Waterloo Grants Two Market Places Opens Monday Morning
Waterloo acts to open two market places on Lafayette street between Fifth and Sixth and at Fifth and Jefferson. The city council suspends rules to launch Monday morning with markets open 5 am to not later than 12 pm and peddling barred from 5 to 10 am. The police will supervise and rental charges to be set later. Dunkelberg fights for free trade but loses four to two.
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Waterloo
Comeil
Fifth
Sixth Streets
Lafayette Street
Fifth and
Jefferson Streets
Rechtfertig
Dewey and
Dunkelberg
Watersloo
E. E. Dunkelberg
Merriau
Vaudeville for the Syndicate Theatre to Open Season
J. W. Marcellus has leased the Syndicate Building theater on Bridge street and plans a Sept 1 season of high class vaudeville with two daily shows each featuring at least seven standard acts. He is in Chicago arranging bookings and aims to raise local vaudeville quality. Advanced seat reservations will allow three days ahead bookings for theater parties.
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J. W. Marcellus
Syndicate Building Company
Syndicate Theater
Bridge Street
Marcellus
Chicago
Orpheum Theater
Bicycle Trip to Chicago and Elgin News Visit
Harold Nesbit, Charlie Cole, Hiram Maynard and Carl Chapman left yesterday on a bicycle trip to Chicago. They will travel via Cedar Rapids and Clinton, plan to attend the aviation meet in Chicago, then proceed to Elgin for auto races, and will ship their bicycles home from there before returning.
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Harold Nesbit
Charlie Cole
Hiram Maynard
Carl Chapman
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Elgin
Becks Return to Los Angeles After Illness in California
Mrs. George P. Beck Jr. left for Los Angeles to return home after being summoned by the illness and death of her father, John H. Hubbard.
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George P. Beck, Jr
Los Angeles
Cal
John H. Hubbard
Cummins Open War on Reciproc ity at National Convention
Senator Cummins declares he will carry the anti reciprocal policy fight into the next Republican national convention. He demands tariff revisions and attacks the Canadian reciprocity agreement linking farm protection with free trade for farmers. He vows to influence Iowa's spring GOP convention and rally anti Taft forces nationwide.
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Washington, D
Cummins
William Howard Taft
Cuming
Iowa
Congress
Tariff Board
Canada
Washington
Republican Party
City Council Rejects Park Avenue Saloon Petition
The council refused James Sheehan and his plan to open a saloon at the corner of Park avenue and Water streets near Ulinnis Central depot. M. J. Ellsworth was allowed to take over the 617 Water Street saloon from M. J. Krantz. The session mostly covered routine matters including authorization of market places.
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Park Avenue
Water Streets
Ulinnis Central Depot
James Sheehan
M. J. Ellsworth
Water Street
M. J. Krantz
Fire destroys Salt Creek pumping station near Belle Plaine
Belle Plaine Iowa Aug 15 Special A late yesterday fire destroyed the Salt Creek pumping station of the Chicago Northwestern Railway about a mile west of Belle Plaine. The frame building housed a water softening plant and the plant will be rebuilt larger at a new location while water is supplied from the city. Fire chief Jason Livings, injured when his buggy axle broke on the way to the scene, escaped serious harm. The cause is unknown but suspected to be a spark from a passing locomotive.
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Belle Plaine
Salt Creek
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
Benton
Tama
Jason Livings
Livings
John Face
Roll
Okla
Pennsylvania
W. A. Parris
Doc
Mr. Parris
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Clinton
Belle -Plaine
Chicago & Northwestern
Canning Company
One Bath Per Week Debate Sparks City Fray
Boston readers confront a water race issue as Lynn citizens debate bathing rules. Water Commissioner Campbell urges one bath weekly due to low supply, later relaxing to two. Health Board Chairman Ward backs the compromise saying few should sacrifice daily comforts for the many.
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Boston
Mass
Lynn
Thomas Campbell
Campbell
Michael Ward
Board of Health
Woman Mayor Faces Battle Over Reform in Humnewell
Mrs. Bula illeon, mayor of Humnewell Kansas, says she is tired of the job as the City Council resists her reform efforts. She states she may quit but refuses to give up the fight, asserting politics is not a woman's place yet she will push on against male opposition.
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Bula
Humnewell
Kan
Wilson
Opening of Cedar Rapids Public Market Draws Mixed Reactions
The Cedar Rapids public market opened amid mixed reviews as farmers and buyers filled the East Side venue. Early sales impressed traders with high turnover while some critics noted learning curves in marketing methods. Des Moines also opened two market spaces attracting large crowds and brisk trade as gardeners and vendors showcased produce and dairy goods.
City Market Reopens with Open Arrival of Buyers
The crowd gathered to buy vegetables as Salen moved quickly. by 10 o'clock nearly all gardeners and hucksters had sold their produce. The west side market remained closed while attendees from both river sides filled the opening. The new market will operate on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays, avoiding conflict with the city hall market.
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West Side
Young Lad Faces Serious Charge In Marshalltown
In Marshalltown, Iowa, 14 year old Edward Bridgman is held in the county jail annex charged with assault with intent to commit rape. The alleged crime targets Georgia Healey, a 6 year old girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Healey, with Bridgman being son of Samuel Bridgman, a laborer, residing at Center and Nevada streets.
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Marshalltown
Edward Bridgman
Samuel Bridgman
Center
Nevada Streets
Bridgman
Georgia Healey
William Healey
Underwood Typewriters Promote Popularity and Models
The article outlines Underwood Standard Typewriter models 4 and 5 with 10 inch carriages and 8 inch writing lines, model 5 adds four fraction keys. Model 3 offers wider carriage options from 12 to 26 inches for reports, used by banks railroads insurers and accountants. The sales exceed all other brands and the slogan is The Machine You Will Eventually Buy.
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