Judge Caldwell Invalidates $50 Day Peddler License
In Waterloo Iowa Police Magistrate Edward P Caldwell voided the $50 daily transient merchant license as prohibitive and oppressive. The ruling favored consumers and home merchants while noting possible appeals and other defendants may drop from trial.
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Edward P. Caldwell
M. I. Piergon
Arkansas
Fuess
City of
Waterloo
William Boyd
George Sager
Bager, Sweet & Sager
Caldwell
Dinneen
City of Waterloo
Wm. Boyd
M. H. Kelly
BJ. Wenner
Sager, Sweet & Sager
T Wm. Boyd
Iowa
Evening Courier Advertiser Letter From Iowa Reader
A 1910 Hudson Iowa letter requests fifty five cents for the Courier subscription through Sunday meetings. The writer mentions his grandmother eager for Billy S. news and asks back issues be sent to Mrs Anna Codling in South Dakota.
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Evening Courier
Waterloo
Iowa
Billy S
Aincerely
L. D. Klinefelter
Pleaze
Anna Codling
McNeely
South Dakota
Cubs Face Phillies In Fourth Game At West Side Park
Chicago fans packed the West Side Park as the Cubs prepared for a decisive stock in a series with Philadelphia. Chief Bender to pitch for the Athletics while Chicago debated Brown or Cole for their starter.
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Chicago
West Side Park
Chief Bender
Philadelphia
Brown
Cole
Athletics
Bender
Score Worlds Championship Game Today
Score by innings shows a partial transcription with numbers for innings 1 through 5 and an incomplete final inning. The text ends with a period and a stray Q, offering no clear teams, location, date, or final result.
Phillies Batting Practice Show Confidence In Swing
In a brisk batting practice scene the Philadelphia club shows confident swings sending balls to far corners. Sheckard and Zimmerman feature in fielding while Chicago battles through early outs with steals and doubles. Baker and Gilling drive runs as Collins fights to reach base.
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Philadelphias
Chicago
Cole
Archler
Philadelphia
Bender
Thomas
Baker
Davis
Schulte
Murphy
Archer
Tinker
Zimmerman
Steinfeldt
Collns
Shockard
Sheckard
Philadelphia Ord
Collins
Gilling
Barry
Population rise in Sheboygan and church conference actions
The Sheboygan population reaches 26,395, up 3,446. The United Brethren conference in Toledo Iowa votes to reclaim two districts, naming Rev. Durie of Des Moines and Rev. fra Holbrook of Toledo as presiding elders. A Johnson county native, Sgt. John W. Davis, aged 39, dies at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
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Toledo
Evening Press
United Brethren Conference
Durie
Des Moines
Fra Holbrook
Towa City
John W. Davis
Johnson County
United States Army
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Tex
Insurance Man W D Forbes Found Dead in Gas Filled Room
W D Forbes secretary of the Protected Mutual Fire Insurance company of Iowa was found dead at J B Blank's residence in Des Moines. The bedroom where he lay was filled with gas and investigators suggest death by accident or self harm, with accident favored.
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Des Moines
Evening Press
W. D. Forbes
Wall Lake
Protected Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Iowa
J. B. Blank
Roosevelt to be guest at dinner
Des Moines reports Colonel Theodora Roosevelt will attend the State Teachers Association annual meeting on November 4. The Commercial Club plans an informal dinner that evening at 6 30 with Roosevelt and association officers invited. Roosevelt asked farm editor Henry Wallace to sit beside him at the table.
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Des Moines
Evening Press
Theodora Roosevelt
State Teachers’ Association
Commercial Clib
Teachers’ Association
Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
Pleads Not Guilty to Murder Charge in Mason City
John Shearer pleaded not guilty to the murder of Henry Lucas in Mason City Iowa. The trial was set for the November term before Judge Kelley. C M Hayden was fined 400 for bootlegging. John Malavasen faces trial for assault with intent to commit great bodily injury on Miss Rose Bridle.
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Mason City
Evening Press
John Shearer
Henry Lucas
Kelley
C. M. Hayden
John Malavasen
Rose Bridle
Anti-Saloon League Sues Linn County Saloons
The State Anti-Saloon League filed a suit against 47 saloon and drug store proprietors in Linn county alleging liquor law violations. Des Moines hosted the Central and Western car service association meeting led by President J A Wager with 25 members, the first gathering west of Chicago.
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Ceder Haplds
Evening Press
State Anti-Saloon League
Linn County
CAR Service
Des Moines
J. A. Wager
Central and Western Association of Car Service
Chicago
Centenarian mother of 17 dies after long life without a doctor
Elizabeth Wenner of Yetter near Lake City Ja reached 102 years old without consulting a physician until tumors finally brought pain and needed care. She had walked seven miles to Ulmer at age 99 for a picnic, then returned home. Her family includes 144 direct descendants across five generations and remains close to her.
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Lake City
Elizabeth Wenner
Vetter
Wenner
Ulmer
Yetter
Denies Primary for New Senator
Chapman Franke of the Republican state central committee refused to hold an informal senatorial primary, saying the time is too short for a special legislature session, though a legal primary could be held on election day.
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Des Moines
Evening Press
Chapman Franke
Republican State Central Committee Today
Reed
Disappointed in Love Drives Man to Suicide in Marshalltown
Frank Zatehka, 41, a Bohemian native and prosperous farmer living near Dillon, killed himself at midnight after a dispute with his sweetheart Mrs Effie Clark of this city. He had been staying with his brother John for a week due to distress over the trouble.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Marshalltown
Evening Press
Frank Zatehka
Dillon
Effie Clark
Zatehka
Bohemia
John
Poles Fall in Iowa Accident Kills 19 Year Old
A fall of nine utility poles at the Willam Blowers farm near Waterloo injured four workers and killed Kenneth Hollcroft, 19, of Waterloo. Witnesses say a tethered line dragged the pole down, sending seven men tumbling from atop the poles. Hollcroft died at the scene. coroner and police investigated as injured workers were treated. Surviving relatives include his mother and siblings.
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Willam Blowers
Stretta
Quirk
Richard
Liscomb
Phones & Telegraph Co
California
LaFayette
Iowa Telephone Co
Hollcroetp
Waterloo
Maquoketa
Iowa
F. B. Young Hotcroft
Deak
Wilh H. Molcroft
Dinneen
Chautauqua Park
Sargeant Hollevoert
Here
Independence
Henney
Dubuque
W. G. Baker
Reinhbeck
J. C. McDnevell
Davis City
E.R. Clark
Clarksville
Lineman Kollcreft
Waterbury
O'Keefe & Towne
Tlouise Co
Im Thehan
Watering
Waterloo Hardware Co
Frank
John Hollcroft
Marshalltown
Hollcroft
Hattie Hollecroft
Grace Brown
Towa
Mr. Quick
Hig Conriers
Richards
Crippen Found Guilty in Wife Murder Trial
Dr Crippen is convicted of murdering Belle Elmore. Jury deliberated thirty minutes and Crippen was sentenced to death, with hanging likely within a month. He maintained innocence as Lord Chief Justice Alverstone imposed sentence.
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London
Crippen
Belle Elmore
Alverstone
Muir
Alvestone
Blue Grass Road Elects Officers in Osceola
The Blue Grass Road association completes its organization with officers named J. L. Long as president J. P. Manatrey as vice president Scott Skinner as secretary and Thomas D. Murphy as treasurer. The road will connect Council Bluffs Glenwood Red Oak Creston Osceola and Fort Madison with branches to Muscatine and Burlington. County groups are forming. Prize winners in the Missing Word Contest include Rose Takes and Bary By Bauske.
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Osceola
Evening Press
Blue Grass Road Association
J. L. Long
J. P. Manatrey
Fairfield
Scott Skinner
Creston
Thomas D. Murphy
Red Oak
Couneil Bluffs
Glenwood
Fort, Madison
Fainfield
Muscatine
Mowst Pleasant
Burlington
Ars. Rose Takes
Butler Avenues
Bary
Bauske
Dane Street
Eae
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Miss Lenev
Saroner A Boge
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Rigler
O'Day
Sheridan
Connelly
Chance
Lord
Shecckard
Hofman
Skunk
Slunk
Sheboygan
Washington
Wis
Sergeant Davis
Boston Transcript
San Folica
Anti-Saloon League
Franke
Reeds
Low Moor
Congress
Kenneth Hollcroft
D. Quick
F. E. Richards Hurt
Thurries
Alr
Heallcroft
F. J. Shefield
Woollcroft
British Machine of Justice
nounced—Crippen
Blue Grass Road
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