Waterloo Courier Readies Sixth Volume and Local Notices
Fifty years ago on March 23 1804 the Waterloo Courier announced the forthcoming sixth volume with subscription renewal in advance and urged prompt payments. Local items include a mule theft claim in which Whitney paid 500 and a suspect claimed the stock was stolen in Toledo, plus city barber shop plans and a county treasurer robbery of 20000 in gold and greenbacks. General Grant assumed command of the U S armies, left for Washington, and then to the front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Whitney
Toledo
Sheri Brown
United States
Washington
Lincoln Call and Local Notices From 1894 Waterloo
A column notes President Lincoln's call dated twenty years prior, along with a March 28 1894 Waterloo date. It lists numerous local youths at the county institute, names several residents, and records incidents including a suicide, deaths, a nickel of theater entertainment, a police arrest, a teacher board appointment, a gang arrest, and an advertisement for a drug-store sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
The
County Institute
Jennie Girton
Annie L. Catlin
Frank Jackson
Julia Ackley
Frances Salisbury
Laura Colburn
Katherine
Mary Coughtry
Susie Green
Josie Jordan
Ella Spellingham
Lou Akin
Grace Vinton
C. F. Langlay
J. H
J. W. Steely
Jessia Harbin
Charles Beatle
Alice B. Cole
Maude Sindlinger
Frank Andrews
Rose High
Mrs Victor Gury Returns Home After Hip Injury
Mrs Victor Gury was taken to her home at 628 First Street West on Tuesday from the home of her son J A Gury at 45 Franklin Street where she had been confined after a fractured hip two months ago. The bone has knitted and she will have full use of the injured hip, though she will be kept indoors for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Gury
First Street
J. A. Gury
Wranklin Street
Lhich
Judge Quarton Seeks Progressive Nomination for Congress
Des Moines reports Judge William B. Quarton of Algona will seek the Progressive nomination in Iowa's Tenth district to run against Frank P. Woods. Quarton has strong local support from Algona newspapers and voters across parties see him as best hope to defeat Woods. He plans a wide tour, joint debates, and rallies with potential Roosevelt backers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
W. B. Quarton
Algona
Congress
Frank P. Woods
National Congressional Committee
Republican Party
District of Woods
Quarton
Upper
Kossuth County
William B. Quarton
Roosevelt
Woods
Fort
Republican Congressional Committee
Monager
Seated Light Corn Club Plans Yearlong Work
Aubrey Lyons notes the Seated Light Corn Club between Waterloo and Cedar Falls will meet weekly to study corn cultivation, seed testing, pests, and storage. The group outlines topics for an essay on How I Produced My Acre of Corn including variety, soil, manure, plowing, seed bed, cultivation, cost, and yield. Each member will later write a separate piece titled What I Have Learned About Corn.
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Aubrey Lyons
Light Corn Club
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Leavitt & Johnson National Bank of Waterloo
Wien
Iowa and Des Moines News in Brief from March
Multiple short items report on Waterloo Iowa building prospects for the San Francisco exposition 1915 with W W Marsh and J L Cass. Ames President Pearson denying resignations rumors. a Davenport streetcar collision injuring Reimer family. a Des Moines suicide at Central State Hotel tied to wife search. a St Paul man identified by papers as Joe Smith from Gracyville Minn. with relevant personal records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
W. W. Marsh
Cass
Waterloo
Greater
San Francisco
General Assembly
Cedar Falle
Ames
Raymond A. Pearson
Iowa City
Seerley
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
John J. Bowman
The
State University
Pearson
Mexico
Joseph Smith
Gracyville
Mine
Central State Hotel
Lee
Joe Smith
Minn
St. Paul
William de Bault
de Bault
Wabasha Street
West Plains
Isaiah F. Hill
Anna Mayhew
Romance of girl who jilting first love ends in Des Moines
Des Moines, March 25. Mrs. Mary Graber of Rotterdam, Holland, sails for home after the Polk county board of supervisors pays her rail fare and ship passage. She came to America last year to wed a minister, then married a Des Moines man who claimed wealth. The husband was jailed and sent to Knoxville for insobriety. A baby was born two months ago. county officials arranged her return to Holland for the sake of the child.
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Des Moines, Jr
Mary Graber
Rotterdam
Holland
New York City
Polk County Board of Supervisors
Graber
America
Des Moines
Iowa Humane Society
State
Knoxville
County Board of Supervisors
Wealthy Gladbrook Man Succumbs to Injuries
Gladbrook reports the death of Henry Reimers, a prominent landowner and stockman who lived near the town. He died in Davenport from injuries received in an incident earlier, with details about the accident and circumstances not fully provided in the brief notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladbrook
Ward
Davenport
Henry Reimers
How I Pro Duced My Acre of Corn Club Plan
The description outlines a farm club program focusing on corn testing and record keeping. Members will perform a rat doll test on 20 ears of corn, invite neighbors to view results, and track spring stand, weed and insect pest studies, and effects of cultivation depth. Fall lessons cover seed selection, storage, and maintenance.
Des Moines Banker Seeks Bankruptcy After $50,000 Loss
Miles C. Parish of Grinnell petitions in federal court seeking adjudication of bankruptcy. He lists debts at 75000.31, assets limited to clothing worth 75 and a horse and cow worth 125, with a 248 acre Poweshiek county farm mortgaged for 25700 and Grinnell Vehicle Co debts of 16187.76. total indebtedness reaches 476071.31. He attributes failure to an unsuccessful venture as an officer at the Grinnell Vehicle company, leaving only the animals as personal property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Miles C. Parish
Grinnell
Poweshiek County
Parish
Grinnell Vehicle Company
Convict Allowed to See Dying Mother in Ottumwa
Fort Madison Iowa March 25 Prisoner Frank Taylor and Chaplain Lloyd Tennant returned yesterday from Ottumwa where Taylor was taken by permission of Governor Clarke to visit his dying mother Mrs Annie Hogard 76 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Madison
Frank Tayor
Lloyd Tennant
Ottumwa
Taylor
Clarke
Annie Hogard
Club Members Study Injections Preserved In Vials
Members of the club show strong enthusiasm for their work as they preserve common ingect pasts in small vials and plan to explore many other subjects beyond the outlined activities.
Depot plan setback dampens Iowa improvement hopes
A Great Western official writes to this paper delivering gloom about the depot proposal. The letter suggests little chance for celebrating the improvement soon, noting the poor outlook for the project in Iowa and signaling documented setbacks.
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Great Western
Iowa
Taxes Rise Up to Pay for Rail Line Assessments
The speaker complains about a $60,000 yearly tax increase, equating it to the interest on $1.5 million of bounds. They urge distributing funds for city improvements, noting railroad assessments vary and hinder Waterloo’s development. They lament arbitrary rates blocking essential local projects.
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Chicago Great Western Railroad
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Burlington
Waterloo
The Big Dipper and North Star Diurnal Motion Description
Astronomy text explains the diurnal revolution of stars as earth spins on its axis with the celestial equator tracing the day by day paths. It notes Ursa Minor near the pole, Polaris as third magnitude, and Ursa Major between the pole and Leo, with a pole vantage and night sky visibility. George G. Payne, Waterloo, March 24, 1914.
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Earth
Heavens
Tra Pole
George
Payne
Waterloo
All dealers have them or can get them for you
Hollister Drag Co. Madison. Wik.
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Hollister Drag Co
Madison
Rheumatism Victim Tells Of His Cure From Syracuse Man
Mark H. Jackson of Syracuse New York describes years of awful suffering from rheumatism and his empathy for others. He recounts how he was cured and urges fellow rheumatic victims to learn from his experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark H. Jackson
Syracuse
New York
Tobsye
Mark Ti. Jackson
Wad Gurney
N.Y
Sure Way to Get Rid of Dandruff
An advertising note touts dissolving dandruff with four ounces of liquid argon applied at night to the scalp. It claims immediate relief from itching and complete removal after a few applications, promising fluffy glossy hair and noting it is inexpensive and widely available.
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Ordway & Foote
Watterloo
Beck & Kruse
Independence
Patrick Robb
F. M. Ziebach
Kague Tierald
Lincoln
Henry Payne
Bil Nye
Hawley Smith
G. W. Ulrich
Washington Township
John Clark
Spring Creek Township
J. L. Buechele
Towa Teachers' Reading Circle Board
Frank Shaw
Sioux City
Henderson Drug Co
Ella Wright
Rosfer
Judge Quarton
P. Woods
Farmer-Statesman
Iowa News
Debi Mulnes
Reimere
Peterson
Paulina
Reimers
Mr. Reimers
Depot Plang
Devere
Beecham’s
Beecham
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Beneft
Joiita
Uneeda Biscuit
Graham Crackers
National Biscuit Company
A. B. Chase
Scott
Prowell
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