Famine in China: Boys Sold for $1.50 and Girls for 25 Cents
Spokane correspondent Alfred Bowman recalls famine districts in Anhui and Luchowfu China. He reports 2,000,000 natives at risk of starvation, with stories of families selling children for food. Boys fetch $1.50, girls 25 cents, as refugees stream toward Anhu i. Relief funds exist but limited by resources. food needed until next harvest.
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China
Spokane
Wash
Alfred Bowman
Orient
Luchowiu
Anhul
Luchowfu
Anhui
Bowman
Miestenaries
Man Accused in Domestic Razor Attack
J M Rice faced questions as police weighed rival tales after an alleged razor assault on his wife at their Seventh and Bluff street home. Mrs Rice fled in night clothes after a struggle as the couple's volatile marriage surfaced amid prior police calls. The case showed conflicting stories with bond set and charges pending grand jury review.
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J. M. Rice
Seventh
Bluff Streets
Rice
Missouri
Quincy
Washington Street
Advertised Letters at Waterloo Post Office 1911 List
Water loo Iowa public notice lists advertised mail as of March 1 1911. Numerous names include Mrs Chas Andrews Miss Gene Anderson Miss Florence Barber Bertha Boyer Grace Boyer Edith Bradford Maud Clement Margaret Cowell P S Crink Flace Darce Sarah Denton Eva Ferguson W H Faulk Adaline Fox Edna Franklin Elva Hart Blainche Hale Wanda Holbrook Elsie Howard Enna Ingamiles Gereldine Johnson Dreen Kay Mary Warsen Clara Lacore Jane McKinnie Edna Martin EB WN Meyers 2 Rollo Payne Georgia Pardee Jessie E Penman Marie Pfeffer E Robertson Adah Lanson Ruth Sargent Fannie Scott Sarah Scurlock August Sjoden Francis Smith Sara Sorensen Millie Strobel Lola Stevens D B Teeter Lena Wadsome Dick Touher Petrina Trainor Lizzie Wilson Mina Willard Janet Wood Elnora Wood plus many business names including Armstrong Avery Co Menthrop Barr Arthur Bixby R O Blood Ray Bointon Frank Checkin George Clark Enterprise Pattern Works Orrie Evans Joe Finnegan Wm Folan Chas W Foust John J Foutch Rudolph France Alfred Frisby Arthur P Griggs Piano Co A C Hanberry Edgar Hall Frank Ffrar rington Albert Johnson Mike Kennedy R E R Kirk John Lutter H McGraw James E Matthews M C Auto & Supply Co W J Nelson Ed Milling G A Nelson 2 Phil Nottger Bernard Peterson Arthur Pierson Harry Reslon Rireckson Machy Co Peter Schmitz.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Chas. Andrews
Gene Anderson
Florence Barber
Bertha Boyer
Grace Boyer
Edith Bradford
Maud Clement
Margaret Cowell
P. 5
Crink
Flace Darkce
Sarah Denton
Eva Ferguson
WH. Faulk
Adaline Fox
Edna Franklin
Elva Hart
Blainche Hale
Wanda Holbrook
Elsie Howard
Enna Ingamiles
Gereldine Johnson
Dreen Kay
Mary Warsen
Clara Lacore
Jane McKinnie
Edna Martin
EB. WN. Meyers
Rollo Payne
Georgia Pardee
Jessie Epenman
Marie Pfeffer
E. §. Robertson
Ada
C. E. Alford
Armstrong, Avery & Co
Menthrop Barr
Arthur Bixby
R. O. Blood
Ray Bointon
Frank Checkin
George Clark
A. Ki.Ecke
Eenterprise Pattern Works
Orrie Evans
Joe Finnegan
Wm Folan
Chas. W. Foust
John J. Foutch
Rudolph France
Alfred Frisby
Arthur
Harry Reslon
Rireckson Machy, Co
Peter Schmitz
Grand organ recital and cantata at local churches
The event features Prof Bogen on organ with cantata by Watersow conservatory of music. A service at the First Methodist church is followed by a program at the First Congregational church on Tuesday evening March 1. No reserved seats.
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Bogen
Watersow Conservatory of Music
First Methodist Church
First Congregational Church
Prof. Bogen
Waterloo Reservatory of Music
Murderer or He Lost Big Head Victim Princess Grief
Rome March 6 Princess Giulia Trigona di Sant Elis dies after stabbing by Baron Vincenzo Paterno. Crown prosecutor questions the wounded lieutenant as he recovers, claiming love drove him. Two daughters weep with Queen Helena at the Quirinal, preparing to accompany the body to the Sant Elis estate.
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Rome
Vincenzo Paterno
Giulia Trigona di Sant 'Elia
Helena
Paterno
Giulia Trigona di Sant
Flames Damage Church Edifice In Chicago City Fire
A Sunday morning blaze severely damaged the new First M. E. church organ loft and main auditorium in Chicago. Insurance covers 25 000 with organ loss of about 5 000. Janitor O J Conrey slept through the alarm and helped trigger early investigations into the fire’s origin. The fire started in the organ loft and spread through plaster and art glass windows as fire crews battled the flames.
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Jones
Turnbull & Jones
Chicago
J. N. Sweltzer
First M. E
O. J. Conrey
Waller
Conrey
Quayle
Grace M. EB
First M. E. Church
Co. T. Wilson
A. A. Dunham
Conroy
Rian
Courier
Mr. Conrey
Story on a man who faces harsh mistreatment
A fragmentary report notes someone started a story and intends to correct it as much as possible. The subject deserves fair treatment, and the line suggests a claim of someone who knows the truth in the matter.
Death Claimed Samuel Boyer at 87 in Dewar
Samuel Boyer aged 87 died at his home in Dewar yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock from old age. He was born August 26, 1824 in Somerset County Pennsylvania and served in Civil War Company E Fifty second Pennsylvania. Survived by second wife, two children Owen Boyer and Mrs Henry Glas, two stepsons William Myers and D A Myers, and son-in-law H Brooks. Funeral at home tomorrow at 2, train to Waterloo, Elmwood Cemetery. Mr Boyer belonged to Waterloo G A R post.
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Dewar
Samuel Boyer
Black Hawk County
Mr. Boyer
Somerset County
Fiftty-second Infantry
Pennsylvania
Boyer
Owen Boyer
Henry Glas
Waterloo
William Myers
Brewersville
Elmwood
G. A. R. Post of
Daughter Cured by Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Baltimore readers report a fifteen year old girl named Alice cured of Green Sickness after three bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter praises the remedy and urges others with female troubles to seek guidance from Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn Mass.
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Baltimore
Alice
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E.pinkham
L. A. Coreran
Rutland Street
Lydia
Lydia E. Pinkhaw
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