Cedar Rapids Interurban revival attracts big investors
Cedar Rapids financiers and firms indicate the proposed interurban line may be financed within weeks after last Monday's vote rejection. A single corporation reportedly offers 25 000 dollars in preferred stock with other backers ready for 90 000 more, aiming to raise 200 000 dollars without a city tax. The plan shifts to business-led funding with stock structure favoring common shares for future value.
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Cedar Rapids
Oa Ok
Commercial Club
Cass
Social notes from Winthrop and vicinity highlight visits and curiosities
Aug 28 Winthrop. Mr and Mrs Robert Gretchell visit in LeRoy Graham home during a year long study plan at Wisconsin university. Miss Margaret Farriil received a twelve and a half inch cocoanut from Honolulu. Miss Della Bloom entertained fifteen friends in honor of Helen Mitchell. W J Hilmer and others host visitors from Waterloo Clarksville Delaware and Genoa. Jerome and Alice Chase return from Janesville after a week with H A and Ed Heacock. Carl Dunlap of Chicago to stay ten days in Quasqueton. Helen and Hannah White return to Manson from Tulloch home care.
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Winthrop
Robert Gretchell
Cedar Falla
LeRoy Graham
Della Bloom
Helen Mitchell
Cedar Rapids
Dora Hilmer
Eewin Larson
Waterloo
Hilmer
Clarksville
P. A. Larson
Delaware
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Milk Test Results for August Show Strong Butterfat Averages
City milk inspector W Wyant reports August results with an average butterfat of 4.1 for milk and 21.0 for cream. Sixty seven milk tests and thirty two cream tests were conducted for the month, with many farms and dairies listed among the results.
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Shoemaker-Van Pelt Co
Galloway Farms
Bronson
Hershberger
RY ‘Orange Dairy
Irving House
Ss Glessner
GANG
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Clyde Eighmey
Iowa Dairy
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Hoover
Social Club for Printers Forms After Union Meeting
A new social club for printers is launched as a social branch of the Typographical Union No. 349. Officers named are President L. B. Ellison Secretary Z. V. Wyatt and Treasurer E. V. Willey. A family picnic is planned for September 7 with members of the printers’ families to attend. Monthly meetings will follow the union’s business sessions on the second Sunday.
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Typographical Union
Union Printers Social Club
L. B. Ellison
Z. V. Wyatt
V. Willey
E. V. Willey
J. B. Jones
Ellison
Grossman Store to Open in Waterloo Iowa
D F Grossman of Grossman Bros Cloak Co will manage the new Waterloo store. Words Brothers lease the 101 103 East Fourth street building for a multi year term. The Moline store opened in 1912 and will be succeeded by S L Grossman. About 10000 will be spent on improvements and a new storefront with carpeted floors and metropolitan fixtures.
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Moline Dispatch
Gross Man Company
Waterloo
Grossman
St. Louis
Iowa
Words Brothers
James Black
Iovsmiane
East Fourth Street
David F. Grossman
Moline
Widower Garvey Arrested for Grave Crime Near Rockford
Aug 25 Charles City reports widower Garvey aged about six years? arrested in Marble Rock for criminal assault on Miss Emma Schmidt at her Rockford area home. Jake Carbianer aided Garvey by driving. Schmidt identified Garvey, leading to lodging in Rockford jail awaiting preliminary hearing.
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Schmidt
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Extortion Case Shocks Spencer as Four Men Arrested
In Spencer Iowa on August 26 William and H C McArtor Oscar Cunningham and Matt Adair were arrested on extortion charges linked to a Rosenkrane bribery plot. Rosenkrane paid 1550 under threat of prosecution and later disputes over 2250 and 3000 notes. The grand jury convenes Monday.
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McArtor
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Rosekrans
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Anniversary at the Luloff Home Near Waverly
The fifteenth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Luloff was celebrated at their farm home near Waverly with many guests from Waterloo Jesup and surrounding areas. The hosts are parents of three and received many congratulations for reaching this milestone as guests returned home via Jesup. Named attendees included Mr. and Mrs. W J Luloff Mr. and Mrs. Edward Seeman Fred Schutte and family Oris Seeman and family and Frank Lalf.
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Waverly
Waterloo
Jesup
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Fred Schutte
Oris Seeman
Frank Lalof
State convention delegates may file bills for actual expenses
Attorney General Cosson replies to the county auditor that delegates may file bills for actual expenses with county boards. He says no claim should be made by supervisors at the convention for mileage or committee work. Actual expenses cover railroad fare and hotel bills. Attendees from here included County Auditor Rainbow, County Treasurer Renilexy, and Supervisors McQuilkin, Virden, and Leland.
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Council Bluffs
Aurditor Rainbow
Renilexy
McQuilkin, Virden and Leland
Resinol Skin Cure Promises Free Trial Offer
The ad touts Resinol Ointment and Soap to relieve itching and clear eczema ringworm pimples and blackheads claiming doctors prescribed it for 18 years and inviting a free trial by writing to Dept 17M Baltimore. A San Francisco user testifies the products cleared facial pimples and blackheads and aided cold sores.
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Resinol
Baltimore
Dortora
Hackett
Golden Gate Ave
San Francisco
Gardener Endures Strenuous Day at Market
A gardener describes a tough day as he tended vegetables for the weekly market. He faced fatigue after a busy shift, loaded produce, and drove to the market with a full basket of vegetables.
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Boy Narrowly Escaped Tetanus
A boy named Max May, son of Fred May and grandson of Mr and Mrs May, escaped a tetanus risk in a near-miss incident reported in the local column. Further details on location and date are not provided in the readable text.
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Max May
Faursrvear
Fred May
Mr. and
Mother's Friend Widely Sold In U S Homes
An advertisement touts Mother's Friend as an external remedy aiding women through pregnancy. It claims relief from pain and inflammation, faster recovery, and preserved strength for child rearing. It urges readers to buy a $1,000 bottle and to request a free booklet from Bradfield Regulator Co. in Atlanta.
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Bradfield Regulator Co
Lamar Bldg
Atlanta
Wartime Pillars New Discovery Promises Health Relief
A Dubuque advertisement touts Curpillar's New Discovery and Morpillis Reliox as cures for stomach trouble rheumatism calarrh kidney complaints and assorted symptoms. The notice claims hundreds of locals testify to benefits and promotes sale at Schuneman's Drug Stores.
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Dubuque
Schuneman’s
Wurpillar
Sehuneasan
eDrug
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