Perconial Notes at Cedar Falls
County Attorney Hoxie comes to Cedar Falls to try H I Smith for thefts and a board bill at Burr hotel. Local updates include personnel moves at Pfeiffer and Ellis drugs, travel plans for residents, club meetings, funeral services for Senator Gates, and a Cedar Falls College fire injury to a three story boarding house on College Hill.
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Cedar Falls
Hoxie
H. I. Smith
Cummins
Smith
Burr Hotel
Falls Cedar Rapids? Austin Burt speaks on municipal power
In Cedar Falls on February 3 an audience heard Austin Burt, longtime Cedar Falls electric plant manager and Citizens Gas and Electric Co. official, discuss the turning point in electric billing and utility ownership. Mayor Merner urged city ownership and bond expansion. Burt defended cheaper, better service under municipal control. Washington treasury issues a new nickel featuring an Indian head.
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Cedar Falls
Fullerton
Austin Pang
Citizens Gas and Electric Co
Paen
Burt
Burtgoon
Waterloo
Burt l
Merner
Newman
Treasury Department
Washington
Editor Nelson narrowly avoids jail for contempt conviction
William Nelson editor of the Kansas City Star was sentenced to one day in jail after conviction for contempt of court over a published article alleging the judge allowed attorney fees to apply to alimony in a divorce case. The judge relented after ten minutes and allowed a habeas corpus writ, leading to Nelson's release on own recognizance. The case centered on admissibility of evidence and the right of a newspaper to report court proceedings.
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Kansas City, Mo
William Nelson
The
Kansas City Star
Joseph A. Guthrie
Jackson County Court
Edwin Winstanley
Mr. Nelson
Mr. Walsh
Kansas City Court of Appeals
J. M. Johnson
Guthrie
Thomas Murphy
P. A. Sutermeister
Kansas City Journal
Circuit Court
Walsh
Nelson
Judge Praises Divorce Reform, Condemns Defamatory Article
The court found Nelson guilty for publishing a statement claiming the court granted lawyers fees and left a separated woman to starve. Judge Guthrie called the piece a sneer at the bench and said it ridiculed judicial procedure, warranting punishment despite support for reform. He stressed no humor in the article and condemned the defamation.
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Nelson
Yates
Guthrie
Good Roads Men to Hold Banquet
The Black Hawk County Good Roads association board will meet at the Ellis hotel Friday evening to plan the first annual banquet. The newly organized group aims to boost auto enthusiasm and increase membership before the event.
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Waterloo
City
Teachers’ College
Black Hawk County Good Roads Association
Ellis Hotel
Good Roads Association
Two Colored Men Plead Guilty to Coal Larceny
E Williams and Thomas Jackson pleaded guilty in Justice Frank Knapp's court to larceny for stealing coal from Illinois Central yards. They claimed it was their first offense, but neighbors had secured coal there as well. Each was fined $1 and costs. arrested by Detectives Malcom and Young.
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E. Williams
Thomas Jackson
Frank Knapp
Illinois Central
Malcom and
Young
J. B. Hammond
Mr. Hammond
Waterloo
Court House
Hammond
Litchfield
Temperance meeting rallies Waterloo workers on Sunday
On a Sunday near the Fourth Street bridge Waterloo residents attended a temperance gathering at the YMCA. Speeches urged withdrawals from a petition to force a court fight, blaming liquor for violence and urging 47 names removed. Leaders warned editors and pressed for victory with fervent rhetoric.
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Cozens
Waterloo
Fourth Street
H. L. Litchfield
Business Men's Temperance Association
Hammond
Temperature report from Buchanan Optical Co notice
Yesterday the minimum temperature was f and the maximum reached 28. A year ago the minimum temperature was 18 below and the maximum was 5 below. The markings supplier is listed as Buchanan Optical Co on the ground floor Syndicate block.
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Buchanan Optical Co
WiAhe
Iowa lawmakers clash over race marriage bill in stirring session
Des Moines reports that the Miller bill to ban interracial marriage faced a rocky path on the Iowa House floor. After signals of passage, committee delays and a roll‑call vote show a split among members. Grout introduced a new marriage bill restricting parolees, while other measures seek health certificates, five‑day delays, and mandated returns by officials. A Y M C A collection raised 52.15 for the Waterloo Mission.
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Des Moines
House
Iowa
Judiciary Committee
Miller
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