Won Bride After Many Handicaps
Burlington Iowa reports the remarkable life of William Chamberlain Wallace a former burglar ex convict and later speaker and raconteur who after years away returned reformed and married Mary McLane a Burlington woman The piece chronicles his crime ridden youth his love affair his 18 year hiatus and final marriage and includes praise from publisher J W Murphy who gave him a chance and trusted him with his business collections.
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Burlington
William Chamberlain Wallace
Davenport
Wallace
Fort Madison
Courier
J. W. Murphy
Saturday Evening Post
Murphy
Mary McLane
Ringgold
Carpenter
Mary ‘McLane
Burlingston
Ida County Man to Wed English Girl in War Romance
Ida Grove reports Carl Frits a farm worker who will marry Miss May Johnson of England after reconnecting in England. He served 11 months in the Canadian army and met her at Seaford camp. They plan a wedding trip in England then to Denmark before returning to Ida County to settle on a farm within a year.
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Ida Grove
Carl Frits
George Reiff
Ida
Friis
Montreal
America
England
Denmark
Aving
Ida County
Buried in Mortuary After Son’s Scarlet Fever Death
A woman left her husband’s body at a mortuary after their son Paul J 29 died of scarlet fever on Saturday night and Tuesday forenoon. The father’s burial was delayed because of the son’s illness.
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Council Bluffs
Andrew Rasmussen
Jennie Edmundson
Paul J
Weeks' Cold Tablets Win Big Sale For Jim Evang
Jim Evang reports his record day with two big orders in Breel ton thanks to Weeks' Cold Tablets. He notes rival Shipman fell ill with flu and missed a sale, while he recovered the next morning after taking Weeks' tablets and a friendly note to the purchasing agent.
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Jim Evang
Breelton
Shinman
Jennings Company
Jim
Shipman
Shipr
Crippe
Father and Son Buried Together at Walout Hill Cemetery
Report notes that yesterday both a father and his son were buried simultaneously at Walout Hill Cemetery, marking a shared funeral rite and final resting place.
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Walout Hill Cemetery
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Bride
Wm. C. Wallace
Au Town
Hayes
Healing Honey
BURCH
Misses & Childrens
Coats of American Velour
Beaver
Coats
Clearance
Waterloo
Maxwell
Maxwell Trucks
F. O. B. Detroit
Harry Padden Auto Co
Sixth
Franklin Streets
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