Organized gang of petty thieves robs Nashua poultry yards
Nashua Iowa August 9 Special report describes an organized gang targeting farms parts of town. Thieves seized about 160 chickens at Seymour Massee and nearly as many at Gottlieb Langle, plus hay and harness items across two months. Some farmers hired detectives or slept armed as clues remain elusive. Old resident Julius Paschke dies after cancer illness aged over 70. Pastor Ray Eckerson resigns from Congregational church effective November 15 after two years in Nashua.
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Nashua
Seymour Massee
Gottlieb Langle
Julius Panchke
Flood Creek
Butler County
Real Estate Transfers Recorded By Black Hawk Co
Real estate transfers list multiple parcels in Waterloo Cedar Falls La Porte City and Cedar River Park with buyers including Roth Cole McKitrick Cohn Thompson Brown Burger Dann and Murphy and sums from $1 to $4,000. The James Gardiner Company is listed for real estate rentals and insurance.
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Black Hawk Co. Abstract Co
Bertha A. Hallman
Chas. W. Roth
Curtis T. Evang
Albert Cole
la Porte City
S. L. Crum
Reuben McKitrick
Cedar Falls
M. Kozberh
Jacob
Harry E. Cohn
Bridge bids rejected over high prices in Iowa
Manchester Iowa August 9 special reports the Delaware and Clayton county boards at Strawberry Point rejected all bids for a river bridge at the boundary line. The low bid of 6500 for a 130 foot span with a small roadway alarmed officials who suspect a bridge trust and will probe why eastern Iowa prices are so high.
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Manchester
Delaware County Board of Supervisors
Board of
Clayton County
Strawberry Point
Boundary Line
Clinton
Des Moines
Omaha
Waterloo
Bridge Trust
Iowa
Making a Man graduates at Waterloo Business College
Dr Charles Talmage of Boston spoke on making a man at the Waterloo Business College. Thirty one diplomas were presented by Prof A F Gates after the address in the First M B church auditorium. The event featured a boys band, organ selections, and a class colors display. The college closes for a three week vacation. A sales note about Chamberlains Liniment ends the item.
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Charles Talmage
Boston
Waterloo Business College
M. B
Talmage
God
Ife
A. F. Gates
M. E. Church
Ralph Mason Hix
L. B. Hix
Gates
Business College
Advertised Letters at Waterloo Iowa August 7 1912
List of names advertised at Waterloo Iowa on August 7 1912 including Mrs Nancy Allen Anna Bennett Mrs Sarah Billhamer Miss Francis Covey Miss Pearl Evans Florence Hines Mrs Hoff Miss Corinne Howry Miss Maud Gallager Miss Ruth Gary Flora Hines Mrs John Hoff Miss Coral Newson Miss Faye Pettit Elsie Pritchard Mary Rasmussen Avice Rise Anna Schumann Mrs F W Scott etc. Also numerous gentry and foreign names with Miss Leota Appleton and Mrs Emily Dixon noted as Fourth Class items.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Nancy Jane Allen
Anna Bennett
Sarah Billhamer
Grace FH. Call
Gladys Clinch
Anna Cole
Grace Cole
Genevieve Courtright
Francis Covey
Ray Daniels
Fred Detrich
I. C. Foochs
Pearl G. Evans
L. H. Fay
Cora Fike
Maud Finch
Josephine Finnegan
C. E
Bertha Burrill
Lloyd Gagley
Harry Campbell
William L. Campbell
Frank Ray Carroll
W. Casabon
Louis Christopherson
H. J
Mabel Colson
Howard Conger
Ivan Coontz
Grant Craver
Ralph Crowe
Chester Cudworth
C. W. Custis
Stanley F. Cypra
R. C. Davis
G. A. Debar
Giulia DeBonis
Toe Dillon
Graces Dodd
John M. Doxie
Claude Easley
Jess Eaton
Hilsworth Jones
Frank Farrell
Robert Freeland
Mr. Gadley
E. Gittins
J. G. Glisppie
C. T. Glover
Ben Godderz
Raymond Goodman
Gorden Land Co
M. Grinspan
C. Ham
Clem Harding
L. H. Hawver
H. M. Heatherly
W. G. Heiple
Laurence Herman
Earl Hewitt
F. Howard
Harry E. Holmes
E. House
W. G. Ikes
Charley Jones
F. J. Koch
B. M. Lasher
R. Leach
Paul Leafe
C. Letse
Jos. Lightheart
Adam R. Lisey
Floyd Lockwood
H. D. Matthews
Milton Matt
Murder cult theory draws Denver detectives to Iowa
In Council Bluffs on August 9 a suspect in the Villisca murders, Seward or Sawyer, was held by U S Commissioner Hagna and may be linked to a Denver sect accused of blood atonement. Denver investigators plan interviews to judge any ties while other similar crimes are cited across Colorado Springs Elsworth Monmouth Rainer and more. The group is described as worshippers of a murderous creed with a leader of medium height long black hair and beard.
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Council Bluffs
Seward
Sawyer
Clarinda
United States
Hagna
Creston
Denver
Iowa
Soward
Denver Secret Service
Villisca
Colorado Springs
Colo
Elsworth
Kan
Monmouth
Rainer
Ore
India
Short-Weight Threshing Scheme Reported in Des Moines
Des Moines news reports a new fraud tactic by threshermen involving short measuring or short weighting of grain. Commissioner Barney exposes the scam, noting growers are charged for grain not fully weighed, with payments misappropriated as part of the scheme.
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Des Moines
Barney
Grain Weighing Cheating Exposed In Iowa Elevator
A southern Iowa county showed a cheating scheme where register devices on threshing machines misreported bushels sold at the elevator. Investigators found 10 to 16 percent discrepancy, enabling profit. officials threaten action to enforce full measures. Local residents and visitors, including John Knott and family, John Miller, and Mrs. J. L. Ayers, are noted. Diphtheria concerns at Mrs. Holdiman’s home and social visits around Gresham are mentioned alongside church services at Fritz church next Sunday.
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Food and Dairy Department
Iowa
Tre
Frank Holdiman
John Knott
Watersloo
Gresham
Knott
John Miller
Daniel Holdiman
Holdiman
J. L. Ayers
Charles City
Gresham silo work and visiting miss Beatrice Reichert
Gresham resident Harry Steely helped his brother Allen with a silo last week while Miss Beatrice Reichert, who arrived for a visit, fell ill. The article notes Steely’s involvement and Reichert’s sickness during the visit.
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Gresham
Harry Steely
Waterlow
Allen
Beatrice Reichert
Runaway Crash Injures Three Women in Des Moines
Des Moines Iowa August 8 Mrs FE Watrous possibly fatally injured in a runaway on 87th street as a horse startled by an ice wagon dashed along throwing Mrs Myrtle Bawer and Mrs Mabel Croak from the buggy. All three were injured with Watrous in critical condition.
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Des Moines
FE. Watrous
Myrtle Bawer
Mabel Croak
87Th Street
Gresham Church Services Announced for Sunday
A schedule note lists a school at 2 p m and preaching at 3 p m with services at Gresham church at 11 a m and 2 p m. An invitation is extended for attendees.
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Gresham Church
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This City
Ray Eckerson
Congregational Church
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DR. Talmage
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Chamberlain
Rious Crimes
Villiaca
Accentu
Ates
Ast
Ud Tans
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Charlotte
Colgate
Udg Shae Colgate
Dental Crean
Linger
Ingerie
Tf PF
College of Commerce
Fifth and
Lafayette Streets
the Growers of India Tea
Waterloo Electrical
J. M. Reasoner
Battle Creek, Mich
J. M. Poland
Jee Bias
Courier
Allance
Brady
Henry W. Elson
Ohio, University
W. H. Hartman CO
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