Wreck on Great Western Train Kills and Destroys Cars
Reading OCR style details: a Great Western train wreck near Ming o with 14 cattle on track. First section warns of a head engine wreck and four killed. Second section reports eleven killed and three coaches ditched. Engineer Mullaney knocked unconscious and taken to Des Moines by special train.
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Mingo
Jows
Great Weetem
Yan
Ming
Killinie
Mullaney
Mob violence aftermath reported in Muscatine record
An injured unidentified man in Muscatine is expected to recover after being attacked by a mob. The assailants Spot Conway and Jack Beebe suffered minor wounds, while Cotngy and Beebe J. faced more serious injuries. Benatoy Carpenter aided the victim. related local residents are visiting or returning home.
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Spot Conway
Jack Beebe
Conaville
Cotngy
Beebe J
Benatoy Carpenter
Wapello
Dry Goods Sale Winds Down in Waverly
E Rausch oversaw disposal of L C Helber damaged stock after a fire sale. John Elferts Sons Co. acquired the remaining $30,000 stock and will ship goods to Waverly for local sale. The rapid closing benefited many Waterlow families with affordable purchases.
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Gut E. Rausch
L. C
Helber
John Elferts Sons Co
Finn
Mr. Rausch
Waterlow
Mason
English Lutherans Lease German Church in Waterloo
A German Lutheran church on Jefferson Street Waterloo has leased its brick building for one year to the English Lutheran Society of Waterloo as preparations for organizing a church proceed. Rev T P Skobard from Canon City Colo will lead the new English Lutheran work arriving Sept 5 with wife and child.
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Park Avenue
English Lutheran Society of Waterloo
Canons City
Col
Waterloo
Het
Skevard
West
Harry Coffelt
Gettysburg Theological Seminary
Gettysburg
Dug
Skobard
Coffelt
Luther P. Ludden
City workers get pay hikes and fire department raises in council action
Waterloo council met Friday evening approving salary increases for many city staff including mayor aldermen attorney and clerical officers. Fire department pay scales rose for chief captain pipemen hydrantmen and drivers with later yearly increments. Tax levies for the upcoming year were set across multiple funds and districts including general fund east and west improvement sewer and library.
Labor Day Union Parade and Citywide Store Closings in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids unions decide to celebrate Labor Day with a parade, a 7:45 am train from Cedar Rapids to Waterloo, and supporters plan to attend a speech by Rev. H. W. Reeder at the Presbyterian Church. Many stores will close all day, groceries and dry goods shut, some shops expect noon closing, and electric park in Waterloo hosts an afternoon socialist celebration with entertainment and a printers strike observing the holiday.
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Atl
Cedar. Rapids
If. W. Rederd
Presbyterian Charéy
Hig
Electric Park
Waterloo
Recruiting Office Activity and Local Construction Updates
Nathaniel Tobias of Janesville joins the United States Cavalry after enlistment by local recruiter Sergeant Fred Groff and will depart for Jefferson Barracks Missouri for training. Ronnie H F Christenson and G H Shotwell also enlisted this week and head to Jefferson Barracks today to begin military careers. A sidewalk project on Commercial Street and Bridge Street near the Irving hotel advances as concrete work starts. Structural iron arrives for the job, Lewis Lauritzen holds the $1,990 contract, with large posts to be set in the wall and electric lights to illuminate the hall.
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Nathaniel Tobias
Sanveville
Jefferson Barracks
Commercial Street
Bridge Street
Irving Hotel
Lewis“Lauritzen
Welstead Dies After Illness on Independence Avenue
Chas E Welstead dies at 7:00 PM Friday at home of a friend on 1625 Lafayette after brief consumption illness. Born November 9, 1869 in Blackhawk County, son of Daniel E Welstead, he lived in Waterloo most of life and worked as a horse driver. Survived by widow, his mother in Fremont Neb, and two sisters in Ames Neb. Body to Fremont for burial beside father Henrietta Strumpel also dies Friday night on Independence Avenue after long illness. Born in Germany 65, birthday April 2, 186? Survived by two brothers, Enec Timmerman of Waterloo and Tod Timmerman in Illinois, a son Fred Struimpet in Waterloo. Funeral Monday at 10:30 from residence and 11 at Luther church on Watant Street. Rev Wolfrant to officiate. Burial in Fairview.
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Utl & Neighbor
Lafayette Street
Blackhawk “County
Daniel E. Welstead
Waterloo
Fremont
Ames
Neb
Henrietta Strumpel
Independence Avenue
Germany
Enec Timmerman
Tod Timmerman
Ilinois
Fred Struim
Brinton Han Comments on Belding Hall Trouble
Brinton P. Han vice president and manager of the Belding Hall company says Chicago reports of half a million dollars in debts are true but that the firm will recover. He denies Jesse Hall made unauthorized loans and asserts all dealings were within business relations and authorization.
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Mich
Brinton P.han
Belding-Hall Company
Chicago Dispatches
Jesse Hall
Petaluma Poultry Boom Draws World Attention
The Petaluma area in Sonoma County California emerges as a leading poultry center with 1906 shipping tallies to San Francisco of 4,384,221 dozen eggs and 89,838 dozen poultry. Proximity to markets and cheap tidewater routes aid vast production, with incubators and hatcheries thriving. ranches range from two to 160 acres, yielding substantial profits per hen. Historic Vallejo adobe fort nearby links the town to Mexican and early U.S. military history as readers on the Frisco/Oakland trip await further notes.
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Bay of San Francisco
Oaland
Nes
Limita
Poultry Center
Pacific Coast
Petaluma Weekly Poultry Journal
Iowa
Arizona
Texas
Australia
South Africa
Siz
August farm notes and deaths in Jesup area
Local farming chatter records 80 acre farm rent at 3.75 per acre, threshing delays due to rain, new equipment purchases, and multiple farm sales in the Jubilee and Dewar regions. Gusts note Bert High’s death in Texas on vacation and nearby community social events. Residents and visitors travel between Jesup, Dewar, and surrounding towns with crop and livestock market mentions and repairs.
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Das
George Toome
Oinger Bros
Nick Sadler
Bert High
Texas
Jesup
Jubilee
George Wellman
William Huck
John
Ables Bros
John Stoubénrauch
Peter Rhommer
Nick Blees
Nick Phillips
St. Joseph
Towa
Melsch & Co
Terry
LaPorte
Nousus
North
Makote
Bryants Get Paying Contract for West Watercloo Work
The city awarded a contract for paving and street work along West Watercloo to W. A. Bryant and Son of Waterloo at 1.87 per rail foot for brick and 2.25 for brick. The only bid came from Errant and the measure includes gutter, curb, grading, and paving. A related resolution directs residents to connect water and sewer at once with city cost bearing for uncompleted connections. Warrants were drawn for property openings along Lafayette street to Chautauqua park, with specific lot payments to McIntyre, Kinsell, and others, and a $3,500 warrant for Anne Han in the sheriff’s hands. The park board and Lord Alford estate consented to roadway openings for park access. Excavation and paving plans proceed, with butter fat payouts to patrons listed.
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Waterloo
Asddai Cece Eicenes
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Lafayette Street
Chautauqua Park
John W. McIntyre
Eliza Kinsell
Magic Bantz
Auditor's Bayou
Anne
Lord Alford
Tennis Stars at Cincinnati Tri State tournament opens
US and Canadian players arrive for the Tri-State tennis tournament at the Cincinnati Tennis Club. Notables include Beals Wright, W. C. Grant, H. Westfall, Robert Leroy, J. A. Ross and A. C. Hopking. Miss May Sutton aimed to defend her state title as the week unfolds. Wright will defend the tri state singles title but plays doubles with Little and mixed doubles with Sutton.
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United States
Canada
Cincinnati Tennis Club
Beals Wireb
Boston
W. C. Grant
Rd, Little
H. I. Westfall
Robert Leroy
New York
J. A. Ross
A.C. Hopking
Chicago
May
Water scarcity looming in White Lake New York area
Aug. 24 report from White Lake New York notes potential extreme drought with little rain expected. Residents warn that water remains scarce and hotels are selling water for 25 cents per quart, highlighting the seriousness of shortages.
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