Memorial for Denmark's King in Cedar Falls
May 17 Cedar Falls Iowa reports the Danish settlement mourns the king of Denmark. Locals plan a memorial with half mast flags and native tongue speeches. Delegates from Cedar Falls Baptist Church head to a Des Moines convention. A Winnebago trader with a tomahawk is in town. he visits hotels and markets furs.
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Cedar Falls
Denmark
United States
Ioe
Jor Will
Wineslow
Waverly
Apa
M. E
Sulus Caesar
Q. W. Tick
Lawson
Cedar, Rapids
Ottumwa
Horrabin
Transfers of Property Notes of the Rick Society Events
Cedar Falls Iowa May 17 Special Coach Seymour and college athletes head to a big Grinnell field meet. Local figures include Mr and Mrs A K Wallace visiting Canton and J H Paulger seeking an auto. Miss Orphin Wilson applies to Smiths College at Northampton for next year. Phone snippets mention postmaster Witt and a Cedar Falls school board seeking teachers.
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Cedar Falls
Seymour
Grinnell
A. K. Wallace
Canton
Orphin Wilson
Smith's College
Northampton
Mass
Witt
Shell Rock
Mecca
Traer
Markets Hold Steady Amid Mixed Daylight Trading
Chicago May 17 reports show general market activity with European prices easing and local gains in wheat while corn and oats fluctuated. Wheat finished firm on June and July contracts, corn fell briefly before modest recoveries, fleshed by strong weekly property sales and cash demand. Livestock in St Louis and Chicago trades indicated steady hog and cattle action with receipts around typical levels and notable gains in pork and lard quotes.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Packera
Lichis
South Omaha
Tod
TEGAT
Taos
Market data and livestock notes from Chicago and New York
The report lists cash corn and oats prices, wheat quotes from New York St. Louis and Minneapolis, several veal calf and veal kip price ranges, and live stock details. It notes a softer hog market in Chicago with lower demand, firm cattle, and quiet sheep as lambs show little change. Mothers' responsibility is referenced in an unrelated line about parental duties.
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Chicago
Memorial Day Observance Planned in Cedar Falls
The Grand Army in Cedar Falls announces Memorial day events with citywide suspension in the afternoon. The band leads the parade with Company M I X G, Florence Philpot to read Gettysburg address, Mrs. B. Dubert to sing, Minnesangers to perform, and Seerley to give the day’s address. An old custom holds morning exercises at the college.
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Cedar Falls
Grand Army
Cotton
Florence Philpot
B. Dubert
Seerley
Complete plans to prevent floods in Mississippi valley
The Mississippi river commission arrives in St. Louis to finalize bank and levee improvements valued at 1.307 million dollars. An emergency appropriation approved April 30 funds the work as soon as allotments are granted, with initial projects around Cairo Illinois and the Feels Lake district and extensions to Cape Girardeau Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico.
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St. Louis
Mississippi River Commission
Washington
Mississippi Valley
Congress
Cairo
Feels Lake District
Hickman, Ky
New Mad Mo
Cape Girardeau
Gulf of Mexico
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Edith Nelson
Anna McBride
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Greene
G. R. Dayton
Colfax
Joseph Sartori
Germany
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Kh. C. Wangler
Waterloo
A. W. Bundy
Benton County
Wright
Baldwin, Ia
G. W. Samson
Sedrick
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Samson
Marshal Enlow
Fred Barwin
Marshal Malow
Lamson Bros. & CO
Chicago Board OF Trade
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Marsh-Place
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Warner Yiurday
South Dakota
Market News
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No. Louis
Hato
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
New York
Minneapolis
Horze
Wellington
Kansas
Turkey
Corp
H. H. Seerley
George Ackers
Cedar River
Grand Jury
Davenport
Cedar
Panamas
Bangkoks
Morgan & Sullivan
Lull Carriage Co’s
W. F. Eighmey
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