Sheriff Wykoff Hints at Suicide After Case Stress
Vinton report says Sheriff R. E. Wykoff, under strain from the Henry Knute case and duties, wrote a letter planning self destruction. His wife and son seized his revolver and confined him. commissioners of insanity examined him as he recovered later. Pierce case adds to mounting tensions. Roy Pierce is held to the grand jury.
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Vinton
Pierce
R. E
Wykoff
Court House
Mr. Wykoff
Polk Township
Wykes
Henry Knute
Knute
Roy Pierce
Sester Schools Open Amid New Parochial Rules
Catholic parochial schools Our Lady of Victory St Marys and Sacred Heart reopen at 9 with new rules requiring pupils to attend their own parish school and a compulsory church attendance rule. Our Lady of Victory allows older boys from St Josephs parish to attend the academy. Parents urged to ensure children receive War Pictures Brady Mass materials.
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Our Lady of Victory Academy
St. Mary's
the Sacred Heart
St. Joseph's Parish
Sacred Heart
Samuel A Maust Honored Citizen Passes Away in Waterloo
Samuel A. Maust a longtime Black Hawk county resident and Church of the Brethren member died suddenly at 2 15 PM Saturday at his home 1023 South Street Waterloo He was 78 years old born April 26 1834 in Somerset Pa He and Mary Miller married in 1859 later moving to Black Hawk county in 1881 They celebrated their Golden Wedding three years ago Surviving are five of seven children including Mrs W H Lichty William H Mount Mrs Harvey Miller Herschel F Maust and Charles H Maust plus 36 grandchildren and ten great grandchildren Burial was in Orange Cemetery Funeral services were held at the Orange Church of the Brethren led by Rev A P Blough.
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Samuel A. Maust
Black Hawk County
Church of the Brethren
South Street
Waterloo
Orange Township
Mr. Maust
Illinois Central Depot
Presb Aft
Chicago
Decedent
Somerset County
Mary Miller
W. H. Lichty
William H. Mount
Harvey Miller
Herschei F. Maust
Macdael
Calif
Charles H. Maust
Seattle
Wash
Albin B. Maust
Carlton
Neb
Maggie
Somerset
Orange Cemetery
Maust
A. P. Blough
George Humphreys
Mra
McCall
Bottle Fed Boy Wins Sweepstakes at County Fair
Robert Scott, two and a half, son of C R Scott, won the sweepstakes prize for the most perfect boy with 9524 points. His nurse brother and timely bottle feeding noted. Mary Watt of Audubon led the baby health contest as 258 infants were examined by women physicians and Dr Margaret Clark tallied scores for fairness.
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Obeat Scott
C. R. Scott
Mitchellville
Robert
Mary T. Watt
Audubon
Iowa Mothers’ Congress
Margaret Clark
Prize Baby Facts and Daily Habits Summary
This item describes a baby named Prize Baby Hit who sleeps with windows open year round, naps for three hours after noon, and is raised on cow's milk. It notes no fixed diet and that the child is allowed to eat anything. The baby takes a tepid bath daily.
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Hit
Donts by the Prize Baby Girl Mother
Mrs H B Kiesmeyer offers age specific parenting guidance advising against dressing a baby too warmly and assuming one diet fits all. She urges personal observation of each child to determine what agrees, warns against fear of fresh air, and recommends open windows at night for better health.
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H. B. Kiesmeyer
Peaches the Perfect Baby Wins Open Air Diet Title
Dorothy Klugmeyer of Des Moines named Peaches as the top baby after a national contest judged by physicians. The two and a half year old girl, known as Baby Venus, thrived on open air and daily outdoor naps, with no strict feeding rules. Dorothy’s father leads an aluminum firm, and the baby set a world record score of 97 1 8 points, narrowly surpassing Charles O Tool’s 96 1 2.
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Dorothy
Klugmeyer
Don Moines
Wiel Sam
Venus
Yorothy
Aluminum Manufacturing
Bam A Omutse
Klasmeyer
Charles Elmer O'Toole
Kansas Shifts From Horses to Motor Cars 1912 Trends
Topeka Kansas reports a rapid decline of horses in the state with 67 000 horses lost over four years while motor cars gain 16 000 and traction engines 1 700 for farm work. In 1912 Kansas lists 18 625 motor cars for taxation and 1 045 416 horses remaining though falling yearly. Big wheat regions and western farms drive engine use for plowing and hauling as gasoline tractors gain popularity.
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Topeka
Kas
Kansas
Kansas Tax Commission
Wheat
Kansas City
Two Shows Tonight At The Majestic Theatre
A holiday bill at the Majestic Theatre offers two performances at 7 20 and 9 00 with reserved seats. Guerra and Carmen headline a musical act highlighted by The Cars Panther Troupe Eldon and Clifton in His Awful Nightmare Hick McCoy and Yeager and O Brien with other acts and motion pictures.
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Majestic Theatre
Guerra
Carmen
Big Majestic
Chicago
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Stomach Relief
An old advertisement extols Pape's Diapepsin as a quick, harmless remedy for sour, gassy stomachs. It claims to settle indigestion in five minutes, aid digestion, and let readers eat favorite foods without fear, selling a large cake for fifty cents.
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Pape
Gold Memorial Cross Dedicated at Christ Episcopal Church
A Sunday service at Christ Episcopal Church featured Rev. George W. Hinkle dedicating a handsome gold cross placed on the church. The ceremony honored a memorial reference and drew parishioners to witness the dedication.
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Christ Episcopal Church
George W. Hinkle
Geneva Vesper Service Enjoyed by Lake Geneva Group
Nearly 100 women and girls attended the Lake Geneva rally vesper service at Westminster Presbyterian Church yesterday afternoon. W C A secretary Miss Rachel Jones presided and spoke on The Conference in General. Others spoke on The Personnel of the Conference Recreation and Fellowship My Interesting Myusrpression and Association. Marked enthusiasm followed the talks and special music including a solo by Mrs St Elmo Bates enhanced the meeting.
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Lake Geneva
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Rachel Jones
W. Ti. Langlass
Anna Miller
Edith Bates
Ahee Frehse
Waterloo shoe merchant expands to ten rooms in Marsh Place
Mr W. F. Arant, originator of the shoe showroom plan in an officer building, has been compelled to add five more rooms in Marsh Place, making ten rooms total and claiming the largest shoe store in Iowa. He credits Waterloo's appetite for good shoes at fair prices and calls Waterloo the best town in the state.
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W. 5. Arant
Marsh Place
Arant
Iowa
Waterloo
Jacob Hohl Stricken Again In Iowa
Jesup Iowa September 2 Jacob Hohl veteran meat market proprietor who recently returned from a trip to Canada suffered a second stroke with paraytics and hia condition worsened relatives fear for his welfare Waterton neighbors visit him His left side is affected but consciousness was not lost unlike the first stroke He became delirious Saturday night and had to be restrained from leaving his bed Also mentions Ready War headers and Watering River Courier advertising text matter in sixteenth section.
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Jesup
Iowa
Jacob Hohl
Canada
Wlyenfidren
Waterton
Margaret
OC. G. W. Railroad
Frettonl
Doctors Findley Co to Open Tuesday With Claims of Cures
The Findley Co will open on Tuesday September 3 at 327 East Fourth Street Des Moines Iowa offering treatments for gall stones appendicitis stomach liver kidneys nerves and female diseases. They claim long experience and provide free expert examination with no obligation and no knives for deep seated chronic conditions.
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Findley Co
Iowa
Susong
Publi
Des Moines
Nes Moines
Madley Co
H. J. Susong
H. J. Susong. the Staff of Specialists, Drs. Gable and
Windley
Dra
Knolfe
East Fourth Street
Drs. Findley Co
Dru, Findley Co
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