Divorce Sought After Seventeen Years in Maryland Tale
In Rhorsville Maryland Bailey Poffenberger vanished after their infant daughter’s birth. After years of hope and rumors he is presumed gone. Ferbie Poffenberger seeks divorce for desertion and the right to remarry, now living in Black Hawk County Iowa with their child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhorsville
Bailey Poffenberry
Ferbie
Tey
Poffenberger
Ilisse
Tre
Aumor
States Army
Philippines
Bhie
Iowa
Blackhawk County
Police Chief to Name New Captain
Police Chief D Caldwell planned to name changes in the police force. He indicated pending promotions and a potential shift to a Day Captain role, with decisions contingent on careful consideration and weighing the problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Caldwell
Gurp
Wagner
Howard Gary
Mgt Caplain
Caldwell
Library Notes on New Books At City Library
The library announces a varied list of new books with hints by librarian Miss Marta Brace. Notable titles include Ethics for Nurses, The Eternal Feminine, The Jab The Man The Boss, The Night Cometh, Spanish Commercial Reader, Heroines of the Modern Stage, Special Days in the Sunday School, Closed Doors, The Wonder of Work, and more. Pamphlets and periodicals accompany the arrivals, with diverse topics from art and health to history and literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marta Brace
Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
Paul Bourget
Petey Simmons
Stwash
George Fitch
Mexico
South America
Marion Lawrence
Chicago
Duluth
Joseph Pennell
Beerbohng
Cory
Forensic League
Hs Weather
Pubic
West
W. WE
Mary
Martha
Stephen Graham
Penrod
Sam
Andrew
Coley
Cobb Mors
Martin Man’ Birvine
Rocke
Brook Rerith
Moore
Onions
Repprier
Cran Smith
America
Steiner
Town Geological Society
Webster
Ensus of
Towa
the Midland
the New Republic
the Catholi World
Waterloo
Record at Pen for Long-Termers Five in Forty-Eight Hours
Fort Madison reports a historic jail record as five men are committed in 48 hours with sentences totaling 60 years and three life terms. Notable inmates include Daniel L. White with 20 years for robbery and Lee Withers with two 30 year terms for assault with intent to murder. Withers fled after the December attack on Mr and Mrs John Kennedy of Council Bluffs, was found in Omaha, and arrested after a police inquiry. The other case notes a same-day indictments for murder with life sentences for Leslie Hannar Edsie Hanner and Harl McBane for Tony Gananas killing.
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Fort Madison
Daniel L. White
Lee Withers
White
Davenport
Austin Philpott
I Solution
Withers
John Kennedy
Council Bluffs
Omaha
A. B. Thornett
Buffalo Bill Asked to Make Room for Boy in Hunting Ground
A Denver letter from Robert Curtiss Talbott asks Buffalo Bill to reserve space in the Happy Hunting Grounds for the boy, describing a desire to join the famed hunter and referencing heavenlike images and a gate with a key. The note from Gatewood Seattle identifies the author and seeks help in locating Buffalo Bill.
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Buffalo Bill
Denver
Jan
Tim Lowing
Cal
Happy Hunting Grounds
Buffalo Bil
Heaven
Sl.c
Robert Curtiss Talbott
West
Willow Street
Gate Wood
Seattle
Wash
Missionary to India Heads Back After Year at Home
Miss Eliza B. Miller leaves Waterloo for Van Couver then Hong Kong to sail for India. Born in Orange township she has spent a year on furlough with the Church of the Brethren mission board. This second furlough follows a series of mission addresses in Waterloo.
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Eliza B. Miller
Waterloo
India
VanCouver
B. A
Hong
Kong
China
Bombay
Miss Miler
Orange Township
Mission Board
Church of the Brethren
Waterlon
Orange Tow Shin
Wark
Daniel Jj, Lichty
Sadie J. Miller
Eliza Miller
Anna Blough
National Prohibition Meeting Held By W C T U At Pavon
An all day prayer gathering under the Women’s Christian Temperance Union in Yo WoC A rooms drew participants from across the movement. Mrs J B Park led, with prayers by Mrs William Starr, talks on enforcement by Mrs Ida Mitonell, noon prayer by Mrs sheeting, and a program of readings songs and short talks including updates from county chairman Mrs George Philpot and notes on the national convention.
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Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Yo Woc. A
J. B. Park
William Starr
I. A. Miles
Ida Mitonell
John McStay
Roland Taylor
John Wright
George Philpot
L. Kd. Park
Anna Kistner
Richert
Ton / Sine
English lawyers want women at the bar in London
The general council of the bar held a meeting under Attorney General Sir F. E. Smith and defeated a resolution to consider admitting qualified women to the profession. The debate centered on whether women should be permitted to practice law in England if male lawyers oppose it.
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London
England
General Council of the Bar
F. 15
Smith
General Council
Busy Thursday social clubs gather many women
A News of Society notes Thursday clubs hosted numerous meetings and varied activities. Hostesses included Mrs. Fred Bross with the Silent club, Mrs. W. Becker assisting, and Mrs. Busby with the Card and Needle club. Several groups planned theatre outings, luncheons, and music, with members from Nashua to Aberdeen attending.
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Fred Bross
Silent Club
E. Winsor
Ross
Silver Circle
August Hecker
Nashua
Wol. May
Uarrett
J. E. Selzer
William J Fenstermaker
Farry Chapman
Mures
R. Lb. GeGon
C. W. Witter
Randolph Bridge Club
Guy Petty
Guy Petty. Mrs. 5. R. Gash
Hew
Mmes. Yocum
Chicago
Mary Fuller
Aberdeen
S. D
Triple Five
Jack Stace
George Alexander
Wred Chevalier
Rose
Milite Circle
D. H. Gregory
Edward Bowers
Juanita
Willi Warthip
Leonard Bryant
Fagged-Out Women Seek Strength From Vinci Medicine
Overworked women feel exhausted and weak, with one mother of six recounting how Vinci tonic rebuilt her strength after other remedies failed. Claims from Mrs. Bessie Carter of State Road NC and distributors Wangler Bros. Co and C J Miller tout the product’s beef liver peptones iron and manganese compounds as vital to blood and stamina.
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Vinci
Bessie Carter
State Road
N.C
Waterloo
Wangler Bros. Co
C. J. Miller
Iowa
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Ek Walts
Perros
Library Notes
Leslie Hannar
Edsie Hanner
Harl McBane
Black, Hawk
Tony Gananas
Pavon
A News of
Jundies’ Aid Society
First Baptist Church
Circle No. 1
Ruth Waittle
Thelmd Haynes
James de Lorbe
Women's Catholic Order of Forest
Vincent J. Rechtfertig
T. S. Winninger
de Lorbe
Wensl Friedl
Cecelian Society
St. Mary Catholic Church
Kahn
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Skiets
Elks’ Hall
Bridey Prety
Arthur Fowler
Bridge
Scetland
Ginyd Bak Chertride Klein
L. V. Curry
Vollman
C. M. Beal
Texvas Saan
New York
W. A. Dodd
Nevin
Courier
Saxols
Anc
Crood
West Fourth Street
Waterloo Electrical Supply
Bridge Street
Scharfenberg
Lafayette Street
Tounds Mack Barnes Fale
Lic
Boot
Ase
Vore
Vear
Swift
Black Hawk
Armatur
Austin
Morris
Sparks
Les California
Naen
Deane
Sien Stadler
LOE
Nye Men Nees de
Aia
Vhone
Tidney Bez
Alaska
H. Krensky
California
Arc
Ke, B
Ely
Mae
Onn
Hershey's Co
Fashion Department
Evening Courier
Patten
Wagner Cafe
F.C. Russert
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