Potatoes Yield Well In Grundy County Report
Grundy county yields are reported far better than earlier forecasts with 150 to 200 bushels per acre common. Prices vary from 35 to 45 cents a bushel in Grundy Center and Manning, 40 cents at Conrad, and 45 cents at Reinbeck. Local freight costs modest boost to profit with Waterloo stores listing 75 cents to $1 per bushel. Local growers note strong quality and rising market demand.
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Grundy County
Grundy Center
Manning
Conrad
Reinbeck
Courier of
Hasbrouck
Chicago
Abe Bachman
Des Moines
Grandma Summe
Ireland
Waterloo
Grundy Genter
Chicago Great Western
State Missionary Convention Opens At Waverly
Mrs J H Bauernfeind president of the Woman s Missionary Society travels with delegates to Waverly for the State Missionary convention of the Evangelical Association church opening sessions this afternoon and running through Sunday October 16. Waterloo attendees include Bauernfeind and delegates. Italian missionary Bacalotti from Chicago will deliver a principal address.
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J. H. Bauernfeind
Woman's Missionary Society of the Evangelical Association
Eickelberg
Bhiebracht
H. B. Burk
A. Hartong
FL Lb. Eickelberg
Waverly
The
Woman’s Society of the Church
Waterloo
Bauernfeind
Bacalotti
Chicago
George W. Fegles Gains Strength After AutomobilE Injury
George W. Fegles, an elderly man struck and knocked down by a automobile last Wednesday morning, shows progress toward recovery though remains bedridden without assistance. His son William Fogles cares for him at 706 South Street and still seeks to identify the driver responsible for the crash.
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George W. Fegles
William Fogles
South Street
Roosevelt Urges Beveridge Victory in Indiana Tariff Debate
Colonel Roosevelt praised Senator Beveridge of Indiana for opposing the tariff bill at Lafayette. He warned that defeating Beveridge would punish a man who moves his party toward progressive sentiment. Roosevelt endorsed Beveridge and the tariff commission idea as essential to right governance.
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Lebanon
Ind
Roosevelt
Senator Beveridge
Indiana
Lafayette
Beveridge
Veerdersburg
Theodore Roosevelt
Covington
Veedersburg
Fairbanks
Roosevlt
United States Senate
Lam
New York
Melba Tickets Vanishing Fast for October 24 Debut
Melba concert tickets are nearly sold out with only thirty four left for the Artists’ course opening on October 24 at the Walnut Street Baptist church. Reports from Duluth say she sang with perfect voice to an enthusiastic crowd, earning a strong ovation. Mrs J Charles Williams travels to Chicago for a month, planning to attend Wendell Phillips school.
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Melba
Walnut Street, Baptist Church
Duluth
J. Charles Williams
Chicago
Wendell Phillips School
Italian Mission Speaker Draws Audience at EmanuEl Church
Rev Bacalotti of the Evangelical Association in Chicago spoke to the Woman's Missionary society of Emaneu el church about the Italian mission. He described Italians resisting Protestantism as the devil but noted eventual conversions bring offerings and relics from their former faith. The talk drew a modest Italian audience and was conducted in English.
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Rev. Bacalotti
Evangelical Association Church
Chicago
Woman's Missionary Society of
Emaneuel
Mgr. Bacaloti
Bacalotti
One-Day Cure for Cold Claim Ends with Signature
An advertisement touts a laxative product branded as BromO Quine or Hardato Quinine with Fe W Grove signature and claims World over use to cure a cold in one day. The price is 25 cents.
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Fe. W. Grove
Lura Phillips Marries H H Markley in Colfax Ceremony
Miss Lura C Phillips and Mr H H Markley, both former Cedar Falls residents, wed at the Colfax Methodist church this afternoon at five. Dr F C Hurlbut officiated before the couple departed for Portland Oregon to visit Mr Markley’s son Fred Markley. Mrs C L Longley of Vicksburg will attend with her sister, after visiting her son Alfred Longley in Waterloo. Phillips has long taught in Black Hawk county schools including Cedar Falls high, later running for county superintendent on the Democratic ticket.
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Cedar Falls
Qet
Colfax
Lura C. Phillips
H. H. Markley
F. C. Hurlbut
Town City
Portland
Ore
Alfred Longley
Waterloo
Talented lecturer and Cedar Walls postmaster tied in marriage
A Cedar Walls figure, former postmaster and school board president, long active in the city’s interests, who spent summers in Chautauqua work, has married. She is praised as talented in lectures and a fine woman. Mr Markley, a former Cedar Walls resident, mined in Mexico and Central America and enjoys wide Iowa friendship, sending best wishes.
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Markley
Cedar Walls
Mexico
Central America
Iowa
Congregational Brotherhood Meeting at First Church
The annual meeting and brotherhood of the First Congregational church will be held in the church edifice this evening. Rev. Leonard A. Swisher of West Union will speak. Officers will be elected and a banquet will follow. The Swishers are in city staying with Attorney B. F. Swisher and family.
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Congregational Brotherhood
First Congregational Church
Leonard A. Swisher
West Union
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