Boy from Nyack Mission seeks aid after tale of loss
A 15 year old boy from Nyack Mission near Tarrytown traveled west to rebuild his fortune after his mother died and strangers took his inheritance. He reached Chicago then Waterloo via an employment agency and entered the M C A seeking help from A W Hartquist, the secretary. He arrived exhausted, hungry, with only a bunch of keys from his mother's once extensive property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nyack
Tarrytown
N. Y
A. W. Hartquist
Empire State
Rob
Chicago
Windy City
Waterloo
Hartquist
Are you a snob and a democracy of the heart
Ruth Cameron reflects on snobbery and true democracy in society through Maud Radford Warren’s tale of a refined woman forced to work as a clerk in a democratic town. She admits to concealed snobbish thoughts, praising democracy while fearing its reach into personal judgments. The piece ends noting a long-ago improvised marriage that Chicago lovers tried to regularize after a Catholic Church denial.
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Jon
Diogenes
Maud Radford Warren
Calif
Poper
Dubuque
Rome
Dollie Lonergan
Hick Gillian
Champagne
Chicago
Wisconsin
Born With Only One Sense Girl to Speak at Graduation
Delavan Wisconsin story of Anna Johnson a deaf blind and one legged student at the Wisconsin school for the deaf who nine years ago entered at age 13 with little education and despite extreme handicap has won honors in history and literature learned to sew and basket weave and will deliver her convocation essay by word of mouth at graduation showing remarkable achievement.
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Wisconsin
Helen Kellar
Delavan
Wis
Anna Johnson
Helen Kelle
Wisconsin School For the Deaf
Johnson
Electricians Granted Wage Increase in Waterloo
Waterloo electrical workers union members will gain a 25 cent daily raise to 4.25 under the new contract. Although contracts are unsigned, broad agreement is expected, with one firm yet to approve, ahead of a union meeting next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo Electrical Workers Union
Homesteaders Elect Officers in Enthusiastic Meeting
An enthusiastic Homesteaders lodge meeting was held at the Labor Temple on Mulberry Street. Officers elected for the new term include President H. E H. Tullar, Vice President Mrs Zeiling, Secretary J. J. Wyeth, and Treasurer John Leeper, with additional minor posts filled. Speeches followed by remarks from W N Birdseall H B Tullar and I M Gibson, concluding with an address by Patterson of Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Temple
Mulberry Street
H. E H. Tullar
Mrs. Zeiling
J. J. Wyeth
John Leeper
W. N. Birdeall
H. B. Tullar
I. M. Gibson
Mr. Patterson
Des Moines
Pastor Keeler to Speak at Union Congregational Church
Rev A B Keeler former Union Congregational pastor now in Worthington Minnesota arrives in Waterloo Monday and will deliver a lecture titled The Call of the Hour that evening at the Union Congregational Church. He has done extensive lecture work in the past year and the talk is described as highly interesting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Keeler
Union Congregational Church
Worthington, Minn
Waterloo
Keeler
Market Close Prices New York June 6 stocks list
New York market closes with mixed figures across many issues including Canadian Pacific Reading Atchison United States Steel Amalgamated Copper Northern Pacific Great Northern Southern Pacific and American Sugar among others. Trading showed fractional quotes and slight shifts for several railroads and steel producers in a broad snapshot of the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stock Exchange
Canadian Pacific
Pennsylvania
Pee Edge Rock Island
Chicago Great Western
LOG Northwestern
Atchison
American Smelter
Egies
Union Pacific
Es Oearth
Baltimore and Ohio
Southern Pasific
Southern Railway
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Orie
Bae Lines Central
Paul
Coat
Uri Pacific
New York Centrali
Town gossip from Council Bluffs to Ames and beyond
Attorney Ralph A. Dunkelberg travels to Council Bluffs for a Masonic grand lodge event. Waterloo visitor Mise Elsie Cook heads to Denver. Oscar Davis returns from Finchford after his mother’s death. Burr G. Lichty and wife travel to Princeton University graduation and on to New York City. Mrs. Burdick returns from Jesup, and Grace Kepford visits from Independence. Mrs. Baker opens Grid Cafe on Water Street. Mrs. James H. Woods and daughter Evelyn Woods attend Ames graduation week events and related entertainments.
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Ralph A. Dunkelberg
Council Bluffs
Grand Lodge of the
A. F. and
A. M
Mise Elsie Cook
Toledo
Waterloo
Denver
Colo
Oscar Davis
Finchford
Mark Davis
Burr G. Lichty
Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
New York City
Mr. Lichty
C. M. Baker
Water Street
Fourth Street
Park Avenue
Baker
James H. Woods
Evelyn Woods
Ames
Woods
Ames Jaed
Judge Overrules Direct Verdict Motion in Injury Suit
This afternoon Judge C W Mullan overruled a motion to direct a verdict for the defense in W M Blam versus Bradbury Webb for ten thousand dollars damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff’s testimony finished at noon. Jos Schiel sues Harry W Lewis for two hundred seventy nine dollars ninety six cents for merchandise with attachment requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Mullan
W. M. Blam
Bradbury & Webb
Jos Schiel
Harry W. Lewis
Mother Jones Arrives for Kana Wha Coal Field Probe
Mother Jones arrived in Charleston from Washington where she conferred with a senate committee about the Kana wha coal field labor troubles. She will gather data for presentation to the investigators starting Tuesday.
Harrison Will Settlement Reached by Stipulation
The threatened challenge to the will of Elias Harrison is settled by a stipulation among heirs John G Wright Bessie Wright and Charles B Harrison and Henry Harrison. The two Wrights are to receive 50 each under the agreement.
Board of Thanks for Mrs McNaughton’s loss
Mrs Catherine McNaughton thanks friends and neighbors for sympathy and attention during the bereavement caused by the death of her husband C H McNaughton.
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Catherine McNaughton
C. H. McNaughton
Immigrant trains bound for Northwest harvest fields
In Waterloo many foreigners travel west for harvest work with Greeks and Russians among the travelers. Four Chicago Rock Island trains and two Chicago Great Western trains carried migrants through Waterloo. Immigrants hoped for earnings in wheat fields or urban contracting jobs while the green hated Greeks drew curious glances at the station.
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John Bulls
Waterloo
Chicago, Rock Island& Pacific
Chicago Great Western
Union Depot
Hig
Northwest
St. Paul
Milwaukee
United States
Canaan
Union Station
West
Frank Baker
Rev E I Doty to Fill Pulpit as Graves Improves
Rev E I Doty will fill the First United Brethren church pulpit Sunday as Rev R Graves recovers from Brights disease at Maxwell Iowa. Graves has shown improvement and plans to return to Waterloo within a week or ten days. Doty, a Leander Clarke College graduate recently returned from China, is serving as missionary there.
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RE. E. Graves
First United Brethren Church
Maxwell
Bright
I. Doty
Leander- Clarke College
Toledo
Rev. Doty
China
Raila Niles Praises Waterloo Beauties and Streets
E. O. Niles, Chicago Passenger Agent and Pere Marquette booster, visited Waterloo yesterday. He praised Waterloos Town Criers club and The Waterloo Way, comparing the city favorably with other mid sized towns, noting beautiful lawns, tree lined streets and symmetrical layouts that invite settling here.
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B. O. Niles
Pere Marquette Railroad
Waterloo
Town Criers’ Club
Waterloo Way
Auto and Train Narrowly Miss Collision Near Waterloo
An automobile driven by Mr. Oliver with C. J. Smith and others and a Waterloo party escaped a collision with a northbound Great Western passenger train five miles north of the city. The car swerved into a ditch and fence to avoid the train, suffering only minor damage and a severe shaking up. Oliver recalls he was traveling 30 to 40 mph and that no warning whistle was sounded by the train crew.
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HE. EB
Oliver
C. J. Smith
Waterloo
Great Western
Jena
Bank Closes Doors In Pemiscot County Shortage Report
A Port Dispatch special reports the Pemiscot County Bank at Caruthersville Missouri has closed its doors and is under the state bank commissioner. President John T H Cunningham cites an alleged deficit of at least 200000 dollars, possibly up to 250000, as the cause of the shutdown. The story also notes yesterday’s temperatures with a low of 63 and high of 82 in the prior day.
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St. Louis
Port Dispatch
Pemiscot
Caruthersville
State
John TH. Cunningham
Hawkeye Glove Manufacturing Company Formed
Articles of incorporation were filed at noon by Hawkeye Glove Manufacturing Company. Principal incorporators include George H. Virden Adam Weir W F Parrott and J A Gary with 350000 capital stock of which 32000 is paid. Officers named George E Virden president J R Hughes vice president W F Parrott secretary treasurer Directors include the same plus J A Gary and Adam Weir. Consolidation unites Waterloo Glove factory and Mt Pleasant concern. Virden to oversee Waterloo plant with Hasson and Weir moving to Waterloo. Mt Pleasant plant machinery moved to Waterloo.
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County Recorder
Hawkeye Glove Manufacturing Company
George H. Virden
Adam Weir
W. F. Parrott
J. A.gury
George E. Virden
J. R. Hughes
J. A. Gary
Waterloo
Third Avenue
Mt. Pleasant
Virden
Mt.Pleasant
Messrs. Hughes and Weir
Imo Virden
Hugh Gallmar
Charity group seeks funds for expanded nurse visits
The Associated Charities reported for May that Miss Whitcomb visited 14 patients, added 9 new cases, and assisted 2 former patients. Twenty-five garments were distributed, two people were sent out of the city, two families received immediate relief, and 164 visits were made.
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Associated Charities
Miss Whitcomb
Lumber Plant Destroyed in Petoskey Michigan Fire
Fire in Petoskey obliterates the W L Mc Manus Lumber company planing mill and adjacent property. Estimated loss about 200000 with no insurance.
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Petoskey, Mich
W. L. McManus Lumber Company
Waterloos Market Sparks New Homegrown Produceline
Waterloo market sees spinach debut at 10 cents a bunch or three for a quarter, with celery fading out as Kansas grown spinach and locally sourced gooseberries enter. Sour cherries arrive for pies at 16 cents a box, while prices list green onions two for a dime lettuce and radishes, eggs, butter, cabbage, rhubarb, and potatoes with varied per unit costs.
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Waterloo
Celery
Iowa
Kansas
Texas
Harness Dealers Plan For Future
South Dakota Minnesota and Nebraska invited to join Iowa Retail Harness Dealers in Sioux City next June. A. C. Gregg announces plans to form regional associations. Iowa notes twelve locals, about 500 members, strongest in the nation. Waterloo Saddlery thanked for hospitality and the retiring officers honored. officers named Catterlin Hopkins Gregg. Delegates begin departing after the final session of the fourth annual convention.
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Minnesota
Nebraska
Iowa
South Dakota
Sioux City
A. C. Gregg
Gregg
Towa
United States
Waterloo Saddlery Company
Pythian Temple
John Catterlin
G. A. Hopkins
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Fortune
Ruth
Cameron
Burdick
Chautauqua Park
Jesup
Grace E. Kepford
Glenwood
Independence
J. C. Kepford
A. B. Kepford
Rev. Graves
E. I. Doty
Raila Loader
Fika
EYE For Beauty
E. O. Niles
Buchanan Optical Co
Ground Floor Syndicate
Launch Glove Manufacturing Company
Report OF Charities Associa
William W. Weil
Hisse H. Sander
Washington St
West Seventh Bt
Lafayette Street
Teague
Tex
Chronicle
Teddy
Tremont Hotel
Mr. Hicks
Cement Tile Machinery Co
Bath St
Tester’s
Waterloo West
Algo
Litchfield
Waterloo East
W. J. French
Black Hawk Building
Edwards St
Care Line
R. L
J. W. Slaughter
Stoom Bungalow
West Side
Black Haws County
F. W. Jacob
Fred
Pettit
Waterloo and
Vicinity
Diagraph Carbon Co
Philadelphia
Sask
Canada
Onco
Porter Land Co
Reinbeck
Lowa
M'Loughlin
Harness
Braska
Courier
Palmer's Grocery
Swift
Lulu
D. H. Palmer
East Fifth Street
Sturday
FOX
Sycamore Street
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