City considers garbage ordinance amid public concern
City council debates a proposed garbage ordinance requiring a $10 annual license for garbage collection and a 60 cent monthly charge per family. Mayor Rector explains the license targets regular collectors who must use sanitary, covered wagons. Debate centers on city finances and dumping at limits along Black Hawk and Park Road near Virden Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rector
Black Hawk
Park Road
Virden Creek
Electric Line From Waterloo to Oskaloosa Proposed
G M Heiserman of Albia, vice president of Iowa Traction Co, in Waterloo on business for a proposed Waterloo to Oskaloosa electric line. Survey work has begun on the Waterloo end while the Mahaska county section awaits right of way within thirty days. The line would pass through virgin country to coal mines northeast of Oskaloosa, boosting regional transport and business. Best creamery butter, 25 cents a pound. Union Mercantile Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. M. Heiserman
Albia
Iowa Traction Company
Waterloo
Ostralosa
H. A. LaRue
Lne
Oskaloosa
Mahaska County
New Vegetables Now Marketed in Local Markets
Vegetable offerings expand with spring planting under way as seeds sell briskly. Potatoes eight cents per pound cauliflower 1 to 20 cents a head string beans 15 to 20 cents per pound beets eight cents a bunch carrots five to six cents a bunch turnips five cents a bunch pie plant eight to ten cents a bunch onions radishes five cents a bunch lettuce three heads for a dime asparagus 16 to 18 cents a bunch. Strawberries remain a luxury with short supply. Black Hawk county hens yield high production pushing store price to 14 cents a dozen. Dairy butter 26 to 28 cents and creamery butter 28 to 30 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Mississippi
Black Hawk County
Peace prospects dim in Mexico as Madero distance looms
El Paso reports a cautious view on peace talks with the Insurrecto junta led by Madero. Diaz may sound the insurgent leader’s stance direct, with no firm promises. Madero is near Chihuahua, while insurrectionists doubt Diaz will concede major demands.
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el Paso
Tex
Insurrecto Junta
Francisco 1. Madero
Madero
Senor Limantour and
Gustavo Madero
New York
Diaz
Chihuahua
Mexico
Market News Reports Heaviness in Wheat Prices
Chicago March 29 market news notes favorable crop conditions in the United States and Europe, with light rains and bearish outlooks abroad. Wheat opens down 1/4 to 3/8, corn and oats soften, hogs and cattle weaken, cash oats mixed, and New York stocks mixed with Chicago produce steady to lower.
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Chicago
Europe
United States
Cats
New York
Stock Exchange
Canadian Pacific
Pennsylvania
Rock Island
Chicago Great Western
Northwestern
Atchison
American Smelter
Union Pacific
Baltimore and Ohio
Southern Pacific
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
United States Steel
United States Steal
Amalgamated Copper
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Cummins Rawson Injured by Auto in Des Moines
In Des Moines on March 29 the 10 year old grandson of Senator Cummins, Cummins Rawson, was struck by a car carrying the senator. He fell before the vehicle, was knocked down and bruised but escaped serious injury. A separate item notes sorghum sold for 40 cents per gallon at C H Fightney and a nurse is wanted for housework. Also Panama-Pacific Exposition directors in San Francisco request federal fine arts commission help in selecting a site for the 1916 fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desa Maines
Cummine Rawson
Senator Cummins
San Francisco
Marcheon
Taft
Federal Fine Arts Commission
Real Estate Transfers List From Black Hawk County
Real estate transfers include George M. Saul to Arthur Kennedy for land in 38 87 14 at 10800 dollars. Emma W. Parish et al to Thomas Ward for parts of blocks 8 9 Normal addition and 11 12 Normal plat at Cedar Falls for 5000 dollars. Frank M. Eastman to William Julien et al for lot 7 block 17 Grand View Place Waterloo at 902.42 dollars. Alice E. Stull to Flora B. Murray et al for parts of blocks 11 12 Linden Place Waterloo at 2500 dollars. United States to Samuel Jols for land in 30 90 12. United States to William Rindge for land in 35 90 12. land in 36 90 12. land in 46 90 12. John L Shaffner to Philip Shaffner for part of lot 93 block 9 Whitney subdivision Waterloo for 3000 dollars. John T Christie trustee et al to
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Black Hawk Co. Abstract Co
George M. Saul
Arthur B. Kennedy
Emma W. Parish
Thomas’ Ward
Cedar Falls
Frank M. Eastman
William Julien
Grand View Place
Waterloo
Alice E. Stull
Flora B. Murray
Linden Place
United States
Samuel Jols
William Rindge
Jland
Jand
John L. Shaffner
Philip Shaffner
Whitney
John T. Christie
Et al
John T. Rock
Chris_ tie
William C. Logan
Frank L. Miller
Glenny-Logan Park
Francia A. Smith
A. N. Ferris
B. L. Morrow
Latis Pate
Westfield
Roger Leavitt
H. W., Dean
H. W. Dean
Sue Warneka
Henry Warneke
Warneke
Merritt Green
George Miller
Cedar City
Hope C. Martin
Ailes
East Park Place
Thomas Cageaden, Jr
James Costas
Clifford J. Wolley
J. H. Goodrich
Westfield Addition
Gilbert N. Libbey
Joseph W. Henderson
James Dunkerton
Hannah L. Green
Dunkerton
F. Willis Jenks
William H. Howrey
Cedar River Park
Katherine Schmits
Nicholas Demuth
Calvin J. Miller
John A. Brown
Hammond & Hurd
H. F. de Long
Bertha F. Monfort
J. J. Miller
Ann J. Devendorf
F. M. Devendorf
Whitney & Sedgwick
C. F. Teeter
Cyrus H. Casebeer
Summit
G. M. Beal
Martha E. Berry
Greenfield
Attsel Humphreys
G. H. Cheever
Waterloo land transfers and sales from various additions
A compiled list of real estate transfers in Waterloo and nearby towns, detailing grantees and grantors, lot and block numbers, subdivision names, and purchase prices. Notable entries include William C. Logan to Frank L. Miller in Glenny-Logan Park, Sue Warneka to Henry Warneke, and Calvin J. Miller to John A. Brown executor, among others.
Imperial convention closes with program and dance in Waterloo
Five minute talks by Grace Moore Grace Efckelberg and other leaders mark close of the convention. A program featured solos readings and a ritual closing followed by refreshments and dancing to Metropolitan orchestra. Illinois Central train No 11 arriving in Waterloo at 9 25 was an hour and a half late due to a wreck at Ta Duque.
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Pythian Sisters’ District
Waterloo
Josie Miller
Stat
W. BW. Debe
W. BE. Perkins
Grace E. Moore
Third
Grace Efckelberg
Fairbank
Iowa
Mary E. Horner
Rebecca R. Robinson
Oelwein
Effie Parsons
Marion
Paul Davis
Elizabeth Davis
E. Perkins
Illinois Central
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Union Mercantile Co
JUNTA
A. W. Hawkins
Wells-Fargo Express
el Paso & Southwestern Railroad
Express Company
Nogales
Ariz
Mazatalam
Mex
Hawking
Hermosillo
Hawkins
C. Heighmey
Men's League of the United Presbyterian Church
Wellington
South Streets
F. A. Ferguson
Russia
Peking
China
Lamson Bros. & CO
Chicago Board OF Trade
Geo
EB. Booth
Res
ST. Louis
Minneapolis
Ill
H. W
Baltimore St
W. H. Bickley
Loetscher- Ryan Mfg. Co
Dubuque, Iowa
Bregden Bros
West $Rd
Terry
la Porte City
Sherman-Smith Mfg. Co
Independence, Ta
Saile
Stevens County
Minn
Great Divide
Great Northwest
D. M. Holsinger
Morris, Minn
Ohio
C. G. W. Depot
East Side
E. G. Richardson
East Side Business District
A. A. Bontrager
Tel
Frank Andrews
Washington
East Ninth St
C. A
Renut
LK & Parsons Music House
American Drug and Press Association
Henderson Drug Co
Kansas
Turkey
USC
Ab Aeren
Ross
Cummins Rawson
C. H. Fightney’s
C. H. Eighmey
Pythian Sisters
M. E. Church
First Congregational Church
Rodeheaver
Alvin W. Roper
Roper
Homer Rodeheaver
Wm. A
Wangler Bros. CO. Agency For
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