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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1912
Page
11
Robert Dixon, a known junk collector from near New Hartford, is jailed in Cedar Falls after failing to support five children. Judge Cummins has the case under advisement amid claims he spends money on himself, not dependents.
Postmaster Hale of Tripoli notes the calf industry near Cedar Falls with more veal calves shipped than any other Iowa station. Daily consignments reach Chicago, with up to 150 calves in a single shipment and express rate of 1.25 per hundred pounds. Calves weigh 40 to 60 pounds, boosting local earnings.
Judge C H E Ransier in Independence grants a decree canceling the Cedar Falls contract with Horrabin paving and permanently enjoins the city and contractor. The decision blocks that bid and requires new advertisements, while not affecting other awarded paving contracts.
The May 14 and 15 gathering of Black Hawk county Sunday school workers will be held at the Cedar Falls Methodist church with speakers from Davenport Waterloo Des Moines Mason City and Cedar Rapids. A large convention chorus directed by Prof. C A Fullerton will perform and all counties schools have three delegates plus the pastor and superintendent. The event offers Harvard plan entertainment with free lodging and breakfast. Also Cedar Falls clubs plan April 30 meetings to close Macbeth and Henry VIII studies with local leaders.
Readings record a minimum of 50 degrees and a maximum of 72 degrees from this date last year. The fragment mentions markings by Buchanan Optical Co. and Syndicate Black with unclear data on gables and weather terms.
Cedar Falls council adopts official name College Park on College Hill as water mains and hydrants are installed for drinking water. Debating night features Cedar Rapids high school and East Waterloo teams with judges Supt. Francis Meyerholz and J. W. Jarnagin. Community notices include recoveries from illness, visitors, and civic changes.
Rathbun serves as a Plym outh county delegate to the state Republican convention at Cedar Rapids. He plans to attend business in New Hampton Osage and Charles City before returning home.
Carl Kirkpatrick of Waterloo, a recent university graduate, spoke at the mid week YMCA meeting about how he would live his college life if he had to do over again. Word arrives that the body of Mrs. Rachel Andrews Howe will be flown in from Des Moines.
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