Erect Church in Only Few Months Dedication Reported
Nashua Iowa April 19 Special The Christian denomination dedicated a new 3000 house of worship at Republic six miles east of Nashua last Sunday. Plans began after tent meetings at Republic started July 22 1909 and the church now seats 30 by 40 feet with side room and gallery. A gifted organ was donated by Cedar Rapids donors. Subscriptions raised over 1500 toward the 3000 cost, State Secretary B S Denny announced financials.
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Nashua
Republic
Evangelist C. £. Chambers
Church of Christ
B. $. Denny
Des Moines
Denny
EB. E. Tucker
Feuchitwanger
Laura Sperry
Cedar Rapids
Eigers
Wm. Tucker
Wm. Strike
Lou Maine
S. de Groff
Andrew Johnson
B. Peterson
Ailfee’ Tucker
Durcan
LeCoulloch
Anna Stephens
Metzger Resigns From Western Union Posts
Henry W Metzger manager of Western Union s commercial office in Mt Auburn has resigned and will leave about May 1 His successor will arrive to relieve him He will enter business for himself at Muscatine becoming secretary of a building and loan association there backed by prominent local merchants Mary Abbott Was BR passer Cedar Rapids visit etc
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Henry W. Metzger
Western Union
Muscatine
Mt. Auburn
Mary Abbott
Cedar Rauids
Josephine Webster
Dysart
Margaret Wilkinson
Henry Welsart
Canada
Milton Heath
Lara. Lineham
Cedar Rapids
Mt. Vernon
Mr. Heath
Ada Call
LaPorte City
Ars
Henry Weisart
Henry Jasib
Lamb
Lloyd
Matt Swinacy
Waterloo
Jean Lorimer
Leeta Lawmh
Omaha
le Clark
Jamesport
Moa
Epworth League
Jenk’s Hall
Frank Dixon
Missouri
Seattle
Mrs. Charles
Marshall Declines Senate Run Amid Indiana Delegates Hope
Indianapolis April 20 In a move against internal party opposition Marshall refused to run for the United States Senate. He argued delegates from election districts are better suited than legislators to choose a senator, relying on public consent rather than party dictates. He reiterated he cannot seek another office while serving as governor, stating his four year term is his priority and employers demand his best service. Weather notes follow with Des Moines reporting a warm start and cooler finish with scattered showers.
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Indianapolis
United States Senate
Marshall
Washington
United States
Indiana
Local social notes and arrivals from town
Mrs William Afoon confined at home with sickness. Jake Huffman called to Boone for death in family. Fred Putman parents of Attie born Tuesday April 123. Mattie Watson visiting sister at Miller le. Joel Briscoe acts city marshal this week. Van McEniry returns to Tacoma to resume university studies. Perry couple welcome baby boy born Sunday April 10. Ed Barth visits Waterloo Cedar Falls for state ladies organization. Myra Sanford and Lottie Ingalls depart for Minneapolis toward Great Falls Mont. C Gates mother of Charles Gates breaks arm. Joe Neal visits from Lambert. Mrs W Erret hosts Little Girls birthday party. M MacEarry named administrator of Matt Siggins estate.
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Willam Afoon
Jake Huffman
Boone
Fred Putman
Attie Son
Mattie Watson
Fred Steiff
Miller
Joel Briscoe
Ed John
van McEniry
Tawa
City
Perry
Ed Barth
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Ladies of the
G,adr
Myra Sanford
Lottie Ingalls
I. A. Ingalls
Minneapolis
Great Falls
Mont
C. Gates
Charles Gates
Joe Neal
Lambert
Minn
Ristan
W. Erret
Norma
M. McEarry
Matt Siggins
Pact of death by own action in Knoxville case
Mrs Thomas Slocum about 40 and Willis Crabtree a boy of 149 years died by suicide on Saturday at the Slocum home in Knoxville Iowa. Slocum slashed her throat after taking poison believed to be strychnine while Crabtree swallowed poison upon arrival. Coroner to hold an inquest. no further facts expected.
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Knoxville
Iowa
Thomas Stocum
Willis Crabtree
Crabtree
Mrs. Slocum
Slocum
Not all frost damage as feared by farmers in April snow
Chicago reports suggest initial estimates of enormous losses from frost are exaggerated. While fruit and grain suffered, the overall damage is unlikely to be severe except in Iowa where losses may reach 6 to 16 million dollars. Forecasters hoped rain would come to save spring crops and the cloudy skies were helping prevent further frost.
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Fruis
Chicago
Boards of Agriculture
Towa
Mississippi Valley
Mark Twain Grow Weaker In Connecticut Report
Redding Conn April 4 The condition of Ramee L Clamens Mark Twain is perceptibly weaker. Ex Consul Drad Calumet Mich April 20 Edn F Bishop 63 years old is dead at his home at Dollar Bay He was United States consul under Cleveland at Chatham Ont
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Redding, Conn
Ramee L. Clamens
Mark Twain
Drad
Calumet
Mich
F. Bishop
Dollar Bay
United States
Cleveland
Chatham
Ont
Wife Seeks 50,000 Alimony in Divorce Suit
Eldora April report details Charles Kasiske arrested after threats to kill and terrorize his family. Mrs Kasiske seeks $50,000 alimony, claiming cruel and inhuman treatment since their 1832 marriage, eight children, three minors. Kasiske denies allegations. attorney hints at envy of his large 300 acre farm in dispute. Neighborly motives and property interests noted.
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Eldora
Charles Kasistke
New Providence
Walsh
Eltora
Masieke
Kasiseke
Kasiscke
Kestscke
Hardin County
Charles A. Rogers
Kasische
Mr. Kasische
Married. Laura Weis Weds Roy Gholson in Waterloo Home
A beauty wedding at 2 PM at Henry Weis’s residence in Waterloo joined Laura Sophia Weis and Roy Peter Gholson of Denver. Rev. George W. Hinkle officiated before about twenty relatives. The couple left on the 4:23 train to Denver for their new home. Bride wore embroidered white gown with orange blossoms. bridesmaids and family celebrated with a luncheon.
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Henry Weis
Laura Sophia
Roy Peter Gholson
Denver
Colo
George W. Hinkle
Christ Episcopal Church
Lohengrin
Mildred Weis
Rock Island
Coto
Killarney
Waterloo
Lfe
Burlington
St. Mary
Swope Murder Trial Opens With Defense Fire
Frank H. Walsh outlines Hyde defense asserting Swope drank for 25 years and used a strychnine tonic, questions prosecution methods, and claims Swope’s death resulted from apoplexy. Hyde and wife’s contentment attacked, Twyman dies during trial, state reliance on his testimony emphasized.
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Kansas City
B. C. Hyde
Frank H. Walsh
Swope
Becker-Statler Wedding In Winnebago And Waterloo Pair Wed
Last evening at 9 o'clock at the residence of Rev. Frank Cole of the First M. E. church in Waterloo, Alfred Statler and Marie Theresa Becker were married. Statler works as a mechanic at the Litchfield plant and Becker formerly was a dressmaker in Waterloo. The couple will reside here and receive many good wishes from friends.
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Andrew. J. Hubbard
Margaret Hickey
Sheldon
Town
Father Mulcahy
Illinois Central
Herrick Refrigerator’ Company
Lundgren
Paul Victor
Mame M. Current
Gedar
Rapids
Lime Street
G. W. Hinkle
Christ Episcopal Church
Martin
Rumored Uprising in Santa Clara Sparks Military Move
Havana reports a night departure of a special train with infantry and machine guns under General Rivas from Camp Columbia toward Santa Clara. Officials deny any disorder while noting suppressed excitement among Santa Clara's Black population due to incendiary speeches by a Black agitator. Soldiers sent for moral effect.
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Havana
Rivas
Camp Columbia
Santa Clara
Leiva
Evaristo Estenez
Gas Jet Leak Kills Fire Captain’s Wife and Two Daughters
Chicago reports a fatal gas leak at the home of Fire Captain Daniel McNamara. Mrs Nelita McNamara and her two daughters, ages fourteen and twelve, were found asphyxiated by a defective gas jet.
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Chicago
Nelita McNamara
Daniel McNamara
Prize Ring Battle Ends In Lethal Boxing Death
In Philadelphia on April 19 Frank Cole a lightweight boxer from the city died from injuries suffered in a boxing match last night against Stanley Rodgers Rodgers is detained without bail awaiting coroner’s action. The referee and several witnesses were also held.
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Philadelphia
Frank Cole
Puginlat
Stanley Rodgers
Rodgers
Strawberry crop outlook despite frost doubts
A letter from D Finnerty of Waterlon dated April urges readers not to overstate frost damage to the strawberry crop. He notes five to six acres of bearing beds show no serious harm, cites favorable conditions for a strong season, and predicts strawberry harvest potential and related yields.
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Goon News
Courier
Stranger Kidnaps a Girl Near Dewar Iowa
A blue closed carriage stranger targeted seven to eight year olds near a schoolhouse. He seized Circus, seven, from a roadside group, forcing her into his vehicle before a farmer intervened and the kidnapper fled. Mothers fear for daughters’ safety spreads through rural areas.
Buried Alive as Ditch Caves on County Farm
Albert Folda, a tile-layer, narrowly escaped death when a trench at the county home farm caved in. About a ton of earth collapsed on him. he was rescued an hour later by fellow workers, suffocated and bruised but alive.
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Town City
Evening Press
Albert Folda
Bryce to Visit Grinnell Iowa in April
Grinnell Iowa reports that James Bryce English ambassador to the United States and author of The American Commonwealth will arrive April 26. He will address at the Congregational church that evening and speak to Grinnell College students on the morning of the 27th before traveling to Des Moines. Bryce is a longtime friend of Grinnell professor Jesse Macy author of English government texts widely used in Britain.
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Grinnell
Iowa
James Bryce
United States
Des Moines
Jesse Macy
Macy
Child's Baby Gets Present From Durham Friend
Chicago mayor Busse received by mall a tiny pair of blue shoes for Annie Epps, a 10-year-old girl who became a mother at the county hospital on April 6. The shoes were a gift from a Durham friend of North Carolina, signed A Friend. The mayor said he would send the shoes today.
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Chicago
Busse
Mall
Annie Epps
Durham
North Carolina
Buss
Hale and Aldrich Roth to Retire from Senate
Augusta Me April 19 Positive announcement of Eugene Hale’s retirement from the United States senate was made here today Washington April 19 Senator Hale Maine the man who next to Aldrich has wielded great power in senate control will retire at end of his present term The retirement follows Aldrich’s confirmation of his own plan to quit at term end The surprise retirement triggers a bitter Maine contest and reflects health strain on Hale who will be 64 in June Aldrich will not seek re election retiring March 3 1911 after consulting physicians in New York a week ago
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Augusta
Eugene Hale
United States Senate
Washington
Maine
Aldrich
Senate
Hale
Congress
New England
Fruit Damage in Boone County Expected Losses
Boone Iowa April 19 A B Frampton Iowa's horticulturalist expert said Boone county fruit damage could reach 66000 to 100000 dollars. The oats crop is uninjured.
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Boone
Evening Press
A. B. Frampton
Iowa
Boone County
Murdered Girl Ruth Wheeler Case Opens in New York Court
In New York on April 20 Albert Walter faced Ruth Wheeler's mother, the murdered stenographer, as she testified for the state. Assistant district attorney Frank Moss indicated the case would hinge on circumstantial evidence and promised to prove the killer strangled and incinerated the body, naming Walter as the perpetrator after a waiter described finding the upper body bundle.
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New York
Albert Walter
Ruth Wheeler
Rail bill angers Minnesota lawmakers in protest
St Paul Minnesota April 20 attorney general Simpson and three members of the state railroad and warehouse commission telegraphed Congressman Stevens and other Minnesota representatives in Congress protesting the administration bill to strip states of the right to regulate railroads.
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St. Paul, Minn
Guy
Eberhart
Simpson
State Railroad and Warehouse Commination
Stevens
Minnesota
Congress
Washington
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H.W. Metzger
Reinbeck
West
F. C. Weis
Mildred
Coffeyville
Kan
Albert Weis
Decatur
Ala
Elizabeth Klopfenstein
Katherine
A. C.zaiser
Ruth Melcher
J. E. Johnson
St. Paul's M.E. Church
Lucy Maud McKibben
John B. McKibben
William Glenn Hawkins
Litchfield Company
Conger Street
Cedar, Rapids
Marlon
G.-H. Lutz
Herman Everhart
Sadie Lutz
H. H. Everhart
Marion
Herman Woerbart
Hyde
Will
Contentment
Scope
Moss Hunton
Hunton
Twyman
Latewig Hektoen
Walter S.haines
Victor ©. Vaughan
Ann Arbor
Lt. Hyde
Thomas H
Chrisman Swope
Logan Swope
Logan O. Swope
Dr. Hyde
Dr. Twyman
Swone
Swopa
D. Finnerty
Waterlon, April
Dewar
Man
Circus
Hale and
Aldrich Roth
Iil Health
Ion
Senator Aldrich
Boone CO
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