Recall of 1906 reveals record receipts for county superintendent
The 1906 annual report shows county superintendent receipts and disbursements at a record high of 1120 dollars, the largest since 1894, driven by increased state certificate fees, summer school enrollments, and ticket sales for the Chautauqua institute, while teacher certificates peaked in 1876 with 677 applicants amid post panic hardship.
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Inniftute
Blackhawk County
Chautauqua Institute
Tragedies of Year Highlight Waterloo Death Toll in 1906
A Waterloo paper lists sixteen local fatalities in 1906 with causes ranging from railway accidents at Mulberry street and Manchester to drownings in Cromfine’s lake and Crumfine’s lake. Included are deaths by coal gas, morphine overdose, and a struck by engine incident, plus one from a pitching ball and another by a livery barn fall.
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Waterloo
L. Husted
Ilinois
Mulberry Street
Vienna
Thos, McLarnan
Nashua
Presbyterian Hospital
Stafford M. Keenan
Tremont Hotel
Roy Ickes
Millinois Central
Manchester
James Dewar
Martin L. Annang
Herbert M. Whitney
Red Cedar Ball Park
Leo Hollar
Cromfive’s Lake
H. Perry
Crumfine's Lake
Will Hall
John Barratt
Roy Farneworth
Great Western
Carl Thurston
George Meeker
Christine Roller
Mlingis Central
Logan Ayete Crossing
Will Robinson
Regisa
Canada
Sheriff Office Returns Fees In 1906 Year Summary
The sheriff J D Caldwell reports a net fee return of 81556.53 for 1906 with expenses of 945.92 and prisoner subsistence at 1847.25. State case fees totaled 456.58 and expenses 508.67. civil fees 1200 and expenses 439.25. incidental costs 111.41. Office workload rose due to heavy court business and service of original notices.
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J.D. Caldwell
van Metre
Board of Supervisors
Ingtice
Prosperity Report Highlights Waterloo Growth and Industries
Waterloo growth shown by H B White secretary of the Board of Trade and Commercial Club. The 153 factories employ 5102 workers with a booming population rise from 6674 in 1890 to 18207 in 1905 and 18217 in 1906. Banks seven plus trust firms show steady deposits and rail lines connect Waterloo to major cities, with a projected Northwestern railroad.
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H. B. White
Waterloo Board of Trade and Commercial Club
Waterloo
Ite
Ji la
White Eaid
Wost
White
Cenare
Three Cement Factories Rise in East Waterloo
Three large factories advance in East Waterloo. Waterloo Cement Tile Machinery Co builds a cement block plant with capacity for 160 workers. Waterloo Cement Machinery Manufacturing Co constructs another plant hiring 20 men. A separate athletic-ice plant rises on Water Street costing about 350000.
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East Waterloo
Ula Machinery
Waterloo Cement Tile Machinery Company
Waterloo Cement Machinery Manufacturing Company
Water Street
Old Court House
Bruow
Aeveeeeee Berdeaaneteperane
Bri¢k
Cavulng
Edeangeawonee Cuaket
Sdenee
Neod Bu Gas and Electric Tiger
Osenes Senes Seu
Agoline Metor Works
Agoline Metor Works Seene Motler Vores Senaee
Deavsewene Bers Corset
Eeebenegane Babar
Bereee
Stamplag Works
Rere Ate
Aerersze
Revapee Automobile
Aterse Vinegar
Aevee
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Ofethia E-Alefa Sedbeedle A
Tragic death of Theo Boehmler shocks Cedar Falls
Des Moines dispatch details the death of Theodore Boehmler a Cedar Falls hardware merchant and Boehmler Bros partner crushed by a freight car at Des Moines Union Yard. his wife daughter and Cedar Falls relatives react as coroner and police weigh whether it was accident or self harm. prior family tragedies haunt the town as the Boehmler family recalls two earlier deaths.
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Des Moines
Unio
Theodore Boehmiler
Boehimler
Beck
Patten
Cadar Falls
Boehmer Brothers
John
Theodore Boehmier
Cedar Falls
Dreams and deaths tied to a troubled mind in Cedar Falls tragedy
A man suffering mental decline dies from gunshot wounds amid a sequence of family losses and hospital treatments. He had returned to Cedar Falls from Hill's retreat in Oklahoma, then traveled to Des Moines with his wife and daughter before vanishing near a Hill's retreat site. Police and transit workers noted odd, dodging behavior as connections to a suspected accident or self harm were explored.
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Mra. Boehmler
J. P. Harmon
Seventh Street
Boshm Ler
Hill
Oklahoma
Ito
Des. Moiney
Kansas City
Union Station
Voehmler
Ninth Street
Aud
Harmon
Pye
Hil
Waa
Smong
Cara
Chris Farley 18 Dead in East Waterloo Township
Chris Farley aged 86 died Tuesday at his granddaughter’s home on Mulberry street from old age and complications after moving to the city for winter. Born in Ireland he settled near Gilbertville and later Hass. Waterloo township. Survived by a widowed wife. Funeral set for St. Joseph’s Catholic church with Father Cooney officiating.
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East Waterloo
Chris Farley
Joe Nisius
Mulberry Street
Mr. Farley
East Waterloo Township
Ireland
America
Insane’ Hospital
Waterloo
1906 Waterloo year in review summary headline
1906 index to Waterloo in Daily Reporter details town progress across departments. It catalogs building costs, marriages, divorces, quarantine, dog tax, new homes, factories, schools, papers filed, fees, taxes, arrests, patrols, churches, mortgages, courts, grand jury outcomes, pavement and sewer work, and overall city maintenance. Named entities include Waterloo, Daily Reporter, and the local authorities and enterprises referenced.
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Waterloo
Islue
Daily Reporter
Tippy” Hospital
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