Despondent man hangs self at Waterloo Mission
Jacob Adams 38 of Williston North Dakota died by suicide at the Waterloo Rescue Mission. He arrived from Dubuque Friday, carried a shotgun, and left a dying note for his daughter Grace. Police and mission staff described a restless, dejected man who spoke of having no work and troubles that death would end. Coroner ruled death self inflicted and no inquest needed.
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Jacob Adams
Willigton
N. D
Waterloo
Dubuque
Adams
Waterloo ‘Volunteers of America
Commercial
Fifth Street West
J. H. Makepiece
O'Keefe & Towne
Williston
Grace Adams
Frankfort
Grace
Casebeer
Sandwich House
James T. Knapp
Knapp
M. St. Hughes
C. A. Waterbury
N. C
All
Iis
Thrace Marie Adams
Montana
Bankers Urge Nonpartisan Support for Currency Reform
New Orleans November 21 F C Watts president of the American Bankers Association argues at the convention that currency and banking reform should be nonpartisan. He contends the plan decentralizes power yet unites bankers and business leaders against partisan manipulation.
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New Orleans
United States
F. C. Watts
American Bankers’ Association
Watts
Central Reserve Association
Governor as detective in sobriety case at state house
Gov. Stubbs, en route to the executive offices, stopped a drunken man on the street and decided to act as a detector of enforcement for the prohibition law. He escorted the man to the state house, summoned assistant attorney general Brewster, and had the intoxicated man detained for questioning about liquor sources. The man, claiming to be Robert McCabe of Independence, fell asleep while under guard in the attorney general’s office.
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Topeka
Kan
Stubbs
State House
M. Brewster
Robert McCabe
Independence
Brewster
McCabe
Strange Actions Reported in Cedar Falls Trustee Case
Refshauge, a Cedar Falls township trustee, is linked to odd conduct investigated after reports by Mr. Krog. An officer may visit the Krog home to probe suspected mental aberration and possible political entanglements amid unclear details and damaged text.
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Refshauge
Cedar Falls Township
Mr. Krog
Ite
Kreg
Henhouse saga and farmer seeks relief from a taunting hired man
An unusual appeal from Sherig' of Cedar Falls Township reports a hired man causing fear and odd behavior since Sunday. Prins, three miles southwest of Cedar Falls, asks the sheriff for relief from the man, amid concerns of possible insanity and erratic actions. A notice in Winsted mentions local officials and a plan by R. BR. Moore to install a modern henhouse with steam pipes and automatic grain feeding via a timing clock.
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Camby
Tim
Prins Iog
Cetaralls
Krog
Winsted
Coun
R. BR. Moore
Formal notice and political moves in Milwaukee city affairs
A dated notice reports calls for impeachment actions against Mayor Seidel and County Clerk Thombsar for alleged tax roll neglect. It notes William P. Fowler’s resignation from the city registration post, highlighting his seven year service and loss of $323,000 to the city. WW Teinkel returns from Lisbon after a weekend visit.
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Milwaukee
Wis
J. DT. Cherney
Semlt Stedel
Carl TD. Thontpsar
William P. Fowler
Siners
Institutious Registration Department of
Boston
Regarald
Fowler
Tregistrar
Department of Institutions Registration
Quincy
Sedwick
Mowler
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Beacon Indian
Beacon Jacquard
Dressingham
Seco
Brazil
Mman
J. Adams
Sion
Wilkins,Blum & Co
Ans
Pontum Cereal Company, Limited
Battle Creek
Michigan
SOQUE
Kansas Falls
Bastaa
Aloore
Mommie
Sherig
Farner
Sone
Hen
Thonse
Seidel
Sharpe
Movlstings
Gas Coke
Plim & Co
Beeston
WW. Teinkel
Lisbon
Kenneth EB Runkel
Omi
Biim & Co
Theatre
Chicago
New York
Colin
George M. Cohan
Wallingford
A. J. Busby
Housewives
Altstadt & Langlas Baking CO
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