Strangler of 22 Dies for Killing Winnipeg Woman
The hanging of Earle Nelson, known as the dark strangler, ends a 7,000 mile crime trail across the United States to Canada. He was executed for the murder of Mrs. Emily Patterson in Winnipeg on June 10, 1907, with 22 total blamed victims including a Winnipeg schoolgirl and a baby.
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Winnipeg
Man
Earle Nelson
Atlantic
Pacific
Nelson
Mol
Emily Patterson
Winniperp
Lola Cowan
San Francisco
Cal
Pacific Coast
United States
Atlantic Seaboard
Canada
Manitoba
A. Leonard
Portland
Ore
Strangier
Wheat Yields Vary On Summer Fallow Land in Montana
A Montana report from the Judith Basin station shows summer fallow increases winter wheat yields but risks soil blowing. Over 1909 to 1926, alternately fallowed land averaged 31.6 bushels per acre vs 12.5 on continuous crops, while spring wheat fell from 19 to 16.3 bushels. The bulletin notes weed control and soil factors as key considerations. Copies are available free from the Montana Experiment Station, Bozeman.
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Bozeman
Mont
Montana
Judith Basin
Montana Experiment Station
A. Qsenbrug
Osenbrug
Qsenbrug
Judith
Monena
Bozernan
Newcomer Dr G B Lichty Opens Waterloo Practice
Dr G B Lichty joins Dr G G Bickley in general medicine and surgery at Fourth Street West Waterloo. Office rooms have been redecorated and enlarged with laboratory and hospital bed accommodations. Lichty, son of Mr Mrs Allen Lichty of Gates Street, earned BS from Iowa State University and both MB and MD from Minnesota. He spent the past year interning at Wisconsin General Hospital Madison.
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G. Bickley Lichty
G. G. Bickley
Fourth Street West
Dr. Lichty
Allen G. Lichty
Gates Street
Antique silver forgers duping English collectors
London reports a surge of clever forgers who copy antique silverware by purchasing damaged pieces, recasting them into new copies, and removing maker marks. They hide the alterations with soldering, challenging typical breath tests to reveal the fraud.
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London
England
Last public scribe in France jailed for swindle
Paris report says Georges Faces, longtime public scribe serving the illiterate, has been sentenced to two years for swindling after the court found he diverted 40 000 francs of a client’s money. His one room booth near St. Lazare prison is described as a woman's prison.
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Paris
Georges
Faces
St. Lazare
District Judges Favor Noose As Capital Deterrent
Three Iowa judges H B Boies G W Wood and R W Hasner of Waterloo Independence contend capital punishment deters murder. They debated execution forms during a discussion at the courthouse about Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray's pending Sing Sing electrocution and noted wardens oppose executions for being witness unpleasant.
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Tenth Judicial District
H. B. Boies
G. W. Wood
Waterloo
R. W. Has
Ruth Snyder
Judd Gray
Sing Sing
Boies
Harry Reed Buys Loop Cigar Store in Waterloo
Harry L. Reed of Norwood Avenue has purchased the Loop Cigar Store from Harry Hummel and will take possession Saturday. Reed, a longtime Waterloo resident, led the home and white goods department at Paul Dervison Goods and its successor Lauermann's for twenty years.
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Harry L. Reed
Norwood Avenue
Pioneer National Bank
Harry Hummel
Reed
Waterloo
Paul Dervison Goods Company
Lauermann's
First Congregational Reports Favorable at Annual Meeting
The First Congregational church announced satisfactory finances and bright prospects at its annual meeting. Elections named trustees including Wills Johnson and George E. Pike, deacons such as J. P. Greeley and C. W. Knoop, and officers with Mrs. Nellin F. Brooks as treasurer and Miss Addielungerford as secretary.
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First Congregational Church
Wills Johnson
George E. Pike
Don F. Swisher
A. B. Lovejoy
Ralph Hoxle
Edmund Ratissh
Mites
Hotzer
P. Heverly
G. J. I McAlvin
J. P. Greeley
C. W. Knoop
BO L
Nellin F. Brooks
Addielungerford
Lous Lauritzi
Hiead Usher
L Molton
Montgomery Ward Store to Open in Waterloo Saturday
R W Ranney the Chicago territorial manager arrives in Waterloo to attend the opening of Montgomery Ward & Co at 612 616 Jefferson Street The store marks the first Ward location in town HG Arcus former Chicago man will be local manager and relocate with his family
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R. W. Ranney
Chicago
Montgomery Ward & Co
Waterloo
Jefferson Street
Montgomery Ward
HG. Arcus
Quarantines and Junior Moose Meeting Notice
Quarantines list names Calista Welbes Anita Welbes at 141 Walnut for chickenpox mumps case Louis Kress at 1002 Williston and Richard Lynch at Mulberry for measles. The Junior Moose league holds a special meeting in Moose Hall tomorrow at 2 30 p m.
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Calista
Anita Welbes
Louis Kress
Williston
Richard Lynch
Junior Moose
Junior Moose League
Moose Hall
Health Talk for Parents at Cedar Heights School
Miss Frances Brophy of the Iowa Tuberculosis association will explain Cedar Heights school health problems at tonight’s meeting in the school building. Superintendent A G Blank reports she has completed a weeklong health survey and will outline findings and a district health program. The inspection covered every pupil and every child over two in the district.
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Cedar Heights
Frances Brophy
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
A. G. Blank
Iowa school dental plan to be adopted in Waterloo
A review of hearing sight teeth and nourishment leads to adopting the Iowa dental service plan for schools. The program mirrors the system currently used in West Waterloo schools.
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Iowa
West Waterloo
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DR. G. Bickley Lichty
France
Listerine
Lambert Pharmacal Company
St. Louis
U.S. A
Harry Reed
Loop Cigar
First Congregational
BAYER
Mariofa
Marmola PD
Jon
Cedars Heights
Dayton
Unger Bros
Boomer Selzer
Woods Millinery
Bridge Street
Fownes
van Raalte
Crepe Alexander
Chicago Sunday Tribune
Red
Germany
Richthofen
the Tribune
Floyd Gibbons
Roy Brown
War Office
Rotogravure Magazine
THY World
WSS
T. L. Gauthier
Chicago Tribunr
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