Samuel Wilson 84 Pioneer Resident Dies After Fall Injuries
Samuel Wilson, 84, longtime Black Hawk county resident and Civil War veteran, died at Presbyterian hospital after injuries from a fall at his Hudson home last week. He was born in New York in 1832, served with the 81st New York in the Civil War, and later moved to Illinois before settling in Hudson. He is survived by his wife, two sons Burton and Amos Wilson, a sister in Fulton, and a brother who died years ago. Funeral services will be held at the United Brethren church in Hudson.
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Samuel Wilson
Black Hawk ‘County
Presbyterian Hospital
Hudson
Wilson
Black Hawk County
I. Mr. Wilson
Herkimer County
New York
Oswego County
N. Y
Mias
Marlon A. Sutton
Mrr
Eighty- First New York Volunteer Infantry
McClellan
Gen. Butler
Carolina
Illinois
Mn Wilson
United Brethren Church
Burton EF. Wilson
Waterloo
Amos . Wilson
Elmer Coa
Fulton
A. B. Wilson
O’keefe, & Town
First Congregational Has Annual Meeting Report
Reports from the First Congregational church annual meeting show progress in all departments. The year was well financed with pledges for the proposed budget, 59 new members joined in 1916 bringing total membership to 409. Resolutions honored WW Logan for 20 years as treasurer and J H E Bragdon for 11 years as chairman of trustees. Officers elected include Pedrick Austin Burt Popp Shores Hammond Williams Swisher Knoop Greeley Hursh Anderson Hever Willis Johnson Colby Ty Helonand Rausch Ogline and deacons Griffith Ogline deaconesses Miss Mary Miller clerk Albert Greeley treasurer Grace Friend Benevolences treasurer Haswell superintendent of Sunday school.
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First Congregational Church
WW. C .Logan
J. H E. Bragdon
Board of Trustees
Peddicork
Austin Burt
F-D. Popp
F- M. Shores
Henry Hammond
George Willams
B. F. Swisher
Busi O O. W. Knoop
J. G. Greeley
Hursh
Louis Anderson
S. F. Hever- Willis Johnson
C. G. Ty
Helonand Rausch
H. A. Ogline
Mmes. Griffith and
Ogline
Mary Miller
Albert Gre¢sey
Grace Friend
W. BE. Haswell
Demonstration on How Goodyear Tires Are Made
A Goodyear tire manufacturing demo at Waterloo Auto Supply, led by A L Wills from the Akron plant, shows the rubber biscuit and subsequent processing to the finished tire, highlighting rubber quality and development care.
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Goodyear
Waterloo Auto Supply Company
A. L. Wills
Akron
Steel sleepers restored for all steel trains to Chicago
The Great Western station plant has been repaired and extended to heat the all steel sleepers for the Chicago run each evening. Steel underframe cars with Baker heaters were used during a period due to elution healing plant limits, now restored for Waterloo service to Chicago. Fire damages parts of a home at 1003 Lafayette Street in an afternoon cupboard blaze. furniture and building suffer losses.
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Stekin Leat
Great Western Station
Chicago
Waterloo
J. ®. Notteer
Lafayette Street
City in Brief: diverse visits and local notes
Krytek lenses advertised at Buchanans. J E Dempster and E Marlow transact business in Leavenworth and Wabash respectively. Mrs M L Bowman visits relatives then returns home. Al Curtz also travels for Union Pacific. Mrs John Ness arrives guest of HB McCallum. Bawin Dwyer returns from Milwaukee after visiting aunt. Louis A Gaiser leaves on buying trip to Chicago and Grand Rapids. Owen Jessup fractures arm again. Clyde H Drew travels to Connecticut to meet brother after 20 years. Ralph B Slippy travels to Traer to discuss street projects. L N Gook visits Urba na Ill. Library bulletin promotes bird protection posters. Waterloo guardsmen receive 30 days free YMC A membership. Hast Park choir to perform at Pink Rosa service at Brother mission. Fifteen young women participate. meeting open to public.
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J. E. Dempster
Leavenworth
Kan
Riay Ross
Relnneck
E. Marlow
Wabash Railroad
M. L. Bowman
Corning
al Curtz
Ior
Union Pacific Railroad
Bawin Dwyer
Milwaukee
Wis
Ellen Keegan
Fowler Street
Louis A. Gaiser
Hall Hkfelt Co
Chicago
Grand Rapids
Owen Jessup
Clyde H. Drew
Connecticut
Mr. Drew
New Haven
Ralph B. Slippy
Traer
L. N. Gook
Jesup
George Ti. Frush
Washington Street
Urbana
Ill
Library East
Hast Park Presbyterian Church
Bie Brother Mission
Mortuary Notice for John Henry Smith at Mount Vernon
John Henry Smith aged 68 died at his Mount Vernon township home yesterday from diabetes. The body was taken to Hileman and Gindt's for completion of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Henry Smith
Mount Vernon Township
Hileman & Gindt’s
Knights Templar and Masons to Hold Conclave and Installations
Announcements from Ascalon Commandery No. 25 K T call a stated conclave Friday evening with urged attendance. A regular meeting of M B A No. 57 at Labor Temple tonight will install officers for the coming year.
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Ascalon Commandery
Two British Ships Sunk Without Warning, London Says
London reports two British steamships torpedoed without warning by submarines flying no flags. City of Birmingham, 7,494 tons, sank in the Mediterranean after being hit near Jai a m on November 27, 1915, with 1 death and 170 passengers and crew saved by Letitia. Reapwell, 2,427 tons, sank at 3 am November 28. captain captured. crew rescued by Breyton. Lloyds reported both losses in November.
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London
Associated Press
City of Birmingham
Jai. A. m
Mediterranean
Letitia
Reapwell
City of
Birmingham
Breyton
Lloyds
Tragic Death of Iowa Woman Deepens Mystery
Paola Kansas January 12 Isazel Spellman fourteen the central figure in last weeks mystery surrounding the death of her mother Mrs Lea Spellman. She was placed under arrest and preparations were made to take her to Kansas City for surgery in a bid to save her life. Sheriff Stevenson said the girl is held on a charge of first degree murder. Mrs Spellman formerly lived in Waverly and the death news reached there late last week. Two brothers Charles Burman and Matt Sperry left Waverly for the funeral.
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Paola
Kan
Isazel Spellman
Hera
Tlona
Kansas City
Lea Spellman
Stevenson
Spellman
Waverly
Charles Burman
Matt Sperry
Fpmerat
Suffs Stand Guard in Frigid Weather at White House
Washington January 12 as a 1 degree below freezing wind blew. The 12 suffrage silent sentinels resumed picketing the White House to urge President Wilson. Wilson invited them inside, but the sentinels kept their salute with right hands to hats when he returned from golf. He smiled and noted them for the first time as the cold worsened.
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Washington, D. C
White House
Wilson
Executive Mansion
Pitt announces two new Iowa House committees
Des Moines Jan 12 Speaker M B Pitt of the Town house of representatives today announced two new committees. One will handle legislation on motor vehicles and the other will be known as the land titles committee.
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Des Moines
M. B. Pitt
Town House of Representatives
Scott Prowell Wed In Chicago Report
Dispatch from Chicago states a marriage license was issued to Scott B. Prowell and Mrs. Mary Field of Waterloo. Prowell is director of the Waterloo Conservatory of Music and Field is among its instructors. Field arrived in Waterloo in June. At 2091-2 Fourth Street East the conservatory announced today that Prowell was out of the jetty.
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Chicago
Scott B. Prowell
Mary Field
Waterloo
Prowell
Waterloo Conservatory of Music
Field
Fourth Street East
Closing Prices Today on the New York Stock Exchange
New York at 2 pm January 32 lists prices for American Beet Sugar American Car and Foundry American Locomotive American Smelting and Refining American Sugar Refining Anaconda Copper Atchison Baldwin Locomotive Baltimore and Ohio Brooklyn Rapid Transit Canadian Pacific Chesapeake and Ohio Company Colorado Fuel and Iron Corn Products Crucible Steel Erie General Motors Harvester Mexican Telegraph Missouri Pacific National Guard New York Central Northern Pacific Reading Southern Pacific Southern Railway Tennessee Coal and Iron Union Pacific United States Steel Wabash Western Union Westinghouse Electric The Courier reaches 74,000 subscribers and their families with strong ads.
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Courier
New York
American Car and Foundry
American
Atchison
Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore and Ohio
Brooklyn Rain Transit
Caurian Pacific
Chesapeake and Ghia C
Ecreseeeae Western Union
Ecseee
Westinghouse Electric
C.G. W. Pia
German War Losses Put at 4 Millions
Tontdon January 12 The total German casualties since the war began were placed at 4,020,769 in an official summary issued by the British government. The summary notes December casualty reports total 85,391, which when added to previously reported figures brings German casualties to 4,010,160. Naval and colonial losses are excluded.
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Tontdon
Germany
Phillips nominated asst state secretary
Washington D C Jan 12 William Phillips of Massachusetts third assistant secretary of state was nominated by President Wilson today as assistant secretary to succeed John Osborn who recently resigned Breckinridge Long a St Louis lawyer was nominated as third assistant secretary of state Michael Ekr a farmer near Jesup remained unconscious after an acetylene gas plant explosion he sustained a skull fracture and internal injuries and had been in a coma for more than 60 hours
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Washington, D. C
Wililian Phillips
Massachusetts
Wilson
John & Osborna
Breckinridge Long
St. Louis
Michael Ekr
Jesup
St. Francis Hospital
Ebr
Great Allied Bazar Opens in Chicago
The Great Allied Bazar opened at the Coliseum in Chicago to aid war-sufferers across entente allies. Eight thousand volunteers organized a vast sale range from a $10,000 pearl necklace to trench carved crucifixes, with two thousand women selling and candy from 49 girls expected to total three tons before January 20.
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Chicago
Dan
Middlewest
Coliseum
Philanthrops
Halson Hankey
Ralph Greenies
Confectionary
Welch
Ald Actrasyges
Soma
New York
Brotherhoods Confer On Future Plans
Curings, Janu 12. Four railroad brotherhood representatives resumed talks today amid heavy guard on meeting room entrances. They discuss actions based on the U S Supreme Court Adamson law decision. J C Cobb attended, said to represent the four brotherhoods in Canada and his road. 14,000 Courier readers saw ads. Franz Bopp, German consul general, and four aides face conspiracy charges for using U S mail to assist murder and arson related to dynamite and bombs.
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United States Supreme Court
J. C. Cobb
Canadian Pacific
Four Brotherhoods
Canada
San Francisco
Gal
Janu
U.S
Franz Bopp
John W. Preston
United States
Not a Pimple Anywhere In Sight
An advertisement extols Stuart's Calcium Wafers as a quick, natural aid to clear skin and blood impurities, promising a fair complexion for women and men. It urges readers to obtain wafers from druggists and offers a free trial by mail from Stuart Co. Marshall Michigan.
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Stuart
Stuart Co
Stuart Bldg
Marshall, Mich
Local groups install officers amid quiet La Porte City page
La Porte City notes report the installation of new officers for several groups including Rebekah Lodge No. 381 with L. Page and C. J. Vaughn named leaders, the Lotus club meeting at Mrs. H. K. Ashley's home, and the Ty Ports Improvement Company reelecting officers led by W. F. Moyra. Roy Wagner returns from Rochelle funeral duties. Dr. W. T. Christopher relocates to Mt. Auburn. guardsman Walter Berryhitt back from border duty. Lyre chapter O. H. 6. installs year officers led by Wordy Haven and L. J. Bitterty.
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la Porte City
Dan
M. Thampson
Irexilar
Thosa
Wara
Mra
da Yriacoll
Adaline Waldrof
Kate Fite
I. M. Lgour
Aira
Anna Bulle Linwhins
Orra Arust
Fondaccor
Agnes Robertson
Ida Bakert Bua
Josephtus Goodwin
Elizabeth Fox
Alta. Miller
Jilla Gingrich
Ina Ester
Matte Emolsar
Nettle Ayers
Mee
Minte Bimmons
Lotus Club
Mra. HK
Ashley
Ava Guesta
H. C. Goodwin
Glen Haven
Ed Aba
Ty Ports Improvement Company
Firat National Bank
Ofiara
D. M. Mitehall
TW. N. Hamilton
FP. Moyra
FL. G. Adamar Xearatary
C. OG. McCox
Adams
Mayes
Hamilton
Bony
Roy Wagner
Rochelle
W. D. Wagoner
Feet Craft
Wagoner
Lee Herrontine Ant
Frank Wagner
Roy Wagnar
Imat
Creston
W. 7
Christopher
Mt. Auburn
Wenna Bean
Neve
Walter Berryhitt
Turlough
Deas Moines
Philippina Islands
Waverly Community Notes and Obituary Tidings
The Waverly column lists residents and visitors including Mrs. Orra Hruat and Mrs. Inez Gling among club leaders and volunteers. It notes social events at the Presbyterian church, a large Mite Society gathering, and a program of singing and readings. Local moves include retirements, job changes, and a Civil War veteran Samuel Sowell passing. A separate death report from Waverly Democrat notes Mrs. Les Spellman found dead and her daughter Hazel wounded in Kansas. initial reports described a double tragedy versus later clarification.
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Orra Hruat
Nidan Lebman
Fasooiale
Inez Gling
Abaplin
Sarat Travent Marshal
Din Ginurtoh
Warder
Luma Alte
Nantinal
Adah
Mind Lyle
Ruth
Olive Thompson
Nsthyr
Charlotta Biel
Martha
Cora Bowman
Elesta
Mary Liter
Thimblelien Mite Society
The
Presbyterian Church
Mra
J. H. Anderwan
Aire
W.ford
A. Ayers
Ty Strohm
A. van Valkandors
Mire
Tragic shooting leads to missing girl case
A county report describes a girl abducted after a man shot in the neck and head. Mrs Snollmats and her daughter were visiting a school house when the girl was taken by an assailant. Detectives later recovered two bodies, with Charitie Herman and MattKperry, brothers of the deceased, aiding in the investigation.
New Hartford News Notes and Obituaries
Framan of Dine Tthver Minn returns home after visiting relatives. Norman Chase born Dec 13 1957 dies Jan 4 1917 at 53 years. Ada May Ulader dies Nov 28 in Grundy county. Mr and Mrs Clinde started their first home in New Hartford and moved several times, later employed as a manager. Four children were born to the union. Surviving relatives listed. Funeral services conducted at Mt. W Church with Masonic rites.
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New Startford
EA Frarman
Minn
Hern
Haudey
Frank Sherman
Bia Hyine
Cottage Croyve
Ore
A. Wolfman
Hall of Representatives
Des Moines
Jones
Norman
Chase Wan
al Punker
Ada
Youn
Dod
H.R. Larsen
Ada May Ulader
Gruly County
Clinde
New Hartford
Grundy County
Hat
New Tlartford
Townsends Merril
Whaxa
Ura B. Inez V
Ava Ih
Buldred
Inez
Ava
Bo Jaarsen
Mildred Clara
Varna Largan
Cedar Falla
Ana Throg
Chaos
Thorton
W. C
Chass
Dike
Slater
Mra
N. Sweet
Lisbon
N.D
Tt A. Gage
New Htartford
M. W
Mithfpl
Mt. Wi
W. A. Tarin
Beaver Lodge Members Attend Frank Inco Funeral
Frank Inco of Waverly attended Beaver Lodge 472 AL Fl and A. BM. Interment was in FullNeld cemetery.
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Frank Inco
Waverly
Beaver Lodge
AL Fl
A. BM
FullNeld
Spring Creek Township Notes and Local Anecdotes
Boring Crock of Chicago visits Taw weeks with aunt Drs. Marie Pump and friends before returning home Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Rhinhard Huck announce a new birth on January 6. Hopkins plans a public sale on January 27 at the old Oran farm. Miss Dorothy Lange returns home after five weeks with her sister Mrs Henry Schlees in Chicago. Farmers in the region begin summer supply preparations as oysters and reminiscences mark community life.
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Boring Crock
Dorothy Lange
Mra Henry Dchlees
Chicago
Thia
Lea
Real estate transfers listed in Black Hawk County records
Beal Betath transfers and multiple property dealings documented by Black Hawk County Abstract Co. including parcels in Catar Walla Cedar Falls Waterloo and Cedar Valley additions. figures show lot and block changes with buyers such as A Tatmors Mamie K Corning J Graham J Johnson and others. transfers reference city lots, streets, and additions in Cedar Falls Waterloo and surrounding areas.
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Beal Betath
Black Hawk County Abstract Co
A. Tatmors
William
Mor‘kan
Lota
F. P
Spears
Catar Walla
Estece Weseeessares
Loo
J. Tu. Bailey
Mamie K. Corning
Cader Fells
C. Alfred Brust
H. H. Arote
Bishop
Baihe Porta City
Harry W Johnson
Ninth
Washington
City of
Cedar
Ceca
Ressepee Seawaarere
Warran Brown
Tristse
City of Waterloo
Telatzal'n Optiqus
Elec
John T. Madoon
Weterion
Auditor Bayou
J. Pommer
Henry Lingsbach
Rosewood
Henry Lingelbach
M. J. Pommer
Homs Park
Orienta D. Manhur& To
Highland Improvement Co
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Buchanans
John Ness
HB. M. McCallum
Waterloo Guardsmen
Britain
Iowa
Scott Prowell
NEW York Stock Exchange
Phillips
Great Allied Bazar
Hye Charco
Little Valley Creamery
Otto Bueherty
Washington Creamery
Tuite Samuelson
Greenery
Tackson
Miami
Wia
MG Scott
Coon Rapids
van Woodratt
McConnell
Plymouth
Vicnry Cook
Rima
Cook
Samuel Sowell
Kramer County
Aremer County
Nils Witow
Taant
Mre
Les Spellman
Orawatomie
Kans
Hazel
Woran
Joan
L. T. Spellman
Scharfenberg
Bpare Riba
Spring Creek Township
Leo
Swift
Black Hawk
Armour
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Morris
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Mm Wes
Japan
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