North Waterloo Brakeman Injured in Wallace Yards Accident
Brakeman Armstrong of the east end service suffered serious arm and rib injuries Monday night in Wallace yards while switching when a train backed down the line and he was crushed between two cars. He was moved to a hospital in Freeport. Other notes report personnel changes, transfers, and train delays due to high water along I. C. tracks as well as a Litchfield special moving from Illinois Central to Northwestern toward Omaha.
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Armstrong
East End
Wallace Yards
Freeport
A. P. Heald
Webster City
W.M. Welch Mfg. Company
E. A. Heald
George Bloeser
Charles City
E. J. Diamond
Ackley
Sam Scott
E. C. Stark
Cedar Falls
William Bangert
Albert Lea
Chalmer Hess
Warner Anderson
Round House
Nels Jepsen
Edward T. Edwards
Do. A. Walker
I. C
Interurban railway plan nears Waterloo Cedar Rapids
Enthusiastic boosters yesterday backed an inter urban line from Waterloo to Cedar Rapids. Waterloo pledges 200000 and Cedar Rapids 106000 plus farmer rights of way and stock. Committees to secure right of way to start immediately. farmers traveled long distances to pledge support.
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Waterloo
Cedar Rapides
Ellis Hotel
Cedar Rapids
D. A. McLeish
Brandon
College of Commerce Beats Company L 50 to 17
The College of Commerce basketball team defeated Company L of Independence 50 to 17 at the armory floor in this city. Indepence lineup included forwards Graft and Smith, center Olsen, guards Muxlow Stevenson and O'Brien. Commerce lineup featured forwards Ingols Peterson Cohn Cascaden center Cotter guards Albright Robins.
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College of Commerce
Company L
Independence
Graft
Smith
Olsen
Muxlow
Stevenson
O'Brien
Ingols
Peterson
Cohn
Cascaden
Cotter
Albright
Robins
Forum Society Public Program at West High School
Tomorrow at 1 45 p m the Forum society of west high school will present a public program in the assembly room with a patriotic flavor. Robert Anderson post No 68 G A R invited to attend in body when release permits. Public invited. Program includes songs readings debate a German play and a choir.
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Forum Society of West High School
Robert Anderson
Constance Buswell
Lincoln
Gladys Bennett
Seth Ream
Hazel Keller
Albert Greeley
Barceuse
Jocyyn
F. Rubenstein
Gladys Noggle
Washington
Romanza Nutt
Nein
Farewell for Washburn Couple in Community Sendoff
Fifty neighbors gathered at Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Secones home near Washburn to bid farewell before their move to Nashua. Friends presented two rocking chairs and a post card album, and auctioneer Pete Golinvaux shared stories as the couple heads to a new farm in Nashua.
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P. J. Secones
Washburn
Chickasaw County
Joe Golinvaux
M*@ Schones
Nashua
Pete
Three I Demurrer Filed In Court In 1911 League
Chicago Feb 16 Counsel for Al Tearney president of the Three I Base Ball league filed in the superior court a demurrer to the supplemental bill for the injunction by Waterloo Iowa club in its fight to keep a place in the league The demurrer contests rulings on procedure and quorum and upholds league meetings at which Waterloo was ousted by four of eight clubs Judge Gridley set Feb 18 for hearing the appeal and demurrers Waterloo seeks to restrain league officers from meetings for 1911 schedules or actions excluding Waterloo.
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Chicago
al Tearney
Waterloo
Iowa
Gridley
Counsel For
League
Malcom restaurant man elopes with 15-year-old student
Malcom Iowa 15 year old Nellie Bretting allegedly eloped with J B Marvin a respected local restaurant man about 45 who disappeared Friday evening prompting high town speculation while his wife suffers grief. Marvin had recently moved from Oxford Illinois and was active in civic affairs.
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Malcom
J. B. Marvin
Nellie Bretting
Marvin
Oxford
Ila
Old Soldier Shafer Dies at 78 in Waterloo
James A Shafer longtime Waterloo resident and W C F N employee died at midnight after a sudden illness. Born January 8 1847 in Wisconsin he served in the Civil War and later worked in Chicago and Waterloo. Surviving relatives include his wife daughter sisters brother and several grandchildren. Funeral services will be held from the Robert Anderson post G A R with interment in Fairview cemetery.
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James A. Shafer
Park Road
Waterloo
Mr. Shafer
Whitewater
Wis
Monroe
Warren
Chicago
Round House
Shafer
Wisconsin
Almeda Snyder
Janesville
Frank ‘Shafer
Sheppard Owen
Lemar
Levan Duke
Beverly
Owen
Post
Robert Anderson Post
Fairview Cemetery
Moulders Union to Host Grand Ball at Pythian Temple
Local No. 459 of the Iron Moulders Union of North America will stage a grand ball at the Pythian temple on February 27. The Iowa Stove & Range Co has donated a range as a prize for a lucky ticket holder. The ball committee includes Chas Hoffert, Jas Welch, Henry Borger, H Bunch, and W Matthews.
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Iron Moulders’ Union of North America
Pythian Temple
Iowa Stove & Range Company
Chas. Hoffert
Jas. Welch
Henry Borger
H. Bunch
W. Matthews
Catarrh a Systemic Blood Disease
Catarrh is described as a deep seated blood disease affecting the entire system with congestion in the head nose and throat. It claims that curing requires purifying the blood and promotes Swift's Specific Co as the best blood purifier, offering free medical advice in Atlanta, Georgia.
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S. S.S
S.S .S
SWIFT
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