Waterloo Cedar Falls Interurban Reports 1918 Earnings
Des Moines report shows Water loo Cedar Falls and Northern interurban earned net $46,954 in 1918 on 111 miles of track. Gross earnings were $752,138, taxable value per mile $5,000, and expenses $705,184. Total mileage 141, only Fort Dodge Des Moines Southern exceeds.
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Des Moines
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railway
State Executive Council
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo Road
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern
Waterloo meat fed to war prisoners by Cedar Falls man
Reuben Rath of the Rath Packing company received a letter and photo from Roy A. Seymour US Army major who said a salt pork case packed by Rath in 1918 was found in a German camp. The photo shows six men including three Iowa Americans and three Russians distributing meat to Russian prisoners of war.
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Reuben Rath
Bath Packing Company
Roy A. Seymour
Infantry
United States Army
Preussi¢ch
Holland
Seymour
Cedar Fails
Preussich
Rath Packing Company
Germany
Charles E. Block
U. S
Davenport
Ray L. Simmons
Fairfield
Detroit
Mich
Rath
Yous
Iowa State Teachers’ College Court
Foreign Service
Fragmentary Claim of Prisoner Repatriation Commission
The clipped text references a jiateralised commission on the repatriation of Russian prisoners of war on duty. It notes a factory started in Sweden for extracting or from schist and adds to the substitutes in the market. It mentions large quantities of alum schist in the district yielding benzine and crude oils.
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Ove
Sweden
Ior
Oschist
Addix
Lift off Corns with Freezone Ad Copy
An advertisement promises quick relief from corns and calluses using a tiny bottle of Freezone. It claims painless removal by applying drops, then lifting the corn or callus out with fingers, costing only a few cents at drug stores. It stresses instant relief and pain free removal.
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Local Railway CO
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
White Sale
Wang & Miller
Scharfenberg’s Market
Baby Beef
Swift
East
Fourth Street
Iowa
Georgette
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