Iowa crops boom with bumper yields across state
Des Moines reports indicate exceptional harvests with winter wheat averaging well above earlier hopes and oats reaching up to 70 bushels per acre. Potatoes are top quality, corn shows rapid progress after a late start, and hay and grass crops remain strong despite lower acreage. Frances Durkin in New York may contest Wallase Barber’s estate. attorneys plan to pursue adoption-based claims amid a large potential heir group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Ois
Towa
Clay County
Kossuth
Frances Durkin
Ontario County
New York
Warlaw Barber
Frances Barber
Wallase
Democrats Hold Happy Iowa State Convention News
Cedar Rapids July 24. Democrats rally in large numbers for the Iowa state convention to be opened at 2 tomorrow. State central committee members arrived with delegates from nearly every county. McGinnis of Lean is expected as temporary chairman and Huber of Tama may be named permanent chair. Ten candidates seek supreme judgeships including OConnor Des Moines Reed Davenport Sager Waverly Wilson Greenfield and Redmond Cedar Rapids. Interests focus on the new state central committee and reelection bids for Reed and Dalton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Goveble
McGinnis
W. R. McGinnis
Lean
C. Huber
Tama County
O'Connor
Fort Dodge
Reed
Des Moines
Theophilia
Davenport
Sager
Waverly
Wilson
Greenfield
Redmond
Cedar Rapide
Central
Dalton
Thay
Victorinua
Edgington Former Sheriff Dies in Black Hawk County
W W Edgington longtime Black Hawk resident and former sheriff dies at 1 16 pm at 214 Seventh street east after a six month illness. Civil War veteran, he served in multiple campaigns and later led county law enforcement for two terms. Survived by wife Sylvia A Rathbun three brothers and a sister and adopted daughter Laura. Funeral plans pending announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Edgington
Black Hawk County
Grace M. E. Church
Seventh Street East
Robert Anderson
G. A. KR
Edgington
Twenty Fourth Town Infantry
Champion Hills
Port Gibson
Vicksburg
Jackson
Banks
Red River
Sheridan
Shenandoah Valley
Sherman
Joe Johnston
Savannah
George W. Hayzlett
Sylvia A. Rathbun
Cedar County
Iowa
G. T
Waterloo
W. R
A. W
Seattle
Wash
Mary Bixby
Letmars
Laura
West
G. H. Edgington
Protective ordinances aim to guard merchants citizens health
Three city council ordinances pass to shield Waterloo merchants protect public feelings and safeguard health. One makes it illegal to allow wells or cisterns to hold impure or stagnant water, labeling such conditions a punishable offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Athera
Welle
Clateria
Busy Waterloo in Brief A list of locals and events
City in brief notes a busy Waterloo scene with visitors and locals: Lionel Heinz visits Muskogee to see an aunt, Miss Effie Bennett visits Miss Myrtle Pyle, and Miss Bertha Garrett takes a bookkeeper job. Route delegates, touring cars head to Wisconsin, and carne topics include the Waterloo Cattle Congress, Bathers at the municipal beach, and police court actions. The report mentions community members from Cedar Rapids to Chicago and Des Moines, and highlights civic and social activity across town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan
Lionel Heinz
Muskogee
Okla
Mra
Ralph Bush
Waterloo
Hummel Hotel
Effie Bennett
Chicago
Myrtle Pyle
Lime Street
Miss Bennett
K. Stevenson
Iowa City
Dover
Cole
West
Stevenson
Commercial Law League
Coloraan Springs
Alderman
Miss Lura
Ed Elderman
Wisconsin
For Sale: Five Room Flat Partly Modern Shannon Area
For sale a partly modern five room flat at Shannon 903 Ine lepamlence Are. Includes 102 2 Clysnder Indian Matorevele, a trite of sand que ry. Address TL Box 260.
Stole Valuable Canoe Recovered by Owner
Floyd Ferguson aged 16 and Harry Webber 18 were arrested on a charge of stealing a canoe worth 75 dollars from a river boat house near East Second Street. The canoe, painted bright red to mislead, had been used along Cedar River near Eleventh Street Bridge for weeks before operator Frank Wolfe recovered it with an officer’s help. The youths will be turned over to the juvenile court. They implicated Harry Knutson and Bert Miller, both 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Ferguson
Harry Webber
East Second Street
Frank Wolfe
Cedar River
Eleventh Street
Wolfe
Harry Knutson
Bert Miller
Pastor to attend laymen's missionary convention
Reverend L. W. Bock of Emanuel Evangelical church will depart tonight for Lake Geneva to attend a week long laymen's missionary convention. His congregation funds the trip, calling it an enjoyable outing and a season of profit for the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Bock
Emanuel Evangelical Church
Lake Geneva
Railroad fireman loses three toes in switch engine accident
E. Wright, a fireman on the Chicago Great Western, suffered an accident while at work on a switch engine last evening. He was taken to his room on Commercial street and received medical attention for the loss of three toes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. &. Wright
Commercial Street
Rochester swimmer Fred Record aims channel crossing from Cape Bresniz
Boulogne France July 24 Fred Record of Rochester England started from Cape Bresniz this morning to swim the English Channel. Weather was excellent. This is his second attempt after last year’s August 20 failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulogne
France
Fred Record
Rochester
England
Cape Bresniz
English Channel
Miss Selah Johnson Visits Vinton and Local Notes
Clarksville July 24 Miss Selah Johnson travels to Vinton to visit sister Mrs J R Johnson. Various local residents are noted with visits, health updates, travel, and social events including a needlework club outing, a lecture on Birds and Agriculture, and a family gathering for Milt Wilson's birthday. Heavy rain brings minor crop damage noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksville
Selah Johnson
Vinton
J. R. Johnson
Carl Scharpff
Forrest Seitz
Mary E. Feint
Alligon
Wm. Clark
Northwood
Angeline Kennedy
Art Tilford
Waterloo
Ed Martin
Waverly
French
A. Hammel
Allison Bunday
Geo. Martin
Butts
W. W. Burress
Jackson Township
Misa Jessie Shannon
Charles Brown
Olive Mettler
Greene
Clarence Martin
J. F. Newman
Los Angeles
Fannie DeLara
Maxwell
Amy EB. Smith
Prof
Cameron
Maryville
Walter King
Cedar Rapids
Rose Wedeking
Jean DuBosa
Fred Newman
Preshia
Heiserman
Newman
West Union
Mattie Spencer
Lake Geneva
Wis
Delavan
Wanamaker
Heath
John Calvert
Julia
Milt Wilson
Wilson
Mr. Calvert
Mr. Wises
Mra. M.S. Pavia
Dumont Tuseday
Rankera Reserve
Mra. C. 1
Schellinger
Local Social Notes and Visits Across Towns
A week of visitors and gatherings fills Littleton and nearby towns with dinners, church events, and social calls. Mrs QO W Heiserman hosted guests, Lloyd Patterson from Wapello brings new arrivals with Dorothy Hesse visiting her grandmother. Prof Finch’s Panama Canal lecture drew crowds at the auditorium. J K Johnson and Venita of Allison joined relatives in town, and there were several Waterloo trips and a First supper at the Presbyterian dining hall. A ball game at the race track saw Town saddled 10 to 3 over Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
QO. W. Heiserman
Lloyd Patterson
Wapello
Dorothy Hesse
Mary Patterson
Panama Canal
Finch
J. K. Johnson
Venita
Allison
M. & Tavis
Carre
R. H. Waugh
Shei Reck
John Tilfard
Rdar Rapids
New Presbyterian
John Seohee
C. P. Christenson
Waterloo
Tred Vass
Vasa
Christenson
4. Neal
Dorgeloh
Clare Leeper
Leo Leeper
Martin Davis
Ruth
Upde State
Watering
Viett
Fred Tarr
An Institute
Town Nine
Wamond
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UNS
Mes
Durkin
Ueirn
Board of Health
Decedent
Hancock County
Ohio
George
Mary Taylor Edgington
Pennsylvania
Linn County
2. W. Rule of
Ft. Dodge
Byron Leighton
Gardner
Osage
Mr. Leighton
J. C. Yocum
Alice Rugg
Wellington Street
Bertha Garrett
Waterloo Business College
Stewart-Simmons Press
B.S Harrison
Samuel Wilson
Hudson
Burton B. Wilson
Western Avenue
Edith Northway
la Mars
Miss Northway
Moody Institute
Hugh G. van Pelt
Waterloo Cattle Congress
John Cochrane
Barclay Farm
Rosemont
Cochrane
W. M. Robe
N.A. George
Jesup
W. C. Haines
Denver
Colo
Haines
Emmett Shannon
Charles Cotter
Cotter
Shannon
Frank Knapp
Piaiiuf
Joseph Clark
Barclay Street
H.ff Tawman
Superintendent Presbyterian Hospital
Foy Sal
Ache
Iso
Wantel—loomera
Jeffers Atrant
THE
Sidney CO
Women’s, Misses’ and Children’s Outfitters
East Fourth Street
Littleton
Ed Miller
T. F. Potts
Adda Frances
M. M. McFee
Liscormb
Vera Haywood
Fred Ballou
Independence
Herry Arndt
Idesville
Chas
Wesley Patten
Jessup
Vetter
5. Benson
Wm. Hill
Canada
Fereking
Frank Rehberg
August Rehber
Pacific Coast
New Hampton
Arnold
Yes
Sirs
Benson
Eport
J. Gorman
Ben
J. M. Laventhal
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