Gibbs six wives in court as Jesse Gibbs faces charges
Chicago Oct 16 Jesse Gibbs faced a partial audience of his six wives in court. Wives No 3 5 and 6 appeared under subpoena while others watched. The defendant joked about protection while the judge warned silence. With his lawyer absent the case was postponed to Oct 25. Mrs Emma May Early Gibbs proclaimed her poetry and songs as reporters gathered quotes.
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Chicago
Jesse Otley
Gibbs
Jesse
Barasa
Jessaid
Emma May Early Gibbs
Mma
Eximea May
Sergi. Carroll
Dgonulion Notice in Sugar Canning Calls Drop
In the past week calls for certificates for sugar for canning have diminished, with chief demand now for sugar for canning in late years. Some requests for preserving grapes, but fewer for pears. no calls for cranberries. Housewives use cranberry recipes with little sugar, supplied from the domestic allowance of two pounds per person per month.
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W. F. Parrott
Ruth Stevens dies at 18 from pneumonia mystery
Ruth Stevens, 18, died at her mother Olive Stevens 427 Fourth Street West after a sudden pneumonia attack. Coroner Dr. S. D. Smith held a postmortem amid death-mystery questions. She had come from Lincoln Nebraska last week and was engaged to Lincoln doctor L. D. Grandon.
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Ruth Stevens
Olive Stevens
West
S. D. Smith
Lincoln
Neb
Miss Stevens
L. D. Grandon
O. M. Scott Land
Reverend Kepford 84 Celebrates 60 Years of Ministry in Iowa
Rev J C Kepford long noted in southeastern Black Hawk and western Buchanan counties marks his eighty fourth birthday while visiting son Upton B Kepford. He spent six decades in Iowa ministry, first preaching in Cedar county and later serving Buchanan and Black Hawk counties, often circuit riding in all weather. His wife Mrs Kepford is 75 and another son A E Kepford of Des Moines directs the Red Cross in Iowa.
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J. C. Kepford
Black Hawk
Buchanan County
Upton B. Kepford
Kepford
Iown
Iowa City
Cedar County
Buchanan
Spring Creek Township
Fox Township
City Engineer Examines Fourth Street Bridge Piers
City Engineer W D Johnson orders a careful survey of the Fourth Street bridge piers. Two piers may be unsafe and repairs could occur before freezing weather. Previous weaknesses from water and ice led to a thick concrete band in 1911, which proved effective. the two piers now under inspection were not repaired then.
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W. D. Johnson
Fourth Street
President Wilson gifts clothes to Belgians in crisis
A Belgian relief letter reveals Woodrow Wilson quietly donated his own clothing to aid Belgians in German-occupied territory. Hats, shoes, and coats from the White House funded the aid, symbolizing American solidarity after four years of hardship. Also notes a renewed rail worker drive for fourth liberty loan pledges as WFL & N exceeds quota.
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Washington, D
Wilson
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Commission For Relief of
Belgium
America
Noglect
Mike
Wor
Railway Administration
C. D. Cass
WFL & N
Wray Aims for Big Gun Role in Artillery
Fred Wray assistant cashier of Leavitt Johnson National Bank has gone to Camp Taylor Kentucky to take an exam for admission to an officers training camp He hopes to secure a commission in the heavy artillery service.
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Fred Wray
Leavitt-Johnson National Bank
Camp Aachary Taylor
Community Birthday Celebration In Denver. Mixed Social Notes
Dense local notes recount a community birthday and hosting at Joe Parris home, with names including Mrs. Charles Kuepke, Amos McDonald, and Augustine Heidemanine. The item mentions out-of-town guests, camp duties in Alabama, and relatives returning from North Dakota and Minnesota, all reflecting a small-town social diary tone.
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Denver
Veaver
Qee
Jnflensinning
Wien
Charles Kuepke
Hern Koepke
Uke
Joe
Duluts
Porter Murphy
U.S
Uray
Airyoline
Porter
Mason City
Matthias
Alabams
Edward Urms
North Dakota
Sylats
Births Reported for Buehler Moeter and Zemke Families
Birth notices list children born to Edward and [to] Art Buehler at 619 Eleventh West on Oct 11 a daughter Alice Marie to Martin Moeter at 105 Madison on Oct 6 a son to Ewald Zemke at 726 Park West on Oct 12 a son.
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Art
Edward Buehler
Eleventh West
Alice Marie
Martin A. Moeter
Madison
Ewald H. Zemke
Park West
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Dgonulion
Hale
G. A. Miller
Charles City
A. Crane
Lafayette Street
Sergt. Miller
Co. B. 167
France
Rainbow Division
Camp Dodge
John Wilson
W. N. Birdsall
Norway
Edward
Kinsell
Waterloo
Elva A. Metcalf
Dell Shannon
Hattie Frishey
Uncle Sam
POST
Pred Wray
Scotts Emulsion
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield
Glasgow Tailors
Sycamore Street
Palace Theatre
Rogers Co
Russell-Lane
Splendid Spruce Sound
Boaard
PrAa
Channing Piano
Vine Bench
Kohler & Campbell
Oklahoma City
Liberty
Early Music House
Black’s Building
Iowa
Wild
Superior Service
Lichty’s
West Fourth Street
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