Dairy cattle show to award 6500 cash prizes
James Black offers 6500 in cash for dairy cattle with a 50 prize for best cow. Waterloo's Dairy Cattle Congress will total 5600 in premiums plus extra club support, aiming to surpass last year. A committee led by John Andrews and William Galloway plans to meet L S Cass to discuss buildings.
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Waterloo
Dairy Cattle Congress
Luntry
Black
Armer
William Galloway
John Andrews
B. Kloster
Ben Lichty
Hugh van Pelt
L. S. Cass
Cass
Ellis
Firemen weave shawls to keep men busy and raise funds
Chiefs report firehouse shawl looms turning out two shawls daily from blended wool. Two to four men work per garment, selling at seven dollars each to fund new uniforms. Since starting three weeks ago, city wool stock dried up, but merchants supplied more. Chief Dunham calls the project profitable and engaging, easing idle time in the department.
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Dunham
Cedar Falls To Get Old Settlers Picnic Plans Set
The Black Hawk County Early Settlers' association votes to hold the annual picnic in Cedar Falls during home-coming week on Wednesday September 4 at the city park. Coffee is free, park seating provided, weather permitting the event will move to the opera house. The veterans’ reunion will be held separately later in September. A progressive party resolution warns against third ticket filings by petition to protect the party’s nominees.
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Black Hawk County
Early Settlers’ Association
Cedar Falls
Veterans’ Association
Old Settlers
Ellis Hotel
Central ‘Committee
Progressive Party
City in Brief: Lenses and Local Movements
East visit summaries include Dr and Mrs Walter H Rollins returning from the east with family. Miss Euretta Henderson of Omaha visits relatives and plans Eldora before returning. Miss Ethel Van Schoyck travels to New Hampton to visit sister Mrs J Gustafson. Mrs J L Van Schoyck returns from New Hampton. Five men arraigned for cereal beverage case before Judge Meyera. Prof A B Sias arrives from Rochester NY for a visit with Carlton Sias. Frank and Mrs Irish depart Los Angeles after three months in Waterloo. Frank Hoffman returns home to Rockford IL after surgery at Waterloo. Mrs Martha Stewart and Irene Barrett head to Shelbyville IN via Chicago and boat trip. Ten plumbers to be examined at East Side fire station by W H Jennish. John Lance reports banner winter wheat crop near Finchford. Carl B Fish seeks divorce from Mildred Olsen, married 1910 Cedar Falls. wife deserted in 1910. Eleanor Hossfeld from Des Moines and Genevieve Lyford visiting Miss Hossfeld’s aunt Dr Margaret V Clark. Loyal Order of Moose meets at Pythian temple with 47 initiates. social to follow. Marshalltown delegation expected.
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Euretta Henderson
Omaha
Eldora
Ethel van Schoyck
New Hampton
J. L. Gustafson
Martha Stewart
E. E. Barrett
Irene Barrett
Shelbyville
Ind
Chicago
East Side
W. H. Jennish
Carl B. Fish
Mildred Olsen
Fish
Cedar Falls
Eleanor Hossfeld
Des Moines
West High School
Genevieve Lyford
State Normal
Valley City
N. D
West Side
Hossfeld
Margaret V. Clark
Loyal Order of Moose
Pythian Temple
Marshalltown
Concolation of a Deaf Man in the Newspaper Line
A fragment notes how a deaf man may console himself by using his ears to support his spectacles and pencil, illustrating a practical reading of body parts in daily life.
Waterloo Evening Courier Issues Brady War Pictures Series
Parents are urged to view the Brady War Pictures supplied weekly to school children for their educational value. The sixteen stations feature text matter and are available through coupon page 3.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Waterloo Evening Courler
Trong
Wasterloo
Wasterloo Evening Courier
Premo Fountain Pens On Market In Waterloo
Be L Thoms of Premo Manufacturing Chicago showcased a wide line of fountain pens in Waterloo to jewelers druggists and stationers. The self filling design prevents ink on users and a long airtight cap protects contents. Prices range from $2 to $8.50. The company will push advertising through northeastern Iowa via Evening Courier columns.
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BE. L. Thoms
Premo Manufacturing Company
Chicago
Waterloo
Premo Company
Iowa
Evening Courier
Bank Clearings and Realty Transfers in Waterloo Week
Waterloo bank clearings for the week ended August five reach 1 382 241 08 with daily totals of 168 437 06 236 692 18 287 258 85 232 570 80 and 157 040 17, down 144 from last year’s figure. Realty transfers show 2 deeds 47 with 25 592 mortgages 26 129 729 chattel mortgages 11 4 985 35 bills of sale 2 5 775 05 total to date 4 082 vs 4 196 last year. Local notice notes school issue and a quote on human sorrow from Longfellow.
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Black Hawk County Abstract Company
Waterloo Bank Clearings
Teaching Monkeys a Lesson at Dalhousie
A colonial tale from Dalhousie describes bold Himalayan hill monkeys raiding bungalow breakfasts. An Englishman’s sugar cane defense ends with treacle and tartar emetic on captured young apes, followed by parental aid and ultimate cessation of the raids as the old monkeys avoid the patch thereafter.
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Himalayse
Dalhousie
Viewpoint of Other Fellow on Wicker and Gentlemen
A historical anecdote recalls Attorney General Wickersham’s childhood in New York near Fifth Avenue where immigration swelled the crowd of youths. His mother warned him to select friends whose fathers were gentlemen, a lesson that shaped his view after meeting a rough Italian boy named Tony at the library.
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Wickersham
Tenth Street
Fifth Avenue
New York
Queen Victoria Rebukes Glare Behind Embroidered Garment
In a crowded street Queen Victoria sits calm as an American woman uses an opera glass to study her attire. The queen meets the gaze with a gentle rebuke and a smiling shake of the head as the moment passes and the marriage proceeds.
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Victoria
Spain
Youth
Modern feats outshine ancient swimmers in Dover feat
The piece contrasts ancient epic swims with modern achievements. It cites Leander swimming the Hellespont and, more impressively, Captain Woelh swimming the Strait of Dover, about 21 miles, arguing modern feats dwarf ancient ones.
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Leander
Hellespont
Hellespoint
Strait of
Dardanelles
Woelh
Strait of Dover
Rivers Fight for Existence Among English Rivers
Harper's Weekly notes a struggle for survival among rivers, citing the Thames and the Severn. It explains how the Severn erodes backward through the Cotswold Hills, diverting headwaters that once fed the Thames, illustrating competitive drainage patterns in physiography.
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England
Thames
Severn
Cotswold
Harper’s Weekly
General Markets Report From Chicago Board of Trade
Markets show nervousness from cool wet northwest weather and rain that delays harvests. Wheat and corn futures rose modestly with December and September months, while hogs and lard fell. cats advanced on signs of delayed cereal movement. Prices moved amid export sales and bearish pressure from lower hogs and provisions.
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Markt News
Chicago
Rharta
Newbraska
Hog and cattle markets in Chicago August report
Chicago market notes show hogs opened 5 to 1 cent lower with mixed and butcher prices around 7.35 to 8.45 earlier, later slowing. Cattle opened steady with Texas steers about 4.85 to 7.00, calves 0.65 to 8.10, sheep opened weak by several cents. Grain and provisions drift with cash wheat around 1.00 per bushel, various bond quotes and oats prices listed.
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Chicago
Reeves
Texas
Lois
Aio
Ang
Rao
Kansas City
LIVA
South Omaha
Omaha
Neb
District Court notice in Black Hawk County 1912
The District Court of Black Hawk County Iowa issues notice to unknown claimants of the south half of the southwest quarter of section three township eighty eight range twelve for a bill seeking to establish title held by Te Lena Marble. The filing asserts ten years of adverse possession and seeks to bar the unknown claimants from any right to the real estate and to obtain a decree quieting title in Te Lena Marble and her grantees. The case includes market prices for farm produce and livestock and sets a September 16 1912 court date at Waterloo Iowa with default judgment possible.
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Township Eighty-Eight
Black Hawk County
Towa
Harriet L. Smith
Oliver Smith
District Court
Laws
Tanger
Iowa
Waterloo
Wellington
Harriet Ll. Nichols
Ira Nichols
Prairie Bay
Coun Ted Atebra
Blackhawk Cou
Cache
Wild Prairie Bay
Bald
Anit Matiten
Pestilent Female Mosquito And Medical Ads From The Era
A fragment notes female mosquitoes hibernating in attics clothes presses and tree bark cracks then laying eggs as water warms. It also advertises Foley Kidney Pills for backache rheumatism and kidney issues by H W Taggart Bermuda Lily, claiming healing strength and quick results in sealed yellow packages. The text mentions Bermuda bulbs planted in large numbers and school children being supplied in sixteen sections by Was.
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Progressive Party
H.W. Taggart
Notice of Publication for Franklin C. Platt Court Order
Edwards and Longley attorneys for plaintiff file and seek approval of notice to be published weekly for four weeks in the Waterloo Daily Courier. The notice, approved, appears in Waterloo as printed and published daily. Franklin C. Platt, judge of the district court, tenth judicial district, Iowa.
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Puess Edwards & Longley
Waterloo
Nklin C. Platt
Udge
Tenth Judicial District
Iowa
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Rockford
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Chicago Board OF Trade
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