Keeley Reveals Tribune Role in Lorimer Exposé
Chicago Tribune editor James Keeley testified before the Senate committee about the paper’s involvement in the Charles A. White confession, detailing negotiations, verification, and the final payment of $3,250 for the story after a broader cost of under $20,000 in the Lorimer affair.
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James Keeley
Chicago Tribune
Senate Investigating Committee
The
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Lorimer
Charles A. White
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Keeley
White
Senator Lorimer
Hopkins
Gov. Deneen
Cyrus H. McCormick
Clarence S. Funk
B. A. Bancroft
International Harvester Company
Edward Hines
Wirt H. Cook
Hines
Cook
Br. M. McCormick
Mr. Keeley
Underwood Typewriters Describe Popular Models and Uses
The article outlines Underwood Standard Typewriters models No 4 No 5 and a special No 3. Model 5 adds four extra keys for fractions and special characters. Model 3 offers varied carriage widths from 12 to 26 inches for reports and statistics used by banks railroads insurance firms and corporations. It notes that Underwood sales exceed all other brands and promotes as the machine you will eventually buy.
Big New Engine on First Trip
A new six driver locomotive weighing 204 tons, engine 1.0698, hauled passenger No. 6 eastbound from here at 7:15 PM on its debut trip with Engineer Riley at the throttle. The four monster engines were recently added by the Minogis Central for testing on the Freeport division. A defective draw bar on a baggage car delayed Hinds Central eastbound by about an hour as repairs were made at the station.
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Minogis Central
Freeport
Riley
East
Hinds Central
Trainmen Request Passengers Display Tickets At Terminal
The trainmen on the Central request passengers show their tickets or state their destination to prevent boarding the wrong trains at terminal points, noting past mistakes at terminals.
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Kansas City
Omaha
Colorado
Electric Park Week Show Promises Strong, Varied Acts
Electric Park again offers a strong balanced bill featuring diyla Alleen, Lynn and Bennie Haggard, Len Rose the singing Italian and Delmar European Gymnasts. Forework crowds rise weekly and this Friday’s program aims to be among the best. Park remains a popular nighttime attraction with dancing on Tuesdays Thursdays Fridays and Saturdays alongside the monster roller coaster nightly amusements.
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Electric Park
Diyla Alleen
Lynn
Bennie Haggard
Len Rose
Fourth Street Paving Awarded in Waterloo Bid Oddities
Waterloo firm Bryant-Mee Laughlin Asphalt Paving won the contract to repave East Fourth West Fourth Bridge and Commercial streets between Bluff and Franklin. Cedar Rapids firm Ford Paving bid higher. Both firms bid $3.00 per square yard between street and rail tracks for thicker surface. Dam project questioned by council over liability and private subscriptions. Spillman Stewart of Waterloo appears set to win bridge contract at $543 dam and $37,043 bridge bids, beating Miller He Construction and others.
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Bryant-Mee-Laughlin Asphalt Paving Company
East Fourth
Bluff
Franklin Streets
Ford Paving Company
Cedar Rapids
City of
Sans Souci
Dewey
Merrian
Dunkelberg
Headford
Spillman & Stewart
Miller-Hey Construction Company
Benefit Game for Late Addie Joss Draws Big Crowd
The All Stars composed of well known American League players beat Cleveland 5 to 3 before 1,270 fans in a benefit for the widow and children of late Addie Joss. Proceeds hovered near $19,000 as hitters moved the ball more consistently for the victors. Batteries listed as Young Kaler Blanding Griges and Smith Easterly vs Wood Johnson Ford Steel Livingston. Thistle departs for Freeport to visit his wife, with plans to return to Ouray in a couple of weeks.
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All Stars
Cleveland
Addie Boss
Young
Kaler
Blanding
Griges
Smith
Wood
Johnson
Ford and Steel
Livingston
Mw. i. Thistle
Freeport
Ill
Ouray
Colo
Waterloo Fire Ordinance Debate and Hawthorne Sewer Issue
Waterloo council votes on repealing the existing fire limits ordinance and rejecting a new proposal amid disputes over brick and concrete wall thickness. Residents on Hawthorne Avenue oppose a proposed sewer, while other city business proceeds and a special meeting is planned to finish unfinished items.
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Dunkelberg
West Side
Hawthorne
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Hawthorne Avenue
Eleventh
Hammond
Des Moines Man Leaves Large Charity Gifts and Park
Joseph E Lewis of Des Moines dies at 31 leaving a six acre park to the city and cash and farm revenue totaling over 75 000 for charities including Home for the Aged Mathonist hospital and a church trust His will directs a 440 acre Dallas county farm to trustees to fund poverty relief in Polk and Dallas counties while relatives receive modest bequests and risk losing shares if they contest the will The park must be named Joseph Lewis Park and accepted within a year
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Joseph 8. Lewis
James E. O'Brien
Lewis
Eleventh
Twelfth Streets
St. Joseph Avenue
Home For
Mathonist Hospital
Central Presbyterian Church
Tenth Street
Sarah E. Lewis
R. T. Wellsinger
Simon Casady
Dallas
Polk
Joseph
Des Moines River
United Doctors Cure Highlighted By Patient Letter
A Mrs Maude Reddington from Council Bluffs Iowa writes that after one week of United Doctors treatment her inflammatory rheumatism fever swelling and pain vanished. The letter extols chronic disease cures and promotes the Waterloo office on the Mareh Place building urging others with ailments to seek their specialists and treatment.
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Council Bluffs
United Doctors
Maude Reddington
Ave. BE
United
Waterloo
Mareh Place
Des Moines Man Leaves Gifts For City Charities And Homes
The will of Mr. Lewis provides the Sarah E. Lewis Home at 928 Tenth Street with a trusteeship appointed by executors. A 440 acre Dallas county farm funds a city poor relief and summer resting place for Des Moines Polk and Dallas counties managed by trustees. A $200 bequest to the city treasurer directs revenue for care of the poor.
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Methodist
Central Presbyterian Church
Big Farm
Des Moines
Dallas County
Joseph E. Lewis
Polk
Dallas
Sarah E. Lewis
R. T. Welislager
Simon Casady
City of
Restore Gray Hair Natural Color Sage Remedy
Old practice of using sage to darken hair returns in vogue through Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy. Promoted as restoring natural color, preventing hair loss, and stimulating growth. Sold by druggists for fifty cents a bottle, with H W Taggart as special agent.
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Wyeth
H. W. Taggart
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