Special City Council Meeting To Consider Four Measures
A city council special meeting is set for Friday evening at City Hall to address four items. The agenda includes passing new ordinances, purchasing a new auto patrol for the police department, establishing suitable quarters for a police matron and appointing a woman to the role, and granting Hook Island railway permission to build an extension track on Cedar Street near Second Street. The mayor also supports moving the con chamber to the third floor and converting the matron’s quarters.
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R. J. Thompson
Wll
Hook Island Railway
Cedar Street
William Willard Pri. Ptom Awfeeel Independent
Fragmented OCR notes mention William Willard and a family, with unclear references to parlor events and names like Rickles and Vers Al. The text references Missouri and a Fourth with Dick but lacks coherent context or dates.
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Pr SG
Rickles
Liehig Nmi
Moss Hulta
Madiser
Missouri
Aba
Dick. Tita
Unclear OCR fragment lists family names and places
The readable portion mentions Mr and Mrs Lichty and Dr and Mrs G G Bickley, plus a day at Colfax and acquaintances at Council Sluts and Ares. The fragmentary text lacks a complete event or clear news context for a fuller summary.
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Ley
Mrs. Lichty
G. G. Bickley
Colfax
4Umaha
Council Slutts
Ares
Death Tragedy Triggers $10,000 Damages Suit
John E. Potts administrator of Andrew J. Bennett's estate files a $10,000 damages suit against Chicago Great Western for a fatal March 14 wreck between Oelwein and Waterloo. Bennett died after injuries from the plunge over an embankment aboard the Jane of trains aboard the line. The suit claims excessive speed and poor track and car condition made the railroad unfit for passengers.
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Chicago Great Western Railway Company
John E. Potts
Andrew J. Bennett
Tiemnett
Jane
Oelwein
Waterlon
Bennett
Damfais
New ordinance to govern water rates in city
The ordinance fixes water rates for Waterloo Waterworks and sets rules for all consumers. Flat domestic rates are 5 dollars yearly for six rooms or less and 75 cents per extra room. water closets and bathtubs cost 3 dollars yearly. no fixture under 5 dollars yearly. Meter rates start with 25 cents monthly per 100 cubic feet for the first 700, then graduated scales apply up to 26 000 cubic feet. Special building, hydrant, and standpipe provisions, plus testing and billing rules, are included. The council will take it up at the next meeting.
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Waterloo Waterworks
Appointed Nevada Senator William A Massey Profile
Governor Oddie appoints William Alexander Massey to Nevada Senate to fill the Nixon vacancy. Massey, born in Ohio, raised in Trois Points, educated in Indiana, practiced law in California, and settled in Nevada, credited with strengthening his campaign for governor two years earlier.
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William Alexander Massey
Oddie
Nevada
Senate
George 8. Nixon
Ohio
Tripois
Indiana
California
Gadie
Factories Planned for Elk Run by New York Partners
Arrangements have been made between F. P. Faulkner and H. Tyree of New York City for a sewing machine factory on Elk Run property a few miles below the city. The plant is expected to employ at least 300 workers with two more large factories to follow in the same addition. Tyree, president of Imperial Manufacturing Co., has returned to New York while work on the building and machinery installation will begin.
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F. P. Faulkner
H. Tyree
New York City
Elk Run
Faulkner
Tyree
New York
Imperial Manufacturing Company
New York Stock Close Prices Across Major Shares
The New York market closed with mixed gains and losses among railroads and industrials. Notable figures include United States Steel at 674 and Anaconda Copper around 1038, with American Sugar near 128 and Northern Pacific at 119.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Canadian Pacific
Pennsylvania
Reading
Chicago Great Western
Worthwestern
Atchison
American Smelter
Union Pacific
Baltimore and Ohio
Southern Pacific
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
United States Steel Common
United States Steel
Amalgamated Copper
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Missouri Pacifico
New York Central
Patna
American Sugar
Favor Changes In Drug Laws Gains Momentum In Iowa
Sioux City Iowa July 10 with a registration of 250 on opening day the state convention of registered pharmacists sets records. The Iowa Pharmaceutical association and the Iowa Pharmaceutical Travelers association hold a joint meeting condemning itinerant vendors and patent medicines. N F Reed of Ottumwa president commends the profession and urges state organization to advance the good work by responsible druggists.
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Sioux City
Iowa Pharmaceutical Association
Iowa Pharmaceutical Travelers* Association
N. FL Reed
Ottumwa
Towa Pharmaceutical Association
Altgeists
Town Talk: Crime, Deaths, and Local Notices
A Readlyn constable reports a stolen horse in town with a Waterloo culprit arraigned on a petty charge. The body of Frank Cody, a young cycle rider, died in Natal fark during a recent incident. Mrs Catherine Wieland and son Carl Cody face charges in Padagepee as family burdened by the loss.
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A. Leighton
Peltes
Readlyn
Dugey
Vic
Waterloo
Creadlyn
Here
Logan Avenue
Frank Cody
Daloene
Two Rake Pigmy Hippopotamuses Arrive for NY Exhibition
Two living pygmy hippos, once thought mythical, are to be shown in the New York Zoological Park elephant house. Purchased by the New York Zoological Society for 12000 dollars from Carl Hagenbeck, the animals were captured in Liberia after Hans Schomburgk organized a native force for protection during the expedition.
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Elephant House
New York Zoological Park
New York Zoological Society
Carl Hagenbeck
Republic of Liberia
Africa
Hagenbeck
Liberia
Hans Schomburgk
Earliest Model School in Iowa and Its Legacy
A historical note on the Iowa State University normal department teaching from 1858 to 1863, featuring the first ink wells and modern desks in the state. The source cites Dr. Aurner’s finds in the State Historical Society and papers like Voice of Iowa and Burlington Hawk-Eye, tracing early progressiveness and calls for consolidation of rural schools.
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Iowa City
Normal
State University of Iowa
BR. Aurner
State Historical Society
Levlew
University of Town
United States
Aurner
Union School
Voice of
Iowa
Bur
Wington Hawk-Eye
Massachusetts
Visit to Grand Rapids family noted
The speaker traveled to Grand Rapids this afternoon to visit the mother and brother. Mrs Chaniwbechtin will spend the rest of the summer there, while Mr Chamberlain plans to see Jinra in a few days.
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Grand Rapids
Hard Fight Expected Over Pickett Delegates
Washington July 106 Senator Cummins calls another delegate meeting at 1 PM to review patronage and recommendations for the president. Delegation members differ on whether the president will heed the list or ignore it as talks of a vigorous campaign to defeat Pickett intensify. Maurice Connelly of Dubuque plans a strong challenge in the Third District against Representative Pickett.
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Washington BD. C
Cummins
House
Maurice Connelly
Dubuque
Congress
Campaign plans unfold after congressional talks
The congressional chairman encouraged Mr. Lloyd and pledged support. Mr. Connelly will depart for home today and begin immediate steps toward an active campaign in the Third district.
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Lloyd
Congressiona
Connelly
Licensed to Wed. M C Hawks Waterloo
A wedding notice notes Maude Cady of Mason City listed with M C Hawks of Waterloo as the couple. A humorous line from the Chicago Record-Herald reflects on optimism and romance in the era.
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M. C. Hawks
Waterloo
Maude Cady
Mason City
We All Know the Kind Protest Sides in a Game
Mrs. W. C. Bloom of AT&T travels to Davenport for a week with friends while comments on a recent game note tensions. Bronco Cole says the match was interesting though it broke up and a protestor opinion is cited calling the deal unfair by some.
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Bronco Cole
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Chicago Record- Herald
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