Cedar Falls plans grand Western Old People's home theatre opening
Cedar Falls set to open the Cotton Theatre on August 26 with the Flirting Princess as the feature. The Western Old People's Home contract has been awarded to Smith Chapman Co of Waterloo for a two story brick building costing about 25000 dollars. Bids ranged from about 21878 to 33000 with most within a few dollars of each other. The home will be on Eleventh and Irving streets and aimed for a March 1 key delivery for summer dedication.
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Cedar Falls
Smith-Chapman Co
Waterloo
Twin City
Pfeiffer
Eleventh
Irving Streets
George A. Pabrick
Seattle
Rodenhack
Chicago
Joint Mission Jubilee Planned by Waterloo Cedar Falls Groups
Fiftieth anniversary of women’s participation in foreign missionary work prompts a joint jubilee planning meeting in Waterloo and Cedar Falls. A permanent federation is formed with Mrs. J. H. Shoemaker Cedar Falls president and Mrs. C. A. Ferguson Waterloo secretary. An advisory board of church representatives will govern details, timing, and location of the jubilee mass meeting. Also noted is Miss Elsie Tedford’s resignation from Paul Davis Dry Goods for a health trip to the west coast.
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Woman's Foreign Missionary Societies
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
W. CG. A
Ead
R Iformed
J. H. Shoemaker
C. “A. Ferguson
Elsie Tedford
Paul Davis Dry Goods Company
West Coast
Miss Tedford
Atwood Starts On Second Leg In Boston Flight
Elkhart Ind Aug 16 Aviator Harry N Atwood reached Elkhart 21 minutes behind the fastest Chicago Elkhart train then began the second leg toward Boston. He left Chicago two hours and sixteen minutes earlier covering 101 miles to Elkhart with no stops. The four mile sections South Bend to Mishawaka and Gary to Millers were among the fastest. His average speed for the 101 miles was 44.55 mph and total airborne time nine hours fourteen minutes for 387 miles since leaving St Louis.
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Elkhart
Ind
United States
Chicago
Harry N. Atwood
Atwood
St. Louis
Boston
South Bend
Mishawaka
Gary
Millers
Freight Agent Cleary On Vacation To New York
J. J. Cleary, local freight agent of the Chicago Great Western railway, left last evening for a vacation in New York. J. F. Kelly of Des Moines, traveling freight agent, will fill Cleary’s position during the absence. Kelly spent the day meeting local businessmen and expressed pleasure with the reception and friendly manners.
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Y. J. Cleary
Chicago Great Western Railway
New York
J. F. Kelly
Des Moines
Road
Mr. Cleary
Elopement Urges Spark in Waterloo Case of Smitch
Charles Smitch, a 20 year old from Marengo, urged a Waterloo young wife to elope, shot guard Hamaker, and was captured at Rock Island. He has a long criminal history, with multiple prior sentences, and was sent to reformatories after previous offenses. The court suspended a $10 fine for illness and family support. Arthur Bartlett faces charges of disturbing the public quiet and cruelty to family, with witnesses from the sheriff and local officers.
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Charles Smiteh
Ana Imosa
Hamaker
Waterloo
Smith Ieut
Marengo
Jews County
Smiteh
Shores
Waterton
Marengzoa
Smith
Rock Island
Reformatory
Marenga
Slate
Fle
Anamosa
Aise
Ripon
Wis
Arthur Bartlett
Bartlett
Klingaman
Thamane
Burkitt
Hartlett
Illinois Central
William Voorvaart
Des Moines
Marshall County
Frances
North Waterloo and Railroads Update on Depot Contract
Fort Dodge reports the Illinois Central Report contract awarded to a Chicago firm. The depot will be built on Commerce Street with brick walls stone trim tiling and a tile roof and floors. The city council donated Commerce Street to the railroad company for the new depot. Visitors from Marshalltown Spirit Lake and Chicago noted. Southern Pacific shopmen seek shorter hours and higher pay, with word of broader union demands west of the Missouri River.
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Fort Dodge
Illinois Central
Chicago
Commerce Street
iWerman T. Retz
Marshalltown
Wagner
Spirit Lake
G. Magee
Iowa Central Fire
Tian Front Tes Moines
North Waterloo
A. Buehner
Waterloo
Southern Pacific
Brotherhoods
Missouri River
New Consumption Cure Discovered
Released Monday after a ten day sentence Tom Higgins was jailed again for intoxication. He claimed consumption to gain the court’s sympathy, but the judge dismissed the plea and ordered further punishment. Higgins said he had four recent arrests. An altercation involving J O Connell and a Rock Island special agent led to Connell’s arrest. Connell pleaded not guilty.
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Tom Higgins
Higgins
Jude
J. O. Connell
West Seventh Street
Rock Island Road
Connell
August Rain at Dubuque 8 Inches
Dubuque Iowa reports August rainfall reaching 4.09 inches by Aug 1 with a note this ties or nears the second highest August total. The piece cites past records including 8.28 inches by Th Horr, 14.16 inches in June 1892, 10.53 inches in July, and 10.26 inches in September 1881 as context for a year of great floods in the Upper Mississippi.
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Dubuque
Th. Horr
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Perfect Appeal in Saloon Gage in Waterloo
Attorneys for drys seek to have the saloon banishment case heard at the January term after filing the transcript of evidence and lower court rulings. The appeal targets many trial court points and aims for Supreme Court submission in January. Judge Ransier previously deemed the consent petition sufficient after a prior insufficiency ruling.
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Waterloo
Jurge Ransier
Supreme Court
Business Men's Temperance Elition
Ransier
Board of Supervisors
Ella Voorvaart
Merital Tonic Digestive advertised as health cure
A local health advertisement claims Merital Tonic Digestive will cure general debility by strengthening the stomach and digestive organs, improving appetite and blood. It promotes renewed life across body systems and credits Henderson Drug Co as exclusive agents authorized by the American Drug & Press Association.
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Meritoi
Drugeist
American Drug & Press Association
Henderson Drug Co
Oxycline touted as curative by responding doctors
A farmerly typed patient note prints a doctor’s experience with Oxycline over three years. It claims ozone therapy aids tubercular cases if caught early, helps syphilis and menopause symptoms, and alleviates chronic bronchitis. It warns careful administration and monitoring of the mucous membranes. Dr Cotherea invites readers to start on the road to wealth with a visit.
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Veni
Vidi
Park Place
Sale
Litchfield
James Gardiner Co
Fifth & Jefferson Streets
First National Bank
Cedar Fall
City
Cotton Theatre
Cotton
Opera House
F. EB. Chaldier
Hobart
Oklo
Myrtle Tennings
Clay Street
Auto Club
Lawn City Auto Club
Union-Washington Bridge
Hillside Cemetery Association
Thirteenth
Clary
Rath
Lillian Egloff
Ralph Christie
Cattonwood
Minn
End
Smitch
North Waterloo and Railroads
Johannes J. Lorenzen
Cedar Faills
Annie M. Jensen
Finchford
DR. Cotherea
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