Assessments on area basis rejected by city council
City council refused to approve area based assessments, ordering re assessment of past work. Attorney Swisher advised that benefits must be considered, not area alone, and a plan of 60 30 and 10 percent shares may be adopted after studying other cities. Sewer on eighteenth street west repaired and a park to replace ground at Alle and Seventh streets is to be created.
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ATL
Fourth Street
F. Swisher
R. C. Thompson
Mullano
Thompson
Oasis
Swisher
Bilis
Eighteenth Street
C. A. Comstock
Alle
Seventh Streets
Park Commissioners
Ellis
East High Celebrates Win Over Dubuque High
East High students filled the halls with cheers after a Saturday victory over Dubuque high school. Over 400 pupils praised the team and coaches, with speeches by Supt. Kline Principal Miller Coach Geissman and captains Rath and Becker. The pep meeting looked ahead to Cedar Falls and Thanksgiving, hoping for the city championship.
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Dubuque High School
Nive ‘Rahs
Harold Mandeville
Cedar Falls
Charles W. Kline
Principa
Fred J. Miller
Geissman
Mr. Zimmerman
Gordon Rath
Fred Becker
Harold Rath
Burdette in Critical Condition in Pasadena
Los Angeles Nov. 10 Rob ert J. Burdette preacher humorist and critic is near death at Sunnyside Pasadena. He has been seriously ill for 48 hours and is 70 years old. Burdette rose to fame as a Burlington Hawkeye columnist and served as pastor of Temple Baptist Church in Los Angeles from 1902 to 1909. A Civil War memoir from his pen has just reached reviewers.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Robert J. Burdette
Sunnyside
Pasadena
Temple Baptist Church
Police Signal System Repair Order Issued
Chief Weighton reported a broken police signal system to the police committee last night. The council directed City Electrician Pritchard to repair it immediately, noting the switchboard at police headquarters has cost the city but never operated satisfactorily.
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Weighton
City
Pritchard
Waterloo man Charles P. Rugg dies at 70
Charles P. Rugg of Waterloo died at 436 Wellington street at 10 this morning after a period of illness due to valvular heart trouble. Born in Heath Massachusetts September 14 1844 he came west with his family and built a large farming estate before moving to Waterloo. Survived by widow Emma French three children Roger Harold E Ruge and Mrs Tom Gauthier two brothers George and Marshall, with many relatives attending the funeral arrangements. He was a respected businessman and active church member.
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Charles P. Rugg
Waterloo
Wellington Street
Altho
Mr. Rugg
Heath
Mass
James Ruge
Massachusetts
Waterloo Township
Black Hawk County
Grundy County
Ruge
Charles P
John B
Charles Rugg
Rugg
Emma French
Roger
Chicago
Tom Gauthier
Harold E. Ruge
George
Marshall
California
Roger Rugg
George Rugg
Grout Increases Plurality to 34 in County Canvass
The canvass shows Henry W. Grout's margin over Sherman W. DeWolf for state senator rising to 34. Unofficial counts in Grundy and Black Hawk counties indicate Grout leading by four and 62 respectively, with most precincts inspected and no change expected from the Black Hawk tally.
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Henry W. Grout
Sherman
W. DeWolt
Grundy County
Waterloo
DeWolf
Grout
Black Hawk
CARS STERILIZED STOCK COMING IN AND MEAT PRICES HELD
Fort Dodge and Dubuque divisions report removal of embargo on stockyards and cars after sterilization. E F Rath says stock arrives as usual and no price increase is planned. Rath Packing Co notes steady slaughter and ample supply. John W Rath in Chicago on business.
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Fort Dodge
Dubuque
Finais
Central
E.F. Rath
The
Rath Packing Co
Laath
Tom | Son
John W. Rath
Chicago
Waterloo Agents Form First Iowa Insurance Auxiliary
Cedar Rapids November 10. The first auxiliary organization of the Insurance Federation of Iowa was completed when Cedar Rapids district insurers met and chose W. J P Powell as president K M Young as vice president Joseph McCormick as secretary and an executive committee including Lew W Anderson Hermann Miller Jr W B Bickle and Arthur G Briggs. Speakers Jamieson of Des Moines and W S Diggs of Cincinnati urged organizing ten more auxiliaries across the state.
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Cedar Rapids
Insurance Federation of
Iowa
W. J P. Powell
K. M. Young
Waterloo
Joseph McCormick
Lew W. "Anderson
Cedar” ‘Rapids
W. B. Bickle
Vinton
Hermann Miller, Jr
Arthur G
Colored baby dies. Keys family mourns two day old daughter
Mr and Mrs Tom Keys, a colored family at 1010 Mobile Street Port a two day old baby girl died at 9 20 last evening. The body was taken to Kistner's mortuary this morning for burial preparations. The service will be held tomorrow afternoon and interment at Fairview cemetery.
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Tom Keys
Mobile Street
Kistner
Fairview Cemetery
Walker family in Neem case seeks jail witness release
J F Klingaman requests freedom for Guy P Walker held in Waverly as a key witness in the Janesville bank robbers case. Klingaman says Walker is badly needed at home as the sole breadwinner amid the proceedings.
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J. F. Kliingaman
Guy P. Walker
Waverly
Janesville
Walker
MT. Klingaman
Destitute Wife and Mother Seek County Support
The note describes a man named Walker and an overseer Kiing as central figures. It states the wife and mother are destitute and asks Belmont County to provide support for the two women. The damaged text implies requests for assistance and involvement of local authorities.
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Walker
Bremelounty
Unfailing Way to Banish Hair in Home Beauty Notice
Advertisement promotes a home hair removal treatment for hairy growths. It claims a small original package mixes with water to form a paste applied to the skin for two minutes, then washed off leaving no hair. The copy assures no harm or inconvenience and urges purchase of Teal delatomm.
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Mr. Ruge
First Congregational Church
Merode Underwear
Merode
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Pictorial Review
New York
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Wrath Packing CO
Waterloo Agents In Risk Organization
Jamieson
Des Moines
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Cincinnati
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