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Multiple Local Items Sighted In Postville and Surrounds
A survey of last week's notices shows Misa Amelia Schroeder visiting Postville with her parents, traffic in San Francisco regulated by electric semaphores, and eight cars stolen in Waterloo over the past fortnight. Reports include family visits, poultry and egg prices, a sheriff’s note on a river bridge, a Mississippi flood forecast, a fluency of local business ads, and political commentary referencing Lincoln, catarrh remedies, and wartime bonds. The page also notes road and tire testing, school consolidation growth, and a mix of farm, fertilizer, and real estate snippets from the Iowa region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Amelia Schroeder
Postville
San
Frank Hunsberger
Sam
Wm. Walther
Leo
Hikader
Gus Boyer
Mississippi
Weibel Brothers Mill
Chicago
Amy Layton
West Union
Ossian
Hol Klingman
J. D. Shaffer
New Hampton
Hawkeye Road
Manchester
G. L. Ward
Waterloo
Minnesota
Ilinois
Central
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Illinois Central
Great Western
Burlington
Abraham Lincoln
Hall
P. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
John H
Bower
Clinton Armory
G. Stoshr
St. Paul
Albert Gehring
Rhode Island
Win
Holzer
Ben Weibel
J. H. Schumpp
Algona
Germany
Ad.mands
Stephen A. Do Welas
Maynard
India
Farley & Loertscher
Iowa
Waukon
Fayette County
Elgin Land Company
Thos. Knudtson
Elgin
W. 8. Hart
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Reichstag
Bismark
House of
Russia
Europe
Decorah