Milwaukee Men Admit Plot to Kill Wife for Insurance
Alvin Greenwaldt and Arthur Kelly were held for trial on first degree murder charges in the death of Emma Greenwaldt after the pair confessed to a premeditated plan. Greenwaldt admitted hiring Kelly and staging an assault to cover the murder for a $25,000 life policy. Both men signed confessions and faced circuit court as details emerged of the five second strangling and staged robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Alvin
Greenwaldt
Arthur Kelly
Elias Betzhold
Newton Evars
Oconamowae
Emma Grrenwaldt
Atrcuit Court
Waukesha
Gary N. Hill
Madison
Greenswaldt
F Greenwaldt
Herman Salen
C. M. Davidson
Waukesha Indas
Wisconsin
Kelly
Greenwaldit
Waukesha County
Salen
Jalen
Manning
Dousman
Tad
Ware
Bus Queen wins second round in M C bus fight
The court reports a decision reversing a railway commission ruling on a proposed bus lines by the Water Jo Gedar Fall and Northwest Railway Co. Judge Freien Schutz Brewer notes the case involves historic bus service and a line between Waterloo and Mason City with legal actions extending to appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bus Queen
M. C. Bus
Bar
Merle
Mochicetlan
Wiebwern Waverly
Nora Springs
Steil Rock
Thettorney Company
Supreme Court Altho
C. Xf. Cyren
F Parwell
Pickett
Vo & Farwell
Ca. Freien Schutz Brewer
Wiich
Iowa
Slayings Spur Youths to Grand Jury Hearing
Leonard Cola and Henry Kramer, pledges of respectability, confess to killing Cola’s grandmother Elizabeth McKitrick, 73, at Zwingle. They face an opening hearing as they are bound over to the grand jury and held without bonds while their families offer no aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Leonard Cola
Henry Kramer
Cola
Lizabeth McKitrick
Zwingle
Therone
Cota
Pase
Alin
Railroad Commission to appeal bus line ruling
Des Moines November 14 The state railroad commission will appeal to the supreme court against a district judge's revocation of the Waterloo to Mason City bus license. Stephen Robinson assistant to Dwight Lewis said the appeal hinges on a proper showing of public convenience and necessity denied by Judge Kelley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing Webster
Dwight Lewis
3B. M. Richardson
Waterloo
Mason City
Commission
Will
Des Moines
INS
State Railroad Commission
Supreme Court
C. H. Kelley
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railroad
Stephen Robinson
Tlere
Kelley
Gas Tank Blast Kills Fourteen and Injures Five Hundred
Police and rescue crews respond to a massive gas tank explosion at a wrecked gas works. The Centre Avenue patrols arrive to aid victims, including a mother who gave birth amid the wreckage on Ridge Avenue. the newborn is reported unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centre Avenue
Ridge Avenue
Scottish Rite Club Reports on Cathedral Progress
Executive officers of Iowa Consistory No 2 Cedar Rapids will describe progress on the new cathedral at a Waterford? Waterixs State Rite Club meeting Friday in Blue? Among Cedar Rapids members are L L Leeser O Auayaiedi Puoal NS Clark. Dimyer will Bhobaa AL CG. Goturn is president and J OW Boling. The meeting date and location are subject to confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Waterixs Statt Rite Club Friigideht
Bluteareont
Ouder Rapids
L. L
Wooal Leeser
O. Auayaiedi
Clark
Dimyer
Bhobaa
AL CG
Goturn
Waterina Club
J. OW. Boling
Masen GP Chewy Tua Vieilty
Start Selecting Jury for Remus Trial
The Remus jury selection begins in a courtroom before Judge Fi. Remus, a once obscure lawyer turned millionaire, faces trial for the murder of his wife Imogene. His defense hinges on claimed temporary disunity from alleged liaison between Mrs. Remus and Franklin Dodge, a former prohibition agent whose testimony could influence the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ciel Tretiyi
George Remus
Tudge Ster
Remus
Poollegye
Imogene
Franklin Dodge
Obregon Survives Bomb Attack in Mexico City
Gen Alvaro Obregon survived two bombings as he traveled to a bullfight in Mexico City. Police arrested two bombers, Lamberto Hulz and Antonio Tirado, after a pursuit and exchange of fire. The anti reelectionist group debated nominating a nonmilitary candidate while officials weighed possible conspiratorial links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Miguel Nrother
Vita Alessio Robles
Obregon
Alvaro Obregon
Cone
Arnulfo Gomez
Francisco Serrano
Ignacio Gicro
Lamberto Hulz
Antonio Tirado
Otero
Francisco Olivera
Calles
Luis Cabrera
Jose Vasconcelos
Francisco Vesquez Gomez
Prominent engineers and firemen gather at homecoming
About 50 attendees traveled from out of town to reconnect with former colleagues at the Elks club homecoming. After a 6:30 dinner, the program featured music by the A. L. Schmell orchestra and dancing. L. S. Bennett presided as local Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers president, with dozens of notable figures identified in the photo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Botlomrow
J. FB. Radebaugh
Cedar Rapids
G. J. Goff
Birmingham
Ala
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen &Engineers
Joe Steadman
Eagle Grove
Middle Row
Mack
J.C. O'Toole
Dubuque
EB. Walker
G. J. Sawyer
Fort Dodge
C. A. Tweedy
Chicago
E. H Parr
Standard Stoker Company
A. N. Chitty
Freeport
L. S. Bennett
Waterloo
Brotherhood
J. F. Broderick
Mason City
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen .& Engineers
From Gas Flame to Pulmotor Rescue at Presby Hospital
Firemen battled gas fumes from a one burner in a bedroom at 227 Eleventh Street West as Leo Capwill and his wife suffered near asphyxiation. Their 12 year old daughter Esther alerted neighbors and Capwill's employer Colin Bros. Both were given oxygen and treated at Presbyterian hospital. both remained unconscious with high fever alarms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bir
Leon
Capwill
Eleventh Street West
Esther
Colin Bros
Ray Tiller
Louw Armstrong
Lakeview
Ore
Lorena Trickey
Miss Trickey
Slim
Harris
Mutilated High School Girl Found in Portage Bushes
The mutilated body of Helen Lang a 15 year old Portage high school freshman and daughter of Harry Lang was found in bushes near a Milwaukee railroad subway. She was last seen at a theater with June Moran and returned home around 9 PM. Willam McLaughlin discovered the body at 8:10 AM and notified police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portage
Wis
Helen Lang
Harry Lang
Milwaukee Railroad
Willam McLaughlin
June Moran
I. W. W. Threaten New Strike Fight
Industrial Workers of the World threaten a new strike in Colorado as miners resume picketing against operators who refuse to consider demands. Production remains steady as operators hold firm on policy and end a fourth week stalemate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Industral Workers of the World
Colorado
Ena
Spaders
New Storm Sends Cold Wave Eastward Across West
Salt Lake City dispatch reports a new storm driving a cold wave eastward through Utah and Nevada, closing highways and sparking heavy snowfall in the Sierra Nevada near a named pass. Flights were held at Reno as snow and rain affected air travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
Nevada
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Reebinekred Passas
Reno
Temperatures Record for Weekend and Monday Forecast
Reported temperatures show Saturday high and low, Sunday high and low, followed by Monday morning and afternoon readings. Data appears partial with unclear units and missing city or station name.
Fire fatality prompts oxygen blame and family actions
Fire officials blamed lack of oxygen for a blaze that damaged a home where Mrs G Capwill and her husband were treated after two hours of work with a palmoter. The couple, described as the less seriously injured, were taken to Presbyterian hospital by police and fire personnel. Their daughter said the couple kept a plate burning all night due to the father’s leg pains, wiring a tin can oven for the flame. There are six children in the household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fospital
G Capwill
Presbyterian Hospital
Walter Sipe
Woman Slayer Faces Death Jan. 2 in Brooklyn Court
New York November 4 1915 Lemuel Halverson Lee convicted of murdering Miss Selma Bennet Brooklyn was sentenced to death by Judge McLaventin in Brooklyn county court. The judge ordered execution at Sing Sing during the week of January 2 next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Judwit Halverson Lee
Selma Bennet
Brook
McLaventin
Brooklyn
Lem
Sing Sing
Moover's Secretary Antilly Wort In Air Crash
Montpelier Vermont November 14 API A secretary and a pilot were critically injured when their airplane crashed while landing at the town field. Local reports say Hoover was involved in the incident as the flight touched down without clear explanation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Api—Aeveroyary
Herbert Hoover
Waterloo Mortuary Notices and Obituaries
Mortuary notices report Mrs. George F. Potter 12 died at 3 20 am at 1326 Washington St. Surviving husband and children listed, body at Petersen Bros. Mortuary. Separate notices for Mrs. Clyde W. Davis 28 who died at 3 pm at 422 Denver St after infantile paralysis, and for Mrs. George Lufkin formerly of New Hartford who died in Spokane after four years of illness. Also note J C Sharp death and Mrs. R E B Mackmann traveling to Chicago for illness.
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George F. Potter
Washington’ Street
Anna M. Speicher
Somerset County
Pennsylvania
D. J. Speicher
Francis Emerson
Lester Township
Black Hawk
Norwood Avenue
Charles E. Potter
Washington Street
J. G. Speicher
Lyon
G. A.thompson
Wadsworth
Ill
Petersen Bros. Mortuary
Clyde W. Davis
Denver Street
Thelma B. Walker
Waterloo
W. R. Walker
Third Street West
West High School
Hilnots Woman's College
Jacksonville
Fil
Chicago
Mary
Tas
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Virginia Lee
Dixie Lou
GC. A. Walker
la Porte
Minn
W. H. Werrick
Elmwood Cemetery
J. Arthur Young
George Lufkin
New Hartford
Spokane
Wash
Frances Peeney
Walter BE
Steven W
Carl G
Portland
Ore
F. O. Baker
Seattle
J. C. Sharp
R. EB. Mackmann
Randall Street
Assault charges dropped by editor in Maquoketa
Maquoketa Iowa November 14 state senator Charles Brow nan was freed when a charge of assault on editor Filton McKinsey was dismissed in justice court at the editor’s request The case stemmed from an alleged fight during a road bonds campaign with McKinsey accusing the senator of slapping him and McKinsey replying by striking the senator in the stomach
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maquoketa
Charles Brownan
Filton McAminsey
Justice Court
Ale Kinsex
Camputlen
McKinsey
MeKinsey
Robbery at filling station nets near $100 in receipts
Graston Ta Nov 14 police report an armed bandit opened the safe at Wolon County Gas station and escaped with nearly 100 dollars in receipts from Saturday and Sunday. In health notes Elma Moore daughter of Mr and Mrs A R B Moore Campbell avenue underwent appendicitis surgery at Presbyterian hospital last Saturday evening and is improved. Eugene Stealy 14 month old son of Mr and Mrs A J Stealy Indian street, ill with infantile paralysis, showing slight improvement though not expected to fully recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ROKRS
Graston
Lpi
Wesley
Wolon County
Elma Moore
A. RB. Moore
Campbell Avenue
Presbyterian Hospital
Eugene Stealy
A. J. Stealy
Indian Street
Ruth Elder Plans Return to Husband After Visit
Ruth Elder arrived in Washington DC and said she would soon return to Panama to her husband Lyle Womack. She discussed a possible 20 week lecture tour and preferred lecturing to acting. She denied a rift with Womack and would return to New York to decide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Ruth Elder
Panama
White House
Charles Lindbergh
New York
Paving Contracts Set For 106 Miles Across Iowa Counties
Ames Iowa November 14 contracts for paving 106.6 miles of highway in Buchanan Butler Delaware Mills Page Pottawattamie and We pello counties will be awarded in sessions of the Iowa State Highway commission tomorrow. The program includes bridges culverts and gravelling totaling about 3 million dollars the largest such award in state history. Page county gains 26 miles on primary No 3 Delaware 24 miles on primary No 20 and 19 miles in Butler on primary No 16 from Franklin county line to Allison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Buchanan
Butler
Delaware
Mills
Page
Pottawattamie
Wepéllo
Iowa State Highway Commission
Page County
Butler County
Franklin County
Allison
Iowa Mine Union President Jailed In Contempt Ruling
Centerville Iowa November 14 The United Mine Workers official Joe Boris president of the Tawa district and four other men were jailed for contempt of court by Judge W N Walker. They received one day in jail and a $50 fine each. Co-defendants include Tom Mollett Ira Grear Williamy Hardie and Thomas White. The hearing charged Morris and others with giving children money candy and fruit to spur strike enthusiasm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerville
Joe Boris
Tawa
United Mine Workers
W. N. Walker
District Court
Morris
Tom Mollett
Clarksdale
Ira Grear
Williamy Hardie
Boone
Thomas White
Colfax
Miners’ Organization
Groceteria Window Description Prize Offered
Hurst's Groceteria at 618 Sycamore street will award a ten dollar prize for the best 300 word description of its display window at 8 p.m. next Saturday. The window remains curtained until then and last week drew notable attention with a central figure of a large dressed pig and a choreographed display of various pork products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurst
Groceteria
Sycamore Street
Waterloo Considers Permanent Mental Clinic
At the Black Hawk County Council of Social Agencies meeting in Black's ballroom the proposal for a permanent mental hygiene clinic in Waterloo was discussed with plans for further discussion on Monday noon November 28. J. J. Godttring, boys' work secretary of the YMCA, was elected first president as the constitution and by-laws had their first reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Black Hawk
Ackley Rotarians Bring Club Shield to Waterloo
Sixteen Ackley Rotary members and president J J Miller visited Waterloo Rotary for noon luncheon in Hotel Russell Lamson to present the Rotary shield gift of Pearl McKee Indianola district governor. The shield cycles among Eleventh district clubs to foster fellowship. Delegation will take the shield to OclweN tomorrow night. Miller and Frank McGreevy spoke. Arthur Linn and S Gay Roosevelt sang with Mrs. Clate Chenette at piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ackley Rotary Club
J. J. Miller
Waterloo Rotary Club
Nootiday
Russell- Lamson
Waterloo
Rotary Shield
Pearl McKee
Indianola
Waterloo Club
Oclwein
Frank McGreevy
Arthur Linn
S. Gay Roosevelt
Mrs. Clate
W. Chenette
Ackley
J. J .Miller
J. M. Hunt
Clate W. Chencette
R. L. Stellen
C. H. Brandt
E. H. Keninger
J. J. Britteil
Fred E. Trainer
Franz J. McGree
Kellogg Denies Knowledge of Calles Plot Papers
Secretary of State Kellogg denied all knowledge of documents published by the Washington Herald purporting to prove President Calles and the Mexican government subsidized the Nicaraguan revolution. He said the State Department cannot comment on material whose existence and authenticity it has no information about.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Kellege
Waashington Herald
Hearst
Calles
Kellogg
State Department
Nineteen Object to Filling Station Plan at Sleventh and Lafayette
A petition protesting a building permit for a filling station at Sleventh and Lafayette streets was filed in the city clerk’s office. Signed by J. B. Kascht and 18 others claiming ownership within 200 feet of the site, the document asserts local opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenonswance
Sleventh
Lafayette Streets
Herman W. Wente
J. B. Kascht
Fern Nicholson Wins Corn Belt Scholarship
Miss Fern Nicholson of 520 Rhey Street won the free scholarship offered during the Courier's Home Exposition and Radio show by Corn Belt Business College for the best brief story on The Necessity for Business Training. Many essays were submitted but hers followed the subject closely. She expects to enroll soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fern Nicholson
Rhey Street
Courier
Corn Belt Business College
Miss Nicholson
New Waterloo Residents Listed by Local Merchants Group
Mr and Mrs Newcomer are among new residents establishing homes in Waterloo during the last week, listed by Waterloo Retail Merchants association secretary Russell DeGon and Viola Cunningham along with several addresses including 75 Mulberry 318 Linden 627 West 510 Pleasant 1220 Fourth West 447 Columbia. Four households were removed from the city. Fittly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Russell DeGon
Waterloo Retail Merchants’ Association
Viola Cunningham
Mulberry
Roland H. McCmilre
Fouthwest
P.H. McGrane
Linden
Jessie Quackenbush
Leo Fay
Pleasant
H. ©. Washburn
Fourth
Clyde Ruths
Columbia
Cedar Falls considers shortcut road from College Hill
R M Gunn, appointed by the county auditor, reported to the county board that a straight line shortcut from Twenty seventh and Main to the old Cedar Falls road is feasible. It would be exactly one mile versus 2.94 miles current shortest highway route. Two culverts and one bridge needed. race course and fairgrounds unaffected. After a public hearing the board may proceed or refrain and may purchase or condemn land if begun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Gunn
College Hill
Cedar Falls
Gunn
Twenty-seventh
Main Streets
Lawa
Cedar Valley Fairgrounds
Porard
Levee Plans Highlight Federal Role in Flood Control
Dwight F. Davis, secretary of war, told the Mississippi Valley association that inland waterway development and flood control are national problems needing federal funding. He urged levees as the backbone of flood protection for the Mississippi valley, while noting that additional measures include higher levees, spillways, and possible floodways for super floods. He questioned feasibility and timing of reservoir systems on tributaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Dwight F. Davis
Mississippi Valley Association Today
Davis
New Orleans
Gulf
Mississippi
Button Coal yard bought by Ernest Baldwin in city move
Ernest W. Baldwin, long-time coal yard operator at 1025 Water street since April 1, announced the purchase of the Button Coal company yard at Mulberry and Sixth Streets from W. H. Button. After December 1 the two yards will combine as Button company location, including buildings and a long lease from the Chicago Great Western Railroad. Baldwin, formerly a federal prohibition officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest W. Baldwin
Water Street
Button Coal Company
Mulberry and
Sixth Streets
W. H. Button
Tayo Yards
Button Company
Chicago Great Western Railroad Company
Baldwin
Central Silk Train Sets Speed Record From Fort Dodge to Waterloo
The silk train on the Illinois Central ran 538 miles from Fort Dodge to Waterloo in 1 hour 40 minutes and 11 hours 22 minutes from Council Bluffs to Chicago, including three engine changes, marking a record voyage for a high value cargo run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
FT. Dodge
Waterloo
Council Bliifff
Chicago
Fort Dodge
Council Bluffs
Arrests in liquor charges at Oneida Street
Walter Carlton and Elmer Frazier were arrested by Officers Ralph Davis and Warren Buckley on Thursday evening. Carlton faces bootlegging charges while Frazier is charged with illegal possession of intoxicating liquor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Carlton
Elmer Frazier
Oneida Street
Ralph Davis
Warren Buckley
Carlton
Frazier
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound praised by mother and daughter
Letter from Myrs Frank Sellers of Vinton Iowa extols Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for restoring health after illness and pregnancy. She claims it helped her become a housekeeper with six children and says many girls in the fourth generation learn about its benefits through personal experience and mothers recommending it to daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Iowa
Tequil
Lydia E. Pinkham
Myrs
Frank Sellers
7Th Avenue
Tova
Lydia EB
Pinkham
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Scottish Rite Club
Qbregon
Mexico
Leo Capwill
Moover
Ant Pilly Wort
Chied
Thifiman
Dese Hutt
Fakes
Chile
Santiag
oNew
Valparaiso
Neb
Andrew ‘Thompson
Chicago, Milwaukee & 51
Pant Railroad Focus
James Wilkerson
Sadie Bass
Dan Tracy
Campbell
M. F Bentow
Ankeny
Simon WJ. Meier
Baxter Ambri Patterson
Baxter
Geqree Luprin
Ruth
Iowa Mine Union
Joe Morris
Ackley Rotarians
New Calles
MR. and
Mrs. Newcomer
Oort Gut
Gunn Oker
Secretary of War
Button Coal Co
Ernest Baldwin
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