Funeral rites set for Benjamin F. Bishop Wednesday
Benjamin Franklin Bishop 54, famed cafeteria operator, will have full Masonic rites at 2 p m Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church with graveside services at Fairview cemetery. A longtime Mason, he led cafeterias in Waterloo Cedar Rapids Des Moines and Sioux City. Born September 16 1873 in Brush Creek now Arlington he died suddenly February 16 at 414 Walnut Court apartments after heart disease illness. He married Della Bowder in 1898 and lived in Waterloo since 1920, an outdoorsman, poet and artist.
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Harry D. Simor
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Walnut Court Apartments
Rochester
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Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
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Arlington
Mathood
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Della M. Bowder
Independence
Philanthropic newsman remembered with civic ties
The obituary notes a quiet philanthropist famed for hosting an annual Christmas dinner for all the city’s newsboys. He belonged to Masonic orders Rotary Elks and the Isaak Walton league, affiliated with First Presbyterian Church. Survived by a widow, four sisters in Louisiana, Alabama, Iowa, and Wisconsin, and two brothers in Manchester and Waterloo. Body at O Keefe Towne mortuary.
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Sioux City
George Lew
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Manchester
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Waterloo
O'Keefe & ‘Towne
Wives Win Quer Mothers-in-Law in German Courts
Berlin reports that the Reichsgericht ruled wives have precedence in family disputes over mothers-in-law when couples share a home. Husbands siding with mothers-in-law breach marital duties and may justify a wife leaving her husband with her children. The court also allowed divorce if a husband publicly mocks his wife.
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Germany
Federal Supreme Court
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Supreme Court
Thumb Print of Modiste Guards Choice Designs
London fashion houses adopt thumbprints as trade marks to curb copies and protect originality. Dressmakers dub fake copies as pirates and stamp prints on fabric. Some designers explore model patents tied to special looms and exclusive raw materials, facing unresolved legal hurdles.
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London
Sheriff Wagner Improves After Appendectomy At Allen Memorial
Sheriff H. H. Wagner underwent an emergency appendectomy at Allen Memorial hospital Saturday afternoon after his appendix burst several hours before surgery. He was reported slightly improved today after an uncomfortable night, then a more comfortable night following his operation.
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HH. T. Wagner
Allen Memorial Hospital
Hailfall Chills Waterloo. Muddy Roads Drift to Detour
Hail fell in the southeast city yesterday at 6 p m creating a strange spectacle like fluffy popcorn as H B Cropper witnessed from close range. Clouds and a setting sun tinted the scene while hail flakes struck softly on buildings. Strong rain moved in later as roads grew impassable around Waterloo with detours on Grant highway and heavy gravel on Waverly road.
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H. B. Cropper
Cropper
Waterloo
Grant Highway
Dubuque
Waverly Road
Bailey Brothers Seek Discharge From Bankruptcy
Bailey Bros and James L Bailey filed a petition for discharge from bankruptcy in the office of referee J E Jordan for northeast Iowa. The petition notes surrender of all property by the partnership and by James L Bailey personally. A hearing before Judge George C Scott will be scheduled. Bailey Bros a Cedar Falls real estate firm and James L Bailey were adjudicated bankrupt May 27 1927. More than 9000 acres of land in Grundy and Emmet counties are referenced in the filing.
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Northeast Towa
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George C. Scott
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Cedar Falls
Local counties settle debts amid Liabilities near 400000
Met Butler and Chickasaw counties, liabilities totaled nearly 400000 in a regional financial settlement. The announcement underscores coordinated repayment obligations and shared fiscal exposure among the three counties.
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Butler
Chickasaw Counties
Pinkham Medicine Booklets Distributed by Husband in Juodi
Every year the Pinkham Medicine Company ships about 30 million house to house booklets. Ted Hinznan does this work in Juodi, California. His wife recalls reading how the medicine helped many women and says she saw good results from Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
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Pinkham Medicine Company
Ted Hinznan
Juodi
California
Lydia Pinkham
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