La Porte Woman Dies After Yearlong Illness
Mrs. Mary E. Bell wife of Walter H. Bell died Tuesday at 2 p m at the family home after a yearlong illness from diabetes and other diseases. She was born January 16 1836 at Great Egg Harbor New Jersey and moved to Illinois as a girl. Surviving are eight children William Chester Walter Lewis Laura J Law Sarah E Martha Albert A and Mary E Frisby with Charley deceased August 15 1901. There are 28 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements pending with services in the M E church and burial at Buda Illinois.
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la Porte City
Mary E. Bell
Walter H. Bell
Mrs. Bell
Great Egg Harbor
N. J
Mary E. Hildreth
David Hildreth
Illinois
Tisk- Siwa
Belll
William
Omaha
Neb
Chester
Walter
Lewis
Water- Yoo
Laura J. Law
Sarah E. Marter
Ila Porte City
Albert A
Virginia
Minn
Mary E. Frisby
Bristow
Charley
Davenport
Minnesota
Bell
M. E. Church
Woman's Relief Corps
Rev. Rodgers
Buda
City in Brief: Local Appointments and Visits
A flurry of short items from Waterloo and nearby areas notes visits by attorney T. P. Harrington of Algona and Frank Wright of Portland, plus calls by Theodore Hehder of Berlin and Maud Casa to Sioux City. Local events include a creditors meeting for Charles Ackerman and a State Temperance association gathering in Cedar Rapids. Also reported are progress on the Sans Souci park bridge, a brick plant inspection by W. R. Law, and local schooling notes including Florence Harris’s illness and Waterloo girls at Ferry Hall. A newborn, a county supervisor inspection, and bond plans for a new insane asylum building are mentioned, with a Madison-Ohio item about George Sunday visiting Winona Lake. Red Cross Drug Co. advertises window displays.
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Business Men's State Temperance Association of
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
W. R. Jameson
Association
Wilson
Sans Souci Park
Florence Harris
Waterloo High School
Cedar Falls
Harris
J. A. Brown
Chicago
Glenn
Northwesten University
Margery Bow ‘Wis
Ferry Hall
la Forest Seminary
Waterloo
Board of Supervisors
Springfield
Alonday
George
Harriet Mason
Winona Lake
Mason
DePauw University
Greencastle
Ind
Rev
W. A. Sunday
The
Majestic
Lorimer Lincoln League Whipped in Cook County Judicial Vote
In Chicago on November 8 the Lorimer Lincoln league suffered a crushing defeat as incumbents Kavanagh Fitch and Freeman plus former judges Barnes and others won re election to the Superior Court. Results showed a light turnout with incomplete midnight returns and many ballots scratched. The slate included Marcus A. Kavanagh Joseph H. Fitch William H. McSurely Henry V. Freeman A C Barnes Clarence N. Goodwin Hugo Pam Charles M Foell Denis E. Sullivan and Michael L. McKinley. Red Cross Drug Co advertises self filling fountain pen at 680 Aycmore street.
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Chicago
Superior Court
Kavanagh
McSurely
Fitch
Freeman
Barnes
Tom"’ Dawson
Lorimer-Lincoln” League
Cook County
Judging House
Marcus A. Kavanagh
Joseph H. Fitch
William H. McSurely
Michael L. McKinley
Henry V. Freeman
A. C. Barnes
Clarence N. Goodwin
Hugo Pam
Charles M. Foell
Denis E. Sullivan
Radium experiments claim paralysis and rapid death
Paris reports Professor Bouchard believes radium projected on nervous centres can cause paralysis and quick death. Tests on mice in oxygenated receptacles show death in six to eight hours with radium exposure, controls survive. Curie and officials note mysterious nature of radioactivity. Paris University plans lead shielding for Curie lab. Also notices on Masons and Harmony Club social events.
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Paris
Bouchard
Madame Curie
University of Paris
Mabray seeks bond reduction in swindle cases
Mrs. J C Mabray pleads with district court officers in Council Bluffs IA to lower her husband J C Mabray's bond from 10000 to 4000 while he faces 23 state charges for swindle activities tied to the Mabray syndicate. He is jailed in Polk County awaiting arraignment after federal Leavenworth sentence.
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Council Bluffs
J. C. Mabray
District Court
Polk County
District’ Court
Mabray
Leavenworth
A J Wittick Market Prices Boost Community Trade
The Evening Courier notes A J Wittick’s market shows rising trade after a Cudahy Packing shipment from Sioux City. Cash system and strong newspaper ads drive popularity, with praise from The Butcher’s Advocate. Wittick’s sanitary, up-to-date shop uses Northey refrigerators to assure quality.
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A. J. Witttick
Evening Courier
Courier
Wittick
Cudahy Packing Company
Sioux City
Iowa
Northey
Lfe
Utah Loyalists Present Tray to USS Utah at Navy Yard
A committee presented 121 pieces from a grand service to the battleship Utah at the navy yard main salon. The tray, replacing Brigham Young and the Mormon temple, features a symbolic young girl for Utah. Mrs. Erna Von Owen led the ceremony, with Helen Miller Gould Ida Tarbell and Herman Ridder signatures on the telegram to Secretary Meyer.
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Utah
Brigham Young
Mormon Temple
United States
United States of America
Navy Yard
Erna von. R
Owen
Meyer
Helen Miller Gould
Ida Tarbell
Herman Ridder
Secretary of the Navy
Parole violations cited in Cedar Falls court notes
Police court notes report Mrs Brund's complaint against her husband Brundage for breaking a ten week parole sentence set by Police Judge Caldwell. He received three days work on the streets after skipping two payments, part of Cedar Falls parole records listing 52 offenders. Ridge, a medical supplies salesman, was arrested on a physician's complaint and fined $7.85 for liquor or drug influence.
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Fred Brundage
Cedar Falls
Caldwell
Brundage
W. ©. Ridge
Ridge
Father Dies Yet Father Hears Daughter Wed in Home Ceremony
In Mason City Iowa Nov 3 Miss Beatrice Clark wed Walter McCarthy of Sapulpa Oklahoma as doctors revived her dying father A C Clark county superintendent to hear the ceremony before death expected any moment The ceremony was delayed several times while physicians worked to revive him and a minister performed the vows in the home setting The groom is the son of Superintendent McCarthy of the Frisco road with headquarters at Sapulpa
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Mason City
Beatrice Clark
Walter McCarthy
Sapulpa
Okla
Clark
Supt
McCarthy
Frisco Rats
Mind blank as to her attack at Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant Iowa November 8 Mrs J B Jordan wife of a Pee ese has regained her senses and converses with family but cannot recall any incident from the morning of October 31 Her mind is blank on the attack and the search for the assailant continues Officers are still at work and a Burlington tipster offered potential help Meanwhile Red Cross Drug Co advertises the Conklins self filling fountain pen at 620 Sycamore Street
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Mount Pleasant
J. B. Jordan
Burlington
Red Cross Drug Co
Sycamore Street
Man Falls Dead While Joking
Eugene Connolly collapsed and died while joking with friends while in apparent good health. Medical examination cites heart failure as the cause of death.
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Man
Ties Molties
Eugene Connolly
First Step for New Archbishop Selection in Des Moines
In Dubuque Iowa November the suffragan bishops of the Catholic archdiocese meet to name natives for possible appointment as bishop of the new Des Moines diocese. Attending are Garrigan Sioux City Devis Davenport Scannell Omaha and Tiehan Lincoln with Archbishop Keane presiding.
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Dubuque
Anti Mormon Tray Presented On Utah in Ceremony
In New York on November 8, the National Anti Mormon committee held a presentation aboard the battleship Utah. They gave the ship's mess a silver tray intended to replace the tray bearing a small Brigham Young portrait, in a display described as the Brigham Young tray.
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New York
Utah
National Anti- Mormon Committee
Brigham Young
Mormon Church
Stranded. Rocks Tested Courage in Pro Pane Exchange
A fragmentary exchange recalls a risk filled moment as a speaker questions if someone had the nerve to proceed. The reply affirms courage but notes the peril of approaching the rocky obstacle, capturing a terse, era specific vernacular.
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East Fourth Street
Waterloo-Oelwein
LA Porte
Mr. Bell
Theodore T. Hehder
German Savings Bank of Berlin, Ta
E. M. McCoy
Thomas Kelly
Sigourney
Charles Ackerman
F. S. Merrian
Walter Dietz
Western Avenue
Moore
Des Moines
State Teachers’ Association
W. R. Law
Bella Plaine
Reliance Brick & Tile Co
Mr. Law
Mss
Lorimer
Lincoln
Conklins
Aycamore Street
Tabernacle Chapter
Harmony Club
W. R. French
S. Lb. Vale
Fremont Street
Mrs. Mabray
Swindle Syndicate
A. J. Wittick
Lippincott's Magazine
Marcy
Judes
Frank Bros
Oxford
Havana
Progress Knitting Mills
Blam Bros., and Spalding. Makes
Frank Bros. Ce
Waterloo Shoe Co
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