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Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1927

Page

34

Waterloo woman 81 dies at home after influenza

Mrs James L Cooley 81 longtime Waterloo resident died at 727 Park avenue west at 10 p m from age related complications She had recent illness but retained her faculties An ardent Bible reader and longtime Christian Church member She married James I Cooley Christmas Eve 1865 Surviving children include Nellie Williams Jessie Cooley J L Leavitt and James Cooley Funeral Thursday at 2 30 p m at the home with Rev E B Mounsey presiding Burial in Fairview Also noted 13 year old prodigy Freda Hall who passed associate exam London College of Music

James L. Cooley Waterloo Park Avenue West Nellie Willams Jessie Cooley J. L. Leavitt Charles Parker Los Angeles Cal James Cooley Kansas City Harold Wiliams Frank Davey Dorothy Leavitt James Cooley Leavitt Dorothy Cooley Patricia Caver Cyrus Lichty Cedar Falls Welson Lichty Dike Lydia Ford E. B. Mounsey Christ Episcopal Circh Fairview

Nebraska governor leads stay-at-home term life style

Lincoln May 3 Nebraska has a stay at home governor. Adam McMullen has left the state only three times in three years two national gover nor conferences and one Drake Nebraska football game in Iowa. His leisure is a summer noon visit to his Gage county farm for a light lunch and coffee under a shade tree. He has been re elected since Who's Who biography noted his term 1925 27 and address at the State Capitol.

Adam McMullen Iown Gage County McMullen Adam Neb State Capitol Lincoln

Juror Discharged After Not Knowing Defendant

In Northwood Iowa a jury in a bootlegging case was locked for 20 hours before the foreman disclosed one juror did not know who was on trial. That juror was excused and the rest dismissed. After lawyers and Judge Kelley conferred, 11 jurors who knew the case were recalled to finish. Three hours more of deliberation produced a guilty verdict.

Northwood C. M. Kelley

Antioch Baptist Education Program Highlighted

An all day educational program will be held Thursday at Antioch Baptist Church. Prominent figures in colored Baptist circles will speak, including Rev. G. W. Robinson of Des Moines and Rev. R. A. Broyles, education board chair, with Mrs. S. H. Gibson of Cedar Rapids delivering a paper on The Value of Educated Motherhood.

Antioch Baptist Church Education Board of the Town and South Dakota Baptist Association G. W. Robinson Des Moines R. A. Broyles Education Board S. H. Gibson Cedar Rapids

Black Hawk Holiness Association Sets Three Day Conventio

The Black Hawk County Holiness association will hold a three day convention in Salvation Army hall starting tomorrow afternoon. Services daily at 2:30 and 7:30 p m will be addressed by Anna L Stann University Park Ia.

Black Hawk County

Traffic Safety at Water Street and Park Aided by Officials

Mayor Glenn A. Tibbitts and Illinois Central railroad officials initiated safer traffic at the Water Street Park Avenue junction near the passenger station. Flagmen and a traffic officer will direct vehicles during heavy morning train movements with Water Street traffic one way from the depot to Fourth Street.

Glenn A. Tibbitts Ilinois Central Railroad Park Avenue Water Street Fourth Street Wlineis Tibbitts

Reed couple find home burglarized after California trip

Returning from a four month California visit, Mr. and Mrs. H M Reed of 51 Third Street East reported their house entered and seven pairs of lace curtains, one comforter and one dress stolen.

California

Theft at California trip home prompts police report

Reed reported the theft to police as Mr and Mrs Read and George Lichty returned from California. They left here December 16 of last year. Detective Emil Steffen investigated and found entry through a broken window rack, with other furnishings undisturbed.

Reed Read California George Lichty Emil Steffen

Fred W. Byford Former Policeman Hurt at Everett

Ward reports serious injury last week to Fred W. Byford 67 a former policeman at Everett. The brief item notes his health status and age with limited details from the incident report.

Fred W. Byford Everett

Veteran falls at Salvation Army headquarters in Sov erest

Ish American war veteran and former police patrol driver, Byford, was helped by Mrs B W Fergeman and sister Mrs Byford after leaving Salvation Army headquarters. He slipped on the sidewalk striking his head on a step, his skull believed fractured, and he never regained consciousness. Byford is drawing a pension from the police department.

B. W., Fergeman Byford Soverest, Wash The Salvation Arms

Sausage Shop Fallout Sparks Boy and Butcher Quarrel

A distorted Tit-Bits vignette shows a butcher outside his shop scolding a boy who shouts in alarm. The boy says he has lost his dog and jokes that the butcher thinks the dog is nearby. He blames his whistle for the sausages as a tease about movements.

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