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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1915
Page
6
Notice announces bids for road superintendent of East Waterloo township for 1415 year. Bids received at Rentley Bros. Commercial Bank Building Waterloo Ta up to o'clock Monday eb 1915. Bentley township clerk.
Active buying lifted wheat prices with July option leading gains. May reached a new high as Liverpool sellers remained scarce and millers short of supplies. Corn and oats weakened after early gains, while hogs and cattle at Omaha showed mixed finishes as receipts varied.
Chicago reports mixed livestock and grain activity with hog prices opening weak and ending down about 10 to 16 cents. Cattle and sheep show slight weakness, while grain futures list varied moves in wheat corn oats and pork products with regional price notes from Liverpool and Waterloo markets.
Planning the next season in the garden emphasizes diagramming space for each vegetable and timing for early crops like onions radishes and lettuce. The piece also covers onion culture economics and bird protection urging growers to value birds over spraying while detailing egg laying contests and poultry feed practices.
Trains were blocked between Tripoli and Sumner due to a heavy blizzard. Local residents visited relatives, moved, or changed positions, with notes on births, obituaries, and local business moves. Multiple names and towns appear, including Minneapolis visitor H J Bockhaus, Glasgows John Senne, Maynard Ed Hanson, and Tripoli residents.
The deceased, who came to Iowa with his wife, settled in Tripoli in 1872 where his family grew up. He was raised Lutheran in Pennsylvania. Funeral services were Sunday at the First Congregational church in Tripoli with Rev. McNary presiding. Interment followed at Freemont under local G. A. R. auspices.
Osage area notes an old fashioned blizzard that halted rural mail carriers and traffic. Jase Runkle visits Stewartville sisters Mrs Walker and Mrs Angell. Henry Randall visits from Tama County. Fred Muetz guests at Clinton Carrigan’s. Prof Williams of Ames lectures to Cardiff and South Burr Oak granges on sociability and consolidated schools. William Markham Jr and Niel Wilson drive to Chicago with cattle. Herman Sonberg visits William Kuhn. Frank Jacobs testifies in Lewis Silo suit.
Mooreville notes visitors and local happenings. Mr and Mrs Mation Hayward visited Waterloo friends over Sunday. Frank Meeker lost a cow. Ada and Hazel Sawyer visited Dysart friends. Grover Thomas returned from Independence after six weeks with relatives. W H Smith called in Waterloo. C J Hayward visited Genesee. Grover Thomas hauled hogs to Dysart. Henry Beatty visited relatives in Des Moines.
Washington D C February 5 judge Wade will not win the southern Iowa judgeship if Representative Kirk Patr ick is correctly advised. He had
A report cites a conference with the president and Assistant Attorney General Graham. After the talks, Mr. Kirkpatrick predicted the judge would come from the southern district and that Judge Wade would not be chosen, recommending L. T. Richmond of Atiba.
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