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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1911
Page
24
In Waterloo a broad array of social clubs needlework groups and charitable orders totals dozens of organizations with hundreds of members led by presidents and secretaries. The list includes Gentiliska Co Ogurezchik Desdemona Clio and many others plus twelve lodges from Eastern Star and D A R committees.
Black Hawk county paid $410.81 from the auditor's office as bounty for pests eradicated in the year. They rewarded $5 per old wolf and $2 per wolf cub, plus small sums for pocket gophers and groundhogs. Eight young wolves and three adults were killed. $379.81 covered gophers and other vermin eradication.
In 1860 roads to Water-Uo were sandy and poorly kept. By 1910 they improved slowly as road science developed. In 1911 roadmakers began to awaken and progress followed. Today most streets show fair repair and plans exist to treat others next spring. Hazlett and Winchell moved much of the improvement with grading replacing sand and a cider top dressing. After rains street commissioners deploy king drags to sustain upkeep. Total cost ran about 1800 dollars plus labor from Judge Caldwell's police court graduates.
Mentions Lafayette street one mile Independence avenue one-fourth mile and Idaho street one-fourth mile as part of a historic street alignment record.
Readable proximity notes list Logan avenue one fourth mile Parker street and Cedar Falls road one half mile south Cedar Falls road one third mile. The fragment states measurement details for several streets.
Advertisement extols pasteurization as the safest method for milk handling, noting it has gained health-board acceptance in major cities and citing 168 degree heating for 15 minutes, cooling to 50 degrees, and sterile processing. It promotes Waterloo milk sold at a rate per quart from wagon and plant with a call to action.
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