleanor Wright and a friend visited her home when a joke about a greyhound led to the ring in her mouth slipping down her throat. An X ray located the second ring in her gullet and doctors planned an effort to remove it.
F. E. Young an automobile dealer and church worker from Long Beach was jailed as grand jury probes a blackmail plot. A defective typewriter letter and a forged detective agency motif linked to a demand for money from a woman. Investigators say Young's letters were produced on his own typewriter.
Mr and Mrs F J Spillman and their party arrived yesterday in Tiedir gate and spent the day at a relative's home on TRS Eightho street west. The gate party planned a visit to Jefferson with relatives.
A local Minnesota ad lists several farms described as special bargains near the Twin Cities and Duluth markets. The seller notes travel based selection, offers liberal terms, and mentions possible exchange as part payment. Contact Ce Kh Hollowwell of the Hallowel d Co for appointments.
In Des Moines Aug 8 Judge J C Mitchell says non resident taxpayer will file federal suit challenging the capital grounds improvement law. He argues state indebtedness limits do not cap taxation for funding the capital extension. statute authorizes raising funds from general revenue and taxation.
Des Moines Assistant Chief C. G. C. Jackson ejects a stranger seeking a gambling venue calling the town orderly and gambling free. The man, who used the alias John Robinson Sterling II, is jailed and to be examined by the insanity commission as police investigate the incident.
A quarantine is in place at the home of C. W. Wood, 326 Sixth Street, as a child suffers from diphtheria. Numerous local residents and visitors are listed, including Mrs. Julia Colby and Miss Nanna M., 1165 Bertcoh Avenue, planning trips to Collingwood Ontario, and other residents traveling or visiting relatives in Independence, Oskaloosa, Grand Forks, Battle Creek, and Waterloo.
Chas Hedrick, well known Ottumwa businessman and brother of Howard L Hedrick of Des Moines, died at 4 AM after a car accident last night on the Agency road. He was thrown from the vehicle when it overturned on a narrow embankment after the chauffeur lost control. The driver escaped injury and Hedrick’s condition worsened after returning home despite a physician’s arrival.
Henry Gooderson of Webster City Indiana died from injuries after a collision when a train struck his automobile near Duncombe Indiana last night. His wife died from injuries yesterday. The four other car occupants are expected to recover.
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