Murdered Man Poisoning Theory Emerges in Fatal Strike
Police pursue a revenge motive after Malvin Custom or Joseph Bushema is believed poisoned by relatives or friends of his wife before his body was dumped at a deserted site. Doctors confirm death preceded throat wounds, complicating the probe amid family reluctance to discuss. Prominent Italians mention ancient customs, while cousins of Afra Bushema are named but not linked to the crime.
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Joseph Bushenia
Manoas
Italy
Bushema
Harry Prisby
Smith Street
Waterloo Uel Co
Bushemga
Afra
Flying Squadron Starts Work Today in Waterloo
The Flying Squadron opens with temperance talks at Universalist church led by Dr Effie McCollum Jones with Bertha Bowers as speaker. Evening message to be given by W J Pilkington at First Presbyterian. Saturday 3 pm meeting at First Baptist with Dean Arthur H Bennett presiding. Sunday includes women's and men's meetings with Van Duyn Wright Havner Clarkson as speakers.
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Iowa
Waterloo
Fe Mals
Universalist Church
Effie McCollum Jonesy
Bertha Bowers
Creston
First Presbyterian Church
W. J. Pilkington
Des Moines
H. L. Litchfield
First Baptist Church
A. MacEachron
Arthur H. Bennett
Highland Park College
E. Church
Walnut Street Baptist Church
E. van Duyn
John Wright
Jones
HL OM. Havner
Marengo
John Clarkson
Albis
Grace Methodist
Waterloo business man keeps Lusitania souvenir keepsake
Int. T. Herkens of the Waterloo Trunk Co treasures a Lusitania souvenir card from John Preston Smith, linked to a past business deal aboard the ill fated ship. The card bears a permanent imprint of Lusitania on its back, a memento of the voyage and its traveler. Jockman funeral set for Saturday with services at St Marys Catholic church and Calvary cemetery.
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T. Herkens
Waterloo Trunk Co
Lusitania
John Preston Smith
Royal Gwent
Jockman
Charles Jockman
Hileman & Gindt Farters
St Mary's Catholic Church
H. P. Rohiman
Calvary Cemetery
Browne Fails to Prove Kiss Allegations in Alienation Suit
Warren A. Browne must pay Joseph O Connor St John $20,000 for alienation of Mrs John s affections. Jury sealed verdict returned today. Browne vows to appeal and again challenge alleged romantic contact over four years. Mineola L I October.
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Mineola
L. 1
Warren A. Browne
Joseph O'Connor St. John
Sir Edward Richardson Killed in Flanders Battle
Word has reached this country that Sir Edward Austin Stewart Richardson, husband of Lady Con stance Stewart Richardson, a Scotch baronet and captain of the Black Watch, fell in France during the recent British advance against German lines. He died of his wounds in Flanders.
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Lady Richardson
Flanders
Edward Austin Stewart Richardson
Constance Stewart Richardson
Edward
Black Watch
France
Mwe
Emperor Joseph II bedbound for two months at Vatican
Reports from Rome say Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria has been confined to his bed for the last two months. Vatican dispatches note increasing senile weakness but doctors remain hopeful for his recovery despite the frail condition.
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Rome
Wranels
Joseph
Vatican
Nineto
Vienn
Jsut
West High Second Team Player Injured in Scrimmage
A West High second team player sustained a badly torn ligament above the left ankle in a scrimmage yesterday afternoon at Fifth and Locust streets. He will be on crutches for an extended period, with fears of a broken leg proved unfounded.
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Sague Ater
Tett
West High
Fifth and Locust Streets
Pure Blood Brings Beauty Trial Package Mailed Free
Promote Stuart's Calcium Wafers as a remedy for pimples eczema liver spots and disfigured skin promising clear blood and perfect complexion. Claims free trial coupon and mail package to druggists with bold testimonials and sensational tone typical of late 19th to early 20th era advertisements.
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Stuart
Free Trial Offer From Stuart Calcium Wafers
A request advertises a free trial package of Stuart's Calcium Wafers. The offer asks for the recipient to send a mail return and provides the Marshall Michigan address of A. Stuart Co. located in 302 Stuart Building.
Students Area Special Stunts At Cedar Walls Ball Park
Jake Seliltz, Westigh cheerleader, arranges entertainment for tomorrow afternoon games at Cedar Walls Baseball Park. A clown band and a girls haver yard race are planned between the two games. Dwight Rider, senior class president, notes Jake Schultz accepted the sophomore class challenge by Roland McGuire, freshman president. The two classes meet next Wednesday afternoon. Nearly everyone reads the Evening Courier and Reporter.
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Jake Seliltz
Westigh
Dwight Rider
Jake Schultz
Roland McGuire
Readlyn Obituary of Carl Poock 1861 Mortality in Readlyn
Readlyn October 8 Carl Poock born March 27 1861 in Aplern Hes sen Cascel Germany came to America at seven with parents settling in Bremer county later farming Black Hawk county He married Marie Hesse March 2 1879 by Rev Jitnever at Trimanageal Lutheran Klingers church The couple had nine children five sons four daughters Surviving widow five sons four daughters fourteen grandchildren two brothers and one sister Interment in St Pauls cemetery Sunday afternoon
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Readlyn
Carl Poock
Aplern
Hessen Cascel
Germany
America
Bremer County
Black Hawk County
Marie Hesse
Jitnever
Trimanageal Lutheran Church
Klinger
Nebraska
Slater
St. Paul's Cemetery
Interstate car shortage resurfaces in recurring period
Vauxhington Delaware October 3 The Interstate Commerce Commission warned that the annual recurring period of car shortage is again appearing and urged shippers and railroads to move and unload cars promptly to ease the bottleneck.
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Vauxhington, DE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atention
Nafus Putney Nuptials Held At Nashua Home
In Nashua October 7 1920 Miss Sara louise Nafus daughter of Mr and Mrs A H Nafus married Truman Enos Putney son of Mr and Mrs C G L Putney at the Nafus home in a small ceremony. The couple stood in the living room with yellow chrysanthemum backdrop and wore pale blue gowns. A four course wedding supper followed the ceremony in the same house.
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Nashuz
A. H. Nafus
Saralouise Nafus
Truman Enos Putney
CG. L. Putney
Nashua Couple Receives Farm Gift At Wedding
A Nashua wedding featured elaborate autumn decor with chrysanthemums and chandeliers, guests praised the bride a popular local figure who graduated from Nashua High in 1911. The groom also shares the 1911 Nashua class. A deed for a 160 acre Swift County Minnesota farm was among the gifts from the bride’s parents.
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Swift County
Minn
Nashua
Grinnell College
Sage and Sulphur Compound Restores Gray Hair Naturally
An old time remedy now sold as Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound promises to darken gray hair, restore natural color, and improve scalp conditions. A downtown druggist notes it darkens evenly, with one nightly application yielding darker, shinier, more abundant hair by morning.
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Bany
Wyeth
Granger & Putney heir leaves for Milwaukee after visit
After high school and two years at Granger & Putney, then Nashua Motor Car manager, the Putneys were driven by auto to Will Fisher’s home north of town to leave their car for safekeeping before heading to Milwaukee. They traveled with Mr. and Mrs. B. Winter.
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Granger & Putney
Nashua Motor Car Company
Putney
Will Fisher
Gilbertville Community Notes and Local Visits
Gilbertville highlights include Win Shirkie of Toronto visiting friends, Mr and Mrs Florent Kurtenbach and Mr and Mrs P J Schmitz with illnesses, Annie Stubenbauch on the sick list, Jake Manguich returning from Canada, Driscoll bringing a carload of cattle from Plainfield, Nick Philips back from Cedar Falls, John Delagardelle buying a house, and farmers busy filling their filos while Wang Miller advertises footwear and a return to the Want Page.
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Gilbertville
Win, Shirkie
Toronto
Florent Kurtenbach
Waterloo
P. J. Schmitz
Annie Stubenbauch
Jake Manguich
Canada
Driscoll
Plainfield
Nick Philips
Cedar Alls
John Delagardelle
John Thelen
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Lady Constance
Sr Edward Pychard Naa
McAncis Joseph
Entz Bros. Meat
East Fourth Street
Sycamore Street
Baltimore
Entz
Entz Cafe
The
Evening Courier and Reporter
Anneal
Sitortagh
Cuandma
Wang & Miller Shoe
Potson Verwin
Kentucky
Diamond Coal Company
G. W. Bunn & Son
F. E. Watkins
Sixth and
Lafayette Streets
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