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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1914
Page
8
Fragmented lost and found ads plus numerous employment and housing notices. Items include a Bible reward for a missing person, a brown portfolio with $65, and multiple Wanted and For Rent listings with various locations and contact details. Neighboring items mention jobs, furniture, and services with scattered addresses and prices.
Multiple for sale notices and rentals listed from Waterloo and surrounding towns including tracts of land near Waterloo, Highland, Cedar Falls, and New Hampton. Items include five to ten acre tracts, single lots, nearly new houses, and rental rooms. Many entries provide contact phone numbers and brief property features.
Notices in Waterloo Iowa public record announce the city council will review vacating a portion of an alley in block 24 and conceding it to the Waterloo Opera House Theatre Company. The document details the land description, purpose, and hearing date October 26, 1914. Also included is incorporation notice for Partners' Dairy Association of Waterloo with $50,000 capital, purpose to produce and sell dairy products, and governance terms.
A young boy nine or ten days ago was playing near a washing machine when it toppled him. A sharp corner cut his leg requiring several stitches. After rapid healing he was able to bear weight but then developed lockjaw.
The document discusses corporate amendments and the requirement that changes affecting corporate indebtedness and property exemptions must have unanimous consent of all outstanding capital stock. It names WM. WIDDELL, W. B. LOVELAND, E. DIERCKS, and BL GORS as signatories. It then shifts to market notes on hogs hides calves and a cattle herd incident, followed by bank clearings data from Bradstreet's for the week ending October 8.
George O'Neil Jr., four, son of Mr and Mrs George O'Neil of Mason City, died Saturday morning from lockjaw. The tragedy occurred in Mason City as local officials report the sudden illness of the young boy.
Chicago markets observe Columbus Day holiday with no trading. South Omaha cattle and sheep receipts and prices listed, including native steers 6.00 to 7.10 and calves around 5.00 to 5.75. Butter and potatoes quoted, hogs and feeds noted. dairy show events announced with Cedar Valley transport, music, and cattle judging schedules.
Rome telegram reports cholera spreading through the dual monarchy with new daily cases averaging about 40 according to Vienna. The disclosure notes rising outbreaks affecting Vienna and surrounding regions as authorities monitor the situation.
United States Government to auction surface rights on approximately 375000 acres of Indian lands in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations from November 16 to December 2, 1914. Bids by mail or in person. limits on purchase per person and staged payments with interest. Maps and details available from the Five Civilized Tribes superintendent in Muskogee Oklahoma.
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