Fur trapping yields high mink skins amid deep snows
Cedar Falls Iowa reports scarcity and high fur prices as trapping suffers from deep snow. Carl Howe and others trap fur bearing animals this winter with mink skins selling up to seven dollars and muskrat hides a few tens of cents amid harsh conditions. Rev Titus Lowe of Cedar Falls delivers a lecture on The Spirit of Washington at the college chapel and to high school pupils, drawing strong applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Carl Howe
Howe
Titus Lowe
Washington
Lowe
Teachers of State in Confer ence at Cedar Falls
Representatives from thirty five to forty educational institutions will attend a three day conference at Cedar Falls Teachers College March 28 29 and 30 with sixty five delegates and several state officials of the Young Men's Christian Association in charge of the programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Teachers’ College
Young Men's Christian Association
Big Bonfire of M 0 Catalogues in Cedar Falls
A large crowd gathered in Cedar Falls to witness the burning of catalogs from mail order houses. The event featured banners, a band, and patriotic songs promoting home trade. City leaders and retail figures spoke on sustaining local enterprise and its link to farm land values.
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Cedar Falls
Y New Citizens Bank
Salem
Clay
H. A. Jetmore
Commercial Club
David J. Murphy
Dubuque
State
Retail Dealers’ Association
A. J. Boreman
Des Moines
Merchants’ Trade Journal
Paul Davis
Waterloo
Short Stories Tersely Told in Cedar Falls News
Cedar Falls notes report Rev. Richmond A Smith and Prof C P Colegrove in Des Moines for a new rural education commission meeting. Local items include real estate moves by Harry E Sucher buying Prof A C Page's Cedar Falls home for 4000 and plans for Page to travel to California for health reasons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Richmond A. Smith
C. P. Colegrove
Des Moines
Educational Commission
Deyoe
Harry E. Sucher
Page
A. C. Page
Pioneer Flan Anniversary and Notable Local Items
Cedar Falls marks H L Chase & Co thirty first year as a pioneer Black Hawk county merchant. A daring ten year old skylight robbery valued at 7000 dollars remains unsolved. Mr and Mrs T J Burr celebrate thirty six years of marriage. Mary Stevens Jessie seek Montana claims while son Ernest also holds one. George Brunson visits Cedar Falls after 320 acres in Montana and near fatal blizzard frost injury. Bad roads hinder cream gatherers like Peter Negley. a Beaver County incident loses 60 gallons. Hilbert Ogaard returns from Norway after three months abroad. Dr B E Reed of Lenox College visits Cedar Falls.
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Cedar Falls
H. L. Chase & Co
Black Hawk County
F. N. Chase
Harry L. Chase
Montana
Mary Stevens
Jessie
Ernest
George Brunson
Brunson
Lfe
New Hartford
Amon Educators Mark Notable Iowa School Record
A statement praising the institutions of learning in Iowa notes the school has a strong record and educated many of the state’s leading figures. The piece highlights the school’s reputation among prominent educational groups.
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Owasa
Funeral in Waterloo for George Merritt
Mrs. Ned Wyant traveled from Cedar Rapids to attend the funeral of her brother George Merritt who died Tuesday after a year with diabetes. The service at the First Presbyterian Church was conducted by Dr. Burkhalter and was attended by Mrs. W. W. Wyant and Mrs. C. W. Alingworth of Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ned Wyant
Cedar Rapids
George Merritt
Burkhalter
First Presbyterian Church
W. W. Wyant
C. W. Alingworth
Waterloo
Old Reliable Orange Dairy to Deliver Pure Milk
Almert J Bark publisher and former Associated Press director died suddenly this morning at the Tuquesne club. The West Side dairy will operate as Old Reliable Orange Dairy offering pure milk and cream with milk at seven cents a quart. Phone 2505-Hed.
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Almert J
BARK
Burgh Post
The
Sum
Associated Prees
Tuquesne Club
City
Bank Statement for Waterloo National Bank Iowa 1912
Bank balance sheet lists assets and liabilities as of February 20 1912 in Black Hawk County. Cash, loans and discounts, U S bonds, deposits and capital figures shown with signatures of cashier H C Schultz and director board. Also a Minnesota dairy ad notes a span of mares for sale with equipment.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Elose
U. S
U.S
Black Haw National Bank
Towa
U. S. Ee
Pomen One Ee
United States
WN Jtate
Black Hawk County
I. C. Schultz
Hank
H. C. Schultz
Leavitt & Johnson National Bank
State of
Black Hawk
Ira Rodamar
Theabove
J. O. Trumbauer
J. E. Sedgwick
Kingsley
Florence D. Davis
John Andrews
Kimball's
Dairy Farmer Office
War Iterloo
Peete
Ashier’s
Tows
Mrs Girton Walker Visits Family and Plans Waterloo Visit
Mrs Flora E Girton rests after a broken hip as Jean Girton Walker of Washington visits her in Evanston Illinois. Mr Walker in government service will lecture at Northwestern University in March and may visit Waterloo during that trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Girton Walker
Washlington
D. C
Flora E. Girton
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Teachers OF State
Willard
Chicago
W. S. Willard
Nebbraska
BOY Scouts
Frances E. Willard
M. E
Our City
Miss Willard
Cedar Talls
Teenhower & Lighty
Lawn City
John Lemmer
Daily Record
Milton I. Capper
Baldwin
N. D
St. B. Doughjerty
Elmer Fridell
Grandview College
Fisk
Cleveland, O
J. M. Fisk
Frank Wilcox
E. B. Jones
Reading
J. W. Jarnagin
Edith Dryden
Mrs. Smith
N.C. Anderson
Fargo
WN. D
Pfeiffer's
Krebs
Charles Hintz
Alice
New Mexico
Postoffice
Miller
Louis
Lawrence Mullin
Eagle Grove
Mullarkey
Mullin
J. W. Shoemaker
Garland
Margaret Nelson
Presbyterian Choir
B. W. Merrill
Paris
Joseph Lefebvre
Institute
Randolph
Heavy Work Horse
Sycamore St
Franklin
West Aide
Jetter
Neer Crook
Cal
My. J. Pommer
Gat Neffernon
Meadowdale
William Gatloway Co
Western
Hosteter
Brig
M. J. Poremer
Jefferson St
Tome Park
M. J. Pommer
Six Acres Grand
Home Park
Logan Ave
East Side
Weat Fourth Street
Weat Fourth
Louis Millore
Ta Porte City
Tripp Land Co
la Porte City
Lewis Miler
Fourth St
Watertoo
Winona
Waterian
Winona Western
California St
Denver
Colo
Pioneer
T. J. Burr
Legion
Peter Negley
Igilbert Ogaard
Norway
Hilbert Ogaard
America
B. E. Reed
Lenox College
EB. E. Reed
Hopkinton
Isplendid College
Dr. Falls
M.j.pommere Co
Jefferson Street
Commercial National Bank
Tuthill
E. W. Miller
A. J. Edwards
H. R. Dunkelberg
Chas. W. Knoop
F. F. McElhinney
F. W. Powers
John E. WI
Aniectors
J. C. Murtagh
Aoa
Total
Citizens Gas & Electric Company
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