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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1914
Page
4
Waterloo Mayor RC Thompson issues a two week Clean-up Weeks proclamation guiding alleys and backyards cleaning from May 4 to 16. Officials urge citizen cooperation to remove garbage and manure, reduce disease risk, and improve city appearance and health.
N. E. Closson Medical Co of Independence Iowa offers wagons built for family and farm homesteads and notes an expired license. Advertisement.
Fort Worth Texas user J L Mc Knight reports relief from disagreeable symptoms after Foley Cathartic Tablets thorough cleansing. Ad touts rapid liver stimulation and elimination of constipation. Sold by Griggists everywhere.
Milton Welch accused of obtaining five rings from local jewelers by false pretenses. He was to be arraigned before Justice Knapp at 2 PM Monday after a continuance was granted. Welch remained in county jail with bond set at 1000.
C and Mincer of Hamburg, a leading Iowa apple grower, claims an expert can net about 100 dollars per acre. He recounts acquisition of a twelve acre orchard for 3.20 per tree, harvests 4700 dollars, and notes yearly returns around 3600 dollars with costs high but manageable. He cites frost prevention via crude oil firepots and a large cement oil vat as key safeguards. The Hamburg district rests on Missouri loose clay soil famed for apple farming, fostering major state orchards.
Glenn Trapp a seventeen year old boy next to Des Moines grew two acres of ground in Beaver Gardens ten miles north of the city to pay for college. He lived on the land during the summer, planted onions melons potatoes and corn and earned about 800 dollars from the crop plus onions sold for nearly 40 dollars from thinning. The success showcases intensive farming with a $500 land cost and early onion harvest quality praised by experts.
The monthly page promoted by the Greater Iowa Publicity Commission showcases Iowa achievements across beekeeping cattle feeding mule and horse breeding fruit growing and other farming efforts. It asserts Iowa's rise as a manufacturing state and profits from modern farming methods drainage and orchard rebuilding while stressing statewide success.
OV Tipton near Conesville rented 225 acres paying $1000 cash rent. Twenty two acres were planted to watermelons yielding $2506 income. After production costs the crop covered rent with about $1000 left as profit.
Reverend Effie McCollum Jones hosted a large informal reception at her new Cortlandt street home for Universalist church members with trustees and wives assisting. Guests included Mr. George Leland and families Platt Cutler Jackson Cropper Clark. Dining was led by Mrs Cutler and Misses Marcham Jacobs.
Short talks were given by F. Willis Jenks, F. A. Ferguson, A. A. McCormick and H. E. Thomas. The highlight of the evening was W. W. Marsh’s address on the Panama-Pacific exposition.
Local residents and visitors are noted in Waterloo area briefs. Miss Girlie Youngblut and Miss Shaeffer of Gilbertville spend the day in Waterloo with J. F. Williams ill at home. Bankers from nearby towns visit the city. Irene Casey travels to New Stampton. Grace Neagle visits Cedar Falls. Amery Wisconsin residents Fred and Mrs. Rappler visit their former city.
In La Porte City Iowa John Howrey one of Iowa s earliest settlers marked his eightieth birthday He resides with his five children all in the city George W H Howrey Mrs Charles Robe Mrs J A Bown and Mrs Charles Oren attended the event with other family members and friends
James Howrey, age 75, of this city, traces his Iowa journey to 1852 when he arrived as part of the wild west. He settled on a La Porte City area farm, obtaining ground from the government and living there for 62 years, a record unlikely to be matched. A fine dinner capped the celebration, with the aged parent most savoring the moment.
Rail schedule shows East Bound trains from Dubuque and Chicago at 12 40 am 4 16 am 4 10 am local 2 20 pm and 4 15 pm express 10 16 am arrival. West Bound lists 12 36 am Ft Dodge and Omaha 7 30 am Omaha express 9 20 am Past Mail Sioux City 4 90 pm local Ft Dodge 7 15 pm. services from Dubuque daily north bounds Twin Cities Limited 1 35 am 10 05 am and Twin City Albert Lea 4 20 pm 4 10 am from Minneapolis 6 00 am local 6 00 pm daily except Sunday.
A fragmented timetable lists trains to Minneapolis St Paul Des Moines Chicago and other cities with mixed times and depots. The readable parts show local freight and union depots with east side Des Moines origins and several late night arrivals and departures.
Timetable lists departure times from Waterloo and Cedar Falls stations across routes to Glasgow Denver and Waverly with daily operation except Sundays. Running time between Waterloo and Cedar Falls is 36 minutes with multiple daily trips and special car entry exits via Galloway Mulberry streets.
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