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First Volume of the Iowa State Reporter Mirrors Waterloo Life 1868
The piece notes H. G. Nicholson started the Iowa State Reporter on May 18 1868 and describes its influence on Waterloo and Black Hawk County. It lists living and deceased 1860s officials and businessmen, outlines a small 1868 business district near Fourth Street, records seven churches and three halls, and names firms such as Capwell Howe Ackley Farwell Burnham Leavitt, Weatherwax Paget, Wiley Blondin Judd and others.
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Iowa State Reporter
City
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
J. J. Smart
Matt Parrott
H. G. Nicholson
Nicholson
D. W. Foote
G. A. Eberhart
R.A Whitkicker
James W. Clare
W. F. Brown
B.A. Snyder
Cedar Falls Gazette
Seymour Gookins
G. W. Dickinson
A. B. Frank
Horace Boies
H. B. Allen
California
George P. Beck
Emmons Johnson
Waverly
Fourth Street Bridge
Fourth
Mill Square
City Hotel
Bridge
Stexmore
Sycamore
B. J. Capwell
C. K. Howe
Stanton & Crittenden
W. J. Ackley
Waterloo Mill Company
Cedar Falls
Black Wawk
C. A. Farwell
Dr. M. L. Burnham
Leavitt & Lusch
Weatherwax & Paget Croceries
T. Wiley
Dry
H. Blond