Trial recounts tears as McGraw defense hinges on intent
The ROE McGraw murder trial resumed with county attorney E. J. Wenner presenting the state case and defense attorney J. C. Murtagh delivering two hours of argument. Mrs. McGraw fainted in court as melodramatic pleas about motherhood drew jurors to tears. witnesses testified McGraw was intoxicated, while Melvin and his wife said he appeared sober. The defense argued self defense and other grounds, with the jury to decide if intent meets murder criteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roe
McGraw
George W. Melvin
E. J. Wenner
J. C. Murtagh
Mr. Wenner
Mr. Murtagh
John McGraw
Mr. McGraw
Melvin
Murtagh
Melvi
McGraw Boys
Selvin
Wenner
West High Yell Leaders Form Pep Club Amid Assembly
West High students plan a pep club as part of a broader effort to boost school spirit. Leaders Turmer, Caruso, Mains, and Lander spearheaded the idea during morning assembly, with elections and policy talk from Janis Woodbury and Lane Anderson signaling political education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West High
High
Posse
Geraid Turmer
Burico Caruso
Bart Mains
John McCormick
Maxmas Harry Lander
West School Board
Janis Woodbury
Lane Anderson
WW. F. Busford
Bors
Y.M. Cc. A
Cost of Black Hawk elections cited by Parrott
W F Parrott outlined election costs to the Business and Professional Women's club at the Prthian temple. He cited Black Hawk county spending in 1916 at 8 737 39, with a 1918 estimate near 12 000 and booth and ballot costs from 224 to 1 025 per county based on population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Parrott
Prthian Temple
Old Timer Recalls Waterloo Changes and Keeps Courier Subscription
George B Birdsall, former Waterloo teacher, recalls early Waterloo from 1858 to the present, noting ferry and river changes, the 1864 railroad arrival, and a stone schoolhouse in the Litchfield addition. He emphasizes the Courier subscription from its first issue and his long connection to the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier
Waterloo
Edwin Mesick
Commercial Street
Cedar River
Mr. Mesick
Iet
Franklin Street
Mesick
Jase
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Eleventh ‘Street
Second Street
Litchfield
Parker i
Sanford Wells
Althor
George B. Birdsall
Cork City in Ireland Ranked as Most Irish by Bulletin
The National Geographic Society bulletin portrays Cork as Ireland’s most Irish city, tracing its origins to St Fin Barre and the River Lee. It notes Viking and English influences, a beheaded Lord Mayor in 1492, and Cork’s maritime role with Queenstown as a port call for trans Atlantic liners. The article reflects on emigration and famine impacts, including hunger deaths and Passage to America. It mentions Blarney Castle and Tivoli as notable nearby sights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Cork
National Geographic Society
Ireland
Bulletin
New York
Lee
Piows
St Fin Barre
Erin
America
Perkin Warbeck
Hethbor
Edward
Queenstown
All Ireland
Blarney Castle
Cormas McCarthy
Tivoli
Raleigh and Spenser Stories Linked to Kilcolman Castle
The passage notes Sir Walter Raleigh’s grant of land from Queen Elizabeth and Edmund Spenser receiving extensive acres. Spenser wrote The Faerie Queene at Kilcolman Castle near Cork during that era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Raleigh
Elizabeth
Edmund Spenser
Kilcolman Castle
Cork
Waterloo Youth Joins Navy and Fleet Tour Planned
Victor Olson of 1103 Jefferson Street and Richard Mapes supply Oklo join the U S Navy at the local station and will go to San Francisco for the navy hospital corps. Chief W A Nemes reports over 2 300 enlistments last week and outlines foreign tours for the Atlantic and Pacific fleets with year end plans to depart in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Olson
Jefferson Street
Richard Mapes
Oklo
U. S. Navy
San Francisco
Navy Hospital Corps
W. A. Nemes
Navy
Jackies
South America
Cape Town
St. Helena
Napoleon
South Sea Islands
Australia
New Zealand
Fifth Voting Precinct Boundary Description Corrected
Description of the fifth precinct boundary appeared with a city map in the Courier. It corrects Belmont Avenue to Sullivan Avenue as the eastern boundary and provides the detailed path from Fourth Street to Third Street and back to Fourth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Precinct
The
Courier
Belmont Avenue
Sullivan Avenue
Sullivan
Forgers Back in City to Face Forgery Charge
W. K. Disbrow, under guard of Police Sergeant Edward Douglass, was brought from Omaha to La Porte City to face a forgery charge. A county attorney’s information alleges he presented a forged check for 226.50 on October 12 at Farmers Savings Bank to Dart Sales Co. The original check was drawn to Dart Sales Co. and altered to Disbrow, with the La Porte City bank paying the amount. Omaha attorney B. W. Gill arrived to defend Disbrow. no statement given pending preliminary hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. K. Disbrow
Edward Douglass
Omaha
Neb
Farmers’ Savings Bank
la Porte City
People’s Savings’ Bank
Garrison
George Klink
Dart Sales Co
la Porte City Bank
B. W. Gill
Disbrow
Boy Scouts Aid Civic Events In Waterloo
Permission was granted by the civic service committee of the Waterloo council for Boy Scouts to assist in social welfare clothing drives, the Community Music league, and the Iowa Federation of Woman's Clubs third district convention. The meeting at scout headquarters listed members F Willis Jenks N O W Frisbie M H Belly C W Kline E F MacDonough and S A Cobagan. Frisbie and Cobagan could not attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of
Waterloo
Civic Service Committee
Waterloo Council
Social Welfare League
Comunity Music League
Iowa Federation of Woman's Clubs
Scout Headquarters
F. Willis Jenks
N. O W. Frisbie
M. H.belly
C. W. Kline
E. F. MacDonough
S. A. Cobagan
I Frisbie
Mr. Cohagan
Dunkerton Quintet Wins Season Opener
Dunkerton high school defeated Jesup consolidated school 19 to 11 in a basketball opener played at the Dunkerton athletic field. Dunkerton led 13 to 5 at halftime and will host Dike next Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunkerton Quintet
Dunkerton
Dnan Jkerton High School
Jesup Consolidated School
Dunkerton Actedule
Dike
Local Notes From Orange and Surroundings
A survey of town life includes Otto Westendorff news, a nurse-to-be, travel for family groups, Halloween plans at the church, and a village carnival planned at the high school. Community events include ordination services, a priests’ assignments, weddings, visits, and farm moves with extended family travel and new homesteads noted.
Dumont Local Notes and Community Visitors
Dumont residents report visits from relatives and neighbors across Chicago and nearby towns. Farmers market late potato crop at 73 cents per bushel while Rev. F Brock preaches at U B church and returns to Dawson. Local health updates and travel to Rochester, Fort Dodge, and Webster indicate ongoing schooling, carpentry, and Chautauqua events this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dumont
Liord Pfaltzgraf
John Miller
Chicago
John Hanawali
Ingham Township
U. B Church
Dawson
Chas. Card
Lyle Wilcox
Fort Dodge
Dave Wilkinson
Bristow
Robert Crock
Jacob Pfa
Rochester
Castle Hill Notes and Socials Report
Castle Hill October notes mention Mrs E A McCullough visiting Vinton relaxed. Mrs Susan Cratsley recovering and about again. Gen Phil C Hanna stays at La Verne farm. M E Knowles moves toward Columbus Ga for Camp Benny training. L W Fairbein hosts C H C luncheon. Pavia Conn guest. Community Center meeting set at Schoolhouse Friday with officers and committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Bill
Castle Hill
E. A.mccullough
Vinton
Susan Cratsley
Hacket
Phil C. Hanna
la Verne
M. E. Knowles
Jeanne
Columbus
Krowles
Camp Benny
U. S.regpular Army
L. W. Fairbein
C. H. C. Club
Harriet F. Benson
Mason City
Washburn Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Helen Wildes spends a few days at the J C Burr home. Margaret and Marie Kemp visit sister Frances Nugent. Harry Poyner helps at Marion Wildes’ home near Raymond while Marion is in hospital at Waterloo. Howard Wildes out due to illness. Mrs Ray Driscoll to return to Chicago. Clarence Budd and Genevieve Glenn Traer visit. Mrs Will Burger at Independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Ve. So
Jungblut Hospital
Louis Elis
Ernest Dett~mering
Josephine Sein
Calvin Waterman
Sarah Peck
I. ‘W. Stagner
Shart
Waterloo
Sophia Jers
Fred. Dickmann
Elgin
Henry Weike
Arnold Garland
George Ferrell
Eva Billstine
Little Falls
Minn
Can
S. M. Perkins
William Stange
W. Bockhaus
Drayton
N. C
Bockhaus, Moore and Helkema
St. Peter's Evangelical Church
Louise Wolfgram
John Tredt
E. Stech
Helen Nicholaus J
Malinda Tredt
Herman Kimbally
Rudolph Tredt
Fred Wolfgram
Readiyn
Genevieve Glenn
Traer
Will Burger
Independence
Presbyterian Hospital
Ontario Professor Sparks Poultry Revolution in Canada
Saskatchewan backs Ontario findings that tens of percent of chickens are unfit. In a provincial crusade, officials cull flocks along rail routes, killing thousands deemed unprofitable, while farmers largely back the drastic measures as a public health and efficiency move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Sask
W. OR. Graham
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Robespierre
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Prof
Graham
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
Canadian National Railways
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Mira
Gork
BOY Scouts
Agente
Prince Imperial
Denver
Dante
Fred Westendorf
Woestendorff
Clare Glelau
Burlington
Florida
Beury Hopple
Misneaoa
Mino
A. K H. Diekmann
Evangelical
Blaufuse
Hildegardt
Huck Creek
Rae Tle
Henry Prestien
Conrad Clausing
Gertrude Nicol
S. Nicol
Charles Hunt
Will Segert, Jr
Ce ‘Dar Heights
Harold Haase
Herman Bauman
G. . Riedesel
Richard Diekmann
Frank Greene
Janet
North Dakota
Mornday
John Padget
Glenn Smith
Holbrook
W. A. Hurlbut
Roy. Cagley
Geo. Saint
Familly
W._B. Ingham
Wayess
Air
Sire
D. M. Rankin
Fannia Parker
Manchester
Parkers Perenta
Hackadey
TL EL Lincoln
Ondar Heights
Cratulay
John C. Crateley
Cork Thomeen
Cedar Falls
Orange
W. Lichtypent
Minnesota
W. J. Fike
Clarend
John Cornelius Ami
Montreal
Charles Grady
Leoderator
Fike
T. P. Hamer
Bert Cornelius
Glen Lichty
Frank Sheeler
Little Brown
Ivan Hunt
Batavia
J. M. Buren Sanderson
Dorleth
L. A
Parris
Orange School
Aeron
Poultry
Jelke
United States
John F. Jelke CO
Chalmers
Harry Padden Auto CO
Comer
Franklin Streets
Whalmers
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