Trio of Unknowns Attempt Robbery at Traer Home
Three unknown men attempted to hold up the Robert Young home near Traer Iowa on Wednesday evening. They gagged and bound the hired man Max Balfour to a bed post ransacked the room and stole thirty five cents before escaping in the rain. Local suspects were questioned and later released. This marks the third recent attempt on the Young residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Traer
Robert Young
Mr. Young
Max Balfour
Mr. Balfour
Mr. Yours
Balfour
Tracr
Will Young
R. G. Stoakes
Ray Smith
Northwestern
Richard Carle Tonight at Waterloo in Jumping Jupiter
The Waterloo theater presents Richard Carle in Jumping Jupiter with Edna Wallace Hopper and a cast of pretty girls, promising a lively musical comedy night. A correction notes the drowned boy Charles Connolly did receive last rites at the riverbank before death, with resuscitation efforts continuing afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Carle
Richard Himself Carle
Waterloo Theater
kKepe
Mr. Carle
Edna Wallace Hopper
Charles Connolly
I. J. Hanley
Sacred Heart Church
Miller's Dyspepsia Tablets Promise Quick Relief
Advert reads that Miller's Dyspepsia Tablets end indigestion and related symptoms in minutes. Candy like tablets taken before meals ease gas belching sour taste and headaches, with 25 cents a box claimed to end most cases and restore a "new stomach."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neanee
O. K
Wild West Show Draws Record Waterloo Crowd
Buffalo Bill Cody praised business as the wild west show drew an estimated 12,900 in the Waterloo venue yesterday. The tent was near capacity with side shows also drawing large audiences while patrons reported smoother movement of heavy wagons before a nighttime storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Cody
Chicago
Waterloo
Marshalltown
Farmers thresh between showers in Union region
Farmers are busy threshing between showers. F W Miller threshed winter wheat Sunday averaging thirty five bushels per acre. J Pashby bought a new automobile. Roy Channey visits Canada for business. M Stiles delivered cattle to Cedar Falls market for Beaver Valley stock farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Miller
H. Grimes
Cedar Falls
Miller Auto
J. H. Gerholdt
F. Mark
M. Stiles
Beaver Valley
Dunkerton Notes and Events From Aug 11
Dunkerton reports a Buffalo Bill show visit by a large delegation from the town and arrival of Dr. Wm. Magee of Watertown due to C. H. Dunkerton’s illness. A steam tile ditcher is unloaded for local use, a severe storm kills livestock, and a Free Methodist camp meeting begins in F. O. Dunkerton’s grove led by Rev. Miller of Waterloo.
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Dunkerton
Buffalo Bill
Waterloo
Wm. Magee
Watertown
C. H. Dunkerton
Tlers
Ed French
Alice Wheeler
Herman Kotz
F. O. Dunkerton
Rev. Miller
Rainfall and Flood Vistas From Waterloo Week
Weekly rainfall in Waterloo totals 3.84 inches with last night’s 0.51 inch storm especially heavy east of Waterloo and in Delaware and Dubuque counties. The Cedar River rises to its highest level of the summer as ground soils soak, farmers worry about grain, and a cloudburst affected railroad beds in Dubuque County.
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Waterloo
Ralph B. ‘Sappy
Here
Delaware
Dubuque
Local social notes from Marble Rock and nearby towns
Marble Rock and surrounding communities report a flurry of visits and travels. Residents and guests include Misses Nena and Grace Merrick May Wiloth Fern Louis Lelia Gates and others journeying to Charles City Waterloo and Des Moines.
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Marble Rock
Nena
Grace Merrick
May Wiloth
Fern Louis
Lelia Gates
Charles City
Providence
J. W. Martin
M. J. Paddleford
Nora Springs
H. Stott
Stott
M. Standt
Will Smith
Edgar Reed
Waterloo
Flotia Armore
Greene
A. Wilson
Washington
W. Bucklin, Jr
Jennie Hutches
Chicago
A. J. Asper
Patricia Watson
Wisconsin
Mra. R. J. Oakes
Mra
M. J. Paddieford
Local Notes From Jesup Daily Roundup
Jesup region social and travel notes include Mrs. Fred Reid’s Dubuque trip and visits by Gus Gutknecht Walter East en route to Independence. Residents Robert Gibson Ham and Miss Magdalene Smith visit friends, while Dr Dickinson and G W Dickinson host guests.
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Jesup
Fred Reid
Dubuque
Gus Gutknecht
Walter East
Hudson
J. S. Hart
Independence
Robert Gibson
Ham
Magdalene Smith
Cedar Falls
Harry Miller
Jacob Hohl
Sioux City
Dr. Dickinson
Gatesburg
Til
G. W. Dickinson
Clark Hart
la Porte
Nellie Brown
Chan. Leibart
Waterloo
Gill
John
Mrs. Ward
Tiinois
Theo. Milier
H. A. Mead
Mine Cage Disaster Kills Fifty at Hannibal Coal Shaft
At the Hannibal coal mine in Bochum Prussia on Aug 10 a cage cable broke while lowering sixty miners, plunging them to the shaft bottom. Fifty were killed and the rest badly injured in the accident.
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Bochum
Prussia
Hannibal
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Prentice Books
Ellis Books
Castleman Books
Phantom of the Opera
Leroux
Mary Carstairs
Henry the Second
Bernice
Philip Oppeneim
Emerson Hough
David Graham Phillips
Imprudence
Prue
Sophie Fisher
James L
Henderson
Bridge Street
Waterloo Flectrical
Stroebel Music House
East Fifth Street
Princess Theatre
East Fourth Street
J. B. Forney Optometrist
Rob Tama Man
Maorauders
Mabel Ettinger
Readio
West Fourth Street
Wild West
Col W. FP. Cody
Total
Foley
F. M. Stewart
Wolfram St
Stewart
J. K. Joder & Son
Aif
Nec Joann
Waterloo, Lows
Billy
Rock Island
Vinton
Chautauqua Grounds
Mr. Sunday
Iowa
Anderson
H. M
Booth
J. F
Corson
E. L
Galloway, Corson & Zimmerman
3D Ave
West
Devor & Brooks
Logan Ave
Draper
Dunham & Lohner
E. 4Th
Bightey
C. H
Sycamore Hartong
W. H
Franklin, Hickle, Ino
W. 3Rd
Koeneke & Wolfe
Lafayette
McGarvey, L. F
W. 4Th
Manning
Jefferson
Margadant Bros
Meisch & Pint
Franklin, Meserve
G. E
W. 9Th
Mosher Bros
Murphy & Schmitz
5Th & Water
Aplington
Woogh & Co
Aurora
Durfey, W. M
Macken, J. E
Austinville
Bode, R. C
Gibson & Graham, Hummel Grocery Co
Mason, Andrews & Wyth
Dundee
Schroeder Brog
Gale, Iowa
Sanders, I. B
Lamont
Goldsmith, John
Parkersburg
Losey, E. D
Thorpe
Clark, Adelbert
Waverly
Remington, W. A
the Growers of India Tea
Rock Island Lines
San Francisco
Los Angeles
San Tiego
Portland
Tacoma Seattle
van Couver
O. G. Farmer
Cedar Rapids
A. L. Prilleo
Fine Farm
G. W. Wilson
Hudson Road
F. M. Wilson
Fourth Street
Watertoo
Towa
F.H. Latier
Lafayette Street
Evening Courier
Lafayette Building
4Th St. E
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