Cedar River Flood of 1884 Reveals City’s Weaknesses
The water rose rapidly after ice jams broke, flooding Main Street and the opera house area. Fire bells summoned volunteers to build a temporary levee, protect the dam and railroad track, and move valuables as 60 to 75 residences faced inundation. Bridges failed downstream, and livestock were rescued as the river finally began to fall.
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Rome
Robinson’s Foundry
Fee
la Porte City
Brandon Road
Shutts & Barber's
Red Jacket Engine House
Sixth Street
C. G. Sargent
Commercial Street
Judge Bagg
Cedar Street
Elwell
Rev. R. Garton
Opera House
B., Co
Main Street
Water Street
Irving
Upper Commercial Street
Town
Ill. Cent
Clarksville
Nashua
Waverly
Evening services at Emanuel Evangelical church
The Emanuel Evangelical church holds 7 to 8 pm evening services with the young people's program and preaching. Tomorrow Rev. BE J Schultz will lead. morning sermon by Rev L W Bock titled Neglecting the Asselbiea Once Tried Always Used. Use Aunt Mary's Vinegar.
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Emanuel Evangelical Church
Young People's Society
BE. J. Schultz
L. W. Bock
Aunt Mary
Market price fears at Des Moines market house
Des Moines officials debate market price manipulation as sweet corn sells for 15 cents per dozen ears. Market Master M. J. Morrison and Councilman W. A. Needham vow investigations into alleged dealer combine. Morrison suggests a city ordinance to regulate food prices but fears illegality.
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Des Moines
M. J. Morrison
Morrison
W. A. Needham
Two Old Time Iowa Boys In Reunion
Daniel Jacob of Duluth Minnesota visiting Waterloo meets boyhood friend C A Lewis of Mullan avenue east. Both attended the red brick school in Bar clay township before the war and have not seen each other since Jacob enlisted in 1863. Jacob, seventy seven, served in the Seventh Iowa Cavalry and is visiting relative Mrs Imley in Cedar Falls.
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Daniel Jacob
Duluth
Minn
Waterloo
Martha Smith
Franklin Street
C. A. Lewis
Mullan Avenue
Jacob
Lewis
Barclay Township
Seventh Iowa Cavalry
Imley
Cedar Falls
Cistern Filters Do Not Remove Germs
Cisterns with proper construction and rainwater from roots can supply good water, but if quality is doubtful the supply is unsafe. Filters clear water but rarely remove germs. Some cisterns use a brick wall separation. water passes through brick improving clarity but not sanitary quality. Household goods for sale at public auction on Saturday at 2 oclock on Std and Sycamore Streets.
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U. S. Geological Survey
Heir Sought Among Iowa Grocers
A search is underway for Johannas Tork, 32, believed to be the heir to a German estate. Police assistance requested to locate him, last heard of in Davenport, possibly moved to Dubuque, and often employed in a grocery store. A relative in Greenville, D. C., initiates the inquiry.
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Down Falls
Iowa
Johannas Tork
Tork
Greenville
D. C
Davenport
Dubuque
OWA Couple Celebrates 70 Years of Marriage
Knoxville July 19 The town watches as Mr and Mrs James T Gregory mark their seventieth wedding anniversary. Family members including children grandchildren and great grandchildren gather in West Robinson street setting as heat and Mrs Gregorys frail health temper the celebration.
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Knoxville
James T. Gregory
West Robinson Street
Unclear fragments point to a family note
Partial text mentions a Mr Gregory aged four who says he did not take medicine. References to Mrs Gregory and a quiet family affair appear, but details and context are missing.
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Gregory
Promoted Rock Island railroader earns new post in Waterloo
After thirty six years with the Rock Island railway John McCoy of Cedar Falls is promoted from section foreman to flagman at the Main street crossing. He begins duties next Monday as public protector with Charles Meyers of Waverly succeeding him as section foreman. The article also notes marriages and moves among Minnesota division staff and other crew changes, retirements, and club activities at Dubuque and Davenport.
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Rock Island Railway
John McCoy
Cedar Falla
Main Street
Charles Meyers
Waverly
McCoy
Railway
Edward W. Stafford
Dubuque
Cleveland
Susan Kirk
J. L. Heins
West End
C. J. Livingston
Charles A. Wachter
Hnglewood Council
Knights of Columbus
Maurice Guheen
Minnesota
Western Lines
Guheen
H. A. Clancy
F. Chevalier
Waterloo
Northwest
Duckwitz
L. Enlow
Isaac Walton
Dave’ Stickney
Hugh Coffey
J. H. Ward
John L. Hall
T. W. Dawson
Wisconsin
J. L. Kelsey
Kelsey
Frank Rauch
Mr. Dawson
F. J. Coates
New Orleans
Hattiesburg
Bolivar
Tenn
D. Daley
Missouri
T. Q. McCarthy
Electric Paste Promises Cockroach Extermination
Advertises Stearns Electric Paste to kill cockroaches in homes with a money back guarantee if it fails. Sold by druggists for 25 cents or 1 dollar, or sent by mail from Stearns Electric Paste Co Chicago Illinois with prepaid charges.
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Stearns
Stearns’ Electric Paste Co
Chicago
Ill
Waterloo Firms to Install Near Smokeless Boilers This Summer
Waterloo contracts and businesses led by Blekley Miller and Stewart-Simmons Press will equip three major new buildings with near smokeless boilers. Each boiler features an extra combustion chamber to burn smoke from the firebox, reducing visible emissions. Miller predicts a 25 percent fuel efficiency gain and urges a city ordinance to require such boilers in residences.
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Bickley, Stewart
Siamome and Miller
Waterloo
Kewanee
Charles 8. Blekley
John G. Miller
Stewart-Simmons Press
Blekley
Fourth Street
Bluff
Miller
Iowa
Fourth
Wellington Streets
Jefferson
Kifth
Blatc
Bollera
T Ja
Many Fountains for the Thirsty in City
City water commissioners order two new drinking fountains bringing total to six with more six planned to reach a dozen across central points. Superintendent John P. Berry to install near Mulberry and Fifth by the Library and on Fourth Street east opposite Nichols Central shops. Public benefits include refreshed crowds during hot weather alongside maintained park bathhouse and bathing beach.
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Water Commissioners
Iuperintendent
John P. Berry
Mulberry and
Fifth
Fourth Street
Nicnols
Sermon to Men at Walnut Street Baptist Church
Rev John Bunyan Smith presents a men only sermon on Young Man Are You Safe at Walnut Street Baptist Church tomorrow night. The event opens with male numbered seating and gender themed music, as women are asked to observe from the back.
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Walnut Street Baptist Church
John Bunyan Smith
Mr. Smith
Butler County Pioneer James Redde Fletcher Dies at 60
James Redde Fletcher, a Butler county pioneer born in Hedford Pennsylvania, died aged 60 in Clarksville Ja. He came to Butler in 1864 and served as county judge, later clerking in the Washington pension bureau. Survived by wife Fannie Waterman and sister Laura Fletcher. Funeral Sunday at his home. interment Linwood.
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Clarkaville, Ja
James Redde Fletcher
Butler County
Hedford
Moline
Fannie Waterman
Laura Fletcher
Pennsylvania
Linwood
Fletcher
Pension Bureau
Washington
Clarksville
Westminster church July August class attendance contest
A special attendance contest runs July and August at Westminster Presbyterian church. Each Sunday during regular school hours opening exercises are led by different classes. Each class names a superintendent and musical leader and plans a feature. the contest closes the first Sunday in September to raise class attendance. Tomorrow morning the exercises are led by the young men of P. J. Billings class.
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Westminster Presbyterian Church
P. J. Billings
Themes From Great Texts Sermon on Essentials of Salvation
Rev L B Hix of Ply mouth Congregational Church will preach tomorrow on The Essentials of Salvation as part of a six sermon series on the great texts of the early church. Creditors receive notices from Referee Merrian that the first dividend in the Lefer bankruptcy matter will be paid on August 1.
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L. B. Hix
Plymouth Congregational Church
Tomorow
Merrian
Lefer
Father John’s Medicine Promise Nourishment for the Weak
The ingredient era’s Medicine is described as pure nourishment for the weak and run down, rebuilding wasted tissue with easily absorbed elements. It promises weight gain and offers a large bottle by mail from Carleton Hovey Co in Lowell Massachusetts for one dollar express prepaid.
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Eera
Father John
Carleton 5. Hovey Company
Lowell
Mass
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J. Burrell
J. B. Hurley
C.G. Sargent
Judge Bagge
Rev. Garton
Shutts & Barber
Bridge Street
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Cy. Carson
Park Avenue
Jr. N. Briggs
Westfield Addition
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Black Hawk Bridge
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Foley
Grocers
North Waterloo
Waterloo Railroad
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Heins
Jesse
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Milwaukee
Clinton
Edward O. Klotz
Rowe Barth
Savanna, T
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Pleacher
Jaws
FE. Johnson
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Perry Davis
A. W. Rimes
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