Heinz Company Sends Photographs of Waterloo Town Criers
Harry E. Kiester, president of the Waterloo Town Criers' club, received 112 photographs from H J Heinz Co Pittsburgh makers of the 57 varieties for each member of the company on the special train to Baltimore The Waterloo Town Criers photo was taken in front of the Heinz plant with inscriptions noting June 7 1913 Taken at Home of 57 Varieties Kiester will mail the photos to all 112 members The package also included a stereopticon plate shown at the luncheon in the factory and marveled at for its quick production from the negative.
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Harry E. Kiester
Waterloo Town Criers
H. J. Heinz Co
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Town Criers
H. J. Heinz
Town Criers’ Club
Waterloo
Iowa
Kiester
Miss Miles Dies in New York City Nurse and former Waterloo president
Miss Martha H. Miles, a 34 year old trained nurse from New York City and former Waterloo president, died at Flow er hospital after an operation. She was daughter of J. M. Miles of Chautauqua park and sister to Mrs. Wheeler and Mrs. Nauman of Waterloo and H. F. Miles of Kansas City. Funeral services will be in Cedar Rapids where she lived before moving to Waterloo. Meantime a church ice cream social is held on Logan avenue. Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra to perform in Chautauqua Park on Friday June 27 with 25 musicians and 4 soloists. season tickets offered at 82.00. call 1730.
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Martha HE. Miles
New York City
Waterloo
Flower Hospital
Miss Miles
J. M. Miles
Chautauqua Park
George Wheeler
Susie Nauman
H. F. Miles
Kansas City
Miles
Cedar Rapids
Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra and Singers of
Chicago
Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra and Singers of Chicago
Chanetanqua Fark
Chevallier Retires After 86 Years With Central Railroad
News Notes records Henry L. Chevallier of 213 Fremont Street retiring on pension after over half a century in railroading. Starting as engine watchman at 16, he rose to engineer, worked with various lines, and spent 38 years back with the Central before retirement. Pension details outline percentage-based payouts tied to average wages and years of service.
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Henry L. Chevallier
Fremont Street
Albert Lea
Ilinois Central
Chevalier
Dubuque
Sinoia Central
Big Rise in Waterloo City Property Taxable Value
City Assessor B. H. Kascht completed the 1913 assessments showing a total taxable Waterloo value of 24.43 million when including moneys and credits autos and soldier exemptions. Real estate alone rose to 18.66 million, up from 16.71 million two years earlier, with higher exemptions for veterans under the new law and reduced revenue from credits. The city counted 4,212 men aged 21 to 46 and 2,189 older residents in the latest poll lists.
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B. H. Kascht
Waterloo
Wrist Break From Stair Fall At Inter State Garage
A 17 year old worker at the Inter State Garage on Sixth and Franklin streets slipped on a stair and fell to the floor. He suffered a dislocation of the left wrist and a partial fracture of a bone. He was descending in the garage last evening at about 6 o clock. He is employed as a right man at the garage.
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Inter-State
Sixth
Franklin Streets
Carl Christensen
Knights of Luther Organized Here in Waterloo
A new fraternal movement called the Knights of Luther is forming in Waterloo amid similar efforts nationwide. Many local men have joined as the movement spreads, aiming to oppose the political directions of the Knights of Columbus. The Pythian Sisters held a regular meeting at the K of P temple last evening to plan fall activities and invite nearby chapters to a social event in October with past chiefs as hostesses.
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Waterloo
Knights of Luther
Knights of Columbus
United States
Kof If
Cross and Crescent Rivalry Seen Nearing End in Balkan Tale
Peter Mavtens, Greek colony head in Waterloo, cites Tolstoi to forecast Greek conquest of Constantinople as Mehmet VI rules Turkey and Constantine IIII sits on the Greek throne. Event notes include Chicago performances at Chau t river Park with 25 pieces and soloists, June 27.
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Mehmet
Constantine
Constantinople
Count Tolstoi
Peter Mavtens
Waterloo
Greece
Maurelis
Mehmet I
Turkey
Constantine Ivi
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Heinz Company
North Waterloo
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Vacates
Cen
Tral
West Side
East Side
Abe Bales See Bel
Ate Ess Sda
Ere
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Frank Bros
Cross
Crescent
Stantine
Heath & Milligan
O'Brien
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