Waterloo to Host State D A R Conference Next Week
Waterloo prepares for the state convention of the Daughters of the American Revolution with an expected 200 delegates. A Real Daughter of the Revolution, Mrs. Andrews of Des Moines, will attend and a memorial tablet will be presented. The event features relic displays, a Worth Faulkner recital, and a streamlined social schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Andrews
Des Moines
A. J. Fairburn
Cummins
Albert B. Cummins
The
Children of the American Revolution
Sons of the American Revolution
Nellie F. Brooks
Mary Melrose
Blanche KE. Edwards
Austin Burt
Calvin L. Kingsley
Irving Hotel
Worth Faulkner
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Faulkner
Ralph Mazon Hiz
Brooks
Miss Edwards
Mmes
P. H. Paulsen
G. W. DeWald
Anna Weaver
House
Floyd Chamberlain
R. C. Pedersen
G. C. Janney
Claire Parker
CG. L. Kingsley
Lina H. Moore
Edna Cass
Blanche EB. Edwards
WANTS $25 000 FOR ONE WRONG WORD IN TELEGRAM
New York October 12. rs Charles J Liebrecht wife of a dentist at 202 West Eighty first street sent him a telegram from Ocean Beach Long Island July 14. It read Fred and Buddy have sore eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles J. Liebrecht
West Eighty-first Street
Ocean Beach
L. I
Fred
Buddy
Fifty Years Ago To The Courter Oct 11 1860
Local notes recall frost ending cane growth and predicted sorghum yield. Historian John Abbott will lecture next Tuesday on France and Emperor. Col Eberhart elected district court clerk. his Civil War service summarized. A patent medicine ad promises whiskers. Subscribers urged to send peach blow potatoes by subscription. Marriage reported at N Bullock’s residence between Capt J Chamberlin and Anna M Unlock. A H Frank Co advertises fall and winter clothing bargains.
Forty Years Ago 1876 Local Notices and Appointments
Fort Worth style note set recalls Union Mill dam work and a new pier. School attendance in September reached 471 per W H Robertson. Waterloo native J J Rosgen enters tensorial business in Vinton. First National Bank directors meet and elect H B Allen cashier replacing ill Heath with Farwell resigning. Allen formerly stockholder and bank president 1867 70. A. On arrival at Iowa State Normal School escort reveals H C Hemenway board chair and faculty D S Wright M W Bartlett and Miss Frances L Webster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Normal School
H. C. Hemenway
Board of Trustees
D. S. Wright
M. W. Bartlett
Frances L. Webster
Twenty Years Ago Highlights From Oct 14
A 32 pound cabbage head led the market haul from near Janesville while a 10 pounder followed. J B Young denied bankership to become Bryan silver club treasurer. L Kiingaman reports 40 tons second crop hay and plans cattle purchases to feed corn. Union Mill pays 10-12c for new oats, 16c for old oats, 15c for corn. Interurban right of way talks include Hagerman offering land if west Cedar Falls route chosen. east river route faces landowner objections. Upper Town conference in Independence assigns Grace M E to Rev Pitner, First M I to Rev Stuntz, Waterloo circuit to Rev Elwick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Kiingaman
Orange Township
Cedar Falls
Hagerman
Upper Tawn
Independence
Grace M. E
W. F. Pitner
M. Is
H. C. Stuntz
Waterloo
T. J. Elwick
Dentist Sues Over Telegraph Message About Children
Dr Liebrecht filed suit in the supreme court seeking 152.16 in expenses and 25,000 for shock after a Western Union telegram reading Bring what is necessary implied a death. The dentist and his assistant then rushed to a summer colony, finding the two sons alive with a minor eye infection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union Telegraph Company
Fred
Buddy
Bay Shore
Yeoman Fair Aims to Aid Guard Team Funds
The second annual Yeoman fair opens tonight in K of P hall to raise money for the guard team. Proceeds from the entertainment will go toward the team and the event runs through October 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeoman Fair
K. of P. Hall
National convention guard trip and county fair details
The guard team is to be sent to the national convention in Detroit next June. The country store will be the fair’s principal feature with dancing each evening. A five piece orchestra will provide music. A contest will pick the most popular young woman. The fair runs each evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Waterloo Hardwaremen to Attend Conventions
Waterloo hardwaremen plan to attend three major conventions at Atlantic City next week the National Hardware Jobbers Association the National Implement Manufacturers Association and the American Hardware Manufacturers Association EF E Cutler president of Cutler Hardware departs tonight for Chicago and will join G W Huntley next Sunday on the hardware men's special train to Atlantic City
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
National Hardware Jobbers Association
National Implement Manufacturers Association
American Hardware Manufacturers Association
EF. E. Cutler
Cutler Hardware Company
Chicago
G. W. Huntley
Conventions and Visit Schedule Mentioned
Conventions run from Tuesday through Friday. Mr Cutler and Mr Thuntley plan visits to New York and other manufacturing centers before returning. They will be absent from Waterploo for two weeks. An early morning automobile crash near Rotary Seattle sign at Fourth and Jefferson damaged a Myron Pinkerton vehicle and a store lesson in front of C St Berkley hardware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutler
Mr. Thuntley
New York
Waterploo
Rotary
Seattle
Fourth and Jefferson Streets
Myron Pinkerton
C. St. Berkley
Pinkerton
Cardinal Gibbons Calls for Military Training in U S
Cardinal Gibbons declared support for mandatory military training for American youths in a letter to H M Sheets of the Association for National Service. He argued such discipline promotes welfare, health, and unity among classes, instills obedience to lawful authority, and fosters patriotism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cardinal Gibbons
H. M. Sheets
Association For National Service
Imation
Sons of
Wealth
America
Military prep seen as defense and good for youth
The text argues that military preparation strengthens peace by deterring foreign invasion and that youth will gain discipline and useful capacity from service. It emphasizes reverence for superiors as God’s representatives and frames national readiness as a safeguard rather than a path to war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lita
Novel Lumber Bargain In Waterloo Store
A Waterloo department store offers ready to deliver lumber in small pieces from the Miniature Lumber Company of Oregon. Cabinets with Douglas Fir boards sized from one to six inches square and two to eighty feet long allow customers to order a board for shelves or an ice box by calling a clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Wilionaire Lumber
Miniature Lumber Company
Oregon
Douglas Pir
Miniature Gumber Company Praises Castle Hill School
Representatives of the Miniature Gumber Company praise Castle Hill School for a conservation day parade. W S Parerott chairs the committee and announces a prize of 10 dollars for the model school. The event lights up Stanville with many participants as historical details are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castile Hill
Castle Phm
W. S. Parerott
Parrett
Also Mentioned on This Page
D.A.R
Flint
Park Avenue
Commercial Street
John
Abbott
France
Mer
Col. Eberhart
Trumbull
Thirty-second Infantry
N. Bullock
J. Chamberlin
Anna M. Unlock
Stephen Phelps
A. H. Frank & Co
Union Mill Company
W. H. Robertson
J. J. Rosgen
Vinton
First National Bank
C. A. Farwell
H. B. Allen
Mr. Allen
Farwell
M. Reber
James Clinger
Burlington
Herman Walter
Janesville
J. B. Young
Bryan Silver Club
Sirs
MicCraney
Fairview
Paul
Mina
Ad- Crees
Cuticura
Dept. T
Bestem
Randall
Wells - Randall
West Fourth ST
Plaza Theatre
Wither Joo
Miniature Gumber
Kohl’s
OUR Children's Department
Athe
Ine
Fourth Street
Green’s Colonial
U. G. Kramer
Jefferson Street
Buck
Buck’s
Park Avenue and
Lafayette Street
G.W. Wilcox
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!