Waterlooa Dear Falls street railway to extend into Greenfield
The Waterloo Dear Falls and Northern street railway company will abandon nine blocks of West Ninth street loop and extend Ninth street from Washington past the hospital into Greenfield addition. About 2700 feet of track will be torn up and 4000 feet laid, at an estimated cost of 4000 dollars. The project opens Ninth street, removes dangerous curves, and improves overall service for patrons near Home Park and Ninth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo, Dear Falls and Northern Street Railway Company
West Ninth Street
Ninth Street
Washington
Hospital
Greenfield Addition
C D
Cass
West Fourth
Wellington Streets
Randolph
Seventh and
Grant Avenue
Wellington
Fourth
Ninth and
Fourth Street
Seventh
Ninth
Miller's Addition
Washington Street
Ninth End
Presbyterian Hospital
Forest Avenue
Greenfield
Hammond Agenua
Steam Shovel Death of Henry Gaylor in Minnesota Area
Henry Gaylor a former Waterloo worker at Iowa Dairy was killed while operating a steam shovel near Minneapolis around 6 30 this morning. His sister Mrs John S Hansen of Waterloo was notified at 9 30 and the family prepared for his funeral. He had other relatives at Waverly. Cincinnati Aug Mrs Anna Haugh widow of Oliver C Haugh a Dayton triple murderer executed at Columbus recently sued Union Central Life Insurance for 3000 claiming premiums were accepted while her husband was in prison and after his execution. The late Governor Pattison was president of 3. J Miller has gone to Mindson at Union Mutual Life Insurance Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Gaylor
Waterloo
Iowa Dairy
Minneapolis
John S. Hansen
Mobile St. Sues
Hansen
Waverly
Cincinnati
Ang. S
Anna Haugh
Oliver C. Haugh
Dayton
Ohio
Columbus
Union Central Life Insurance Company of Cinlethneti
Annex
Governor and Pardon Board
Pattison
J. Miller
Union Mutual Life Insurance Company
Fisherman Arrested After Attempt to Throw Infant in Dubuque
In Dubuque Iowa Aug 9 special report says fisherman Richard Grant tried to fling his infant onto a railroad track as a train approached. The mother rescued the child. Grant fled tried to swim to harbor and was arrested after exhaustion. Also Bob Kennedy assaulted by a girl on Commercial Street after allegedly insulting her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Iowa
Ranhard Grant
Mississippi
Grant
Bob Kennedy
Meeting on hog raising gathers farmers in Janesville
George V Fowler of this city and William Rainbow of Pottawattamie county drove to Janesville to attend a meeting of farmers at the hotel. Rainbow, a stockman, shared how he reared two hundred hogs from April to May and sold at nine months weighing about 245 pounds each using a dry feed and pasture. The talk praised Waterloo's growth and the productive Witch region, with attendees pleased by the discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George V. Fowler
William Rainbow
Pottawattamie County
Janesville
Fowler
Rainbow
Ila
Waterloo
Funeral photographed in Washington after service
At a Washington Pennsylvania funeral for Michael Hekeski the body was removed from the coffin and a photographer photographed the corpse. Additional pictures were taken including a group shot of attendees. The purpose was to send a photo of the deceased to his widow in Austria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Michael Hekeski
Bear Independence
Austria
Engine to power gasoline street cars without poles or wires
Judge Caldwell presents a new air cooled cylinderless engine with a hollow piston and copper cooling pins. He seeks city franchise rights for a gasoline powered street car system with annual service to the business district every ten minutes and residences every fifteen, aiming to build a factory near a city to mass produce the engines for railways and street lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Caldwell
W. M. Law
L. J. Byens
Eb, M. Wyant
Julian W. Richards
E.P. Caldwell
B. P. Caldwelling
Behne
Chicago
Caldwell
Connectioon
Waterloo Cedar Falls Poultry Show Organization Formed
A meeting at Jefferson street store organized the Waterloo and Cedar Falls poultry association with a nine member catalogue committee and plans for a show in January. Judge Shaner of Warren Ohio, a renowned poultry judge, was engaged to officiate. About fifty attended, seven new members joined, and ensuing costs will be divided by prize percentage to favor both large and small exhibitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.F
Waterloo
Ceder Falls
Poulton
E.¥. Klatner
Jefferson Street
H.B. Allem
Cedar Falla
Ted Brown
Mr. Bhenck
Shaner
Warren
Destructive cyclone sweeps Winnebago and Worth counties
Aug 9 reports detail a tornado like cyclone starting near Keister Minnesota and crossing into Iowa. It damaged Life and property across Forest City and Fertile township, uprooting a $2,000 Rockstad barn, severing a railroad bridge on Lime Creek, injuring several residents, and leaving scorched groves and stripped fields in its wake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest City
Secson
Worth
Turbulent Iowa cyclone devastates farms and spares Forest City
A powerful cyclone devastated farms in Winnebago and nearby counties, destroying buildings, killing stock, and claiming the Tweed family including a boy, wife, and an adopted son. The storm split and headed toward Clear Lake and Mazon City while Forest City residents witnessed a distant, dramatic funnel cloud from Clark Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osmund- Tweed Place
Mr. Tweed
Clear Lake
Mazon City
Community Notes From Local Towns And Visits
Aug and Mrs L E Park and twins visited Dr Phillips last year Thursday. Mrs George Gould and Mrs Bert Gould with daughter visited Grandma Gould last Thursday. Mrs Bert Gould will join husband in California soon, Stanley. Washburn of Lindsay Wisconsin visited grandmother Catherine Washburn this week after a trip to Waterloo with sister Mrs Frank Barron. The stork visited John Reuber on Tuesday July 1 9th leaving a nine pound baby. Esther Lusted returned with Catharine Smith and visited friends here before returning to Cedar Falls. Bank site selected on the northeast corner of Smith’s lot north of his residence. Mrs F A Seewick and daughter Ayls with nurse Miss Tena Stewart visited Mrs Thos Smith last Thursday. Flossie Heipte returned home Wednesday evening. Mrs John Ponsford of Waterloo visited sister Mrs Riegel. The W H M S meeting was held at Mr and Mrs John Holler’s Linden Place with a well attended program and fiscal year reports. Maude Waterfield gave a reading on the topic Americanizing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Park
Phillips
George Gould
Bert Gould
Grandma Gould
California
Stanley
Washburn
Lindsay
Wis
Catherine Washburn
Waterloo
Prank Barron
John Reuber
Ags Ic
Esther Lusted
Catharine Smith
Cedar Falls
Cormer
Smith
F. A. Seewick
Ayls
Tena Stewart
Thos. Smith
Flossie Heipte
John Ponsford
Riegel
Werleavey
W. H.M. Ss
John Holler
Linden Place
Albena
Wilken
Eugens Redmomé
Don
Unisplese
Jwmal
Colorado
Dr. Phillips
Sehrader
Sower Dewar
Hawn
Frank Barron
Grandma ‘Washburn
Mig
Hate
Hazleton
Bylvester
Taylor
Town Falls
Victor
Harold
Rev. Battler
Frank -Smith
Edo
Sioux City
Esime
Avviest
Mr. Smith
Parson Smith
Fir
BH. W. Heiple
Graham Young
Ietaes Douglass
Misa Maude Waterfield
Mre
Marble
Lincomb
West
Glenn Parker
van Allen
Ella Hobson
Jamey Douglass
W. HE. Mast
Halsey
Nebraska
M. KB
Pacific Coast
St. Paul
Charles
Ben Waterfield
Epworth League
James Douglass
G. M. Miller
Hazletom
Damge
Banborn
Mary Leble
Oelwein
DB. Moore
M. R. Considine
Jesup
John Lehmkuhl
Lehmkuhl
Chicago
Milwaukee
C. H. Green
Muscatine
Davia
Green House
Green
Helen Connelly
Lehmkuhr's
Hayes King
Carton Jones
of Independence
Bt. Lake
W. T. Donahue
Alva Jardee
Watarloo
Misa Myrtie Hayes
W. P.reckemere
N. Jardee
B. Southworth
Council Bluffs
J. King
Thomas Lanigan
Dunkerton
Migs Vena Trebox
Waterloo visitors and local notes fill Fairbank page
A stream of callers from Hazleton Oelwein and Waterloo filled the Fairbank scene with family visits church attendance and social rounds. Updates cover trips to Waterloo for Mrs. Wilken and others, a wedding at the Conception church Alva Jardee and Myrtle Hayes, and local gossip on parsonage visits schooling and church events amid frequent references to neighbors and relatives.
Readyn town notes portrait of a busy day in Dewar and Barclay
A field of local life from Dewar to Waterloo shows weather hints of a good crop, Barnum posters, and a string of small events. W. Brooks policy dispute ends with a legal settlement demand. New manure spreaders arrive, a baby girl born to the Metcalfs, and social visits noted. Readlyn beat a multi-town exhibition squad 6 to 5 in a friendly game with charity betting. An encampment at Des Moines for Company B and an upcoming marriage announcement for Miss Kate Adams to Mr Shaulis are recorded. A heavy shower and wind cause tree damage as the Enterprise Threshing Co. plans work for James Taylor da Moray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RL. Clark
W. W. Brooks
Brooks
Waterloo
C.C. Bord
Des Méines
Katte
Sontag
Gil‘bertville
Readlyn
R. E. Heantsch
Chicago
Joe Fuchs
Earl Penne
Des Moines
A. A. Adams
Kate Adams
Mr. Shaulis
Shavlig
Enterprise Threshing
James Taylor da
Denver Area News Highlights and Local Notes
Henry Bruns and Henry Dickman with Mrs Dickman returned from Mason City. Beckle is building a large hog house on his farm south of town. About twenty residents went to Electric Park Sunday evening. Foundations for John Homrighaus residence underway with Will Schroder contracted. Herman Merer prepares the new house foundation. Dr. Krueger of Chicago, Brg John Homrighaus nephew, visits relatives. Albert Buss ill with inflammatory rheumatism. Young folks enjoyed a social dance at the hall Friday night. A baby was christened at Albert Buss’s home last Sunday. Fred Beckle suffered a serious knee injury from a nail last week. Mr and Mrs Arthur Kingamav visit her parents, Dir and Mrs Will Briden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Bruns
Henry Dickman
Lewis DicksMan
Mason City
Beckle
Electric’ Park
John Homrighaus
Will. Schroder
Dr. Krueger
Chicago
Brg
Albert Buss
Fred. Beckle
Arthur Kingamav
Dir
Will Briden
McGuigan resigns from Great Northern amid disputes
McGuigan first vice president of the Great Northern railroad quits citing personal differences with J J Hill and dictatorial management. A separate brief notes the marriage of Miss Kiva M. Garland of Sumner to Mr. Michael J. Malloy of Oelwein solemnized in the office of Justice A P Kepford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Minn
F. M. Ofulgen
Great Northern Railroad
McGuigan
J. J. Hi
Great Northern
Hill
A. P. Kepford
Kiva M. Garland
Sumner
Michael J. Malloy
Oelwein
Also Mentioned on This Page
West Ninth Street Loop
Will
C. D. Case
Home Park
Mne
Gaylor
Waterlooan
Minneap
Girl
Negro
WM. Rainbow
G. V. Fowler and
Rainbow Make
Gorpse
le Fur
Hae
Frusta
Winnebago
LAW
Storm
Osmund
Tweed Fertile Township
Tweed
I A. &. Nolsan
Fertile Township
Keister
Gatinett
Lyn Btorby
Newton Township
Lime Creek
Center Town
C.T. Rockstad
Center Township
Atrenta
Lake Milla
Ut of
Acream
Q. Sobeon
Bury
Hows
Winnebago County
Quits & Dumber
Sunderland Plate
Ling
Worth County
Kettle Township
A. 8
Nelson
Fary
Fertile
Clark Street
Nowa
Aymond
Joe Raymond
Familly
Walter
Cap
Bod
Fairbank
Dewar
S. Heinle
John Koster
Schmitt Bros
John Kelley
D. E. Metcalf
Denver
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