Woman in Bed for 38 Years Laments Loss of Walk
In Tipton Iowa, Mrs. Alexander Wickham has spent 38 years bedridden after a quarrel with her father in law led her to vow never to rise. She read and wrote poetry, kept a room apart, and never left bed though her husband and later town grew around her. Now she remains paralyzed from the waist down and unable to walk.
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Council Bluffs
Alexsander Wickham
Tipton
Liex
Wickham Farm
Fiedman
Des Moines
William Bates Recalls Civil War Hero and Waterloo Life
Grain buyer William Bates of Waterloo recalls 1860s life, his enlistment at 16 with the Sixteenth Wisconsin, Sherman’s march to the sea, and his long career in grain business since 1868. He notes early railroads, a lifelong friendship with Matt Parrott family, and ties to Senator La Follette.
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Wea
Sherman
Bea
Althea
Waterloo
William Bates
Fourth Street
Air. Bates
Grain Commission
Matt Parrott
Will
Lou
Lou G. Parrott
Army
Willian Bates
Hazel Green
Sixteenth
Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry
Washington, D. C
Kenesaw Mountain
Bates
Atlanta
Savannah
Senator LaFollette
Harper
LaFollette James
Madison, Wis
West
Mr. Bates
Illnois Central
Town Falls
Pringle Named U S Attorney for Southern Iowa
Washington announces the appointment of Ralph Pringle of Red Oak as United States attorney for the southern district of Iowa. The selection surprised many, with other candidates including Cen terville and Ex-Senator James Wilson. Col Guy Brewer will become U S district marshal for southern Iowa on April 1, succeeding N F Reed, with no planned deputy changes. Under the law banking cannot be sold on Sundays.
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Des Moines
Washington
Ralph Pringle
Red Oak
United States
Southern
District of Iowa
Pringle
James Wilson
Centerville
Joe Frailey
Fort Madison
Arthur Springer
Wapello
H.W. Carter
Corydon
Attormer Prinete
Montgomery County
Tie
Guy Brewer
Towa
N. F. Reed
Ottumwa
Brewer
Amundsen May Fly New York to Seattle in Polar Airplane
Roald Amundsen, returning from Norway, may attempt a New York to Seattle flight in a metal airplane for his polar expedition. Capt. Hammer, his agent in Seattle, announced plans as Amundsen aims to depart Seattle June 1 to drift toward the north pole in the Maud, after last year’s broken Behring Sea propeller halted a similar attempt. The bowver tail is described as mainly for swimming with an additional alarm function when waterborne.
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Seattle
Wash
Roald Amundsen
Rcte
New York
Norway
Haakon H. Hammer
Amundsen
North Pole
Maud
Behring Sea
Fire damages Gotch Auto Supply on Mulberry Street
Fire at 8 30 a m today badly damaged the interior of Gotch Auto Supply Company at 612 14 Mulberry Street and destroyed a large quantity of automobile accessories and supplies. Loss estimated in the thousands. insurance sufficient. Origin likely from dry batteries stored in the supply room. fire confined to rear first floor with smoke and water damage to sales room.
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Gotch Auto Supply Company
Atore
Mulberry Street
Toas
Gotch Company
Webberking
Civil Service Exam Held for Colfax Hospital Post
The United States Civil Service Commission announces a bookkeeping examination in Waterloo on April 15 to fill a vacancy in the United States Public Health Service hospital at Colfax Iowa. Salary is 66 dollars per year with bonus quarters subsistence and laundry.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Waterloo
United States Public Health Service Hospital
Colfax
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Ange
Bride
Iowa
aTenenee
Waterloo Laundry Co
West Park Ave
Jefferson St
Waterloo, Towa
MR. White
Larabee
Ness
Cuban Cane Molasses CO
Water Street
Midas
Waterloo Morris Plan Co
Bridge St
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