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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1914
Page
6
A garbled OCR fragment teases a local feature with a cryptic title and stray words about a fest and parties. Readable names are scarce, but the piece hints at a quirky community puzzle or event caption amid blurred text.
The city council of Waterloo Iowa adopts a comprehensive sewer plan with diameters ranging from 4 to 19 inches for numerous streets including Conger Bluff Bryant Elm Longfellow Popular Linden Oakland and Riverside Drive among others. It sets construction in accordance with city plans and requires bonds and sewer certificates issued against abutting properties upon completion and acceptance.
The Waterloo city council declares the necessity of paving Mullan avenue from Sycamore to Commercial with bridge and Cedar street to West Second Street, including intersections. The plan sets width, paving types, curb details, and bond guarantees, with costs assessed to nearby property owners and affected railroads, noting notice and dates for the June 22, 1914 meeting.
Articles include a Chicago hardware business chance offered at 3300 with June 20 deadline, a missing white Eskimo dog clipped except tail tip with contact 2810 Red, an ad seeking investors in a Western Canada graft and coal company with 40 percent net profits, and dress sale waves seeking a female representative in Chicago with references.
MARKET NEWS Chicago May 30 reports hog demand restricted as packing houses close. Prices fall sharply while cattle trade remains normal. Most sheep and lamb arrivals go directly to killers.
Omaha Neb May 30 cattle receipts today about 100 market opened steady native steers cows and heifers western steers Texas steers calves Hogan Tao Calves price ranges listed hogs receipts today 6900 market opened lower light hogs prices shown
Market notes show bid values for a range of cattle and calves with figures such as 7.85 to 7.90 for bulk Welsh cattle and 6.50 to 7.26 for yearling stock. The fragmented OCR lists various lots and prices including Lambe and other entries, indicating a busy cattle sale with fluctuating prices.
Waverly Iowa May 20 Special President Raymond A Pearson of Iowa State College will speak at Nichol's spura house at 7 30 pm on Making Good. Bremer county examiners report Bremer county affairs in good shape after four weeks work. Various local notes include Erle Wilson closing a school year, Burton Sweet's Memorial day address, Birdie Arne leaving for Seattle, and Rosa Fosselman returning from Davenport. A large library additions and a horse shipment from Oklahoma arrive. Street work on Hast Water street continues as clay and cement bed improve the sandy road.
A doctor treats an elderly Scottish woman with a severe cold. She jokes that her teeth were "lying on the table" when asked if they chattered as the chill came on. The quip closes a brief anecdote from the New York Globe Courier ad context.
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