New York Police Captain Confesses Graft Suspected
New York on February 11. Police Captain Thomas W Walsh admitted accepting graft from disorderly places in his precinct. He has been suspended and lies at home ill possibly unable to recover. Inspector Dennis Sweeney named by Walsh as his partner in graft is also suspended. Police Commissioner Waldo leads the probe with help from First Deputy Commissioner Dougherty and secretary Winfield Sheehan, a former reporter.
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New York
Thomas W. Walsh
Walsh
Dennis Sweeney
Waldo
Whitman
Dougherty
Winfield Sheehan
Sheehan
Rownd Pushes Public Notice on County Probe
Cedar Falls supervisor C A Rownd calls for public disclosure as Pinkerton detectives continue a decade-spanning probe into bridge contracts, bids, and board actions. He claims no improper county nickel taken and notes travel expenses for state supervisor conventions may raise ethical questions, while awaiting a formal report.
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C. A. Rownd
Pinkerton
Cedar Falls
Miss Bertha Edwards Visit in Monticello Context
Miss Bertha Edwards of Monticello is in the city to visit relatives.
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Bertha Edwards
Monticello' S
City
Fire Devastates Midway Plaisance Causing 300000 Loss
Chicago officials prepare to debate water supply inadequacies after a $300,000 fire at Midway Plaisance. Armored investigation urged by council members following the blaze.
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Midway Plaisance
Chicago
Fire destroys two apartment buildings near Midway Plaisance
Yesterday a major fire at the Midway Plaisance and Washington Avenue destroyed the seven story Ingram apartments with fifty families left homeless and imperiled dozens more as the Portland hall and nearby units suffered extensive damage or evacuation. The blaze forced seventy families from Plaisance Court and surrounding buildings but did not consume all structures. By late afternoon firefighters regained control after the flames spread through the crowded Woodlawn area.
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Midway Plaisance
Washington Avenue
Woodlawn
Ingram Apartments
Thomas Byrne
Hall
The
Portland
Plaisance Court
No Order For Local Soldiers
Two Iowa National Guard units, Companies B and L of the Fifty third regiment, face no immediate orders to deploy to the Mexican border. Captain Hildebrand says no orders have been issued, and the regiment would be among the first called if action is required. War talk boosts militiamen’s readiness for March inspection. The rest is a humorous Kansas item about Bud Towsley’s weather leg hoax and its downfall.
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Fifty-third Regiment
Iowa
Mexico
Marked Money Traps Legislators in West Virginia
In Charleston on February 12 four members of the West Virginia House of Delegates and one State Senator were arrested in a hotel on charges of accepting marked money to influence a U.S. Senate vote. They waived a hearing before Justice C W Dering and were held on $5,000 bonds. Accused include Representatives U S G Rhodes H F Asbury David B Hill Ruth Duff and Senator B A Smith. The group is alleged to have taken $20,000 for backing William Seymour Edwards, with Rhodes allegedly receiving $15,000 Duff $2,000 and the others $1,000 each.
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W. Va
United States
State House of Delegates
Senate
Sheriff Hill
Thomas C. Townsend
Justice of the Peace
C. W. Dering
U. S. G. Rhodes
Mingo County
H. F. Asbury
Putnam County
David B. Hill
Mason County
Ruth Duff
Jackson County
B. A. Smith
William Seymour Edwards
Rhodes
Duff
Lincoln birthday observed with civic closure in Waterloo
The spirit of patriotism was evident in Waterloo as Lincoln's birthday was celebrated. Courthouse offices closed, post office holiday hours observed, banks and many private offices shut for the day.
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Waterloo
Tincoln
Court House
Lincoln
Teachers’ College
Dorothy Mills
Chicago
Obituary of Cedar Falls Resident Mrs Laura Howe
Mrs. Laura Howe aged 79 died Monday evening at her daughter Mrs Thomas Wilds home 726 West Fourth street Cedar Falls. She leaves another daughter Mrs Geo Ellis of Spencer Iowa. Funeral will be held tomorrow at the home with Rev Titus Lowe of the Methodist church and burial at Greenwood cemetery. Estate said to be large and to be distributed among relatives and friends.
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Cedar Falls
Laura Howe
Thomas Wild
West Fourth Street
Wild
Geo. Ellis
Spencer, In
Titus Lowe
Methodist Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Steamed fright leads brakeman to fall from locomotive
O. C. Barnes of Cedar Rapids, a Rock Island freight brakeman, was frightened by escaping steam in the engine cab and clung to the locomotive until it swayed him off into the right of way near Marble Rock. He was brought to Waterloo and treated at Presbyterian hospital for a severe head injury and bruises.
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O. C. Barnes
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Marble Rock
Barnes
Waterloo
Presbyterian Hospital
Pulmotor Gives One More Life
Mrs Hall of 127 Mulberry Street was saved by a pulmotor connected to an oxygen resuscitation system installed ten days ago by Citizens Gas and Electric. Stricken with severe heart trouble she was nearly dead when the apparatus was applied and after hours of use was fully resuscitated. This marked Waterloo’s first heart trouble case treated with the pulmotor.
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Hall
Mulberry Street
Fittie
Citizens Gas and Electric Company
Cheaper to Break Law Advised in Sugar Suit
New York reports reveal letters in the government effort to dissolve the American Sugar Refining Company. Attorney John E B Parsons advised secretary Charles I Heike that risking fines was better than complying with stock transfer book laws. Heikes letter notes steel interests in Washington. Parsons replies eight days later praising indulgence for gun sales and warning against trade conference evasion.
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New York
American Sugar Refining Company
Wilson H. Brice
John EB. Parsons
Charles I. Heike
New Jersey
Parsons
Heike
Tater
Washington
Heikeight
Resinol products praised in a mother’s letter from 1972
A 1972 letter from Mrs. Naxsin of Washington D C praises Resinol Soap and Resinol Ointment for healing her daughter's eighteen month scalp eruption. The note claims instant relief and full recovery after a few weeks, inviting readers to request free samples from the Resinol Chemical Co. Baltimore.
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ninoTos
D. C
Naxsin
Resinol Chemical Co
Baltimore
Why May Not the Kind of Boarding Place Be Ad Vertised
Inquiry prompts readers to consider why a desirable boarding place is not advertised in the Waterloo Evening Courier. The notice urges placing ads in the Waterloo Evening Courier, claiming it has more than double the paid circulation of rival papers in the area.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Woman Recovers After United Doctors Treatment in Waterloo
An elderly Shell Rock resident, Clara Bickner, reports a years long stomach and bowel trouble improved after two months with United Doctors. She describes swelling, pain, and fear of operation, then relief and regular bowels, eating and sleeping well. Dr White visits at home if needed. phone 3368.
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Waterloo
United Doctors
Clara Bickner
Adams Street
City
Dr. White
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