Ex-Gov Boies Seeks Thaw For Harry Thaw Case
Former Iowa governor Horace Boies writes to Mrs Mary Thaw urging release of Harry K Thaw from Matteawan asylum. He claims Governor Sulzer obstructed justice and argues liberty for Thaw, noting Boies has no official link to the Thaw family and criticizing the alleged manipulation by Dr Russell.
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Horace Cies
Law al
Mary ¢. Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan Asylum
New York
Boies
Tam
Sulzer
Pennsylvania
Harry
Lewis Magazine
Sulger
Horace Roles
Thaw
H. K. Thaw
Doles
Iowa
Personal Notes From Cedar Falls Busy Local Scene
Cedar Falls news notes travel records and society events from March 26. Invitations go out for a six oclock dinner. Mrs Sheerer hosts a Saturday evening gathering. visits to Omaha. school athletics include Henry Thlings as basketball captain. a concert by the Boys Glee Club at the high school. rebuilding plans after a fire. educational reform talk by President Seerley. a county seat name change proposal. a drowned cow with salvage details. local visits to Dallas and Omahan connections. store improvements and real estate moves. potato economy rises. funeral attendance for Fred Grattan. several injuries and accidents including a shoulder dislocation and a plumber burn incident.
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Chris, Hintz
Kower Main Street
Hintz
Oak Ridge
Santee Bros
H. H. Seerley
Southwestern Teachers’ Association
Ted Oak
Remarkable Song of Woman's Love
A fragmented note describes a New York sheet music piece titled Remarkable Song of Woman's Love. It portrays a love story amid a wife's fidelity versus a husband's indifference, notes a cheap department store price, and claims the song has lasting value beyond money.
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Mrael
Rest
Choryia
Band Concert a Big Success in Cedar Falls
The Cedar Falls band concert at Cottons theatre drew a large audience, with residents and visitors from Waterloo attending. Miss Harriett Case sang a solo and encore, highlighting a musical group praised as the pride of Cedar Falls and noted for summer free concerts drawing thousands from nearby towns.
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Cedar Falls
Cotton's Theatre
Waterloo
Harriett Case
Logical plea ends murder trial as case heads to jury
The long murder trial of Gust Bekiares nears verdict as State Attorney Hoxie wraps closing arguments calling the alibi witness testimony into question. Defense counsel General Mullan defended the accused while the court juggles instructions and deliberation time, with jurors expected to be sent to the jury room this afternoon in Waterloo.
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Gust Bekiares
Vonny
Hoxie
General Mullan
Jaiine Ranger
Rausier
Land
Tom Chase
Mike Pappas
Gust Molilinos
Ernest Hayes
George Paulus
Chase
Ewald
Casshbeer
Mr. Hoxie
Waterloo
Pickrar
Oelwein
Selem Mehmet
Iite
George Brown
Kanging City
Mr. Moxie
Gust Bakjares
Waterlan
Hoxia
Mullan
Stroke claims life of Mrs Jensen in Cedar Falls
Mrs Chris Jensen aged 63 died at her Cedar Heights residence after suffering a paralysing stroke Monday. An invalid for months due to dropsy, she previously had a minor stroke last year. Born in Denmark, she and her husband settled in Cedar Falls along with two sons Louis and Arthur and a daughter Thora. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Cedar Falls
Chris Jensen
Cedar Heights
Louis Jensen
Devil's Lake
XN. D
Arthur Jensen
Thora Jensen
Fallo Clubmen At Big Banquet
Twenty four members of the Pharenet club journeyed to Waterloo for a banquet at the Ellis hotel with a seven course dinner and red carnation decorations. Guests included Mr and Mrs F B Strayer of Waterloo and Cedar Falls attendees. Afterward manager Mc Clinton hosted a special benefit show at the Grand theatre.
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Cedar Falls
Pharenet Club
Waterloo
Ellis Hotel
F. B. Strayer
van Dyke
J. G. Packard
McClinton
Grand Theatre
New Home Cure Promises Asthma Relief Without Effort
An advertisement claims a new at home asthma cure usable by any patient regardless of duration or climate. It promises immediate relief from wheezing paroxysms and difficult breathing, urging readers to mail in a coupon for a free trial without paying any money. It targets hopeless cases failed by inhalers or patent medicines.
Bekiares trial features massive record of testimonies
The Bekiares case unfolds with a lengthy legal struggle over prisoner possession after resistance advised by brothers. Judge Hoxie rules, costs may reach $3,000 as the trial extends for days. Report notes near 840,000 words may be recorded by the court stenographer Jack Newman, with 20 to 30 ladies among spectators. Also promotes The Iowa Homestead farm paper and subscription ads.
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Kauss City
Fhrst
Gust Beklares
Marks
Hoxie
Selem Mehmet
Gust Bekiares
Black Hawk
Jack Newman
Bekiares
Iowa Homestead
Loriice
James M. Pierce
Dea Movies
Towa
West Liberty Indians Predict No Tornado Toll
West Liberty Iowa March 26 The Indians when they claimed this region for their home declared the ground flow occupied by the town would never be visited by a tornado due to the Wapsinonoc creek surrounding it. Sunday night gales wrecked many buildings in the countryside but town property escaped. On the B W Barnes farm South Prairie every building was damaged except the house and windmills across the community were leveled. Water damage in town was heavy.
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Liberty
West Liberty
B. W. Barnes
South Prairie
Good Roads Bill Faces House Vote In Des Moines
In Des Moines Iowa on March 26 legislators debated the joint committee good roads bill which the senate had passed. County representatives argued for local control of tax money and valuation while opposing a state tax commission. Meanwhile a separate measure to censor moving pictures was killed after extended debate and an amendment striking censor references passed, ending the bill.
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Des Moines
Iowa
House
Joint Committee
Senate
Senate Committee On Ways and Means
Yeesterday
Whitney
Sioux City
Card of Thanks for Mr. and Mrs. Harmon Family
We express sincere thanks to neighbors and friends for beautiful flowers and kindness at the death of our father and grandfather H. M. Harmon. A Courier ad promises time and money savings.
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H. M. Harmon
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