Forger of More Than 100 Checks Goes 10 Years Prison
Robert Hardy a Rath Packing claim adjuster jailed for a 10 year term after pleading guilty to forgery. He forged checks and used fictitious names to obtain funds, with losses to Rath of about $6,000 and individual crimes ranging from $80 to $90. L. A. Brown also pled guilty to larceny by false pretenses, sentenced to up to seven years.
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Robert Hardy
Rath Packing Company
State Penitentiary
Hardy
H. B. Boies
L. A. Brown
Lato
Brown
Neubauer& Crowther
Fourth Street East
R. A. Brecunier
Defendant faces over three thousand years in prison
The passage notes charges of obtaining money under false pretenses forgery and uttering a forged instrument. It states combined maximum penalties of 32 years per person and, with more than 100 checks involved, a theoretical maximum exceeding 3,200 years for Hardy.
Black Hawk County Farm Bureau Directors Plan Membership Drive
At a luncheon in Black's tearoom, Black Hawk County Farm Bureau directors discussed a membership campaign. EB Mattingly, president, J L Uban, county agent, and Mr and Mrs Ora Howard, attendees of the Des Moines state convention, shared ideas they gathered there. The report notes the item at ten level is 14.65 pounds to the square Jick.
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Black Hawk County
Twenty Years Ago Dirigible Balloon Sensation in Waterloo
A Waterloo reminiscence recalls a 1908 airship sighting during a state Elks convention week. George E. Yager flew the cigar shaped craft from Electric Park, with a 10 000 cubic foot gas bag powering a propeller driven engine and rudder control. News notes also report Argentina as a top barrel importer of U S exports with Canada second and Britain third.
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Elks
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Omeha
Electric Park
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