Harker Meee wedding at Chautauqua park
Ingret Harker and Roy McKee were married at 9 o clock this morning in the home of Mr and Mrs A Schoel at Chautauqua park Rev H W Reherd officiated in a simple ring ceremony Attendants included Harry McKee and Mrs F G Liffring The bride wore a dark blue traveling gown and carried English violets Guests will visit in Chicago before honeymooning at the School cottage in Chautauqua park Mrs McKee a Waterloo native and music graduate of St Josephs college Dubuque is popular in the community The groom is a salesman with Growen Cowan Lumber company and has many friends in St Louis
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St. Louis
F. G. Liffring
Coffee Heart at Brookline: Postum Helps Palpitations
A Brookline man recounts years of heart palpitations tied to coffee. After trial of Postum, prepared properly, his condition improved. palpitations vanished except when he drank coffee away from home. He praises Postum as a soothing, non stimulating beverage. A Battle Creek company note claims ten days prove it. Read The Road to Wellville booklet for more.
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Brookl Kns
Postum
Portum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Ten Dars
Praises Savior of Pigs From White Plague Ad
Dr T A McManus of Waterloo discusses tuberculosis prevention in a section on preventive medicine. He cites the war against the white plague and cites milk pasteurization and tuberculous cows as key to protecting pigs and babies. He notes Waterloo’s milk ordinance and calls for further safeguards for Iowa babies.
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T. al McManus
Waterloo
Iowa State Medical Society
Washington
Commonwealth
Thirty-first General Assembly
Towa
Socialist Ball in Milwaukee Draws Thousands
Milwaukee officials hosted a municipal ball to aid the unemployed, drawing crowds that strained the auditorium floor. About 15,000 tickets were sold as tickets went to every business firm with a notice that city hosts report 15,070 idle persons, reflecting widespread hardship among the poor.
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Milwaukee
Wis
City council makes ball an official function
The administration moved to provide work for the men immediately and avoid delays in formal contracts for city projects. The council approved elevating the ball to an official function, signaling prompt action and oversight.
Resignation of Waterlooo Gas Chief Prompts New Appointee
I W Cowdery resigns as superintendent of the gas department at Citizens Gas and Electric. H M Smith will succeed him, arriving from Mobile Gas in Mobile Alabama. Smith, an Iowa native from Nashua, is a graduate of Iowa State College and has held posts at Hammond Indiana and Mobile. Cowdery came to install the new water gas machine and may return to the United Gas Improvement Company in Philadelphia.
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S. Hurd
Cedar Falls
Town Federation of Women's Clubs
Sioux City
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Iowa
Iowa Federation
I. F. WC
J. W. Richards
Waterloo
Davenport
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
Press Club
Press Ciib
I. W. Cowdery
Citizens Gas & Electric Company
H. M. Smith
Mobile Gas Company
Mobile
Ala
Mr. Smith
Nashua
Iowa State College
Ames
Gas & BH Electric Company
Hammond
Ind
Ife
Cowdery
United Gas Improvement Company of
Philadelphia
Great Western urges dairying in new timetable
The Chicago Great Western publishes a March 5 timetable featuring Prof. Hugh G. Van Pelt on profitable winter dairying. The front cover highlights dairy profitability in Iowa and urges farmers to stay on their Iowa farms, diverging from typical railroad booster material.
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Chicago Great Western
Hugh G. van Pelt
Waterloo
van Pelt
Iowa
Great Western
Amateur Night Proves Success at the Crystal
Amateur night at the Crystal drew a packed house for two full shows with an extra amateur hill. Six acts impressed the crowd as Burdette Smith won first prize of ten dollars for singing dancing and a blackface routine while John Gafney took second prize of one dollar in a tie eating contest. The management pledged support for participants and promised an unusually good bill next Friday.
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the Crystal
Burdette Smith
John Gafney
All Sho es Alike for Degree Team
The Clover Leaf degree team from East Waterless Modern Woodmen camp No 5321 will drill in Buffalo on June 18 wearing identical patent feather Blucher shoes. The Fox Shoe Store window in Filis block displays the team footwear by Feidrick Fox Wilker Shoe Co of Racine Wisconsin on a natural footprint last.
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Clover Leaf
Modern Woodmen of America
Jn Buffalo
Fox Jshone
Filis
Fifth Street
Feidrick, Fox, 1Filker Shoe Co
Racine
Wis
Creditors Seize Large West Coast Contract Firm
Chicago, April. Creditors of Groozge W. Jackson have swooped in to take control of the west’s largest contract firm. Unsecured liabilities totaling about 1.01 million dollars threaten projects half completed. Banks report shattered credit, a failed 2.009 million stock issue, and an inability to pay suppliers or material.
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Chicago
jGroozge W. Jackson
West
Tik
Labor dispute threatens contractor firm with massive debts
Labor unrest plagues a famous contracting firm driving liabilities to about 5.4 million dollars. An officer claims assets near 5.5 million. A banker connected to creditor banks says, after full review, real assets will likely cover around 90 to 94 percent of the firm’s debts.
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cr@titor
Sai
Campaign meeting planned by Men’s Personal Workers’ League
J E Bates new president announces a Sunday afternoon gathering in the M C A auditorium Waterloo. A double male quartet from Walnut Street Baptist church will provide music and about fifty or sixty men will give two minute talks on the Sunday campaign. R A Browles of the Noxubee industrial school may attend and speak briefly.
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J. E. Bates
Men's Personal Workers’ League
M.C.A
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Waterloo
R. A. Browles
Noxubee Industrial School
Dwyer Named Manager of Des Moines Ball Club
Des Moines April 8 John Higgins owner of the Des Moines Western league baseball team announces Dwyer will manage the club. Higgins states the choice aims to strengthen the roster and improve the club's onfield performance for the upcoming season.
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Des Moines
Johnt Higgins
C M Berkley Hardware Company Incorporation Notice
Notice of incorporation of C. M. Berkley Hardware Company at Waterloo Iowa. The firm will operate as hardware jobbers retailers and wholesalers handling tools sheet metal sheet iron and related goods with capital stock 49000 and 24000 subscribed. Five directors to govern from March 1911 with annual elections and a two thirds debt cap.
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Iowa
C. M. Berkley Hardware Company
Waterloo
Renhewal
C. M. Berkley
John O O. Berkley
B. C. Pinkerton
A. E. Gnagy
Bid Downing
John C. Berkley
B.C. Pinkerton
Des Moines Names New Team Manager Bill Dwyer
Des Moines announces the appointment of Bill Dwyer as manager of the Des Moines team. Dwyer previously led the club to a pennant in 1909, following last year’s manager George Davis.
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Des Moines
Bill Dwyer
Dwyer
George Davis
Change of Name Notice in Black Hawk County Iowa
Public notice states Richard Coe Bland is adopted in place of Guy C Bland per district court filing in Black Hawk Iowa. Notice follows 1907 code chapter 18 and court directive. Public record alerts concerned party of name change and publication requirements.
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District Court
Black Hawk County
Iowa
Richard Coe Bland
Guy C. Bland
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A. L. Suater
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