Des Moines Police Nab Suspected Bank Robbery Ring
Four men and two women were jailed on suspicion as James MacDonald, chief detective, believes he has captured a gang suspected of robbing banks stores and depots within 70 miles of Des Moines over four months. Harry Bennett was caught with a Packard twin six and keys and a notebook of names. Fellow arrests followed including Joseph Gavin T A Jones and spouses M J Rowles and wife. Detectives link Bennett and Gavin to Cambridge and Sculley bank robberies and say the Packard car used in the heists was owned by John A Baal.
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Des Moines
James, MacDonald
Harry Bennett
Joseph
T. Gavin
Chicago
T. A. Jones
M. J. Rowles
Gavin
Hiatt
East Grand Avenue
Charles City
Bennett
Cambridge
Sculley
John A. Baal
MacDonald
Census Canvass Delayed in Rural Districts
One-fourth of census work remains in rural districts as supervisor Anson T. Hukill reports sickness and bad roads delayed canvassing. He notes 400 pounds of data sheets awaiting transmission to Washington and the team, including H. A. Snyder, checking returns for errors.
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Anson T. Hukill
Department of Washington
Hakill
H. A. Snyder
Calamities Hit Goodell Iowa Town in February
Goodell Iowa faced a string of disasters as a flu epidemic swelled after two major fires. The United Brethren Church basement was turned into a hospital with two nurses, and one death had occurred.
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Goodell
Garner
Here
United Brethren, Church
Former Policeman Robbed and Trapped in Icebox
Charles E. Watson, ex Waterloo policeman and Illinois Central detective, was robbed of diamonds totaling 1300 dollars and 70 dollars in cash in East St. Louis. Two youths used a gun and a billy to subdue him before locking him inside a refrigerator as they looted the cash drawer and jewelry. He was freed by his son Ray after a customer alerted authorities.
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Charles E. Watson
East St. Louis
Waterloo
Watson
Illinois Central
Billy
Alice
Ray
Three Year Old Dies of Whooping Cough in Vinton
The three year old daughter of Rev. and Mrs. George W. Kinsman died at home Sunday morning after a week of illness from whooping cough and influenza. She was born in Waukon and moved to Vinton two years ago when her father became pastor of the social Baptist church. Survived by parents and an older brother, the child’s mother and the little boy were also ill. The report notes additional local illnesses and social visits as the community notes the tragedy.
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Vinton
Iowa
George W. Kinsman
Litkle
Waukon
Mirs
Kinsman
Hugh Mossman
Robert
Tracr
Taige
B. F. Cummings
Marshalltown
Mary
Local Man Dies After Sudden Collapse at Hotel
William B. Dee, about 80, longtime resident of Trederickspurg, was found unconscious Saturday morning and died at 3 p.m. after nine years at the local hotel. He had been in his usual health before retiring.
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Trederickspurg, Ja. Reb. Y
William B. Dee
Death of Ezra Prangley in West Colorado
Ezra Prangley, longtime Black Hawk county resident, died Saturday in Boulder Colorado after two months there for health reasons. Cause given as tuberculosis. Survived by two sons Charles and Will and three daughters Mrs. Joe Shirley Mrs W C Kitchen and Miss Elsie Prangley. Burial of wife at Jesup. remams to Waterloo or Jesup.
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Nashua
Ezra Prangloy
Black Hawk County
Boulder
Colo
Uecomme
W. C. Kitchen
Prangley
Colorado
Elsie
Waterloo
Jesup
Barclay Township
City
Charles
Will
Dakota
Joe Shirley
Somebody's Sweetheart and TheWife's Friend at Waterloo Palace
The Waterloo Theatre features Hammerstein musical Somebody's Sweetheart with Mildred Ivana and Aydon Brovensoh. Critics praise Hammerstein's score and strong cast while Dorothy Dalton headlines The Wife's Friend at the Palace Theatre with a dramatic, well developed plot and suspenseful moments.
Bayer Aspirin: trusted, widely used pain reliever
The advertisement touts Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as the genuine medicine prescribed for nineteen years. It stresses the Bayer name, safety proven by millions, and the Bayer Cross on packaging, with affordable 12 tab tin boxes and larger packages sold by druggists.
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Bayer
Tgists
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West
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Woman's Relief Corps
Crystal Ice & Fuel Company
Mildred Ivana
Aydon Brovensoh
Sweetheary
Arthur Hammerstein
Barmmerstein
Waterloo Saw
Dorothy Dalton
Palace Theatre
Kera
Wiverly
Celestial
Henry Mortimer
Gaumeant
Majestic
Scott
Seymour
Grindell
Esther
Marle Stoddard
Bud Fisher
Galettis
Monk
Roi
Copper Megrue
Barthe
Waterloo Theatre
Isitha
Ning
the Solwynsted
Sim Pleer
Norman Hackett
Elliott's
New York
Soldiers of Fortune
LaSalle
Iton
Canada
Pacific
Mr. Dwan
Australia
Stur
London
Mfe
Hackett
Boon
de von Am Cyn
Mwah Browder Atrukes Bourne McDowell
Permain
Black Jack
Arama Weld Peruit
Han
Uae
Wall Street
Mr. Jinn
Bangsam Palle Stark
Nidun
Cary
Box Lowch
Norman Kerry
Been
Ann Allan Dwan
Richard Harding Davis
Horlick
Waterloo Electrical Supply Co. Electrical Headquarters
W. Fourth St
Waterloo Theater
Busby Bros., Maosgere
Oxfords
Arant
Marin-Place
Dorothy
Halton
Paramount Aircraft
Desert
Hearst News
Vieias Israd
Mark
Altman’s
Dancing Academy
Commercial St
Forum School For Dancing
Ellis
Lady Gentlemen
Victor
Streeve! Music House
William Russell
MR. and Mrs. Carter DE Haven
Prizma
FOX Newz. News
Human Bean Pole
Barbara
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