New Hair and New Eyes at 106
An elderly Californian, Mr. Plunkett, recalls a perilous pioneer trek from New York to San Francisco, driven by oxen with companions. He boasts of frontier fighting fame as the "California tiger" and recounts Indian skirmishes, brutal travel hurdles, and life among heirs. Now, with many descendants, he claims a 20 year life ahead as hair regrows and sight returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plunkett
New York
San Francisco
Mr. Plunkett
Mr. Goss
Friends Seek Aid for Tuberculosis Sufferer
Irving Carpenter a 25 year old laborer from 212 Mobile street is in bad condition due to tuberculosis. Friends circulate a subscription paper to raise funds for sending him to the Colorado mountains where his physician says relief and possible recovery may be found. He is married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Carpenter
Colorado
Carpenter
Mobile Street
Damages Mentioned for Calling Three Threes in Courier Ad
The Waterloo Evening Courier announces a method to obtain damages by calling a temporary number and trunk lines into the Courier building. The notice suggests dialing Courier or three double three zero if the caller has trouble with the “three threes.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo Evening Courier
Daily Reporter
Courier
Coroner Probes Rasmussen Death in Cedar Falls
Coroner Kistner traveled to Cedar Falls to learn how Mrs. Hans Rasmussen fell from an interurban car. No witness identified and the car crew examination yielded no new details about the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kistner
Cedar Falls
Hans Rasmussen
Ascension Day Masses at St Marys Church
In celebration of the Feast of the Ascension, masses will be held tomorrow at 6, 8, and 10 AM at St Marys Catholic Church. Advertisement for Han sen Pletcher film development at 215 East Fourth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Hansen & Pletcher
East Fourth
J. W. Holden
Waterloo
Court House
215 East Fourth
City in Brief Eye glasses and travels noted
City in Brief lists numerous residents and visitors with their trips to Chicago Omaha Des Moines Minneapolis and other places. It records hospitalizations births quarantines and society events including visits, business trips, a funeral, church and lodge notices, and a planned public school project. Local officials and business travelers are named along with several marriages and community activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Cleary
Chicago
Walter Jeffries
H. T. Fisher
Marshalltown
Horace Goder
Des Moines
George White
Beech Street
Presbyterian Hospital
Mullan and
Ransier
Manchester
5. A. Steadman
H. H. Lawrence
Jack Turtle
W. C. Melville
Kansas City
William Pedicord
Fred FP. Murphy
Keystone
Pedicord
Also Mentioned on This Page
Buchanan
W. W. Marsh
J.C. Murtagh
Fred E. Stewart
Omaha
Neb
C. M. Anderson
Minneapolis
J. J. Kenyon
Ella Calkins
Mount Auburn
Ve. F. McElhinney
Leland Wilson
Williston Avenue
William Galloway
J. B. Hayes
Eagle Center
Voorhies
M. J. Moore
Citizens’ National Bank
Tipton
Albert J. Ehlers
St. Paul
Hannah Cox
H. D. Smith
Fulton
Burton B. Sweet
Waverly
Congress
Charles Mantle
John
Charles, Jr
Twin Cities
J. H. Hanna
Waterloo Hard Ware Company
Meadow Brook
Thompson
Iowa
L. W. Blanchard
State Bank of
Edgewood
A. EF
A. M
A. F
Masonic Temple
Melba Salsbury
Wellington Street
A. W. Peterson
National Bureau of Verified
Advertising Audit Association
Clara Walker
Nashville
Tenn
J. C. Walker
George Cook
Walnut Street
C. W. Anderson
Lester
Adams Street
Duluth
Minn
Marguerite Lester
Frank Sherwrood
East High
East Side Board of Education
BE. M. Towne
Gladys
Mr. Towne
Edwin S. Towne
Cedar Rapids
M. M. Hileman
Luther
Oelwe
Crowley
Seguin
Lloyd
Annie Lowry
Fred Austin
J. F. McMahon
Lingis Central
Armstrong Manufacturing Co
Charles City
Floyd County
J. T. Sullivan
Fraternal Union of America
K. of P. Hall
A. Winslow
E. J. Wenner
J. (. Murtagh
van Camp’s
Lipton
the Home Store
East Fourth Street
Princess
Kayser
Newport
France
White Sale of
Bargain Basement
Jace
United States
Henderson & Weatherwax
Black Hawk
White Hosie
CEME
Tery
Mer
Down Town
Jefferson
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Theodore Thomas
College Choral Society
Teachers’ College
Marian Green
Margaret Keyes
Lambert Murphy
Albert Borroff
Bertha Hart
Br Knoei
Basin and Day
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