Fire Came Close in Subzero Night at Fourth and Lafayette
Fire discovered in the Perpetual Building Loan office by an employee of Merchants cafe across the alley stopped by firemen at 8 30 p m yesterday. The two story brick building at Fourth and Lafayette occupied by Martin ci Bar store and other tenants faced destruction with estimated loss of 400 dollars. Damages to building and office equipment around 460 dollars. Origin traced to a cracked chimney. passbooks belonging to members of the association were damaged but will be replaced from the B L association records kept in the vault. Three fire alarms were sounded early today with further incidents including a burning motor truck and a roof fire at 201 Cottage avenue. No major injuries reported.
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Perpetual Building Loan Office
Merchants Cafe
Fourth
Lafayette Streets
Martin ci- Bar
Timate
Association
B. & L. Association
CG. W. Stilson
Barry” Alarims
Oneida Street
Artificial Ice & Fuel Co
Ninth Street
W. J. Flax
South Street
Charles Ash
Cottage Avenue
Fowler Street
Sycamore Street
Sixth Street
Moonshine Suspects Linked to Street Car Bandits
Cedar Rapids Iowa December 27 George and Joe Moore arrested for moonshining are suspected bandits who held up a street car last Tuesday night stealing about 35 dollars from the motorman Louis Koffron partly identified them as the bandits Police say George is an escaped convict from the Joliet prison farm Moore denies this but police say a convict photograph identifies Moore as the man wanted in Illinois
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Cedar Rapids
George
Joe Moore
Louis Koffron
Hainots
Farn
Joliet
Moore
Illinois
Deaf mute held for vain attempts to wreck trains
Lewistown, Pa. December 27 28 year old deaf mute William Rosenmund is jailed by railroad officials on three alleged attempts to derail Pennsylvania trains between Mifflin and Denholm. Splice bars were placed on rails twice and removed to avert crashes, and Rosenmund was arrested again after a third attempt.
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Lewistown
William Rosenmund
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mifflin
Denholm
Rosenmond
Woman Near Death After Sioux City Shooting by Admirer
In Sioux City Iowa on December 27 Anus Carson lies near death after being shot twice by Harry Lardos who has been pursuing her for three years. Carson ran to a boarding house and locked herself in a room as Lardos followed then fired a pistol through a door panel. Neighbors Fry and another resident detained Lardos until police captured him.
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Sioux City
Anus Carson
Harry Lardos
Carson
Lardos
Lurdos
Lirdos
E Pry
Poomer
Nvnge
Miss Carson
Fry
Cedar Falls P O Holiday Mail Volume Surges
Cedar Falls December 27 Special reports holiday mail and parcel post exceed usual levels. Eight days ending December 25 show 58 pieces processed by ceiling machines versus 79 960 last year. Parcel post also heavy with about 1 500 parcels daily hand stamped. On December 22 this year 24 406 pieces passed cancelling machines, vs 13 650 on December 24 last year. Additional figures from 1923 are noted.
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Cedar Falls
Denver Salt Lake Rail Line Shortens Distance
The Denver & Salt Lake Western railroad asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to build 41 miles from Orestedt to Dottera, Colo. The line would connect with the Denver & Rio Grande Western, cutting Denver to Salt Lake City travel by about 173 miles.
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Washington, D. C
Denver & Salt Lake Western Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Orestedt
Dottera
Colo
Thuis
Denver & Salt Lake Western
Denver & Rio Grande Western
Denver
Salt Lake City
Denver &Rio Grande Western
Dirt Roads Rough Throughout and Gravel Rough in Spots
Des Moines report by the Automobile Club finds most dirt roads rough and gravels rough in spots across the state. Roads are snow covered with varying depth but not enough to cause heavy drifting. some paved roads also reported as slick with ice.
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Des Moines
Des Moines Automobile Club
Evelyn Bundy Scalded In Hot Lye Incident
Evelyn Bundy, 22, daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Bundy, suffered severe scalding after falling into a tub of hot lye water in Sioux City. She was hospitalized and doctors say she has a slight chance of recovery.
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Sioux City
Evelyn Bundy
Henry Bundy
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Mulian Ave
G. C. Kennedy
Sunnyland
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Thirty Mile
Halifax River
Daytona
Halifax Country
O. B. Parrish Chamber OF Commerc
Cedar Falls P.O
Denver-Salt Lake
Kentucky
Matt Parrott and Sons Company
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Tatum
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Globe and Eagle
Chicago
Swanson
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