Cedar Falls Abandons Mill Plans Over Transit Rules
The Cedar Falls mill project is halted due to an Interstate Commerce Commission ruling effective Aug. 15. Mills must daily report grain intake, finished product shipments by rail, and nonrail distributions, altering pricing and routing. Waterloo and Cedar Falls Union Mill Co suspends erection plans as a result.
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Cedar Falls
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cedar Falla
Daily Report
Kansas
Minnesota
Waterloo and
Old Log Cabin Decaying Along Cedar River
The historic log cabin near Cedar Falls is deteriorating as river erosion removes its porch and doors. For years it served as a social hub hosting governors, generals, senators, professors, and other leaders, with poetry and pictures chronicling its origin. The structure was built a decade ago by a notable citizen group, though many members have since moved or died.
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Cedar Falls
Barn Fire Near Cedar Falls Destroys Hay Loft
At 6 30 this morning a large fire at the Robert Kiefer farm two miles east of Cedar Falls burned a barn full of hay and partly destroyed the corn crib. Three horses were saved, and loss is about 1000 dollars. Neighbors aided but could not stop the blaze. the fire was visible for miles.
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Cedar Falls
Robert Kiefer
Personal notes at Cedar Falls recount visits and travels
Lawrence Christie, a former Pfeiffer drug store employee who served in the U S Navy, visits Cedar Falls before settling in Kansas City. Julius Waters from Seattle arrives for a short stay. Prof. George S. Dick departs for Des Moines to oversee a State Teachers College booth, with Iowa State University and Ames State College headquarters arranged for fair grounds. Frank Kennison buys the dray line from Joe Jennings. Pearl Haymond of La Porte City visits. A Portland card reveals George Roberts’s relatives in Oregon and a theft at Dr. Stevens’s office yields a missing sum. Prof. Bliss attended the Benson picnic and stays briefly.
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Lawrence Christie
Pfeiffer
Cedar Falls
Navy
United States
Kansas City
George 5. Dick
Des Moines
State Teachers’ College
Bureau of Information
State Board of Education
State University At
Iowa City
State College
Ames
Fair Grounds
Frank Kennison
Beaver Valley
Heatel
Dike
Joe Jennings
Clark Dray
Stenotype Graduate At Work In Major Indiana Firm
Mr Lockyear president of Lockyears Business College Loansville Indiana reports one stenotype graduate employed by the largest concern in the area. In her first week she made no errors in transcription and others in the office seek to dictate due to her accuracy. The firm plans to add more stenotype typists to assist her while still offering Graham shorthand under Miss Horner.
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TEM
Scunotype
Lockyear
Lockyears Business College
Loansville
Ind
Qwo
Graham
Miss Horner
Professor Bliss Resigns From Ames College
The article notes that Professor Bliss has resigned from the college at Ames and plans a year of study at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He has been a leading figure in the country’s short course work for four years.
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Ames
University of Wisconsin At Madison
Bliss
Grace M. E. Sunday School Builds on New Church
The Grace M. E. Sunday School reports settled plans for classes and enjoys new church equipment. The primary department moves to the basement assembly room to accommodate rapid attendance. The boys’ large class room will receive new tugs chairs pictures and a stand to be attractively furnished. The Sunday school remains in prosperous condition with growing interest.
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Grace M. EB. Sunday School
Miss Paulger Returns West After Seattle Teaching
Miss Ella Paulger, former Hawthorne school teacher in Waterloo east, visited Mrs. E. L. Jones on Fremont Street and left for the west. She spoke of enjoying her work in Seattle and expressed shock at the death of Miss Charlotte Hunt, her Seattle roommate, who died after suffering heart trouble near Mount Ranier.
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Ella Paulger
Hawthorne
Waterloo
Seattle
Wash
E. L. Jones
Fremont Street
West
Miss Paulger
Charlotte Hunt
Ranier
Paulger
Organ Recital at Fairbank to Dedicate New Church Organ
Waterloo residents Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth EK Runkel and Mrs. Annette Yde Lake will participate in an organ recital at the Immaculate Conception church in Fairbank Thursday evening for the dedication of the new organ.
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Kenneth EK. Runkel
Annette Yde Lake
Waterloo
Fairbank
Church of the Immaculate Conception
OME ODDITIES IN DAYS NEWS AROUND TOWN
A rambling column notes odd happenings, including a night watchman, J. J. Mullen, witnessing intense lightning illumination and claiming to walk unseen at a Dart Manufacturing plant during heavy rain. It mentions a Friday the 23rd calendar sighting and a stray black cat near Patrick Day.
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J. J. Mullen
Dart Manufacturing Co
Jack Casebeer
Moonlight Excursion on Majestic Ship
Moonlight excursion launches with the Majestic sailing from Bridge and Fourth, featuring vaudeville aboard a crew including Captain J. Frank Holliday and First Mate Willlette Chartres. Passengers pay 10 20 and 30 cents for a 105 minute trip with acts: An Alasian Honeymoon and The Cage of Hazard thrilling in a silo-like contraption.
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Majestic
Bridge
Fourth Streets
J. Frank Holliday
Willette Chartres
Short Willinsky
Hazard
Majestic Theatre Opens Season With Local Entertainers
The bill for the first show at the Majestic Theatre features Moore and Browning in blackface comedy, Carl Randall the juvenile jester and dancer, and Dolliver and Rogers as two girl singers and dancers. The act is presented with a solid slat structure for spectator viewing. The dates run Monday Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Moore & Browning
Carl Randall
Jand
Dolliver
Rogers
Majestic Theatre
Fire at depot and auto truck collision headline
Lightning struck the east side Chicago Great Western freight depot this morning causing a small blaze detected by J. H. Franks of Shores Fuel. Fire departments extinguished flames. an auto truck later damaged a collision with an ice wagon near Fifth street bridge. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McClinton returned from Minnesota to Waterloo.
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Chicago Great Western Freight Depot
J. H. Franks
The
Shores Fuel & Transfer Company
Fifth Street Bridge
Moose to Spend 5 Million on New Institutions
Resolutions authorize a 5 million dollar plan by the Loyal Order of Moose to establish institutions for members including a vocational school for children a home for aged and infirm members a home for orphans and members on a 1000 acre tract at Anderson Indiana a general sanatorium in the west and a tuberculosis sanatorium in a suitable climate Also mentions medical testimonials and a Waterloo Evening Courier promotion unrelated to the moose project.
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Kansas City
Loyal Order of Moose
Anderson
Ind
J V Gregory to Speak in East Park
The Sunday afternoon gathering in East Park at 3 30 is to feature J V Gregory former Parkersburg attorney now vice president of Waterloo Varnish Company The event led by J E Bates includes two quartets and follows a summer of YMCA supervision LICENCED TO WED Alva Nash Cedar Falls and Luella Emmerson Cedar Falls are listed as marrying names
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East Side Park
J. V. Gregory
Parkersburg
Waterloo Varnish Company
J. E. Bates
Au Spices
Alva G. Nash
Cedar Falls
Luella E. Emmerson
Wakefield's Blackberry Balsam Diarrhea Remedy Ad
Wakefield's Blackberry Balsam promoted as a trusted diar rhoea mixture used in millions of cases over 66 years with no failures when directions are followed. It claims to avoid dangerous drugs and constipation, suitable for all ages and loved by children. price 35 cents everywhere.
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Wakefield
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Renton Marble Works
Stax-At-Homes
Julius Waters
George Roberts
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Dr. Stevens
R. K. Bliss
State College At
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Grace M. E. Sunday School
James M. Pierce
Towa
Mr. Gates
Shell Rock
Smith, Lichty & Hillman Company
Carl Stanley
Caro Interstate Commerce Commission
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Almon F. Gates, A. M
Jack
Casebeer
Walt
John Day
Clinton, DL
Illinois Central
Clinton
Cc. G. W. Freight House
J. C. McClinton
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C. H. Ellsworth
Baldwin St
Rochester
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