Movement to force resurfacing on Hammond and adjoining streets
Property owners threaten action to compel Barber Asphalt to re surface defective pavement on Hammond Fifth Independence and other streets. A mass meeting of taxpayers is planned to express opinions on procedure and insist the company fulfill its contract before time runs out. Estimated work worth about 150 000 may fall to property owners if no action is taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barber Asphalt Company
Hammond
Fifth
Independence
Acti
New Rest Method for Face Uses Parafied Plastoid Jelly
A promotional notice claims the face tires from constant muscle and nerve work, especially during sleep. It endorses parafied plastoid jelly as a harmless topical rest aid that hardens on the skin, supports muscles, and improves circulation. Applied about an hour, it allegedly leaves a refreshed, younger sensation after washing off.
Bible health lectures attract interest despite heat
The Bible lecture course continues with strong interest as the tent offers a cool place. Health tasks receive attention and simple home treatments are demonstrated by trained nurses. The public should attend these health lectures each Monday night for practical guidance. Tonight reviews signs preceding the second coming of Christ in current world conditions. Wednesday features a scriptural analysis of the Millennium leading to a notable conclusion.
New Mercantile Store Opens in Hagerman Addition
John Windolph has opened a one story frame general mercantile store on lot 22 at the corner of Kroll and Janney avenues Hagerman Addition supplying Hagerman Addition and Downing Place with groceries and vegetables. The store, funded by H C Bond, is expected to boost local property values and meet a long felt need. Bond purchased the lots from the Northwestern Land Investment Co. earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kroll and
Janney Avenues
Hagerman Addition
H. C. Bond
John Windolph
Waterloo East
Downing Place
Windolph
Bond
Northwestern Land & Investment Co
Floods Reach Ohio as Kansas Endures Heat Wave
Reports from the weather bureau show Ohio soaked by rain with Zanesville receiving nearly six inches and Fort Wayne Indiana tallying 1.56 inches. Madison Wisconsin logged 1.42 inches, Milwaukee 1.24, and Devil's Lake 1.2. The southwest baked under hot winds with Kansas hit by extreme heat. Concordia recorded 110 degrees, Omaha 104, Wichita 98, Winnipeg cooled to a minimum, while the day’s high reached 60 and low 48 at one station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Ohio
Zanesville
Fort Wayne
Ind
Madison
Wis
Milwauker
Devil's Lake
Kansas
Concordia
Omaha
Wichita
Winnipeg
AL Daluch
Washington Boniface and Wife Visit Waterloo Hotel
Mr and Mrs Frank Shutt of Washington DC and their chauffeur arrived at the Hummel hotel Waterloo yesterday. They report crops along the route and echoes of Waterloo Town Criers still reverberating. They were guided by Hummel hotel proprietor and wife and then departed for Springfield Minnesota before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Shutt
Washington, D. C
Waterloo
Hummel Hotel
B. E. Shutt
Shutt
Boniface
Washington Boniface
Springfield
Minn
The Problem of the Small Tractor
Modern conditions push bigger, faster, and more economical tractors replacing the horse. In the U S thousands of small farms under 1160 acres need six to eight horses, sparking debate on whether a truly small tractor can fit these farms without eroding independence or rural life. Public sentiment favors keeping small farms and resisting larger farm control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
United States
Tost
Tractor sizes and farm modernization push toward centralization
An article discusses the shift in farming toward larger, centralized operations and mechanization. It predicts small tractors will grow in use, but large, multi-tractor setups may dominate, as credit, soil limits, and infrastructure shape adoption. It notes increasing non resident owners and a move from manual labor to intelligent, powered farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
America
Soi
West Board of Education to Elect Secretary
A meeting of the West Board of Education will be held at 4 oclock in the Leavitt Johnson National Bank office to elect a secretary and transact other business. Carleton Sias, the president, will preside on his return from the east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Board of Education
Leavitt & Johnson National Bank
Carleton Sias
Frudenfeld to Reach Waterloo July 23 From Chicago
Arthur A. Frudenfeld plans to arrive in Waterloo on July 23 from Chicago where he has spent part of his vacation since the Majestic theatre closed mid June. He will supervise improvements to be made before reopening about August 1. Mrs. William De Armond died yesterday at Oak Park after a second stroke of paralysis. she was sister to Miss Georgiella Lay of the Waterloo Conservatory of Music. De Armond is survived by husband and a son. A new patent merits note describes a curved nail puller with a toothed wheel mounted eccentrically on one side of a hammer by a Washington inventor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur A. Frudenfeld
Waterloo
Chicago
Majestic Theatre
Frudenfeld
William de Armond
Oak Park
Ill
de Armond
Misa Georgiella Lay
Waterloo Conservatory of Music
Washington
Market News and Miscellany from New York Stocks
Market update lists closing prices for major stocks led by Canadian Pacific Reading and American Smelter with mixed gains and declines across line items. The page also carries local sale notices including Dew Drop Inn cottage rental chase and a 160 acre farm trade near New Hampton while court forms seek proof of a will for Andrew J Cushman in Black Hawk County Iowa with July 14 1913 filing and September 1913 hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stock Exchange
Canadian Pacific
Pennsylvania
Reading
Northwestern
Atchison
Union Pacific
Baltimore and Ohio
Southern Pacific
SLE
Southern Railway. Co Ae Vege
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
United States Steel, Common
United States Steel, Pfd
Amalgamated Copper
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Sea
St. Palen
New Hampton
Chickasaw Co
H. J. Suthmers
Jesup
Iowa
Black Hawk County
District Court
Andrew J. Cushman
Fred S. Pettit
State of
Thomas K. Saul
Annie M. Saul
Hugh H. Saul
Sherman W. DeWolf
Fred 8. Pettit
Distriot Court
For Rent House 7 Rooms on 32 Case caden Ave
Vacancy July 20 with seven rooms at 318.00 per month. Contact 689 Black by phone for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BILES
Aall
Casecaden Ave
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Ize
Bach
WI Couricial
Waterloo MA
Anaius
AUTO
Criers
Commercial St
W. Std
Jefferson Sts
Dew Drop Inn Cottage
Chautauqua Park
Golden Rule
Allen St
Union Depot
R. A. G., Care’ Courier
Silas Northey
Wellington St
First National Bank
Care Courier
Berth Avenue
Fears
North Waterloo
Cedar Falls
C. M. Allen
Sycamore Street
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