One Day Shoot Planned at Waterloo Gun Club
Waterloo Gun Club hosts a one day amateur shoot on Friday September 5 at the club grounds. Four divisions prize money shares while entrance fees rise by 50 cents. Eight events cover fifteen targets and four eyes at twenty targets. Fred C Whitney will run the office. The club adds a second automatic trap and expects a well equipped facility. Thursday practice draws about twelve members. L H Bronson plans a trip to Boston New York Poughkeepsie and Connecticut.
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Waterloo Guy Club
Gun Club
Fred C. Whitney
Winchester Repeating Arms Co
Clab
Watermelon and fruit market crowds in Waterloo
W Frisbie of La Porte City displayed fifty bushels of large plums the Hartlett variety, selling at about a dollar a bushel. Wyants plums from Janesville, pumpkins, and strawberries as two varieties were offered. Cider and tame grapes sold by the pint and pound as wagons overflowed with produce and customers crowded the city lot.
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Frisbie
la Porte City
Waterloo
Hartlett
L. W. Fairburn
Wraigt
Janesville
F. O. Wildhagen
Superb
Americus & Francis
D. M. Balliett
Scrivener Sues Railroad for 247 Injuries and Damages
Webster City Iowa Aug 26 Speer Scrivener of Duncombe filed a district court petition seeking judgment against Crooked Creek Railroad Company for 247 personal injuries and for damage to goods in transit. He alleges a flying switch caused a car to collide while the car was in Webster City. Scrivener and his horse and foal were in the car and he seeks 7000 dollars for personal injuries and 2000 for goods damages.
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Webster City
Speek
Scrivener
Duncombe
Crooked Creek Railroad & Goal Company
Plantitt
Lehigh
Crooked Creek Railroad
Sauerkraut Day Observance by Illinois Central Trains
Extra equipment will be provided Thursday on Illinois Central trains 13 and 1% westbound to accommodate travelers to Ackley for the annual Sauerkraut day observance. Additional cars will be attached to 12 and 1% for return trips. About 100 are expected to board at Cedar Falls, including the famous band.
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Illinois Central
Ackley
Cedar Falls
Panama Canal themed book offer draws Waterloo Courier readers
The Waterloo Evening Courier promotes a lavish book titled Panama and the Canal in Picture and Prose. It claims the volume educates on Panama and the canal, with 600 illustrations, watercolors, and color plates, and is offered via a six certificate plan through the newspaper.
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Waterloo
Panama
Great Canal
Waterloo Evening Courier
Zork
Canal
Wills J. Abbot
Canal Zone
Waterlond Evening Courier
Foley Kidney Pills Restore Kidneys and Relief Promised
The ad asserts kidney and bladder trouble symptoms including backache weakness pains and rheumatic aches can be relieved quickly and permanently by Foley Kidney Pills. It claims the remedy offers prompt relief and is available at druggists.
Four Cornered Fight for Northern Iowa Marshal
Washington reports a four cornered contest for the northern Iowa marshalship with J H Roseman Keystone and H H Pierce Linn Grove as darkhorses against Broneton and Hogan. White House word hints at a compromise candidate. Delay affects southern Iowa marshal and attorney appointments with Nick Reed and Dan Hamilton contesting roles.
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Washington, D. C
Spe- Watj
Iowa
J. H. Roseman
Keystone
H. Hh. Pierce
Linn Grove
Darkhorse
Broneton
Hogan
White House
Nick Reed
Imad
Dan Hamilton
Claude Porter
Beginning Work on New Electric Plant Site
Robert H. Whipple of Philadelphia arrived to take soundings for the Citizens Gas and Electric company's electric plant foundation. The site lies between Cedar River and Lafayette street, near Cedar River park entrance, and researchers seek bed rock for footing.
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Robert H. Whipple
Philadelphia
American Gas Company
Citizens Gas & Electric Company
Cedar River
Lafayette Street
Cedar River Park
Whipple
Bed Rock
Lafayette Bridge
Virden Creek
September Morn barred from mails at Minneapolis post office
Minneapolis officials confirm that postcards bearing the painting "September Morn" are not admissible in the mails. Assistant Postmaster M C Fosnes cites a ruling from assistant attorney general W H Lamar and notes about 5000 such cards sold locally in three weeks. Fosnes says mail clerks will hold up all such cards, though not every card can be checked. He adds he does not deem the painting indecent but enforcement will be strict.
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Minneapolis
United States
M. C. Fosnes
W. H. Lamar
Attorney Sues Mayor for Libel in Fort Madison Case
Fort Madison Iowa August 26 The September term of the district court will feature the libel suit of attorney Omer E Herminghausen against A P Brown mayor Read includes mention of the August 5 election on granting franchise rights to Stone and Webster of Boston for Keokuk dam power distribution.
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Fort Madison
District Court
Omer E. Herminghausen
A. P. Brown
Stone & Webster
Boston
Keokuk Dam
The New Method Doctors Open In Syndicate Building
The New Method Doctors relocate to the Syndicate Building offering spinal adjustments and nervous release with aims to reduce drastic medications. They advertise quick results for spinal and nervous conditions and provide a private hospital for out of town patients while noting liberal terms and a focus on women and children.
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Syndicate Bldg
Mayor supports franchise in fierce local clash
After a three to one franchise victory, Herminghausen sues Mayor Brown for slander over a Fort Madison July 31 article. He seeks damages and argues the mayor compared him to wild animals, alleging false and demeaning character remarks aimed at legal professionals.
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Herminghausen
Fort Madison
Hagenback
T Miayor
Local News Snippet on Visits and Hospital Figures
A Furness style reference notes imputing to the plaintiff mean capacity in his profession. Mrs. Edward Farrington of Iowa Falls visited funeias in Ware loo and then went to Jesup to see Miss Margaret Stoddard a trained nurse and former superintendent of Ellsworth hospital.
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Edward Farrington
Iowa Falls
Funeias
Wareloo
Jesup
Margaret Stoddard
Ellsworth Hospital
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