Town Talk notes from Waterloo visitors and local events
Charles Roach of Lisbon is in Waterloo on business. J. C. Barnes and family visit Joseph Barnes in Waterloo. W. W. Miller heads to St Paul and Lake Minnetonka. David Maxwell of Chicago visits sister Mrs. L. W. Case. Leo Connett returns from Spirit Lake outing. 99-cent store owners attend conventions in Chicago and Indianapolis. Eva Sherman vacationing at Waterloo home. Arthur J. Lizette now manages a team in Superior, Nebraska. A three month old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Lava dies at 201 Manson street. Edith and Marion Wyant back from Clear Lake. others in the camping party follow. David Bailie, Washington stenographer, visits Waterloo during vacation. Edward Hickle seriously ill in Clarksville. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Wooley leave for Park Rapids. Mrs. Wooley resigns as high school principal. Mrs. T. G. Menges and daughter Helen plan a three week outing. Mr. Menges to join. Rev. A. Gregg to address men at Y M C A on lobbyists. County officers to Burlington for state convention. Mrs. Andrew Billman may attend. A. F. Gates returns from outings in Chicago Halland and Detroit via Lake Erie to East Norwalk.
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J. C. Barnes
St. Paul
Mr. Barnes
Joseph Barnes
Eighth Street West
W. W. Miller
Lake Minnetonka
David G. Maxwell
Chicago
L. W. Case
Leo Connett
Spirit Lake
J. M. Moore
Indianapols
T. (. Menges
Helen
Minnesota
A. F. Gates
Waterloo Business College
Halland, Mich
Hope College
Grand Rapids
Detroit
C. F. Gates
Frances Benson
Lake Erie
East Norwalk
Harvest Picnic at Eagle Center Rocks Aug 21 Speaker
Great preparations for the annual harvest home picnic at Eagle Center on Wednesday, August 21. Hon Maurice Connolly of Duebuque is the Democratic speaker with a sports program, ball game, and other diversions plus a big picnic dinner. The event traditionally draws a large crowd. London coal consumption stands at about 327 thousand tons burned weekly.
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Eagle Center
Maurice Connolly
Due
Buque
Compress
Slew Her Husband During a Quarrel in Portland
Portland, Aug 12 Otto Fiechtl is dead from a knife wound and his wife Mrs Ethel Fiechtl is under arrest for murder. They were said to be part of a family of professional singers in Minneapolis. She testified they argued most of Saturday night culminating in her stabbing him with a dirk after he allegedly crowded her to the wall and struck her.
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Portland
Ore
Otto Fiechtl
Ethel Fiechtl
Fiechtl
Minneapolis
Waterloo Gasoline Engine seeks new plant sites
An exclusive Courier notice reports Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company eyeing new ground. Proposals include Christie addition option in west Waterloo, a twenty acre donation offer near Elk Run along the La Porte City interurban line, and a northern city syndicate, with a separate traction engine plant to be added under current leadership.
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Courier
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company
C. C. Wolf
Parkersburg
Elk Run
George B. Miller
la Porte City
Louis August Rolla Wells Democratic Leader and Mayor
Louis August Rolla Wells, treasurer of the Democratic National Committee, was a man of considerable wealth and served as mayor of St Louis during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. He has long been a staunch organization Democrat.
Circus crowds to be directed by Waterloo tram plan
Waterloo Cedar Fall s and Northern Railway announces that on Wednesday August 14 tram cars will operate around the East Fourth Galloway loop in one direction from 9 a.m. to handle circus crowds, returning via the west side. Extra cars bound to the city will be at Wogan avenue and Parker street after exhibitions. Co M Cheney G F P A.
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East Fourth Galloway
East Fourth Street
Wogan Avenue
Parker Street
Co. M. Cheney
G. F
P. A
Married Yesterday by Justice Knapp at Waterloo and La Porte
Justice of the Peace Frank F. Knapp presided over two marriages yesterday afternoon. At 4 PM Elizabeth A. Felix of Carthage married Lafe Martin of New Hampton, who will reside in Waterloo. At 7 PM Dolly Harmon of La Porte City wed Floyd L. Henry, a La Porte farmer, who will return there as spouse.
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Justice of the
Frank F. Knapp
Elizabeth A. Felix
Carthage
Lafe Martin
New Hampton
Martin
Waterloo
Dolly Harmon
Floyd L. Henry
LaPorte City
Knapp
Mrs. Henry
la Porte
Police Enforce Speed Ordinance in Waterloo
Police report active enforcement of the speed limit with ten arrests in four days. E A York arraigned for riding without a license while Robert Frehse and Dr G G Bickley faced speeding charges. Frehse pled not guilty. others paid $3 fines. City limits run ten mph in business districts and fifteen mph in residential zones, yet violations persist.
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Waterloo
E. A. York
Robert Frehse
G. G. Bickley
Frehse
Democrats to Bid for Women's Votes in Six States
Sea Girl New Jersey August 12 Politicians plan a female vote bid in six suffrage states. Mrs J Borden Harriman will lead Wilson campaign among women in California Washington Wyoming Utah Colorado Idaho. Joseph Davies met Wilson to map Harriman activities. Harriman will speak on tariff cost of living and labor issues. Davies presented Wilson with New Jersey workmen compensation abstracts approved by Wilson.
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Sea Girl
N. J
Democratic Party
Wilson
J. Borden Harriman
New York
California
Washington
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado
Idaho
Joseph Davies
National Committee
Chicago
Catlin Unseated in Missouri Contest Vote 121 to 71
Washington Aug 13 Representative Theron E Catlin Republican Missouri was unseated in a contested election Patrick F Gill Democratic nominee seated by 104 to 79 with 22 abstaining The charges claimed Catlin and family spent 19200 to win Congress exceeding the 662 limit He denied knowledge of expenditures by relatives.
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Washington
Theron E. Catlin
Missouri
House of Representatives
Patrick F. Gill
Catlin
Gill
Congress
Catlin de
Turloo Evening Cennier Weekly Lottery Note
An item notes a weekly draw in Terloo Evening Cennier with one coupon per week and a reference to page 8 for sea coupon details.
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Waterloo Evening Cennier
Ware v Unknown Claimants in Black Hawk County Suit
State of Iowa in Black Hawk County files Alfred K. Ware as plaintiff against unknown claimants in a civil action. The filing references asserted claims and the need to identify all parties with potential interests in the matter.
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Alfred K. Ware
Quieting Title Suit In Waterloo Describes Tax Deed Chain
A Iowa district court petition in Black Hawk County seeks a decree establishing the plaintiff as owner in fee simple of the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section four, township ninety north range eleven west, with defendants warned to appear by September 1912 or face default. The case traces title through B K Ware and his heirs, notes a tax deed to E K Ware in 1871, and claims forty years of exclusive possession by the plaintiff and his grantors, seeking an adjudication against all claimants. Public notice issued by attorney BE Sedgwick and district judge Franklin C. Platt.
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S. E
South East
District Court of
Iowa
Black Hawk County
Tange
Flavel Woodward
B. K. Ware
Waterloo
BE. Sedgwice
Daily Courier
Towa
Franklin C. Platt
Tenth Judicial District
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Wile Ololeie Copimerclu
ST. Waterloo
Wuoltex
Express Daily
New Fall Velours
New Fall
Navy
Charles Roach
Lisbon
F. M. Goff
Rochester, N. Y
N. H. Loomis
Prospect Hill
Eva Sherman
Independence
Arthur J. Lizette
Superior
Neb
Edith
Marion Wyant
Clear Lake
Grace Dunkelberg
Blanche Edwards
Bess Fenton
Lulu Hunter
David Bailie
Clarksville
Edward Hickle
W. W. Wooley
Park Rapids
Minn
Rainbow
Bentley
Johnson
Virden
Leland
George Ritzsinger
Burlington
Andrew Billman
Joder’s High Standard Pharmacy
London
North Waterloo
Olla Wells
Democratic Committee
WWE
Cedar Fallo & Northern Railway Company
Waterloo Evening Courier
Justice Knapp
State of Iowa
West Fourth Street
Woods Bros
China
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