Curiosity 13 at Brooklyn trunk case ends in bigamy charge
Mrs Bessie Gerber, newlywed in Brooklyn, learns her husband Samuel Gerber hid a trunk full of papers and past loves. She pries it open with wax and knife, discovers a dressmaker who collected wages from Gerber since 1907, and swears out a warrant for his arrest for bigamy. The incident unfolds as police bring Gerber to magistrate Herbert in the Tombs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Gerber
Herbert
Tombs
Samuel Gerber
Bessie Stebman
New York
Dean
Gerber
Sixteenth Street
Brooklyn
al Jilay
No. 122
Humboldt Street
Mr. Gerber
Fairbank Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Fairbank notes detail S J King’s gradual improvement and various visits by residents and guests. W M Higbee, Mrs Maude Butler, Miss Nora Walker, and families are mentioned alongside church events, district club plans in Cedar Falls, and moves of Mrs Kraft and daughter toward Cedar Rapids. Several locals, including Tewis Munger and Mrs Bertha Maley’s family, are noted as ill or visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clell Starr
Wilbur
Waterloo
Fairbank
John Hough
Chamberlin
M. D
Ora Fox
John Lehmkuhl
Joseph Southworth
Thea & J. King
Hazleton
Independence
Ralph
Franklin
Brotherhood of the First Baptist Church
J. A. Schrack
Oelwein
The
Methodist Church
A. Pepticard
Nora Walker
John Fettgether
Hewitt
Ilinois
Grove Street
Bertha Maley
Filg
Phelps
Cox
Sumner
Starr of
Hudson
Tripoli Foreman Resigns. Wing Succeeds Davis as Leader
J Walter Davis resigns as Tripoli Leader foreman with J M Wing of Toledo Ia named successor. The item lists numerous local visits and events including weddings, funerals, and social visits across Bremer county and nearby towns. The report notes a house fire on Ferdinand Borchert property caused by a defective chimney and mentions several residents attending a 15th wedding anniversary in Riceville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
J. Walter Davis
J. M. Wing
Toledo
John Ladage
Waverly
BH. M. Guiney
Fillmore
Cal
G. W. Hazlett
Waterloo
Eliza Hazlett
J. H. Mueller
G. A. Shores
Cedar Rapids
William Luehring
Hampton
Emil Hagen
D. EE. Jolley
Belgrade
Minn
J. A. Kimball
Fremont Cemetery
Rev. H. &. Wunderlich
St. John’s Wutheran
Bremer County
C. N. Hale
Frederika
Net P. Ellis
Grace Ryan
John Guiney
Mary Cretzmeyer
Henry Draves
Bertha Buchholz
Warren Township
Charles Smith
Sumner
L. J. Smith
A. L. Wilhelm
W. FE. Wilson
Tripoli Leader
Henry Rohrssen
Cedar Falls
Denver
Louis
Tripoli Fire Company
Ferdinand Borchert
H. H. Waase
J. M. Hazlett
Fremont Township
Henry Rohrnsen
G. C. Hazlett
Riceville
Minerva Hattendorff
Vina Panzer
Elmer McKeown
Mary Kimball
George
Waterline
Tierman Runth
Orphe Chapin
Shell
Fred Gleason
Lake Geneva
Wis
J. A. Hackett
J. J. Chadwick
Kerr
Adolph Kerh
A. Ladd
Fred Wittkop
HH. Clifford
Mary Marner
A. Shores
A. TF. Jahnke
A. H. Panzer
Chicago
Mueller
FT. J. Mueller
Angustoffa
Dubuque
Henry Woodrich
Fowler
Cato
Marie Bessiner
Christian Endeavor Society
Wim, Tuttle
Grinnell
Congregational Church
Wii] Schmidt
WaterIne
J. B. Kerr
H. F. Towne
Yates Center
Kan
Pries Family Marks Louis Pries Birthday
Louis Pries celebrated his second birthday last Sunday with a family gathering. Mr and Mrs F C Pries and the entire family attended and reported a fine time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanough
Louis Pries
F.C. Pries
Atl
Local Social Notes From Denver and Surrounding Towns
Denver and nearby towns record visits and events including Mrs Ferrand from Sumner, Mrs Hunt with Miss Vina Panzer and Minna Hattendorf of Tripoli, and Mrs Ed Bruns in Waverly. Other items note dance date October 26, funerals, birthdays, and residents moving to Waverly with multiple trips to Waterloo and Dubuque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Ferrand
Sumner
Charles Hunt
Vina Panzer
Minnia Hattendorf
Tripoli
Ed Bruns and Son
Geo. Meyers
Horton
G. J. Bennett
Waterloo
Advertised letters at Waterloo Iowa October 18 1911
Long list of names under advertised mail at Waterloo Iowa with many women and men, including Mrs Truman Aldrich, Miss Eva Beale, Mrs Laura Cale, Miss Nina Cale, Olive Patterson, Rev. S. B. Clark, Dooley Kellogg Lumber Co, McCusker, Leo McGough, Valley Nat Bank, James Waite, Roy Thomas, and foreign names. Harvest home supper Westminster church October 27 at 5 30 p.m. Supper forthcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Iowa
Truman Aldrich
PF. J. Barbour
Eva Beale
S. C. Beck
H. A. Benjamin
Ella Bronson
Anna Buesing
Laura Cale
Nina Cale
Lizzie Cram
F. A. Daniels
Daniels
Kitty Davis
Edna Dawson
le Day
Mae Derby
Nellie Diel
Marguerite
Wilson
Amos Wood
Albert Adams
Willard Anderson
F. H. Appulin
W. H. Bauder
Louis Baumgartner
Everatte Blackwell
Chas. Brown
Wm. Burns
P. Casteley
Nick Carter
Chas. Cashman
A. W. Campbell
A. RR. Case
B. Clark
Geo. Cowing
James Conlin
W. J.cregan
J. A. Gurran
C. Cummings
Patrick Cunningham
D. D. Daniel
Fred Day
Fred Decker
Lyde Delaney
Henry W. Dehne
Dooley-Kellogg Lumber Co
John Doyle
S. J. Dyer
M. Eagle
John A. Ebbesen
H. F. Eichholtz
CS. Fearn
Harry Fitzgi
Daniel Davidson
A. R. Kroon
A. E. Lock
James Pallas & Co
Yohanne Pedersen Nios
George Pesheff
Costantin Petinakis
James G. Larentides
J. Singer
Harold G. Sty
Carmelo Spiro
Theodore Vrionic
Roy Thomas
W.R. Law
P.M
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Curiosity
Bride
Ning
Mary Rucker
Ashworth
Dc. Hunt
John Wehling
John Heminghaus
Henry Neverman
Emil Walters
Fred Schroeder
Minnie Dins
Phillip, Bloeser
Fredericksburg
John Sprage
H. &. Bruns
Miss Bennett
Goldfield
John Carr
Wm. Krepke
Jos Farries
Paul Davis
Onyx
Mentor
Kayser
Leese
Hallowe’en
Ireland
Children’s Mittens
Harvest Home Supper
Westminster Church
Boc
Courier
China
Washingston Herald
Riehl Near
Park
S. A. Clark
West Sixth St
Fourth Street
Phona &36- Blue
Commercial Street
Brent
Fast Fourth Street
Roy Cushman
Phona
Dowdle
Tequire Roy Cushman
North
Lyca
More Street
Lime Street
Minneapolis
Ottawa
Theodore Mason
R. J
Waterion
Eagle Cone
Hyter
First National
Bank
Cal Kingsley
Irving Hotel
Poland
Sa. R
Eagle Center
Fmr
Englewood Street
Galloway
Knome
Knoll Street
Cedar Falls Road
Fowler Street
East Side
Dundee Street
Warwood Ave
Kingstey Avenue Modern
Battimore Strent
Modern
Galloway-Gibron Investment Co
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