Crowd at depot as Davis leaves for home after tragedy
At Waterloo a crowd gathered to bid farewell as Stanley C. Davis, forger and outlaw, was placed on an Illinois Central train to Fitzgerald, Georgia. His widow Remain and his mother and brother accompanied by a family member were seen at the depot. A plain pine box was loaded into the express car as the train departed.
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Finis
Waterloo
Stanley C. Davis
Ilineigh Central
Fitzgerald
Chicago
Birmingham
Ala
Retta Davis
Davis
Mlinois Central Station
H. H. Young
Anxigua
Two Girls Hurt by Torpedo In July Accident
Two young girls were injured in separate July incidents when they bit torpedoes on the street. Maxine Phillips, three, of Cedar Rapids, suffered facial lacerations after biting a torpedo. Florence Kennedy, four, of Waterloo, also bit a torpedo and sustained mouth and cheek injuries while her mother walked nearby. Florence was reported recovering at St Francis Hospital.
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Maxine
Elmer Phillips
Cedar Rapids
Florence
N. R. Kennedy
Waterloo
St. Francis Hospital
Birth member of mail car bandit gang located
Prospects are bright for capturing the fifth member of the mail car gang that robbed an Illinois Central express car May 11 bound for Waterloo. George Hecker of Chicago near Archer and Western avenues was identified after four gang members were captured and jailed at Anamosa. Hecker was ill from exposure and hospitalized in Chicago before railroad agent Otto Karbushkey pursued arrest with county attorney E. J. Wenner.
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Illinois Central
Waterloo
George Hecker
Archer and
Western Avenues
Chicago
Joe Carson
George Tipping
John Geary
Ed. Schleichert
Anamosa
Otto Karbushckey
American Railways Express, Company
Karbushkey
Reformatory
Hecker
E. J. Wenner
Youthful Defendants Named in Waiver Requisition Return
The officer will return for papers to waive requisition. In Annmosa i, Joe Carson is an assumed name. Real name is George Kh Hi peins. Defendants aged 148 to 20. Some were so laden with booty they could barely run.
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Annmosai
Joe Carson
George Kh. Hi Peins
Central Labor Union to Hear Gas Company Claims Tonight
Central Labor Union meets in Building Trades hall for a pension and regular session. Citizens Gas & Electric Co. seeks rate increases before the labor body as part of informing the public about its financial condition. L. A. Link, Union delegate, reports on the American Federation of Labor convention.
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Central Labor Union
Citizens Gas &Electric Co
L. A. Link
American Federation of Labor
Mother and son die in car plunge near Preston, Ta
Maquoketa July 7 Mrs Henry Leghmkaugh 40 and her son 4 of near Preston Ta were killed when the auto plunged from an embankment and turned turtle policemen reported the 19 year old driver and seven children were in the car at the time. The others escaped uninjured. The crash occurred one mile south of town on a narrow hill.
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Maquoketa
Menry Leghmkaugh
Preston
Leghmbaugh
Wyoming
Waterway plan debated at Tidewater congress
Four teen central western states will present arguments at the Great Lakes to Tidewater congress July 22 to 24 about a inland water route to the sea. About 1 600 delegates from the U S and Canada are expected to attend. experts note common myths about widespread construction and immediate ocean-going traffic are inaccurate, saying current work focuses on 46 miles of the St Lawrence river correction.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Great Lakes
Lawrence Tidewater Congress
Central West
Congr
United States
Tidewater Association
Lake Su Perior
Lake Porte
Urope
W. H. Adams
Committee On Inland Waterways
St. Lawrence River
Lake Ontario
Ocean route would transform ports into ocean gateways
Engineers propose four dams to drown rapid waters at a cost of 160 million dollars with a five year build plan. The hydro project aims to create over 4 million horsepower and conserve 69.1 million tons of coal annually while opening lake ports to merchant fleets. Opposition centers on New York but could fade with understanding of hydro power benefits. Yachts docked in New York show US Cup races in a rare moment with both challenger and defender ashore.
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Montreal
Adams
Oarriers
Hureps
New York
Adaing
OCS Yachts
Challenger
Defender
Bayer Aspirin Ad Claims Safe Proven by Millions
An old Bayer aspirin advertisement touts genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as safe and prescribed for over twenty years. It lists headache toothache and other pains, with 12 tablet tins priced at ten cents and larger packages available.
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Bayer
Sailboats Towed to Brooklyn as Shamrock IV Arrives
The Resolute was pulled out this morning after being towed from Green Cove to South Brooklyn. The Shamrock IV arrived yesterday following a haul from Bandy Hook. Advertising remains a constant feature of news.
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Brooklyn
Green Cove
Bandy Hook
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