No Arrest After Blow At County Building
P Jackman, a dry sympathizer, struck attorney J W Tuthill at the county auditor's office during saloon consent petition arguments. Tuthill, uninjured but stunned, stood gazing as onlookers watched. Jackman, reportedly intoxicated, was escorted away by friends. no complaint filed by noon. apology expected. Jackman longtime local resident with a good family.
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Jackman
Tuthill
Mr. Jackman
Mr. Tuthill
Auditor’s Office
Waverly
True Story About a Doctor’s Rescue Move
A well known XK. C. sent to an eminent Portland physician, asking him to aid his dying mother in law. The physician’s successful intervention pulled her through to health, a tale Miss Mar calls a true story and King Edward’s favorite.
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Edward
XK. C
Antgeop
Portland Place
Miss Mar
Great Bell of Moscow Never Hung
The famed Moscow bell weighs about 217 tons and measures 86 feet in circumference at the base and 21 feet in height with a 23 inch thick top. It has never been rung or hung.
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Moscow
Fairbank Man Faces Jail For Wrong-House Mix Up
Ernest Adams of Fairbank preferred thirty days in Waterloo city jail to losing his right to return home. He had been drunk after attending a private dance, woke in a stranger’s house, and was ordered to leave or serve thirty days. James O Connell of the Illinois Central faced a disturbing the peace charge after striking coworker Howard Witt. he admitted the strike, apologized, and was released on town bonds.
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Ernest Adams
Fairbank
Waterloo
Buchanan County
Ernest
Adama
Adams
James O’connell
Illinois Central Railroad
Howard Witt
O'Connell
Witt
January arrests soar with drunks and disorderly conduct
Waterloo police report January saw eighty eight victims nabbed with fourteen distinct charges. Most arrestees faced intoxication or disorderly conduct. five charged with larceny and one bound over for breaking and entering. A forgery case was also recorded.
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Waterloo
Grand Jury
Gettysburg hero Sickles avoids jail with bond
New York Jan 30 General Daniel E Sickles famed for Gettysburg faced Ludlow Street jail over a $23,000 state monument commission shortage. He posted $20,000 bond after paying only $4,000. His estranged wife offered to cover the deficit if he dismisses housekeeper Miss Eleanor Earle Wilmerding, linked to domestic strife.
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New York
Daniel E. Sickles
Gettysburg
State Monument Commission
Ludlow Street
General Sickles
Eleanor Earle Wilmerding
Sickles
Waterloo temperance petition fight ends with withdrawals
A. F. Gates says the Waterloo saloon petition will be killed by withdrawals as 381 were filed yesterday and five more today leaving 132. He cites 54 duplications and non voters, plus forgeries, residents away or dead, to claim the petition cannot count. Fire losses for January total about $2,000 despite 32 alarms. The Delta class of First Methodist will sell homemade candy at Sinnard's.
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A. F. Gates
Board of Supervisors
H. E. Gale
Waterloo
Aquor
Black Hawk Fruit & Commission Company
W. Duncan
Jackson Street
Tracey
Lane Street
C. W
L. A. Wangler
Alta Vista Avenue
C. W. Chapman
Third Avenue West
P. W. Belangee
O'Keefe & Towne
Worried Mere and a Child's Health Lesson
A critic rails at Wells on Marriage showing male desire for control and a woman with charm, caprice, and hidden spiritual depth. In a school report, seven year old Bobbie faces a stern home scolding yet replies that the greatest thing in life is health.
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Wells
Bobbie
Markets Report With Wheat and Hog Price Fluctuations
Chicago market news details wheat gains on cold wave fears and world shipment hopes, with May contracts near 94, corn and oats firm on buying, and pork and lard prices around 19.10 to 19.15 and 10.17 to 10.30. Chicago Produce notes butter, eggs, poultry, and potatoes with mixed receipts. Estimated hogs 35,000, cattle 2,000, sheep 7,000. Hog market opened lower, closing slow. natives and western lambs noted small gains.
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Chicago
London
Algo
Mar
Longs
Eges
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Kansas City
South Omaha
Omaha
Neb
Texas
Sion
Posrbr
Dessey Ae Ayeale
Wisconsin Develops Fourth Branch of Government Cash Wheat
Wisconsin reports on a new fourth branch of government created by the 1911 legislature to administer workers compensation and safety rules. It describes merging labor and safety functions into one administrative body that enforces laws, issues rules, and investigates, while coexisting with the three existing branches. The piece frames the commission as a perpetual legislative-like, executive-enforcing, and judiciary-limiting entity focused on employer costs, worker benefits, and uniform enforcement.
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Wisconsin
Fragmented OCR price list fragment reports quantities
A partial newspaper fragment shows scattered price entries. Numbers like 92.08 3.00 3.56 and 1.59 appear with sizes large medium and small, but the text is incomplete leaving uncertain items and units.
Ground Hog Day and myths in early 20th century notes
Ground Hog Day observed in Dunfermline with Candlemas reflections from Rome on blessing candles. The piece debunks weather and lying myths, noting six weeks more winter or less, and warns about the cost of living myth. An ad promotes Leavitt Johnson Bank interest and a sewing club meets at Mullan Avenue East.
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Dunfermline
Scotland
Rome
Quirinal
Yule
Leavitt & Johnson National Bank of
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Atlan
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Foley
Delta
Methodist Church
Sinnard
West Side
Lambon Bros. & CO
Iowa
Kansas City Livestock
Paul
Feele Ay
Cleotes
N. S
ST. Louis Close
Minneapolis
Waterloo, Markets
Waterlooy
Lability Insurance Companies
Industrial Commission of Wisconsi
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Ira Alberts
Herman Wagner
Mullan Evernue East
Wittick & Cros
East Fifth Street
Swift
Lincoln
Hamburg
Tae
Uae
Fifth Street
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