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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1907
Page
4
Waterloo Chautauqua and Baptist Young People Meet
Radiating of work brings big convention to Waterloo with free tenting and no admission for teams. Y W C A conference lost to district realignment. Baptist Young People convention to be permanent in Waterloo. The program will join Chautauqua and Bible Institute activities with large displays and banks carrying programs. Little Miss Glendora Knowles celebrates eighth birthday with ten guests and a bracelet gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Young People's Union
State of
Iowa
Waterloo
Waterloo Chautauqua and Bible Institute
Bible Institute
Chautauqua
Chautauqua Park
National Board
Young Woman's Christian Association
Chautauqua Board
Colorado
Baptist Young People’s Convention
Glendora-Knowles
Misa Glendore
Untold Injury and Kidney Troubles Alarm Waterloo
Mrs. Minerva Lavine of 413 East Eighth street Waterloo Iowa reports long term kidney trouble with irregular pains in the back and inflamed bladder. After using Dean's Kidney Pills from Wangler Bros store she notes improved kidney action and substantially less back pain though she has used only one box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Waterloo
Minerva Lavine
East Eighth Street
Iowa
Deans
Wangler Bros
Tam
Dean
Invention to Eliminate Streetcar Stops Proposed
An patent by F. BE Anderson of Oak Lawd Neb claims a device to auto print street or station names on a space by a spring pull, similar to a fare register. The article notes rival claims by Thomas A. Edison and mentions varied public notices and local game results with Waterloo and Reinbeck high schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. BE. Anderson
Oaklawd
Neb
Thomas A. Adison
West Waterloo High School
Reinaeck High School
Weiler
Kerr
Waterloo
Hey
Reinbeck
Boy Kicked by Horse on West Fourth Street
Norman Smiths nine year old son was kicked by a loose horse Sunday on West Fourth Street. The blow struck his leg below the knee opening flesh to the bone and requiring several stitches. A physician dressed the wound and the boy rested well. No bones were broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Smith
West Fourth Street
Fishermen fined for net usage near New Hartford dam
Deputy Yordy and A M Green captured H Geyer W J Hummer and Aaron Olmstead using a seine on the West Fork river north of New Hartford. The court imposed twenty charges with fines of 235.50 each for Geyer and Hummer, and 235.50 for Olmstead, remitted on good behavior. Olmstead, over eighty, received leniency due to age. The warning urged fishermen to keep at least 300 feet from the dam fishway to avoid penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. Fi. Yordy
Allison
Westfork
New Hartford
Yordy
M. Green
Waverly
H. Geyer
W. J. Hummer
Aaron Olmstead
Butler County
Alson
Mr. Olmstead
Olmstead
Spelling and Essay Contests Held in Two Townships
In Lincoln township Friday evening at Voorkies church a prize spelling contest drew a large crowd. Agnes Faulkner and Agnes Trainer won the written and oral tests respectively while Clarence Rousselow and Lyman Wilson led the best essays. Oak Ridge and Greenwood schools also held a contest in Waterloo township with Leo Huntington winning both tests and Ruth Pattee prevailing in a tie-break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Township
Voorkies
Mies Agnes Faulkner
Agnes Trainer
Clarence Rousselow
Lyman Wilson
Oak Ringe School
Waterloo Township
Leo Huntington
Ruth Pattee
Ruth Crandall
Greenwood School No
Ware
Joan Cratsley
Oak Ridge
Botinic Therer
Greenwood Schont
Helion lamp tested as cheaper high light inventoried
Report on the Helion incandescent lamp by Parker and Walker Clark of Columbia University. The device uses a carbon filament with four plating of silicon and aims to provide about four times the light for the same current at lower production costs. Citizens Gas and Electric Co plans to supply Waterloo and Cedar Falls patrons once available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Gas and Electric Co
Flocal Company
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Horseheld
Parker
Walker G. Clark
Columbia University
Austin Burt
Waterloo Company
Parker and Clark
Chiensiag and Electric Company
Local notices and social updates from Cedar Falls
Miss Myra Call visited relatives in Webster City on Sunday. Mrs. Carter left for St. Paul after visiting her daughter Miss Clara Carter in Cedar Falls. Mr. Henry Smith moves to Minneapolis for new work. Sioux Jones to Ames as assistant coach next year. local council to discuss paving and sewer projects. Mrs. Bessie Walcott leaves for Germania for appendicitis recovery. Lawn City Boat duty annual meeting set. Blackhawk Chapter D.A.R. elects officers. various local visits and church convention in Burlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Clara Carter
the Normal
St. Paul
W. J. Oxley
Albert Vasey
Grundy Center
Henry Smith
Rapid Transit
Minneapolis
F. C. Eastman
Iowa City
Sioux” Jones
The
Agricultural College
Ames
Normal
Main
Walnut
Blu
State
Bessie Walcott
Nineteenth
Germania
Geo. Thompson
Kansas
Blackhawk
D. A.R
J. M. Fuller
Alma McMahon
Charlotte Spicer
Mary Stewart
R. Harris
Laura Falkler
Clara Sawyer
Grant Filler
Florance Anderson
Burlington
Episcopal Church
Christina Freier
James Houghtallug
South Main
New Land Company Offic ers to Sell Texas Land on Installment Plan
Waterloo papers announce Security Land company with offices in Syndicate Block selling Texas land to large and small investors. Officers Bernard Brown president E S Hamm secretary and E R Shoemaker treasurer. They tout an inland ranch near Del Rio with high crop yields and a climate promising multiple harvests. Ground zero claims include grapes strawberries tomatoes peaches corn and a long fruit season. The piece links education leader E S Hamm and local figures to the venture amid civic booster tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Security Land Company
Waterloo
Texas
Hernard Brown
Hamm
E. R. Shoemaker
Brown
Kimball
Derry Farmer
Fred. L. Kimball Co
Shoemaker
Sam Felipe
del Rio
Ackley School Plans Two Year Building Program
Ackley will tax for two years to fund a $30,000 high school building, to be 80 by 80 feet with two stories plus a gymnasium and public hall seating 400. J G Ralston to consult on plans. 1907-1908 construction aimed. Fonda project valued at $20,000 with Waterloo bids expected. state wealth figures listed by state from the census.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Ralston
Ackley
Es Wel
Fonda
Waterloo
Two Bicycles Missing in Front of Local Drugstore
Myers is mourning a National bicycle that was appropriated Sunday night while standing in front of McDermott's drug store on East Fourth. Police notified, but no trace by noon. F. J. Landgraf reports his pneumatic-tired steed missing. presumption it was stolen. Police think wheels fell into possession of parties active in this territory last year. Mrs S Joyce of Claremont writes of Foley's Kidney Cure. Evangeline White hosts E W H club with five hundred game and refreshments. For sale 160 acre farm north of Cedar Falls near Route 5 Geo Wilkins Cedar Falls route 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Place Myers
McDermott
Ftast
F. J. Landgraf
Joyce
Sullivan St
Claremont
N. H
Foley
B. W. Shuneman
Wangler Bros
Weetveer & Brenneck
Notice of Tax Sale Redemption for Lot 16 Grand View Place
Official publication notifies J C Gates that at the December 1 1902 tax sale in Blackhawk Iowa the property Lot 16 Block 5 Grand View Place was sold for delinquent taxes. Gates retains certificate of purchase and must redeem within ninety days of service or a deed will be issued to the buyer by the county treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ty N. E. Ellis
Trustes
A. B. Ellin
Blackhawk County
Iowa
Holden
Court House
Waterloo
Laws
Said
J. C. Gates
Grand View Place
J.C. Gates
Lsw
J. G Gates
Divorce Petition in Blackhawk County Court
In District Court Blackhawk County September Term 1907 J B Beard plaintiff vs Addie P Beard defendant You are notified the plaintiff files for divorce on cruel and inhuman treatment adultery and life danger unless you appear and defend by noon of the second day of September term 1907 at Waterloo Court House The firm Reed and Tuthill attorneys for plaintiff provide further notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Iowa
Blackhawk County
District Court
J. B. Beard
Addie P. Beard
Waterloo
Town
Reed & Tuthill
Altys
Pitt
Local News Roundup Covers Visits and Moves
Chester Green sits in Burlington business a few days while Attorney George H. Pike recovers at home. A flood of visitors and travels crosses Waterloo with people from Reinbeck Grinnell Hudson and Omaha. A five year old undergoes throat surgery and local boat club plans glow light display on the river tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Green
Burlington
Quartette from Town College at Grace M E church
A refined male quartet from Town College performed at Grace M E church on Friday evening the 24th. They are said to be the finest in the state and previously sang at Governor Cummins inauguration. Mrs McFarlane celebrated her twenty fifth wedding anniversary with twenty intimate friends in a surprise party, featuring a pleasant lunch. The Jatter Ladies Literary Society held a program at Mrs John O Keefe’s home with readings, instrumental solo, duets, a paper, an organ solo, and other items. The Union note girls hosted a three course supper for Miss Ethel Halt and Miss Sarah Murray before their departure for Waterloo to establish their future home, a social evening noted for its pleasant conversations and popularity of the honorees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town College
Grace M. E. Church
Cummins
Jatter Ladies Literary Society
John & O'Keefe
Sharewise
Wyatt
Eawards
Zook
Psper
T. By McCoy
Olin Volo
Bessey
Edwards
Oelwein Register
Union Note
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Trakeman's
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Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
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United States
Earl Smith
Helion
OWER
Citizens Gas Company
Wil Supply
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Corn Belt
Waterlan
Esther Pheas
Myra Call
Webster City
Ed. Soleman
Laporte
Norris
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Lawn City Boat Duty
City Hall
Joseph
Farley
Balton
Linn Grove
Florence Anderson
Twenty-second Street
Mable
Trinity Baptist Church
Calvary Baptist Church
Dunshep
Des Moines
Cedar* Falls
NEW Land Company
Bernard Brown
E. A. Shoemaker
Office Syndicate
Investors
James Fenderson
Alton Shutts
Ade Cora
T. H. McIntosh
Y. M
Jones
Widmann
Chas, Adolphson
Illinois Central
Ackley Shew School
Bureau of the Census
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Missouri
Minnesota
Michigan
New Jersey
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Nebraska
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Connecticut
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Geo
Wilkins
Cedar Fells
Official
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Twine
Brennan
Ianklin Street
Wml Beholder
Lily Melganér
W. R. Jameson
Frank Gibson
Springville
J. P. Kling
Irene Duba
Burt
F. W. Bowen
Hudson
Robert Lendon
C. L. Kenney
Charles Reynolds
H. F. Beckman
Carla Beckman
Grandy Center
Sue Jday
RO la Sightney
W. F. Beard
Beard
C. T. Wilson
Carl BR. Davis
Waterloo Savings Bank
Hazleton
Waterloo Loan & Trust Company
Harry Colson
J. W. Forbes
Fast Mullan Avenue
New Rome
J. W. R. Sleeo
Union Congregational Church
Chas
Turner
Lincoln
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Gnarles
Frank Bronson
Whittemore
Delis O'Weil
Bronson
Navy
Armour Institute
Chicago
Society of Jews Congregational Church
Cardinal
R and Rakshis
Waterios
Stace
iLogen Hotel
Waterioo
Aetora
Erecy
Bovis
Hotel Fortner
Waverly Thureday
Wah Wilbert
Shallenberger
Totter
King of
Diracism
Directum Miller
Ethel's Pride
Consuelia
Judge Green
Directum Tags
Ginivallis Directum
Directum Speer
Flora
Directum
Granvine
Emma
Carrie Blackwood
Major Centlivre
Mary Centlivre
Carrie Strathmore
Blow Bull
Alhambra
Veta
Vitello
Daisy Blackwood
Royal Baron
Blackwood
Korea
Wilkes
Home Park
Joe McLaughlin
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