Swindle case ends. two defendants released on lack of evidence
With no witnesses corroborating the May 1915 fake horse race claim by John G. Huglin of Des Moines, Justice W B McMurray's court dismissed three charges against John W. Brown and Harold Ward alias. The state conceded no evidence after witnesses backed away, prompting early hearing requests and temporary bail releases.
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John G. Huglin
Des Moines
E. J. Wenner
W. B. McMurray
John W. Brown
Harold Ward
H. E. Sampson
James Risden
Sidney Milner
Belle Plaine
Attorney General
Brown
Ward
Huglin
Waterloo
Risden
Mr. Milner
Milner
Wenner
Sampson
Scott County
Mortuary notices for Crockford Scott and Welbur King
Funeral and burial notices from Waterloo and Raymond. Mrs Margaret Crockford died at 1221 Commercial Street at 745 pm from acute myocarditis after three weeks illness. Survived by husband, daughter Mrs Gertie Boham, son Frank Sheety, resident of Waterloo ten years, born May 31 1862. Viewings at Kisner mortuary. funeral at Sacred Heart church Saturday 9 am. interment Calvary cemetery. Mrs Mary E Scott funeral at 2 pm at Raymond Methodist church. burial Poyner cemetery. J Istimes Whar King funeral at 10 am from 615 Fifth Street West. Rev J E Johnson and Rev G B Shas Tasker in charge.
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Margaret Crockford
Thomas
Commercial Street
James Welbur
Istimes
Counterfeit Money Orders Circulate Warn Waterloo Biz
Postmaster M H Kelly received a Washington bulletin warning that counterfeit money orders are circulating nationwide. Merchants in Waterloo are urged to examine orders carefully and report suspicious ones to police and the post office, as poor print quality and many typos aid detection.
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M. H. Kelly
Post Office Department
Washington
Police Department
Post Office
College representatives to meet in Waterloo
Beloit Carleton Knox and Grinnell college will send faculty representatives to Waterloo on Saturday to confer on the Interstate Quadrangular Debating League. The league formed last year but dissolved over disputes caused by scouts from Knox and Carleton. The conference will decide on the league’s continuation and arrange plans, with a triangular or dual league possible if the quadrangular is not renewed.
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Beloit
Carleton
Knox
Grinnell College
Waterloo
Waterloo Rotary trip to Eldora Industrial School for Boys
About 60 Waterloo residents in cars traveled under Rotary auspices to Eldora to visit the Industrial School for Boys. Superintendent W L Kuser hosted. pilot A Morris delayed leaving Russell-Lamson. The journey featured high speeds and one chicken casualty, arriving as the fourth of 13 groups. Lunch at the superintendent’s cottage followed a grounds tour and a boy’s grace. Returning to Waterloo occurred around 2 p.m. with clear roads and no incidents.
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Rotary Club of
Waterloo
Industrial School For
Eldora
W.L. Kuser
GC. A. Morris
Russell-Lamson
Morris
Toomas
Prices of Farn Produce Rise to Record Levels
Washington Oct 11 Prices of farm products continue to rise. Producers were paid 27.6 percent more on Oct 1 than a year ago, according to a monthly statement from the department of agriculture. The level on principal crops rose 1.3 percent in September after a prior month of decline.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Early Agreement on Mexican Question
Atlantic City N J January 11 The American members of the Mexican American joint commission with Carranzas representatives met today to consider border life and property protection plans. They expect a feasible border control plan and hope for a final accord in a few days.
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Atlantic City
N. IL
Qei
Tasker H. Bliss
Falls Eight Stories To Death In Elevator Shaft
In Sector Rapids on October 11 Robert teffner aged 25 died after plunging eight stories through an elevator shaft at a warehouse operated by Quaker Oats and worked by Re Leonard Construction of Chicago. The incident followed a morning of missives and occurred about half an hour after leaves. The scene prompted an inquiry into safety standards at the site. The bureau of standards reported mercury’s freezing point as 38.57 C below zero and 37.97 F below zero, measured with platinum resistance thermometers.
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Sector Rapids
Robert Teffner
Quaker Oats Company
Re Leonard Construction Company
Chicago
Mercere
Washington, D. C
Bureau of Standards
Stuttgart Bombed by Allied Aviators
Allied aviators dropped bombs on Stuttgart yesterday evening, according to a Reuters dispatch via Amsterdam, with no casualties or building damage reported. The Philomathian program at East High School's eighth grade ball features Papa's Bulldog, Joe Dumond, René Lang, Gladys Adair, Helen Axtell, and Herbert Koepke with a piano solo and current events.
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London
Stuttgart
Reuter
Amsterdam
Phitomathian
Philomathian Society of East High School
Joe Dumond
René Lang
Gladys Adair
Helen Axtell
Herbert Koepke
Boston Victor in Fourth Game of Ble Classic
Boston Victor in fourth game of the baseball classic dominates the plate with left handed pitching flair. Gardner, Rucker, Cutshaw, Scott, Olson, Carrigan, Wheat, Culshaw, Hooper and Mowrey figure among the key events as fielding miscues and outs shape a tense scoreless stretch with no runs or hits and multiple outs on putouts and fielder’s choices.
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Boston Victor
Agers
Gardner
Rucker
Cutshaw
Scott
Merkle
Olson
Carrigan
Brooklyn
Wheat
Hishey
Walker Culshaw
Culshaw
Hooper
Coward
Johnstone
Flopper
Myers
Mowrey
Janvrin
Lewis
Stengel
Getz
Irish divisions need 30 000 men says Whitborne
Dublin reports Lord Wimborne the lord lieutenant said at an address that the Irish division at the front will require 30 000 reinforcements before Christmas. He noted prewar strength of 34 822 Irish with the colors and reserves, and that mobilization has drawn 92 404 Catholics and 62 391 Protestants from across Ireland into the army.
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Dublin
Lord Wimborne
Ireland
Daniel released on fifty thousand dollar bond in murder case
St. Joseph Missouri October 11 Though indicted for first degree murder in the death of his wife Oscar McDaniel the suspended county prosecutor was released today under fifty eight thousand dollar bond.
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St. Joseph, Mo
Altho
Oscar McDaniel
Lewis King 30 Taken By Death
Lewis King age 90 resident of Black Hawk county died at 4 40 pm yesterday at his son J P King 436 Edwards Street He was born December 6 1825 in Morgan County Ohio a Quaker by birth later a Methodist and last three years lived with his son in Waterloo Survived by brother Joseph Pasadena California two sons J P and T T and two stepdaughters Edith Manly Sac County and Rebecca Fawcett Springfield Missouri and a stepson C I Bingham Waterloo Funeral in Malta Ohio with burial beside his first life in the old Quaker cemetery at home Thursday at 2 pm Rev G S Shoemaker to officiate viewing at Kistner s mortuary through the funeral.
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Lewis King
Black Hawk County
J. P. King
Edwards Street
Mr. King
Morgan
County
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Obio
Methodist Church
J. P
T. T
Waterloo
King
Joseph
Asadena
Cal
Edith Manly
Sac County
Rebecca Fawcett
Springfield
C. 1. Bingham
Malta
Shoemaker
St. Paul’s M. E
Kistner
County Board Deliberates Drainage District Assessments
The county board of supervisors meets today to hear complaints against assessments in Drainage District No 4, Hennington Township. Dr and Mrs J S Tiffany host the board at their home today at noon. Attending are NX, Barber county engineer, Rains bow county auditor, Dr B Wender son, and W J Burbank county treasurer.
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County Board of Supervisors
Drainag Trict No
Hennington Township
J. S. Tiffany
Is Board
Barber
Rainsbow
B. Wenderson
W. J. Burbank
Dentists Banquet Set by Waterloo District
Final arrangements for the annual Waterloo district dentists banquet are led by Dr. J. G. Hildebrand. The dinner will be at Hotel Russell Lamson on October 24 with about 40 members expected to attend and a special program of speakers and entertainment planned.
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Waterloo
J. G. Hildebrand
Russell-Lamson
Treeut
Knights of Columbus
E. R. O’brien
Oelwein
A. M. Corker
Mitchell
G. GB. T Mutcheson
Marshal Town
West Liberty
Tipton
Long buggy ride ends with memory search in factory
An elderly man over 80, traveling by buggy, arrives at a Galloway company plant after claiming to be from Lat Ray Ming on his way to Grinnell. He gave the name Lo. L. Gooden and said a grandson-in-law works there. Through employee checks and past applications, Harrigon's name surfaces. Gooden recognizes Harrigon as his wife's grandfather, and he is taken to his relative Jerrison's home for a few days. He has been on the road three days.
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Ave Rove
Witlhon Galloway Company
Ahan Elant
H. By
Lester
Delven
le Roy
JM. Harrigon
Gooden
Harrigon
Jerrison
California Syrup of Figs advertisement warning and use
A vintage ad urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs to relieve feverish, fussy, and constipated children. It touts a gentle cleanse of stomach liver and bowels, promises quick relief, and warns to buy only genuine syrup from the California Fig Syrup Company with a 50 cent bottle.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Community notices and lodge funeral processions announced
Friends invited to attend meetings of Temple Rebekah No 54 and Westminster guild of First Presbyterian church. Brothers to march to the funeral of W J King with details for services and locations. Junk buyers advertise high prices at 19 Commercial SUB Schultz location.
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Temple Rebekah Lodge
All LO
O. KF
West Waterloo Lodge
Bro
W. J. King
Mra. J
Comercial
Schultz
Fedvertisement
Gas and Electric News Informs City Readers on New Appliances
Our space explains the workings of new appliances and offers tips to gain greater benefits from Gas and Electric products. It aims to keep readers informed about what is new and interesting in the gas and electric business in the city.
Four Cents of Gas Show Its Handy Range
A historical kitchen table of gas energy explains what four cents’ worth of gas will do. It details heating 30 gallons of water to 110 degrees, boiling 80 gallons for tea, powering a one hour engine, lifting loads, melting iron, braze joints, lighting, heating a room, and cooking for eight, all in a single compact chart from the gas era.
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I. P
Gas lighting boosts Waterloo stores with bright displays
The Waterloo gas light department touts new three mantle units delivering about 39 percent candle power while consuming 12 feet of gas per hour at roughly 1.2 cents. Managed by Pat Meany and Jack Smith, the service promises improved visibility, better product presentation, and reliable weekly inspections to ensure optimal lighting for merchants.
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Pat Meany
Jack Smith
Waterloo
100 Houses Piped Free Offer Draws Waterloo Crowds
A Waterloo promotion has provided free house piping with savings from 10 to 90 dollars per home. The offer quickly sold out and the advertiser extends to 150 free jobs, urging readers to act today before the limit is reached.
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Waterloo
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Lawlor
Minsex
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Dig Brother
KE. P. Steiner
Brotherhood of the City
First Congregational Church
Kilmer Hoiser
Jefferson Street
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Davenport
American Association of Waterworks
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Kepford
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R. E. Fairbanks
Mildred
Buffalo
Relay Lives
St. Lawrence County
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Colis
L. A. Link
Scotland
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Mana
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