Waterloo Teachers Lead Attendees at Northeastern Iowa Meeting
Waterloo teachers dominated attendance with about 160 delegates including ninety east side members. Dr. W Wright of East High spoke on supplementary reading in history and civics and J D Ellis of Missouri discussed vocational guidance. Cedar Rapids’ Dr. Joseph Newton praised Lincoln education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Waterloo
East Side
Chay. W. Kilne
A. T. Hukii
Northeastern Iowa Teachers’ Association
Wright
Dc. W. Wright
East High School
Department of History and Civics
J. D. Ellis
Missouri
Joseph Newton
Cedar Rapids
Lincoln
Moose Lodge to Found Home for Aged and Destitute
Secretary A T Peterson of Waterloo Lodge U L Moose receives word from national headquarters that a costly home for aged infirm members and destitute children will be built on Brooklyn farm, 25 miles from Chicago on 1600 acres. Renovation has begun with space for fifty destitute children by April 1. George W Scott of Davenport, Iowa, leads the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Peterson
Waterlo Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
Brooklyn Farm
Chicago
Peterson
Order
Fueture
Ander#00, Inc
Asparagus Growing Tips From Home Garden Column
The Home Garden advises planting one year old asparagus crowns from Palmetto or Conover's Colossal, with rows two to four feet apart. Prepare ground with manure, trench and fill soil, harvest stalks after June, and top dress with manure. Apply bone meal or nitrate of soda for growth. burn old stalks in fall to destroy insect eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conover
Farmers’ Bulletin
Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. CL
Destructive Tornadoes Through 1920s and 1900s Death Toll List
A compiled table details the deadliest U S tornado events over 31 years, listing dates and fatalities. Notable entries include the 1882 Kinnell and Malcolm tornadoes, 1883 Kemper to Lauderdale counties Mississippi, 1890 Louisville Kansas and Kentucky/Illinois storms, 1899 Kirkeville Missouri and Newcomb Iowa incidents, and the 1913 Omaha cyclone with 112 dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Kinnell
Mal 1Comb
Kemper
Caplah
Simpson
Newton
Lauderdale
Mississippi
Kentucky
Illinois
Pomeroy, Ja
Cherokee
Buena Vista
Pocahontas
Minnesota
Sherman
Graygon
Iowa
Ilinals
Alleligan
St. Lautk
Kirkeville
Newcomb
New Richmond
Wis
Gainerville
Omaha
Waterloo Mayor appeals for aid to flood victims
Waterloo Iowa mayor R C Thompson urges citizens to donate to a relief fund for storm and flood stricken areas. A committee of prominent locals will forward funds to relief committees, with all Waterloo banks collecting contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
R. G C. Thompson
Thompson
Iowa
Maine
J.C. Hartman F
Parrott
W. Powers
G. H. Cheever
Logan
J. E. Sedgwick
AL Reed Gee
Garretson
Schultz
R. Liehty
Dietrick H
Maynard
R. C. Thompson
Smallpox Quarantine Updates in City Records
Two new smallpox cases were added to the city clerk’s list, leaving eleven still under quarantine and one recovered. The latest victims are Mr. Pines of Vine Street and Deil Lake of Franklin Street. Hazel Thorp was quarantined for diphtheria, the first case in over a month. There are five scarlet fever cases under quarantine with no new cases in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Pines
Vine Street
Deil Lake
Franklin Street
Hazel Thorp
Big Episcopal Convention in 1913 Opens in New York
The Protestant Episcopal Church prepares its forty third triennial general convention in New York starting in October for three weeks. Bishops and deputies rule jointly, with each house having veto power. Delegates from 88 dioceses 11 missionary districts and ten colonial jurisdictions gather for worship and policy making.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Protestant Episcopal Church
New York
Dishuja
St2. John
House of Deputies
House of Bishops
Ol Sytnd
Public meetings schedule at St Michael's and cathedral
The article notes that meetings will be public with the Woman's auxiliary gathering at St Michael's church and missionary meetings taking place in the cathedral, outlining expected venues for community events.
The Monarch of the Storm Describes a Tornado
The poem evokes a devastating tornado tearing through a town. It narrates angry skies, a rolling chariot of storm, and the monstrous wind that destroys homes and robs lives. Night brings silence, grief, and a tolling bell as families mourn behind the wreckage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satan
Waterlooans plan summer resort on Wahedo Lake Minnesota tract
Three Waterloo businessmen C R Hallowell C J Woolley and Dr N Hough have bought a 52 acre forest tract near Wahedo Lake Minnesota to develop a small summer resort. They will build five cottages initially along the lake for camping use and may add more later. They aim to offer canoe routes to the Gulf of Mexico and note Wahedo Lake’s bass and surrounding woodland. Also mentioned are Mr and Mrs William Clark returning from California and a frost-related loss of orange crop valued at about 20000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
C. R. Hallowell
C. J. Woolley
N. H. Hough
Minnesota
Wahedo Lake
Wabedo Lake
Mississippi River
Hallowell
Gulf ‘of Mexico
Othe Lake
William Clark
California
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Baly Beach
Pasadena
Marshall Rugg
Rough
Amonm
Personal notes from Cedar Falls travel log
Cedar Falls March 28 notes recount sister in Woodbine escaping storm injuries and fire losses for John Killing with $1500 insured. Local events include Sextette club gathering, Bicknell orchestra dance in Dike, Cedar Falls baseball team promise, and travel of residents to Janesville, Corder, and New York. Community aid for Dayton and Omaha noted, with donations including a full car of bread from Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
O. FL Loyer
Woodbine
Dayton
Ohio
Omaha
Neb
Davenport
Cedar Falls Council Raises Salaries and Shifts Meeting Nights
Cedar Falls city council raised mayor, city clerk, fire chief, street commissioner, and water sewer superintendent salaries. Hiring boosts include engineer and assistant pumping station pay. Council shifted regular meetings from Tuesdays to Mondays. Walnut street paving petition gains momentum with Sixth street work en route to the new hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Specia
Bids Too High For Hospital At Meeting This Evening
Cedar Falls Iowa March 29 special The hospital committee opened bids for the new Sartori hospital on Overman land Sixth street west Seven local and out of town firms submitted bids all were above the unit funds and trustees adjourned to tonight to review again The lowest local bidder failed to enclose a certified check and bids for heating and plumbing ranged from 7584 to 7884 It may be necessary to alter the plans to fit the funds Cedar Falls will gain a fine hospital funded by the late Joseph Sartori and his son Joseph Sartori of Los Angeles California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Sartori
Overman
Sixth Street
Black Hawk Construction Company
O. Petterson
Hoar & Parkenson
Town City
Lauritzen & Wasson
Waterloo
G. L. Smith
F. F. Finch
Joseph Sartori
Los Angeles
Cal
Indians Beat the Germans at Eating Dog Meat
Guthrie Oklahoma March 29 The use of dog flesh as food is spreading in Berlin reports and is being adopted by Germans as a substantial diet long favored by American Indian tribes. In Oklahoma Cheyennes Arapahoes and Sacs and Foxes are dog eaters with a few white men having done so.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Oklo
Berlin
Oklahoma
Dog meat in old world and plains Indian diets
The Berlin special notes dog meat intake by Germans and plains Indians. It cites German workers consuming horse meat, Berlin authorities considering a municipal dog slaughter house, and tribes like Cheyennes Arapahoes Sac and Fox using dog meals in religious ceremonies tied to their ancient territory around Lake Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Saxony
Prussia
Lake Michigan
Society Notes On Meetings Of Friday Study Club And Missionary Society
Friday study club met at Mrs J D Caldwell's Second Street West home to discuss American Humor with biographies of Mark Twain Artemus Ward and Josh Billings. Miss Helen Klingaman attended as a guest and plans were announced for the next meeting on American Women. A missionary gathering hosted by Rev and Mrs George W Hinkle drew twenty five members, with papers on Miss Babcock in Japan and the Great Britain church, Havana work, and the Nanking cathedral consecration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Caldwell
Second Street West
W. N. Birdsall
Mark Twain
Artemus Ward
Josh Billings
B. L. Cobb
Mra
J. T. Alen
Huckleberry Finn
G. H. Edgington
Ward
C. B. Klingaman
Helen Klingaman
George W. Hinkle
Woman's Missionary Society
Christ Episcopal Church
Lime Street
C. A. Mills
Miss Babcock
Iowa
Japan
George Humphreys
Great Britain
C. A. Sawyer
Nanking
China
Huntington
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C. W. Wright
Lodge
Evening Courier
Ooue
UAGES
Kangas City
Waterlooans
North
Business Men Plan Resort
N. A. Hough
C. R. Hallowell Bay Lake Tract
John Killing
Farmers’ Mutual
Black Hawk County
Biling
J. H W. Schuneman
Janesville
Doris Mullarky
Clay Street
Bicknell Orchestra
Dike
al, Sorenson
George W. Samaon
Messrs
George
Chas. Whitworth
Corder
Thos. Robinson
Seliger Concert Company
Hudson, In
Harry Brown
Rock Island
H. H. Clay
Europe
Thomas Springer
Salt Lake City
Utah
R. ©. Webster
James W. Ford
H. P. Rice Farm
F. B. Miller
Marie Mullarky
Algona
Mullarky
Julia Pierce
Council
Walnut Street
Society News
Commercial Street
West
Krakauer
Chase Bros
Cable
Kingsbury
Wellington
Rece Stroebel Music House
East Fifth Street
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