Land Transfers Hit Record Pace in Black Hawk County
Real estate activity in Black Hawk County surged with 66 transfers totaling 58 914 71 last week, the highest nine month total. Waterloo and Cedar Falls saw many buyers on contracts as people move to build homes, while a corps of expert tree surgeons removed and trimmed shade trees to beautify properties. A Wilmoig Central restaurant expansion delayed by eight feet added to site work, with plans due soon.
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Black Hawk County
Black Hawk Abstract Co
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Tay
L. G. Burkitt
Park Avenue West
Wilmoig Central
van Noy
Leavitt Johnson Bank Building Work Scene Tragedy
Spectators watched Steel Kramt Rises as the H A Maine Co erects the Leavitt Johnson National bank building on Commercial street. A fall from a freight train left Myers unconscious with a crushed forehead. surgeons removed bone and he may face a third operation as his speech recovers slowly. A separate barn death saw a man hang himself, believed linked to auto accident worry. coroner cites self-inflicted death by hanging. Centennial obituary note follows for Caesar Page in Manchester Iowa.
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H. A. Maine Co
Leavitt & Johnson National Bank
Commercial Street
Dave
Myers
Redmond
Dyjaar
Soroner
Man seeks $40,000 damages from Milwaukee Road accident
Leo Myers of Jesup says he will sue the Milwaukee road for 40000 damages for injuries suffered at Mitchell Iowa last June while a brakeman. He announced in Waterloo yesterday that he has hired St Paul attorneys to prosecute the suit. Myers escaped death on June 27 during the Milwaukee railroad incident.
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Leo Myers
Jesup
Milwaukee
Mitchell
A Home of Sunshine Design No 22 by Saxton
The Minneapolis architect Glenn L. Saxton presents a six room home with a sewing room and abundant closets. The 24 by 27 foot design features birch or Red Gum finishes on the first floor and pine on the second, with birch floors on the lower level and pine floors upstairs. Estimated build cost excludes heating and plumbing at 2250 dollars. complete plans and specifications offered for 15 dollars.
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Glenn L. Saxton
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Fraternal meeting plans and Melchoir court banquet
Delegates from Hudson and elsewhere push for the 1915 Odd Fellows and Rebekahs gathering in Waterloo with Sweeney likely to become grand master. Melchoir Court No 9 Tribe of Ben Hur held its annual banquet in Soash hal with speeches by Murtagh Wenner McGinnis and McCarty on fraternal orders and related laws.
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Odd Fellows and
Rebekahs
Waterloo
R. H. Mueller
Hudson
Grand Lodge
J. F. Reed
Fred Standish
Hebekahs
Sweeney
Burlington
Melchoir Court
Soash
Tribe of Ben Hur
J.C. Murtagh
Congress
B. J. Wenner
Republica
W. B. McGinnis
I. H W. McCarty
I General J
Tribe of
Bem Hur
Myers’ Orchestra
Fourteen Year Old Boy Hangs Self After Scolding
Milo Kupka fourteen son of BE Kupke bank president at Vining hanged himself from a barn rafter early Monday after leaving home to catch a Toledo train. The boy attended Toledo school and failed to return for breakfast prompting his mother to send his brothers to call him.
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Tracr
Milo Kupka
BE. M. Kupke
Farmers Savings Bank
Vining
Toledo
Worthington man marked 1101 years old at Catholic church
A Worthington resident celebrated a centenarian milestone today as he retained full mental faculties despite advancing age. Born in Ireland in 1834, he remains a notable figure in the community. The item mentions County Illinoy teachers attending the State Teachers Association in Des Moines with program details and speakers of national repute.
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Worthington
Ireland
State
Des Moines
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Corps of “Tree Surgeons
Beaver Board
Canfield Lumber Company
Falls Avenue
Manchester
Caesar Page
Oruao
Kitchen
Or Borge
Roy
Iowa Lumber CO
Ist
Cedar St
the Black Hawk Insurance Agency
West Fourth Street
Bridge ST
John KB. Stout
Mt. Vernon
Sar
C. W
Iowa
Waterlan
Bovee Furnace Works
St. Bet
15Th and River Streets
Foster
Fhone
Jefferson Street
Waterloo, Iowa
F. M. Michael
Water Street
Mack Hawk Bank
Scheibe
Courier 13
Waterloo Savings Bank Commercial and
Bridge Streets
Waterloo Varnish Mfg. CO
Phono
Corn Belt Telephone Co
Citizens Gas & Electric Company
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