Divorce Plea Over Des Moines Speculations and a Fallen Home
James R Newkirk seeks to annul his marriage to Ethel Newkirk after a year of discord and alleged cruelty. He claims she left their four month old baby with strangers for a dance hall life and pursued a life of ease away from home. He alleges drunken behavior, neglect of the child, and improper correspondence with a man using her maiden name. He requests divorce and child custody with support, plus other court relief.
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James Rt. Newkirk
Ethel Newkirk
Waterloo
Missouri
Davenport
Des Moines
Land
Newkirk
Boone
Petltioner
Longtime Waterloo man Frank A. Grant dies at 85
Frank A. Grant a Black Hawk county resident since childhood and former Standard Gig company employee died at his home 15 Logan Avenue Waterloo after complications from a hemorrhage and paralysis He was born October 1 1860 in Ticonderoga New York and moved to Iowa at age 10 Survivors include his wife and three children Irene and John preceded him in death The funeral is Saturday at 2 30 p m from the Walnut Street Baptist Church with burial in Fairview Cemetery
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Frank A. Grant
Black Hawk County
Logan Avenue
Ticonderoga
N.Y
Irene
John
Florence Tewart
Wilda Bennett
Fred Grant
Waterloo
Edith Groves
J. M. Grant
H. G. Beeman
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Fairview Cemetery
North Waterloo Railroads News Patch
North Waterloo reports a hunting party near Denver bagging about six rabbits. Illinois central rail receipts for six months ending Oct 31 1910 total 610969. Walter Curler joins Rechtferde Q Sporle as shoemaker. Four of five M and S L conductors cleared of irregulary charges. A new $200 lavatory installed in the railroad. Engineer Arthur Olsen has returned home.
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G. A. Tibbitts
Waterloo
Chicago
A. C. Brenneck
C. Hussey
Denver
Tilinoiis Central
Illinois
Rose
North End
Walter Curler
Rechtferde Q Sporle
Curler
Spokane
Washington
Illinois Central expands with fifty new engines and staff
The Illinois Central plans to add fifty new engines this month. Thirty five of them are of the consolidated type similar to the 941 class. Total weight with tender is 365 050 pounds and each engine is seventy feet long. R E Downing leaves for an inspection trip along the Dubuque division to compile signal material catalog.
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Eagle Lake
Texas
Chicago Great Western Railway Company
State Railroad Commission
Frank Ramsey
Harry C. Gephart
Illinois Central
R. E. Downing
Dubuque Division
Imnois Central
Joseph Baumgartner
Round House
Come In The Water Is Fine At Marsh Place Tailors
A Christmas charity offer by 20th Century Tailors at 207 E Fifth St invites donations of old suits or overcoats to be given to needy persons on Christmas Eve. The ad promotes five dollar compensation for any donation.
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Chicago Great Western
Corn Belt Business College
Oelwein Business College
The
Great Western
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
20Th Century Tailors
Fifth St
Marsh Place
Meritol Peroxide Cream Offered at Henderson Drug
Meritol peroxide cream advertised at Henderson Drug Co for 25 cents. The notice presents a brief product offer and price in a local drugstore context.
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Meritol
Henderson Drug Co
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Gas. R. Newkirk
Babe
United
Iowa
House of Quality
West Fourth Street
Xmas
Dennison
Knapp Drug Co
East Fourth Street
Stadard Odl
Pany
North Waterloo and Railroads
Jewelers and Opticians
Leo Wormuth
Tor
Eat Fouth
Bell Outfitters
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