Hundred Bound for Waverly on Rotary Special
A hundred Waterloo residents and spouses depart at 5 p.m. for Waverly to attend a charter presentation ceremony for the Waverly Rotary Club. District Governor Bruce Gates will present the charter. C. A. Morris oversees the program in the Waverly Community Building with delegations from Independence, Oelwein, Ackley, Town Falls, Cedar Falls, Manchester, Mason City, Marshalltown, Eldora, Grundy Center, and Charles City.
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Waterloo
C. A. Morris
Bruce Gates
Independence
Oelwein
Ack Jay
Falls
Cedar ‘Falls
Man‘chester
Mason
Marshalltown
Aldora
Grundy Center
Charles City
Indepen‘dence
Gates
cand.Morris
Rotary
Waverly Club
Dallas Center
Towa
104 year old carpenter plans labor hotel in Omaha
At age 104 William Everitt, a carpenter, plans a labor hotel in Omaha and will lecture to support the project while offering his services to his church. He works daily at carpentry and focuses on the future. He recently escorted a teasing passerby to a police officer. His wife is 72 and they have a 28 year old son.
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Omaha
Neb
William Everitt
Everitt
Rotary districts and clubs expand to eighty two
The western tiers of counties now have 82 clubs with the Eleventh district ranking as the third largest in Rotary International by club count.
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Rotary International
Iowa State College to aid campaign against corn borer
Ames Iowa March 1 25 IN Iowa State college will contribute to the campaign against the corn borer in Ohio. Fred D Butcher entomologist and H H Sanderlin agricultural engineer have been detailed for the work.
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Ames, Ja
INS
Iowa State College
Ohio
Fred D. Butcher
H.H. Sanderlin
Teacher Proves Business Ability in Emporia
Emporia Kansas March 25 Virgil E Hurt a high school teacher built a bakery into a large Kansas baking concern. From a Jersey cow to college, marriage and night shifts he pushed to develop Red Front into a 96 town reach. He organized a 100000 corp to erect a plant for 18000 loaves daily while continuing teaching. He credits focus and timing over any secret.
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Emporia
Kan
Virgil E. Hurt
Hurt
Alfred C. Smith
Kansas
Hart
Idart
First Grundy County newspaper dated August 2 1860
The sole copy of Grundy county’s first newspaper The Pic Heer is owned by Mrs. John F. Richmond of the city. Dated Thursday August 2 1860 the four page issue was published by Hartman and Ingersoll. It features Republican ticket editorials and early state officials with names including Abraham Lincoln Hannibal Hamlin Fitz Henry Warren Jos A Chapline and others. The frame preserved relic reflects pioneer Grundy county and the publishers note their opening announcements.
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Grundy County
Grundy
John. F. Richmond
Hartman & Ingersoll
Hartman
John Hartman
Waterloo
D.e.munn
Richmond
Fragmentary political note on a dedicated settlement
A fragmented OCR line suggests a political remark about a Republican and a pledge to focus on advancing a settlement. The readable text hints at intent and alignment but contains garbled phrasing and missing details.
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Waverly
Governor Gates
Carpenter Plans Labor Hotel
Verner
Les
America
Keller, Wellmann, Thompson
Rochester
Arnold, Louchheim, Lewis & Co
Philadelphia
L. Grief & Cos
Baltimore
Kirshbaum's
Morgan & Sullivan
Commercial St
Abraham Lincoln
Tilinoia
Hannibal Hamlin
Maine
Electora
Fitz Henry Warren
Des Moines
Jos
A. Chapline
Dubuque
M. L. McPherson
Madison
Chas. Pomeroy
Boone
Congress
William, Vandever
Elijah ’ Sells
Muscatine
State
J. ‘W. Cattell
Cedar
John, W. Jones
Hardin
A. B. Miller
Cerro
Gordo
Carl Bickley
Pioneer ‘Bank
Oce
Patidionl
Langley
Ludwig
de Lene
Gibson
Vera
Commercial
Styleplus
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Frank Brothers
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