Prisoner Escape Stuns Police Court In Mock Arrest
A decoy prisoner escaped before arraignment as city scavenger Sharley Jones failed to report promptly. Sergeant Farrell, police reporters, and visitors staged the ruse to amuse the court, while Jones hunted the runaway man through the building amid mounting concern. An advertisement notes Iowa potatoes for sale at 50c per bushel at H. Eighmey’s grocery.
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Meyers
Sharley Jones
Therisoner
John Farrell
Jones
Charley Jones
Farrell
Charley
Iowa
H. Eighmey
Parkside Hotel Sold for Sanitarium Conversion
The Parkside hotel at 1028 Riehl Street, operated by 8 A Ormsby, has been sold to Mrs. Jane M. Bell a chiropractor. It will be converted into a sanitarium near Chautauqua park within a short time. The $14 000 sale will keep Ormsby in Waterloo with other property interests.
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Parkside
Riehl Street
8. A. Ormsby
Jane M. Bell
Chautauqua Park
Ormsby
Grain Markets Close for Week as Mixed Prices Edge Higher
US grain exchanges close Friday March 21 with scattered gains in Chicago futures as May wheat edges up on strength in loading houses and colder weather. Hog prices slip while cattle and sheep receipts remain steady. cash markets nearby show No. 2 red wheat at 1.01 to 1.07 and corn at 51 to 6 1/4 cents.
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United States
Chicago
May
New Books on Women Placed in Library East
Two new titles attract readers at the library east, Why Women Are So by Mary B. Coolidge and Modern Woman's Rights Movement by Kaethe Schirmacher. Coolidge analyzes nineteenth century gender roles while Schirmacher surveys the world wide origins and progress of women's rights and equality. A parcel post display with a zone map and rate guide is now at the library east, drawing attention along with leaflets on parcel post history.
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Library East
Mary B. Coolidge
Kaethe Schirmacher
Missa Coolidge
Parcel Post
Explorers in Waterloo Honor David Livingstone Centennial
Waterloo societies marked the 100th anniversary of David Livingstone the famed explorer and missionary. His life from humble beginnings in Scotland to central Africa and ultimate death in 1878 is recounted, noting key events with Stanley’s aid and Livingstone’s burial in Westminster Abbey.
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David Livingstone
Lanarkshire
Scotland
China
Africa
Livingstone
Kuruman
Timbuctoo
H. M. Stanley
James Gordon Bennett
Zanzibar
Westminster Abbey
London
Central Africa
Fire tears through feed stables in Manchester
Fire believed to have started by spontaneous combustion nearly destroyed Henry Goodhile’s feed stables in Manchester Ta. high winds hampered firefighters. The hay and grain were not insured though the stable building loss is partly covered by insurance. The report also notes a court session in Iowa with John Mertz pleading guilty.
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Manchester
Henry Goodhile
State of
Iowa
John Mertz
District Court
Defendant Mertz Faces Plea After Jail Confinement
Wrangling ended with Mertz held at the county jail since last August after an attempted great bodily harm against Sheriff Hennessey during a peace arrest. After testimony and a recess, attorney Welch said the defendant would plead guilty. Sentence to be pronounced today as the courtroom remained packed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mertz
Hennessey
Welch
Wulty
Good Attendance Despite Weather At Lrengle Series
Despite chilly winds and drizzle the second Lrengle series meeting drew a good crowd. Five seekers came forward at the close of the service, matching the Tuesday turnout. Col Brengie urged love in a sermon titled A Great Love that Led To, and a music program followed.
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Brengie
Mushand
Christ
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