City Eyes Damages Over Barber Asphalt Paving
City officials survey pavement by Barber Asphalt Company of New Jersey find the streets poorly laid with disintegrating asphalt and dangerous holes. A petition for damages is expected within a week as the city seeks redress for substandard work and traffic hazards on Independence avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Swisher
Barber Asphalt Company of
New Jersey
Independence Avenue
Florence Street
Illinois Central
Turned Corner on the Wrong Side
A man, A. J. Wittick, 33, meat merchant, was fined 10 dollars in police court for speeding and violating a traffic ordinance. He claimed innocence while admitting he was on the wrong side of the street, with much debate over speed judgments. He paid the fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. JJ Wittick
J. Miller
Floyd Toyner
Miller
Fast Fourth Street
Laura Maloy
St. Paul
Laura
Waterloo
Superintendent Moore Presented Gift by County Teachers
The Black Hawk County teachers' Institute concluded a successful week with 130 enrollments. Supt. Bruce Francis presented County Superintendent H. A. Moore a set of silver tea and dessert spoons for his faithful efforts. Mrs. Hattie Moore Mitchell spoke on The Four Eyes of Success: Interest, Industry, Integrity and Individuality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hawk County
Teachers’ Institute
Bruce Francis
Cedar Falls
H. A. Moore
Mitchell
Cresco
Redfield
S. C
Billings
Mont
Hildebrand Chosen Leader of Progressive Party Fight
County central committee of the Progressive Party met to organize a mass meeting. John H. Hildebrand was selected as chairman and JL H Keep of Cedar Falls as vice chairman. Carlton Sias became secretary with treasurer to be chosen later. The chairman will be named from East Waterloo township. Double Coupons Tonight at Williams' cigar stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Party
John H. Hildebrand
JL. H. Keep
Cedar Falls
Carlton Sias
East Waterloo
Pasteurization urged to guard Waterloo milk supply
Maxwell Case of Case Dairy Co writes from Waterloo Iowa praising efforts for pasteurizing public milk and urging swift adoption of a milk ordinance. He argues a milk commission and public debate are needed to protect babies and public health against tainted milk and tuberculosis risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Maxwell Case
Case Dairy Company
Waterloo
Iowa
G. B. Young
Commissioner of Health
Waterlooelty Council
L. M. Small
Dr. Young
G. RB. Young
Jane Addams
Chicago Milk Commission
E. T. Sadler
Creamery Journal
Great Western Creamery Co
Jne
L. M Small
K. T. Sadler
Case Dairy Co
Waterlon
Wiley backs Wilson as Taft Roosevelt foes rise in Des Moines
Dr. H. W. Wiley, former head of the U S food department, says Roosevelt and Taft harm the pure food law and that Wilson will govern for the people. He warns of Republican financial ties and plans to campaign in Indiana for Wilson and Marshall while denouncing James Wilson and the Remsen board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
H. W. Wiley
Food Department
United States
Wiley
Congress
Woodrow Wilson
Indiana
Marshall
Democratic Party
Dr. Wiley
Remsen Board
Republican Party
Tama Jim
Roosevelt le
James Wilson
Board of Agriculture
Washington
Leslie’s Weekly
New York Board of Health
Barney
W. B. Barney
Iowa Pure Food Department
Iowa Department
Speaker to address electric park on biblical liberty
M. P. Baker, a public speaker for seven years, will speak Sunday at 10:30 am at Electric Park Theatre on the subject American Liberty From the Bible Standpoint. He is a Roosevelt supporter and will sing. Children’s program includes songs and Brady Chicago America and Onward War Pictures with text matter from Watersloo Evening Courier.
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M. P. Baker
Publc
Electric Park Theatre
Baker
Roosevelt
New Party
Chicago
America
Watersloo Evening Courier
Town News Briefs From Independent to Cedar Rapids
Mrs. W M Robe visits Independence while Bernice Townes travels Cedar Rapids to visit relatives. K B Fairbank reports his father R J Fairbank remains ill in New York. George Shitemaker and family welcome a baby boy at 201 Beppler Avenue. Ralph Hubbard heads to Jesup for vacation after college study. Clergy members Lenihan Slattery and Linkenmeyer attend Father Miller’s first mass in Fairbanks. Sheriff Shores takes a patient to Knoxville hospital, plans to return with a detainee for wife desertion. Justice J H Kuhns marries Willard D Lacell and Sarah J Phelps at the Commercial Building. Mrs A Craig and Marion depart for Chicago and Pennsylvania after visiting Nashua relatives. Paul Davis Dry Goods Co files suit to restrain county treasurer F T Bentley from tax collection. tendered $410.28 not accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. B. Fairbank
New York
R. J. Fairbank
George Shitemaker
Beppler Avenue
Paul Davis Dry Goods Co
F. T. Bentley
Seventeen Detroit Aldermen Arrested in Bribe Conspiracy
Seventeen Detroit common council members were arrested on charges of conspiring to obtain bribes tied to the Wabash railroad deal. Nine newly arrested and eight rearrested include William Koenig mayoral candidate and other aldermen. authorities stress this is the Wabash conspiracy, not broader civic wrongdoing.
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Detroit
Mich
Shepherd
William Koenig
William H. C. Hindle
George H. Ellis
Patrick O'Brien
Thomas H. Lynch
Joseph Merritt
William F. Zoeller
Richart M. Watson
Stephen
Skrzyski
Louis Brozo
Andrew Walsh
Louis E. Tossy
Frank J. Mason
Martin T. Ostrowski
Thomas BE. Glinnan
David Rosenthal
Joseph L. Theisen
Alois A. Dimet
St. Clair
Wabash Railroad
Child's Knitted Wool Bathing Suit for Boys and Girls
One piece dark blue wool suit with white neck and sleeves. The design suits both sexes and helps prevent catching cold, as wool dries quickly and reduces water play arousal.
New Bridge Area-Way Required On Edwards Street Bridge
The city council’s bridge committee authorized the city engineer to add a nine by seven foot area-way to the Edwards street bridge over Virden creek. Concrete construction at a cost of 1100 will relieve flood losses by increasing water flow during high water and avert possible lawsuits by property owners.
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Edwards Street
Virden Creek
Priest Rev. T. J. McElliott Returns Home Improved
Rev. T. J. McElliott, former assistant pastor of Sacred Heart church, has left Oakdale sanitarium in Iowa City and returned to his mother’s home in Waterloo. He is greatly improved and expected to resume parish work soon.
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Ryan Reporter
T. J. McElliott
Sacred Heart Church
Oakdale Sanitarium
Iowa City
Four Men Drowned at Frontier Lead and Zinc Mine
Four men drowned at the Frontier Lead and Zinc mine near Benton Wisconsin, fifteen miles north of Galena, when attempting to bail out water and due to foul air. A fourth man who went to check on the others also perished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galena
Frontier Lead and Zinc
Benton
Wis
Here
Stubbs Wins Republican Senator Nomination in Topeka
Official returns show Gov Stubbs leading Senator Curtis by district plurality and possible overall popular vote in the Republican senatorial race. The count also reports Geo Hodges ahead of Dillard by over 3,000 votes in the Democratic governor race.
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Topeka
Kan
Stubbs
Curtis
Bank Statement Shows Higher Clearing House Reserves
New York banks report total reserve excess of 20 788 250 dollars, up 389 300 from last week. Loans rise 955 000, specie up 3 476 000, legal tenders down 1 631 000, deposits up 3 894 000, and circulation up 161 000. Vault reserves total 676 375 000 with trust companies at 74 140 000. Major defeats Cowherd for Missouri governor nomination in close Democratic race. Tilcott W. Major leads Kansas City opponent in early returns.
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New York
Vauit
New York Clearing House
Ann
Bless the Good Folks Chorus Poem of Charity and Kinship
A poem praising open handed generosity across social lines. It contrasts good folks with bad, noteing how kindness and empathy uplift others. The speaker emphasizes kinship, shared hope, and timely acts of support that ease burdens and renew resolve.
Overheard Remark About Mr. Timmons’s Home and Wife
A reader sends in a fragment of gossip describing Mr. Timmons as a man who built a house with a fur overcoat on the corner and mentioning his wife noted for a fat figure and coral rings and a large hat. The note preserves the tone of a chatty corner conversation.
Thoughtless Diagnosis Provokes Dismissive Bond of Tea
The faith curist tells the patient he merely thinks he is losing his mind and pockets five dollars. The patient protests he cannot think if he has lost his mind, revealing a fraught exchange over sanity and money.
Unidentified trophy scene after game prompts playful attribution
A sports tale recounts a football player laying out trophies and jokingly attributing them to teammates. He names Jimmy's hair Billy's nose Tom's ear and Rusher's eyebrow while unsure about one remaining finger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy
Billy
Tom
Rusher
The Eternal Woman and Going Easy Dialogues
The scene contrasts a fair defendant confident in justice with a calm dying patient. A physician notes the sufferer’s steady pulse while the widow recalls John as an easy going man. The passages reflect ironic reflections on justice and mortality.
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John
Scandal and Rumor Circulate in Distant States
A dialogue fragment features rumors about an estate, fake widows, and claims. The exchanges involve a Crafty Lob, an Intelligent Legislator, and a reference to Colonal Bloodangore of Kentucky, with a note about an ancient Roman toga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richasmuds
Hia
Kentucky
Woman's Store to Open in Waterloo by Hutchinson Realtor
C. H. McBurney of Hutchinson Kansas plans to open The Woman's Store at 114-116 Fourth Street East Waterloo around September 10 after leasing the Fair Store. The shop will be redecorated, stocked with ladies suits cloaks and ready to wear goods, and headed by Mrs. A. K. Swope of St. Joseph Missouri. R. Loeffler of the Fair store closes remaining stock. sale ends by September 10. Includes real estate transfers and a special Sunday chicken dinner at the San Soneci hotel with music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
C. H. McBurney
Hutchinson
Kan
Fourth Street East
McBurney
New York City
Kansas
A. K. Swope
St. Joseph
Townsend & Wyatt
Mr. McBurney
R. Loeffler
Waterloo firms relocate to First National and Century buildings
The Waterloo Loan & Trust Company moved from the Logan house corner to the First National Bank building and will open Monday morning. The Waterloo Insurance Agency moves to the Century Building in the same area. War pictures with text matter carried. coupon on page 8.
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Waterloo Loan & Trust Company
Logan House
First National Bank
Waterloo Insurance Agency
Century
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City
Barber Asphalt CO
Eral Streets
Supt. Moore
J. H. Hildebrand
Williams’ Cigar Stores
Chester
J. Pp. Chester
Ta Forteity
Preamonia
Schuol
Watertoo Evening Courier
San Souci Hotel
Moale
Teddy
Hor Wilson
Saya Roosevelt
Electric Park
Williams
Mrs. W. M. Robe
Independence
Bernice Townes
Cedar Rapids
J. M. Hileman
Ralph Hubbard
Waterloo Business College
Jesup
Fathers Lenihan
Slattery
Linkenmeyer
St. Joseph’s Church
Fairbanks
Chas. Miller
Sheriff Shores
Knoxville
Lacoma
J. H. Kuhns
Willard DD. Lacell
Sarah J. Phelps
Nashua
Marion
Washington, D. C
Dr. Kennedy
Pennsylvania
Malf
Detron Council
Stubbs Stre
Major
Cowherd
St. Louis
Tilcott W. Major
Missouri
Kansas City
Onicorr
Paris
C. H. McBurney of
Hutchinson, Kan
Waterloo Evening Courier
Black Hawk Co. Abstract Co
Waterloo Loan and Trust Co
Emil Weber
Seash Park
H. W. Schutte
Henry Schutte
Wm. McGarvey
Vinton J. Steals
Manson
San- Soneci Hotel
First National
Lafayette St
Co. W.armagast
West 5Th Street
Arthur C. Cole
Brown Hall
Williston Ave
West 4Th St
Gordon
Sherratt Repair Shop
West Park Ave
Northey Mfg. Co
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