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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 30, 1912

Page

5

Meanest Man Gets The Limit In Jail Ordeal

Joseph Shelley 27 of 618 Bluff street was jailed after two intoxication arrests in 24 hours. He watched his wife die from childbirth complications and the baby’s burial before being released briefly to see them. He was later sentenced to ten or thirty days on the streets, with further family hardship noted. A separate fire on 908 Fourth street west caused slight damage to the attic rafters. W B Sanford to speak on The Citys Opportunities at Westminster church tomorrow at 7:30 PM.

Elmwood Joseph Shelley Bluff Street Shelley J. F. Illingaman E. P. Caldwell H. T. Banton Fourth Street West Side

Time 6 room partly modern house near car line

Listing notes two properties with prices and features. A six room partly modern house two blocks from the car line on Lot 44 by 127 feet is offered with an easy payment plan at 2000 dollars. A seven room modern cottage on a fixed lot of 426 is available with small payment terms at 2800 dollars.

Home Park Car Jine

Water receding in Cedar River flood areas improving

Water levels fell across Waterloo and surrounding areas as of early morning, with several basements flooded but pumps lowering water near the Water Blue Savings Bank building to about three inches. Bridges show resilience, while Sans Souci and Miles Street areas report subsiding yet ongoing damage and flooding to fills and basements.

Waterloo Water Blue Savings Bank Black Hawk Mulberry Street Virden Creek Sans Souci Martin Turkish Baths Syndicate Waterloo Gasoline Engine Ga Miles Street Red Cedar Park

Inquest Finds Police Officers Blamed for Roy Blunt Death

Springfield Nebraska marshal inquest verdict pins Chief Bridges special deputy Trouton and Sheriff Hyera for Blunt death while Sheriff Grant Chase is censured for failing to stop the shooting The inquest drew intense scrutiny andGovernor Aldrich faced alleged interference The same day W B Sanford spoke on The Cry of Ophertanities at Westminster Church service

Springfield Neb Roy Blunt Briges South Omaha Jonny, Trouton Hyera Linleon Blunt Grant Chase Sarpy County Bluint Ferling Nob Woroner’s Toent Aldrich Armstrong

Hoke seeks third term as county attorney in Black Hawk

J. candidate Wirt P. Hoxie announces for the county attorney nomination in June primary. He cites precedent of three-term incumbents and his record of indictments, Guilty pleas, notable cases in Waterloo and district judge praise. He argues for continuation based on merit and past three years’ work.

Black Hawk County Jame Dune Wirt P. Hoxie C. W. Mullan B. Reed T. Mears G. W. Dawson Hoxie Robinson McCaskill

St Marks Parish Church Planned For Spring Construction

Vestry meeting at the Irving hotel appoints committees for building furnishings and organ as St Mark's Episcopal parish plans a church at the corner of Denver and Fourth in a developing residential district. The project aims to be one of the state's most creditable Episcopal churches.

St. Mark's Episcopal Parish Irving Hotel Cc. L. Kingsley George E. Pike G. L. van Duyn W. E. Cowan F. B. Ballou C. C. Lamson H. W. Flint C. G. Stearns R. AL Ellis

Dr Beatle in Usual Health After Mad Dog Rumor

Mrs. F. M. Shoemaker received a letter from her daughter Mrs. C A Beatie of Ureston reporting she and her husband are in Waterloo with many friends. The rumor they were bitten by a mad dog and admitted to Town City is incorrect as both remain at home in usual health. Hear W RB. Sandford on The City's Opportunities at Westminster Pres Tino.

F. M. Shoemaker C A. Beatie Ureston Waterloo Town City

Patents Granted to Iowans for Week Ending March 26 1912

Patents granted to Iowans for the week ending March 26 1912 reported from the office of Clarence J Loftus patent attorney Crocker building Des Moines Car track construction W Betten dorf Bettendorf Making calesrine W Callister Farmington Milking machine L T D De Laney and M A Wallabauer Belmont Couch bed A G Erles Cedar Rapids Vehicle fire W A Giermann Blencoe Silo J T R Graft Cedar Rapids Tabulating mechanism G C Hoskin Nevada Metallic fence post Waber Elna Chute attachment for corn shellers No Larson Villisea Maileer MM T Miller Tracy Ladder J Reichardt Massena Wire Reena C W Schumann Marshalltown Sharon

W. A. Giermann Blencoe Silo J. TR Cedar Rapids Hoskin Nevada Waber Larson Villisea T. Miller Tracy. Ladder J. Reichardt Massena C. W. Schumann Marshalltown Sharon

Unclear patient status reported from Mas Ay home

Reading from the home on 238 Tdvker street Mas Ay shows limited progress after an operation at the Nospitel 8. The reports from 435 lacner street Tolay indicate only modest improvement and no rapid recovery.

Oak Hay Tdvker Street Mickinger Tolay

Judges Hear Divorces and Tax Deadline Near

Judge Platt will preside at the McCaskill hearing set for April 4 as tax deadlines press tardy property owners. Lydia Tuel wins a divorce from Charles A. Tuel amid desertion and cruelty claims, while Ethel Hill seeks custody and support after her husband deserted them. Judge Ransier heads to Des Moines for city water works plant appraisal work.

Ethel Hill Severin Hill Independence Lytle Winford Hill Ransier Des Moines City Supreme Court Platt McCaskill

Bargain 2 1/2 story West Ninth car line house for sale

2500 dollar bargain on a two story home near West Ninth car line. Includes gas furnace cistern inside pump and cemented cellar on a 60 by 127 foot lot. If you know a bargain you will buy on sight. Call 266 THE JAMES GARDINER COMPANY First National Building.

James Gardiner West Side Blackhawk National Corner West Ninth James Gardiner Company First National

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A brief, unreadable fragment from a local notice yields no clear event. The text appears garbled with no identifiable people, places, or actions to summarize reliably.

Locomotive Boiler Explosion Kills Brakeman in Tuscola

A Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton freight train boiler exploded near Tuscola Illinois killing brakeman Alva Briddle. Engineer D R Ferrow and wireman E Peters were seriously injured in the blast. In Cedar Rapids Iowa Mrs Stark widow of a prominent businessman died suddenly the same day.

Tuscola Alva Briddle D. R. Ferrow E. Peters Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Stark Cedar Rapids Wm. H. Stark

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