Eviction Fight Over Clapper Family Sparks Dispute
The Clapper family eviction from 86 1/2 Riehl Street Waterloo is examined in conflicting statements from landlord Elmer Feely and tenant J. S. Clapper. Feely says $42 rent was due, while Clapper asserts only $27.86 was owed with offsets for services. Notices and eviction on Nov 30, 1914 are outlined, including alleged rough treatment and property damage, with neighbors and Overseer of the Poor aiding the family.
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J. 5
Mr. Feely
Clapper
Feely
E._F. Feely
Mr. Clapper
Frank F. Knapp
Frank A. Graz
Clear Skin Promise with Stuarts Calcium Wafers
Advert claims Stuart's Calcium Wafers purify blood to clear pimples blotches and liver spots fast. It asserts external lotions fail and doctors prescribe the wafers. promises improved complexion hair quality and quick results with a 50 cent price and free sample via F A Stuart Co Marshall Michigan.
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Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Brds
Marshall, Mich
Parisian Sage promised to cure hair loss and dandruff
An old advertisement touts Parisian Sage as a universal hair tonic. It claims it removes dandruff in one application, nourishes roots, stops itching and shedding, and makes hair soft, fluffy, abundant, and radiant. It promotes home use, low cost, and easy access from drug counters or Wangler Bros. Co.
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Wangler Bros. Co
Who Pays For the Stamp on the Marriage Permit
A humorous verse by Ronnoe Kuart about the cost of marriage permits and who should bear the stamp duty. It satirizes laws and taxes surrounding nuptials, suggesting lawyers and ministers weigh in while noting changing courting customs and rising costs.
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Couriar
Ronnoe Kuart
United States
Dr Steiner’s career and writings on immigration life
The article outlines Dr Steiner’s accident leading to medical and financial struggles, his blacksmithing attempt, and his search for work. It highlights his role as an immigration authority, noting books like The Trail of the Immigrant and The Immigrant Tide, and his 1903 Tolstor project. It ends with his self description of preaching inner kinship of man and a link to a Christmas greeting.
Noted Author to Speak at Church
Dr Edward A Steiner chair of applied Christianity at Grinnell Iowa will speak at the First Congregational church next Sunday in both morning and evening services The 630 pm speech will focus on the immigration problem Steiner speaks with authority from wide experience having crossed the Atlantic in steerage and later worked in sweatshops coal mines and harvest fields before achieving clerical work and contact with educated society His book From Alien to Citizen describes his journey and aims to restore the broken and tangled lives.
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Edward A. Steiner
Iowa College
Grinnell
First Congregational Charch
Steiner
Steinler
Stainer
Brotherhond
Raymond community notes from early December
Raymond residents report visitors and moves with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bahl of Jesup spending time with Miss Flossy Springer of Waterloo visiting Lillian O Connor. Mr. and Mrs. Matt Etringer moved to a new home. Mrs. Wm Werden left for Dubuque. Rosa Wingert returns from Waterloo. Tom Herven and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Meisch came back from T Tuesday. Christmas Eve exercises planned at the M E church with a sale on December 5 by St Paul Levies at Waterloo Furniture Co.
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Raymond
Frank Bahl
Jesup
Flossy Springer
Waterloo
Lillian O'Connor
Matt Etringer
Wm. Werden
Dubuque
Rosa Wingert
Tom Herven
Bert Meisch
M. E
Belgian Relief drive ships food to Belgians across Iowa
Des Moines reports that the Belgian Relief Association of Iowa has secured at least 80 carloads of food for starving Belgians. Cash totals reach 7,206.56 with expectations of further gifts, while tomorrow plans list rail shipments from many towns including Audubon Perry Ames and Des Moines. A Sunday sale of home baking and fancy articles begins at First Baptist church parlor with meals at noon and 5 pm for 26 cents.
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Des Moines
Belgian Relief Association of
Iowa
W. C. Brown
First Baptist Church
Roemer Still Heads Implement Dealers Association
Des Moines December 4 C F Noemer of Trampton was re elected president of the Iowa Implement Dealers association Other officers chosen were Vice President J B Babeline Burlington director short term John H Hager Wankon director full term Geo Glenny Holstein The convention will adjourn tonight
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Des Moines
C. F. Noemer Fof Trampton
Iowa Implement] Dealers Association
J. B.babeline
Burlington
John H. Hager
Wankon
Geo. &. Glenny
Holstein
Readlyn Notes on Weddings and Visitors
Readlyn records Thanksgiving attendance at the Moeller Trimmering wedding. Mrs. Moss’s ladies society met at her home. Mr. S Albright of Springfield conducted Sunday services and plans a December concert. John Peters departed Sunday to visit friends in Chicago. G W Diekmann left Monday for unspecified reasons.
Real estate transfers listed for Deverport and Waterloo areas
Real estate transfers involve Black Hawk Co Abstract Co with Thomas R. Aldrich to Edward Piersol for part of lot in Reitsell Subdivision near West Waterloo for 1. Cedar Falls mill deal lists Waterloo & Cedar Falls Union Mill Ga selling to Wm Lawrence for part of lot 4 in Cedar Falls priced at 300 dollars. Peterson to Galloway Inv Cec includes lot in First Addition to Galloway for 1 dollar. William Pringer to Amanda D. appears in the records.
Goodbye to Corns Comfort Comfort Plast ers
An old style advertisement promises quick painless removal of corns with Comfort Plast ers. It urges buying a box for 25 cents and claims feet freedom. The product is said to work thoroughly without cutting and will remove corn before you know it, sold at Wangler's Drug Store 328 Fast Fourth Street.
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Pe Wangler’s Drug Store
Unclear Health Column Sparks Confusing Jumble
A garbled medical note describes symptoms including poor complexion, digestion issues, and fatigue. It mentions Dr Olive Tablas and references nightly dosing, but the text is fragmented and hard to interpret. The readable elements point to a health advisory or patient symptom log with uncertain details.
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Duese
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