Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Celebration of Waterloo Settlement
The Hanna family marks 75 years since first settlers gazed on Waterloo site. A picnic Monday near the old cabin site reconnects descendants, with Old Glory raised and coffee and cream served. Emily Hanna George recalls pioneer days and the Cedar River crossing near Prairie Rapids.
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Waterloo
Mary Melrose
Anna
Briley
Canaan
Prairie Rapids Crossing
Second Street
Fort Atkinson
Winneshiek County
Indian Town
Iowa River
Redman
Nioneers
John Quincy Adams
James Monroe
Black Hawk
Charles Dyer
Edison
Galloway
Squire Hanna
Cedar Falls
Emily Hanna George
Frank Knapp
Philip C. Hanna
Mexico
United States
Hannag
Emily
George Washington
Mary Melrose Hanna
Squire
Hanna
Manna
John
Nas
Prairia
George W. Hanna
Illinois
Emily Hanna George recalls early Iowa farm life and frontier hardship
Mrs Emily Hanna George recounts her parents Hanna and Melrose settling on a ford river voyage in 1845 near Fourth Street bridge. She recalls Buck and Bright oxen, feeding settlers with corn, hardship of Indians and a German raft guide, prairie chickens for supper, and the sense their land was God’s country.
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Hanna
Waterloo
America Mullan
Eleventh Street
Fifth Street
Sedgewick Island
Westfield Addition
Dyer
Hannas
Cedar River
Ike
St. Louis
Dyer Cabin
Ing
Ger
Zebulon Pike
Mississippi River
Iowa
Mississippi
Batteaux
Turkey Dot Falls
Union Township
Emily Wanna
George
Nanna
Shaw
Hannay
United States
George Washington Hanna
Emily Hanna George
Waving Corp
Buck
Bright
Iowa River
Fourthtreet Bridge
Mullan’s Hill
John Melrose
Mother
Jobo
Man“oc
Ashors
Waterloo Postoffice Receipts and Early County Mail Carrier Tales
In a 1920 letter from Greenbery Lick of New Hartford Butler County recounts the birth of Waterloo postal receipts in Black Hawk County, the first Cedar Rapids nail, early houses and routes including Mullan’s post office, Cedar Falls and Miller’s Creek, and notes he carried mail by horseback since 1850. He recalls Butler County wedding in 1854, his wife’s death in 1920, and hopes others remember his work.
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Emily George
Hanna
Cedar Rapids
Tarloo
Black Hawk County
Charles Mullan
Squire Adams
Cedar River
Butler County
Greenbery Lick
New Hartford
Butler Co
Thomas J. Lockard dies at 80 pioneer of Grundy County
Thomas J. Lockard 80 a Grundy County pioneer died in Marshalltown hospital of peritonitis after a long career as a county settler. He leaves four children including Mrs W A Kauffman and Mrs St Meyers. buried beside his wife in Wauser Cemetery.
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Thos. J. Lockard
Grundy CO
Marshalltown
Grundy Center
Thomas J. Lockhard
Ww. A. Kauffman
Conrad
F ‘Ite
Favas
Wioa
Kauffman
Bee J. R. Roamer
Waterloo
St. Meyers
Liscomb
Tinian
Mooty
Chas. Monty
Nea Morrison
Morrison Cemetery
Robert Putney
Harris
Menid Padd
Mae
Margaret Young
W.A. Kaufman
Gould
Gompeljing Dirks
Cornelius Irks
Mea
Ohio
Dirks
Ora
Elder J E Itrake Mourned in Holland Town
The 92 year old Rev J E Itrake of the Presbyterian Church in Holland died after two years of illness. He lived with his wife and two daughters west of Holland and had ties to Albert Saathoff. Grandparents supported the family as the funeral plans unfold for Monday afternoon.
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J. EL Itrake
Holland
Mae
Albert Saathoff
Popular Mechanics Highlights Cheap Cellulose From Corn Cobs
The article notes a cellulose derived from corn cobs available for about 10 cents a pound, a significant cost drop from previous lab results showing up to 17 dollars per pound.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Bargain Waists Offered at 4.95 This Week
A Waists sale highlights white lingerie options in voiles organ dies and lace cloths. The offer marks a deep discount from 6.95 to 8.95 in a single lot. Value and timing promotion suggest limited period stock.
20 Percent Off Bathing Suits Tomorrow
Store advertises 20 off bathing suits with a sale tomorrow. It promises a 20 percent deduction from regular retail price if purchased Saturday and notes available styles colors and sizes.
Silk Hose Sale Offers Unusual Quality for Ladies
A newspaper ad promotes ladies silk hose at 9.50 regular price now 2.00 with black white and color options. Features include lisle garter top high spliced heel double sole and toe designed for durability. Sale day Saturday.
Silk Underwear Sale in Waterloo
The store offers 20 percent off on Silk Underwear including gowns envelopes petticoats athletic garments and camisoles. Buy them Saturday and the discount applies to regular prices at the Waterloo shop.
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Waterloo
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