Gladio and the Giant Bring Home a Warm New Life
A tale of Otto and his five daughters unfolds as a kindly giant offers Gladio a home and garden in a warm, fur lined bag. She adapts to a magical household with a strange old woman helper while her sisters envy the life she gains. Otto longs for news of Gladio, and the giant returns tomorrow to reveal his purpose.
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Gladio
Otto
Ag 1
Irl
Dearie
Gladie
the McClure
Dumont Robbery Suspect Held For Grand Jury
In Dumont Iowa a man arrested at Clarion last Tuesday is tied to a Christmas week meat market robbery. He was brought to Dumont, held for a Saturday hearing, and bound over to the January grand jury. Bloodhounds traced a southwest trail from Dumont toward Ackley. About 160 dollars in cash and other items were stolen from the market safe. An Ackley tramp was cleared of wrongdoing.
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Dumont
Inman
Clarion
Burling
Clarksville
Allison
Shaffer
Wils
Waterloo
Geneva
Faulkner
Ackley
Ackdey
Cured of Liver Complaint by Chamberlain's Tablets
Iva Smith of Point Blank Texas says she suffered from a liver complaint before trying a box of Chamberlain's Tablets. She reports complete cure and recommends them to everyone. Available from dealers. Watworth 300 Russell Lamson Building, contact numbers 112% or 1128.
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Iva Smith
Point Blank
Texas
Tom
Col G W Crosley Pioneer Dies at Webster City
Col G W Crosley a noted Iowa pioneer died at his Webster City home after a long career of public service. He was nearly 75, born in Ohio, moved to Story County in 1856, enlisted in 1861 and became colonel in 1865. Survived by widow and three children. Funeral Tuesday.
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Webster City
G. W. Crosley
Iowa
Crosley
Yle
Ohio
Story County
Ames
Third
Iowa Infantry
Fort Madison
Des Moines
Cummins
Charles A. Clark
Cedar Rapids
Varick C. Crosley
Charlotte Crosley
George R. Crosley
Colonel Crosley
Advertisement Claiming Chamberlain’s Tablets Cure Sickness
Miss Margaret Campbell of Ft. Smith Ark reports that her father, sick six years ago, used Chamberlain’s Tablets after seeing an advertisement in the papers and has not been sick since. She adds her sister also benefited. For sale by all dealers.
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Chamberlain
Margaret Campbell
Ft. Smith, Ark
Meditation and prayer planned by Waterloo ministers
The Waterloo Ministerial Association schedules a day of meditation and prayer on Friday January 2 1914 at First United Presbyterian Church. Program includes devotional services, discussions and hymn meditations led by M G Munn Effie McCollum Jones Walter H Rolling L W Bock A J Northrup and Wm H Beachler with luncheons for ministers wives and a social hour. Also reports a mine accident in Perry county where Austrian laborer Frank larish died when slate fell crushing his skull.
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Ministerial Association of
Waterloo
United Presbyterian Church
Second
Wellington Streets
M. G. Munn
St. John
Effie McCollum Jones
Walter H. Rolling
L. W. Bock
A. J. Northrup
H. Beachler
Erty Ja
Dee
Frank Larish
Scandia Coal Company
Perry
Find No Record Of Bandit's Wedding
Cedar Wapide December 29 1927 Ralph Farris alias John Bostick known as the California bandit reportedly married a Marton girl in Ta., the ceremony not performed in Liun county. A county records search found no record of the marriage.
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Cedar Wapide
Ralph Farris
John Bostick
California
Marton
Liun County
Marriage license questioned in Marion gossip case
A clerk failed to find a record of a marriage license for the person named. The subject had dined at C. C. Miller restaurant in Marion last September and grew friendly with a waitress. The waitress returned home today after her father intervened due to gossip from Farris’s statements.
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Fortis
C. C. Miller
Marion
Farris
No Motors May Enter Panama Exposition
The Panama-Pacific exposition management in San Francisco announces that no motor vehicles will be allowed inside the fair grounds in 1915. A parking site outside the gate may be provided for automobile storage. The decision rests on safety concerns for the many pedestrians at the exposition.
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San Francisco
Four youths escape prison van en route to Halmesburg
In Philadelphia on December 29 four larceny convicts pulled boards from a prison van floor. They dropped clear of the moving vehicle near Holmenburg. the driver found the escape only when opening the doors. A California woman praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for a severe lung cold and cough.
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Philadelphia
New County
Halmesburg
Holmenburg
Winthrop Social Notes and Visiting Headlines
Winthrop December 29 local notes report Mrs Charley Statson of Cedar Rapids visiting in the Howard and Vern Statson homes. Mrs Frank Hearn visiting in Independence with her parents James Parker and wife. George Meffert and family returned to Waterloo after a stay with the M Lorang home. Mrs Fred Foster received word that her sister Mrs F L McDaniels in Blunt SD is seriously ill. Mrs McDaniels formerly Miss Bessie Querbaugh. Albert Brossell visiting friends in Dubuque. Miss Pearl Jackson visiting relatives in Independence. John Williams wife and daughter of Cedar Rapids visiting Mrs Mary Shine home. Miss Sadie McFadden of Duluth MN visiting her mother Mrs A McFadden. Mrs Joe Smith and three children...
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Winthrop
Charley ‘Statson
Cedar Rapids
Howard
Vern Statson
Frank Hearn
James Parker
Independence
George Meffert
Waterloo
M. Lorang
Fred Foster
Blunt
S. D
McDaniels
Bessie Querbaugh
Albert Brossell
Dubuque
Misa Pearl Jackson
John Williams
Over Sunday Visitors Gather in Local Homes
Several families welcomed guests for over Sunday visits. Ed Campbell and family from Center Point stayed with R. R. Stoneman. Esther Fesater from Independence visited Mary Reidy. Frank Peas of Fredericksburg visited Harry Lutz. Gerald McKeeley returned to Cedar Rapids after a visit with grandparents O. J. Metcalf and wife. Brayton Gates and wife of Independence stayed with U. L. Hobson. James Gaffney Jr. from Cedar Falls visited his parents. Dan Shine of Iowa City spent Sunday with his mother. C. G. W. Yeager and family visited Elmer Kostemeyer in Aurora.
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W. Trott
Delwain
Ed. Campbell
Center Point
R. R. Stoneman
Esther Fesater
Independence
Mary Reidy
Frank Peas
Fredericksburg
Harry Lutz
Gerald McKeeley
Cedar Rapids
O. J. Metcalf
Brayton Gates
Indépence
U. L
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