Oldest Waterloo resident Mrs Davison dies in sleep
Mrs Elizabeth Davison, daughter of Charles Mullan the pioneer, died in her sleep while visiting friend Mrs M Hewitt in Waterloo. At 118 last December she had lived in Waterloo since 1846 and spent 75 years in the same home. She married Benjamin F Davison about 53 years ago and leaves brothers H C Mullan Sioux City F Mullan Pomeroy and Joan Mullan. The remains go to Petersen Bros mortuary then Elmwood.
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Elizabeth Davison
Charles Mullan
Waterloo
M. OL. Hewitt
First Street
Wayne County
Davison
Ith Falls Avenue
M. E. Church
Mrs. Hewitt
Mrs. Davison
Charles
America Mullan
James Virden
Mullans
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Minnesota Railway
Iowa
Rar
Mullan Davison
Mullan Home
Frank W
Petersen Bros
Buriss
Elmwood
Benjamin F. Davison
Davis
C. W. Mullan
H. C. Mullan
Sioux City
F. Mul-lan
Pomeroy
Joan Mullan
Mullan
America
Red Mans
India
Gues
Maul- Yan
Great to Be Alive Says Vic Diemer Then Dies at Job
Vic tor Diemer aged 40 told co workers it was great to be alive. Within minutes a dirt embankment at his back collapsed, burying him. He died from a fractured skull before workers could reach him.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Victory Diemer
Brave squaw story and frontier post office tale
A mother keeps vigil as an Indian servant stirs the fire and a gun is pointed to keep him at bay. The man claims toothache and red pepper pads, calling Mrs. Mullan a brave squaw before leaving after breakfast. The text recalls a cabin post office run by Mrs. Davison’s father using an old teapot as a mailbox.
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Elizabeth
Reichstag Ready to Accept Allied Ultimatum
Paris reports 60 hours left before the allied ultimatum expires as France prepares for possible invasion of the Ruhr. Cardinal Dubois warns France’s patience is exhausted while troops mass at Dusseldorf and movement of Irish concert boats is noted.
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Reichstag
George
Dr. Wolff
Maidstone
England
United Press
Paris
France
Germany
Richt
Cardinal Dubois
Archbishon
Cologne
Ardinel
Dusseldorf
Teeter Appointed to County Board to Succeed McQuilkin
T. D. Teeter was appointed to the county board to succeed John McQuilkin. The action was taken by Clerk Fred Pettit Auditor F. W. Esher and Recorder Jennie S. Bird. Teeter had been elected to the board and would have begun his term January 1, 1922.
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Teeter
McQuilkin
T. D. Teeter
la Porte City
John 5
Cedar Spring Creek
Big Creek
Rank and File of Wobblies Left in Lurch by Leaders
Chicago May 10 Wild eyed reds have become milder and less revolutionary at the Industrial Workers of the World convention Delegates speak standard English and show little appetite for overthrowing the government The rank and file blame intellectual leaders who faced prison terms under the espionage act and many skipped bonds to avoid Leavenworth confinement The organization struggles to raise 75000 to reimburse bondsmen while reforming its leadership and strategy
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United Press
Chicago
Industrial Workers of the World
Leavenworth
Roy Brown
Brown
I. W. We
W. W
Lawn City Farmer Seriously Injured in 50 Foot Fall
Walter Jacobson, a farmer nine miles southwest of town, fell 50 feet from a windmill at about 2 p m today sustaining serious injuries including a fractured right leg. Cedar Falls dispatch. The rest of the fragment mentions a film listing and an advertisement for a concert, not related to the incident.
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Lawn City
Cedar Falls
Walter Jacobson
Commission report on Aland Islands dispute recommendation
Geneva Ma lands county of which Abram Elkus Nerk is a member has submitted its report to the league of nations here recommending that the island remain under Finnish sovereignty with guarantees for the safeguarding of the Swedish population.
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Geneva
Malands Couny
Abram
Elkus
Nerk
League of Nations
Farmers Bureau Backs Dowell Road Plan In Statewide View
The Farmers Bureau endorses the Dowell good roads bill over Townsend proposals, arguing local, farm to market roads and intercounty routes should be emphasized. It urges flexible widths, federal state sharing, and state maintenance control with emphasis on practical, local conditions.
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Ington News Bureau
T the Evening Courier
Washington Db
American Farm Bureau Federation
Townsend
Iowa
Dowell
Federation
Bureau
State Highway Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Osmiridium Passed Over by Gold Diggers in New Guinea
In British New Guinea a river dredge crew ignored a bluish flake later identified as osmiridium, a platinum group metal. An American firm bought two and a half pounds for about $6,000, eight times the value of the same weight in gold, before Tropical rains washed away much of the metal.
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Associated Press
London
Pugqua
Paqua
British New Guinea
Five Indicted for Pleasantville Bank Robbery
Five men Henry Hawkins Fred Martin William Davis Joe Welch alias Omaha Kid and Harry McGill alias Kennedy Yellow were indicted by Marion county grand jury for robbing the First National Bank at Pleasantville Iowa. Securities bonds and cash exceeding 50000 were taken. Hawkins is jailed in Des Moines Martin and Davis in Jefferson City with the others at large.
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Associated Press
Knoxville
Henry Hawkins
Fred Martin
William Davis
Joe Welch
Omaha Kid
Harry McGill
Kennedy Yellow
Marion County Grand Jury
First National Bank
Pleasantville
Hawkins
Des Moines
Martin
Davis
Jefferson City
Little Violet Watters Expected to Recover from Skull Fracture
Violet Watters age 12 sustained a fractured skull from a fall at Byrnes park tennis court Saturday. The physician said today she is well on the road to recovery with no complications and the crisis believed past.
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Violet Watters
Byrnes Park
Ambassador Harvey Arrives in London
London, May 10. Col. George Clarvey, newly appointed American ambassador to the court of St. James, arrived here this afternoon from the United States. Forest fires raging in seven northern Michigan counties prompt volunteer brigades as hundreds help combat the blazes. Treland, & Watson. Majestic, com Irish concert.
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Associated Press
London
Col
George Clarvey
Court of St. James
United States
United Press
Chicago
Michigan
Smiles and Kinks From Today’s Wires
New York child Mike Clementi aged six returned home after wandering. Police Commissioner Enright notes April arrests and liquor seizures totaling 2,500 arrests and 10 million dollars in enforcement of state prohibition law.
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United Press
New York
Mike Clementi
Enright
Labor chiefs weigh stance on Russia recognition shows
Cincinnati May 10 The American Federation of Labor executive council prepared material for the Denver convention to oppose recognizing the Russian soviet government. President Samuel Gompers presented state department letters on Russia and outlined plans for a new drive against anti labor legislation and industrial courts across states and at federal level.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Executive Council
The
American Federation of Labor
Denver
Samuel Gompers
Hughes
Russia
Congress
Gompers
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Reland
Majestic
Ireland
Commission
Aland Islands
Farmers Bureau
Pleasantville Bank
Ambassador Harvey
Hr Postum
Postum Cereal Company, Inc
Bartle Creek
Federation Council
Bickley
Fletcher
Chas. H. Fletcher
B.thritty
Bridge Sts
Wang & Miler
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