Water loo rail line plan shifts Waterloo vote drive
Waterloo officials weigh an $85,000 funding push for a Water loo to be made the terminal point of a proposed Water loo Pella and Southwestern railroad. Harris, promoter, outlined benefits to Waterloo and neighboring towns at a board of trade meeting, with Grinnell Sheridan and Pella pledging substantial sums. The plan envisions stock sales to taxpayers and a new round house at Waterloo, promised passenger traffic gains, and regional economic boosts for farms along the route.
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Waterloo, Pella
Grinnell Bar
Sheridan
Pella
Formar
Waterloo
Harris
Traer
Geneseo Township
W. B. Smith
Des Moines
First Vaudeville Program at Electric Park Opens
Nichols and Alford present a Western Vaudeville Association bill at Electric Park featuring Thos Keough Co in a comedy sketch, Senator Frank Ball in a monologue, O Rourke Burnette Trio, and Hy Greenway juggling. Music by Ewing’s Zouave band first week as roller coaster and park landscaping near completion for opening next Monday.
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Alford
Electric Park
Waterloo
Western Vaudeville Association
Thos, Keough & Co
Frank’ Ball
OQ Rourke-Burnetté
Hy. Greenway
Msteria
Mon
Ewing
June weddings and local notices in Waterloo area
Local items report June wedding plans for Miss French and Mr. Bickley in Waterloo, upcoming ceremonies for Miles Grace Galloway and Joe Henderson, graduations at the end of the month, and community notes on residents visiting relatives, shop openings, and church activities. Also updates on John Graff relation to a Dubuque case and railroad worker injury at Electric Park.
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Rosas
Milas
French
J. Cacil Bickley
Waterloo
Fripp Served Time Linked To Age Inconsistencies
Authorities pursue a case linking George Collins to Sam Tripp, a man jailed in Vinton for horse theft. Records from 1870 show a Samuel Tripp, age 36, sentenced from Buchanan county to Fort Madison. Believed aliases tie Collins to Tripp, amid Illinois and Janesville corroboration. The elderly prisoner remains in Benton county jail awaiting further handling.
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George Collins
Independence
Marshal Mason
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Leighton
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Buchanan County
Fort Madison
Samuel Tripp
George Collinge
Geo, Collins
Illinois
Sam ‘Tripp
Maols
Sweitzer
Janesville
Collins
Waterloo
Tripp
Benton County
Vinton
Iowa Canning Company
Elf
Leavitt & Johnson Trust elects new directors at annual meeting
Monday meetings set a new slate of directors for Leavitt & Johnson Trust including Emmons Johnson E L Johnson A H Frank G E Pickett J D Easton W W Miller W F Parrott and W C Logan Old officers were re elected President Emmons Johnson Vice President B L Johnson Secretary Carleton Stan Treasurer W C Logan Cashier J N Lavarre A 7 ½ percent dividend declared Also Waterloo Savings Bank stockholders meet selecting Emmons Johnson J Johnson A J Edwards P J Siberling and Franklin Co Platt as directors. A brother paper notes social misadventures of Bill Kelly and Charley Clendenon and a pneumonia death of Litteantia Kilnyan with obituary details.
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Emmons Johnson
E. L. Johnson
A. H. Frank
G. E. Pickett
J. D. Easton
W. W. Miller
W. F. Parrott
W. C. Logan
B. L. Johnson
Carleton Stan
J. N. Lavarre
Shell Rock Racing Week Opens With Noted Entries
Shell Rock race meet starts tomorrow for two days featuring Hebeu Jr in the free-for-all pace and several events. Wednesday offers a 2:22 trot for 50, a 2:25 pace for 100, plus a 405 purse special trot. Thursday includes farmers double team fron par pace for 20, a 2:26 pace for 50, and a free-for-all pace for 100 with early entries Vizenio rstord 2:09, Hebeu Jr 2:07, and Belle Charleston 2:17.
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Shell Rock
Jure
Hebeu Jr
Farmers
Vizenio
Eho Jr
Belle iCharleston
Graduating Class at Navy Ends June Week Festivities
Annapolis notes commence week at the United States Naval Academy with an official reception for the board of visitors. The largest class yet to graduate, two hundred midshipmen, will receive diplomas from Secretary Metcalf and embark on the summer cruise.
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Jmcent Waek
United States Naval Academy
Board of Visitors
Midshipoiso
di Tomas
Metcalf
Divorce Case Opens In Waterloo Court
Louise Kelly seeks divorce from William Kelly in Waterloo on April 10 1907 citing grounds of intoxication cruel treatment and failure to provide with a request to restore maiden name Louise H Wall. Judgment noted on promissory note for 7330.28 against I sreriottn Williams and J J Marten. Guardian appointed for Elizabeth Shean with $4000 bond and accounting suit in Holmes vs Vaughan continued due to primary election. A Ladies Guild meeting at Christ Episcopal church home of Mrs J W Krapfel tomorrow at 2 30. Sumner returns from Washington to vote for Senator Allison.
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Wiliam Kelly
Waterloo
Auke tHvorce
Raname
Louise H. Wall
Alta A. MacClenahan
I Sreriottn Wiliams
J. J. Martren
Guardian
Ross Shean Hee Dee
Lizabeth Shean
Holmes Vs. Vaughan
Ladies Guild
Ladies Guild of Christ Epicopal Church
J. W. Krapfel
Daring Girls Don Uniforms at Fort Sheridan Barracks
Lieutenant Finley investigates how two women Misa Blanch Carroll and Grace Frederick disguised as soldiers at Fort Sheridan to pass roll call for Trumpeter Rentz and Private McCarthy. The duo returned to the party and later posed for photographs with Cecila Rooney, prompting the spread of the tale from Independence to Highwood.
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Corenel Finley
Fort Sheridan
Hag
Misa Blanch Carroll
Grace Frederick
Rentz
Company M
Twenty-seventh Infantry
McCarthy
Fourteenth Battery
Zevere
Merry
Cecila Rooney
Mort
Inderadex
Pendence
Highwood
Friends Fm
New Store Opens at Bilns Brock Waterloo Era
Sin pard Brom opens a renovated grocery in Bilns Brock Waterloo area with fresh stock of groceries fruit vegetables and pastry. The interior invites customers as Gustent arg visit the store today. Messrs R G and L P Stannard bring grocery experience and Hannah Stave is cashier with Albert Smith and Herman Reed as clerks.
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Bilns Brock
Spithal
Waterloo
Gustentarg
Ftora
Messrs. R. GC
L. P. Stnnard
Afiss Hannah Stave
Albert Smith
Herman Reed
County charity sends Negro family to Memphis home
Sent to Tennessee has been county charge as wages were insufficient to cover expenses. Charitable residents raised funds to pay Geo Jackson and his family, including the mother and several children, to return to their former home in Memphis, Tennessee. They will depart Tuesday by the 14:60 am train, carrying money for food en route and expressing relief at the prospect of going back south.
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Geo. Jackson
Memphis
Tenn
Braca
Pickanninies
H. D. Hult
Grace M. D. Church
Ray Shoemaker
Local News Briefs From Waterloo and Surrounding Areas
Local items note a horse injured on pavement and euthanized. F F Rogers of Indianapolis visits for Home Park second addition sale. A marriage in Waterlon, Waterson area joins Anton Andersen Warn and Yda Nekolina Nielsen. Local families greet Laporte visitors. Dre C C Baveer returns from hospital visit in Oskaloosa with daughter Mrs A Leo. Reber home quarantining lifted as daughter Miss Varn recovers. Rev. William Schrock visits Barstn en route to Des Moines for German Baptist conference with large bread orders planned. Westfield loop completion target June 16 with continuing extension work and bridge work near Blackhawk. Trolley line progress. cars expected to run to parks west of river midmonth. Waterloo hears of the marriage of Miss Charlotta Hall to Edward H Garrett in Baton Rouge. Hall known locally. Hall reportedly deaf and mute. couple will reside in the southern city. Vincennes reports Indiana Sunday School convention with delegates. program covers three days. Prof B C Excel leading music. speakers include Rev E E Harail D D Nashville. Rev Aquila Sacks Sackville NB. Rev Neil McPharson Indianapolis. Marion Lawrence Chicago.
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Ind
Indiana State Sunday School Association
B. C. Excel
Chicago
E. E. Harail
Nashville
Aquila Sacks
Sackville
N. B
Neil McPharson
Indianapolis
Marion Lawrence
International Sunday School Association
Postmaster Salaries Raised in Waterloo by 100
The first assistant postmaster general announced salary revisions reducing and raising pay for postmasters in many cities. Waterloo awarded an annual $100 increase, raising the Waterloo postmaster’s pay from 3200 to 3300. Other cities in the region show varied adjustments, with some increases and some decreases, reflecting a broad reallocation of typical salaries among nearby offices.
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Waterloo
Comipatison
Justice Harlan Remains Active at 75 Despite Retirement Talk
Washington June 1 Justice John M. Harlan of the United States Supreme Court, age 75, received congratulatory messages from friends on his birthday. He plans to press on, saying he has not decided to retire and may seek to do work off the bench while continuing his court duties. Born in Kentucky to Quaker ancestry, Harlan rose through Kentucky politics, served in the Union Army, and was appointed to the Supreme Court a few months after Hayes's inauguration. He remains in solid health, tall with a commanding presence. Mies Helen Stewart enters Waterloo Business College.
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