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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1913
Page
10
In Chicago and Kansas City markets on July 12, commodities and livestock totals are listed with early price movements. Wheat and corn fell on favorable weather and weak export demand while hogs rose late. cattle and sheep varied across categories. New York stocks closed with mixed gains and losses among major issues.
A bustling public market today offered diverse produce with new sweet corn for the season. White Mexican corn sold at 30 cents a dozen, while new potatoes moved at 85 cents per peck and beans and turnips priced modestly per quart and dozen.
At the regular city council meeting next Monday several resolutions of necessity for paving streets citywide will be discussed. Councilman Dewey advocates concrete paving on certain west side streets, igniting a paving fight. The Welsbach Lighting contract for residence district street lights expires this month with no announced rate yet.
Fort Dodge Iowa July 12 Special J L A Downs superintendent of the Iowa division of the Illinois Central between Waterloo Omaha and Sioux Falls promoted today to the Minnesota division with headquarters at Dubuque T H Sullivan superintendent at Clinton has been transferred here vice L A Downs Williams superintendent of Minnesota division headquartered at Dubuque will be shifted to Carbondale and speculation continues on who will fill the Clinton vacancy.
Voters in First and Second wards will choose whether to extend the dry run sewer into Greenfield addition. Polls open 7 am to 7 pm with two precincts per ward. Five new bridges would cost about 606000 if built. sewer bonds cost 28000. Taxes to fund the project would be about one and a half mills, but recallable bonds on November 1 could reduce taxes two mills, resulting in a net tax drop of one half mill next year.
The seven year proprietor Frank E Carpenter of the Carpenter hotel at 612 Commercial street saw his lease end today and may renew for two more years. Rent rises from 94 to 104 dollars monthly as the long venerable hostelry, once Waterloo’s principal inn, nears a new term. It recalls its 1860s role as a traveler haven before changing hands a decade ago to Moessra Grout W W Marsh and John F Sullivan who have held it since. Paris July 12 seven men killed and nine injured in a boiler explosion at a brick yard in Chate nay on the Seine this morning.
Waterloo laundry plans a displays at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines August 21 29 showing dyed animals and fowls including red legged yellow dogs blue chickens rainbow ducks purple pigs and other cosmopolitan specimens under H O Bernbrock in charge. The process aims to alter appearance temporarily with a dyeing product and no harm anticipated to the animals.
A whimsical tale recaps a chaotic excursion of a train near Albert Lea revealing a spoof chase after sheep and goats. The ledger notes Keith Crowther’s return from Dubuque, Laura Mueller’s Denver trip, locomotives T80 and 1108 back in service, and a July baggage handler strike at the Chicago Great Western depot with replacements hired.
Four changes ripple Waterloo real estate and business circles. Mortonson sells his Fourth Street home to William Cavanaugh who plans to move to Wisconsin to enter the grain business. Cavanaugh’s brother R. Cavanaugh works on an ornamental house in Lincoln Township. Louis Stoffregen completes a new frame house on Maple Street and will move in with his family Monday.
Dr. A. J. Northrup pastor of Grace M B church preaches his last sermon before a month away tomorrow. Morning talk on God in the Wilderness at 10 36 and evening message The Hindering God at 7 46. He will leave with his mother and family Monday for Madison Lake Minnesota for a month long outing.
Public auction set for Friday July 18 at 2 30 pm offering a near new 11 room residence at corner of Locust and West Third No 930 Waterloo with 50295 lot and modern hot water heat. Down payment 500. 2500 may remain at 6 percent. Additional property at 205 Commercial and Eleventh streets with 60x146 lot and a T room dwelling selling at 3 30 pm with 500 down and 2500 left at 5 percent. Also corner property No 1227 Commercial street on monthly plan, 140 front with six room home. Twenty six Riverside View lots sold in tandem as owners move out of the city. Contact Wm Holland Real Estate Auctioneer. Courier ad advised. Miss Harriet Fairbanks arrives from Moscow Idaho to spend summer with parents on Almond street.
An advertisement from The Family Physician touts botanium jujubes as a flesh reducer. It claims the jujubes satisfy dieters without dieting or hard work, are harmless, and require only one after meals or before bed for noticeable results. They are marketed as convenient and stomach safe.
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