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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1913
Page
3
Store boasts largest blanket stock yet with 200 extra large all wool plaid blankets priced at 4.15 per pair tomorrow. Outing flannels Teasledowns and heavy cotton batt sale continue with yard prices around 8c and 12 14c respectively.
A roundup of residents traveling to Chicago Belfast N Y and the Dakotas plus local projects and court actions. Delegations wages and church meetings are noted along with a replevin suit and a personal injury case awaiting further court order. The piece also mentions a national livestock show and a skeleton used in testimony.
Oct 22 Butler County district court in session. Community events include a marriage at Mr and Mrs vad Mes Dailey home Anna to Ralph Rocher performed by Rev Free. Residents travel to Cedar Falls Hampton Des Moines and Des Moines for meetings and visits. Ina Ingersoll district superintendent addressed church members promoting the Iowa Children's Home Finding Society.
Geneseo notices report visitors from Lexington Nebraska and Waterloo Iowa. Local projects include a woven wire fence at District No. 2 school and a double corn crib under construction for W A Speer. Cattle and potato shipments from Mara Minnesota and Waterloo areas support local farmers amid ongoing harvests and rains.
A Burlington Hawkeye reminiscence recalls early campaigns against polluting Iowa rivers. It notes public awareness grows that turning streams into sewers risks epidemics and calls for sewage disposal reform, urging urgent action before worse outcomes arise.
Marie Ulrich entertained eight of her girl schoolmates at a slumber party Tuesday evening in Mt Vernon Township. A large company helped Mrs. Wm Vaughan celebrate her birthday at the same event time.
Miss L A Christopherson of near Town River dies from burns after a lamp ignites a celluloid comb in her hair at Home hospital. Supper dancing and amusements at St Marys Bazaar. Admission ten cents. Dubuque man Henry Philip Lehman and Myrtle G Fry of Waterloo to wed.
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