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Newspaper

Semi Weekly Reporter

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 06, 1908

Page

8

Suit Settles After Stipulations In Bremer County Property Case

Settlement terms resolve the F C Oltrogge versus F H Reed suit over 296 acres in Bremer County traded for stock in Waterloo Ka and Fuel Co and a residence. The sale proceeds after taxes and liens liquidated would split 62 percent to Reed and 38 percent to Oltrogge, with costs of sale and agent commissions defined. Additional suits seek attachments for claims totaling under 2,000 dollars against Alonzo Stephens and others, and nine damage cases against Chicago Great Western railway are slated for March 23 with some expected to settle.

F. C. Oltrogge F. H Reed Bremer County Waterloo, Ka and Fuel Co Franklin Réed B. Loyeay F. E. Reed Chicago Great Western Railway Company George Johnson Case Dairy Co W. W

Farm help scarce as Iowa farms seek summer staff

J D Peters of the Waterloo Employment Agency says farm labor will be hard to find this summer, with farmers requesting extra help. Wages run 20 to 35 dollars a month plus room and board, but he has not yet secured enough workers. The Dewar school hosts a shadow racial at Follett's hall on Saturday night March 7 to raise funds for an encyclopedia, with attendees bringing supper for two.

J. DD. Peters Waterloo Employment Agency Iowa Dewar Follett's Hall Stadios

Death Pursues the Shah of Persia Wherever He Goes

In Teheran the Shah faces daily assassination danger as two bombs were hurled from a house. Thirty suspects were arrested after the February 1938 plot. the Shah escaped, entering a palace guarded by thousands. Officials in Washington deem the attack plot driven by Persian reactionaries amid political unrest.

Shah of Persia Shah Teheran Mareb G Shah Parages Saha Tha Shah Washington, D.C

Edison Improves Slowly After Second Operation

The second operation on Thomas A Edison at Marshall Ye Bar and Tardat hospital is more robust than expected with complications from the first. His wife, son, and daughter stay by his bedside as doctors refrain from promising recovery. Advanced age and deafness hinder his progress despite hopes the operation might restore hearing, which doctors now deem unlikely.

New York Thomas A. Edison Marshall Ye Bar Tardat Hospital Ducl Holison Mr. Edison

Waterloo Fence Company to Locate in City Factory

Waterloo welcomes a new wire fencing venture with the Waterloo Fence News company occupying the former Waterloo Carriage building. Promoters Cruikshank and Hamilton, arriving from Bel Fountain Ohio, plan to begin operations in about sixty days with a fully equipped three story factory and a large initial carload of machinery arriving soon. The firm will employ a small workforce to produce miles of fencing daily. Thomas D Healy of Fort Dodge is appointed attorney for the Illinois Central in Iowa and Waterloo will remain his base as he succeeds the late W J Knight. Healy will move to Waterloo once arrangements are complete, with Dubuque to host occasional duties. Details note Healy is a Republican, former state senator, and potential governor/congressman candidate. Waterl oo meanwhile moves to central status.

J.A. Craikehank John M. Hamilton Waterloo Belefontaine Waterloo -Far Syith Mr. Cruikshank William Galloway Waterlond Carringe Company Harold G.hamilton Thomas D. Healy Fort Dodge Utivots Central Railroad W. J. Knight Dubuque Healy Prank Warri+ man Mnols Central Knight Tate A .Dubuque Dinois Centratoas Altar

March convention set for Cedar Falls county gathering

Real estate transfers surge in March with twenty six sales totaling 74042.50 as land near Waterloo sells. a Republican county convention is scheduled for Saturday March 14 with 100 delegates, one per township and a share for votes cast for Cumming in 1906.

Waterloo Court House Cumming

Miss Mildred Winn Takes Post With Omaha Railroad

Waterloo Business college student Miss Mildred Winn, a well known local woman, travels to St. Paul to assume a position with the Omaha railroad.

Mildred Winn Waterloo Business College Waterloo St. Paul Omaha Railroad

Linyd Named Chairman of Democratic Campaign Committee

James Z. Linyd, newly appointed chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, has served the first Missouri district in Congress since 1897. A strong Bryan supporter and proponent of free coinage of silver, he is a Missouri native and a lawyer by profession.

James Z. Linyd Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Missouri Congress Bryan

Keokuk County Delegates Chosen For March Convention

A Sigourney dispatch reports Keokuk county selects the full eighteen city delegates for the county convention on March 4. Culmains previously carried the county. The message adds Republicans intend to press the governor to keep his word.

Dubuque Alison Sigourney Keokuk County Culmains

Hurt by Falling Tree Near Kehe Farm

Barney McCarvill narrowly avoided severe injury when a severed tree trunk sprang back and struck his forearm and hand while he was felling a large tree on the Harry Kehe farm east of town. He suffered significant pain as the forearm swelled.

Barney McCarvill Harry ‘Kehe McCarvill O. O. Hammel C. H. Smith Las Vegas New Mexico Jook Charles Jackman Jerry Hanlon O. B. Kimefelter Amarillo Texas Messrs. Hummel Smith Sumy South

Dan Maloney Visits Waterloo Before Going to Oregon

Waterloo friends learn Dan Maloney, formerly of the Register and Leader force, is in town today en route to Oregon where he has purchased a newspaper.

Cherokee Times Waterloo Young Sunn Dan Maloney The Register and Leader Force Oregon

SISTER AT BOWS LINKED IN MYSTERY CASES

A scrambled report from Waterloo lists a missing woman Mrs SM Gregory near Dows and cites Joh Beard as authority. It also notes grand jury testimony, a marriage divorce in Cedar Falls, a suicide in Essox, and a crackdown on illicit sales while mentioning Miss Susan B Anthony and a Boston-based reformer planning a women’s college equality league.

Iowa Susan B. Anthony Equal Suffrage Movement Paul Wood-Parks Boston Radcliffe Nes Moines A& College Political Equality League

Ottumwa Romance Ends In Otter Wedding Tonight

Holzer and Miss Hausmann to wed at bride’s Ottumwa home this evening. Louisa Hausmann, longtime Ottumwa resident, employed in local millinery. Guent Holzer recently appointed assistant shipping clerk for Davenport wholesale grocery. The couple met in Ottumwa years ago and endured a city change before returning to marry. Friends plan a large turnout at the ceremony.

Ottumwa Gua Holaer Louisa Hausmann Thompson Gillinery Ature Beleg National Lily Byalness Lnter Ennat San Francisco Ottumwn Albert Nfolzer Thin City Gines Davangort

Illanois Central plans coal unload and nerves about strike

Illinois Central arranged unloading 3000 tons of soft coal for Waterloo Dubuque and Freeport with work to start soon. A looming strike looms after wage talks with miners end next month. About half of the 50000 tons stored at Waterloo yard 10000 at Dubuque and the rest in Freeport. Justice Kaplorde takes vacation as his family moves to Chautauqua Park. Water works tested flea plugs for freezing with all found in good condition. Proudfoot Bird vs Waterloo Syndicate Co court order requires answers to interrogatories next Monday about the West Side Opera House construction.

Illanose Central Law Waterloo Dubuque Freeport Central Cave of Proudfoot & Bird The Waterloo Syndicate Co West Side Opera House

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