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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1912
Page
8
Harvesting Of Immense Crop Grips Cedar Falls Area
In Cedar Falls July 16 farmers report record oats, barley and wheat harvests with corn shoulder high and grain strong. Women help shock grain amid lifting yields while hay harvests run good though not as heavy as some years. Community notes cover Rev. B R Wiener attending a lake Geneva laymen’s convention, inventor Herbert B White’s side draft evener patent, and floodgate bathing project progress with a Riverside park dressing room toward readiness by midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Marshalltown
B. R. Wiener
Evangelical Church
Lake Geneva
Wis
Wiener
Zion's Church
Herbert B. White
Mr. White
International Harvester Co
Factory Enlarged for New Gates Plant Adjacent to Tracks
The Standard Manufacturing Company bought ground beside the Chicago Great Western railway to erect a fireproof 82 by 264 foot factory for gate production. Current quarters in part of an old paper mill prove inadequate. new machinery will be added and a sidetrack built at the rear to accommodate growing business. The plant is young but popular, with strong demand and a bright outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Manufacturing Company
Chicago Great Western Tracks
Transfers, lectures, and local notices in Cedar Falls
Dr Nathan Schaeffer lectures at the college drawing teachers from nearby towns. George T Wilson returns from the Dakotas and Montana praising crops. J J Mahoney named to fill an expiring Travelingmen post. Local socials and visits noted including Gladys Clark and Elmer Nelson. Timothy hay prices rise to 13 dollars a ton with new crop expected around 10. Cedar Falls Commercial club asks residents to help locate former residents by filling out notification cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Nathan ©. Schaeffer
State of
Pennsylvania
Sara Rice
Schaeffer
Commercial Club
Amusements at Electric Park Feature Velda Trio
Electric Park unveils a striking bill led by the Velda Trio of acrobats. Edith Mote & co. Milton and the LeRoy Girls follow with Mote singing and a novelty act by Milton. Milton Myers will sing with the band Sunday evening. Despite cool weather the park reports strong patronage and new concessions are planned to boost the midwest attraction. George T. Higbie of Manton Mich praises Foley Kidney Pills for kidney and bladder relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electric Park
Velda
Edith Mote
Milton
LeRoy Girls
Mote
Milton Myers
Myers
Middle West
Health and beauty through sunlight and Cham berlain's Tablets
A household health tip urges housewives to spend time outdoors daily and keep a proper diet with Cham berlain's Tablets. The notice promotes the product and mentions sales by dealers and a broader health campaign for families. It also advertises school children’s readers from the Waterloo Evening Courier with weekly releases and a contact on page 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo Evening Courier
Workman Struck by Automobile on Way to Work
W A Wassones of 1207 Leavitt street was struck by a Rey Auto Co vehicle driven by Mr Wilson on Seventh Street and Jefferson. He was taken home for medical care where doctors found a fractured rib and internal injuries. Wagoner, a foreman at the Lafayette school project in Linden, was injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Wassones
Leavitt Street
Rey Auto Company
Wilson
M Eleventh
Wagoner
Eleventh Street
Jefferson
Seventh Street
Lafayette
Linden
Addition
Cops Question History Inquiries About Egypt Skull
Police captain Wagner questioned Sgt. Garrison this morning over a puzzled riddle about who damaged the pyramid and sphinx in an old atlas. The discussion drew from a drawing showing a granite tower once reaching about four stories high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
7 Wagner
Follie ‘Department
Howard Garrison
Erantte
Project to Alter Observatory of Paris
A proposal to transform the Paris Observatory removes the iron courtyard grating to create a public square before the building. The Le Verrier statue would be set in a central lawn, with new streets flanking the monument and the south garden opened to passersby. The plan seeks to place the observatory in the city’s crowded heart rather than keep its isolation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Observatory
Paris
Court of Honor
le Verrier
Pyramids and past progress spark courtroom debate
In a courtroom discussion Wagner and Garrison clash over ancient engineering. Garrison contends a forgotten epoch reset civilization while pyramids show advanced prehistory with automobiles and telephones. The exchange shifts to a seven wonders bet before Judge Movers ends the moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geant
Capt. Wagner
Garrison
Wagner
Wapyner
Pisa
Ruseh
Pasadena
Waterloo
Union Depot
Great Western
First Social at Grace Mo K Church Welcomes Guests
The first social at Grace Mo K Church last evening featured a program with Rev. J. R. Berry of Kankakee recalling early church days. Pastor Emory J. Hull presided as organist and vocalists Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth K. Runkel performed. A reception in the lobby followed with help from several volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Mo
J. R. Berry
Kankakee
Ill
Old Grace Church
First Brethren Church
Grace Church
West Side
Www
I. Spry
Waterloo
United Methodism
T. M. Grans
L. J. Hix
Plymouth Congregational Church
Frappe Waa
Mesdames
B. Reed
S. M. Bentley
J. W. Cranston
Edith
Mar
Ion Wyant
Beulah Bingham
Florence Landgraf
Gail Wilbur
Epworth League
Fipworth League
Runkel
Titus Lowa
Cedar Falls
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de Pisses
Mwe Batiste
Lee
Cedar Salls
Roy A. Jarnagin
W. “8Th Street
Cedar ‘Falls
Red
Owa
uAre
Donald Snider
Riverside Park
Standard CO
Ing
Snider
Titus Lowe
Donald
Woodrow Wilson
Chdar Falls
Woodrow Wilson Club
J. H. van Dyke
J. G. Packard
George W. Hughes
Committee On
Black Hawk County
Buffalo Dill
W.d Musgrove
Lawn City
Dakotas
Montana
North Dakota
Ec. Cummins
Travelingmen’s Association
J. J. Mahoney
Mr. Mahoney
Gladys
Mirth Clark
Elmer Nelson
Britt
Ralph Smith
Aterton
Will Cornell
The
Kingsley News- Times
Robert Mason
Hazleton, Pa
W. A. Bennett
M. L. Leonard
Correctionville
George T
Higbie
Manton, Mich
Hl. W. Taggart
Chamberlain
Wa|terloo
Canvier
N. J. Gorham
Bank of
Woodville
Foley
H. W. Taggart
Observatory OF Paris
Gru Rison
Pyramid of
Poumer
Gue
Grace M. BK. Church
Sidney
East Fourth Street
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