Opening of Elk Run Inn Draws 250 Waterloo Business Men
Mrs. A. E. Harris hosted a gala 250 guest dinner at Elk Run Inn celebrating a formal opening. The event featured elegant banquets, music by the Powell and Hichar orchestra, witty toasts, and hopes Waterloo will become the state’s metropolis. Speakers included Alfred Jongley, C. Rohde, E. L. Johnson, and Judge C. W. Mullan who urged river cleanliness and better roads while praising local enterprise and future growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Harris
Elk Run Inn
Cedar
Waterloo
Powell and Hichar
Alfred Jongley
Obn
Arbuckle
Longley
R. Rohde
Rohde
Wafelon Terde
Mr. Arbuckle
Abe Lincoln
Stort
Cedar Valley
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Central West
Futuria
Waterlo
Towa
E. L. Johnson
Mullan
C. W. Mullan
Cedar River
Suits Corps
Waterloo booster talk cheers progress and river plan
A Waterloo gathering lauded river safety and beautification while urging better roads inside city limits. Speakers praised W. Woolley and J. Tuthill, lauding civic spirit, and outlined plans for the Young Aviation school and factory with Elk Run Town Site Company to recruit the project to Waterloo, including land and hangar arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etrean
River Front
W. W. Woolley
Waterloo
J. B. Ogie
Elk Run
Mr. Ogle
George ©. Lichty
Willard Spurr
Brother Killed in Train Wreck in Oklahoma
G L Smith of Waterloo discovers his half brother died in a Clinton Oklahoma train wreck. The body will be brought to Waterloo for interment after confirmation of kin. James E Read departs for Phoenix Arizona. Reed thanks Waterloo residents for help in the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Leighton
G. L. Smith
Washington Street
Texas
C. W. Smith
Oklahoma
Union
James E. Read
Phoeiix
Arizona
Reed
Waterloo
Ari-Zomb
Champlain Chapel Sunday School Holds Annual Meeting
The Champlain chapel Sunday school at 948 Riehl Street held its annual business meeting. In eight months of operation since opening, attendance reached 2,847 for the year, averaging 55.8 pupils weekly, with a peak of 103. Five weeks were missed during the smallpox scare. Officers elected: Superintendent F. E. McStay, Assistant Superintendent J Armstong, Secretary C. W. Stull, Treasurer R. M. Lewis, Librarian Mrs J C Armstong, Chorister W K Howell, Pianist Mrs J C Armstong. Miss Alice Wycoff of F L Kimball Co. spends vacation with her mother, Mrs Cora Wycoff in Vinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champlain Chapel Sunday School
Riehl Street
F. E. McStay
J. €. Armsttong
C. W. Stull
R. M. Lewis
J. C. Armatrong
W. K. Howell
Waterloo Notice of sidewalk assessments and bids 1912 1913
The City of Waterloo Iowa issues notice to property owners abutting listed blocks and streets regarding sidewalk construction costs and assessment in front of multiple properties across Alfords Grandview and other additions. It invites objections within 20 days and calls for sealed bids for cement sidewalks with details on locations, widths, bonds, and bid procedures.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Towit
Rhey Street
Allford's
Kern Street
Grandview Place
Madison Street
Hillside
Charles Street
Manson
Utica Street
Morris Case
Burton Avenues
Dubois Addition
Arlington Street
Cutler Street
Reed Street
Lincoln Street
Columbia Street
Acklarmant Street
Litchfield’s
Ackerman Addition
East Park Place
Lafayette Street
Bightey's
City of
City OF Waterloo
R. L. Degan
Linden Avenue
Alford
Butler Avenue
State Street
Troxel
Linden Place
Oneida Street
Hammond & Hopkin
Vinton Street
Zollinger
Additon
West Ninth Street
Greenfield Addition
Hawthorne Avenue
Maple Leaf Addition
Forest Avenue
Forest Park
West Highth Street
Noreasterly
Wellington Street
Newton Street
Avon Avenue
Grandview Pace
Dawson Street
Riehl Street
Kenworth Road
Prospect Hills
Litchfield
Laws
R. L. Degon
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Norfolk
Wwe Ee
Tathill
Tuthill
Ruskin
Mississippi Valley
B. E. Peek
Stanley Moore
Board of Trade
Young Aviation School
Kansas City
J. B. Ogle
Alice Wycoff
The
F. L. Kimball Company
Cora Wycoff
Vinton
Oelwein
East Fourth Street
Porosknit Unions
Vici
Stolt Bros
Canada
States
Iown
Illinois
Wateriog
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