Leeper Elected Mayor of Waterloo in Quiet Council Session
Leeper was formally named mayor of Waterloo after resigning Mayor Thompson. The unanimous council vote set his unexpired term ending April 1, 1920. A bond issue of 135 thousand 513 dollars was authorized for bridges, with Sans Souci and other crossings nearing completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EB. Leeper
Waterloo
Thompson
EE. Johnson
R. Thompson
Fred Burk
Leeper
Sans Souci
Black Hawk Creek
Miles Street
Virden Creek
Logan Avenue
Edwards Street
Park Road
James Black to open large dining rooms atop Black building
The James Black Dry Goods company will open a state’s finest and largest cafe on the eighth floor of the Black building late January. The 80 by 100 foot dining room seats 175 with two private rooms, plus a 16 seat and 36 seat room. A bakery will operate in a connected building with a Chicago baker in charge. total improvements run about 40 thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Black Dry Goods Company
James Black
James Graham
Chicago
Hayo Gwn
James Black Company
Chamberlain Machine Shops
Sycamore Street
Third Street
Warry Forst
Shoe Machinist Starts Immense Industry
The article recounts Gordon McKay’s development of a sewing machine for leather shoes after his 1862 patent. He improved feeding and added automatic contrivances, adapted the machine to all footwear, and, after the Civil War, began supplying army shoes. By 1876 about 1,500 machines operated, with over 100,000,000 shoes made annually in the U.S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon McKay
United States
McKay
Blake
Shower for Misses Anna Wrickson and Mildred Sherrard
Social items from Cedar Falls note a miscellaneous shower for Anna Wrickson and Mildred Sherrard at Miss Maude Mossler’s country home, with fifty guests in attendance. Other notices cover city council action on underground cable, a Thanksgiving service, local court warrants for pheasant hunting, and brief regional updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Mossler
Cedar Falls
Anna Wrickson
Mildred Sherrard
Hnarsy Ward
Shell Rock
Doris Kleinfelter
Telephone Company
Town Telephone Company
Washington
Ney
Union
Cedar Walls
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R. C. Thompson
Westfield
George B.Miller+ & Son
Board of Library Trustees
T. W. Williams
Wallace
West High School
Ray Tiller
Turkey
Kurdistan
Central
Asia Minor
Will
Niezzanine
Cedar Halla Daily News
Seorghe UH Twaddle
Cedar Pills
Watering Eivening Courier
Bit West Fourth Street
Andrew Scott
Ev. J. A. Haehlen
Alo Evangelical Church
Heleher
Fayette
Earl A. Roadman
Mrs. Wiliam
Hayes’ Nealing
Salteum
Handa
Walter Risekey
Elkhart
Ind
Avery Branch
Avery
F. O. B. Peoria
Fo. B. Peoria
Illinois
Avery Machines
George Yule
Avery Company
Fl Avery Company
Peoria
H.P
H. P
B. Peoria
F. Oc
Moldboa
Avery Tractor
Alltrac
Avery Motor
Afitisg
Rockford
Jake and
Bill
East Fifth Street
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