Fate's New Hand for Clara Morris
Blind and bedridden Clara Morris receives a life income of 50000 from her brother-in-law Samuel Harriott, reshaping the famed actress's fortunes. Born in Toronto in 1819, Morris rose from poverty to become a leading emotional performer with notable roles in Daly's stock company and in Rip Van Winkle.
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New York
Clara Morris
America
Samuel W. Harriott
Tde
Public Today
Iife
Clara
Morris
Yonkers
N. Y
Lookert
Fane
Mme
Motijeska
Toronto
Caemille
Miss’ Maulton
Lynne
Cora
Gretthen
Joseph Jefferson
Prederick
Harriott
Eat Like a Boy with Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
An old time remedy promises to restore appetite and aid digestion after meals. A trial package is offered free to AG L, with a 50 cent box available from druggists or via a coupon.
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Stuart
B.A
Stuart Building
Marshall, Mich
Writer’s Noted Works Highlight Stage Career
The writer is best known for A Life on the Stage Dressing Room Receptions and The Life of a Stuer. These titles showcase a career focused on performance, backstage life, and literary reflection on theater.
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A Stuer
City in brief broken lens ad and local notices
A Waterloo area round of notices includes a broken lens duplicate request at Buchanan's, licenses to wed for Jaim Lambertson and Vivienne Frerin, and multiple social events. Other items report travel, post office officials, school staff dinners, fruit crops, frost notes, police requests, hospital recovery, Daughters of the Covenant, and a jewelry store move.
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William G. Haines
Sixth Street
E. F. Carey
The
Silver Circle
Forest Avenue
Jaim D. Lambertson
Vivienne G. Frerin
Waterloo
Cheteea
Baldwin
J. von Hearn
Cottage Street
Presbyterian Hospital
Daughters of the Covenant
Leslie Olson
Robberies Reported Across Town and Nearby Areas
Robbers raided central Town, Webster City, Chelsea, and a Berlin area farm last night. Bloodhounds were deployed to pursue suspects, with Shore and Baldwin packs used at other sites. Sheriff Henderson received the reports today in the Evening Carrier and Reporter.
Francis Joseph Is Critically Ill Recalls Vienna Amid Rumors
The dispatch notes rumors that Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria is gravely ill and that the crown prince has been summoned to Vienna. It also presents a Rotary Club reading on the Young Men's Christian Association, praising its role in developing health, education, and community service through gyms, night schools, and charitable work.
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Rome
Paris
Feancis Joseph
Austria
Haseen
Vienna
Young Men's Christian Association
Rotary Club
Vame
Ishins
United States
Forty-Six Sisters of Mercy Killed in Russian Hospital Bombardment
A Petrograd dispatch reports the Russian Red Cross lists forty-six Sisters of Mercy who perished when a hospital was bombarded by Austrian and German forces. The Germans have built large railway workshops at Wirballen using French and Belgian prisoners. Nine thousand Austrian prisoners, including 185 officers, from five Hungarian and Hanover regiments arrived at Kiel after entrenching near Patchaeff monastery in Volhynia and being outflanked by Russian fire leading to surrender.
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London
Petrograd
Reuter
Russian Red Cross Society
Lst
Sisters of Mercy
Wirballen
Hanover
Kiel
Patchaeff
Volhynia
Conter on Strike of Copper Workers in Phoenix
Phoenix dispatch reports Adjutant General W Harris Major Don kersley and Sheriff Coak arriving from Cofton to confer with Governor Hunt about the strike. J W Bennie Shannon Copper company manager expected tomorrow. Sheriff Cash requests 609 more militia to handle the situation.
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Phoenix
Ariz
W. Harris
Donkersley
Coak
Cofton
Baltimore Playground Movement Drives City Progress
The Municipal Journal reports Baltimore spent 42000 on playgrounds last year and credits the Children's Playground Association of Baltimore with advancing civic conditions. Mayor Prepton hails the group as a definite influence shaping healthier, better behaved youth and higher civic ideals in the city.
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Waterloo
Municipal Journal
Baltimore
Prepton
Tha
Children’s Playground Association of
Children's Playground Association
King Victor Emmanuel Narrowly Escapes Frontline Death
From Udine via Paris dated October 6, reports King Victor Emmanuel escaped serious injury when near the front a shell burst nearby. His horse was wounded by shrapnel but the King remained unharmed. The dispatch includes weather data provided by Buchanan Optical Co.
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Udine
Mary
Paris
Victor Emmanuel
Br Shelfre
Spanish astronomer claims new planet in Pisces
Barcelona professor Sola, director of the university observatory, announced on Sept 162 a newly discovered planet in the Pisces constellation with a rapid retrograde motion. He is studying it closely and expects to release further details soon.
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Barcelona
Spain
Paris
Sola
Barcelona University
Bola
Iowan liquor dealers suspend operations for five years
Cedar Rapids Oct Iowan liquor dealers at Fort Dodge decided to close voluntarily on Friday and will not attempt to operate for the unexpired time of five year permits. The notice appeared in the Courier and Reporter.
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Cedar Rapids
Oct
Fort Dodge
Wheat Jump in Chicago Pit As Markets Rally
Wheat futures surged in Chicago with gains over five cents as December rose to 1.06 and May to 1.08, amid heavy stop orders and swift buying after a sharp upturn. Headlines also report criminal cases in Justice Court, including false weight claims against Waterloo Fuel and a hotel theft conviction, with assistant county attorney Walter R. Prone presenting the state.
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Chicago
Justis I Knapp
G. Otto
Waterloo Fuel Company
Fifekinger
Exnan Wort
Justice McMurray
Dan McGuire
Emss
MO J
Rex Phillips
State
Walter R. Prone
Trent Estate
Blooming Prairie
Minn
Valance
Waterloo
Red
Sala
Taver
Solk
Marinette County
Wisconsin
Hoochiching
Minnesota
Iowa
Black Hawk County
Mary A. Heald
Tate
District Court
John Heald
J. Wenner
Fred S$. Pettit
Newtons Gravitational Insight and Color Theory Notions
Fragmentary notes recount Newton as a pioneer in gravitation and light, citing a monument inscription at Westminster Abbey about his demonstration of planetary motions, light refraction, and color. The text also touches on Afghan law of retaliation and a classroom joke about movable holidays, reflecting scattered 19th century style content.
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Isaac Newton
Newton
Weateninster Abbey
Arasane Newton
Heor
Ming
Tle
Hat Love Sparks Quiet Domestic Quarrel
In a humorous exchange cited by the Buttslo News and Detroit Prep Press, a husband jokes about a wife loving hats while promising to buy her the preferred one if she stays faithful for six weeks. The Detroit item mocks a steamer berth dispute as a city health department misfit query.
Local Notes From Clarksville and Surroundings
Clarksville and surrounding towns report visits by Mrs. Call and Mr. McNeely, along with numerous family movements. Local residents travel to Waterloo and Cedar Rapids while others plan business trips, conventions, and a string of home improvements and rentals as the community notes births, sales, and vacancies.
Dewar Briefs on Church Meeting and School Foundation
Dewar Oct 6. Seheal will co ar ment in the M church next Monday. Foundation work begun for a new school at the site of the recently burned one. Mr and Mrs Andy Cunningham of Sandusky Ohio visiting with Mr and Mrs Ed Schmitt. Mrs Cunningham is Mrs Schmitt’s sister. Mr and Mrs H F Myers return to Wadena Minnesota. Heavy rains damaged bridges and roads and wet fields hindered corn cutting. Ed Troyer to Sumner to do tiling.
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Wadena
Minn
Ed Troyer
Sumner
Question Leading Citizens On $5 Automobile Tires
About twenty bankers merchants professional men and farmers from Tama are being called before the federal grand jury in Cedar Rapids to explain how they bought automobile tires worth 25 to 40 dollars for 5 to 10 dollars. They will be examined as part of a probe into freight car robberies.
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Cedar Rapids
Tama
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