Dr Bancroft Speaks On Lincoln At Iowa College
Dr T D Bancroft of New York described the Lincoln assassination to Cedar Falls teachers college students. He recounted Ford's Theatre scenes, a blood clot he kept until 1901, and his earlier visit in 1956. He also shared experiences with John Brown of Ossawattomie, Kansas.
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Cedar Falls
T. D. Bancroft
New York
Teachers’ College
President Lincoln
Ford
Washington
Bancroft
Lincoln
Historical Society of
State of Kansas
Topeka
Science Dlub
McKittrick
Moade
John Brown
Ossawattomie
Kansas
Cedar Fails Ila May 14 Council Grants Gas Company Street Use
The Cedar Falls council has granted Citizens gas permission to use streets to connect electric service for prospective customers. The council defends the action as businesslike handling of a dispute with the company. A note mentions a rumor about price raises by the Weart Frisby Co., denying planned increases and promising readjustment with large construction.
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Ila
Citizens Gas Company
Frisby. Co
Will .Aea
Cedar Falls News Roundup on Prices Cars and Local Tales
Justice of the new order of prices notes a dog poisoned at a Cedar Falls home. River levels rise, threatening early-morning fishing plans. Local residents, including Paul Merner and J A Clay, join Cedar Falls automobile owners. Miss Anna Severin improves from illness at St Francis Waterloo. Archbishop Keane confirms sixty at St Patrick's, with an evening address at Teacher's College. Kindergarten Union conven tion plans announced for May 16 17 in Cedar Falls. Transportation funds for Gettysburg veterans cited, with state reimbursement upcoming.
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Cedar River
Paul Merner
H. J. Pfeiffer
J. ‘A. Clay
Club of Automobile Owners of
Cedar Falls
Z.'T. Hale
Independence
West 12Th Street
Keane
Dubuque
St. Patrick’s Church
Teacher's College
Lyren Society
Waterloo
Ghas
Ww. Schmidt
Waverly
Yeater
Schmidt
Eliza Austin dies in Cedar Falls Iowa May 14
Eliza Austin died at 10 20 P M at 515 Washington street Cedar Falls from pneumonia after weeks of illness Funeral services will be held at the house and the remains will be taken to Aplington Iowa for burial She was born in Hampton England and came with her parents to America later settling in Michigan Wisconsin and Iowa The body will arrive in Cedar Falls May 21 for burial Townsend Funeral Home.
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Cedar Falls
Eliza Austin
Washington Street
Aplington
Hampton
England
America
W. H. Rownd
Long Beach
California
Annual event at Orange township hall with exhibit and picnic
The annual event at Orange township hall draws a large crowd next Friday. A school work exhibit, an arranged program by students, and a picnic dinner will be served. Pupils will take part under the coordination of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
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Orange Township Hall
Township meeting to address school centralization
Margaret Myers will attend as a participant. Mr Deyoe will speak on township high schools and centralization of schooling at the event.
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Margaret Myers
Deyoe
Local Jail and Police Court Notes Endorsements
A roundup of city courtroom actions. Clifford Mason, colored, sentenced to thirty days in jail after resisting arrest and drawing a knife. Perry Watts fined for drunken conduct and a separate street glass-breaking incident. Another man, Ray Smith, fined ten dollars for riding a motorcycle on the sidewalk. Multiple drunks arraigned with standard sentences.
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Clifford Mason
Mason
Denver
William Watts
A. M. Miller
Bremer County
Perry Watts
Ray Smith
Houston Leading Witness in Mississippi Murder Case
Deputy Game Warden Al Houston was asked yesterday to travel to Charlaton Mississippi to testify for the defense in a murder trial slated for May 20. He recently returned from Mississippi where he served as a special agent for the Illinois Central and was in Sardis where the crime occurred. A fight between the Sardis night marshal and an Illinois Central night agent led to the marshal's death after a later clash between the two men. Houston had previously spoken with the marshal.
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al. Houston
Charlaton
Miss
Houston
Mississippi
Ilinois Central Lines
Sardis
Illinois Central
Small Boys in Juvenile Court and Local Civil Rulings
Three boys aged 10 to 12 faced larceny charges in juvenile court. They admitted hiding money under a depot platform but later said they had spent it. One boy to St Joseph's school in Dubuque. others paroled to E A Heald as probation officer. Separate cases noted: Russell v Firman Development awarded $40 for void contract. McCaffery divorce and child custody granted.
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John Coogan
Kenneth Davis
George Meggitt
Platt
Paul Davis Dry Goods Coa
Dewar
Platié
John
H. Meyers
George C. Russell
D. C. Firman Development, Co
Nellie McCaffery
John W. McCaffery
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DR. Bancroft
F. H. Mathews
Anna Severin
St. Francis Hospital
Iowa Kindergarten Union
Florence Ward
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Gettysburg
Falls
H. Rownd
Express
Express Company
Quick Ork
Waterloo-2
Falla Union Mil Company
HBS
Orange
Battle
Goodyear Welt
Tayyt
Toaulies
First Nat
Bank Bldg
Brussels
Felix
Val
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