District fair movement eyed for Waterloo Cedar Falls
A Waterloo Cedar Falls business group meets at the Ellis hotel to organize a district fair in the Waterloo area. George H. Holcombe outlines a plan with stock, a site between Waterloo and Cedar Falls, and a September timing to link with nearby fairs.
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Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Ellis Hotel
Ellis
George H. Holcombe
Galesburg
Chicago
George W. Dickinson
Galloway
William Galloway
Gallowar
Sawyer
Court Fowler
Iowa
Des Moines
George Fowler
W. H. Hanna
R. Hutcheson
Cummins
Holcombe
Traer
George Crownover
George Johnson
Hudson
R. L. Parker
Lea Hradley
C. R. Hutcheson
Clearing Trade Decline in Week Ended Nov 26 1913
Bradstreet's bank clearings for the week ending November 26 1913 totaled 2 717 729 000 dollars against 3 361 206 000 the previous week and 2 851 614 000 in the same week last year.
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New York
Bradstreet
Iowa Patents Granted in Week Ending November 25 1913
The office of patent attorney Wilfred C. Lane reports Iowa patent grants for the week ending November 25 1913. Inventors include Henry B Clovis Loran Deakins Oscar J Israel and others for items such as stock tank heater spool holder adjustable shaft seed rack gearing device for washing machines stirrup mechanical movement for washing machines ball joint and related devices across Des Moines Swea City Chariton Pella Hampton Davenport Lacona and Carroll locales.
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William J. Schoonover
Des Moines
Dielis P. van Zante
Pella
William H. Voss
Davenport
David Yoakam
Lacona
Walter Kline Dies in Tampico Oil Fields at 28
Supt. C W Kline ofEast Waterloo schools received a telegram announcing the death of his brother Walter Kline in Tampico Mexico aged 28. He had lived in Mexico five years working in oil and died of malarial fever on Nov 11. Born in Kansas he owned 500 acres with valuable oil deposits. burial expected in Kansas. Big Furniture Sale advertised by Joe Raymond Ltd near the post office.
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C. W. Kline
East Waterloo
Walter Kline
Tampico
Mexico
Kansas
Committee to Without Head Names No Chair as Plans Form
A city committee of commercial organizations wrangles over leadership after confusion about who heads the group formed to draft a plan for amalgamating four bodies. J. Martin denies chairmanship and says a secretary will convene members to organize. A permanent leadership and a consolidation plan are expected soon, with final ratification early next year. The St. Joseph Bazaar Ladies offer a chicken supper at the Armory tonight.
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P. J. Martin
Mr. Martin
St. Joseph
Armory
Five Miles of Mains Expanded in 1913
City water department ended seasonal work yesterday with about forty five miles of mains total. Extensions focused on residential areas to serve new consumers. Officials praise the year’s large amount of work as nearly two miles more were laid in 1913 than in 1914.
Notion of a Ton Challenged in Iowa Coal Case
Des Moines Iowa November 29 Eight hundred ten pounds is not a ton John F E Fletcher assistant attorney general succeeded in convincing J J Murphy a coal dealer at Ottumwa early this week The Ottumwa coal man was prosecuted under the new weights and measures law The state took a direct interest in the case as one of the first such prosecutions against coal dealers
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Des Moines
John FE. Fletcher
J. J. Murphy
Ottumwa
Contagious disease cases and food regulation note
Mr Fletcher acted for W B Sta fy in enforcing the law as coal dealers face charges. The food and dairy department reports a 14 pound poultry seller fined for selling nine pounds of peaches or apples. New weights law requires fruit to weigh twelve pounds. A $7 attachment cost was levied. Two new contagious illness cases are listed by a city clerk.
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Mr. Fletcher
Onuimya
W. B
Isme
Food and Dairy Department
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