Judge Puts Murderer in Life Prison Cell Inferno
Chicago Oct 12 Judge Marcus Kavanagh sentences Joseph Welcome to life imprisonment for murder in a boarding house killing. He forced his wife into a "white slave" trade and shot another woman who aided her. The judge declares life in prison more terrible than death, saying the convict will suffer daily for a lifetime.
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Chicago
Marcus Kavanagh
Langing
Joseph Welcome
Welcome
Mary Mclean
West Monroe Street
Rare Rugs at Woods Bros in Waterloo
The Evening Courier notes trusted vender Harry Mooradian visits Waterloo yearly, selling Oriental rugs from Woods Bros furniture store. Other items report a dress return after a merchant complaint, two girls freed after a dress theft for which owner declined to prosecute, and William Boyd arrested for peddling without a license under a 1908 city ordinance.
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Evening Courier
Harry
Mooradian
Waterloo
Woods Bros
Fale
Elkport
Ginneen
Waterloo Fenit & Commission Co
William Boyd
Boyd
Fidge Caldwell
Relatives Come For Miss Sylvia Lanphere
Word arrived that Miss Sylvia Lanphere and her companion Arthur Scott of Oelwein will be taken home by her parents tonight. The 18-year-old and Scott were arraigned on a vagrancy charge. the man received a street sentence while Lanphere was released on condition she cause no further trouble.
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Sylvia Lanphere
Arthur Scott
Oelwein
Rottlers' Association Leaders Take A Ashland Home
The American Rottlers Protective association yesterday elected President Henry Carsse of Rock Island and Secretary R. E. Schroeder of New York. Mr and Mrs Dent McQuillin Jett departed for Ashland Oregon to establish residence. Tk Powers of Minneapolis visits local parents J T Powers and wife in Philadelphia.
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Rottlers' Assn
Philadelphia
American Rottlers’ Protective Association
Henry Carsse
Rock Island
R. E. Schroeder
New York
Tk. W. Powers of
Minneapolis
City
His
Mrs
J. T. Powers
Hearty tale of King Colm and Queen Saar ends in harmony
An Irish parable from Everybody's Magazine recounts King Colm and Queen Saar, who after a quarrel agree on three burdens to part with. Gold and jewels, then their own baby, are carried over the drawbridge until Saar returns with a vow to live happily. The tale lauds the couple as the most reasonable and affable in Ireland.
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Annale
Wing Colm
Evermore
Saav
Ebhe
Gars Colm
Saar
Colm
Ireland
Everybody's
Weather Bureau Chief Faces Charges of Clerical Misconduct
A clipped item alleges the Weather Bureau Chief faced charges over management, claiming tyrannical influence and politicking to suit personal whim. The piece also includes unrelated notes on health tip remedies, a 1420 porcelain tower, Persian beauty practices, and municipal bond ordinances from Waterloo Iowa.
Weather Bureau chief faces renewed charges in capital
Washington reports Willis L. Moore chief of the United States Weather Bureau is attacked by Jane Berry a division chief with seventeen years service. Berry accuses Moore of withholding forecasts to provoke complaints then blaming Congress for funding gaps. He alleges forecast reductions since 1905 06 amid steady appropriations and threatens to present evidence to Congress for investigation.
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Washington, D. C
Willis l. Moore
States Weather Bureau
Janes Berry
Bureau
Berry
Moore
Weather Bureau
Ensress
Congress
Waterloo ordinance authorizes sewer district bonds
City of Waterloo Iowa passes an ordinance directing the mayor and city clerk to issue bonds drawn from the main sewer fund for sewer district No 2. Dearborn & Jackson to construct sewers along Clough Street from Home Park Boulevard to Reber Avenue, Reber Avenue from Clough Street to Moir Street, Moir Street from Reber Avenue to Summit Avenue, and Summit Avenue from Moir Street to Sullivan Avenue.
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City of Waterloo
Towa
Dearborn &Jackson
City of
Waterloo
Iowa
Waterlon
Dearborn & Jackson
Waterloo Savings Bank
Town
Clough Street
Home Park Boulevard
Reber Avenue
Moir Street
Reber Aveune
Summit Avenue
Sullivan Avenue
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Phipps
Judge
Shotter
Mre. Dent MecQuilkin Jett
Ashland
Ore
Buffalo Express
Nankin
Persia
Hane Park
Densevard
Troter Avenue
J. R. Rector
R. C. Thompson
Bluff St
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