Pile Driver Against a Shag Pile at Hotel Site
Work on the Russell-Lamson hotel foundation struggles with hard rock and poor sand. H Walsh of Chicago drives piles by sledge and a hydraulic rig while planning drilled holes if needed. Seven hundred wooden foundations must be sunk as teams push to finish the job through the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dame Fortune
Nature
Russell-Lamson
Fifth and
Commercial Streets
H. Walsh
Chicago
General Grant
Grant
Walsh
Special Car Service For Chautauqua Sessions
The management of the Chautauqua has arranged additional motor service during the sessions starting tomorrow. An extra car will run between the park and Cedar Falls with departures at 1 40 and 6 30 each afternoon and return after the program. Fare is ten cents one way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua
Park
Ce-dar Falls
Chautauqua Park
Walkers anxious to obey the law over lumber yard move
W R and A L Walker of the Walker Lumber Co say they have tried to comply with city law regarding moving their lumber yard on Washington Street between Fifth and Second Avenues West. They report most nearby property owners objected, and council committee assured approval after their March 19 request. They claim they have removed filth and improved the site to be more residentially acceptable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Washlington
Fifth
Second Avenues
W. R. and
A. L. Walker
Walker Lumber Co
Walker Brothers
Bank Clearings At Waterloo Weekly Totals
The Waterloo bank clearings for the week ending Thursday show daily totals led by Friday 206,509.30 and Saturday 247,547.82, with a weekly total of 1,700,391.04. Instruments recorded include 48 deeds and 22 mortgages, with 45 filings to date, up from 3,025 the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hawk Co. Abstract Co
Waterloo
Hetch Hetchy Project Described as Best Plan
Col John Biddle, Army engineer overseeing California projects, told the House committee on public works that the Hetch Hetchy reservoir plan is the most economical and feasible water supply for San Francisco and nearby areas. He said San Francisco Oakland and Alameda water supplies are presently poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John Biddle
California
House Committee On Public
San Francisco
Oakland
Alamera
Town Talk news from Boone and area
Mrs R J Belt visits sister Mrs L Wahl in Boone Ia. Anne Green of Winnipeg visits Frank Graf’s family in Waterloo and leaves for home today. T R Murray ill at Presbyterian hospital but improving. Sister Walburgs returns from five week trip and is in better health. A B Wallace and U S Nea of Chicago Rock Island & Pacific in town on railroad business. Foundation work begins for H A Maine & Son two story building at Jefferson and Fifth street site 70 by 60 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Green
Winnipeg
Frank Graf
Waterloo
T. R. Murray
Presbyterian Hospital
Walburgs
St.Francis Hospital
A. B. Wallace
Minnesota
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
U. S. Nea
Stormer
Manly
H. A. Maine & Son
Jefferson and
Fifth Street West
Wilson Nominates List of New Federal Officials
President Wilson today announced nominations including ministers to Norway and Peru, consuls in Milan and Brussels, a member of the Isthmian Canal Commission, U S attorneys, and district and immigration posts. Named are Albert Schmedermann, Benton McMillin, Nathaniel Stewart, J Buller Wright, Fred Dearing, Richard Metcalf, Summers Burkhark, Oliver Newman, F K Siddons, Frank Walsh, John Commons, Mrs J B Harriman, Frederick Delano, Harria Weinstock, Thruston Ballard, John Lennon, James O Connell, Austin Garrettson, Lawson Evans, and Bryce Hudgins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Albert G. Schmedermann
Wisconsin
Norway
Benton McMillin
Tennessee
Peru
Milan
Italy
Nathaniel B. Stewart
Georgia
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
J. Buller Wright
Wyoming
Brussels
Fred Morris Dearing
Missouri
Richard Lee Metcalf
Lincoln
Neb
United States
New
California
Thruston Ballard
Kentucky
John B. Lennon
Illlinois
James O’connell
Washington, D
Austin B. Garretson
San Juan
Porto Rico
Lawson E. Evans
Mississippi
Harrison, Ark
Bryce B. Hudgins
Justice Gerard Named Ambassador to Germany
Washington reports President Wilson selected Justice James W. Gerard of the New York state supreme court as ambassador to Germany. The change from Spain appears tied to filling key posts promptly. France remains open for McCombs, with Crane expected to head Russia within a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James W. Gerard
New York State Supreme Court
Wilson
Germany
Gerard
Spain
France
Wm. F. McCombs
Chas. R. Crane
Chicago
Russia
Jushon
Constantinople
Balkan States
One at a Time Krupp Boss Heads 65000 Employed
The head of the Krupp steel works has 65,000 employees. A witty housewife counters that she has that many in her kitchen but not all at once. Cincinnati edition notes the quip in a Louisville Courier Journal context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krupp Steel Works
Tye
Louisville Courier-Journal
Licenced to Wed Names Listed in Waterloo Area
A clipped notice lists Paul L Bayley and Katherine J Kealiher from Waterloo, Forrest H Strayer of Wapello, and Reberen R Woodruff of Wanpello as applying to marry, indicating licenses issued or applications filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul L. Bayley
Waterloo
Katherine J. Kealiher
iForrest H. Strayer
Wapello
Reberen R. Woodruff
Wanpello
Market Close Prices in New York Stock Exchange Listing
The New York market report shows closing quotes for major securities including Canadian Pacific Tennessee Reading Union Pacific Baltimore and Ohio Southern Pacific Northern Pacific Amalgamated Copper United States Steel and others. Figures are presented with varying decimals and indicate mixed performance across rail, steel, and utility stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stock Exchange
Canadian Pacific
Tennslvania
Rock Island
Alcbisom
Americatr ‘Smelter
HIE
Union Parific
Udhs
Baltimore and Ohio
Southern Pacific
TGS Sonuthern Raihway
Vera
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Srtes Steel
Pany United States Steel
Amalgamated Copper
The Trolley Card and a Dead Bank President
Ned Bromley steals a wallet from Archibald Crane after misreading him. He learns Crane’s body and a $120 pocketbook with a notice about handling a corpse. A prank escalates until Crane’s daughter calls, realizing the scam and warning Ned.
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Ned Bromley
Ned
Nick
Archibald Crane
Th National Bank
Lincoln Street
Dia
Mr. Crane
Edward Bromley
Bromley
University Club
Hester Crane
Papa
Ned Bromley and the Pocketbook Ruse
Ned Bromley deceives Mr Crane by posing as a stranger to return a pocketbook, courting Miss Crane while avoiding recognition by the father. He crafts disguises and a fake meeting to win consent to marriage, finally marrying Miss Crane with the father left in the dark about the theft and the return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Bromiey
Bromley
Lincoln Street
Tadega
Mr. Bromley
Miss Crane
Ned
Mr. Crane
Mise Crane
Mies Crane
Iowa Mausoleum Project Expands Across Midwestern Cemeteries
Five mausoleums by the Iowa Mausoleum Company of Waterloo will cost about 175000 with a sixth planned over 30000, to hold 1156 tombs. Sites include Evergreen Fairfield and Riverside Arkansas City with 216 tombs each, Fairmont 184, Winnebago 160, Spring Valley 164, and a sixth at Winfield with 216 crypts. Thirty five burials have occurred at Fairview, including Julie C. Frank.
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Iowa Mausoleum Company of
Waterloo
Middle West
Evergreen Cemetery
Fairfield
Riverside Cemetery
Arkansas City
Ark
Fairmont
Minn
Winnebago
Spring Valley
Mann
Winfield
Kan
Reat
Iowa
Fairview
Jullue C. Frank
The Value of Kindness Over Glittering Success
A reflective piece argues that esteem comes from kind acts and gentle words rather than hustle and showy achievement. It contrasts human tenderness with early rude sculpture, noting scientific views that primitive humans depicted creatures 200000 years ago, yet no other race showed minimal desire to create images.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hrobings
Selection of Food Important for Health
The Naturopath stresses maintaining health by natural diet and proper meal composition. It warns against mixing incompatible foods in one meal to avoid creating an acidic, gas producing stomach.
Modern Astronomy Rebutts Stereotypes of Astronomers
A World’s Work writer argues that modern astronomers rarely sleep by day and rarely just use a telescope at night. The article says most time is spent studying photographs and often with a microscope, showing astronomers now engage with imaging and analysis as central to the field.
Diet and Health Hints on Protein and Bright’s Disease
The authors Ditman and Walker argue in the New York Medical Journal that average Americans consume three times their needed protein, contributing to Bright's disease which is rising. They warn worry and lack of exercise also play roles, advise reducing protein after middle life, and suggest some cases need little to no meat and even salt avoidance for heredity and work-related risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ditman
Walker
New York Medical Journal
Bright
Police Slayer Tamer Wounded After Escape Attempt
Giovanni Anselmo, a 23 year old tailor, was wounded in Salt Lake City while fleeing a police cordon after slashing Peter Mass and fatally shooting Policeman Thomas H. Griffiths. Mrs D L Cook guided officers to the shed where Anselmo hid, and a gunfight followed leaving him wounded in the groin and chest by gunfire and a pocketbook stopping a fatal wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Giovanni Anselmo
Anselmo
Peter Mass
Thomas H. Griffiths
D. L. Cook
Wild West Show at Electric Park Exhibit Opens
Col. Frank M. Smith's Wild West Museum is on exhibition at Electric Park and will run until after July 4. The collection includes Indian relics, curios and related items, touted as among the finest on the road, with Madam La Point the palmist joining the display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank M. Smith
Electric Park
Madam la Point
Smut Found in Nebraska Oats Crop
Lincoln Nebraska June 26 Farm Demonstrator Liebera of the University of Nebraska reports considerable smut in the oats crop of Gage county Nebraska with damage estimates between five and one hundred fifty percent in that section and notes the area is only a small part of state production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Wneb
Liebera
University of Nebraska
Gage County
Neb
Rail Schedule Snippet and Local Notices
Ill inois CentralR R East Bound timetable lists arrivals and departures to and from Dubuque Chicago Fort Dodge Omaha and Minneapolis with local stops. Also includes unrelated rental ads and motorcycle delivery notice.
Lodge Picnic on Fourth of July Planned at Cedar River Park
W Belt announces a joint picnic between Mystic Workers of the World Homesteaders and Knights and Ladies of Security at Cedar River Park. Cedar Falls lodge 815 Mystic Workers will join the affair. All attendees meet at Waterloo city park at 10 o'clock with baskets, then march to Cedar River Park.
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Mystic Workers
Knights
Ladies of Security
W. L. Belt
Cedar River Park
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Reinbeck Bank to Be Improved Plans Set
Architect J. G. Ralston outlines changes to Reinbeck State Bank at Reinbeck with a brick addition and new heating plant costing about $2,500. Officers met to review tentative plans and specifications, with building operations to begin soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Ralston
Reinbeck State Bank
Reinbeck
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Red Rock
Ker
St. 700
Mrs
R. J. Belt
Mrs. L. Wahl
Boone, Ia
W. C. Leland
C. A. Rownd
Rainbow
Amigagador
Waterloo Concern
Struc
Ture
T. J. Allen
Tamer
Nebraska
Care Courier
10Th Street
R. EB. Peterson
West Side
Conger Park Co
City
Logan Avenue
Paul Davis’ Shoe
West Fourth Street
Chalmers
East Park Avs
Avery
Maywood Cottage
J. A. Waddington Co
Geneva
State of
Black Hawk County
Bean
Julius C. Frank
Louis Frank
B. F. Swisher
Adams St
C. & Phifer
D. Cunningham
Illinois Central RE
Dubuque
Dodge
Omaha
Sioux City
Ft, Dodge
Twin Cities, Limited
Albert Lea
Albert Lea Aanivog
Minneapolis
RL & Prr
North Bound
St. Paul
Twin Cities
Rockford
Shell Hock South
Burlington
St. Louis
Kansas City
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
W. R&r
South Bound
East Side
Des M. & x CG
Union
Jelwein
Union Depot
F. & N. Interurban
Cedar Falla
East Fourth
Lafayette Streets
Galloway
Mulberry
Glasgow
Denver
Waterly
Gilbertvill
Porte
Waverly
Reinbeck Bank
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