Widow of Pioneer Nurseryman Passes in Waterloo
Mrs. C. P. Hunt longtime Waterloo resident died Sunday at 3 pm at 625 Park avenue west after three years of failing health and a recent serious condition. Tremic poisoning listed as the cause. Born Louise Evelyn Mason September 25, 1850 at Strykersville New York she moved to Iowa in 1859 and to Waterloo in 1863. Survived by daughter Clara A. Hunt, four sisters and three brothers including Mrs. Alice Thorndike and Irvin C. Mason. Funeral Tuesday at 2:20 pm from the home with Rev. Walter H. Rollins officiating. burial in Elmwood cemetery.
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Strykersville
N. Y
Iowa
Tivington
Kossuth County
Watering
Grundy Center
G. T. Hunt
Waterloo
Clara A. Trunt
Alice Thorndike
Vesta Little
Frank Mason
S. M. Dean
Hanover
Mass
Carrie Bly
Niagara Falls
N. St
Irvin C. Mason
Lake Park
Iown
Hunt
First Baptist Church of
Cedar Rapids Election Sees Doubtful Mayor Race
Cedar Rapids on March 25 reports the city’s hottest election in years with Louis Roth leading the mayoral race until a circular attacking rival Stephanek over signing the mulot petition shifts votes and sparks uncertainty amid a large turnout and high excitement.
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Cedar Rapids
Louis Roth
Stepanek
Mulot
Train derailment crushes house near Darton
A northbound freight train jumped the track near Darton Cincinnati Hamilton & Darton on Saturday smashing through a residence. The house overturned with a man and a woman inside likely fatally injured.
Cummins Aims to Gain in Iowa Convention Delegates
In Des Moines, with the state convention a month away, Iowa Republicans report Taft at 600 delegates, Cummins at 420, Roosevelt 24 plus scattered support. Cummins and progressives expect a narrow majority in Cedar Rapids, with district results shaping the statewide tally. Third district shows solid Cummins support. Taft eyeing Second district as Roosevelt tours the state en route to Cedar Rapids.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Taft
Cedar Rapids
A. B. Cummins
Roosevelt
Cummins
John Briar
Fort Dodge
Perate
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Hardin
Bremer
Franklin
Wright
Dubuque
Delaware
Butler County
United States
Ed Knott
Bremer County
Franke
Dubuque County
Howard County
McKinter
St. Paul
St. Louis
West Liberty
Miss Anna Lewie Speaks at Waterloo Congregational Churches
Miss Anna Lewie of Boston, touring for the Congregational Sunday School Publishing Society, spoke yesterday in Waterloo to pupils at the First Congregational Church at 11, then Plymouth, and in the Union Congregational Church in the evening. She outlined efforts to strengthen weaker schools and prepare them for graded work, escorted by Miss Morse of New York.
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Anna Lewie
Boston
Colorado
Congregational Sunday School Publishing Society
Waterloo
First ‘Congregational Church
Plymouth Congregational
Union Congregational Church
Miss Lewis
Miss Morse
Central Church Revival Grows With Evange List Sermons
Two large audiences welcomed Evangelist FP E Smith at the Central Church of Christ yesterday morning and evening. Morning sermon urged duties and world influence of church members, emphasizing purity and integrity. Evening sermon defended the Bible as the rock of ages and traced its sources. One new member joined at the evening service. Tonight Mrs St Elmo Bateman conducts singing at 7 45 and the sermon is The Sin of Swearing.
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FP. E. Smith
Central Church of Christ
St. Elmo Bateman
Jesus Christ
Tragic Death In Los Angeles Claims Miss Louise Wichman
News reaches Waterloo of the fatal automobile street car collision in Los Angeles that killed Miss Louise Wichman about 27, formerly of Waterloo, along with her younger brother Glenn and sister Pauline, while a friend rode with them. Her parents died within a year of each other and she had been guardian to her siblings, living with a family friend since. Her father Henry Wichman was a well known Waterloo cigar man.
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Louise Wichman
Waterloo
C. F. Wichman
Los Angeles Times
Miss Wichman
Glenn
Pauline
Sacramento
Henry Wichman
Maple Street
Walnut
Logan Avenue
Walnut Street
H. W. Grout
Universalist Pastor Assists at Webster City Service
Rev Spicer of the Universalist church assisted in a service where Supt AW Chamberlin delivered an address on The Meaning of Temptation. Chamberlin also spoke in the morning at Walnut Street Baptist church.
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Rev. Spicer
Universalist Church
Webster City
AW. Chamberlin
Supt. Chamberlin
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Broken Leg Twice In Few Weeks After Ditch Collapse
Sunday Fairweather of 617 Cortlandt Street sustained a broken right leg near the hip after a sewer ditch collapse in front of the new armory on East Sixth Street. He was in a physician’s care and later taken to Presbyterian Hospital. A second incident followed when he slipped at home and fractured a finger. Ambulance and surgeons treated him, with expected bed rest for several days. Delegates were elected to Bremer county’s Third district Republican convention in Waterloo on April 4, with no contest or resolutions beyond endorsing Judge A Dawson. The local store advertised surprising styles and prices.
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John €. Fairweather
Cortlandt Street
Armory
East Sixth Street
Mr. Fairweather
Presbyterian Hospital
Dawson Endorsed for Judgeship at Bremer GOP Meeting
Waverly Ta March 25 Special Bremer county republican convention held in the courthouse with 11 am start. 2 M Roberts of Plainfield served as chairman and Ed Martin of Tripoli elected secretary. Delegates were chosen to attend the Republican state convention in Cedar Rapids on April 24.
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Bremer County
Waterloo
Earl Cass
Sumner
Ed. Martin
Tripoli
P. Hale
J. M Roberts
Plainfield
H. ©. Wente
Denver
W. B. Rosevear
W. H
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Curmins Wiss
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People's Store
New York
Sioux City
Ottumwa, Ia
Mason City
Chicago
Marshalltown
Rochester, XN
Women’s, Misses’ and Children’s Outfitters
East Fourth Street
Waterloo, Iowa
Sidney CO
Custon
The
Sidney Company
John Fairweather
Tyrrell
Ed. Knott
Louis Case
Waverly
A. Dawson
12Th Judicial District
Dawson
Gladstone
Fifth and
Jefferson Streets
Northwestern Land & Investment Co
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