Blackhawk County School Fair Plans and Local News
Entries recall events of Oct 4 and 5 in Blackhawk county including the first annual school fair preparations by County Superintendent Elliott, Waterloo chosen for a 2908 Iowa Masons convention, Mrs Joshua Newoeil's settlement for her husband’s death at Norris Siding netting 4200, and the Associated Charities annual meeting report amid the deaths of Myre and M Lichty after long Blackhawk county residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliott
Blackhawk County
Waterloo
Iowa Masons
Joshua Newoeil
Wreck
Norris Siding
Associated Charldea
Myre
M. Lichty
Waterloo city notes and court items in brief
Local items report F Gruber joining Iowa Telephone Co and various neighbors returning from Des Moines visits. Death and burial for Alive Laverne Mumby in Waucoma. Waterloo College of Commerce expansion with 104 students. district crime notes include John Harding arrest for breaking and entering. voucher day for old soldiers and several residents highlighted for visits, marriages, and events.
Week in Waterloo notes and court actions
Mollie Brown, jailed for disorderly conduct, was released on promise to leave the city and head to Parkersburg then St Louis with funds advanced by a friend. Paving on Courtland Street may finish tonight, directing work to West Second Street. Union Baptist services drew a full church as Rev. T. W. Powell spoke of Heaven. Army officers vote tonight for lieutenant colonel as Major Fisher declines campaigning. Hawarden’s Frank Jewell climbs a 25 foot flag staff for painting. Vetters & Waters fall opening draws record crowds and more supply runs from New York. State v. Dolly Graham bond forfeited as she remains outside Iowa. Reports of chicken and grain theft rise south of the city with birds, oats stolen. New York suffragists attempt voter registration with no success. Tonight, “Bad Man Johnson” plays at Waterton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mollie Brown
Kepford
Parkersburg
St. Louis
Waterloo
Courtland
Bryant, Ford & McLaughin
Courtland Street
West Second
Walnut Street Baptists
First Baptists
T. W. Powell
D. D
Chicago
Walnut Streak
Vetters & Waters
Tae
Waters
New York City
Masons to Hold Four Day Iowa Assembly in City
Royal and Select Masters Grand Council and Royal Arch Masons plan a four day Iowa convocation in the city. Delegates meet trains, openings at 9am and 2pm with multiple degree exemplifications and the Anointed Weh Priests session Thursday evening. Notables including W H Morris and Alfred Wingate arrive as attendance is anticipated to be large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Chapter
Iowa
Royal Arch Masons
P. J. Martin
G. J. Mack
F. A. Sharia
J. N. Liftring
J. K. Joder
A. J. Fairburn
G. A. Turner
N. W. Johnson
M. J. Newton
G. DU. Hecker
J. W. Krapfel
H. Pinkerton
Bb. R. Griffin
H. A. Surgant
J. F. Simpson
J. Halt
Rainbow
Ili. Marshall
J. D. Easton
T. G. Taylor
Royal and
I Was
Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters
Royal and Select
George R. Turner
Prieata
R. W. Taster
C. C. Greever
W. I. Irvine
CG. O. Greever
W. D. Irvine
C. O. Greever
M. Hy
L. Irvine
W. H. Morris
Manchester
Alfred Wingate
Des Moines
Dr. Webber
Slao
Veteran show man dies after a life on the road
Anoka Minnesota reports the death of P A Older at night near his daughter’s home after a career spanning decades. He joined Yankee Robinson and P T Barnum shows, ran a 26 car circuit from New Orleans, and faced bankruptcy after a yellow fever quarantine in Shreveport. Older, born in the mid 19th century, helped shape early circuses with canvas tents and wooden frame lamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anoka
Minn
Get
United States
Older
Deleyan
Wis
John Robinson
Minneapolis
St. Anthony
Yankee Robinson
Potter Palmer
P.T. Barnum’s
Independence
Iowa
New Orleans
Shreveport
OBITUARY NOTES FROM WATERLOO AREA SERVICES
Obituary notices honor Augusta Louie Paul born in Germany July 3 1842 who with Geo Paul moved from Mt Vernon township Black Hawk County to Waterloo and raised seven children five surviving. Also infant Boedeker dies at 4 months after typhoid and nourishment issues. Funeral for J P Kieffer held at St Josephs Catholic Church. Bishop Breyfogel presided at Evangelical Association dedication services in Waterloo with large crowds and multiple clergy officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta Louie
Germany
Geo. Paul
Mt. Vernon
Ship
Blackhawk County
Waterloo
Maiher
Chas
Cedar Falls
Albert
Bryden
Janesville
Hitzabath
Herman
Henry
Conrad
Frank Loose
Heaver Greek
Minnesota
First Lutheran Church
East Mullan Avenue
Fairview Comptery
Lpring
Boedecker
Carl
Caroline Boedeker
Mulberry Street
Mrs. Boedeker
Alimony Granted In Prairie du Chien Divorce
Nellie Cable wins temporary alimony in the divorce from William Cable. The court orders $300 monthly alimony, $100 attorney fees, and $100 for plaintiff's trial costs, with further orders pending. The marriage occurred October 2, 1887 in Prairie du Chien. Children Leonard Ruth Nora are named. Court adjourned until Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Cable
William Cable
Mayd County
Pettion
Prairie du Chian Wis
Leonard
Ruth
Nora
Jewish Day of Atonement Observed by Hebrew Community
Members of the Hebrew church in the city observe Yom Kippur a 24 hour fast beginning Sunday evening and ending at sunset. The day marks the end of the penitential period after Rosh Hashanah, with synagogues filled for services as both orthodox and reform Jews share in the observance.
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Salem
Bryan to Speak at Tama Chautauqua Pavilion
W J Bryan the Democratic presidential candidate will speak in Tama on Tuesday at 2 30 PM arriving 2 05 PM via C M St P and departing 4 13 PM via CG N W. The meeting at the Chautauqua pavilion seats 6600 and plans include special trains for county residents and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tama
Tamea
W. J. Bryan
N. W
Chautanqua Pavilion
Farmers face surprise insurance assessments in county
Farmers report notices demanding annual assessments on halted policies, averaging about 25.00 per thousand, with no prior warning. Some victims traveled to town seeking relief, and one man left his case with an attorney to decide whether to pay. The debate centers on misunderstood clauses and expected protection costs for the year.
August creamery patrons receive 231 vents for butter
Dunceton notes August results for the creamery patrons, with local gossip on teachers J. W. Boyle, community visits, a city trip, and weather shifts. A farm incident over damages is reported, plus remarks on politics, Prohibition, and local social chatter from September observances and nearby towns.
Quaker Celebration Opens With Warship Parade
Philadelphia observes the 225th founding anniversary with military day activities and a grand parade featuring thousands of soldiers sailors and marines reviewed in the Delaware River vicinity. Kern addresses North Carolina audience as campaigns unfold. A tribal wedding in Sioux City highlights native customs. "Bad Man Johnson" screens at Waterloo Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Delaware River
Skyscraper School in Chicago With Radical Education Plan
Chicago will erect a fourteen story school the tallest in the United States. It will house about 3 000 pupils in one large building and introduce business oriented languages practical mathematics and industrial history. The plan includes emphasis on penmanship bookkeeping and clerical fields, signaling a major shift in public schooling.
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Chicago
United States
Markets Today Lamson Bags Grain and Livestock Notes
The Waterloo office lists grain items and prices with various codes. The live stock market reports Chicago receipts for hogs and cattle, noting slower opening, mixed and butchered prices, and a generally weaker to steady tone with mixed results in hogs and sheep.
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Lamson Bags. & c
Waterloo
Bonda
Chicago
Stock Market Quick Take From New York Oct 5
Prises on the New York Stock Exchange at 1:00 p m show mixed results with listings including Amalgamated Copper United States Steel and Pennsylvania Reading. A separate note records a National League directors meeting in Cincinnati addressing the New York Chicago protest over a disputed September 23 game, with Dreyfus and Murphy excused from voting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stock Exchange
Atchigan
Terreeeners Bsh
Amalgamated Copper
Eee
HUG American Smelter
Baltimore and Ohio
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake and Ohio
Cheags Great Western
Colorado, Fuel and Iron
Pacific
Pennsylvania
Reading
Reek Taland
St. Paul
United States Steel
Cincinnati
National League
Chicago
New York City
Hermann
Cincinnuti
Dreyfus
Pittsburg
Murphy
Ebbets
Brooklyn
Pave
Bouton
Dreyins
Also Mentioned on This Page
F. Gruber
Iowa Telephona Company
Mabel Morrill
Little
Laverne Mumby
Waucoma
Walter Blowers
B. Zook
Cedar Rapids
Geo
Sibert
August Seheel
G. P. Larsen
Albert Lea
Guyda M. Larsen
Nellie Sornberger
Lady Foresters
J. A. Murphy
Glenwaoa Street
Hooster Kitchen
Hall-Ek Felt. Co
Goodyear
Waterloo Colleges of Commerce
Caspar Schenk
Ernest Schenk
Ames
Cedar Heights
Blackhawk
Sarvey
Matilda Schmitt Wa
Casper Schutt
Dunkerton
C. B. Phifer
H. S. Schultz
John Carl Parish
Town City
Ruth Leavitt Davison
J. Walter Larson
Anna E. Skaarup
Robert H. Logan
Marshalltown
Anna M. Norman
Henry E. Howe
Neila Irene Williams
John Harding
A. P. Houston
Frank F. Knanp
Harding
Waterloo College of Conmerce
Fowler
Germain
Co. B
Leutenant
Airty Third Iowa National Guard
Alien
W. G. Dows
F. R. Fisher
Guard
Rowell
Tipton
Avower
Frank Jewell
Hawarden
Bills & Foster Plumbing
Jewell
Doliie Graham
Ransler
Dés Moines
Tts
Laporte
Eagle Center
Waterloo College of Commerce
Walting Station
Man Johoson
Waterton Theatre
Masons
Grand Chapter OF
Sons of Iowa
A. Older
St Petersburg
Truszla Whl
Paul
Jor Geo. Paul
Pauli
Shea
J. B. Kieffer
J. P. Kieffer
Joseph's Catholic Church
Father Mark Cooney
Bank of
Iowara
Calvary
George DP. Beck
Walter PF
Curtiss
J. W. Kraptel
F. M. Bhores
W. W. Whiteyack
Sara Hoff
A. J. Dunham
Jobpe P. Berry
Veas Vy
Evangelical Association
Breyfoget
The
East Park Avenue
LaFayette Street
Breyfogel
Hitler Nolta
Bauernfaind
Dantel Brimo
Board of Trustees
Tey. BR
Nolte
David Lang
Shell Rock
H. O. Lawlentz
Rey’ Gow Kuoche
N. J. Miller
Geo. Eckart
Bryan
Hall Insurance
Ars
J. W. Boyle
No. 6
Laster
Milteus
Rose Millan
Rose Engler
Matt
Hannah Ortner
Fairbank
Rose Lesbe
George Rummell
I Barclay
Kentucky
Oder
Fowler Street
Franklin Street
Utah
Waterloo Fruit and Commission Co
Sioux City
Andrew TF
Belamon
Jengie Merrick
George L. Search
Holplog Hand Mission
Nettie F. Salomon
Bad Man Johnson
Waterloo Theatre
Skyscraper School
Worman
Clark Cotby
Newport
Cathy
Hawka
Pronigal
Mia
ThesMe Léen Church Wilson
Sun
Helens
Cynhtcus
ADA Atman
Chitage
NEW York Stock Market
Bad Man
Jonngon
Waterlo Theatre
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