Murder charge surfaced in Eagle Grove stabbing case
Irving Wren is in custody after allegedly stabbing Geo Wendell in Eagle Grove with a jack knife following a dispute over liquor money. Wendell, a butcher, is seriously wounded but expected to recover. Wren, 25, previously lived in the area and surrendered after the attack. no arraignment date set until Wendell’s condition stabilizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Wren
Dan Wren
Eagle Grove
Geo. Wendell
Wendell
Wren
East Side
Hagle Grove
Nebraska
Freeman-Tribune
George Wendell
Dolly Varden delights Webster City in big musical
A large Webster City audience praised the amateur production Dolly Varden at the armory opera house. Maude Soule as Dolly displayed charm and a fine voice. Will B. Rood played Captain Belville. The show featured Prof A. E. Bullock Ernest F. Robinson Mrs W H Cook and local groups including the Elks and the Choral Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolly Varden
Dolly
Teresa Treat
Letitia
Miss Treat
Warren B. Dodge
Captain Harcourt
Elvin A. Young
Gayspark
Mr. Dodge
Harcourt
Geo. E. Younkee
Julia Frank
Frank Strauser
Ray B. Hall
Dick Mullins
John Wairfax
Lovers’ Lane
A. E. Bullock
Ernest Robinson
W. H. Cook
Lieben
Omaha
Ernest F. Robinson
The
Elks
Choral Club
Webster City
Hamilton County
Armory Opera House
John Fairfax
London
Dick Belville
King’s Guards
Fairfax
Belville
Lord Gayspark
Beau Brummel
Horace Harcourt
Miss Maude Soule
Will B. Rood
Soule
Webster City Radiator Plant Prospects Sought
No new developments emerge on rebuilding the Webster City Steel Radiator plant. Negotiations with Great Western Heater of Des Moines for a consolidation continue, with stockholders deciding to circulate the subscription paper and reconvene for a definite pledge and plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Young
F. A. Sackett
J. W. Allington
Great Western Company
R. J. Shank
Des Moines Company
Webster City Steel
Great Western Heater Company
Des Moines
Hamilton County State Bank
S. M. Wilson
Webster
Oscar Short Scheduled for Clarion to Hayfield Mail Run
Oscar Short will move from this city to Clarion to take a new mail clerk run between Clarion and Hayfield on the Chicago Great Western. He has recently worked on the Central between this city and Dubuque and on the Dubuque to Chicago route. The new run offers shorter hours making it more desirable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Short
Clarion
Hayfield
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Oscar
Central
Dubuque
Chicago
Des Moines Speaker Hellen Shines in Public Orator Spotlight
C. D. Hellen arrived in Des Moines as a public speaker and quickly drew demand at public functions. He jokes that he has never given a formal speech in his life, yet shines in gabfests, while a public man who can't speak well is at a handicap in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman-Tribune
H. D. Ballard
Ballard
Harry Copperwall
Des Moines
C. D. Hellen
Births in Hamilton County Count 3878 in 1906
Assessors report 3878 births in Hamilton County during 1906 with 193 girls and 185 boys. Webster City contributed 32 births with 16 girls and 16 boys, Scott township 32, Williams Stanhope and Kamrar each three. Returns from cities, villages and townships are listed.
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Hamilton County
Scott Township
Williams
Stanhope
Kamrar
Stork
Male Fem
Blairsburg . Inc
Blairsburp
Cass
Clear Lake
Elsworth Taene
Ellsworth
Freedom
Fremont
Hamilton
Independence
Jewell
Eee
Liberty
Lyon
Lincoln
Marion
Scott
Stratford
Rose Grove
Randall Webster City
Webster
Wiliams Ee
Tragic Freight Death of Roy H. McGuire in Manchester
Roy H. McGuire, Fireman on an Illinois Central freight, fell from moving cars near Manchester between 12 and 1 a.m. He was 30, leaving a wife, three children, and his parents in Waterloo and Manchester. He had lived in the area since childhood and worked with the Central railroad, with a promotion to engineer anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy H. McGuire
D. McGuire
Illinois Central
Manchester
McGuire
Freeport
Waterloo
Roy McGuire
Macomb County
Illinois
Tlingis Central Railroad
The
Central
Iris
Claude
Jessie Gouge
J. D. McGuire
Unclaimed letters in Webster City post office week ending June 4 1907
Unclaimed items listed include Acme Chemical Co. Wm. Kobbntz John White. Letters not called for will be sent to the dead letter office in two weeks. R. G. Clark P. M. directs notice from Webster City post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
Acme Chemical Co
Wm. Kobbntz
John White
Washington, D. C
Northwestern Announces Schedule Changes For Trains
The Northwestern railroad plans radical changes next Sunday June 9 18 affecting travel in this city. The Register and Leader lists some changes though additional alterations are rumored in railroad circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagle Grove
Des Moines
Ames
Minneapolis
Register and Leader
Eagle Grove
Northwestern Railroad
Lst
Clr
City Water Improves After Source Identified
State Chemist reports water sample shows great improvement though not yet normal. City officials traced impurity to a surface water entering a near non-pumping well and remedied the issue. Ongoing work on mains and tank continues to restore clean supply. Waudena Hunter, Mason City girl, remains in critical condition after bicycle accident on a sidewalk. Webster City sidewalks breach criticized as ordinance enforcement lags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinney
Des Moines
Water Committee
Green
Waudena Hunter
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Wendrell
Miss Varden
Ly Varden
Lotal
Des Moines Capital
Young
and Body
Ilinois Central
Illinois: Central
R. G. Clark, P. M
Northwestern
McKid
Ney
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