City in Brief Highlights Local Visitors and Events
Waterloo notes list of visitors and travelers including B Strayer Regina Can on business and H Tubbs Manchester. Miss Gertrude Becker home from Cornell Mt Vernon. Mr and Mrs John Banghart Colorado trip. social updates on births and illnesses. cherries priced at 1.85 per half-bushel basket and 1.60 for tray boxes. sheriff Osten Mankato returns with wife desertion suspect. I N G officers appointed for Des Moines state shoot. motorcyclist race incident ends with cap lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worden Pick
West Bend
Wis
Mae Wangler
Sinsinawa Mound
Wrs
Thomas McClement
AW. A. Thompson
State Bank of Morning Sun
Waterloo
A. McComb
Wilson Apartments
Fremont Street
Minnie Rosetta Smith
Lena, HL
Florence Jam
Central Holiness University
Oskaloosa
F. G C. Johnson
Rockford State Bank
Marshalltown
Petra and
Jensine Pederson
Ringsted
Gladys Moore
Sumner
Frank Klein
Hudson
Waterloo Business College
Henry Faust
Adams Street
Fred Austin
Sioux City
Austin
Elks
Louise Swarting
Reinhbeck
Philadelphia
W. H. Bickley
le Roy Watkins
Catherine Lee
Lincoln
Neb
Leonore Shanewise
University of Chicago
Greenwood Hall
Shanewise
Kalamazoo
Mich
Western Normal School
Winona Normal School
Anton Osten
Mankato
Minn
H. R. Billingsley
Billingsley
C. H. Babcock
Delafield
St. John’s Military Academy
Karl Baum
Latin-English Courses. Mr. Baum
Mrs. Babcock
South Street
Midsummer Rally Tomorrow At Park
A midsummer gathering of the Young People's Union will be held tomorrow evening at 6 30 in Memorial Hall Chautauqua Park. A picnic supper supervised by Miss Blanche Edwards will precede a dial time woodland frolic and impromptu stunts. Speakers J F Bates and G F Pike will present remarks while Liljestrand head of the union will discuss plans for the coming fall and winter season. All young people are invited for a hearty welcome and enjoyable time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua Park
Young People’s Union
Blanche Edwards
G. F. Pike
Liljestrand
Psychic power to win games in Danville double header
Charles F. Potter, described as a baseball phrenologist, is blamed or praised for Waterloo’s two straight wins in a Danville double header. Reportedly he used a hypnotic influence over opposing players, with friends saying even when absent his aura affected the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Potter
Waterloo
Mr. Potter
Danville
Smith Drug Store
Ted Thorson
Drurk Ends Dispute After River Bank Beer Party
Waterloo police broke up a gathering of six machinists at a river bank as they drank beer. Several pleaded guilty and faced fines or sentences including a 10-day term for Peter McTilty after a face wound from resisting arrest. Other members, George Willard and colleagues, paid fines of 7.85 each for related offenses. A separate case saw L Keenan receive a 10-day sentence for taking soap and opera classes from a home, with multiple similar charges noted earlier in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter McTilty
Waterloo
George Willard
B. Monahan
Jack Campbell
George Burns
William Madden
John Kane
C. Miller
L. Keenan
Wm. Kuehnle
Grown In Iowa Lively Woes Over 1909 Crop Values
Washington June 20 Preliminary census figures show Iowa leading crops for 1909 with corn valued at over 3.26 million and hay and forage at about 69 million. Wheat and potatoes also listed amid shifts in acreage and yield from 1879 through 1909, with declines in corn and wheat and increases in hay, forage, and barley, according to Dr Le Grande Powers and Acting Census Director Falkner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Towa
Falkner
le Grande Powers
Bureau of Census
Jas
Timothy
Tripoli News Briefs Include Local Visits and Fires
Sophia Zimmer Mian works for G A Shores. Jeanette Zander left for Minhigan after a trim. John Warneke of Fayete, Long operated on and recovering. Fire destroys Henry Kuhrt farm barn. Henry Kubert reports heavy losses. Berg's Furniture store fire likely lightning strike. insurance on building. Community notes cover weddings, visits, a quilt raffle won by Hulda Krueger, and a timber yard change at Morristown, SD.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Sophia Zimmer- Mian
G. A. Shores
Jeanette Zander
Minhigan
H.C. Wort Ilving
Here
John Warneke
Fayete
Floyd Bostwick
West
J. A. Hale
Kelsey Restaurant
Hale
Oame
Anna Wlbrandt
Linda Calbow
Tenita Durnsing
Algonquin
Mirkpatrick
Kaloun
Ta. Mt
Mra
Manson
Mayn
Jpra
Minn
Join Warner
Lutheran Trauen Verein
Ejerinat
Dorsett
Lutheran Frauen Verein
Hulda Krueger
Crane Creek
C. C. Bennett
Morristown
Benne
Sarah Blinne
C. Winoing
Faget
Sumer Saturras
A. Panze
Clitemiahl
Buck Creek
Theo. Sclackneeht
Formag
Frese
Herman Mochling
Waverly
Gordie Paulson
Chinton
A. Schlueter
Callar
Henry Kuhrt
John Kuhrt
Henry Kubert
Wm. Fink
T Dorothy
Berg
H. C. Koch
PD. PF
Black Hand Victim Shot Outside Saloon in Chicago
Carmelo Larosa, linked to Camorra divisions, was murdered outside the Armour avenue saloon where he and another man were drinking. The assailant fled, and 15 year old Mary Pellagia, assisting witness and daughter of the saloon owner, described the scene as she waited outside for her father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Carmelo Larosa
Camorra
Larosa
Mary Pellagia
Joseph F Pellagia
Armour Avenue
Pellagia
Twenty-second Street
Plans 28 year cruise by James B. Hammond
New York on June 20 James B Hammond a wealthy inventor aims to sail July 1 on a cruise lasting twenty eight years or until he reaches 100. Despite being 72 he supervises shipyard preparations daily for a yacht named the Lounger designed by himself. He plans to gift the vessel to the Smithsonian Institute after his death as a model for marine architecture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James B. Hammond
Investigation to Examine Storage Eggs This Summer
Ithaca June. Prof Stocking of Cornell University to lead government tied inquiry into cold storage eggs. The study will be at Omaha with several Washington experts aiding. Goal is to determine which eggs keep heat best for storage integrity and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca
WW. A. Stocking
Cornell University
Omaha
Washington
Passengers Scalded in Vermont Rail Collision
Randolph Vermont June 20 A score or more passengers were scalded or severely shaken in a collision between the Boston and Maine Express from Boston for Montreal and a freight train on the Central Vermont line early this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph
Vermont
Boston and
Maine Express
Boston
Montreal
Extend Street Car Service to Prospect Park
The Waterloo Cedar Walls North ern railway began extending a single track in Home park addition to Prospect park and adding double trackage from Wallington street to Sullivan avenue. Poles were set toward Prospect park and the new line will allow trolley service to Prospect Hills and the West Side Park, with a continuous three mile stretch from Sullivan avenue to Logan avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Park
Prospect Park
Wallington Street
Sullivan Avenue
Waterloo, Cedar Walls & Northern Railway
Prospect
West Side
Wellington Street
Logan Avenue
Buffalo Tongues and Native Crafts Revealed as Hairbrushes
A vivid excerpt from a Washington Post piece contrasts Blackfoot buffalo tongue hairbrushes with walrus whisker toothpicks from Alaska. It recounts native manufacturing claims and notes changes after buffalo herds declined, alongside brief reminiscences of Empress Eugenie and a social diary item from the Dorcas society gathering at Mrs. E. R. Pendleton’s home on Third Avenue West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ex-Plorer
Alaska
Washington Post
Dorcas Society of the First Baptist Church
E. R. Pendleton
Third Avenue West
Havemeyer’s Com Tells Of Stock Control In Sugar Trust
Washington June 20. Horace Havemeyer testifies before the sugar trust committee that his father Henry O Havemeyer dominated the American Sugar Refining Co while Havemeyer holdings were small in that company. He states two thirds of the family fortune is invested in beet sugar, with par value in beet sugar assets about 10 604 000 and estate holdings reduced only modestly since death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry O. Havemeyer
American Sugar Refining Company
Horace Havemeyer
House “Sugar Trust
Havemeyer
Havemeyer Fortuna
H. O. Havemeyer
Hardwick
Big racing opener at Marshalltown three-day Cedar Valley meeting
Marshalltown Iowa June 20 ideal weather and a prime track set the stage for the Cedar Valley circuit three day race meet opening. Three events headline the program with 2:24 pace 15 entries 2:14 pace 12 entries and 2:30 trot 8 entries. In the 2:18 pace tomorrow 21 horses are listed and Mabel King, holder of the season record set at Des Moines last week, will race in the 2:15 pace tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Cedar Valley Circuit
Mabel King
Des Moines
Eastern Iowa postmasters meet for semiannual convention
Cedar Rapids Iowa June 20 Postmasters from a dozen eastern Iowa counties gather for the semi annual meeting of third and fourth class postmasters. The two day convention will cover questions of interest to postmasters and discuss administrative matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
City studies garbage disposal and anti hill boards plan
The Civic department will study garbage disposal next year aiming to establish a reduction or cremating plant. Dr. Margaret V. Clark presided and the group urged public attendance. Also noted is a Watertown horsemen trip to Marshalltown for races with listed attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Department
Margaret V. Clark
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Yacation
Sea Buchanan
B. Strayer
Regina
Can
H. & Tubbs of
Manchester
George
Shear of
Reinbeck
Everett Taylor
Ilinois
S. E. Johnson
West Fourth Street
Oliver Chapman
Siouxity
Gertrude Becker
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Valerios
John Banghart
Colorado
George Tress
Jefferson Street
R. C. Brown
Muscatine
Iowa City
University of Iowa
P. H. O'Neill
C. W. Knoop
Clear Lake, la
W. B. Causay
Chicago Great Western Railway
A. J. Huntley
Pacific Coast
Judd Spayde
C. D. Akin
Henry Lichty
Ira
Mt. Vernon Township
Bright
F. R. Fisher
B. S. Geist
J. H. Hillebrand
Reidy
Falls Avenue
Drurk
Leda Gereals
Owa
Erilogiat
Buffalo Tongues
Eugenie van Young
Eugenie
Princess von Racowit
Nasbys
Thoes
W. D. Leyarich
ML Jackman
Earl Potter
Willam Kate
Ed. C. Andrews
G. J. Thomas
William Kane
Asa H. Burch
Anna Nicklaus
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