Markets and Weather: Midwest Showers and Livestock Prices
Weather outlook for Iowa Illinois and South Dakota with showers and cooler readings. Chicago market notes soft wheat sentiment amid reports of rains in India and rising shipments. hogs and cattle prices firmed in Chicago St Louis Kansas City and Omaha with cattle demand steady to higher and hogs up to seven dollars per head. Sugar and potatoes cited with price moves and Minneapolis cash grain figures listed.
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Chicago
Marco
India
Alec
Punjab
Regina
Eptember
ST. Louis
Trong
Kansas City
Tony
Toay, 5.000; Market Opened Steady. Uttons
STE
United States
M. F. Horine
Union Stock Yards and Transit Co
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Missouri River
Ilinois
Texas
Last SAD Rites for Peter Wagner at St Marys
Funeral 9 o clock at St Marys Catholic church for Peter W Wagner drew priests from several towns and hundreds of friends. Rev J P Probst led the service in place of Father Forkenbrock with deacon Rev J J Harney and sub deacon Rev John Wolf. St Vincent society attended in regalia. over 600 mourners from Eagle Center Raymond Gilbertville and nearby towns. Interment Calvary cemetery. many flowers.
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St. Mary's Catholic Church
Peter W. Wagner
J. P. Probst
North Washington
Lagea
Wagner
H. H. Forkenbrock
Slattery
Fort Dodge
J. J. Harney
Sacred Heart Church
John Wolf
St. Joseph's Collage
Dubuque
D. P. Mulcahy
St. Joseph's Church
Michael Ambroay
Dyersville
Joseph Zevan
Gilbertville
F. Jungemann
Alta Vista
Father Forkenbrock
St. Vincent’s Society
Eagie Center
Raymond
Calvary Cemetery
Themerican Home Advice From William A Radford
William A Radford offers free advice on construction and home building from Chicago. He argues a home anchors morality and progress and critiques speculative builders while urging simple, functional design focused on comfort, hospitality, and lasting construction. He presents a model house 27 by 36 feet priced at $2000 as an example of practical, sturdy design.
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William A. Radford
Weat Jackam Boulevard
Chicago
Aranda
Adams
Perpetual Building & Loan Honors Death of Secretary Turner
The board of the Perpetual Building and Loan association passes resolutions of sympathy for secretary George R. Turner who died at his Waterloo home on July 19 1911. He served twelve years with honesty and kindness, aiding the association’s growth and family homes. A copy is sent to his wife and daughter and filed in the minutes.
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Perpetual Building & Loan Association
George R. Turner
Waterloo
Turner
Exposing Her Hand Card Tale in Courier Ad
A brief fragment describes a scene where a sister and brother discuss Minnie playing cards with a gentleman named Mr Smiler. The exchange hints at Minnie’s card skills and a mother’s warning, ending with a Courier Want Ad cue.
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Mr. Smiler
Minnie
Littie
Mamma
Iowa to Hold Healthiest Baby Contest at State Fair
Des Moines July 27 Special Iowa to judge healthiest babies on physical points rather than appearance August 28 at the Iowa State College building Judges include physicians and children specialists with nurses on site Talks on balanced rations fresh air and proper clothing to mothers Aims to promote child study and care noting the need for welfare of children over livestock breeding comparisons
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State Fair
Iowa State College
Iowa Congress of Mothers
Agricultural Extension Department
College
Margaret W. Clark
Waterloo
State Mothers Congress
Railway valuation bill advances in Congress
Representative Adamson of Georgia introduces a resolution empowering the Interstate Commerce Commission to determine the value of all U S railroads. The information gathered will serve as prima facie evidence in investigations or court actions. Dr Margaret Clark speaks on social hygiene in Plainfield, Dr Crippen remains gravely ill, and a Cobb Grocery ad notes a 50 cent price.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Adamson
Georgia
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Commission
Margaret ¥. Clark
Plainfield
The
WC. T. U
American traveler recalls Paris mispronounced sights
A quirky travel anecdote recalls an American explorer and friends touring Paris. The group misreads names like Champs Elysées and Jardin du Luxembourg, mistaking many signs as humorous mispronunciations while seeking a place labeled compiler for a full crowd.
Sensational Tale of a Waterloo Man’s Mysterious Alive Relative
A Waterloo man’s sensational tale claims a presumed dead man, missing for seventeen years, is alive and thriving in the West. Local officers investigated but withheld the dead man’s identity. The Courier’s 1894 files note only one violent death for a Minnesota railroad worker, raising doubt among some, while others suspect a bid for notoriety.
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Waterloo
Waterlowan
Courier
Minnesota
Irving
Reserve fleets are formed with ships ordered into reserve
The Navy Department begins forming reserve fleets on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts by placing the battleship Oregon and cruiser St Louis in commission and kept in reserve at Bremerton Puget Sound. Additional cruisers Philadelphia Charleston Milwaukee and Galveston will join, with ten ships to be commissioned on the Atlantic side likely at Philadelphia Navy Yard.
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Washington
Navy Department
Atlantic
Pacific
Oregon
St. Louis
Bremerton Navy Station
Puget Sound
Philadelphia
Charleston
Milwaukee
Galveston
Licensed to Wed. Widows and Maude Schlette Wed
The lawn social by the St. Marys Catholic church ladies drew over 270 attendees on the church lawn last night. Japanese lanterns lit the decorations as residents of Marshalltown and Waterton gathered for the event.
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John Widows
Marshalltown
Maude Schlette
Waterton
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
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Neb
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Ee S2teseco Amhs
Ca Ee Ee
Meone
Reeves
H. W
New York
Union Mercantile Co
Minneapolis
Stock Exchange
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Rock Island
Western
BOY Northwestern
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SSR
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Missouri Pacific
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Crretal
Kansas
Turkey
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Lord— Sunly Soona
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Peter Wagner
Union Mercantile
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Bale
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Kitchen
Macelorena
Porrch
Hongh
George A. Turner
Perpetual Building & Loan Officers
Whigh Baby
J. Oh. Crippen
Cobb Grocery
Dol
Paris
East Second Street
West Fourth and
Commercial Street
West Side
D. C. Firman Development Co
Lafayette Building
SaJo
Grant Avenue
West Side High School
Mr. Merchant
Samuel Gann
North
Franklin Street
Wich
Care Courier
Ion West Third and
Bluff
Leavin ‘City
Mra J. E. Hansén
Third Avenue
Wee Third Avenue
J. B. Wilson
Drexel, Me
Bath
G. Billings
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