Declamatory Contest Friday Draws State Delegations
East Waterloo High School hosts the annual state declamatory contest with twelve schools, including Glenwood Clarion Laurens Sigourney Manchester Centerville Adair Sheldon Elkader Guthrie Center Colfax and Sanborn. Manchester sends about forty delegates as glee club and orchestra perform before an address of welcome followed by business meetings and officer elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
East Waterloo High School
W. J. Griffith
Glenwood
Clarion
Laurens
Sigourney
Manchester
Centerville
Adair
Sheldon
Elkader
Guthrie Center
Colfax
Sanborn
Glee Club
Scott Prowell
R. 5. Whitley
Sioux City
O. W. Fifer
Des Moines
Eugene Henley
Grinnell
Corwin
Fred Dean
Regulus
Emmet Lenihan
Benjamin Mather
Julia Swisher
Zapala City
Jay G. Barr
Ruth Phillips
Clyde Rochholz Adair
Judge Stoker
Steel Employes to Get 6 Per Cent Raise
Pittsburg reports an advance in pay for thousands of United States Steel subsidiary workers, about six percent. The changes target laborers earning under $100 a month, with decisions expected to be implemented soon. Photographs: indoors or out. Tanner & Perkins, Tel. 564-L.
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Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Tanner & Perkins
Tel
Kellogg Arrives to Install W C F N Account System
G F Kellogg assistant manager of the Illinois Auditing Company of Chicago arrived in Waterloo this morning to inaugurate a complete modern accounting system for the W C F N Railway.
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G. F. Kellogg
Illinois Auditing Company of Chicago
Waterloo
W., C.F. & N. Railway
Social clubs host gatherings on Walnut and Clay streets
Nellie Green entertains Tuesday Evening Five hundred club with twelve ladies and prize. guests include Miss Young from Indianapolis. Book and Needle club hosts at Third Avenue West with large attendance. Desdemona club enjoys needlework and music. Lydia society meets at Clay Street with hospital sewing finished. L. G. club surprises Mrs. Sam Scott with gifts and refreshments.
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Nellie Green
Walnut Street
L. B. Strouse
Miss Young
Indianapolis
A. W. Peterson
Book and Needle Club
J. E. Bragdon
E. S. Childs
Third Avenue West
Lydia Society
Claire Parker
Clay Street
Josephine Shimer
L. G
L. G. Club
Sam Scott
Chicago YMCA Campaign Caps Twelve Day Drive
Chicago’s YMCA closes a twelve day campaign with total subscriptions of 361 438 and overall funds secured surpassing previous records. The drive, intended to reach 1 000 000, has raised 1 182 622 to date, with 350 000 cited as the final goal. Donors span rich and poor, from bank vaults to newsboys, in a citywide show of support amid cheers and prayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Monroe
State Streets
Young Men’s Christian Association
Offcers Parade Crepe Draped Auto After City Nonreappointments
City officers who failed of reappointment rode the riverfront in a crepe draped automobile yesterday and last evening. The celebrants drew mixed comments as Police Judge Caldwell weighed possible city ordinance violations and urged apologies from participants. Some said it was improper while others smiled and stayed silent as discussions floated around arrest or militia intervention.
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Ong
Caldwell
Traveler Lost Roll of Bills on Great Western Train
J. J. Swiney a traveler from Montana to Kansas City lost a roll of money while buying popcorn at the union station. A thief snatched the bills and fled as the train began to move. The money was partly recovered. only $20 of the original $50 was returned. Swiney’s ill father and his young son were traveling with him. the boy was later diverted back to Hudson and then reunited.
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J. J. Swiney
Union Station
Great Western
Swiney
Montana
Kansas City
Hudson
Waverly Man Identified After Fatal Chicago Accident
L B Babcock of Waverly identified as the man killed in Chicago Monday night. The 42 year old, a drinker away from home since Sunday, left for Chicago and was struck by an auto truck on the tracks. He leaves a wife, eight children, and relatives in Waverly. The body will be brought home for burial.
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Waverly
L. B. Babcock
Chicago
Orlando Babcock
Minors Central
Bremer County
Guy Babcock
Bartenders Challenge Barbers to Benefit Baseball Game
Waterloo bartenders issue a challenge to Waterloo barbers for a benefit baseball game at Red Cedar Park. All profits would support La Rue’s Waterloo band, following a local concert series that drew thousands last summer. The date is to be arranged.
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Courier
la Rue
Waterloo
Barbers of
Red Cedar Park
Wife Files Suit For A Divorce In Court
Ella Murray filed a divorce suit against her husband L. Murray. The complaint was withdrawn from the files so no allegations are known. The directory lists Murray’s residence at 1310 Third Avenue West and his occupation as a commercial traveler.
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Ella Murray
L. ©. Murray
Murray
Third Avenue
West
Comet Visible in Chicago With Common Glass
Halley’s comet was seen yesterday for the first time since March 26 but appeared too dim for small telescopes. Astronomers expect good viewing only after April 20. Venus may be mistaken for the comet now.
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Chicago
EB. B. Frost
B. B.barnard
Yerkes Observatory
Williams Bay
Wis
Forest. R. Moulton
University of Chicago
Venus
Photographs Indoor or Outdoor by Tanner and Perkins
Tanner and Perkins advertise photography services for indoor and outdoor scenes. Contact Tel. 564-1 for appointments and details on equipment, rates, and available formats.
Waterloo in Brief and Political Hints
Waterloo news notes include Buchanan Optical Co promotions and local business visits by Finlayson Beavers Valley bank cashier Tannen Parvin Masons meet in June Grand Lodge to Waterloo, Welstead not seeking re election and potential candidates Hosteter Lohner Johnson. Mrs Minkle and sons return to Waverly from Waterloo by buggy. Voting machine attachments delayed for June primaries due to testing delays.
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Buchanan Optical Co
Lynd
N. R. Parvin
Cedar Rapids
Grand Secretary
The
Masons of
Iowa
City
P. J. Martin
Grand Lodge
Waterloo
Thomas Welstead
Board of Supervisors
Waterloo Township
E. Ju. Hosteter
A. A. Lohner
J. D. Johnson
L. H. Minkle
A. J. Edwards
Waverly
Cedar Falls
Editor Kills Missouri City Mayor in quarrel
Morehouse Mo April 13 Claude B Hay editor of the Morehouse Hustler shot and killed Dr L W Hart mayor of Morehouse on the main street. Hay was arrested and jailed at New Madrid. Both men came from influential families and had feuds traced to a critic article three years earlier. Hay fired four shots wounding Hart fatally. Hart died after entering a nearby dry goods store. Hay surrendered to the town marshal.
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Morehouse
Claude B. Hay
Morehouse Hustler
L. W. Hart
Hay
New Madrid
Hart
Citizen's Party
Dr. Hart
Bust of Taft Sculpted for Met or Corcoran
New York sculptor Robert J. Aitken completed a Clay model of a bust of President Taft. He worked in the president's office while Taft carried on with his duties. The bust may be placed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York or the Corcoran Gallery in Washington.
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Washington, D. C
Robert J. Aitken
New York
President Taft
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Corcoran Art Gallery
Photography! Tanner & Perkins indoors or outdoors
A brief note highlights photography services by Tanner and Perkins in the Toi area at 564-1, offering indoor and outdoor shooting options. The item reads like an informal ad or notice for photography work.
Mystery in Death of Italian Youths in Pittsburgh
Two sons of Italian benefactor Philip Badali of Wilkinsburg are found dead in bed in what coroner terms a poison death. Aged eighteen and sixteen, the youths may have been poisoned by someone else or by mistake for medicine. Much mystery surrounds the case as authorities investigate potential foul play or accidental poisoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Philip Badali
Wilkinsburg
Hogs and cattle markets of Chicago on April 13 1910
The report from Richardson & Lerra bee lists estimated receipts for hogs at 16,000 and cattle at 14,000 with hogs opening 10 to 15 cents lower before closing stronger than the morning. Prices show mixed and butcher hogs from 9.85 to 10.12, heavy categories around 9.95 to 10.15, and light hogs near 9.80 to 10.15. Cattle open steady and end steady to a shade lower, with beeves at 8.55 to 8.55, western steers around 6.38 to 6.85, stockers 3.8 to 6.45, and calves about 7.00 to 8.00. Sheep open weak and close 10 to 15 cents lower, native and western lambs around 7.75 to 9.75. Cash grain quotes for wheat, corn, and oats, and New York stock figures are provided along with Kansas market prices and Winnipeg notes.
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Chicago
Texas
Waterloo
Kansas Turkey
Wellington
Pioneer
Aristos
Corh
Butler
Calf Hide Prices and Wool Description Noted
The excerpt lists No 1 cured calf hide and No 2 cured calf leather along with numbers and references. It mentions Bright, medium, coarse wool free from bure and an unclear line that may indicate grade or pricing details. The fragment reads like a market or trade catalog entry with limited readable context.
Jury verdict in Bickley vs Weav er administrator case
The jury returned a sealed verdict after about an hour, awarding the plaintiff 360 dollars for medical attendance in the estate of Joseph Fasha. The plaintiff sought 625 dollars. Fasha, Civil War veteran, left all property to charity, including a farm in South Dakota and other real estate and personal property.
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Drs. Bickley
D. BR. Weaver
Joseph Fasha
Basha
Fasha
South Dakota
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Behods State Secretary
Bardwell
Pickwick
Robert Byrnes
Elunder
Lea Charter
Aunt Jane
Bessie Wood
Debating Society
Verne Foley
Sanbern
C. B
Russell-Lamson Ride
Brent
Courtland St. Co BR
Havenburg Co
East 4Th St
Waterloo Cement Machinery Corporation
Logan Ave
Hammond Ave
B. O
Bellabie
West Ath St C
F. A. Sporle
Tollefson
Chicago Y.M.C
L. B Babcock
T. R. Tannen
Beavier Valley State Bank
Parkersburg
Missouri City
Mr. Taft
Toi
General Market News
Richardson & Lerrabee
Chicago Board of Trade
Lamson Broa, & Co
Sycamore Street
H. W
ST. Louis
Minneapolis
Stock Exchange
Amalgamated Copper
United States Steel, Common
United States Steel
Car and Foundry
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Southern Pacific
Baltimore and Ohio
Chesapeake and Ohio
Union Pacific
American Smelting
Atchison
Chicago Great Western
Rock Island
St. Paul
Cross Percy
Reading
Pennsylvania
Canadian Pacific
New York Central
Illinois Central
Northern Pacific
Wealon Sa Ce Bay
Colin Broa
Ots -Vtjlz
M. BE. Church
Comer West Fifth
Jeffer
Son Streets
Robert Fullerton
Town State Teachers’ College
Tina Martin
A.C. Edwards
Apollo
Melville Clark Piano Co
Acre
James Gardiner Co
W. L. Wallace
Mgr
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Jefferson Streets
Waterloo City
Deerfield Co-Operating Land Co
Syndicate Building
Towa
Colorado, Kansas
Dakota Farm Lands
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