Charge Alooni st Engineer ed Deal
Ed Wegener a Valley Junction saloonkeeper is sought for complicity in assault and robbery on Charley Ashworth on Oct 9 1914 with a $350 reward. Sheriff Griffin says Wegener engineered the attack and remains at large. Grand jury inquiry continues and clues have been checked with no solid lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Charles Ashworth
Ed Wegener
Valley Junction
Griffin
Wegener
Charley Ashworth
Frank Lavelle
Ashworth
West End
Element Plant Road
George Parr Pioneered Cedar Rapids Died at 90
George Parr pioneer of Linn County and Cedar Rapids resident for sixty years died Monday after a six month illness at his daughter Harriett Diehl’s home. Born January 4 1824 in Water Branch Cambridgeshire England he came to Cedar Rapids in 1894 and married Albina Edmundson on December 25 1855 who died May 31 1912. He would have turned 90 next January and once ran a grocery store on the future site of the American Cereal plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
George Parr
Linn County
Harriett Diehl
Parr
Water Branch
Cambridgeshire
England
Albina Edmundson
American Cereal Company
Mystery surrounds missing porter Huber Wesley
An Omaha and Council Bluffs police alert follows the disappearance of Huber A Wesley, last seen in Sioux City October 2 after a planned trip to Norton Kansas. He carried about $25 and a $100 diamond ring. a report notes a one-hour stopover in Sioux City before boarding for Omaha. His family seeks clues, with the trail ending in Sioux City. Several real estate transfers are listed for Waterloo and surrounding towns in the same issue.
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Merchante’ State Bank
Sioux City
Norton
Kan
H. A. Wea Jen
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Huber Wesley
Sioux Oil
California Syrup of Figs advertisement parody
A distorted advertisement text mocks a well known laxative note about California Syrup of Figs. It imitates mothers, children and household relief claims while lampooning exaggerated ingredients and promises and warns to ask for the genuine product from the California Fig Syrup Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
German Art Still Worth War Sacrifices Say Berlin Proclamation
London reports the Berliner Tageblatt publishing a German science and art proclamation. It argues art must be preserved but not bought with defeat, denying German brutality claims while praising culture as defense of Europe. The piece condemns foe racism and upholds German cultural leadership with references to Goethe Beethoven and Kant.
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London
Berliner Tageblatt
Husphime
Derades
Fras Ik
Eles
Germany
Eid
Goethe
Beethoven
Kant
Interurban Freight Crisis Tangles Waterloo Line Pact
The Waterloo line faces upheaval as the Rock Island Railroad is sold or placed under a receiver. The Waterloo, Cedar Falls and North Western Railway seeks city access for freight cars, while the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul lines push a platform expansion on Fifth Avenue. City officials refer the matter to a inspector as financiers debate Rock Island’s fate and potential sale to St Louis and San Francisco or Phelps Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Gazelle
Rock Tsland
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northfern Hailway Company
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Waterloo
Rork Island J
Milwaukee
Fifth Avenue
Traygi
Gitrer
Zika
Bently
Rock Island
Pennsylvania
Chicago
St. Lewis
Kansas City St. Paw
Denver
Nashua Child Narrowly Escapes Drowning Incident
Nashua on Oct 14 reports Torothy Felt, daughter of Mr and Mrs Pare ry Felt, escaping with her father after falling from balance into the water near a dam and encountering a whirlpool while fishing with Mrs Smith and her grandmother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashua
Torothy
Parery Felt
Pelt
X Smith
Arrowing
Woman Rescues Child as Waters Rise in Harsh Floods
In a daring act a woman kept the child afloat while a drowning victim struggled nearby. She used quick thinking to guide a helper toward the saved child, though heavy boots hindered recovery. Mrs John Look, injured, was transported home after treatment and hospitalization.
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Tie
John Look
Comrades to Attend Funeral Service for Captain Wilkins
An order calls all comrades to gather at G Alma Tallab at dawn Thursday for a funeral in honor of Captain Wilkins, with C G Crabtree as adjutant. Weather data notes rainfall of 0.43 inches over four hours, per government gauge, and references a prior period.
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M. W. AL
Woodmen of
America
Supreme Court
G. Alma Tallab V'Elark A. m
WT. . Wilkins
C.G. Crabtree
Kaimani
Jsange
Weathering North East Wind and Rain Threats
A 24 hour period saw persistent rain and a continuing east wind from night through morning. Clouds hung low with moisture likely to continue, forecasting further precipitation.
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Iowa News
Ed Wege
Board of Control
Calmar
Algona
Towa City
Dentiata
Seix States
University of Iowa College of Dentistry Alumni Association
George H. Wilson
Cleveland
Forent H. Orton
St. Paul
F. B. Kremer
Minneapolis
Alfred Pagenkoph
H. Voyles
St. Louis
G. N. Beemer
Mason City
C. M. Work
Ottumwa
J. G. Hildebrand
Karl G. Knoche
J. M. Prime
Oxford
Web
L. E. Bhahan
Columbus Junction
Arthur C. Klaffenbach
Muscatine
Fort Dodge
U. S. Marine Band
United States Marine Band
Public Square Park
Woodward
By Ness
Here
Cobtvict
Sinker & Sons
Hvery
Polich
Showman
W. E. Knox
J. O. Malott
Whait
Hedrick
Knox
Clarence McCarprefer
Ruth McElrea
Malott
Lews
Toj
Marshallland
Applica- Wen
ALEB
Shorthill Company
Manda M. Johnston
Ira S. Johnston
Cummings
C. R. Speers
Warrr VV. Speere
Secre
T. J. Gayagan
G. W. Lawrence
Telver
A. BE. Shorthill Company
Manufacturing Concern
Shorthill Steel Mid Iron Works
C. Rey Speers
A. E. Shorthill Company
Shorthill Steel and Tren Works
Perry
Clarence Myr Cormick
Itg
Lancaster
Dolly Lovely
Jed McElrea
Knoxville
West Liberty
Gordon Strong
Millonaire
ftHnols
Louise Anne Snyder
Lute Snyder
Wert
Liberty
George Parr Pioneedeh
Wack and Co. Abstract Co
Fred DB. Wilkins
A. J. ‘Handfield
Auditor
Rainbow
West Waterloo
Mary C. Hazel
D. J. Trambauer
Lot
Dunkerton, RA
Home Park Land & Inv. Co
Olive M. Deeker
Block Home Park
S2al Home Park Land & Inv. Co
Olive M
Anna M. Deeker
Home Park
Smith, Lichiv &Filimsan Co
Leavitt's
George F. Brennan
W. K. Brannon
Reed‘s
Correctionville
Joe Fishman
Central Auto
Huber A. Wesley
Supply Co
Ira FE
West View
Kaiser
Mey
Alragae
Clan of
Gottraet
Beacon
New England
F. M. Hoyt Shoe CO
Manchester
New Hampshire
Stolt Bros
Des ES Ey
Hite
Mee
Vous
AS Rand. Furniture CO
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