Cedar Falls Concert and School News Highlight City Life
Cedar Falls opens its concert season with the full band in uniform drawing a large crowd. The Cedar Falls High School selects staff for next year and holds a senior junior festival at Pleasant picnic grounds. Teachers plan summer trips while the Corn Belt Telephone expands lines. Commencement activities begin with a class play and baccalaureate sermon. Grace Horty dies at eight months. Sunday School at Oak Ridge hosts an evening program. Noted evangelists visit before a campaign in Alta, Arkansas.
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Cedar Falls
Malin
Ripples
Cedar Falls High School
Elmer Fridell
George Hauser
Ella Welsenbard
Blanche Largon
Velma Hall
Roger Brown
Elva Vorhees
Doris Merner
Nefit Keaple
Ruth Dubbert
Raymond Tipton
Rips
Laurena Pulsart
Harold Brown
Hsa
Ripplew
James Collar
Achool
Francis
Lux
Pien
Milan Cresswell
State Teachers’ College
Miss Hah
Sac City
Telephones Company
Corn Belt Telephone Company
West Seventh Street
Eighth Street
Marquis
Coa College
Grace Malinda Horty
Council
John Horty
Florence Philpot
Oak Ridge
GWindlers Allegedly Posing as United Doctors in Iowa
Reported across Iowa, men claim to be doctors of the United Doctors, traveling to solicit money and promise medicines. The Waterloo institute denies agents or mail treatment and warns of prosecution for impersonators. A Waterloo office is the sole state contact for in-person evaluation. A $200 reward is offered for those fraudulently collecting funds.
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Iowa
United Doctors
United Doctors’ Institute
Marsh Place
Waterloo Institute
Waterloo
Omaha
United
State Board approves dance hall train stop plan
Des Moines May 26 report that Chicago and Northwestern will stop one fast train on Saturdays for out of town patrons of a Des Moines area dance hall. The company told the state railway commission that commencing next Saturday night the train will make regular weekly stops for passengers, granting the petition that Saturday service be provided while other nights remain unchanged.
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Des Moines
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
State Center
State Railway Commission
Railway Commission
Real Estate Board Meeting Planned in Waterloo
A meeting for all Waterloo real estate professionals and loan lenders is set for Monday evening at 7 30 at the Waterloo club rooms. The embryonic board seeks full participation from area agents investors and owners to advance city property interests and foster cooperative relations.
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Waterloo
Finishing Plans for Convention in Ottumwa
Postmaster Nimocks of Ottumwa writes that the annual convention will be the largest in the association’s history. June 7 to 9 will draw about 200 attendees with many bringing guests. Committees from the Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade begin selling banquet tickets. Each body will sell tickets, aiming for about 400 banquet guests.
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Nimocks
Ottumwa
Bankers Attend Group 2 Convention at Webster City
E A French of Black Hawk National Edmund Miller of Commercial National F B Dietrich of First National Ira Radamar of Leavitt Johnson National and J O Trumbauer of Farmers Loan Trust attended the group 2 bankers convention at Webster City yesterday. Miss June Buechela, who taught at Manchester last year, will teach in a Waterloo graded school next season.
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E. A. French
Black Hawk National
Edmund Miller
Commercial National
F. B. Dietrich
First National
Ira Radamar
Leavitt & Johnson National
J. O. Trumbauer
Farmers' Loan & Trust Company
Town State Bankers’ Association
Webster City
June Buechela
Manchester
Waterloo
Crop reports show cutworm threat and strong corn prospects
Rail line agents report on crop conditions near Waterloo with cut-worm concerns. Illinois and Dubuque county stations note favorable weather, high corn plantings and yields, oats strong, and promises of abundant hay and bumper fruit crops. Rain remains beneficial for future growth.
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Waois Central Railroad
Tts
Dubuque
Towa
Illinois
Manchester
Delaware
Waterloo Traffic Ordinance Regulates Street Driving
The Waterloo Iowa City Council passes an ordinance governing street traffic. It requires driving on the right side, turning near the curb, and keeping vehicles close to the curb when stationary. Violations punishable as misdemeanor. Passed May 22, 1911.
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Waterloo
Iowa
J. R. Rector
Visits Jesup After 48 Years Attracts Local Attention
Jesup residents welcomed visitors from Waterloo as W F Brock Way and Mr Strouble stopped by the Herald office on a Thursday. The friendly call marked a notable moment for the community during their first trip to Jesup in 48 years.
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Jesup
Citizena-Herald
W. F. Brock- Way
Mr. Strouble
Waterloo
Herald Office
Registration Notice for Waterloo Precincts
Registration boards in Waterloo Iowa Third and Fourth wards will convene on May 18, 18, and 27 1911 from 8:00 am to 9:00 pm at specified locations. Election day May 29 1911 will also host sessions for those previously unable to register. Voters not registered since last election or new movers must register. previous voters may vote if still in same precinct.
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Waterloo
Towa
Third Ward
J. B. Goswiller
East Fourth Street
Saxon Street
Fourth Ward
cCity Hall
Lafayette Street
Lutheran Church
Corner Walnut
Fremont Streets
Faaid
Faaid Registration Boards
Executor appointment for estate of Samuel Guyer
State of Iowa Black Hawk County 55 notice names Floyd P. Davis as executor of the Samuel Guyer estate and requests all debts and claims be presented for allowance. Dated May 25 1911. W P Hoxie attorney.
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State of Iowa
Black Hawk County
Samuel Guyer
Floyd P. Davis
W. P. Hoxie
Local kinship ties surface in obituary fragment
A fragment notes Mr. Brockway stating he is a cousin of Leater Renolds, longtime Jesup resident who died years ago in Luverne, Minnesota. The line suggests familial connections in a local obituary notice.
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Brockway
Leater Renolds
Jesup
Luverne
Mion
Brock
Visitor Reflects on First Trip to Jesup in 48 Years
A man now aged 60 recalled never having visited Jesup before in forty eight years since he was twelve. He described his childhood home at Independence and his early journey to the town.
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Way
Jesup
Independence
Brock Keeps Tailor Shop Titled The Scotch Woolen Mill Tailors
A note states Mr. Brock currently runs a tailoring business in Waterloo named The Scotch Woolen Mill Tailors. The item references his visit with a cousin and confirms ownership of the shop.
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Mr. Brockway
Waterloo
The
Scotch Woolen Mill Tailors
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