Goodfellow Transfer Breaks Spur Near Washburn
Inmates from the city jail fear a long term as Chief Dinneen and Desk Sergeant Wagner escort a prisoner near Washburn to avoid trouble. The trip ends with a chilly walk back, while Goodfellow pledges to help his fellow inmate flee town. Also reports say most of 19 Greeks arrested for gambling have paid fines totaling 710 dollars. two proprietors remain jailed until they pay 100 dollars each. Complainants blame streetcar transfers for missed connections. city ticket office transfers cause ongoing delays among Flames Park East Fourth Street riders. The S P Wades company of Dubuque files incorporation papers. Dunn of Waterloo Furniture returns from markets with spring goods. Also a quip about a mother and actress from Louisville.
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Billy” Goodfellow
Dinneen
Wagner
Washburn
Goodfellow
Trans
Buried Alive in Early Japanese Burial Law
In early Japan it was a dubious honor to be related to a person of note. A law decreed that when a person of rank died all immediate relatives must be buried alive around the grave in a perpendicular position with heads above ground until death released them.
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Japan
Four Boone elopers jailed in Kansas City wedding bid
Four youths from Boone Iowa were jailed in Kansas City after a planned elopement to wed Eleanor Wilson and Isabelle Brown. Joseph Brown and James Williams, both 20, 22, were found with wedding rings and held with the women, who had attended a Wolfe school area church service.
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Kansas City
Elopers
Polo
Boone County
Iowa
C. W H. Hanlee
Brown
Wilson
Williams
Joseph Brown
James Williams
Howard Boyle
Eleanor Wilson
Isabelle Brown
Frazer
Wolfe
Joe
Jim
Isabelle
Wolgast to Box Moran in 333-Pound Bout
Chicago January 14 Ad Wolgast the lightweight champion agreed to fight Owen Moran at 333 pounds ringside within about sixty days to test his injured arm and determine if he is fit to box Moran deserves a title shot and Wolgast hopes the bout will restore his popularity despite past adverse comments from across the country.
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Chicago
Ad Wolgast
Owen Moran
Moran
Wolgast
Bret Harte’s Heathen Chinee Card Error Explained
A New York Times account details Bret Harte’s poem Heathen Chinee and a lasting misprint. The line printed over decades reads Ah Sin’s long sleeves holding twenty four packs instead of twenty four jacks. The误print persists despite editor and author attempts to correct it.
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Bret Harte
Pacific Coast
Ah bin
California
Bret Tiarte
San Francisco
Ah Sin
James
Bil Nye
Nye
Bret Efarte
Jfe
New York Times
City in Brief and Local Notes Highlight 1910 Bank Figures
Do the letters blur while reading If so see Buchanan about glasses W A Bryant Jr heads to Chicago on a business trip Hair goods for sale Shampooing by appointment Mrs 8S B Johnson next Hummel W 4th First National Bank LaPorte posts 500000 in new business in 1910 over 1909 total 6000000 Miss Erma Bennett Clarksville visiting the Thurston families Rev Mr Mayo Dunkerton evangelist Meads in Waterloo Mrs A Moore LaPorte visiting daughter Mrs Sherman Mears to Kansas City soon Goldie Adams granted a divorce from George
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W. A. Bryant, Jr
Chicago
B. Johnson
LaPorte City
First National Bank
Mr. Mayo
Dunkerton
Evangelist Meads
Waterloo
A. ¥. Moore
LaPorte
Sherman T. Mears
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S. P. Wades Company
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Orrand Rapids
Louisville Courier-Journal
Bible Training School
Young Men’s Christian Association
J. B. Balcomb
Bible Teachers’ Conference
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Boone, Ia
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Erma Bennett
Clarksville
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J. W. Thurston
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Black Hawk County Abstract Co
Waterloo Theatre
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