Mystery Bullet Kills Woman in Mount Vernon Attack
Gunmen surrounded the Neaville home late Friday night firing through windows. Mrs Laura Neaville died at Egyptian hospital from abdomen and arm wounds. Husband John Neaville seriously wounded. grandson Robert Mabry in critical condition. Theodore Bolen, neighbor, held on circumstantial evidence. Two or more assailants used different calibers. Neavilles fought to summon help. investigation continues with sheriff’s team.
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Mount Vernon
Laura Neaville
Neaville
John W. Neaville
Robert Mabry
Neavilles
Theodore Bolen
Neuvilles
Bolen
Neuville
Stability and Honesty Keynote at YMCA Vocational Conference
The first YMCA vocational conference drew boys to hear Charles E. Pickett of Pickett Swisher & Farwell discuss law stressing stability and honesty as essential to success. Rev. E J Lockwood and Rev Andrew Scott spoke on ministry, with future talks planned on banking, medicine, engineering and journalism by Charles M. Fisher A W Peterson and Jack Lee.
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Charles E. Pickett
E. J. Lockwood
Andrew Scott
Cedar, Falls
Charles BE. Pickett
Pickett, Swisher & Farwell
Ehyster
Lockwood
Scott
Charles M. Fisher
A.W. Peterson
Evening Courier
Jack Lee
Chicago officer finds five cat corpses buried in yard
Patrolman Thomas Fox rushed to Oak Park police with five dead bodies he claimed to have buried in his back yard at 849 South Grove Avenue. He explained the bodies were cats, linking the discovery to a new local ordinance allowing residents to kill stray cats.
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Chicago
Thomas Fox
Oak Park
South Grove Avenue
Fox
Last Night's News in Brief Highlights World War I items
Reports from several capitals note Nicaragua asking U S troops for defense as invasion threats loom from Costa Rica. Paris expects President Wilson to sail for the United States within ten days. Austria discusses peace terms, Hungarian revolts lead to mass executions. France notes Lieut Casale sets a new altitude record. National banks total 7803 in operation by June 1. A Hohenzollern tree-sawing feat is recorded from Arnemeringen May 14. I W W members in Wichita face new conspiracy charges after a prior indictment was quashed.
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Washington
D. C
Nicaragua
United States
Rica
Paris
Wilson
Vienna
Red Army
Hungary
Seitz
Austria
Lieut. Casale
Washington, D. C
Armerongen
William Hohenzollern
Holland
Wichita
Kan
Two Cadillacs Leave Morris Garage For Coast Tours
Two Cadillac cars left the Morris Motor company garage yesterday morning, each bound for the sea coast in opposite directions. Li D. Stockey and son of Independence headed to California to fetch more family members from the wintering spot, while Mrs. E B Farnum of Charles City led a touring party including two guests, Mr and Mrs Sessions of Dakota, and Mrs Farnum's chauffeur.
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Cadillac
Morris Motor Company
Li. D. Stockey and Son
Independence
California
E.B. Farnum
Charles City
Sessions
Dakota
More Army Fraud Arrests Near
Federal agents say further arrests in the conspiracy to defraud the government in salvaging 30 million dollars of army supplies are likely today. Bert Harris of New York is to be arraigned tomorrow. Three indicted here include Capt Soterios Nicholson of Washington former ordnance chief finance officer for the district Grant Browne of New York and Fred C Collins of Detroit with an unnamed army officer now in France also indicted.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Federal Department of Justice
Bert Harris
New York
Thhey
Capt
Soterios Nicholson
Washington
Ordnance Department
Grant Hugh Browne
Sportsman
Fred C. Collins
Greece
France
Elks Band Heads to Dubuque for State Convention
More than 2300 members of Waterloo lodge No. 290 B P C B plan a special train to Dubuque for the state Elks convention. The Cedar Falls band will meet at Mulberry and Park and join the parade to Illinois Central station, with several short stops en route. The big parade will occur Wednesday morning in Dubuque.
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Waterloo Lodge
Dubuque
Elks
Cedar Falls
Hiks
Mulberry Street
Park Avenue
Illinois Central Station
The
Dubuque l
Waterloo Seventh Place in District Recruiting Drive
Waterloo station rose to third in the district motor transport corps enlistments with 24 men. Recruits from nearby towns include Davenport 45 Cedar Rapids 27 Dubuque 19 Ottumwa 13 Grinnell 7 Rock Island Park 5 Kewanee 2. Local draftees to Jefferson Barracks Mo are Walter Moore Charles City Fred Nolan Charles City Ronald Short Hazleton Ed Haynes Waterloo Leo Ricks Waterloo.
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United States Army
Motor Transport Corps
Baltimore
Atlanta
el Paso
San Antonio
Waterloo Station
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Ottumwa
Grinnell
Rock Island Park
Kewanee
Jefferson Barracks
Walter H. Moore
Charles City
Air Service
Fred V. Nolan
Ronaldb. Short
Hazleton
Ed F. Haynes
Waterloo
Infantry
Leo H. Ricks
Seniors of St Marys High School Receive Diplomas
Commencement exercises for St Marys High School will be held in the auditorium tomorrow at 8 o clock. Rev Henry Kuester will deliver the address and confer honors on the class of 1919. The salutatory will be by Phoebe Bach and valedictorian Louis Koster will speak on Peace Hath Higher Tests of Manhood Than Battle Ever Knew. The program includes a chorus song piano duet Louis Koster Jesse Roster essay Silent Influence Henry Hoffer recitation Laura Schuster piano solo Phoebe Bach essay The Power of Music Jesse Roller piano solo Henry Hoffer and a song by the graduates.
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St. Mary's High School
Henry Kuester
QO. F. M
Phoebe Bach
Louis Koster
Jesse Roster
Henry Hoffer
Laura Schuster
Jesse Roller
Father of Grace Boyer Spirited Away
A Chicago telegram from C. J. Boyer to Mrs. Boyer reports Grace, the three year old daughter, is with him and well. He took the child from her maternal grandparents on Reed Street Friday afternoon and was bound for Evansville Indiana, where he has sales headquarters and his father lives. The mother remains the rightful caretaker of the child.
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C. J. Boyer
Chicago
Red Cross nurse Kathryn Burns returns from war service
Miss Kathryn Burns of the Red Cross, a nurse, came home to 62 Franklin Street after nine months in France with evacuation hospital unit No. 11. She trained in Denver after enlisting there and served near Le Mans and in front-line wards, describing American troops as brave and cheerful amid heavy casualties. The piece recounts daily routines, ambulance work, and interactions with German prisoners.
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Kathryn Burns
Red Cross
W. E. Burns
Franklin Street
France
Miss Burns
Denver
Colo
New York
Waterloo
Bronson Insurance Agency
Our Lady of Victory Academy
lHicard Big Guns
Miss Burna
LeMans
Paris
Theront Line
Jin
Buddy
Fleld
Kent
Kaiser era strains nurses in influenza toll tale
The Waterloo Evening Courier reports on wartime morale with claims the Kaiser era critics faced no public fault. It notes three of the 100 nurses died from influenza, twenty seven fell ill after crossing the channel, and the ship carried influenza patients without fumigation. Miss Burnsenya survived many experiences, sick only one day abroad.
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Evening Courier
Waterloo
Iowa
Taree
Ermana
Mixe Burng
Miss Burnsenya
Illinois Central Band Association ends summer concert talks
The Illinois Central band association states negotiations for regular city park concerts have ended as they cannot perform for free. They will instead hold regular concerts in the north end near the shops for those who wish to attend. Advertising is always NEWS.
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Tion Bureau
Ilinois Central
Cedar Falix
Illinois Central Band Association
Views of the People Support the Home Band in Waterloo
Citizens of Waterloo argue proper city support keeps a local band strong. A 53 piece professional group funded by Union Central Railroad employees rehearses weekly and aims to be among the best in the state. They note Cedar Falls and Dubuque acts take work without pay, while Waterloo seeks compensation for services and local business support.
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Waterloo
Jung
Uwinols Central Railroad
Cedar Falls
Dubuque
Waterloo Auto Dealers
Good Roads Campaign Committee
Waterloo Conven
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