Carnegie Hero Fund awards near $100000 in 1911 cases
The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission disbursed almost $100000 in awards and pensions to heroes or their relatives. The largest grant was $2000 to Charles N Wright of Highlands North Carolina for aiding R Augustus Baty from a cliff in May 1911. Dillard received $2000 and a silver medal for the rescue. The report lists 16 awards of $2000, 39 of $1000, and pensions up to $35 monthly with medals for all awards. The narrative recounts the Whiteside Mountain rescue and various local social notes from Pittsburgh on November 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Charles N. Wright
Highlands
N. C
William L. Dillard
R. Augustus Baty
Dillard
Baty
Whiteside Mountain
Fool's Rock
Wright
Death of Mrs P. Miller shocks Marble Rock community
Marble Rock, Oct. 20. Mrs. P. Miller died suddenly Monday night at age 64 from heart failure. She was active in the M E church and left a husband, one son S Miller of Charles City, a daughter Mrs. Crearge Barbour, and four stepdaughters. Funeral held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the M F E church. Rev. B. A. Davis officiated with many floral tributes. Former neighbors and relatives attended from Cedar Falls, Clinton, Nora Springs, and Des Moines areas. Community records note the family’s sympathy and attendance at services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marble Rock
P. Miller
M. EB
S. Miller
Charles City
Crearge Barbour
Alex. Wilson
H. Smith
Jordon
Clinton
M. FE
B. A. Davis
Fiddick
Cedar Fur S. Miller
Paw Paw
Amydurdan
Barth
Walter McCray
Charlee City
J. Pp. Miller
Joseph Wiloth
Clarksville
C. Williams
Greene
F. E. Gates
Earl Hoadley
Minnie Winehall
Britt
Winthrop Social Roundup Notes Sunday Visitors
Winthrop and nearby towns report a string of over Sunday guests and short visits. Clara Yeager of Waterloo stayed with William Yeager’s family. Miss Jessie Merrill of Independence visited her parents Albert and wife. C. Copeland and Jena Yaw hosted guests in Central City. Many residents traveled to Dubuque Manchester Farley Arlington and Madison for visits and returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Thompson
Chariss Cory
Princeton
Ill
George Broom
Ernest Ownley
Dubuque
Marian Higman
Manchester
H. HE. Bigman
Hobson
Baby
Mt. Vernon
E. Murphy
Cecil Mulford
Wisconsin
Ilinois
I. H. Johinson
Independence
Quay Young
Frank Anten
Leff
Boulder
Colo
Anten
Clarence Eddy
Lewis Klotz
Emily Risner
Frank Fox
W. Sicher
Anteed
Arlington
A. Wiley
South Dakota
George Tubb
Marshall Ball
Jackson
C. Waltemier
John Crosby
Robert Getehell
Madison
George Marrington
Darwin
Owbley
Winter arrives with Brow snowfall in Eagle Center
The first touch of real winter brings over an inch of Brow in the Eagle Center area. Local residents recount visits and travels, including Louis Conry of Waterloo and groups visiting from Traer and Blessing. Community members attend events, family ties span Waterloo, La Porte, and Chicago trips, and several locals make short journeys or host relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Center
Ort
Louis Conry
Waterloo
Link Elliot
Traer
Jake Blitech
Peter Wirr
George Moran
Chicago
Vierious Points
Gertrude McGarvey
Willie Cavanaugh
Raymond Kelly
Blessing
Ella Reiter
Pred Rosauer
la Porte
Peter Kirch
Kansas
Philip Beck
Will
Plainfield Social News Notes From Octobers End
Plainfield residents gather for RL No AL hall events with RK N delegation from Horton and Washu. Local students and teachers, including Hessie Hinkley, finish term near Tripoli and Brian Pratt lecture begins November 1. Community updates cover visits, sales, travel, church activity, and home-building projects across town and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainfield
Wil Chandler
Waverly
RL No AL Hall
RK N
Horton
Washu
Hessie Hinkley
Tripoli
Hunter
Gertrude Sweeney
Dorita
Sweeney
Gertrude Robinson
Frank Jones
Iroquois
S. D
A. J. Shores
Amos Turnes
A. J. Lynes
Chas
Farnsworth
H. M. Peterson
Nashua
Hattie Smith
Bessie Hinkley
Ralph Small
Canada
W. W. Taylor
F. R. Hoyd
Lulu
Jessie Vosseller
Waterloo
Center Point Auction and Local News Roundup
Center Point notes record of sixteen town lots sold at public auction in Mazeltine second addition. Mentions trips to Cedar Rapids and Great Falls Montana, local visits, a silver medal contest won by Miss Nela Pitasurrald, and various residents traveling or returning from out of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Point
Ben
Jay Mazeltine
Mazeltine
Homer Clark
Paul Larkhart
Cedar Rapids
Lloyd Arnett
Great Falls
Mont
Frank
Geo
Spencer
Walker
Mannie
Mannie and Verne Fee, Mr and Mrs. H.R. Trans
Zora Robinson
Waterloo Circle in California
Mrs E P Hubbard of Azusa reports a Waterloo circle gathering near Los Angeles during October at Whittier hosted by Mrs Kate Lindley and Mrs Lombard. The 100 member group includes ex Waterloo residents from Long Beach Pasadena Hollywood and Azusa meeting to reminisce and mingle with visitors to the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Hubbard
Azusa
Cal
Waterloo
Waterloo Circle
California
Kate Lindley
Lombard
Whittier
Los Angeles
Pacific Electric
Long Beach
Pasadena
Hollywood
Iowa
Rger
Walkerig Circle Plans Quarterly Meetings and Picnic
A draft proposal outlines forming a permanent organization named the Wa lerigg circle. It would convene every three months with one annual meeting held as a picnic. The plan specifies a community gathering aimed at regular social engagement.
Lawful to Call Man an Ape in Switzerland Verdict
Swiss cantonal tribunal at Zurich ruled it lawful to call a man an ape in anger or otherwise and declined damages in a dispute between two prominent citizens. A spectator raid followed a quarrel. no prisoners were taken. Police were notified after a girl left home on Oct 23 with a young man. she was taken to a flat, where she met a man and woman who confiscated her clothes. John Hamilton, a driver, was jailed on an abduction charge. A girl companion faced disorderly conduct charges. The missing girl Elizabeth Clark had been reported missing by her father a month earlier and a general alarm had been issued. Police seek the young man who took the McLoughlin girl to the flat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Zurich
Elizabeth Clark
McLoughlin
Northwestern Land & Investment Co
Waterloo
Iowa
Hagerman Place
Hagerman
Black Hawk Road
Donaire
Medeville
Leavitt and Johnson Trust, Co
B. Clemence
Drag Line
Job & Baggage
South Street
14 Year-Old Gira Rescued From Captors In New York
A 14 year old girl, Josephine Mc Loughlin, missing for a week, was rescued from two alleged traffickers in women who kept her prisoner since she disappeared. A note pleading for help was pushed through a window shutter this morning and found by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Josephine McLoughlin
Ald
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chanegie Hero Fund Awards
W. Gates
Gates
J. FE. Haynes
W. Bucklin, Jr
Mo J. Paddleford
Nora Springs
BE. Patterson
Keene
Xuesta
Eva Maroney
Masonville
Morris Maroney
Frank Hearn
Charles Ebersole
Mationa
Fred Dbersole
Ray Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Ben Hutching
van ‘Horne
Dening and Son
Franklin Street
J. W
Edna Campbell
Cal Mamahan
Homer Pitner
Commercial National Bank of
Cedar Rapida
W. F. Reynolds
Neighbor & Roy
Clarence Heverly
Fort Building
Reynols
JW. Schmickle
Ben Hutchings
B. G. Thompson
Ape
Evangelical Church
Rev. Starr
Marion
Winthrop
Brian Pratt
J. M. Roberts
Ada
Minn
Marjory Michael
Bettendorf
M. E
Thimble Beech
M. E. Parsonage
Will Townsend
Frank Carney
Ed. Stanley
J. W. Smith
Little Daughter
M. W. Scott
Hazel Boyd
Cedar Falls
Lulu Wosseller
Bert Turneaure
Minnesota
George Payne
H. A. Scott
Stevens County
C. L. Edwards
Catherine Folks
Esther Steele
Will Wond
Sadie Scott
Herman Heise
Moore
Fréda
Clarinda
Will Cooper
FE. A. Roach
Ette Kelley
Minnie Robinson
Alva
Gira
Blavers
Wilson & Jaggar
Rock Island Stock Yards
Mullan Avenue
Hagerman Lot
Studebaker
America
Detroit
Harry Padden Auto Company
Sycamore St
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