New Instructor at Engst High Named
Harry W. Johnson of Peoria is appointed manual training instructor at East Waterloo High School, succeeding A J Strong who resigned to teach machine shop at the University of Tennessee. Johnson will move with his family around Sept 1 and brings recent head teaching experience from Morrison Minnesota. Johnson is a Valparaiso and Bradley Polytechnic graduate with work at Stout Institute and strong recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Kline
Waterloo
Harry W. Johnson
Peoria
East Waterloo
A. J. Burong
Johnson
Valparaiso University
Indiana
Bradley Polytechnic School
Stout Institute
Morrison, Minn
Strong
University of Tennessee
East High School
Death ends long illness of local woman Mrs Cox
After years of rheumatic illness and a recent decline Mrs. R H Cox wife of the Standard Oil manager died Saturday at 6 45 am at her sister’s home near Humboldt. She had spent winter in Florida seeking relief and later stayed on the Humboldt farm before a relapse. Survived by husband two daughters and son Dr H O Cox of Colorado. Funeral plans await Colorado arrival with services likely in Humboldt and burial there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Cox
Standard Oil Company
Humboldt
Cox
Burr Lichty
Arnold Alleman
Omaha
H. O. Cox
Colorado
Three Fires In Less Than Hour Hit City Dwellings Barn
Two Greek families were driven from homes and two horses perished as three fires broke out within an hour on Saturday night. At 10:20 a residence on Bluff Street owned by George Pett burned. at 11:00 a barn on Eleventh between Commercial and Black Hawk streets owned by George Mackey burned. a team belonging to Lars Gretty died. While crews fought Mackey’s fire a third blaze started at 1017 Water Street. Overall damage was light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluff Street
George Pett
Commercial
Black Hawk
George Mackey
Lars Gretty
People’s Tailoring Co Opens with Busy Waterloo Day
The Peoples Tailoring company opened successfully last Saturday in Waterloo. The store was crowded by locals and visitors from nearby towns. Manager Lewis Hart hosted guests, offered cigars, and welcomed all even those who did not place orders. Hart reported the day exceeded expectations and praised his choice to live in Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Peoples Tailoring Company
Waterloo
Lewis Hart
Humble School Struggles and Growth on 169 Acres
The article recounts a colored industrial school’s rise from a cedar-tree classroom to a campus of three large buildings and seven smaller shops. It notes the 169-acre site, student labor on a new barn, and Braxton Hall gifts, with 169 pupils enrolled and many children walking long distances from Alabama and Mississippi counties to learn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braxton Hall
Braxton
Taylor Hall
Arthur Cox
Darkey Industrial School
Lewis Murray and Wife Celebrate Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary
Lewis Murray and his wife marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary at their Franklin Street home with twenty five guests including ten children and twenty grandchildren. The celebration coincided with Mr Murray's seventy fourth birthday and featured a noon wedding dinner prepared by the daughters, decorative white bells, golden glow centerpieces, and hand decorated place cards by grandson Lynn Smith. The couple wed July 28 1863 in Cedar Falls. They have lived in Cedar Falls Mount Vernon Township East Waterloo and now Waterloo. Surviving children include Mrs. B F Smith Sioux City Mrs. B C Odell Geneva Neb H C Murray Bil Wake Minn Mrs. Charles Ford Cedar Falls Mrs. James Eveland Waverly H A Murray Waverly Mrs. L J Conrad Faith D and C Murray Geneva with twenty grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Gifts included gold items a purse gold thimble gold dish set a gold watch fob and other memorabilia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Murray
Franklin Street
Mr. Murray
Cedar Falls
Louisa Thewoman
William
Crawford) Thoreman
Linn County
Infaney
B. FE. Smith
Sioux City
B.C. Odell
Geneva
Neb
H.C Murray
Bile Wake
Minn
Charles §. Ford
James Eveland
Waverly
H. A. Murray
L. J. Conrad
Faith
C.('. Murray
Ned
New Books at Public Library Display Shelf
A list of books to appear on the display shelf Wednesday, July 0 and ready for circulation Saturday morning, August 2 at Library East. Titles include Birds' Christmas Carol, Book of Famous Wits, Civics in Simple Lessons for Foreigners, Complete Dressmaker, Cowboy Songs, Drills and Marches, Elementary Modern Chemistry, Essentials in Civil Government Iowa, The Fireman, Franklin Winslow Kane, French Grammar, Fuels of the Household, Great American Canals, History of American Literature, Life of an Enclosed Nun, Modern Railroad, Poems, Prose Regeneration, The Sailor, Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers, Story of Lord Roberts, Story Telling, Topsys and Turveys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library, East
Sedgwick
Grandgent
Hulbert
Halleck
Hungerford
Whitcomb
Asill
Regeneration
Haggard
Rheingold
Truchel
Sailor
Jenks
Burroughs
Lord Roberts
Sellar
Ulymnon
Topsys and Turveys—Newell
Town Talk notes from Waterloo and nearby towns
Residents and visitors are listed with addresses and travel plans across Mason City Charles City and Waterloo. Names include John Handt S A Clarke Kate Roberts Pearl Heath Tra Chamberlain Alice Cole Nellie Keegan E W Tredway J F Paige Mabel Ridpath Rev Efe McCollum Jones Mrs C G Stearns and others with moves visits hospital and church activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Handt
Mason City
Waterloo
S. A. Clarke
Charles City
Four Accused of Infant Murder in Cedar Rapids
Four persons, Marion and Lillian Larevitz and Dan and Blanche Parsons, are under arrest in Cedar Rapids charged with murdering by starvation the infant child of Mrs. Lillian Larevitz. The baby, born at the Parsons home, lay neglected for days before burial in the backyard. authorities say it died from neglect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids, Ta
Lillian Larevitz
Marion
Dan
Blanche Parsons
Larevitz
Marion Larevitz
Waterloo
Burglar Loots Two Homes on Independence Avenue
Police arrest W Johnson, a Black man, after a burglary at 909 and 903 Independence Avenue. Boots, spices, rhubarb, a fascinator, and clothes stolen. some items recovered. Johnson admits possession of boots but denies others. detectives link shoe to offender. investigation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Relief
Horton
William H. Rutter
Independence Avenue
W. Johnson
Rutter
Johnson
Ilinois Central
Leighton
Indepiendence Avenue
Iowans Meet in Bonny Scotland
Dr. John G. Bickley and James Wilson ex-secretary of agriculture met recently in Scotland and discussed many town scenes. A letter to Bickley’s sons reports his good fortune in the Scottish high lands, while he tours Europe and plans to visit major sights before finishing his journey. The pair reside in adjoining counties, adding to the pleasant visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Bickley
Tama Jim" Wilson
Washington, D. C
James Wilson
Scotland
Bickley
Waterloo Team Makes Roster Change With New Signing
Pitcher Blodgett has been released after two weeks on layoff and will not join the Waterloo club for the Kewanee game. Manager Andrews has signed Herbert Hill, a Waterloo native, who has gained renown in national play. Hill will travel with the team and be under fire in hostile surroundings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blodgett
Waterloo
Kewanee
Andrews
Herbert Hill
Clucb
Bathing Beach Still Popular in Cedar River Park
The Cedar River park bathing beach remained a leading Sunday recreation spot with a large crowd enjoying placid waters to escape the heat. No accidents occurred, and the day went smoothly despite not breaking any records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar River Park
Sailor Jack In Again At Police Court
Fifteen prisoners faced Police Judge Myers this morning with three charged with disorderly conduct nine with drunkenness and three with vagrancy. Sailor Jack, known for sailing many a schooner over the bar, received one month at hard labor after almost convincing the judge to spare him. He quipped about slipping a bottle but not of booze and joked about the janitor’s health while discussing the arraignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sailor Jack
Myers
Waterloo
Jack
Itinerant Man Says He Was Born Under a Lucky Star
A Yonkers Statesman quip captures a kitchen door exchange where a kindly woman notes the tramp’s repeated meals and questions his employment. The reply mocks luck as the traveler insists he was born under a lucky star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers
Not Enough Virtue Reward Yet in Market Note
Short item notes a skeptical view of virtue as motive and mentions KEGEN Butter Market in Elgin with a special sale on the 28th and a price of 26 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puck
Elgin
Daly
Town Criers May Get Fireworks at Waterloo Amusement Week
A meeting of Town Criers club representatives and Pain's fireworks aims to bring a large exhibition to Waterloo on August 18 to 20. The plan features a 450 foot long set, 250 performers, and a ball park venue to boost weeklong amusements with acts from 191 Ranch and Barnum Bailey's show. The event would be heavily advertised locally and in nearby cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town Criers Club
Pain
Waterloo
Town Criers
Ball Park
Barnum &Bailey
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Albert Lea
Fort Todage
Riverside Driveway to Be Illuminated
An illumination plan for the riverside driveway off La Fayette Street toward Chautauqua Park was announced by W. W. McParlane of the park board. Lighting orders have been placed with the local light company and installation may occur late this season or early next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette Street
Chautauqua Park
W. W. McParlane
Board of Park Commissioners
ADDVTIONAL MARKET New York Prices at Close
Market data from New York shows stock prices for multiple companies including Canadian Pacific Pennsylvania Rock Island Chicago Great Western Northern Railway Atchison American Smelting Union Pacific Baltimore and Ohio Southern Pacific Southern Railway United States Steel Amalgamated Copper Northern Pacific and more with varied figures and cents per share. Notable highs and lows are mixed as readings appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Judy
Pennsylvania
Rock Island
Chicago
Wee
Union Pacific
Baltimore and
Obo
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Brooklyin Rapid
United States Steel
Pido
EMI
TUR Northert Tae
Missouri
Paville
Illegal sale of liquor charges filed against Benson Palmer
Benson Palmer is charged with selling spirituous liquors without paying the special tax. He was arrested and arraigned before United States Commissioner J E Dempster this morning, with a $300 bond set for appearance before the federal grand jury. Deputy revenue collector J P McGreevy testified. Deputy Marshal M L Kealy of Cedar Rapids made the arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson Palmer
United States
J. E. Dempster
J. P. McGreevy
Palmer
Federal Grand Jury
M. L. Kealy
Cedar Rapids
For Sale Good Iowa Farm with Orchard and Barn
Fine 160 acre farm in South Central Iowa with grove, fair house, new barn, and large orchard likely to bear 600 to 700 bushels of apples this year. Soil good and mostly cultivated, blue grass pasture, entire farm fenced with hog tight wire, price 50 dollars per acre with easy payments. Also 410 acre at 62.50 and 455 acre at 55, easy terms. Address A Schaefer Box 76 Waterloo Ia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Fair House
A. Schaefer
Waterloo
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Engst High
Harry ¥. Johnson
A. J. Strong
R. BH. Cox
People’s Tailoring Co
Alabama
Mississippi
Louis L. Watson
Des Moines
Murray
Mrs
Public
Kate Roberts
Masonville
W. F. McCarty
W. R. Matthews
Oskaloosa
This City
Tra G. Chamberlain
Fourth Street West
Arthur J. Cole
Alice B. Cole
Randolph Street
Fred Stewart
Kirk Stewart
Nellie Keegan
St. Francis Hospital
Fowler Street
E. W. Tredway
Dhrinque
Colfax
Hawkeye Camp
Woodmen of the World
J. F. Paige
Second Street West
Minnesota
Mabel Ridpath
The
Armstrongs
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Efe McCollum Jones
Universalist Church
Vermont
Ludstow
C. G. Stearns
Duhaane
Fannie Stout
St. Berchman’s Seminary
F. E. Wilson
Wilson
W. B. Howell
Lloyd Howell
Iowa City
Howell
R. &. Howell
D. S. Miller
Somerset
Grant Miller
Orange Township
J. M
WH. J. Lichty
First Methodist Episcopal
Bald
Bonny Scotland
Hill
Guy Walker
Barry B. Thular
York Stocks
Losi
Hent
Wellington St
Black
Miller-Hey Construction Co
Lamson Bldg
Rober Ave
Care Courier
East Seventh St
Acme Cafe
Lafayette St
Mastard St
West Side
M.S. B. Cemnrier
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