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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1914
Page
6
Multiple brief real estate notices list 7 room modern houses for rent, various sale offers with prices, locations and contact phone numbers, including Waterloo Iowa areas and Minnesota farms. Listings mention car lines, installments, acreage, and city-center properties.
Notice of public auction to settle a writ of execution in Black Hawk County Iowa. The property involves the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter and related parcels in Waterloo Doe addition, to satisfy a judgment in favor of Waterloo Loan Trust Company against Agnes B Bachtell and H Bachtell. Auction date October 24 1914 at 10 o'clock in the Waterloo courthouse. The sale is for cash with costs and is conducted by Sheriff J M Shores.
Chicago stockyards today show hogs 1,7000. cattle 2,500. sheep 7,212. Estimated tomorrow’s receipts include hogs 1,000 and sheep 20,009. Hog market opened up slightly, cattle and sheep steady. cows, calves, and hides priced across typical ranges. Grain and flour markets noted with wheat and corn quotes from Chicago and Minneapolis bureaus.
Richard Thomas of Vinton married Vera Cessford in Marion on Wednesday. Miss Cessford, long a Vinton resident, moved with her parents from Tipton. the couple will reside in Vinton. Also, Byron Bramwell survived a motorcycle crash near Shellsburg, dazed but expected to fully recover. John Nabholz and family witnessed the wreck. John W. Hanna plans to move from Big Grove to Vinton, retiring after over 40 years on his 120 acre farm with son Leland taking charge.
Word received that Mrs. Jane S. Newton died Sunday morning at 6 o clock at her Tacoma Wa home from heart trouble. She formerly lived in Waterloo for many years and moved west about 15 years ago. Her only daughter Mrs R Pigars of Seattle was with her.
An unnamed German lieutenant recounts the horror of fighting in a deep forest near Paris and the death of a French officer, describing a silent ring around the fallen and prayers for the slain. Antwerp is then described as occupied by German forces guarding the city with Marine and sailors, with extensive bombardment and fortifications observed, yet limited destruction to key structures.
The Cape York meteor analyzed by Captain Peary's expedition shows iron 91.476 parts, wicker 7.785, cobalt 0.588, copper 0.614, phosphorus 0.202, carbon 0.023. confirms no new element. The piece notes the cosmic origin and lack of unknown elements.
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