Windmill inventor’s rights challenged then claimed by another
Nashua Jn Nov 6 The first man to invent the windmill but not patent it was Roderick F Stocking grandfather of Mrs A William Kent. He built the mill and placed it on a Peoria County eminence but a rival sketched it from the hill and secured a patent. He also created a charcoal lined refrigerator but could not finance a patent and sold Sanite boxes in Chillicothe before his rights were taken. Stocking was a cabinet maker by trade.
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Courier Special
Nashua
Roderick F. Stockling
A William Kent
Little Brown Church
Peoria County
Ilinois
Chillicothe
Stocking
Shell Rock Man Injured in Fall
Shell Rock Iowa November 6 James Herkelew is convalescing at Mercy hospital Waverly from injuries received working on the M G Bussey home. He suffered severe bruises but is expected to be discharged within a week. Berkeley was engaged as a carpenter Saturday on the roof when he slipped and fell and was taken to the Waverly hospital.
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Courier Special Service
Shell Rock
James Herkelew
Mercy Hospital
Waverly
M. G. Bussey
Berkeley
Waverly Hospital
Funeral Rites for Mrs. Sarah Miller Conducted
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Miller aged 82 were held at Brown chapel on Tuesday afternoon. She died Friday and was interred at Homerick cemetery near Denver.
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Sarah Miller
C. F
Cedar Falls
Brown Chapel
Homerick
Denver
Teachers enjoy oyster supper after Waterloo theatre party
A group of teachers were entertained at Miss Lorena Richards home in Shell Rock Iowa after a theatre party in Waterloo. Guests included Elva Mechiing June Adams Neomi Stevenson Ruth Giles Eugénie Bowen Flore Walter Calista Dawson Mayme Ferguson Theling Newgrade and Eva Gibson.
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Shell Rock
Lorena Richards
Waterloo
Elva Mechiing
June Adams
Neomi Stevenson
Ruth Giles
Eugénie Bowen
Flore Walter
Calista Dawson
Mayme Ferguson
Theling Newgarde
Eva Gibson
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M* Ilette
Clarence
H. Olson
S. Ethan Allen Street
Des Moines
California
Timme Furt Alpha
Lo Ang
Fourth St
Cogswell
Simmons
Turin
Chinchilla
Coats
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