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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1911
Page
8
Twenty two indictments were returned in connection with the Times disaster. Names of the indicted are not public yet. San Franciscans are believed implicated. The charge is wholesale murder from a dynamite plot. The indictments followed a disaster that caused panic and rewards offers.
More than forty witnesses, most linked to the Channton labor movement, were summoned from San Francisco and other cities. Labor union officials were also called. In total the grand jury examined over 200 persons who detectives believed could shed light on the alleged murder plot.
City in brief itemized notes list local sightings visitors and movements. Mentions Buchanan Optical Co. sales, guests at the McNamara home, ill relatives, multiple residents traveling to Los Angeles, Des Moines and Winnipeg, revival addresses, hospital updates, and mutual aid plans among Waterloo businessmen.
Cedar Falls January items report a Cedar Falls short course meeting at the Commercial club rooms with Prof. Bliss from Iowa State College in Ames, plans outlined for ticket sales and organization, aiming for a late month start. Also noted are a settled lawsuit over a Christmas tree, Measles in the city, and updates on local society and sports.
Divorces granted in district court include Mildred M. Keiderling versus Frank C. Keiderling Bertha Harmon versus Tra Harmon Kittle Brenner versus Albert Brenner. Additional separations filed by M Mildred McDevitt versus Charles McDevitt and Lulu Davis versus George Davis allege cruelty. Custody and alimony sought in each suit with child details and terms.
In Carroll County Indiana the final canvass leaves the licensed saloon advocates short of a majority by about 800 votes after sixty six withdrawals were removed. Prohibition workers are disappointed as efforts to defeat saloons in Jasper Union Newton fail to carry Dedham Coon Rapids and Lanesboro. Coon Rapids and Godden remain dry, with Lanesboro the main contested point.
In Newton township the anti-saloon league failed and Dedham will have saloons. The article notes allegations of bribery and other unlawful means used to influence outcomes, with saloon supporters challenging the regular forms.
A bill introduced in the House by Mann of Illinois aims to reorganize the public health and hospital service, enlarging its activities and increasing its importance. The measure signals a broader mandate for federal health work and related facilities.
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