Waterproof street coats and Cedar Rapids water scare
A Cedar Rapids trial coats unpaved streets with a tar oil mix promising hard, smooth roadways at low cost, with Sioux City and Waterloo cited in praise and concern. A Cedar Rapids water scare follows, as health officers report hog lot pollution seeping into city wells, prompting notices to remove carcasses and clean facilities amid debate over municipal water ownership.
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Cedar Rapids
Trasky
Hig
Coldstream Farm
Achimels
Mr. Tinsky
Orton Minor
N. M. Hubbard
Waterloo
Dar Répida
Jong
Lkely
Wateless
GASTAR FOR STREETS EXPERIMENT IN SIOUX CITY
Sioux City tests a gas tar product to curb dust on unpaved streets and muddy roads during rain at nominal cost. The street committee approved a trial, hoping the method proves satisfactory for wider adoption in cities, with L L Kellogg of the gas and electric company promoting the approach.
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Sioux City
L. L. Kellogg
Sioux City Gas and Electric Company
Giant's Ladder Alpslike Rails Through Colorado Trail
A travelogue chronicles a Denver to Eldora journey along the Colorado Southern and Colorado Northwestern lines. It describes Boulder, the Chautauqua, and a scenic ascent via canyons and giant ladder sections, with vivid notes on towns, landscapes, and festive Fourth of July celebrations.
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Switzerland
Denver
Eldore
Colorado Southern
Colorado & Northwestern
Boulder
America
Colorado
Eldora
Plainind
Howe
Paradise
Hitle Elsa
Sactus
Midus
Ledyard auctions top hogs and new Alta depot planned
In the year ending July 31 Ledyard grain buyers traded Poland China hogs. J W Faucet’s hog sold for 2500 dollars and J C Hanna’s for 5000 dollars. Illinois Central orders a new depot at Alta as Webster City grows with a new opera house church and business block. The Sac County court denied divorce in Wilkie v Wilkie after thirty years. Iowa fair forbids more wooden buildings. steel and brick only. Columbine gathering, mountain hiking, and local anecdotes fill the rest with notes on tourism and travel.
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Ilinois Central
Alta
Aristocrat Resigns Commission to Apprentice as Pork Butcher
A Hungarian lieutenant Aladar Stoliick resigns his commission to train as a pork butcher in Budapest, claiming he cannot afford a three year 400 pay. The chaos includes social misadventures, royal musings, and a string of local anecdotes.
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Boulder Creek
Aladar Stoliick
Hunsar
Budapest
Fisherman Captures Beaver With Fly Rod Near Lodge Falls
W E H Dill of Eustis Maine, while fly fishing on the Dead River near Lodge Falls, lured eight young beavers to the surface within fifty feet. After a patient, skillful cast and a quick jig, he captured the beaver, displayed it at the Show House, and returned it to its native home. Dill claims to be the first man to land a beaver on a split bamboo rod.
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Eustis
Lodge Falls
Hayleg
Bane
Gov
Chiago Inter Ocean
Dill
Unusual Will Provisions Shape Spencer Legacy
National Bank president Phineas M. Spencer died recently leaving most wealth to women and a grandnephew, Frederick Albert B. Spencer, with a condition that the child remain American serviceman until twenty one. Other gifts include sums to his stenographer, housekeeper, and cook, while nephew Albert K. Spencer is cut off.
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Mungerien
Phineas M. Spencer
Pres! National Bank
Baya
Cleveland
New York World
Frederick Albert B. Spencer
Toyal Aftivan
United States
Spencer
Frank Spencer
New York
Albert K. Spencer
Julia Francis
Misa Mary Costello
Misa Fannie Roberts
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