Preacher Robbed at Great Western Depot in Pickpocketing
Rev G E Baker aged about 75, a pioneer Methodist minister, was robbed of $110 at the West Side Great Western depot. He misplaced the money after his coat was crushed and unbuttoned. Detectives and railroad agents detained two suspects for identification, but none were charged. Baker regrets not keeping the money in his vest pocket. The incident occurred as he prepared to move to Kansas City.
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Baker
Upper Laws Conference
Railroads
McClure
Barnum & Bailey Show
Logan House
Marriages Reported With Clergy at Waterloo Area
Grace V Simmons of Waterloo and Perry W Abbott of La Porte Cox wed at Rev E D Huh s home this afternoon and will reside on a La Porte farm. Bea Brown of Waterloo and George Van Devener of Storm Lake wed last evening at Franklin Street. couple to live near Storm Lake. Evelyn Rodney and Abraham Foster wed this morning in Independence and travel to Minneapolis St Paul for their honeymoon aboard a Central passenger train. Mr Foster is an undertaker with BR G Swan. Miss Rodney is a well known Independence young lady. PF H Winslow, injured in a fall at the Commercial block, shows slow improvement. X ray reveals broken holes in heel. cast applied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Huh
Grace V. Simmons
Waterloo
Perry W. Abbott
la Porte Cox
Brown van Devener
Bea Brown
George van Devener
Storm Take
Franklin Street
D. Hull
Grace M. E. Church
van Devener
Storm Lake
Evelyn Rodney
Achibald Foster
Independence
Logan Neuse
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Mr. Poster
BR. G. Swan
Miss Rodney
PF. H. Winslow
Chicago Markets Report from Waterloo Iowa Furnished by Lamson Bros
Chicago markets report from Waterloo Iowa lists grain provisions stocks and bonds. Estimated receipts for hogs cattle and sheep show hogs about 1 000 and sheep around 22 000 with cattle import steady while the hog market opens slower and sheep price declines noted. Blevert and Larrabee manage the office at 6263 Sycamore street with attention to cash grain.
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Lamson Bros
Sycamore Street
Waterloo
Iowa
Blevert & Larrabee
C. B
Chicago
Waterloo Markets Report August 29 1907
Market quotations from Waterloo show prices for flour, bran, wheat, corn, rye, hay, and straw. Cattle, hogs, calves, poultry, hides, wool, and sheep pelts listed by Colin Bros to aid buyers and sellers. includes general farm goods demand and raw commodity values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Peenrtes Oh
Lownes
Car Creamery
Butler Dairy Futter
Tom Turkers
Colin Bros
Barry
Ehaffy
Widower Advertises for Wife and Wages of Homemaker
A Waverly widower Burns with three children advertised for a wife to act as housekeeper. A Waterlooo woman answered, they married about three weeks ago and moved to Waterloo. She reportedly left him this Monday, and he is investigating her past conduct from her Waterlooo residence, finding unpaid bills.
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Burns
Waterio
Waterloo
Illness Touches City Notables As Family Improves
Mrs. 7. FB. King, summoned to Charles City by her daughter Mrs. W. L. Rhinesmith’s illness, returned home as her daughter showed marked improvement. Miss Hattie King visited briefly. M. L. Newton, chief engineer of rapid transit lines, has suffered four days with a severe throat affliction and can hardly speak, though reports indicate gradual improvement. He remains at his desk saying he is not doing any scolding at present.
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FB. King
Charles City
W. L. Rhinesmith
Hattie King
M. l. Newton
Iowa to complete rural free delivery by next year
Des Moines reports Senator Spillman of the rural free delivery department says by year’s start the state will have a near complete rural route service. More than 60 of 95 counties already covered, with expansion to continue. Illinois leads, Ohio next. Spillman praises the Iowa highway commission and urges study of its road manual to keep routes from being discontinued for bad roads.
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Des Moines
Iowa
W. R. Spillman
Rural Free Delivery Department
Mr. Spillman
Spillman
Tallerday dies of heart trouble in Los Angeles
Telegram from Los Angeles reports the death of Frank G. Tallerday, formerly with Tallerday Steel Pipe & Tank Co now Kelly Manufacturing Co. He died of heart trouble after a period of illness. He leaves a wife, two children and a brother in Belvidere Illinois, a Los Angeles burial is likely. Tallerday helped form the Tallerday Manufacturing Co. in California, a prosperous steel tanks business. He was a brother-in-law of H. B. Kelly of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Frank G. Tallerday
Tallerday Steel Pipe & Tank Co
The
Kelly Manufacturing Co
Belvidere
Tallerday
California
W. P. Finnerty
Talterday Manufacturing Co
H. B. Kelly
Death of J. P. Tour in Ft Dodge
J P Tour longtime Ft Dodge resident dies at home on Fifth Avenue North at 55 from appendicitis after a brief illness. Born in Steeden in 1842, he married Christina Peters decades ago and moved to the United States before settling in Ft Dodge twenty five years ago, where he was well known and respected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft Dodge
J. P. Tour
Fifth Avenue North
Tour
Steedeam
Christina Petersson
Dunkanevcon Event Brings Millinery Stock to Town
Mrs. Rena Wrestle at Dunkerivcon near Dunkerton Australia bought a large stock of fall and winter millinery goods. Mrs. Wilcox and her son Ford are visiting Wisconsin. Panama Medicine Company arrived on Thursday the 24th for a week’s stay. Miss Lenn Ortner received a diamond ring during a group event.
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Dunkerton
Aus
Rena Wrestle
Paul
Wilcox
Ford
Wisconsin
Panama Medicine Company
Lenn Ortner
Waverly area recap: car accident and local notes
A Waverly to Janesville trip ended when a Winton touring car struck a tile trench two miles south of town at 30 mph. Mr and Mrs J E Moore and daughter escaped unharmed. The car was towed to town by Anton Bruns with a new axle from Austin. Nearby items recount Chapin’s calf story, farm value growth, Slimmer’s visit, Geo Dawson buying over 260 acres, an annual Odd Fellows Rebekahs picnic in Lyndale Park, and Kelley Canning factory work starting next Monday. Nelson Bucklin and Hattie Mough of Cedar Falls obtained a Bremer county marriage license on Aug 24.
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Republican and Independent
Winton
Janesville
J. E. Moore
Mason City
Chicago
Anton Bruns
Austin
Minn
Liman Chapin
Wapsie
Lyman
Fremont Township
Chapin
Waulpsie
A. Slimmer
Dubuaque
Slimmer
Waverly
Waterloo
Geo. Dawson
Kelley Canning Factory
Nelson Bucklin
Hattie Mwough
Cedar Falls
Bremer County
Sier
Justice
Denver area social notes from Waterloo and Waverly visits
Bliss Laura Ashworth and Roy George were in Waterloo on Tuesday. Several residents from Waterloo and nearby towns visited Waverly and Grundy Center last week. Friends and relatives, including Mrs F F Weigert, Miss Lola Valentine, Miss Ida Pepno, and Miss Dantelg from Waverly, were noted visitors. Travel included trips to Mason City, Cedar Falls, Tripoli, and North Dakota with various family gatherings and callers.
Visit notes and social items from the Midwest
Bertha Burge visited Janesville last week while Deora Willarm and Anna Willarm from Waterloo visit Denver friends. Mrs. G Judas is on the sick list. The Ladies Aid met at Mrs Henry Dickman’s Thursday afternoon. Heitie of Bremer and Schroeder of Chicago spent days in Denver visiting relatives at John Wente’s home, where their baby was christened Sunday. Charley Prestine of Tripoli spent Sunday with his brother Henry and traveled to Des Moines Monday. Mrs Austin Mishler and daughter Nora visited Waterloo where Nora broke her arm.
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Dewar
Join Ortner
Pnity
Andrew Ortner
Mr. Creier
Alice Wheeler
Presha
Ty St. Paul
John ¢Kane
Waterloo
Ben Shimp
Ilnois
Fred Sass
Fred Hein
Henry Pocock
Oriska
N. D
George McNellis
C. Buhner
Juke Muhlig
Otto Buhner
Grandpa Liebert
Wisconsin
Barclay
Dunkerton
Fairbank
Readlyn
Will Bass, Jr
Bertha Burge
Janesville
Deora
Anna Willarm
Denver
G. Judas
Ladies’ Aid Society
Henry Dickman
Mr. Heitie
Bremer
Mrs. Schroeder
Chicago
John Wente
Charley Prestine
Tripoli
Henry
Des Moines
Austin Mishler
Nora
Raymond
Mable
Bell
Ft. Dodge
Hawn
St. Louis
John Wingert
Fischel
George Smale
Cedric
Raymond Sheppard
Byron, Nl
G. Weick
William Clough
Carl
Charles Breitz
Wilhelmina Manske
Théodore Schmidt
Anna Schmidt
John Bickel
Berg
Stork
Glen Poyner
Frank Youngblut
Rottler
Diebuque
Elizabeth Fischel
Margie Taylor
Rev
Lutz
Charles Breitzman
Bekes
Little Daughter
Nashua
John O’connell
Women's Home
John Busey
Charley Prangley
Presbyterian Hospital
Ackley
Henry Althouse
J. R. Gay
la Porte
Iowa
V. W. Roosevelt
Oklahoma City
LA. Tilton
Lynch & Bannon
Elmira Vroom
Miss Nettie
W. Vroom
Bremer Court Notes Open Busy September Term
The September term of Bremer County district court opens next Monday with Judge Clyde presiding. Thirteen civil cases have trial notices filed and five criminal cases likely to be disposed of, including three Charles City youths for breaking and entering stores. Also charged are Charles Peck of Readlyn, and Joe Kroeblin of Sumner. Thirty-four new cases, eight divorces, and various trial notices mark the docket, with local social and travel notes interwoven among court entries.
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Clyde
Charles City
Charles Peck
Readlyn
Joe Kroeblin
Sumner
Augusta Walters
Jessie Mabel Shaffer
Charles E. Shaffer
Maggie Puffer
John Puffer
Fannie B. Ager
J. N. Ager
Sarah Berry
Wm. Berry
Harry B. Black
Gofitheh Klesel
Anna Bennett
Wr. Lutz Estate
John H. Lutz
First ‘National Bank of
Forest City
Towa
M. BE. M. Schiesinger
A. P Griffith
Anchor Fire
Jacob W. Benz
James A. Smith
W. R. Dyas
Elias Reynolds
Martin Clary
Timothy Clary
Dietrich Kirchhoff
Hohnshehn Cream
Raymond Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Plans
Raymond, Aug. 26. Mrs. John Holler of Waterloo visits her daughter Mrs. Jude Perry while Rev. Hawn spent days in Des Moines. Sylvester Taylor 16 plans a Des Moines state fair stop after a visit with his daughter. Miss Pennell and brothers of Toledo, Iowa, visit cousins Miss Ethel and Howard Gatton. Miss Maude and Ben Waterfield attend a surprise party at Hol Beckley’s six miles...
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Raymond
John Holler
Waterloo
Jude Perry
Hawn
Des Moines
Sylvester Taylor
Pennell
Brothers
Toledo
Ethel
Howard Gagton
Maude
Ben Waterfield
Hol, Beckley’s
Miles
Hudson Social Notes and Visits Spread Across Iowa
Hudson residents report visits among family and friends with trips to Waterloo Cedar Falls Des Moines and Britt. B M Sweitzer opens an office in his implement warehouse as local folks travel for fairs and to visit relatives including Blanche Thompson Martha Bedford Besse Hattie Smith and CG Abb family members from Chicago also in attendance.
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Besse
Waterloo
Tomi Glenny
Hattie Smith
Des Moines
A. Melz
Ochayedan
Iowa
Danial Watters
Charles Hollis
Cedar Falls
H. Abb
Chicago
Local Social Notes and Illness Updates
Mrs. Fred Baldwin and her young daughter visited Waterloo on Thursday. W J Gutknecht’s son Vrank returned from Waterloo after tuberculosis surgery, with a successful outcome. Mrs. P J Funke and son Charlie shopped in Waterloo. Hazel McBain, visiting grandparents Levi and Mrs Shafter, returned home to Buffalo Center. Dewey Garner injured his foot when a cement machine crushed his toe at work with J A Parsons’ crew.
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Fred Baldwin
Waterloo
Vrank
W. J. Gutknecht
P. J. Funke
Charlie
Hazel McBain
Levi Shafter
Buffalo Center
Dewey Garner
J. A. Parson's
Irish Leader McKenna Arrested With Followers in Longford
Longford Ireland Aug 29 Irish nationalist candidate Mr McKenna for South Longford and seventeen supporters were arrested on charges same as James P Farrell and forty others, for participating in an unlawful assembly likely to cause a riot. They face trial after McKenna warned government policy risked peace and sparked revolution as elections approach to fill vacancy from Edward Blake’s ill health.
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Longford
Ireland
Mr McKenna
South Longford
James P. Farrell
McMcikenna
Edward Blake
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Yestergy
Catdle
New York
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Amalgamated Copper
Anaconda
American Smelter
Wee So
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Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Canadian Pacific
Colorado
Erie
Sleerer Bos Newart Central
Pennsylvania
Amd
Pauls
United States Steel
Common
United States Steel, Pfd
Ady American Sigur
Bidesteps Parcels Post
Stillman
Parcels Post
Department
Meyer
Parcel Post
Congress
Deatic
Dodge
Dunkeivcon
Waverly and Vicinity
Bliss Laura Ashworth
Roy George
John Kehe
Lou Reidesel
William Greaning
F. F. Weigert
Ashworth
Kruger
Bristow
Theo
Elsie Bennett
Grundy Genter
Lola Valentine
Ida Pepno
Martha Neverman
Charley Woodworth
Frank Massie
Henry Brutis
Waterlon
Lobeck
Fred Seegers
Lou
Noiting
Clinton
H.C
Bruns
Hilda
Bertha Geease
Anto
Laura Ashworth
Minnie
Philips
Cedar Falla
Tile
Ida Guenther
Leavitt & Johnson National Bank
Comptroller's
United States
U. S
J. E. Sepowick
Ira Ropamar
W.fl
C. E. Prexert
Euma Ropamar
Jarvey
Bremer Court Notes
Hudson
W. H. Langlass
Buford, Colo
Zellhoeffer
Lilian Mack
Chicago Great Western
Ames
Iowa Agricultural College
Mark
J. B. O' Keepfe
John
Jeffers
Lowa
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