Dire year foretold by almanac prophet for 1918
New York expert Gustav Meyer's 1845 almanac predicts a dire 1918 with wars, earthquakes, and political upheaval. Mars Uranus alignment portends strikes, riots, and calamities from Washington to Portland. He forecasts Mexico intervention, royal scandal, and numerous dreadnoughts, amid miner gains and political turmoil.
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New York
Gustav
Meyer
Mars
Uranus
Meyer Coprinies
India
England
Germany
Washington
Albany
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Chicago
St. Louis
Portland
Ore
Wilson
Congress
Althoit
Contracts for New Hospital Furnishings Awarded
County board awarded contracts for furnishing the new county hospital with furniture bedding beds curtains rugs queensware and hardware. Security Storage Co chosen for furniture and dry goods Berkley Hardware $152.10 Miller Bros queensware $48.46 Troy Laundry Machine Co awarded laundry equipment contract for $2 000.
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New County Hospital
Security Storage Co
Berkley Havilware
Miller Bros
Queensware
Troy Laundry Mchine Co
Affidavits Complicate Scrivner Case in New Trial Bid
In a new motion for a new trial in the Scrivner case against the Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern Railway Co, affidavits of sensational nature were filed. They allege misconduct by attorney Loren Risk and claim witness J W Ackerman testified falsely. Additional affidavits from M A Welsh Pinkerton's D J Goodman court reporter Matthew Weatrate and others question prior statements about a $100 payoff and the accident at the Fourth street east location.
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Charles Berlbner
Jen Scribner
Waterloo, Cedar Falla & Northern Railway Co
Jurr
Charles Seribner
Fourth Street
J. W. Ackerman
Ackerman
Avkerman
M. A. Welsh
D. J. Goodman
Pinkerton
Matthew Weatrate
Philip Osborne
The
Illinois Central
G. Duckwitz
the Central
Frank RB. Ackerman
Waterloo
Pew
Loren Risk
Plainil
Goodman
Scriber
Scribner and Osborne cases involve affidavits and denials
On the Seales Mound evening, Loren Risk denounced affidavits in the Scribner motion for a new trial as false. He denies offering Ackerman $100 to testify and says the witness lied on the stand. Risk claims Osborne pressed him to sue Hliness Central for a year. Alfred Longley recalls Osborne and Risk discussing the suit. he doubts Osborne’s offer to drop action and calls Osborne occasionally mentally unbalanced. The petition was filed September 2, with a strike motion overruled and defendant excepting.
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Cook County
Philip Osborne
Illinois Central
Iingis Central Company
Loren Risk
Osborne
Oubuoue
Risk
Tait
Dubuque
Affiant
Veuni
Iome
Hin
Rig
Iing
Jim
Tint
Ami
Tie
Risks
Stgn
Osborne Ces
Neéheer
First National Bank
Osparne
Minnesota
Z. T. Tait
Winnantka
Rick
Scribner
Ile
Ackerman
Hliness Central
Alfred Longley
Edwards, Longley, Ransier & Smith
Wose
the Central
Mr. Risk
Osborn
School shoes for the boys and girls See Wane and Miller
An advertisement noting school shoes for both boys and girls from Wane and Miller.
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Wane & Miller
Wang & Miller
Kingsley offers Waterloo Elks a building site and stock
C L Kingsley proposes a Commercial street site near the business district for a new Elks home in Waterloo and offers to purchase 4000 dollars in preferred stock for the building. The Elks have met at Sycamore street, while the Grand Lodge plans donate 1000 dollars for Belgian hunger relief and ship 1000 dollars of food from San Francisco.
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Elks
C. L. Kingsley
Commercial Street
Kingsley
Waterloo West
Park and
Third Avenues
Pythian Temple
Elks' Building Corporation
Lodge of Elks
Elks’ Hall
Highmey's
Sycamore Street
Grand Juudge
Board of Grand Trustees
Raymond Benjamin
San Francisco
German Cruiser Karlsruhe Sighted in North Atlantic
New York reports the German cruiser Karlsruhe left South American waters and was cruising near the North Atlantic steamship lane hunting ships flying allied flags. Zacapa officers in Jamaica relayed a sighting from the Banan about the Karlsruhe bound north, observed off Fort Antonio, Jamaica last week.
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New York
Karlsruhe
South American
North Atlantic
Jamaica
Fort Antonio
Yald
Banan
Pe rugini dies famed English tenor and Lillian Russell husband
Philadelphia reports Signor Perugini a renowned singer and actor died at the Forrest home near Torresdale where he had lived since January He was born in England and starred with the McCall Opera company before moving to straight theatre He married Lillian Russell in 1894 and was her third husband They divorced the next year Also noted are M J Pemmer real estate dealer departing for Taylor and Chippewa counties Wis with prospective buyers and a remark attributing French war loan success to women's quick response
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Philadelphia
Signor Perugini
Torresdale
England
Once
Mous McCall Opera Company
Perugini
Lillian Russell
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Filoel, Lowe
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Wag
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Mi Ackerman
H. J. Gaynor
Lion
Mr. Gaynor
America
Gaynor
Frank Bros
Commercial St
Seales Mound
Eno
Scane’s
Aarlorune
the House OF
East Fourth Street
Iowa
Lillian Russell Deld
M. J. Pemmer
Jefferson St
Taylor and Chippéwe Counties
Wis
Che
McKay
Aba
Goodyear
Stolt Bros
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