Mystery of the Halliday theft unfolds in a house plot
Chaptered tale centers on Abner Halliday being found gagged and robbed of 340,000 in his safe. Nephew Tom, Bruce Halliday, Clare Winton, Mrs. Dace, and detective Le Duc chase a culprit among insiders. A forged note misleads Mrs. Tebbets as Tom probes loyalties and alibis amid mounting suspicions.
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Abner Halliday
Tom
Bruce Halliday
Clare Winton
William le Duc
Jemat Nome
Stoaks
le Duc
Mreeze Clare
Bruce
Clare
Mackay
Mr. Dace
le Bue
Clare Wineton
Man Employed to Fetch Coal Reveals Dark Deeds
A quotation notes a husband employing a man with a reputation for dark deeds to supply coal for their cellar, prompting questions about the man's character and the household's choices. The exchange highlights tension between appearance and purpose in a domestic setting.
City Employes Get More Money in Waterloo Ordinance
The Waterloo city council advanced an ordinance to raise salaries for many elected and appointed officials for two years starting April 1, 1912. Key changes include city engineer to 2500, police judge to 1200, chief of police to 1420, and fire department ranks to 70s monthly, with other roles unchanged or adjusted modestly. The finance committee also weighed city hall site options and the new night service fare plan for the Waterloo railway.
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E. H. Headford
JE. L. Wood
RE. E. Dunkelberg
Cancilmen
East
West Side
City Plumbing Inspector
Advancs
Stu Electrician
Water Works Foundation
E. M. Kelly
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railway Company
East Waterloo School Board
Lafaypeetee Dearborn
Colorado
Indiana
Morris Motor Car Company
Coventry inventor Knight to speak at Town Criers meeting
C X Knight of Coventry England will visit the Town Criers club near Monday for a dinner and annual meeting in Elke hall. Kiester president Kiester and Henry Kiester secretary announce the event, with Knight famed for the Silent Knight motor. The Sacred Heart Altar Society to serve dinner at 6 30 p m, adding to the evening’s program and motor enthusiasts’ interest. A humorous local tale about Uncle Rasberry appears in the text.
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Chicago
Evening Courier
C. X. Knight
Coventry
England
Town Criers’ Club
Town Criers
Knight
Ladies of the Sacred Heart Altar Society
Elke
Temperance group in Waterloo votes stock assessment
Waterloo Business Men's Temperance association reports a 10 percent stock assessment as it pushes county organization. Nineteen of twenty five board members met at Reed & Tuthill, with H L Litchfield presiding, reporting strong funds and farm stock subscriptions. Legislators Cummins Kenyon and Pickett were memorialized in a broad resolution urging passage of a bill to curb interstate liquor shipments. An educational campaign with W C A backing was also planned. Everything 1 2 price at The Fair store.
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Waterloo Business Men's Temperance Association
Reed & Tuthill
H. L. Litchfield
Orange Township
Cummins
Kenyon
E. Pickett
United States
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Kenyon and Cummings
C. E. Pickett
First M. E. Church Social Tonight Lets Us Be Acquainted
The First M. E. church hosts a L U B A social this evening in the church parlors to help members become better acquainted. Pastor Rev. W. F. Spry will greet parishioners. he will not preach at Juinden until Friday evening as announced. The notice also lists local ads for Perfection Oil and a wife debt refusal.
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M. E
W. F. Spry
Juinden
Roosevelt Sentiment Rises in Regional Polls
The Pittsburgh Press and Kansas City Star publish local sentiment polls on presidential candidates. Pittsburgh Press results show Roosevelt leading Republicans in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County with Roosevelt 10,549 Taft 1,467 La Follette 1,118. Democratic breakdown shows Bryan 2,557 Harmon 680 Wilson 1,? etc. Kansas City Star finds Roosevelt 2,683 La Follette 1,? Taft 1,? Cummins 35, Clark 1,006 Bryan 90 Wilson 444 Harmon 0 Polk 452.
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Pittsburgh Press
Kansas City Star
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
The
Star
Missouri
Kansas
Kansas City
Theodore Stousevelt
William J. Taft
R. M. la Follette
William J. Bryan
Judson Harmon
Woodrow Wilson
Champ Clark
Oscar Underwood
K. Marshall
Wodrow Wilson
Jr. W. Polk
Maison Harmon
Derailed Car Stops Traffic Near Waterloo Morning
A broken wheel derailed a Great Western freight car southwest of Waterloo this morning. Traffic was halted for several hours and a passenger train was held from both directions until after 2 PM. A wrecker was needed to clear the track.
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Great Western
Waterloo
Fear farmer was murdered in South Dakota case grows
Sioux City Ia Tan 31 Authorities in Clay county South Dakota push new efforts to solve the disappearance of David Fahlburg a prosperous farmer who vanished January 2 with officials now generally accepting a horse thief murder theory He offered a reward but no body trace has been found and several suspects are being watched with arrests expected
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Mrs. Tace
Bruce
la Duc
Brace
Tincle Abner
Janet
Sioux City
T David Fahlburg
Clay County
South Dakota
Fahlburg
Moving Pictures Move Des Moines Campaign Speech
Des Moines January 31 Councilman John MacVicar announced he will deliver illustrated speeches using a moving picture machine to show improvements in Des Moines during his current term as part of his bid for re election In April Rigen 15 cents per pound at C WM Highmers s grocery
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Des Moines
John MacVicar
Apri
Rigen
C. WM
Highmers's
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Harry Irving Greene
Magnus G. Kettner
Chapriai
Synopsie
Appa
Dace
Richard Mackay
Stackay
LeDue
LeDuc
Hadiga
Mrecif
Leadon High
Thomas Halliday
Harchin
S—T
Service Assurci
Council
R. M. Dewey
Merrian
New City Mall
Town Griers
Silent Knight
Flics
H. BE. Kiester
Uncle Rasberry
Rastus Pinkley
Rastus
Restus
Waterloo Association
Cummins, Kenyon and Pickett Mem
W. A. Covell & Son
West Fourth St
Rana Nash
Myrtle MM. Nash
Geuiah’ Nash
R. R. Nash
Bighmey's Grocery
Roosevelt
Taft
Fear Farmer
Moving Pictures
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