Cedar Falls Considers Municipal Electric Plant Debate
Cedar Falls Iowa weighs a municipal electric plant amid tax worries. Some back a bond election, others resist extra taxes. A new franchise could permit city purchase later without a vote. Street lighting costs exceed the current offer. Ames Teachers College debate set with judges Senator Allen, Prof Griffith, and George Farrell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Electric Company
Allen
Fairfield
W. T. Griffith
Waverly
George C. Farrell
Clinton
Ames Teachers’ College
Messrs
Carl Erickson
John E. Partington
Bryan Condit
Ames
Mrs Fred Laabs Case Promises Kidney Relief ad
Mrs Fred Laabs of Winona Minnesota testifies that her husband endured kidney trouble with back pain fatigue and irregular bladder action with brick dust like sediment. After using Foley Kidney Pills his pain subsided bladder function normalized and he became strong and well again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Laabs
High Forest
Winona
Minn
Foley
H. W
Taggart
Stuart's Calcium Wafers Promise Clear Skin
A vintage advertising brief touts Stuart's Calcium Wafers as a remedy for pimples and blemishes. It claims the wafers stimulate skin excretion, purify sweat glands, and produce a radiant complexion in days. The pitch invites readers to buy a box from druggists for a small price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toby
Stuart
Personal Notes at Cedar Falls Iowa Public Travelers
Cedar Falls notes list residents and visitors including Mrs Hannah Miller ill at Franklin Street home. B Ives trips to California then Waverly to assume Rock Island station. Miss Bodin recovers from hockey injury able to walk outdoors. Mrs J C Moore of Gault Cal visiting Howland home. Mrs I D Corning to entertain St Luke's Ladies Guild. Mrs C J Laylander ill since Oct 1 in Chicago. Mrs Hanna of Waterloo visiting. James Santee back from northern Minnesota copper ore discovery. Mrs Ben Heiber and Mrs F L McCreery hosted Pythian Sisters. Faye Bennison visiting Charles City. Mr and Mrs N J Christiansen return to Springfield Neb after visiting daughter Helen at college. Alpha Philo reception invitations issued for gym event. Seventh grade training school presents two scene play on Benjamin Franklin. praised for student effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. E. Ives
California
Waverly
Rock Island
C. J. Laylander
Chicago
Hanna
Waterloo
James Santee
Minnesota
Mra. N. J. Christiansen
Springfield
Neb
Helen
Benjamin Franklin
New Cement Products Plant Nears Readiness in Cedar Falls
A new Sime Cement Products factory near the Cedar Falls depot will produce 900 cement posts and 600 cement blocks daily, with a 50 000 capital, a large local staff, and Fr Mead as president while John Sims serves as general manager. A side track and 8 by 96 building will house the operation east of the railroad and near a gravel bed. College football games slated for Friday and Saturday feature Prof Pasini’s band and Cedar Falls teams traveling to Ellsworth College and Waterloo for a double header. A monkey owned by J W Whitlock caused a town scare as residents fled to trees, and two gas company workers were overcome by fumes but recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Sime’ Cement Products Company
Sims
Fr. N. Mead
John Sims
Pasini
Ellsworth College Boys
Iowa Falls
Tigers
Waterloo
Cedar Fally
Editor Husks Corn in November Field Challenge
John C. Hartman of the Evening Courier swapped his desk for a husking peg today, working from 7 a.m. to harvest corn ears in the cold. The editor recalls a 1870 contract with John Wilkins to husk several acres near the Hollister farm, a two day effort that left them with husks for bedticks and a well earned rest.
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Evening Courier
John C. Hartman
Hartman
Electric Park
Will
Butterfield
Tan
Mr. Hartman
John Wilkins
Hollister
Elkrun
Waterloo
How Bloodhounds Track Criminal Trails Told By Trainer
The article recounts FH G Strumpfer, a renowned bloodhound trainer from Springfield Illinois, guiding two dogs to a ditched handcar near Hudson Savings Bank burglary scene to seek a scent trail. Strumpfer carefully prepared the dogs before releasing them to follow the trail away from town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Strumpfer
Springfield
Mr. Strumpfer
Hudson Savings Bank
Dogs Track Burglars Across Town in Kennel Trial
In a dog scent trial led by Mr Strumpfer, two trained hounds followed a trail from a handcar to Fourth Street and toward town. The dogs struggled after crossing fields near Prospect railway, losing scent at a streetcar stop before the next car arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Strumpfer
Owards Town
Fourth Street
Gibertville
Strumpfer
Courier Wanted for Farmers Auction Sale Bills
The Waterloo Evening Courier advertises as a specialist in sale bills for farmers auctions. The W. H W Hartman Company publishers are located at 200 212 Park Avenue West in Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colunas
W. H W. Hartman Company
Waterloo Evening Courier
Park Avenue West
Pretty wedding at St Marys unites two locals
A morning ceremony at St Marys united Vane V Bartholf and Nellie D Collentine in a 30 guest affair. Father H P Rohlmann officiated with Miss Charlotte Rice of Waterloo and Louis Collentine of Clinton, Iowa as attendants.
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St.Mary's
H. P. Rohlmann
Vane V. Bartholf
Nellie D. Collentine
Charlotte Rice
Waterloo
Louis Collentine
Clinton
Iowa
Father Rohl
Foot Misery Spoils a Good Dinner
A vintage advertisement-style notice urges readers to request a free trial of a foot care product named TIZ. It promises relief from foot pain, corns, and bunions, with claims of drawing out toxins and providing a unique foot bath approach. Includes a Chicago address for requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiz
Walter Luther Dodge & Co
Wabash Ave
Chicago
Wedding Breakfast After Gray Traveling Suit Bride
The ceremony followed by a wedding breakfast at the bride’s sister Mrs Lioyd Perry’s home on Smith. The bride, charming in a gray traveling suit with matching accessories, has worked five years at the William Galloway company and is popular with friends. The groom, a manager at United Pacific Fruit, has been in the city several years. Out of town guests included the bride’s parents Mr and Mrs M Collentine of Chartesity Ta and her brother who acted as best man. The Bertholfs left for Savannah NL to visit groom’s parents. upon return they reside at 219 Edwards street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aind
M. Collentine
Chartesity
Bertholf
Savannah
Edwards Street
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound: a throat and lung remedy
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is advertised as the best medicine for coughs colds croup bronchitis and other throat chest and lung ailments. It claims to stop la grippe and coughs with healing soothing effects and urges readers to remember the name and accept no substitutes by H. W. Taggart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Jates
H. W. Taggart
Appointment of Administrator in Aristides Semberis Estate
State of Iowa Black Hawk County notice announces James Lemberis duly appointed and qualified as administrator of Aristides Semberis deceased of Black Hawk County. Creditors urged to pay promptly and file claims with the administrator for allowance. Dated November 13, 1912. W. B. Murray, Attorney. Fred S. Pettit, Clerk District Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Iowa
Black Hawk County
Aristides Semberis
James Lemberis
W. B. Murray
Fred S. Pettit
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Cedar Falls Daily News
New Mehlin & Sons
J. & C. Fischer
Emerson, Batey
Hobart M. Cable
Schiller
Christman & Sons
Lindeman & Sons
Christinan & Kons
Rash
New York
Nary
Woods Bros
Falls
Navy
Hanah Miller
Franklin Street
I. D. Corning
Ladies’ Guild of
St. Luke’s Church
Ben Heiber
Mra. F. L. McCreery
Mra. Heiber
Mra
Faye Bennison
Charles City
Sims Cement Products
J. W. Whitlock
Oak Ridge
Main Street
Twelfth Street
Prbens
J. C. Hartman
Society News
Tia
E. A. Puterbaugh
West St. St
WM. Holland
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