Stockman Loses Cash on Train and Rewards Honest Porter
Stockman F W Lestie from Dawes forgot a draft and currency totaling 1261 and 350 dollars on Chicago to Waterloo Central No 18. The money was found by a Waterloo porter who turned it over to agent Fred Austin. Lestie, discovering the loss in Manchester, intends to reward the porter for honesty.
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F. W. .Lestie
Daws
Sinvis Central
Chicago
Mrr
Lestie
Manchester
Waterloo
Fred Austin
Congress seeks two to three month moratorium proposal
Washington Aug 28 Congressmen Henry Vollmer of Iowa announced he would ask President Wilson and Secretary McAdoo to consider a moratorium of two months. Vollmer, returning from a stay at home, said conditions are good yet many solid businesses suffer from restricted credit. He warned of financial hardship unless action is taken and called a 60 to 90 day pause a great help.
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Washington
D. C
Henry Vollmer
Iowa
Wilson
McAdoo
Vollmer
Mr. Vollmer
Train derailment injures twelve at Marble City area
Fort Smith Arkansas reports twelve people injured when Kansas City Southern passenger train Nady was derailed near Marble City Oklahoma due to a broken rail. Separate La tragedy: four killed and three fatally hurt after a gasoline tank car derailed on the New Orleans Texas and Mexico line at Savoy, with explosion hours later.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Kansas City Southern
Nady
Marble City
Okla
Buntes
Savoy
New Orleans
Texas & Mexico
Shriners Coming to Waterloo for Mystic Shrine Ceremonial
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine plan a Waterloo ceremony on November 6 with delegates from Cedar Rapids and northeastern Ohio. M. J. Tobin and T. Will Runkle attend from El Kabir temple and Cedar Rapids, with F. A. Sporle elected president and committees formed to manage all aspects and amusements.
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Towa
Waterloo
el Kabir Temple
M. J. Tobin
Vinion
T. Will Runkle
Cedar Rapids
Masonic Temple
Mystic Shriners
Cedar Rapids del Ge Hoswil
Shriners
Ohio
Waterino
F. A. Sporle
P. L. Billings
Big
Degon
Hazleton News Roundup and Local Notices
Brom Finch Nas bought part of a down town residence to remodel and modernize. Des Moines-bound residents head to the state fair. Jol ly Circle hosts at a local home. Residents arrive from Dodge Center, Minnesota, and Iowa City plans spring return. Several families attend the state fair with tents on the grounds. Local obituaries note a Port Ger ard, Pa., death from appendicitis. A. Wy church services and Hazleton cemetery burial mark the week’s end.
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Hazleton
Brom Finch Nas
Ure
BE. J. Short
Down
Bret Wilson
Migs
Minnie Neteatt
Des Moines
Roy Krukenberg
Edward Carlson
A. Waters
Umsord Sprage
Pact Spragg
Dodge Center
Minn
Waters
Inwa City
Nichols
Dungover
Jessie Thompson
Chiguge
Leroy Schermerhorn Lowe
Pr. Brown
Gun
Dalles
Ore
Walter Jarrell
J. C. Gerard
Charles Morey
Win Coy
Epherd
Thomas Wazlewood
Klatter
William Tee Miller
Ville
Vaaleton
Mr. Miller
Tharlvton
A. Wy
W. J. Rose
Hazleton Cemetery
Aplington Town Notes and Local Transfers
George Luderman builds a new house in the west part of town. Miss Neihensied and sister reside there. W W Schulta sells a 200 acre farm southeast of town to Harm Kramer for 184 per acre, possession March 1. A Harken trades his brother’s cay for an eighty acre farm near Greene. J H Meyer and family plan visit with Kiewit. Meyer notes rain and good pasture and corn conditions.
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Aplington
Aus
George Luderman
W. W. Schulta
Harm “Kramer
Mr. Kramer
A. Harken
Greene
J. H. Meyer
Kiewit
Mr. Meyer
La Porte City Wedding Brings Phelps and Cole Families Together
Milly Mary Phelps wed a Marnest ole in Colesville area with about forty attendees. Relatives present included Mrs. Jim Angel, Mrs. Geo. Angel and son John, and Levy Phelps. Ernest Cole family plans to settle in La Porte City. Dorothy Bickel of Vinton visiting. A telegram arrived for Simpson from his sister Bearth in Grinnell.
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Bickel
FL Simpson
Miss Bearth
Clara
Grinnell
Interlaken
Schtheims
Two Boys to Reformatory After Local Robberies and Incidents
Deputies escort Arnie Ladd and Willie Falkenstein to the reform school amid reports of thefts at Coburn bicycle shop and a stand, plus a boat tool pilfering on the Cedar. A letter mentions travelers' checks and sister safety in Juandon, kenstein, Eldora. Community notes cover a church Get Together and Rally Day plans at First Brethren church with a target attendance of 500.
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Kenstein
Eldora
Reform School
Ladd
Coburn
Falkenstein
Geneseo Area Harvest Trips and Local Movements
Geneseo and Aus residents report several trips and shipments. H D Churchill and Albert Moore party head to Sycamore for a short visit while Frank Lockard C E Lambert and Claude Mitchell shipped six cattle cars to Kansas City for feeding. George Burr returns from Pennsylvania after two months away. Raymond Lambert hosts a youthful gathering. Sam Harmon ships fifty head of cattle to Chicago with escort. R C McElhinney buys a new five passenger touring car in Cedar Rapids. Farle Kerns receives a Jersey heifer from Shoemaker Van Pelt dairy. Henry Peters delivers hogs worth nearly 3000 dollars to Buckingham. R J Braganier visits Omaha to see parents. Effie Moody travels to Wisconsin to visit a sister.
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Geneseo
Aus
H. D., Churchill
Albert Moore
Sycamore
Frank Lockard
C. E. Lambert
Claude Mitchell
Kansas City
George Burr
Pennsylvania
Raymond Lambert
Sam Harmon
Chicago
R. C. McElhinney
Cedar Rapids
Farle Kerns
Shoemaker- van Pelt Dairy Farm
Henry Peters
Buckingham
R. J. Braganier
Omaha
WINSLOW Social Notes and Visits
WINSLOW Aug 27 Mr and Mrs Thos Jordan host their daughter Gertrude from Oklahoma. Lawrence Geisler recovers from a dog bite. Miss Bertha Vosshberg returns to Minnesota. H J Wickelberg and W C Hickelberg families from Waterloo visit the Bickelberg home. Miss Elsie Oberle of Cedar Falls visits locally. Mrs A Bickelberg and daughter Mary visit relatives in Nebraska. Miss Golda Matz of Waterloo stays at the Eickelberg home.
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Winslow
Thos. Jordan
Gertrude
Oklahoma
Lawrence Geisler
Bertha Vosshberg
Minnesota
H. J. Wickelberg
W. C. Hickelberg
Waterloo
W. H. Bickelberg
Elsie Oberle
Cedar Falls
A. Bickelberg
Mary
Nebraska
Golda Matz
Mearring Postponed in Gas Pipe Assault Case
Arnold Gruber arraigned before Police Judge Meyers on a charge of assault with intent to do great bodily injury. He pled not guilty and hearing postponed to Sept 5. Released on $200 bond. Gruber accused of striking John Holbrook on the head with a heavy gas pipe at the Majestic theatre during a baggage dispute.
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Arnold Gruber
Meyers
Gruber
John Holbrook
Majestic Theatre
Milk theft arrest foiled by local resident
Fr G F Remington of 927 Commercial street caught two youths stealing milk from his porch this morning. He detained the accused, notified police, and Harry Ort and Albert Carpenter were arraigned before Police Judge Meyers on larceny charges with pleas of not guilty and the hearing postponed to this afternoon. Remington notes ongoing missing bottles as he and his wife pursued the culprits.
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Fr. G. Remington
Commercial Street
Harry Ort
Albert Carpenter
Meyers
Remington
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