Colored jurors and plaintiff in Iowa suit attract color lines
In Buxton Iowa a jury panel for a case brought by Barnard Powell against Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern Railway Co. features a predominately colored venire. Judge G W Wood questions jurors on fairness and race while defense attorney C H Pickett probes for prior streetcar conflicts. The suit seeks 5000 dollars for false arrest and a revolver wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Wood
Banard Powell
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railway Co
George H. Woodson
Buxton
Milton
F. Fields
Waterloo
Powell
Pickett
Pickett, Swisher & Farwell
Venice
Mr. Woodson
Bass
Mr. Bass
Woodson
J. C. Multagh
Reduced Fare for Iowa State Legion Meeting Des Moines
American Legion members and spouses will receive half fare for round trips to the Iowa state meeting in Des Moines on February 12. Becker-Chapman post plans two or three representatives. entertainment committee led by Howard J. Rouse arranges boxing segment. A three person committee, chaired by A A Zimmerman, will organize a ladies auxiliary for mothers wives sisters and daughters of members or wartime deceased. Dues delinquency risks removal from roles and weekly American Legion subscriptions by February 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Des Moines
HB. L. Barthe
Becker- Chapman Post
James F. Barton
Iowa
Becker-Chapman Post
Howard J. Rouse
A. A. Zimmerman
Hes Organization of the Auxilary
Adj
Barthe
Department
American Legion Weekly
Beckar-Chapman Poat
Adjt
Draft Issued in 1897 Cashed With Surprise Value
Eldora Iowa January 31 A draft for 14 dollars drawn on the First National Bank of Chicago and routed through a bank at Coggon Iowa was presented for payment in Alden. It dated from 1897 and related to an estate near Coggon. Had it been deposited at 4 percent for 24 years it would be worth twice its face value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
First National Bank of Chicago
Coggon
Alden
Amateur bandit loses nerve in late street car hold up
A masked man loitered near the Kelly waiting station at Miles and McKinley streets. At 11 40 p m KR W Hildebrand saw him leap toward the street car and, realizing a passenger aboard, abort the attempted hold up. Police searched the area but found no trace of the suspect who had retreated behind a post. The motorman reported a prior sighting on a previous trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merve
Galloway
Kelly
Miles and
McKinley Streets
KR. W. Hildebrand
Hildebrand
Judgment revived in new suit over 1901 debt
International Harvester sues George H Schladetsky and wife in Jones County Iowa seeking $275.47 principal plus 20 years of 8 percent interest and $40.35 costs with post 1902 accruals at 8 percent, after Milwaukee Harvester judgment of March 5, 1901 for $105 plus $5 and $18.54 costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Harvester Company
George H. Schla
Detsky
Milwaukee Harvester Company
Jones County
Plaintip Corporation
Milwaukee
Bryant Heads Iowa Association of Municipal Contractors
P L Bryant of Bryant Peving company Waterloo was elected president of the Iowa Association of Municipal Contractors at the Des Moines meeting. Stanley D Moore of Waterloo spoke on municipal construction and engineering. Bryant noted his firm holds a major share of a 168 mile Arkansas paving contract totaling 4 650 000 with 1 900 000 of that attributed to his company. He and brothers Walter A Bryant and Leroy W Bryant run the firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. L. Bryant
Bryant Peving Company
Waterloo
Iowa Association of Municipal Contractors
Des Moines
Stanley D. Moore
Bryant Company
Arkansas
Bryant
Mr. Bryant
Walter A. Bryant
Leroy W. Bryant
Fatally Injured in Gas Explosion
Mount Pleasant Indiana January 31 George Marcellat head dairyman at the state hospital for the insane lies at the point of death after an accident. He mistook a can of gasoline for kerosene and threw it on a smouldering fire in the dairy barn causing an explosion that burned his neck head and hands. His wife died of influenza about a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Pleasant
George Marcellat
State Hospital For the Insane
Marcellat
Waterloo Bible Conference to be led by Dr. Thomas
Dr. Griffith Thomas, dean of Philadelphia Bible school and editor of Sunday School Times, will lead and teach at the Waterloo Bible conference February 8 to 13. The Bible conference committee, with Ferguson as president, Smith, Sue Felary, and 0 M Allen as treasurer, handles plans.
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Hible Conference
Griffith Thomas
Philadelphia Bible School
Sunday School Times
Waterloo Bible Conference
Bible Conference Committee
Fla
Ferguson
Alk
Smith
Sue Felary
0.M. Allen
Connecticut tax ruling reclassifies real estate gains as capital
A Connecticut district court decision holds profits from real estate and similar asset sales as capital increases, not income, affecting deductions for losses on such sales. The ruling, discussed in the Journal of Commerce, suggests amended returns dating to 1913 may be required and could force refunds from taxpayers who claimed losses for deduction.
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District Court of the United States
Connecticut
Connecticut Jurist
Journal of Commerce
Chicago
Chicago Journal of Commerce
Thomas
Connecticut District Court of the United States
Harris
Supreme Court
Congress
Butt
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Promote Complexion Fix
For 17 years Dr F M Edwards treated many women with liver and bowel ailments using Dr Edwards Olive Tablets. The olive colored remedy purports to cleanse the liver and bowels, improve facial pallor and energy, and is advertised as a nightly aid for those feeling "out of sorts."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Edwards
Dr. Edwards
Public Grief Over Tax Refunds and Court Ruling
The public faces great grief as income tax refunds may be offset by deductions disallowed in prior schedules. It looks very much as if the supreme court will sustain this ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Girl Sues Host Over Injury From Auto Ride
Marie Cochran of Iowa City sues Prwin Meyers for 5394.96 after a ride invitation in Oct 1920 ended in a wreck on the Lower Muscatine road. She alleges reckless driving, an embankment fall, resulting injuries and hospital costs including nurse and doctor fees and clothing damage. case slated for February term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa City
Janu
Marie Cochran
Prwin Meyers
Iowa City
Miss Cochran
Muscatine
Cochranstor
Tragic Train Collision Claims Sioux City Girl
Miss Bessie Butler, 22, was struck by an inbound Illinois Central train at Twenty-second street and Floyd river road while walking to work. She died instantly, suffering multiple fractures and a skull wound. eyewitness Engineer Edward Taylor could not stop in time due to limited visibility. Butler had worked as a timekeeper for Hawkeye Truck company and was the daughter of George and Mrs Butler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Twenty-second Street
Floyd River Road
Bessie Butler
Illinois Central
Omaha Railway
Chicago
C. H. Knott
Jennings Street
Edward Taylor
Fort Dodge
Knott
Taylor
Miss Butler
Northwestern
George Butler
Stone Park
Hawkeye Truck Company
Floyd River
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W., C. F. & N. Railway
Glenn Poyner
Jennie Adams
M. J. Fowler
Jessie Geertsen
H. C. Hagerman
Susan Nickerson
Vera Craig
Bila Wood
Belle S. Harbin
Edith Wyeth
Emma Hayes
Iola P. Weishaar
Albert Bass
Widden
Kelly Station
Jones CO
P.L. Bryant
Iowa Association of Contractors
Ohio
Grove’s
Savage
A. C. Savage
Imreau Amos ‘Farmer
Frasler
Lee County
Wapello
Webster
Wapelly
Thirty-sixth General Assembly
Bimal
Emory Nhghsh
Lawn Bonding & Casualty Co
State Rating Bureau
Pin
Commission
Ry Savage
Mngtish
Biyer
Bayer
Baby Louis
Brown Kid
Avant Shoe Shop
Marsh-Place Bldg
Goodwin
Brassi
Hearst’s Magazine
Clemenceau H. G. Wells
Arnold Bennett Hall
By Donn Byrne
Anna Janssen
Broadway
Kos Donn Byrne
Karst’s ! Magazine
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