Peoria Bank Killing Inquest Hears Strause Gun Link
In Peoria the coroner's inquest resumed into EB A Strause detained for the killing of Berne Mead, cashier of State Trust and Savings Bank. Witnesses identified the revolver found near Mead and linked Strause to the weapon. Franklin, a real estate dealer, testified he saw a man lock the bank door after the first shot and later identified Strause as that man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
EB. A. Strause
Berne M. Mead
State Trust and Savings Bank
David W. Norton
Mead
Bishop
Strause
Sol C. Salzenstein
Polita W
Police Department
Salzenstein
Salvenstein
Berne
Joseph Scherrer
Peoria Free Employment Bureau
Elliott
John W. Franklin
Earate
Mattoon
Til
Franklin
Jefferson and
Liberty Streets
Qfrankiji and Strause
Fainier Luan
Edgar A. Strause
Strauss
Rhoades
MccNemar
HW. A. Strause
Pioneer Woman of Waterloo Is Dead
Elizabeth Strayer Harrison 76 died at 12:15 a m at 413 Twelfth street west Waterloo from a complication of diseases. A pioneer resident since 1865 born April 23, 1841 in Johnstown Pa daughter of John and Mrs Strayer. She married David Harrison in Johnstown March 1861. four years later they moved to Waterloo. Surviving husband and five children. Body at Petersen Bros mortuary pending funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Strayer Harrison
Twelfth Street
Harrison
Waterloo
David Harrison
Petersen Bros
London Sleep Amid Air Raids Under Moonlit Skies
A London hotel scene unfolds during a frosty December night raid. Guests from Dutch, Scottish and Belgian backgrounds share tea while nervousness lingers in hallways and cellars. The beacon of calm is the manageress, the redoubled bustle of servants, and the ritual wakefulness before the all clear returns them to routine at dawn.
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London
Hfe
Kensington
Cyne
Hitle
Waterloo
Bride
Goodneas
Paris
Boy Scouts
1800 Trips Maddy by Rural Mail Horse
Nashville Ind December 27 Charter a horse owned by Collins M Calvin ha s made eighteen hundredth trip The 27 year old animal will retire on three full feeds a day Calvin has been a rural carrier thirteen years driving Charley about three trips weekly The horse traveled 60000 miles in thirteen years and would go from barn to post office each morning without a driver Marriage Licenses Grant Driscol La Porte City Eva Bedard La Porte City F C Goodrich Waterloo ula Shank Waterton Henry Smith Fonda Bessie A Smith Fonda
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Nashville
Ind
Collins M. Calvin
Am Tural Taxis
Calvin
Charley
Grant Driscol
la Porte
Eva Bedard
la Porte City
F. C. Goodrich
Waterloo
Ula Shank
Waterton
Henry Smith
Fonda
Bessie A. Smith
Bane Clearings Report From Waterloo Clearing House
Waterloo bank dinarings for the week ending December 20 1917 as reported by the Waterloo Clearing House association show totals for the period and compare with the corresponding week of 1975. Instruments recorded deeds mortgages and chattel mortgages are listed with weekly and prior week figures. The data reflects market activity and instrument counts across week ending dates in 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hawk County Abstract Co
Waterloo Bank
Waterloo Clearing House Association
BTR & Clearings
LSGL
Dale
VERDUN FRONT SEES GERMAN ATTACKS AND FIGHTING
Reports from Paris and Rome on December 26 to 27 describe German raids on the Verdun Meuse front with attempts to reach French mines, heavy losses for the attackers, and the capture of some prisoners. British forces say only hostile artillery activity was noted north and east of Ypres, with no night incidents reported.
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Paris
Meuse
Verdun
Courieres Wood
St. Quentin
Sapingaenus
British Front Societ London
Ypres
Haig
Two Iowa Soldiers Under Gen Pershing Die in France
Washington reports casualties among American expeditionary forces as deaths from natural causes. Private George E. Truax of Des Moines falls to pneumonia and scarlet fever with family links cited, and Private Herbert Schrader of Dubuque is listed with pneumonia and a mother named Mrs. Schrader.
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Des Moines
Adj
Logan
Iowa
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Tex
Gen. Pershing
France
Washington
D. C
Pershing
George E. Truax
Devoto
BF. Truax
Mast Seventeenth Street
Herbert Schrader
Pcumonia
I. Schrader
Washington Street
Dubuque
Erven Kohli
Baltimore Street
T. B. Waugh
Grant Avenue
Gallup
Alta Vista Avenue
C. W. Howe
Lincoln Street
George B Rowell
Festrs Engineers Regiment
Harry
Watch Radiator and Save Fuel
Conservation guidance from Overland-Hanson Co. manager B K Mellway urges workers to regulate room temperature by using radiator valves instead of opening windows. Warming rooms wastes heat and coal. keep radiators efficiently controlled to save coal, aiding the boss, workers, and the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overland-Hanson Company
B. K. Mellway
Nan's Letter Home Describes Wartime London Nursery School
In London, Nan writes of visiting a war charity nursery training school born from the Women's Industrial Council. She describes a bright playroom, babies cared for by war workers' children, and girls trained in nursery duties and domestic tasks. She notes private nurseries remain under protection and mentions Christmas shops with soldier made goods.
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Turmpstead Heath
Minta Christus
Mttla
England
Sol
London
Women’s Industrial Council
Carnell and
Straighaway Wad
Narth End
Hutt
Vaild
Fenle
Hach Hille
Nan
Yarn That Made Cleveland Chuckle
Washington story repeats a tale of Private John Allen who sees Cleveland in Tupelo to urge a post office appointment. Allen recalls a court case analogy and notes residents waited 30 years for a Democratic president. Cleveland, a civil service supporter, promises to consider the request before Allen suggests patience with senate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
John Allen
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
White House
Allen
Tupelo
Mies
Clevelan
Civil Service
John Sp
Atlen
Mma
Senate
Kenneth Mueller Tells of Trip Across Atlantic
Mrs. Sarah Mueller receives a letter from her son Kenneth, a member of Co. G, 168th U.S. Infantry in the Rainbow division. He notes arrival in England after sailing from New York November 25, weather was stormy, he had good accommodations and did not get seasick, and he expects training likely in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Mueller
Commercial Street
Kenneth
Co. G
168Th U.S. Infantry
Jlainbow
England
New York
France
Canadian Railroads Get 45 Per Cent Increase
Ottawa Ontario December 27 a board of railway commissioners decision grants a 15 percent rise in passenger rates across Canada except British Columbia where the max is 3 cents a mile. Freight rates rise about 29 percent in the west and 1 percent in the east under Crow's Nest limits and other spec limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
War Memorial Fund Painters To Exhibit In London
Fifty artists including Major Augustus John Y Cameron George Clausen William Orpen Julius Olsson Ch Shannon Frank Brangwyn Wyndham Lewis H W Nevinson J W Morrice Ettore Tito and women Laura Knight Anna Airy Claire Atwood will paint war scenes for the Canadian Memorial Fund. The works will tour London briefly then be sent to Canada for a permanent tribute building.
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London
Canada
Major Augustus Join
2. Y Cameron
George Clausen
William Orpen
Julius Olsson
Ch . Shannon
Frank Brangwyn
Wyndham Lewis
H. W. Nevinson
J. W. Morrice
Ettore Tito
Mrs. Swinnerton
Laura Knight
Anna Airy
Claire Atwood
Red Cross
Oldest prisoner at Walla Walla faces release in lean years
Elis release papers arrive from Olympia as the aging inmate, once sent to the penitentiary in 1900 for attacks on women and girls, nears departure in clothing after being saved from mob violence. He was convicted on two charges, each yielding fourteen years, and spent decades in confinement as he faded from vigor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Walla
Elis
Olympia
Sutherland
Fie
Wooden ship program called complete failure
Washington D C Dec 27 Rear Admiral Bowles assistant general manager of the emergency fleet corporation testified before the senate commerce committees shipbuilding inquiry that the wooden shipbuilding program was an almost complete failure The report cites the dire outlook and questions the program s effectiveness amid wartime needs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Bowles
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Senate Commerce Committees
Rainbow Division Men Transferred to Quartermaster Corps in France
Letter to Miss Marin Henderson reports several Rainbow Division members, including George Leask, Mart Maus, Sylvester Hutchingon, Jurdutta Smith, Mitch el Mantua, Ernest Henderson, Robert Nunn, and Gordon Vaughan, reassigned to the quartermaster corps under Captain Clinton G. Hollen in Waterloo. Corporal Bureau dette Smith notes they will help supply American forces in France and recalls the war’s horrors, while detailing wartime labor shifts and cross-Atlantic voyage experiences.
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Rainbow Division
Cos
Waterloo
Quartermaster's Corps
Maredon Henderson
Buredette Smith
George 1. Leask
Mart
Maus
Sylvester Howell
Ivesett Fiutchingon
Jurdutta Smith
Mitchel Mantua
Ernest Henderson
Reobert Nunn
Gordon Vaughan
Yhay
Clinton G. Hollen
France
Doon
Corporal Smith
Tod Disdeult
England
Iminyy
Factor Fox
Ang Saga
Baginad
America
Old West Pointer Commands American Camp in England
In England a major U S Army camp known as a paguiog houses arriving troops for a week of quarantine before training in France. Led by an Old West Pointer colonel, the camp includes British officers and soldiers, with American Marines and a nickname for British staff. Female members of the British WAA corps wear khaki uniforms in auxiliary roles and are emulated by American officers.
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England
Great Britain
United States Army
France
Adufant
Marines
Annapolis
Tommy Atkine
British Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Red Cross Dues Totals Announced for Waterloo Area
Mrs Louis Z Frank, Red Cross general chairman, reports Waterloo area dues by ward and town. Figures show First ward 167 members 2444 50 dollars Second ward 1753 1922 Third ward 1081 1133 Fourth ward 1389 1400 482. Other totals noted for Highland Hill Cedar Weights Raymond and West High. Joseph Cass named youngest Red Cross member in Waterloo. Shop closure for cleaning, reopens Saturday 9 am to 9 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Z. Frank
Red Cross
Waterloo
First
Highland
Atte Hill
Raymond
Wington
West High
East High
Joseph Cass
Red Cross Society
Ernest Cass
British Ship City of Nagpur Wrecked in Delagoa Bay
London, Dec. 27 The British steamer City of Nagpur has been wrecked in Delagoa bay Portuguese East Africa. The passengers numbering 259 were saved as was the cargo. The steamer of 331 tons was built in Belfast in 1974. She was owned by the Ellerman line of Liverpool and engaged in the eastern service.
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London
Nagpur
Delagoa Bay
Portuguese East Africa
Times
Lisbon
City of Nagpur
Belfast
Ellerman Line
Liverpool
German Socialists Arrested Over Christmas Eve
London dispatch reports more than 300 members of the German minority Socialist party were arrested on Christmas Eve by German military authorities. The count was released via wireless press dispatch today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Socialist Party
Zurich
City in Brief Makes Light of Local Happenings
Fragmented city brief reports Mina Cetilia Stanton undergoing pilner operation in Buchanan while Ny. A. A. Hoffman returns from holiday in Dubuque. Local items cover marriages, travels, shop and factory notes, hospital ward updates, and upcoming district exemption board sessions with several small lawsuits and a note on a marine regiment's deployment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mina Cetilia Stanton
A. A. Hoffman
Dubugue
Ryncargon & Koch
Red Cross
Edna Young
Floyd G. Wessel
A. ©. Christiansen
Aurora
W. J. Zoelyper
Knights Templar and Masonic Lodges Plan Special Meetings
An announcement lists a Knights Templar commandery No. 35 holding a special convocation Friday evening for work in the order. Court of Honor lodge meets at Labor temple this evening. West Waterloo lodge No. 716 has a special meeting tomorrow at 7 20 p m for third degree work, followed by a watch party after the regular meeting Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights Templar
Order of the Temple
Court of Honor Iodge
Labor Temple
West Waterloo
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Sys
Banker-Slayer
Robert Anderle
Cedar Rapids
Wardee O'Brien
George 7
BANE
Verdun Line
Rome
Previse
Vesdue
Tickilly
Arle
Kenneth Mueller
Atlantic
Canadian Memorial Fund
Walla Walla, Wash
Edward Sutherland
Bie
Blunt
Eral
Quar
Heomlaster
Cipt
Holden Beaywa
Rai
Bow Division
Old West Pointer
Buchanan
Frank ‘D. Lynch
Marie Miller
Earl Beatty
Presbyterian Hospital
B. A. Leiguton
Rock Island Railway
John B. Doty
Myrtle V. Doty
F. F. Knapp
Elizabeth Brundage
Miss Grace
Spo
Tushen
O. R. Brundage
Cutler Hardware Company
Jesse Jefferson
Henry Doyle
Clinton, Ia
Wiizabeth Doyle
James Doyle
Holland Pinang Company
J. FP. McGinn
Leavitt & Johnson National Bank
Sylvester Wildebrand
Adolph Schmidt
Union Station
Schufidt
Charlee H. Brown
Jacksonville
Fin
Oliver
Quartermaster's Reserve Corps
Tomorow
Hess P. Fasen
Williamt J. Ramsey
New Hartford
Infantry
Helen Larkin
Nette Mummenhoff
St. Pauls
Migs Mummenhoff
Aectioneers
Tripp & Gill
G. C. Kennedy
Tinskyft
Eugenke M. Pollen
Carpenter
Marcellus Enue
Manasquan
N. J
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