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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1912
Page
8
The page lists railroad lines including Illinois Central and Missouri Pacific among others in a section with stock market and weather data. It also contains price quotes and transit schedules, followed by market reports for wheat, corn, oats, hogs, cattle, and sheep with regional listings.
J T Nichols, seven years chief freight clerk for the C G W company in Chicago, began duties as freight agent here this morning to succeed F M Stevens. He has a wife and family and will reside here. Miss Abbie S Abbott Cedar Rapids high school principal and Miss Frances Prescott Jackson school principal are attending the event.
Cedar Falls Iowa March 30. High river levels flood East Cedar Falls residences with fifteen to twenty displaced. Bridges tremble as ice sheets strike piers. boat houses ruin. summer cottages suffer one to four feet of water. Also reports on Ruth Miller’s appendix surgery recovery and Miss Florence Ward’s Rome study trip. Obituary notes Eugene Dyer of Cedar Falls.
March 30 Cedar Falls special report. Theodore Roosevelt arrives by special train amid a lively town scene as hundreds of students ride interurban cars to Waterloo for an education meeting. In the afternoon the river ice breaks, drawing larger crowds while weather prophet Busby of Independence is celebrated for predicting the timing.
Cedar Falls Iowa March 40 special Jacob Boehmer to celebrate sixty eighth birthday at his Union township country home Monday April 1 many relatives join Mrs Roehmier provides big dinner. Prof B W Merrill home from Rochester Mrs Merrill recovering from operation. S H Keep thanks friends for support in candidacy for representative. Arthur E Snowden visited from Ashley N D. J H Trewin Cedar Rapids president state board of education in the city. Otis B Newcomer Lanark Th with bride Lucile Hammerschmidt Savannah Ill visiting uncle John Fearer. Dr E B Jones Baptist church to preach at Oak Ridge school house Sunday at 3:30. Two days later and there would have been some April fools.
T M Earls county auditor of Butler County suffered serious burns to head and shoulders when a gasoline lighting plant tank exploded noon last evening at the Opperman meat market. Firemen confined the blaze to the meat market, sparing surrounding buildings on Main Street. Also note a church talk and probate notice regarding Margaret Heath estate with executor Thomas J Heath named in Black Hawk County Iowa.
The notice mentions Miss Frances Brammer at her Second Street West home and W B Sanford speaking on The City’s Opportunities at Westminster Presbyterian Church tomorrow evening at 7:80. A card of thanks expresses gratitude for aid after the father’s death and flowers from neighbors and friends, signed Carl Millir and Family.
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