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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 21, 1914

Page

14

Greater Iowa Association Meet in Ames December

Delegates from every county will attend the Greater Iowa Association gathering at Ames on December 2. The event, planned for two months, aims to complete the association and promote a permanent state movement with expected attendance around 500 boosters. Everyone is welcome, no written invitations required, as meetings during Greater Town Week invite all to join the Ames convention.

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Towa Farmer Makes S100 On Twelve Acres

A farmer in Agency Iowa Frank McMillen cleared 1100 this year on twelve acres of potatoes and melons. He began in March with five acres of Early Ohio potatoes, sold many crops for 1 50 per bushel, and earned 30 to 40 dollars per acre overall. The piece argues Iowa land is worth 500 dollars per acre, citing McMillen as proof and noting Panama Pacific Exposition praise for Greater Iowa Association.

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The Smuggler’s Dinner and a Yankee Peddler’s Rescue

A Massachusetts coast peddler recalls a dinner with a farmer and his daughter. He learns a stranger is from Maryland and later discovers smugglers operate nearby. The farmer’s daughter warns the pair of officers, and the couple escapes through a tunnel as revenue men raid the house. The narrator and the daughter later leave to the West, ending the smuggling venture.

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Proceedings of board of supervisors trustee elections

Vote tallies across multiple townships show numerous candidates for trustee seats with totals ranging from 41 to 806 votes. Notable results include Cedar Falls wards, Waterloo precincts, and Big Creek, with repeated wins for C. P. Bley and D. W. King in various districts while multiple offices list the leading contenders and vote counts.

Cedar Two Faulk N. S. Peek H. J. Huppert N. S. Kemp N. C. Frost Cedar Falls C. P. Bley A. W. LaValley Ed. Refshauge Cedar Falls City 4Th Ward A. W. LeValley Hagle Anton Beck D. G. Lichty Wm. Weigle J. J. Lellig Ohilis Strubel L. C. Kline East Waterloo D. W. King C. C. Gaston Oscar Reamer O. E. Douglas J. N. Ryan Waterloo City Trusten Beard Ward Office of Trustee Fox Twyo Mathias Hecker J. M. Demuth J. H. Hogan Lester Two Ira Finch James Bubner Tno W. J. Williams L. J. Miner Wm. Harting Inc. McChane A. H. Shares Union Two C. A. George H. R. Plants A. O. Madsen Washington J. 4. Rundles FL W. Muir Jas. Mayo Howe W. L. Cook J. P. Wilson Office of Trustes Waterloo Geo. Hemstreet L. E L. H E. Hanleon Geo. Call L. E. Hangon L. H. Hanson Barclay Ortner Bennington E. H. Stubbs Russell H. Lake Big Creek Roy E. Ashley Black Hawk C. W. Stilson D. Cc. Henry Fox

Local Election Totals and Holiday Promos in Courier and Reporter

The report lists vote totals for clerk contests with names N Terooa A G Agnew C Cavanunh MH Willum and Phil Mahoney and notes attendance at a Western Mutual Life Insurances event. It also covers poultry and produce prices, Thanksgiving dinner at Hotel Russell Lamson with table d hote menus and reservation phone number, and an advertisement urging readers that Want Ads in the Evening Courier and Reporter attract careful attention.

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Four Great Heroes in Fall from Ambition and Power

History records four famed figures and their downfalls. Alexander the Great, pupil of Aristotle at fourteen, conquered at nineteen, but died amid debauchery after waging war across a conquered world. Julius Caesar, famed for vast conquests and ruthless elimination of rivals, ended by removing enemies and friends alike. Napoleon, greatest modern general, spread terror and tyranny before ending exile on a lonely island to the South Atlantic.

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WG Insurance Meeting Diggs of Ohio Crowd Interest in Market

A fragment describes an insurance meeting in Ohio with a public market revival. A Commercial Club room was used at 3 o'clock in the morning with seven wagons expected this afternoon. President Jamieson is referenced in the brief item.

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