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Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1911

Page

5

CITY IN BRIEF GUESTS AND EVENTS IN WATERLOO

Local notes report Rev C C Dupuy and daughter Miss Claraj Dupuy visiting Waterloo. Edward M. Smith applies for a farm name Early Dawn Farm. Numerous visits and travels by residents and visitors from Oelwein, Des Moines, St Paul, Cedar Rapids, Chicago, and other towns. A Buchanan county fair attraction, market grape prices, and car purchases are noted along with several short trips and health visits.

Buchanan Optical Co C. C. Dupuy Jecup Claraj Dupuy Homer Knight Oelwein Loren Risk Pearl Stewart Cedar Rapids Mra C. J

Market grows in popularity in Waterloo market

The second day of Waterloo public market saw larger crowds and higher spending than opening day with buyers and sellers expanding across east and west side locations. Prices remained steady though some items like potatoes fetched higher prices, and locals discussed curbing price boosts while considering a winter market. North Waterloo backs a third market to serve the area.

Waterloo East Side Lafayette Street West Side Fifth Street W. Foote Foote Cedar Heights Cedar Falls RB. Frater Logan Avenue Walthy Wilking Ratiwin Lima California North Waterloo

Residents split over opening a store in the east end

Some residents favor a new establishment seeking cheaper prices while others remain undecided. Reporters note many in the eastern city portion express support, though it is not stated as the unanimous view. They acknowledge a potential clash over the plan.

Experts Lose Data in Alaska Glacial Expedition

Advices from Corfova Alaska say field notes cameras and exposed films of the Smithsonian Institution Glacial expedition lie at the bottom of the Big Delta river. A wagon was tipped by the current while Prof. R. F. Starr and Lawrence Madden crossed to Fairbanks. The men survived but the photographic outfit was lost.

Corfova Alaska Smithsonian Institution Big Delta R. F. Starr Lawrence Madden Fairbanks

Attacks on Food Interests Highlight Pure Food Session

In Duluth on August 22 J Q Emery of Wisconsin charged that powerful interests press the pure food officials. He claimed a nationwide push funds the lobbying while many top dairy and food experts and state commissioners gather for the convention. A. F P Jones of Illinois spoke on labeling packages as a key topic.

Duluth Minn Pure Food Commissioners J. Q. Emery Wisconsin Wiler Wilson Government Health and Pure Food Department Washington Wiley A. F P. Jones Ilnois

Boys Do Europe At $80 A Piece Cost

Cleveland Aug 22 Frank P Bagnall son of A C Bagnall principal of Fast school Lakewood has returned from a European tour that cost him only 80 dollars With Carlton Smail son of a Jamestown minister and Adelbert college student they started in July with 25 dollars each They visited London Paris and other European points for twenty six days before sailing back to America They paid their way across the ocean by working along the trip.

Cleveland, O Frank P. Bagnall A. C. Bagnall Lakewood Carlton Smail Jamestown Adelbert College London Paris America

Two U.S. Men Stranded in Paris on Six Cents Each

Bagnall and Small recount meeting American college men abroad who were typically broke and wanted to borrow money to return home. The duo themselves arrived in Paris with only six cents each.

Bagnall Small Paris

Important Food Topics at Duluth Meeting

Duluth Minn August 22 Today the second annual meeting of the association of state and national food and dairy departments will be crowded The morning program covers reports on the executive committee secretary treasurer and committees on constitutional change and federation of related bodies Afternoon discussions include uniformity between federal weight and measure laws and state weight provisions led by Dr Herman Harms Willard Hansen and others Plus talks on evaporated milk composition by Dr Julius Hertdet and Dr J R Chittick Dinner at the Commercial Club tonight for convention members.

Duluth Minn Association of State and National Food and Dairy Departments Herman Harms Salt Lake Utah Willard Hansen

Housewives' Bread Murders the Innocents

Kansas City August 22 The National Association of Master Bakers president Paul Schulte of Chicago told the second day of its annual convention that housewives baking at home produce soggy bread and harm their families. He urged better bakery standards. Also noted were visits from Byron Leighton of Osage and Wendell Leighton of Portland Maine to Deputy Sheriff Ed Leighton as they plan to attend the state fair.

Kansas City Paul Schulte Chicago National Association of Master Bakers Mr. Schulte Byron Leighton Osage Wendell Leighton Portland Ed Leighton Famiy

Meekness and Lowliness Cure unrest by making it impossible

A terse aphorism suggests meekness and lowliness quell strife by removing triggers and resistance, implying calm through humility. The saying frames inner restraint as a practical remedy for social friction and personal discord.

Wont Talk Of Retrenchment Across Harriman Lines

Officials of the Union and Southern Pacific avoid comment on laying off thousands of workers. Rock Island, Northern Pacific, and Atchison lines signal no retrenchment. Belief grows retrenchment may spread to Harriman system amid strike doubts in Memphis.

New York Union and Southern Pacific Railway Rock Island Northern Pacific Atchison Harriman

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