Two Jurors Hold Out For Damage Verdict
In a 1927 case Henry C Koch sought damages for injuries from a fall on icy sidewalks at Denver and Sullivan. The jury split 10 to 2 for the city and planning, with deliberations ending after deeming further deliberation unnecessary. Plaintiff, 74, was represented by Reed Tuthill Reed. defendant by City Solicitor Silas and City Engineer Barber testified. Koch suffered a broken right hip and alleged city negligence.
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Henry C. Koch
den Jver
Sullivan Streets
R. W. Hasner
Harry M. Reed
Reed, Tuthill & Reed
Carleton Silas
Sias
N. B. Barber
Koch
Juror Comments On City Duty In Sidewalk Ice Case
Jurors discussed the city duty to maintain sidewalks as they were excused. Two jurors who favored damages said their holdout related to the judge instruction on what constitutes reasonable notice of unsafe sidewalk conditions.
Chris Schaffer Dies at Grundy Center Auctioneer
Chris Schaffer a well known auctioneer in the area died at his Grundy Center home Wednesday afternoon from diabetes and complications He was 58 and formerly operated a farm near Colfax and lived in Hampton and New Hartford His widow three sons Arend Harry Henry and a brother John of Wellsburg survive the funeral is set for Saturday at the Presbyterian church.
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Courier
Grundy Center
Chris Schaffer
Presbyterian Church
Mr. Schaffer
Hampton
New Hartford
Colfax
Arend
Harry
Henry
Ames
John
Welisburg
Hardware Store Change in Burr Oak Township
Osage Oct 18 Special Mr and Mrs Kenneth Hiandon move to Torterville to run the hardware stores that her father George Gulliver recently took in exchange for his Burr Oak township farm.
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Osage
Kenneth Hiandon
Torterville
George Gulliver
Burr Oak Township
Republican and Demo Views at Labor Meeting
At Carpenters Hall last night John W. Gwynne Republican candidate for Black Hawk county attorney and Leo F. Tierney Democratic congress candidate spoke on labor and farm issues. Gwynne argued wages for union labor are high and government should restrain price and wage forces. Tierney warned farmers’ distress affects labor and emphasized farmers’ struggles amid economic strain.
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Central Labor Body
Carpenters’ Hall
John W. Gwynne
Republcan
Black Hawk County
Leo F. Tierney
Dubuque
Congress
Gwynne
Tierney
Rural hardship cited in speech on labor and injunctions
The speaker argues that a large rural population faces hard times causing wage deflation, warns the nation suffers, and opposes granting temporary injunctions against strikers without first allowing grievance presentation. He stresses the need for fair labor remedies and talks about employment supply and wages.
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Ciiles
Hammill To Attend Iowa Homecoming As Official Guest
Gov John Hammill will visit the University of Iowa for the seventeenth annual homecoming on October 26 and 27 as an official guest. He may speak at the Beat Minnesota mass meeting on Friday evening.
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Mammill
Iowa City
University of Iowa
John Hammill
Minnesota
Papes Cold Compound Ends Cold Quick
Sax? drives away thoughts of cold as a remedy described. The piece touts Pape's Cold Compound, claiming it halts sniffles within hours. A pharmacist charges 35 cents per package and the product supposedly never fails.
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Sax
Pape
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