What Is There in a Name in City Hall Gossip
City hall second floor staff discuss name spellings and origins while trading quips about their own surnames. W H Jennish, W W Wyant, Carl Pritchard and others share playful theories on family lines and shortened forms, with jokes about pronunciation and historical variants.
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W.H. Jennish
Jeunish
Jennish
W. W. Wyant
Mr. Wyant
Wey- Eandt
Pritchardt
Courier
Wyant
Pritchard
Charles Roby
Degon
Linden News Briefs From Linden and Waterloo At D A R Event
Linden reports visits by Mary A Baker and others, local illness, social events, a Valentine party, a birth, and church plans including a men’s Brotherhood meeting. Waterloo chapter D A R marked Washingtons birthday with music, talks on Washington, a social, and a supper. Notable attendees from Cedar Falls and La Porte joined.
C F Adams TN Bankruptcy Petition Before Referee Merrill
Cranston F. Adams a brakeman on the Illinois Central filed a bankruptcy petition now before Referee Merrill. A creditors meeting is set for 9 a m March 4. Debts total 419.90 with no assets nonexempt. Major creditors include Dr Huntoon 224.95 and Dr J Cecil Bickley 87.78 plus a $50 grocery bill and a $25.50 hospital bill.
Infant Genevieve Iverson Dies After Illness
The six month old daughter of Mr and Mrs C Iverson 120 Colby street died yesterday after a short illness.Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon from the home Burial will be at Fairview Widnes England sells gas to consumers at 22 to 26 cents per 1000 cubic feet The town plans to spend 5 000 000 to enlarge the plant as consumption rises. American Machinist notes wooden pads being displaced by steel receptacles for the paint trade one plant makes four hundred thousand steel pails to hold white lead
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Genevieve
C. Iverson
Colby Street
Fairview
Widnes
England
Great-Grandfather Estate Found in German York Gazette
Solomon Shettle, 80, discovers a 19th century York Gazette issue dated July 10, 18ST, detailing the settlement of Geo. Shettle’s estate. The German paper, faded but legible, notes estate actions by Michael Shettel and Henry Stover. Solomon, nearing 86, remains active and recently shocked grain on his son-in-law’s Independence farm.
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Solomon Shettle
Dusty Hox
Maxty OS
York
Solomon Shettel
Clay Street
Geo. Shettle
York Gazette
Waterloo
Michael Shettel
Henry Stover
Sheitel
Independence
Who Pays the Tariff In 1912 America and Abroad
The letter argues tariffs raise living costs by showing examples where domestic prices exceed foreign prices for sewing machines and typewriters. It cites Taft veto costs, wool tariffs, and a 25 cent tariff on potatoes imported from Scotland as a daily tax. It critiques infant industry protection, sugar duties, and island producer subsidies, ending with local notices about a Heart Songs book and a funeral.
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Amhritz
Denmark
Mike
London
New York
Taft
United States Treasury
A. B. Switzer
Waterloo
Scotland
Department of Commerce and Labor
California
United States
Galy
Waterloo School District Receipts and Expenditures Report
The Waterloo Iowa Independent School District reports the 1913 14 school year figures covering district tax building funds and teacher salaries. It lists total receipts and disbursements for the school house fund bond fund and teachers fund with estimates for next year and an upcoming annual meeting on March 9 1914 at the W H Mitchell building to elect directors and a treasurer.
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Independent School District
Waterloo
Iowa
W. H. Mitchell
West Fourth Street
J. E. Dempster
Pan Entertainment i
The Forester's Daughter by Hamlin Garland
Book notes praise Hamlin Garland's The Forester's Daughter from Harper & Bros. New York. The novel follows Bernie a western child and her romance with an eastern tourist. Garland shines in nature descriptions while some dialogue may be stilted.
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Forester
Hamlin Garland
Mr. Garland
Harper & Bros
New York City
Bernie
Far West
Garland
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May Decker
Frank Woodard
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Kan
Earle A, Baker
Black Street
Lafayette Ford
Charley Neukirch
Galena
Martin Mulvoy
Cottage Grove Avenue
M. Picken
Cedar
Nina Howser
Oskaloosa
Reita Ensley
Shell Rock
Fannie Griffith
Eva
Lillian Osgood
Cedar Falls
Madeline
Miriam Park
Linden M. E
Earle Baker
Amanda Crandall
Presbyterian Hospital
Hayes
Christenson
Ralph Fassett
Plainefield
Terry
Brent
Mulberry
Colorado
B.C. Moses
Business Men's Temperance Association
St. Paul's Orchestra
J. W. Ruteledee
Waide Brown
John Blim
J. Uragdon
Tute Hill
Fee
Miss Moore
A. J. Fairburn
Washington
Mesdames Bateman
Fairburn
Bliss and
Moore
Miss Edwards
P. J. McCarick
Miss Bliss
Tuthill
Wilson
QO. J. Valentine
Myrtle
Fourth Street West
Fort Dodge
W. J. Everinghas
Wellington Street
Financial Statement Independent School District
Seeaae Anes
Victor
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Retter
Victrola Department
Black
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