Carried First Mail to Waterloo Pioneer Story From Iowa
Greenbury Luck recalls early Black Hawk county life in Iowa with Cedar Falls and Waterloo as they formed. He details father L. P. Luck’s 1832 Iowa arrival, mail routes from Quasqueton to Cedar Falls, land values, post offices, and rough pioneer days. He notes encounters with settlers, outlaws, and wildlife, plus a life of travel before settling in Butler County and starting a family.
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Conarlan
Iowa
Cedar Valley
L. P. Luck
Dubuque
Quasqueton
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Falls
King
Miller's Creek
Eliza
George Ellis
Mullan
Bowling Green
Bellevue
Jackson County
Cedar Rapides
David King
Hinkle Creek
Vinton
Dan Harris
Charles Mullan
Black Hawk County
George W. Hanna
Squire E. D. Adams
Hanna
Dempsey Overman
Sturgis Rapids
Overman
Squire Adams
Gyerman
Thomas W. Case
Case
Guthrie
Cedar Halls
Olive Tablets as Calomel Substitute for Liver Health
An old newspaper ad promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a safe vegetable alternative to calomel. It claims they prevent headaches liver and bowel disorders without harsh laxatives, require no follow up salts, and are easy to take with oyster oil sugar coating. Sold by The Olive Tablet Company in Columbus Ohio.
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Dr. Edwards
Edwards
Calomel
Olive Tablet Company
Columbus
Fort Dodge farmer shoots self after dispute at engagement
W J Forferlich of Fort Dodge Iowa shot himself in the head in Chicago while his fiancée Mrs Mary Brennan a widow of Cedar Rapids held him. Brennan said they came to marry January 20 but he deferred the ceremony saying she was insincere. Forferlich died. Brennan was held for investigation.
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Chicago
W. J. Forferlich
Fort Dodge, Ta
Mary Brennan
Cedar Rapids
Brennen
Forferlich
Brennan
Korferlich
Fort Dodge
Youth Confesses Broger's Murder After Robbery Spree
Davenport Iowa February 3 After a third degree session Lovd Sheets 19 confessed to murdering Ernest Dalldorf groper during a store robbery Thursday night He also admitted to robbing the Valquardens residence two weeks ago and other holdups including a New Year’s night streetcar theft He said liquor drove him to act and claimed to have acted alone with no accomplices He described the motive as impulsive and noted past robberies in Davenport and Chicago along with a confession about a store owner inviting him inside due to the cold
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Davenport
Lovd Sheets
Hock Island
Ernest Dalldorf
Groper
Jets Store
Sheets
Valquardens
Hare Tiwo
Secor
Iwaw
Chicago
Sheete
Dalldorf
Local Notices Mention Kin and Sudden Death in Kansas City
The fragment lists a wife one son an aged mother two brothers and one sister. Mrs A RK McCook receives a telegram Friday stating her sister's husband Mr Wiers died suddenly at Kansas City MO. Also mentions Mr Hughes as surviving by. An advertisement promotes Chamberlain's Liniment for sprains claiming pain relief and restoration to health, 25 and 60 cent bottles sold by dealers.
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A. RK. McCook
Mr. Wiers
Kansas City
Hughes le
Advertinetmiaut
Greene Greens News Brief: Socials, Births, Business Deals
Mise Celia Downing of Waterloo visited Greene relatives. Mrs. Chas Hamilton welcomed a daughter Jan. 24. Win. Greene sold barber shop fixtures to Louis Wilder for Feb 3 transfer. Senator Gates funeral plans set for Monday at the Presbyterian church with Knights Templar and Masonic lodge in charge. Local moves include Parno family into L. J. Stoker residence and A. Parno to run jewelry business briefly.
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Mise Celia Downing
Waterloo
Greene, Lr
Patterson
Clarksville
Hey
R.T. Stivers
Cedar Rapids
Chas
Hamilton
BP. H. Camp
Portland
Ore
W. K. Msher
G. N. Baldwin
Marble Rock
A. M. Merreau
May Winning
Northwood
LA. T. Hin
BE. L. Peddycourt
Nawata
Okla
Floyd Neal
First Street
Win. Greene
Louis Wilder
Sarah Doore
Harry Doore
E. W. Parno
L. J. Stoker
A. Parno
Harry Drew
W. A. Robinson
Emmington, I
Methodist Aid Society
Dell Merreau
Clyde Weyand
Grand Island
Neb
Senator Gates
Des Moines
Knights Templar
Masonic Lodge
Presbyterian
Local Social Roundup From Shell Rock Area
Mr and Mrs M J Johnson of Clarkesville visited Shell Rock. A ladies club celebrated Retta Ensley's birthday. Teachers Miss Nettie Flood and Viol Lotts visited Cedar Falls. Alice Craney was hired as domestic science teacher. Orville Hughes died Saturday and was buried Tuesday with M E church rites.
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Shell Rock
M. J. Johnson
Clarkesville
Retta Ensley
W. P. Weed
Nettie Flood
Viol Lotts
Cedar Falls
Myers
J. E. Jewell
Thos
Richards
LaPorte City
Jas. Jerolaman
Waverly
Alice Craney
Indeprudence
Clara Lana
Gail Town
Clearbake
Roy Cain
Jenness Alyea
Waterloo
O. M. Graham
Clarksville
Odd Fellows
Frank Newcomb
J. R. Thompson
Orville Hughes
Dawson
M. ES
Community Notes From Waterloo and Nearby
Day evening on February 4 friends extended congratulations. Jay Miller visited friends for days in Lubuque. Samuel Harbaugh recovered from illness enough to go out. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Lichty entertained guests from Waterloo on Wednesday. Jacob Lichty drove the auto after a breakdown two miles from Waterloo and finished by horse and buggy. Noah Fike and J. M. Smith shipped corn to Chicago. Lioyg Loonan and others went to Bloomington, AL, that Sunday morning. Mrs. A. A. Gontrager attended a funeral in Dubuque for her cousin Tom Heltzer near Farley. Burial occurred Monday morning. she returned home Monday. John Harbaugh will hold a public sale Feb. 20 and plans to move to Waterloo. Ira J. Kough left for Mexico for an extended stay. Mrs. J. J. Kough hosted a Cedar County relative. Miss Jennie Blough went to California for the winter. Her parents A. S. and Mrs. Blough stay west. The Orange Literary was electing officers: President Alvin Summy, VP Lester Miller, Secretary Ethel Cable, Asst. Secretary Mae Repologle, Treasurer Floyd Kough, Program committee Beulah Hoff and Jennie Blough, Critic Miss Wilts, Sergeant at arms Arthur Miller.
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Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Mullan
Chas. Mullan
George W. Hanna
Lewis Halleck
J. R. Pratt
James Virden
B. M. Cooley
Canton Wine
Sam
Dr. Buffon
Nelson Fancher
Black Hawk Creek
Hunter's Paradise
King
Benton County
Rock Creek
Big Creek
California
George Ellis
Miller's Creek
Mr. Ellis
Henry County
Hampton
Chas
Vinton
Cedar Falla
George Sanders
George
Wes
Edwards
Cedar River
Cedar Rapids
Newell’s
Cedar Falls
Janesville
Cline
Cedar
St. Louis
Harris
Andrew Mullarkey
Oscar Virden
Jim Virden
George Philpot
Benton
Henry Mellon
Ellis
Miller’s Creek
Strong
Jay Miller
Lubuque
Samuel Harbaugh
A. J. Lichty
Jacob Lichty
Noah Fike
J. M. Smith
Chicago
Bloomingtonn
A. A. Gontrager
Dubuque
Tom Heltzer
Farley
Boon
Ira J. Kough
Mexico
J. J. Kough
Cedar County
Misa Jennie Blough
A. S. Blough
The
Orange Literary Nariary
Alvin Summy
Lester Miller
Ethel Cable
Mae Repologle
Floyd Kough
Beulah Hoff
Jennie Blough
Miss Wilts
Arma
Arthur Miller
Pape's Diapensia touted as quick indigestion cure
An advertisement claims Pape's Diapensia digests foods causing indigestion in five minutes. It promises rapid relief from dyspepsia with a healthier stomach, no gas or belching, and a pleasant aftertaste, urging readers to buy a fifty cent case at any drug store.
Marriage cards announce Harbaugh Hoffman nuptials
Orange township January 30 announces the forthcoming marriage of Miss Martha Harbaugh to Mr. Harvey Hoffman. The ceremony will be held at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr and Mrs John Harbaugh, in Tuss ee eas.
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Orange
Martha Harbaugh
Harvey Hoffman
John Harbaugh
Tussee
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Lin
Mullan’s
Melrose
John Melrose
Wright County
Donaldson
Butler County
Greenbury
New Hartford
Mrs. Greenbury Luck
Shot Self
Fis Flance
Broger
Murde
Floyd Sheets
Dave
Grecise
East
Black Hawk Co
Abstrant Co
M. Michael
Lauritzen & Wrasson
Calumet Addtion
J. Pp. Hummel
Galloway Dobson Investment Co
Galloway
Wilhelm Schultz
J. W. Leverals
Maywood Addition
John Hinpin
Maywood
Watdy ‘Loo
George Metcalf
Sarah Li
Metcalf
Cowin
2Nd
Percy Bentroth
Jennie L. Bentroth
Bleeck
Hammond & Hopkins
Howrey & Max Williams
Dike
Dike’s
Taggart
Reliable Drug Store
Commercial
Tania
Scott
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield
N. J
Uw Nead
Dleo
Teena Pelons
Tata
Tej
Blackstone
All Waterloo Grocers
Black Hawk
Coffee & Spice Company
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