Charles H Chevalier Built Railways Through Waterloo
Paralysis ends life of 84 year old Charles H Chevalier, early Black Hawk county pioneer and Illinois Central pensioner. Born in Canton, Switzerland, he arrived in America at 22 and helped lay the first railroad through Waterloo. Survived by wife Melvina Sperry and six children, funeral plans pending. Funeral home to display remains.
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Charles Henry Chevalier
Black Hawk County
Ilinois
America
United States
Indiana
Iowa
Manchester
Wiinets Cental
Cedar Falls
Chevaier
Chevalier
Tillmois Central
Waterloo
Melvina Sperry
Tle
Charles H. Chevalier
Joan L. Chevalier
Joseph Schiel
Ernest A. Chevalier
George Payne
Ruth Chevalier
Heman & Gindt Undertaking
Parors
Mrs Puranys cattle menace to country cited by official
Sioux City report notes Carl Vireo, assistant secretary of agriculture, said Mrs Scott Durant of Chicago won an injunction with help from a court ally to save her prize cattle from slaughter at Crab Tree farm. He contrasted her action with a Minnesota farmer who surrendered twenty cattle to avert disease.
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Sioux City
Carl Vireo
Agricultre
Scott Durant
Chicago
Crab Tree Farm
United States
Brandon Hope for Missing Minister in Rockies
Denver reports renewed hope for Rev. Thornton R. SamonD, a prominent Texas educator and Wilson administration figure, who disappeared several weeks ago in the mountains of the Rocky Mountain National Park. The search effort has largely waned.
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Denver
Colo
Thornton R. Samond
Texas
Wilson
Rocky Mountain National Park
Governor Spry Guarded Over IWW Threats From Across Nation
Salt Lake City reports threats to Governor William Spry and his family amid IWW propaganda over the planned execution of James Hillstrom, a murder defendant. Letters from across the U S demand Hillstrom’s release, with direct and veiled warnings including a Paducah, Kentucky letter threatening the governor’s children. Hillstrom is slated for execution on October 1.
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Salt Lake City
William Spry
United States
James Hillstrom
Miurederer
Hillstrom
Jabor
Paducah
Million Nickels for Bible Campaign Aims
The Rev Samuel J Kirkbride of Chicago representing the American Bible Society asked the Methodist Episcopal conference to back a plan to raise 1 000 000 nickels from 1 900 000 Sunday school children to fund 1 000 000 Bibles for soldiers on European battlefields. He proposed a nationwide campaign to be shared with other denominations and would distribute Bibles to soldiers of all armies. Clergymen deferred action on the proposal.
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Windom
Minn
Samuel J. Kirkbride
Chicago
American Bible Society
Methodist Episcopal Conference
United States
Kirknride
Campaign to Raise Funds for Parochial School Initiated at Sacred Heart
A campaign training session at Sacred Heart auditorium prepared captains from ten women teams and six men teams to solicit funds for a $60,000 goal. The five day effort begins October 4 with a banquet at campaign headquarters and daily reports on progress. The money will finance a new parish school and reduce church debt.
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Fifth
Ang Randolph Streets
Sacred iHeart Church
Be O Will Meet Witt MES Lamson Monday
A change moves the next Chap ter 7 meeting to Mrs Lamson’s home from Hotel Russell Lamson. The gathering is Monday evening at the usual hour with P E O sisters invited. Hostesses include Mrs O Harrow Mrs Culley and Miss Moore. The program features Old Pictures in Florence by Mrs Minnie Crippen.
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Chapter
C. O. Lamson
Hotel
Russell-Lamson
P. E. Oo
C. D. O’harrow
Claude Culley
Exhibition cricket match at Byrnes park teased by St George group
Cricketers from the Sons of St George urged to attend an exhibition game at Byrnes park Sunday morning with two teams chosen the day before. Krittania lodge of Waterloo defeated Cedar Rapids lodge of Song of St George on Labor flag and the crowd will see notable players including Chick Evans of Chicago in golf related exhibition.
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Sons of
No usable headline from fragmented OCR text
The readable text is too fragmented to determine a clear event or subject. It references prices, air quality values, and Waterloo but lacks coherent facts or identities to summarize into a news item.
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Waterloo
City in Brief Entourage of visitors and events in Waterloo area
A rundown of local happenings includes visits by Arthur Zimmerman and Mrs. Clyde Gilliam, Frank Van Duyn visiting in Waterloo, and the return of Mrs. J. H. Whannel and her sons from Gladbrook. Rev. Frank W. Gowt Be Osage arrives to lead services, while Cedar Valley Baptist gathering prompts travel notes. A license is issued to Gaius R. Lapham and Irene B. Henry, and extra cars are planned for Illinois Central during Cattle Congress.
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Arthur A. Zimmerman
Ackley
Waterloo
Clyde Gilliam
Dubuque
H. B. Taylor Hoeme
Washington Street
Frank F. van Duyn
Milwaukee
George van Duyn
J. H. Whannel and Sons
Ralph
Robert
Gladbrook
Frank W. Cgowt
Osage
A. J. Busby
W. W. Wilson
San Franciseco
Cal
Gaius R. Lapham
Dysart
Irene B. Henry
la Porte City
Thomas Henry
Illinois Central
Henry Seebers
Boone
George W. Dauchy
Atrs. Seebers
Fort Sheridan
Bandit Raids Renew Distress in Mexico City
A consular report notes intensified distress in Mexico City due to railway sabotage near Vera Cruz and Cananea. fuel oil shortages cripple power and water mains, worsened sanitation and famine conditions as Carranza and Calles forces maneuver.
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Mexico City
Washington
DD. c
Vera Cruz
State Department
Nogales
Mex
Carranza
Calles
Villa Lroons
General Maytorena
Cannanea
Carranza Civil Auethoruies
Cananea
Vta
Champion Plowman Wins Another Victory
Waldo Thomas of Big Rock claimed Wheatland championship for the second time in two years. Thousands gathered as his flawless plowing left no furrow astray. Arthur Shoger won the tractor mow contest with 97.5 percent, followed by Arthur Stark and Walter Johnson.
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Aurora
Waldo Thomas
Big Rock
Wheatland
Thomas
Artur Shoger
Arthur Stark
Walter Johnson
Woman found dead in Shaker Lake after alleged assault
The body of Miss Jennie Davis was found in Shaker Lake in Cleveland, Ohio, by caretaker Robert T. Hartwick. Police suspect murder by drowning after an attack. Davis had planned to meet a male friend who says he did not keep the engagement. The lake area is wooded, where investigators believe the assault occurred.
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Cleveland
Jennie Davis
Shaker Lake
Robert T. Hartwick
Davis
Eli
Horn
Illinois Central Rail Schedule Highlights
The timetable lists trains to Dubuque and Chicago with departure times including 12:40 am bound, 4:15 am for Dubuque and Chicago, 12:05 pm from Corral to Dubuque, and 6:25 pm for the Chicago Express.
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Ast Side
Des M
Union Dev. OC. & Twin Oc
East Side
Des M2
Union Depot
Union Denon Calweth
Eastelda
Union Dep. Chicago Ltd
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Loca
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al Sidings
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Cadar Rapida
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Aim
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Cedar Tands
C. Rapids
Arcana
Ua Porta City
Robbins
Lafayette
Waverly
Dubuque
Loral
sChicago Express
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