Ten Cent Fare for Owl Service in Waterloo Area
Waterloo Cedar Falls Northern railroad asks city for permission to run an owl car after midnight with a ten cent fare for a three month trial. If profitable, fare may drop to five cents. service would be half hourly on branch lines from midnight to 1:30 a.m. and could become permanent. The plan aims to ease late night travel for workers and attendees, with revenue covering operating costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railroad Company
Waterloo
Coal sales boom as railroads strain town supplies
In Janesville Iowa February 30 report coal dealers sold heavily amid rail disruption. Weather delays Friday church lecture. Lamb family sends two pupils to Janesville school. Local clubs note officer installations and postponed events. Mail routes limited. a stolen shipment and health notes appear among town updates.
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Janesville
Presbyterian Church
Lamb
Gaines Farm
Janesvile School
Burton
Weather Lows Reach 30 Below In Cold Spell
Eagle Center reports an extremely cold spell with temperatures dropping to 30 below zero. Local residents John Ryan of Austin Minnesota visits then leaves. Dr. Lynn and wife from Waterloo spend time with Mrs. B. Smith in La Porte City area. Mrs. Ben Teken injures ankle on ice but recovers. Conry brothers visit Carroll City due to aunt Mrs. Amy Guthrile. Community turnout for Frank Nuthelsen’s late Tuesday event. Ladies Home Circle plans a meeting with Mrs. Leonard Roasner. Meter Beck cattle sale noted.
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Eagle Center
Sundar
John Ryan
Austin
Minn
Lynn
Waterloo
la Porte City
B. Smith
Ben Teken
Family in Poverty Seeks Aid as Winter Deepens
Joe Wlingaman, superintendent of the poor, reports 111 aid calls in ten days. He encounters a severe destitution case with a cold, unfurnished room, icy walls, and children going to school hungry. The family lacks employment, coal, and nourishment as neighbors note ongoing struggles.
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Joe Wlingaman
Bean soup sparks banquet row in Denver over presidential menu
The Denver banquet tale stirs 700 citizens as beans clash with elite tastes. Debates raged on soup choice from bean soup to cream of tomato while aristocratic snobbery and public duty battled over a simple dish. Meanwhile historical notes on powders and life’s best exist in lighter pages.
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Denver
Elegantiarum
Pla
Boston
Beverly
Joook
Massachusetts
HaltSmore
Government Pays Millions for Officials Travel
The text notes the U S government annually pays at least 12 million dollars for officials travel across branches. It also mentions watching papers for Avant and a "samyte shee man's opening ads" as a potential lead.
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Avant
Samyte Shee
Lawn Guy Folks Coming and Going
Hattie Brown able to sit up after ten weeks. Cedar Falls special items note a bright cold sign of continued severe weather. Local college events include Lindsay Robinson named basketball captain and team schedule to Cedar Rapids to face Coe college. Various social notices and a funeral procession update.
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Cedar Falls
H. J. Tuthill
Lindsay Robinson
J. H. Robinson
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Boysen May Leave to Take Charge of Minnesota Steel Branch
Me Boysen of the Boysen Shoe company returned from a business trip to Minneapolis. He has been offered a position to lead the Minnesota Steel company branch of United States Steel. He cannot say if he will leave his current post or sever ties with Boysen Shoe. He seeks outside work for health and practical iron mine experience.
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Tese Boysen
Boysen Shoe Company
Minneapolis
Rossen
Piecs
Minnesota Steel Company
United States Steel Company
Boxssen Shoe Company
Kerosene Stove Causes Alarm at Cedar Falls Bank
In Cedar Falls Iowa residents report near disaster as a basement kerosene stove warming water pipes was left unattended. It blazed high but was removed just in time. Separately rumors claim Cedar Falls street car staff faced discipline for rule violations and fare evasion as General Manager Cass warned dismissals.
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Cedar Falls
Citizen's Bank
Waterloo
Cass
Deep Snow Drifts Embed Local Memories Of Freezing Winter
Michael Burk a longtime city council member recalls snow drifts several times reaching telegraph wires along the Illinois Central track when temperatures plunged to twenty below zero. Peter Negley shares vivid memories of harsh winters and describes a gang of shovelers active during those snows.
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Michael Burk
Illinoia Central
Peter Negley
Gresham Congregation Holds Annual Meeting
Rev J Haehten and Rev J Yagey visited the Gresham church as Boaz Yagey’s bedside need drew Des Moines pastor. Wm Mether reelected trustee and John Buehner Andrew Daniels class leaders. John Buehner elected Sunday school superintendent with Wm Teisinger as assistant and Daniel Holdiman secretary and John Miller treasurer. Both church and Sunday school reported sound finances. Gresham friends of the Conrad Fritz family in West Bennington
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Gresham
J. Haehten
la Porte City
J. H. Yagey
Des Moines
Boaz Yagey
Gresham Church
Mether
John Buehner
Andrew Daniels
Wm. Teisinger
Daniel Holdiman
John Miller
Dircch
Gresham Friends
Conrad Fritz
West Bennington
Man Returns Home After Dubuque Wreck
W E Reed, injured in a wreck near Dubuque five weeks ago, has returned to his parents’ home at 523 Dawson Street. His collar bone was broken, he was crushed and bruised, his arm remains in a sling after several Mercy Hospital operations. He may be out of work for months but can see friends who visit.
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Charles Priper
Ben
Fullin
Kan
Frank Murphy
Rene Alrich
Kensett
W. E. Reed
Dubuque
I. J. Reed
Dawson Street
Mercy Hospital
Quack Dr Promises Cure with Bitter Warning
A con man peddling a fake medicine tells a consumptive the bottle will end coughing. The consumptive asks if the remedy is as deadly as it sounds. The note mentions Case's milk sold at 14 branches across sixpence deliveries.
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