Waterloo Business College Praised by Local Leaders
Prominent business figures and employers from Waterloo and surrounding firms commend The Waterloo Business College for producing efficient graduates. The endorsements cite strong office performance, thorough training in penmanship and shorthand, and the school’s role in supplying capable workers for local businesses. Fall term opens September 5th with catalog requests welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Poorers
Black Hawk National Bank
Hoxie &@ Brunm
Fred J. Kimballi
Waterloo Business College
Geo. B. Miller
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Co
W. Brown
Brown Crockery Company
J. L. Rose
Highland Nobles
Fred J. Northey
Northey Manufacturing Co
James Black
James Black Dry Goods Co
L. E. Park
JS E. Pike
Fred S. Pettit
Frank Gole
First Methodist Episcopal Church
C. F. Hayes
Rock Island Lines
Edwards & Longley
Attorneys At Law
W. KR. Jameson
Citizens Savings Bank
Waterloo
W. J. Peddicord
Cedar Falls Union Mill Co
John St. Bolles
Sears, Roeburk & Co
G. H. Sumner
IaWa State Board of Health
Walter B. Rollins
First Congregational Church
A. T. Hektil
Independent School District
Emtalogec
Local factories prepare exhibits for Minnesota State Fair
Waterloo manufacturers plan large displays at the Minnesota State Fair opening Sept. 4. Carloads of machinery and farm implements travel with officers and factory staff to manage demonstrations. LaRue's band will accompany shipments to boost attention, while thousands of watermelon slices will feed visitors. Local firms including Armstrong Manufacturing and the Iowa Dairy Co. will show engines, mills, and dairy equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Wm. Galloway Company
Des Moines
Harry Kiester
LaRue
Northwest
Minneapolis
Armstrong Manufacturing Company
Simon
C. A. Marsh
W. W. Marsh
Litchfield Manufacturing Company
Lindsey Bros
Northwestern
Milwaukee
Fake menagerie closes after riotous fairground exhibit
Des Moines reports a chaotic side show at the fairgrounds with ferocious animals in cages and a belligerent barker. W. Brown, superintendent of concession and privileges, recalls the incident but says he did not authorize such a dangerous display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
W. &. Brown
Concession and Privileges
Brown
Moving Day for Dyspepsia
A vintage advert promises Miller's Dyspepsia Tablets quickly ease stomach distress. It claims a few days of doses restore stomach strength, allow any foods, and end postmeal discomfort, with a 25 cent box and a trial 20x free offer.
Mrs. Nellie Grant Found Guilty of Vagrancy
Judge Cald well convicts Mrs. Nellie Grant on a vagrancy charge after a long trial and places her under a $50 bond to keep the peace for one year. The court room fills with onlookers as neighbors testify to disorderly conduct at the Maywood cottage in Chau tauqua park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell
Nellie Grant
Crystal Bill Enjoyed by Large Waterloo Audience
The Crystal opened this afternoon to a large crowd with the Alpha Troupe as headliners. A novelty hoop act, The Smoke Queen and other acts kept patrons laughing and attentive through a well balanced program. Foley Kidney Pills are advertised as aiding kidney and bladder health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Crystal
Crystal
Waterloo
J. Jolly Jones
Leo & Chapman
Market Movement to Be National Plan by Farmers
A delegation of fifty farmers from Pennsylvania and New York arrives in New York to launch cooperative marketing. They claim over 10 000 farmers will sell directly to city retailers, cutting prices by at least 40 percent. The association plans a 1 000 000 working capital, funded by member assessments, with expansion to other big cities and a national program if successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pennsylvania
Co-Operative Association
United States
R. V. Pierce
Wort’ Dispensary Medical Association
Preat
Skull Not a Corpse Ruling Frees Sexton and Medical Student
In Thompsonville Connecticut Judge Morrison ruled a skull is not a corpse, freeing cemetery sexton and Arthur J Pillsbury of body snatching charges. The skull from an unidentified drowning victim was deemed only part of a body, ending further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompsonville
Conn
Morrison
Connecticut
Sexton
Arthur J. Pillsbury
Springfield
Mass
Noa
Women disrupt Mormon street meeting in Kamrar
In Kamrar Iowa on August 31 a mob drove two Mormon preachers from town after a volatile clash between anti Mormon residents and Mormon supporters. Women beat drums and dishes to drown out speeches as the mob forced the missionaries to leave town on the evening train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
Kamrar
Kamvar
Real Estate Transfers in Cedar Falls and Waterloo
Real estate transfers list A J House to Henry Watters in Cedar Falls for 225 dollars and multiple transfers in Waterloo including Julius Lamprecht to Ludwig Lamprecht for 1100 dollars and John Zanoni to G R Gruhn for 1200 dollars. Also listed are transfers in Linden Place and Normal and Morris Case additions along with a note about Miss Elizabeth Conner overseeing shipping of her mother's household goods from Waterloo to join her daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hawk Co. Abstract Co
A. J. House
Henry Watters
Normal
Cedar Falls
Julius Lamprecht
Ludwig Lamprecht
John Zanoni
G. R. Gruhn
Prospect Heights
Waterloo
Elsie L. Epperson
Jno
J. Miller
Linden Place
S.S. Potter
F. Gleason
A. Kleindienst
Will Kleindienst
Mortis Case
Waverly
Elizabeth Conner
A Great Descent and Shoppers Notes
Lord Slatey boasts of descent from Homer as Miss Cresse remains unimpressed. The item mixes a witty aside on ancestry with a brief shopping misadventure. Also mentions cows in Holland cared for in damp cold pastures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer
Lord Slatey
Miss Cresse
Ceddie
Holland
Nashua Woman Dead at 98 Pioneer Resident Passes
Nashua Ia Aug 31 Mrs Cornelia Hammond a pioneer mother of the community died at her son J E Hammond's home at age 98. She came to the area in 1868 with her husband who died 17 years ago and lived with her son for eight years. Funeral services were held at the home conducted by Rev Will Kirwin with interment in Oak Hill cemetery. Her son D J Horton died a week earlier at age 92.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashua
Cornelia Hammond
J. E. Hammond
Will Kirwin
Methodist Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
J. FE. Hammond
D. J. Horton
Horton
Waterloo Friends Recall Elliott AP Washington Chief
Waterloo friends recall Jack Elliott who rose to chief of staff for the Associated Press Washington bureau at age 35. The Iowa journalist, groomed in local papers, led Capitol staff and covered key trips with Roosevelt and Taft, now a National Press Club board member. Frank W. Bicknell also noted for Country Life in America feature on health from country living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Jack’ Elliott
Leslie
Jackson 5
Eliott
Washington
Associated Press
Elliott
A. P
Congress
Capitol
John P.gavit
Gavit
Chicago
Roosevelt
Taft
Cuba
National Press Club
Frank W. Bicknell
Iowa
Margaret V. Clark
Country Life In
America
Des Moines
Country Life
Bicknell
Blue Ridge Mountains
TIZ For Sore Feet Advertised Remedy Worth Trying
An advertisement touts TIZ as an instant relief and permanent remedy for sore feet. It claims cleansing action draws out poisonous exudations, unlike powders, with fast results and claims wholesale availability from Walter Luther Dodge & Co in Chicago for 25 cents a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Luther Dodge & We
Chicaga
Lil
Linville Falls Man Offers Hope in a Simple Life
A North Carolina spot praised as a human repair shop, three years at Linville Falls shown as a cure for tired nerves. The author urges others to seek inspiration in the simple life and the appealing picture drawn of this retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linville Falls
North Carolina
Cambridge YWCA rules set young age at 35
Cambridge authorities decide for admission rules that a woman is not considered young after passing 35. The Cambridge Young Women's Christian Association directors concluded after lengthy discussion that no woman remains young beyond 35 as candidates are admitted to the new home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Cambridge Young Women's Christian Association
Art connoisseur under surveillance over Mona Lisa theft
William Loeb Sr says an American art expert in Europe is under watch by a U S government agent in the Mona Lisa theft inquiry. Miss Virginia Van Metre departs for southern Iowa to teach mathematics and English at Denmark academy high school, founded in 1843 near Fort Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Loeb
Port of
Europe
United States
Louvre
Paris
Virginia van Metre
Denmark Academy High School
Fort Madison
the Academy
Mississippi
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