Home Park Investment plans 120 acres for homes
Waterloo builders announce $30 000 in homes and 60 modern houses to start July. The Home Park Investment company led by L Kingsley and C T Kingsley plans platting of 40 to 60 acre blocks around Home Park race track. Streets extended to Campbell avenue and Third avenue open up new residencies. Knob Hill land to be developed as high class district with 21 flower garden lots donated for memorial park.
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Home Park
Waterloo Ia
Cedar Valley
Waterloo
Decorah
Home Park Investment Company
Home Park Racing Association
C. T. Kingsley
Grace Track
Reber Avenue
Clough Street
Campbell Avenue
Iowa, & Northwestern
Home Park Boulevard
Kingalley Avenue
Knob Hill
Jane
Kingsley
Knob Hall
Robert M. Kingslay
Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsed by Waterloo Husband
A Waterloo citizen relates relief from kidney and back pains after using Dean's Kidney Pills from Wangler Bros drugstore. She reports her husband's headaches and fatigue improved, with kidneys now functioning more regularly. The ad urges readers to remember the Dean's name and buy from Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Waterloo
Dean
Wangler Bros
Sam
Pagan
Gate
Foster Milbira Co
Buffalo
Nic
Sle
United
Biztes
Tuswetts
Armory Space Move Prompts I N G Plan At least 60 by 80 feet
Captain Cotton says the Fifty third I N G seeks a building with drill hall size of 60 by 80 feet plus office and paraphernalia rooms. Government allotment of 600 expense money and 400 for drill duty could fund rent or construction, but current quarters 39 by 50 feet are inadequate. One or more cities may offer a suitable armory, with mustering out possible if space is not found.
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Cotton
jAt
City Hall
LaFayette Street
Olmstead
Ifty-Third
Delate
Waterloo
Marshalltown
Uniforming Blanks Committee Forms Statewide Official Papers
C A Hunt treasurer Poweshiek named committee chair to standardize blank forms under last legislature. He will survey treasurers and gather blanks and recommendations. Blackhawk county endorses current forms as best and a number may be adopted statewide. Murtagh in Shell Rock on legal business.
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C. A. Hunt
Powesheik
Thineworth
Hunt
Blackhawk
Township Spelling Contest Rules and Schedule
County Superintendent outlines rules for township spelling contests with two representatives per school. Written tests precede oral rounds and finalists advance to the county event. Prizes include a gold medal funded by the Waterloo Daily Reporter. timing this week across Dunkerton Gresham Dewar and a postponement affecting East Waterloo.
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Elliott
Webster's
Worcester
Beuea
Dunkerton
Gresham
Dewar
East Waterloo
Waterloo Daily Reporter
Waterloo
West High Wins Exciting Cedar Rapids Game
West High traveled to Cedar Rapids and beat the local team in a tense ballgame. Waterloo rallied with a three run homer in the final inning to pull ahead. Carpenter and Weller starred for Waterloo while Faulkes and Welter pitched for Cedar Rapids in a tough loss. The article also notes Ralph Storm Real Estate’s option on the Muldoon & Watkins corner expired resulting in ongoing sale negotiations.
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West Side
Cedar Rapids
Zito
Waterloo
Carpenter
Weller
Grand Stand
Faulkés
Welter
Jet
Ralph Storm Real Estate Company
Muldoon & Watkins
Fifth and
LaFayette Streets
White & French
Fifth
Messrs
Muldoon and Wetkins
Abducted Girl Found After Waterloo Stirring Night
An excited Waterloo crowd witnessed police recover a young girl after a staged abduction drama. Two women were arrested for disorderly conduct after a chaotic chase from Utica Street into nearby woods and tall grass. They paid fines of seven dollars and thirty cents.
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Waterloo
Utica Street
Marshal Sweitzer
Ntmy
Sweltzer
Oscar Widmann
Frantiin Street
Omter Widmann
Widmann
Uti¢atreet
Waterloo Fire Destroys Home. Toll Likely Heavy
A Sunday night blaze destroyed a Waterloo home in Shilliam's addition. Multiple fatalities are reported as the three story dwelling burned after the door was nailed shut by police. The loss is pegged at about 7.56 with no insurance. W. A. Bowen Jr. learns his father W. A. Bowen Sr. is near death in Madison South Carolina and rushes to him.
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Shilliam
Hundrede
W. A. Bowen, Jr
W. A. Bowen, Sr
Madison
S. C
Cedar Falls News Notes and Social Highlights
Cedar Falls visitors include Mrs. Helen Seerley and family from Jews City, and George Gallarno with Florence of Des Moines. D. A. Parker moves to a homestead in man 8 D, Rev Honeymann preaches at St Luke's, and D W Fahs to begin as new pastor. Civic League set meeting May 7 to discuss hall plan and management. James Blakt hag buys Augu st Eurth farm near city for $27,000. 240 acres, high cultivation, valued at $112.50 per acre.
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George Gallarno
Florence
Des Moines
Cedar Falls
Begson
Sumner
Anna Severin
Tghe
Severin
F. D. Pierce
Cedar Kalls
Mr. Honeymann
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
D. S. Wright
Presbyterian Church
D. W. Fahs
Independence
Florence E. Ward
Kinedergarten
Department of the Normal Hag
Charles City
Sugust
Effie’ K. M. Jones
Waterloo
Civic League
Normal Hill
Civic Improvement League 2
C. A. Fullerton
Fourth Ward
Fourth Yard
Arey
Florence E. Anderson
James Justice
Montague
C. P. Colgroya
James Blatk Hag
Eurth
Black
Cash grain and hog markets drift through erratic quotes
Chicago May 6 1907 price sheet shows fluctuating May and July bids across corn oats pork and bacon. Quotes mix bid and ask figures with several percentages torn and inconsistent, reflecting volatile commodity trading.
Chicago May 6 hogs cattle and sheep receipts and prices
Estimated receipts for hogs cattle and sheep today show hogs opening weak to few cents lower with mixed and butchers at 6.25 to 6.50 and heavy at around 6.10 to 6.47 while cattle opened strong and finished strong and sheep opened steady then closed steady. New York stock lists show various rails and industrials with modest gains and losses. Waterloo prices for local grains and produce list butter lard corn oats and wheat with seasonal ranges and farm inputs.
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Chicago
Local notes and visits from Waterloo area residents
A roundup of social and business happenings includes A Holt improving after illness, Mrs. David Washburn visiting in the city, Clara and Elizabrett Schaible’s Cedar Falls visit, Ollye Olander en route from Boston to Stratford, H Vern Myers in Waterloo on Iowa Manufacturers' Insurance work, a $2.50 Minneapolis excursion lure drawing 108 Waterloo passengers, G Upton Cresco in Waterloo on legal business, R H Fairchild of Santa Fe’s Chicago office visiting, B L Cole recovering from a broken leg, and the death of Mrs. Robert Brooks in Polo Illinois following blood poisoning, widow of P Caldwell’s daughter.
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David Washburn
Hudson
Clara and
Elizabrett Schaible
Cedar
Falls
Laura Miller
Ollye. Olander
Stratford
Mara Miller
Boston
H. Vern Myers
Mason City
Waterloo
Iowa Manufacturers’ Insurance Company
Minneapolis
Rock Island Road
G. Upton
Cresco
Senate
Howard County
R. H. Fairchild
Santa Fe Railway
Chicago
EB. T. Kilpatrick
B. L. Cole
J. D Caldwell
Robert Brooks
P. Caldwell
Polo, II
Divorce suit filed in Blackhawk County court
State of Iowa Blackhawk County district court notices plead for divorce from Addie B Beard on grounds of cruelty and adultery with a September term set to begin September 23 1907 at Waterloo Iowa. Failure to appear will result in default judgment. Also local notes on Dr C R Hoxie traveling to Marion Cedar Rapids and Waterloo dentists meeting attendance.
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State of Iowa
Blackhawk County
Isb -District Court
J. B Beard
Addie B Beard
Addie P. ‘Beard
Waterloo
Iowa
Reed & Tuthbill
Attys
Pitt
C. R. Hoxie
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State Dental Society
W. Bruner
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Coton
Oseires Armory
Murtagh
Shell Rock On
Black Dry Goode Co
Janen Bleck Dry Goods Company
Pawl
Tre
James Black
James Graham
Ly Benedict
W. J. Stevenson
W. A. B. Grater
James Blacks
F.L. Benedict
West High
Waterloo Twirlers
Patra
Trip
A. B. Lovaley
Osage
Mint
Helen Seerley
Jews City
H. H. Seerley
State
University
B. W. Merrill
Winnifred
Europe
Berlin
Prof. Merrill
Sis
Cluth
Ward A. Fierce
D. ©. Merner
St Louis
Gus Peiffer
St. Louis
Will Pfeiffer
Oetwein
Pfeiffer
Barbara Pfeiffer
Martin
Rutledge Harris
Big Bottom
Dakota
Charles Huckins
Rochester
Minn
Lucy Seward Noble
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Jericho
Tiger Jordan
Dead Sea
Apostle’s Fountain
Bethlehem
Tripoli
Syria
Ira Bartis
Smyrna
Harris
Noble
Dea
George Wood Jr
W. F. Highmey
Ralston
Towa
LAMSON BRO @ CO
Jomce
Gasser
Sycamore
Jows
Sievert & Larrabes
Mansgers
Hi Town
Laon
Bae Ribs
New York Stock Market
New York
Pries
Stock Exchange
Aghison Ceee
Eeee
IBM Amalgamated’ Copper
American Smelter
Baltimore
Ohio
Brooklyn
United States Steel
Haneef Fm
Sayere
Gill
Loges
Watertes
Sud
Bowes
Fortnet
Waverly
A. He Holt
Iit
Houe
Rai
Bright
Karin
All &U
Fred Moraines
Tess
Bain
Ted
N. E. Bllis
A. B. Bblis
Laws
Holden
J.C. Gates
Grand View
J. G. Gates
Lida Allen
Jefe
Maas
George McCleary
Hness
1 Waterloo Loan & Trust Co
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