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Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 20, 1911

Page

9

Waterloo Iowa to Consider Resolution of Necessity for Sidewalks

City council of Waterloo Iowa will meet May 8 1911 at 7 30 p m in the council chamber to consider a proposed resolution of necessity for cement sidewalks. The list specifies sidewalk construction along Linwood Avenue South Street Denver Street Thirteenth Street Mullan Avenue West Fifth Street Jefferson Street Commercial Street Miles Street Randall Street Virden Street and related blocks and lots with walks five feet four inches wide built of Portland cement.

Waterloo Iowa City of Waterloo Towa City of Linwood Avenue Williston Avenue South Street Grant Avenue Hammond Avenue Denver Street Leagitt & Johnson's Bluff Street Baker's Thirteenth Street Mullan Avenue Whitney West Fifth Street Jefferson Street Commercial Street Walker Thompson Avenue Miles Street Randall Street Virden Street Auditor's Portland

Agents Coerce and Extort in City Bankers Help End Racket

Reports from Cedar Rapids describe a Northwestern company extortion ring terrorizing poor residents. Victims faced threats from revolvers and jail, with sums demanded from $10 to $175. A banker intervened, helping recover $160. another case involved coercion involving a young girl to spare her father a fine.

Cedar Rapids Northwestern Company Ble Ike

Cement sidewalk bonds and assessment described for Waterloo

By ordinance 533 the city requires a cement sidewalk contractor to post a bond and an additional bond equal to 25 percent of the contract price. Costs are assessed on abutting property with certificates paid from a tax under state code sections. The improvement proceeds without peti tion from property owners and notices advise compliance. Dated April 17 1911. Mayor J R Rector. City Clerk R C Thompson.

Waterloo Iowa Thirtieth General Assembly

King's Eyes Reveal Worshipers Not Flatterers

Fenelon, almoner to Louis XIV, tells the king that he had announced a silent chapel day to show who worships God and who comes to flatter the monarch. The king finds only the priest and himself in attendance.

Fenelon Louis XIV

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