Jury in Bishop case disagrees after long deliberation
The jury in the case of Joan F. Bishop next friend of Gordon K. Bishop versus W. C. Logan failed to reach a verdict on $5,000 damages for burns from a May 5 1910 bonfire in Byron avenue Glenny and W Logan Park addition. Ill juror and split deliberations prompted a new trial. Other actions include Smith Lichty Hillman Co. v Hoyt for 1298 and Clarence King v Bert Betts for 183.13.
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Joan F. Bishop
Gordon K. Bishop
W. C. Logan
Bansier
Byron Avenue
Glenny and
W Logan Park
J. C. Duffy
Duffy
City in Brief and Local Exchanges
AM Moreweiser of Cedar Rapids special agent of the Rock Island visits on railroad business. The Cedar Valley Garage sold a Buick to an Oelwein purchaser. County officials and others attended a good roads meeting at Waverly and report it useful. A city pensioner explains revolver incident. Fire alarms over two small blazes caused minimal damage. Bond set at 1.00 for gambling at Cedar Falls. Various Waterloo visitors buy autos and exchange cars with local dealers.
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Sef. Johnson
Green
Moreweiser
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Cedar Valley Garage Company
Oelwein
C. W. Virden
W. C. Leland
C. A. Rownd
Rainbow
George Ritsinger
Garrison
West Side
Washington Street
East Side
Fifth Street
Charles S. Drake
Cedar Falls
Drake
Three Boys Burn to Death in Hazleton Fire
Hazleton Pa March 17 three boys died in a house fire that started from a river heated stove in the Gallaus home at Honeybrook. The blaze raced through the second floor trapping the sleeping victims before they could escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazleton
John Gallaus
Gallaus
Honeybrook
St Mark’s Episcopal Congregation Purchases Denver and Fourth Site
The St Mark's Episcopal parish has negotiated to buy a building site at Denver and Fourth streets, 60 by 40 feet, with Fourth Street frontage. Plans for the church erection are not yet determined. The damaged building on Commercial street remains unsold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mark’s Episcopal Parish
Denver and
Fourth Streets
Fourth Street
Allen Street
Commercial Street
Senator Stone Improves as Flu Bounds Kansas City
U S Senator William J. Stone remains in bed at the home of his son Kimbrough Stone in Kansas City Missouri but doctors report his condition improved today though still under confinement with influenza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
U.S
William J. Stone
Kimbrough Stone
German Nobility Matrimonial Bureau Opens in New York
New York reports Herr Direktor Podzius has rented offices and plans to import two Berlin assistants to run a Berlin style hejrats bureau offering marriages between Continental nobility and American heiresses. He claims many nobles from princes to barons seek alliances and cites Berlin clientele and titles from hoheit to von. He says New York is ripe for this enterprise amid American interest in marrying for titles and financial aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Direktor Podzius
Berlin
Waldorf
Herr Direktor Podzsus
Herr Podzsus
East Side
Fifth Avenue
Herr Direktor
Direktor
Offizieren
Pontius Opens Local Office Aiming to Pair Pure Clients
The director plans to mate the pure with the pure and Pontius, after considering others, seeks to test his idea by opening an office here and already has some clients, per the interpreter’s account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponzsus
Pontius
Russia conducts mobilization test with troop movements
St. Petersburg reports large bodies of Russian troops en route to China and concentrated at Sharkent about 60 miles west of Kulia. An official communication calls the movement a test of mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
China
Sharkent
Kulia
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Che
Mister Capp Hawkins
Coniston
Friendship Village
Tess
Tarus
Hazel
Heatherland
Taggart
Reliable Drug Store
Crystal
Buchanan
Syndicate
Lima
Tabernacle
Carl A. Larson
First National Bank of New Hampton
Waterloo
Oakland
G. Bulchins
Parkershburgh
Bulchins
C. Hi. Rightney
Waterloo - la
Chicago
Lil. Oelwein
Epaunus Ort
East Fourth Street
Waterloo - Ia
Azen
Waterloo, Iowa
Senator Stone
W. A. Cowell & Son
West Fourth Street
Russia
Side Park
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