Railway Men to Hold a Get-Together Meeting Tonight
Officials and employes of the Illinois Central Minnesota division will gather at the North Waterloo Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers hall at 7:46 PM for a first of its kind get-together. The aim is to improve service and boost employee interest across departments, with side attendance from Albert Lea officials. If successful, Downs plans to expand the concept to other division points. In related news, Chicago reports say Illinois Central’s November business set a record, the best in the company’s history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Downs
Minnesota
Illinois Central
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
North
Waterloo
Atwell
Quigley
Duckwitz
Albert Lea
Chicago
Business Surges Month Ends Record Yet Minnesota Gap
The month closed with tremendous business, 10 percent higher than ever before. The Minnesota division also rose, though not surpassing the division’s monthly record. Local road traffic grew about 5 percent over prior months in the past year.
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Minnesota
Waterloo Boosters Earn Praise At Town Criers
L D Kitchell traveling for the Great Northern railroad praised Waterloo boosters for attracting visitors and increasing the city population. He lauded the slogan The Waterloo Way Wins as clever, noting he will speak in Davenport before another boosters group. Al Preston of Baltimore and Ohio and B L Goff of Rock Island were Waterloo visitors.
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L. D. Kitchell
Great Northern Railroad
Town Criers
Waterloo Way
Kitchell
Boosters
al Preston
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
B. L. Goff
Rock Island
Davenport
Waterloo
Charleston High to bar skimpy attire and stockings
Decatur Illinois reports Charleston High school held a special faculty session of girls and women teachers to ban X-ray skirts and transparent stockings. They said conditions had become shocking and proposed stopping the scanty dress.
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Decatur, II
Charleston High School
Waterloo County Recorder Vacancy Action at Meeting
Black Hawk county supervisors met December 10 1913 in an adjourned session in Waterloo Iowa with six members present. Rownd proposed appointing Mrs Sarah Plummer to fill the unexpired county recorder term caused by Charles H Plummer’s death. The motion carried. Rownd then set the deputy recorder salary at 1000 dollars per year effective January 1 1914 and the motion to reconsider also carried.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Black Hawk County
John McQuilkin
C. A. Rownd
W. Dd. Strayer
Matt Demuth
Boomer
W. C. Leland
C. W. Virden
Mr. Rownd
Demuth
Maud Rose
Eagle Township
Strayer
J. Strayer
W. Db. Strayer
D. G. Boomer
Kelley
W. W. Ransom
GW. Morris
Cement Producta Co
Ida A. Burkitt
Joe Schiel
Shores Fuel & Transfer Co
Eas Aa
Young Coal Co
Bartling & Rosaur
S. Ace
House of Good Shepherd
Hartwell
Johnston
Waterloo Furniture Co
Moore & Moore
Waterloo Hardware Co
Oan
He T. B. Casey
Louis Heintge
E. F. Hartong
Eetas Wood Implement Co
Black Hawk Fuel Co
H. J. Blanchaine Co
Medicina
M. Muzzy
Croceries
S. M. Muzzy
Eee Waterloo Hardware Co
Pauper Hansen & Pletcher
Citizens Gas & Electric Co
Deu J. F. Klingaman
C. E. Lumbus
T. W. Mason
Clyde
Highmey
Board of Health
G. W. Bunn & Son
Henderson Drug Co
Board of Joa
Potter
W. Fourtsch
Loose
W. Sigworth
O'Keefe & Towne
City of Waterloo
C. M. Berkley & Co
E. R. Shannon
A. L. Walker
Red Cross Drug Co
Far Bridg Stewart Lumber Co
John Ri
Lu. B. Miller
Sedgwick Sand Co
J. W. Slaughter
Wm. Doepke
E Ae
Fox Township
Dragging
Harry Sighn
Shane Seers
Geo. Baruth
Marius Bergstrom
Ween Wee Ee
A. T. Kline
H. A. Smucker
E. Hewitt
Ed Arthur
Connell- Cowan Lumber Co
Black Hawk Oil Co
Farmers’ Co-Operative Exch
C. F. Harting
Fred Garting
A. F. Hoppe
John Ritzinger
F. Miller
Ray Wyatt
County Road Fund
Tmne
L. B. Miller
Chas, Bellinger
B. Miller
L. H. Edwards
James Bellinger
Hugo Hager
W. D. Strayer
W. Virdenson
A. Rownd
Thousan Lara
J.J. Rainbow
Geo. C. Welker
County board approves tax refund list for double payments
Resolution notes refunds by the county treasurer for double tax payments. Individuals refunded include Frank Bovia in Bremer County 55 cents and Waterloo city poll tax payers such as J J O'Hern and Bert Gregory each 2.50, with many other road and city tax refunds and a few cancellations and committee appointments on highway establishment under review.
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Frank Bovia
Bremer County
J. J. O’hern
City of Waterloo
Bert Gregory
H.C. Bolte
O. J. Ferguson
Co. L. Lytle
Fred R. Willard
L. C. Lowe
Qo, Campagne
R. H. Hensor
O. F. Goodwin
John Evans
Chas
Igon
Jos, Jacobs
Chris Anderson
City of
Cedar Falls
H. E. Lincoln
Waterloo Township
Glenn H. Hitt
Barclay Township
Nels Oleson
City of Cedar Falls
J. BE. Lansing
Maricopa Co
Arizona Territory
John Gruer
Cc. S&s
W. M. Rowne
GC. Hayes
Rowne
C. D. Dutcher
Cedar Falls Township
Boomer
John McChane
Oren
Buchanan
Black Hawk
Strayer
John McQuilkin
W. C. Leland
D. G. Boomer
C. D. Becker
F. M. Shores
Fred S. Pettit
Frank F. Knapp
East Waterloo
County Fund
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Burch’s
Jace
Plantnique
Paul Davis Dry Goods Co
Mas
Iis Pa
Hei
Nan
Amina
Inty and
Billa
Hammond & Stephens
Remington Typewriter Co
C. W. Lyon
Halt-Ekfelt Co
Court House
Waterloo Broom Works
H. A. Asquith & Brodock
Ed Carroll
H.C. Reinsche
Bee
H. J. Ehlebracht
Aee
George Call
See
Silas B. Miller
Org
Ou Ae
G. E. Hemétreet
F. J. Schmitt
Weis
Times-Tribune
L. E. Bladine
Black Hawk Electric Co
Mabel Deane
The
Hovenberg Co
Waterloo Sash & Fixture Co
Waterloo Lumber Co
Whi. Heinen
Joan McQuilkin
Fred Wilcox
Waterloo Dredging Co
Cedar Falls Scate Co
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