Labor Day Prizes Promised for Waterloo Celebration
Plans for the Labor Day event at Electric Park on September 2 include a large prize list donated by Waterloo merchants. Prizes span diamonds, apparel, and furniture for races and contests, with a wrestling match featuring Fred Knipp. Organizers project thousands of attendees if weather cooperates, and fireworks are planned for the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electric Park
E. G. Pullen
Labor Temple
Merchants of
Waterloo
Fred Knipp
Libert Jewelry
Bureh Bros
Scane's Clothes Shop
Golden Eagle
R. M. Cowing
Muff
The
Sidney Co
Knapp Drug Co
Yagte’s Novelty Store
Taggart a@rug Co
Hitchcock & Humphrey
Waterloo Electric Supply Co
A. G. Kramer
Berkley Hardware Co
Coburn & Sons
John E. Geertsen
Candy Co
Hanson
Stolt Bros
W. C. Kohl & Son
Morgan & Sullivan
F. J. Hacker & Co
Box Labor Temple Cigars
Geo. W. DeWald Cigar Co
Wanegler Drug Co
Sternberg’s Cloak & Suit Co
Waterloo Shoe Oo
Weather Prophet Sought For Labor Day Forecast
H R Parker of the Waterloo Amusement Co seeks Prof J C Busby Independence Iowa to forecast Labor Day weather for Sept 2. Parker requests a warm clear day and invites Busby to visit the park, offering a pass and hospitality. The note urges parents to obtain Brady War Pictures from the Waterloo Evening Courier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Busby
Independence
H. R. Parker
Waterloo Amusement Company
Labor Day
J. C. Busby
Towa
Bir
Ringling
H.R. Parker
Congress 10 and Work Tomorrow
Washington awaits the final adjournment of the Sixty second Congress as Lorimer is excluded and a push for direct senator election is advanced. The session records many vetoes by the President and enactments on parcels post and a children bureau while warning against foreign naval sites and arms exports.
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Washington
William Lorimer
Senate
Lorimer
Congress
Commerce Court
Department of Commerce and Labor
Panama Canal
Panama Zone
Taft
Great Britain
France
United States
Archbald
Hanford
Robert W. Archbald
House
Isaac Stephenson
Wisconsin
Wanted competent girl and extra help at Litchfield Mfg Co
Classifieds list several offers including a general house work position for a competent girl at 20 cents an hour with advance wages after familiarity. Also mentions machinist help and machine wood workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Davis
South St
Litchfield Mfg. Co
Textbook Costs Per Pupil in Black Hawk County Report
County Superintendent Moore outlines annual uniform textbook costs for 1911 to 1912 in Black Hawk County. Total spending $1,774 with Waterloo highest expenditure. most books are uniform, with few exceptions. Lester Day of Orange Township wins a free state fair trip for an essay on Iowa.
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Black Hawk County
Moore
Brooks
la Porte City
Montgomery
Cedar Falls
Mayne
East Waterloo
West Waterloo
Hudson
Dubilee
Op. S.uee 38.25 Raymond 104.00 Dunkerton
Finchford
Waterloo
Cedar
Lester Day
Orange Township
Iowa
Convict Returns Lost Rings at Marquette Prison
A Cincinnati woman's two diamond rings were found in the Marquette Michigan prison yard by a loyal inmate. The honest convict returned the jewels to the owner, who had misplaced them during a prison visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquette
Mich
Cincinnati
Local grocery ad notes canned herring and pantry staples
A small ad lists Lafayette Street items including Can Kippered Herring in Tomato Sauce 906 cans, Peck Potatoes, Cornflakes, Jelly Con 25 pounds, Best Granulated Sugar 25 pounds. Sunday and Saturday shopping mention Monde.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette St
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Ture
Fadies
Joe Raymond
Red Cross Drug Co
Black Dry Goods Co
Joe Schiel Hardware Co
Bob Apfel
Popp & Forbes
Peter Marrell
Langfelt Candy Co
Martin Bros
Dumond Pool Room
J. H. Goswiller Williams Cigar Co
L. H. Stolte
PA. Keeble & Co
C. FE. Jackman
Waterloo Evening Courier
Buidch Bros. CO
Sus
Philippine Islands
Mississippi
American Red Cross
W. Park
Lafayette
Black
W.4th
Randolph
6Th and Sycamore
C. E. Phifer
Newall
Lamson Bros. & CO
Chicago Board OF Trade
J. E. McElroy
Marsh-Price
Chicago
United Kingdom
Minnesota
Rouen
New York
ST. Louis Close
Wheat
Duluth
Stormington Barnes
Washington Star
Kansias City
Kiangas City
Gipetmel Il -Agalcaaglooh
Omaha
Neb
Texas
Koeneke's Cash Grocery
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