Chicago May markets show mixed receipts and hog gains
At Chicago Union Stock Yards May 14 15 receipts include hogs about 3, cattle near 2,000, and sheep around 15,000. Hog market opened steady to higher with various weights trading around 8.30 to 8.60. Cattle and sheep opened steady to higher and closed firm. Grain and provisions mixed with wheat and corn sliding while hogs lift pro visions. Weather unsettled with light showers forecast.
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Chicago
Union Stock Yards
Eeennes Veees
Bennos Aires
Liverpool
Bears
Kansas City
H. W
N. S
Omaha
Neb
Salvation Army Expenditure Report in Waterloo
Miss Julia Thomas reports Waterloo Salvation Army spends about $3 daily aside from charity. Annual charitable outlay totals around $700. The corps includes 37 members with 50 children in Sunday school. The report, covering since Oct 1, was sent to Brigadier Arthur Brewer of Des Moines for approval.
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Salvation Army
Waterloo
Julia Thomas
Ensign Thomas
Army Corps
Arthur Brewer
Des Moines
Immigrant Family Planned European Trip From Jesup
Mr and Mrs Anton Burger of 423 Florence street and their daughters Miss Anna and Miss Elsie Diefenbach will leave Jesup tomorrow for a tour of Europe. They landed in Jesup as German immigrants May 15 1897 and will sail from New York on Saturday for Germany aboard the steamer George Washington. They will stay with relatives near Cologne and visit Peter Pruemmer before returning.
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Anton Burger
Anna
Elsie Diefenbach
Jesup
Tomor
Florence Street
Europe
Cologne
Illinois Central
Iowa
Farmore
New York
Germany
George Washington
Burger
Waterloo East
Mrs. Burger
Miss Anna
Joseph Diefenbach
Waterlooang
Peter Burger
Peter Pruemmer
Mr. Burger
Rhine
Miss Diefenbach
Two New Factories May Add to Waterloo Economy
A Chicago firm eyes Waterloo for two plants, one making ice cracking machines and another packing tablets. Local talks today involved business leaders and the commercial club as the firm studies sites, labor needs, and wages. Up to 200 girls could work in tablet packing and men in the ice cracking machine factory. The Chicago representative, impressed with Waterloo, surveys female labor conditions and suitable locations on a second visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Chicago
George Wagner Departs Life In Waterloo
George L. Wagner, known as the whistling invalid in a wheelchair, died at 7 30 am at the home of Mrs Jerome Sprague 119 Maple Street Waterloo. A stroke 20 years ago left him mobile only by chair and complications of diseases caused his death. Born 1869 in Portage City Wisconsin he moved from Mankato Minnesota to Waterloo eight years ago. Survived by brothers and sisters Sam T Montreal John C Janesville Jeter J Aitkin Oscar Emmerson Frank California Mrs C Lawrence Minneapolis Mrs Emma Nettleton New Richmond and Mrs Jerome Sprague Waterloo. Services by Rev Miller Friday 2 30 pm from the house with remains to Elma City Minnesota.
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George L. Wegner
Jerome Sprague
Maple Street
Wagner
Mr. Wagner
Portage City
Wis
Waterloo
Mankota
Minn
Sam T
Montreal
Can
John C
Janesville
Jeter J
Aitkin
Oscar
Emmerson
Neb
Frank
California
C. Lawrence
Minneapolis
Emma Nettleton
New
Waterloo city notes and short events in brief
A Waterloo notice summary lists residents and activities: M. E. Hunter of Dike in Waterloo, C. R. Gates traveling to Cedar Rapids, Mrs. Caldwell hospitalized for surgery, and Mrs. Harriet Sherod ill at a sister’s home. W. H. Miller heads to Colorado on a land proposition. J. Stoddard of Cedar Rapids attends federal court sessions in Waterloo. C. H. Werner seeks 6000 for foreclosure on a mechanic’s lien. Charles Mantle and family return from Minnesota trip to St. Paul. Tabernacle chapter to meet for Mark Masters degree. Rock Island officials visit Manley for talks with A. E. Wallace. Joseph Schiel and T. R. McElhinney plan a Spirit Lake fishing week. T. C. Menges family to Prairie du Chien for anniversary and Helen’s first communion. Peter Reuter brings wolf cub wolf scalps for county bounty as poultry losses prompt action.
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Harriet Sherod
D. Sherod
A. E. Stull
Second Street
W. H. Miller
Vermont Street
Colorado
J. ©. Stoddard
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Federal Court
FF. S. Pettit
Allen Street
J. T. Ryan
Rock Island
James T. Nichol
Manley
A. E. Wallace
Minnesota
Joseph Schiel
T. R. McElhinney
Spirit Lake
Gibson’s Villa
Wife of Fighting Carpenter Is Dead in Cedar Rapids
Mrs Frank Whitney wife of the fighting carpenter died last night of tuberculosis in Cedar Rapids Iowa. The report notes she had been ill with fever and stomach symptoms prior to her death. The couple were known locally for their carpenter work and active community involvement.
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Cedar Rapids, In
Frank Whitney
PLAN TO HOLD GERMAN TRADE FOR WATERLOO AREA
Waterlooans push to attract German farmers from Mansfield and Franklin townships Bremer county to Waterloo and Bennington township road improvements. Backers argue an upgraded main highway near Big Rock would ease travel for Readlyn and Tripoli farmers trading hogs and cattle and reach an improved link toward Waterloo via the Dewar Dunkerton road near Blakeville school.
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Mansfield
Franklin
Bremer County
Waterloo
Dewar-Dunkerton
Blakeville School
New Lodge At La Porte City Knights Install Officers
The Waterloo to La Porte City Knights and Ladies of Security event drew a full house with 50 charter members forming a new council. Officers elected include President Chas Burgess and Vice President F R Bitterley, with several other posts filled by Waterloo and La Porte residents. Also noted is Miss Milan Rouillard receiving word of sister Kate Kemis’s death in Minneapolis after Cedar Falls residence.
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Waterloo
la Porte City
Knights
New Order
la Porte
F. R. Bitterley
Steve, Eat
Cedar Falls
Milan Rouillard
Kate Kemis
Minneapolis
Forgetful clutch costs Milwaukee tobacco head his life
A. S. Goodrich, head of Milwaukee's largest wholesale tobacco house, died after his car rolled forward at a Winnetka crossing. He forgot the clutch, stepped to crank it, and was hurled against a telephone pole as the automobile crushed his back and toppled into a ditch. A rumor spoke of a woman aboard.
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Chicago
A. S. Goodrich
Milwaukee
Evanston
Goodrich
Winnetka
Police seek clue after fatal accident unidentified woman
Police have found no trace of a woman involved in a fatal accident. The only witnesses were two Italian laborers, leaving investigators with few leads on the victim’s identity or cause of the crash.
O E Frederick Opens New Store in Fowler Block
Handsomely gilded letters announce the move of the C S Frederick jewelry concern to the second floor of the Fowler block at Fifth and Lafayette. The firm has fitted up modern machinery for jewelry manufacturing and will handle the business grown with Waterloo’s population.
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Fowler Block
Fifth
Lafayette Streets
C. 5. Frederick Jewelry Concern
Lafayette Street
Fourth and
Park Avenue
Frederick
Waterloo
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Lamson Bros. & CO
Chicago Board OF Trade
C. G. Larrabee
Marsh-Place
Kansas City Livestock
ST. Louis
Wellington
Wees Caeeeua
Fitzgerald Bros
20Th Century
West Fourth ST
Black ‘Hawk Bank
Windy City
George Wagner
Ici
Val
Buchanan
M. E. Hunter
Dike
C. R. Gates
J. D. Caldwell
C. H. Werner
Kistner
Third Avenue
West
E. F. Kistner
Charles Mantle
Locust Street
John, Mantle
St. Paul
Tabernacle Chapter
NEW Lodge
Maud Longaker
I. J. Bitterley
Chas, Burgess
Clara Buckhart
Percy Havens
Ralph Yarrow
Sentinel
Leo Hopper
T. A. Gillan
E. R. Hitterley
R. B. Fields
Mabel Longaker
Kate Bemis
O. E. Frederick
C.E. Frederick Coo
Fifth and
Fifth Street
F. HL. McMillan
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