Christmas travel and gatherings fill Clarksville notes
Clarksville residents report visitors from Plymouth En deavor Wis Northwood Cedar Rapids Sac City and Waterloo. Weddings crowning Miss Anna Priepke and Mr Fred Garbes at the Priepke home. Old cemetery dinner New Year’s Day and holiday events bring cheer. Schools close for a two week vacation.
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Clarksville
Matt Jones
Waverly Tursday
M. M. Mossberry
Harry
Thank
Plymouth
H. A. Boyd
N. A
Apple
Mrs. Landgraff
Endeavor
Wis
Loomer
George Ilgenfrita
Fred Wgenfritz
Aredale
A. J. Ilgenfritz
Old Cemetery Association
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Anna Priepke
Fred Garbes
Northwood
Austin Hummel
Mra D
Chamberlin
Shell Rock
Edwin Price
Rockford
Alice Page
Cedar Rapids
A. Price
Moulton
Joe Hartness
Greene
Hartness
W. C. Shepard
Alpison
Nellie Rhoads
Minneapolis
Ernest Werler
Lander
Wyo
South Yaexeon
Clare
Leon Leeper
Town City
Tom Jarvis
Sac City
Win. Jarvis
Win, Leach
Anamosa
al Neal
Chicago
R. Root
Inza Test
A. Shraeder
Welton
Wm. Morrison
B.H. Wilder
Humboldt
Walter King
J. Best
Waterloo
Billen Byers
New Hampton
Fred Hesse
Wapello
Green
J. Hicckle
Waterlon
Clara Cooper
Cooper
Jamies
Holiday rail traffic to eclipse last year
Officials from four city railways report record Christmas travel with extra clerks and through trains in two sections. Mail and express car equipment increased. snow storms hinder schedules but trains remained mostly on time. Zero or below temperatures and a brisk northwest wind gripped the day as streetcar service aimed to avoid delays.
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Post Office Department
Mercury
Buchanan Optical Co
Third Abstract Company Coming to Waterloo
Des Moines financier Edd G. Doerfler, visiting Waterloo over Christmas, closed a deal with eastern capitalists and leading Des Moines men to start a new abstract company in Waterloo with $100000 capitalization. The firm will offer abstract, insurance, real estate and loan services, marking Waterloo’s third such company and bringing eastern investment to the city.
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Edd G. Doerfler
Des Moines
Waterloo
G. A. Doerfer
P. J. Martin
Real Estate Transfers Reported in Cedar Falls and Waterloo
Real estate transfers listed include Amelia T. Deal to Ada M. Wood for part of lot 4, block 17 Normal addition Cedar Falls at 800 dollars. F Mead to B W Merrill and Adolph Kramer for lot 16 block 14 Normal addition Cedar Falls at 230 dollars. United States to Jos B Kennicott land in 2087-12. Oak Lawn Building Co to E J Myers for part of lots 4 5 6 block 1 2nd addition Oak Lawn Waterloo at 51 dollars. Geo B Miller to Jas D Caldwell lot 7 block 10 Whitney Sedgwick addition at 500 dollars. Thomas Billick to Waterloo Loan and Trust Co lot 21 block 9 Howrey McWilliams addition at 344 21. Jacob L Riht to Pauline M Johnson lots 18 19 20 Rihts addition block 2 at 980 dollars.
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Black Hawk Co. Abstract Co
Amelia T. Deal
Ada M. Wood
Normal
Cedar Falls
Dr. F. \. Mead
B. W. Merrill
Adolph Kramer
United States
Jos. BE
Kennicott
Oak Lawn Building Co
E. J. Myers
Oak Lawn
Waterloo
Geo. B. Miller
Jas. D. Caldwell
Whitney & Sedgwick
Thomas Billick
Waterloo Loan & Trust Co
Howrey & McWilliams
Jacob L. Rieht
Pauline M. Johnson
Rieht
Bryan's Friend Found Dead Near Quarry in New Jersey
William Patterson of Lincoln, Nebraska, a friend of William Jennings Bryan, was found dead with his throat cut near a quarry in North Plainfield, New Jersey, after disappearing from his daughter's home on Sunday morning. A bloody razor lay beside him as investigators pursued leads in the case.
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Plainfield
N. J
William Patterson
Lincoln
Neb
William Jennings Bryan
North Plainfield
Lincoln man’s death ruled amiulcide after absence
Police say the Lincoln man’s death is amiulcide. Mr Patterson left his wife and two children weeks ago to spend Christmas with his daughter in New Jersey. He had owned a Lincoln hardware store destroyed by fire and had been despondent. Police from New Jersey and New York searched for him when his body was found.
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Patterson
Lincoln
Leroy II. Gate
New Jersey
New York
Car Foreman's Christmas Gift from Union Central Shop Men
The Unois Central car department surprised foreman FP M Fuller with a large mahogany and leather chair on Christmas day. The mill department delivered the chair and the men spoke of a possible strike, then Mr Fuller was thanked with cigars, while Thdle Richardson offered brief remarks.
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Unois Central Car Department
FP. M. Fuller
Mill
Fuller
Start the New Year Right Worry Club Loan Offer
Start the New Year Right Worry Club invites readers to apply for a loan from 10 to 260 dollars with private, confidential terms. Security is household goods or personal property while borrowers retain possession. Flexible repayment options align with income.
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Lessure
Leavitt & Johnson National Bank to Hold Annual Shareholders Meeting
Notice is given that the regular annual meeting of shareholders of Leavitt and Johnson National Bank of Waterloo Iowa will be held at the banking office on Tuesday January 9 1913 at 10 o clock a m to elect a board of directors for the ensuing year and to transact any business that may properly come before the meeting. IRA Rodamar cashier.
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Leavitt & Johnson National Bank
Waterloo
Iowa
Ira Rodamar
Annual stockholders meeting notice for Home Building and Loan Assn
The Home Building and Loan Association of Waterloo Iowa calls its annual stockholders meeting for Tuesday January 2 1912 at 7 20 PM at the secretary’s office 317 Syndicate Building. Elections for five directors and a secretary and treasurer will be held and any other business may be acted upon.
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Home Building and Loan Association of
Waterloo
Iowa
J.H., Hildebrand
Eastbound and Westbound Rail Time Tables
Local and interurban train schedules list east and west routes to Dubuque Chicago Ft. Dodge Omaha and Minneapolis St Paul along with Des Moines Cedar Falls Waterloo and other connections. Departure times span early morning to late evening with freight and passenger services noted.
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Omaha
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National Automobile Training Ass'n
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Schuyler, Neb
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Drexel, Mo
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B. J. Christie
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St. Paul, Minn
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Minneapolis, Minn
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the James Gardiner CO
Best Companies
NEW York State Farms
Fuels Bros. CO
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Car Foreman
E. W. Grove
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