Local notes on town life and business in Waterloo
Local brief highlights pass along from the sheriff’s office and Greene to Waterloo. Dr Dawar of Greene called on friends. Marian Richards hosted Sunday guests. probate for Maury Brown noted. Eddie Jackson recovering from appendicitis. Dr J Fullerton buys auto. Mrs Loban and others travel from California. remodeling converts Penny Arcade store to hardware. several residents move, visit, or return from trips. Chautauqua progress and theatre work linked to Gids theatre and Fort Dodge. irrigation boom in New Mexico. horse purchases for Waterloo trade. tax appeals board to hold final hearing. shopping visits and precinct ballot corrections noted.
Sans Souci Opens at Waterloo Cedar Spot for 19th Century Season
Sans Souci hotel at Waterloo Cedar Spot opens Wednesday evening under C. M. Chenay with limited guest capacity. John McIntyre will manage the hotel and boating at Cedar River and Electric Park, with Bert McIntyre assisting. The rustic summer retreat aims to attract quiet tourists seeking nature and proximity to Chautauqua Park and Electric Park amusements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sans Souci
Buble
C. M. Chenay
Waterloo
Cheney
Sans Souci Hotel
Chautauqua Parc
Mikes
Cedar River
John McIntyre
Mac
Bert McIntyre
Chicago
Sans Souci Park
Mec Tntyre
Electric. Park
Northwest Town Woodmen Picnic Sets Two Attractions
The Northwest er Town Woodmen Picnic committee announced June 25 events featuring the Wyeth Trio of Berobate and the Suwanee River Jubites singers, a famed company of colored shouters. Electric Park schedules a special program between downtown events and the park, plus athletics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwester Town Woodmen Picnic Association
Wyeth Trio
Berobate
Suwanee River
Addiion
Marriage Licenses and Patents Rights Amid Odd Notices
Marriage licenses listed for Roy F Seymour of Cedar Falls aged 98 and John W Wakinster aged 20 with Zella A Norris of Waterloo. scattered old advertisements note ear health remedies, cough syrups, and patent medicines offering cures, with testimonials and claims, reflecting a late 19th or early 20th century local paper mix of notices and ads. The page also includes marketing pitches for Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Foley’s Honey and Tar, plus job recruitment and farming notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy F. Seymour
Cedar Falls
Bath
Syracuse
John W. Wakinster
Waterloo
Zella A. Norris
Peacock Girl to Wed Millionaire Joe Leiter in June
Washington society buzzes over Joe Leiter marrying Juliette Williams described as the peacock girl with the Christy face. The pair met at a bachelor ball and plan a June wedding with a summer at Manchester by the Sea before an overseas trip to visit countess Suffolk and related Lester family ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christy Face
Joe Leiter
Jamss
Harris & Ewing
Washington, D. C
Juliette Wiliams
Joe Lester Tay
Tullett
Williams
Christy
Joe Lester
P. D. Armour
Chicago
Rey
Ziegler
Ill
Armous Bank
Nina Farrington
Toa
Joe
Juliiette
Joe Leiler
Joan Leiter
Margaret Lester
Colin Campbell
Nancy Lester
Man narrowly escaped serious injury after buggy collision
James B. Chapin of 205 Maple street fell under a horse and buggy on East Fifth Street when driver William Pett failed to see the bicycle rider. The horse and wheels passed over his lower limbs, leaving minor bruises and a facial abrasion. Chapin was helped to his feet and unhurt overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Chapin
Maple Street
Chapin
Mr. Chapin
Aalda
Diphtheria and Smallpox Cases Reported in Waterlon
Among the sick Mr Chapin continued to dinner. diphtheria cases quarantined at 216 Center street and 726 Uptisoo street. Ida Kuehnle ill. Harry Pashby ill. smallpox in a parochial student moved to detention hospital. Walter Miller, Waterloo boy, honored by high school, signs for third year. contagious diseases in Waterlon reduced to 24 cases in May with 11 females and 13 males affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HR. i M Merrill
Center Street
Wiss Anna Hansen
Uptisoo Street
Samée
Paliant
Harry Pashby
Ida Kuehnle
Ath Yrl Datier
East Side
Waterloo
Walter Miller
W. H. Miller
Orange Township
West Branch
Prof. Miller
Dlass
Waterlon
Boy Missing and Found. Juvenile Cases Rise
A 12 year old boy, Walter Sherman Campbell, wandered from Lawler Iowa to Waterloo while planning to live with his aunt. He returned late at night after several hours of searching by relatives and police. Elsewhere a thirteen year old boy, Walter Sherman, remains missing with family in Clinton seeking clues. Police report many runaways this spring and warning against dangerous pole climbing near trolley lines, with Chief Leighton urging enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoy Campbell
Waterloo
Campbell
Lawler
Iowa
Waterton
Schwake
Lafayette ‘Street
Walter
Mr. Sherman
Sherman
Mkenesa
Boye
Wy, Co
Leighton Ns
Park Road
Runaway on Logan Ave Injures Boy and Destroys Buggy
An ugly runaway on Logan Avenue involved W D Crumrine and a 10 year old boy, leaving the child badly bruised about the head and shoulders while the buggy was wrecked after a collision with a telephone pole. Crumrine escaped unharmed. the boy was treated at George Green’s home and revived after initial fears of internal injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Crumrine
Gon Carl
Logan Avenue
Mr. Grumline
George Green
Launch the Dreadnaught big river launch from Freeport
Big 21 rook launch with capacity for forty passengers, built in Freeport and named the Dreadnaught, to be used on river trips for picnics from the city to parks and the Bluffs. Conductor Parker and John Kalienbach were placed in the river last evening following its purchase. The motor is a steam and horse power engine from Stover works, the largest launch on the river. Wedded in Colorado Miss Edythe Dix to Albert Neal, Dix family relocated from Waterloo to Montrose. Real estate transfers list deeds from Rector to Beneing and Fairview Cemetery Association to J Johnson. An health anecdote praises work capacity citing Foley's Kidney Cure as restoring a man’s ability to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeport
Chis. Parker
John Kalienbach
Stover Works
Vetty
Golorado
Misa Edythe Dix
Montrose
Colorado
Albert Neal
Dix
Waterloo
R. Rector
Jerome Beneing
Fairview Cemetery
Johnson
Fairview
MEN WHO MADE THEMSELVES FAMOUS THROUGH NOMINATING SPEECHES
A historical survey notes several figures who rose to fame via nominating speeches at national conventions. From 1841 Baltimore to 1900, speakers like Ingersoll, Blaine, Garfield, Bryson, Conklin, Black, Cochran, Abbott, Belew, Foraker and others shaped political fortunes through concise, memorable orations that influenced nominations and public perception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Baltimore
Clay
Robert Ingersoll
James C. Blane
Cincinnati
Blaina
Ingersoll
Mindis
Tims
Blaine
Rutherford B. Hayes
James
A. Garfield
Ohio
Jane Sherman
William Jennings Bryson
Nebraska
Roscoe Conklin
New -York
Grane
Grant
Tke Conklin
Frank
Black
New York
Roosevelt
Burke Cochran
Leon Abbot
New Jersey
Cleveland
Chaney M. ‘Be Pew
McKinley
James B. Foraker
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sherif
Dr. Dawar of
Greene
Dng
City
Mite
Marian Richards
Marion
Maury Brown
Sika
Hddie Jakzson
Dr. ©. J. Fullerton
Tila
W. H. Words
Clara Umbarger
Penny Arcade
Frank Lawson
Chamberlain
D. W. Loban
California
Ada Merritt
Cedar Rapids
W. W. Wyant
Hattie Erwin
Corn Belt Exchange
J. A. Jerger
Seattle
Australia
Frank Turley
Independence
Chautauqua Park
H.W. Metzger
Weastam Walon
Tony Bucklin
Postal
Des Moines
Major George
Howard Tuttle
Milwaukee
Fort Dodge
de Oot
G. W. Harbin
New Mexico
J. Z. McGarvey
Kanes City
Smeadiey
New Haven
Conn
Frank Lennon
Jone
Charles City
Harry Lawson
Hales
Thay
Mitchell and
Charberlain
Board of Equalization
Finsl
Masdames Rawson
Bucknell
Morey
Clark
Litmore
Hellman
Ames
Catherine Shoehan
Third Ward
Aesl Ware
Tis
A. C. Smith
Ma Galine
Eagle Grove
Eastern Avenue
J. Lloyd Wright
Simmx City
The
Journal
West Aide
Newa
Kalla
Tosahin
Mra. L
Sans Souc
S, M. Cheney
MecIntyre
M- W. A. Picnic Committee
Hall
F. J. Chiey & CO
Toledo
O. Bald
A.M. Ake
Wood
Ind
Foley
Wangier
Brog
Nag J
Joder
Closton Medicines
Closton Medicine Co
Fowk
Ydair
Ali
Joy
Hervey
Wanglar,ros
J. K Joder
Miss Juliette
Jim Chapin
WM. Pett
Fifth Street
Gies
Roy Campbell
Walter Sherman
Logan Ave
L. C. Rorgers
Branchton
Wangler Bees
James G. Garmeld
Robert G. Ingersoll
Cob Conklin
Atla Jennings Bryan
Drouth
Cuba
Waterloo Fruit and Gom. Company
Japan
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