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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 18, 1913

Page

6

Grinders Plan to Import Oratory at Waterloo Meeting

Harry Kiester president of the Town Criers club says out of town speakers will be imported for the coming season to arouse more interest. Louis Hill, slated to address the Waterloo meeting, cannot attend and the session is postponed to next week. the club notes 400 members already.

Town Criers Harry Kiester Kiester Criers Louis Hill Great Northern Railway Waterloo Pythian Temple Miester Hill Crier

Membership drive boosts group to four hundred members

The ongoing campaign raised the membership to about 400 as committees present their reports today. Captains report widespread enthusiasm and upbeat reception during drives across areas.

Fremer Joins Madison Club in Wisconsin Illinois Loop

Tony Fremer, former Waterloo Three I club member, signed with the Madison Wisconsin-Illinois league team and left for Madison this afternoon. He negotiated with Waterloo but accepted Manager Harry Bays offer. Fremer, a Rockford hitter, has been in the game for years and plans to return home this fall.

Tony Fremer Waterloo Madison Fremer Harry Bay Hay Bloomington Rockford WI Ikte

Farewell Service for Dr E D Hull

Revival services at St. Pauls M E church mark a farewell for Dr. E D Wall, longtime pastor of Grace M E church, who has served the congregation for the past two weeks. The service will reflect on his ministry and bid him Godspeed on his next assignment.

St. Paul's M. EB. Church E. D. Wall Grace M. E. Church

Parents Day marks close of special revival meetings

The revival services continue as Dr Hull preaches this evening and a prayer meeting runs from 9:30 to 12. Sunday concludes the series with Parents Day. Special invitations go to cradle roll parents for 11 am worship and to families with Sunday school children for both morning and evening services.

Hull

Motorcyclist 19 Hurt In Peculiar Accident

Ralph Miller, a 19 year old draft teller at Leavitt Johnson National Bank, was thrown from a motorbike when his foot caught a pedal. He sustained a sprained right ankle and body bruises after the machine, traveling at about twenty five miles per hour, threw him during a pleasure ride with a companion.

Ralph Miller Leavitt & Johnson National Bank

Cedar Falls Beware as Waterloo Grows Marvelously

Burlington Hawkeye notes Waterloo's growth shifts its image as old habits and clothes no longer fit. The piece hints at social changes in Waterloo and Cedar Falls. It emphasizes urban change and local perception of progress affecting residents.

Cedar Falls Burlington

Waterloo and Cedar Falls To Merge As Twin Cities

The passage notes the six mile distance between Waterloo and Cedar Falls and reports Cedar Falls could be annexed by Waterloo to create near twin cities. It suggests a next move might be benevolent assimilation of Cedar Falls and frames it as potentially beneficial despite potential resistance.

Waterloo Cedar Falls

Would Consider Marrying Texan Waterloo Bride Prospect

George Smith, a young Texan who asked the Galloway company to find him a wife, may marry a Waterloo girl. A young woman called to inquire about him, refused to give her name, and said she had seen his proposal in newspapers. The firm is hampered by the explicit nature of his letter.

George Smith Galloway Company Waterloo Galloway Mr. Smith

Switchmen Win Wage Demands in Chicago Arbitration

In Chicago, April 18, a four month arbitration settled a wage dispute with nineteen Chicago railroads. Seventeen of eighteen demands by the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen were granted. time and a half overtime remains deferred. Over 5,000 men involved. strike vote taken earlier. The overtime clause to be reconsidered with fifty four eastern railroads. A. F. Whitney hailed the agreement as a victory.

Chicago Brotherhood of Railway A. F. Whitney

Lard Pricing Listed in Bulk Pail Sizes

Prices for lard are shown per pound for mixed lard and single varieties, including 3 and 5 pound pails and a 10 pound pail. The listing enumerates bulk lard options with unit costs and quantities.

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Griers Oratory Louis Hi DR. E. D. Hull Daurree Dry Goods Michael Wagner, Sr Gilbertville IL. C. Schultz Commercial National Bank of Waterloo Iowa William Wagner Phono Krebs & Sons City Hall Lafayette St Toy Garden Imperial White Mountain Golden Rule Gift Store Fourth Street Ollcloth Avata Cub Yard Sanitary Candy Best of Fosse¢lman Ious Adc Torcycle Delivery Service Wisdow Oxford Goodyear Wittick Market West Fourth Street Oak Ridge Dairy Mile Veal
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