Travel and Social Notes From Cedar Falls
Brief items of movement and employment. Paul Merner and James Collar return from Morrison Illinois, next week to school with Merner heading to Philadelphia and Collar to Minnesota University. Local officals of Illinois Central pass through Cedar Falls bound for Sioux City and Omaha. Several locals change jobs, travel, or relocate within Iowa and nearby states as Miss Ida Bardolf teaches in Iowa Falls and Bernice Wilson becomes bookkeeper in Waterloo. George Isley sells farm south of town for 220 per acre to Johnson. Ole Johnson returns from Missouri to Iowa and takes Isley farm home. A R Moore temporarily oversees Rock Island station while agent Kuehne vacations in Colorado.
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Cedar Falls
Paul Merner
James Cal
Morrison
Merner
Philadelphia
Collar
Minnesota University
Illinois Central
Sioux City
Omaha
Ole Johnson
Missouri
Isley
Cedar Falls Fish Slaughter Leads to Warden Probe
Cedar Falls incursions draw game wardens from Waterloo who rounded up men for taking fish from the race. Accused claim no intent to wrong, with state authorities handling the case as residents await decisions. Gate Warden Ben ton was unaware of the incident until the next day. Directors of Old Peoples Home set annual meeting for Sept 9 with twenty inmates and growing applications. Pfeiffer brothers fund the home under Rev Hauser, deemed a model facility. Mrs J W Ford and son Leo visit Morning Sun relatives.
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Cedar Falls, Inc
Waterloo
Hable Ag
Mill Company
William Benton
OLD Peoples’ Home
Pfeiffer Brothers
Hauser
Waverly Beeves, Beeson. Hoeger to be Waverly Postmaster
Washington telegraph notes H J Hoeger editor proprietor Democrat to be named by Rep Connolly as Waverly postmaster. He is noted as a longtime community leader and likely to win approval. Fire destroys Gardener farm barn near Fairbank with stock saved. buildings total loss. Bees disrupt school near Waverly Junction. two swarms trapped with honey collected. Community notices list locals leaving for jobs, fairs, and visits. various residents moving, visiting, or starting new work.
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Waverly
Washington, D. C
H. J. Hoeger
Democrat
Connolly
Hoeger
Fairbank
John Gardener
Lavina Rust
Waverly Junction
Harold Campbell
Grassfield
Mason City
Wilnert’s
John School
Denver
Stubbs
Miriam
Waterloo
Charles Babcock
Nashua
Philo Nix
Ackley
Joe Mueller
Charles City
Theodore Rhuberg
Osage
Albert Beebe
Robert Sager
Floyd Smith
Nashoua
Horace Henderson
W. R. Seeley
Sam
Norman
Charles Dortmer
S. A. Amundsen
Norma
Northwood
Mrs. Amundson
Albert Fisher
Local Social Roundup In La Porte City
Steve Eaton visits Duncombe. Exie McQuilkin returns from Cedar Falls for Sunday with parents Ed Ballheilm, an eye specialist, at J Hotel. Ralph Bellinger travels Cedar Rapids on business. Hazel Bowns visits from Cedar Falls. Christian Endeavor holds a picnic at Husman’s rifles. Mrs Lineman dies prompting trips by Mrs Chase and Mrs Everett. Col Hristo family home from Minneapolis. Cecil Chase departs for Kansas City.
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la Porte City
Steve Eaton
Duncombe
Exie McQuilkin
Cedar Falls
Ed Ballheilm
Eve
Ralph Bellinger
Cedar Rapids
Hazel Bowns
Christian Endeavor Society
The
Presbyterian Church
Husman
WO. Everett
Kansas City
Tillie Chase
Cedar Rap
T. Lineman
Linneman
Col. Hristo
Minneapolis
Astor House blocks become tombstones in New York
Granite blocks from the Astor House, once among the largest hotels, will be reused as tombstones. A public serving commission awarded a contract to a bidder who offered to pay the city 3,588 for the privilege if the material could be transformed for a Long Island City tombstone maker, as work begins for new city avenues.
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New York
Astor House
Public Serving Commission
New Siways
Ppoporok
Teland City
WOMAN SUCCEEDS AS A FARMER
A Cedar Falls feature profiles a woman who built a profitable Long Island Sound style farm venture. She grew diverse fruit and vegetable crops, shipped crates with fresh produce to city customers, and now earns about $5,000 annually. The piece highlights her six-figure growth from small idle land to independent farming success.
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Ladies’ World
Long Island Sound
Hst
New Russell-Lamson Hotel Aims To Surpass St Louis Jewel
Meyer Fridstein of Dunphy Fridstein, returning from St Louis, predicts the Russell-Lamson hotel at Firth and Commercial will exceed the Hotel Jefferson in grandeur. The third story should be finished by Sept 10, with remaining stories rising at about one per week as construction proceeds in an L shaped plan.
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St. Louis
Meyer Fridstein
Dunphy-Fridstein
Russell-Lamson
Firth and
Commercial Streets
Jefferson
Waterloo
Fridstein
Russell- Lamson
Universalists Hold Seventy-First Iowa Session at Webster City
The seventy-first annual Iowa Universalist convention with the Young People's union and Woman's Missionary association meets September 10 to 12 at St. Pauls Universalist church in Webster City. H. B. Cropper of Waterloo presides, Rev Effie McCollum Jones leads devotional services, and Mrs. Franklin D. Platt, state secretary, reports on the national convention. Several Waterloo residents plan to attend.
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Iowa Universalist Convention
Young People’s Union
Woman's Missionary Association
St. Paul's Universalist Church
Webster City
H. B
Cropper
Waterloo
Effie McCollum
Jones
Universalist Church
City
Young People’s Christian Union
Franklin D. Platt
Echo Meeting at the YWCA Delayed Conference Echoes
A meeting of YWCA members will be held tomorrow after 1 at 4 oclock in the association rooms. Delegates from Lake Geneva conferences will lead sessions with echoes from the events. All members and friends are urged to attend.
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Lake Geneva
Advisory Plan at Ames Gets Results
Ames Iowa September 6 Special Every freshman entering Iowa State College next week will have a faculty advisor available around the clock for both college and private matters. A test last spring showed the plan raises grades and fixes back work. About 10 students previously failing posted an average 80 percent. some who failed half their work achieved 88 percent overall. The program also boosted interest and effort among backward students with all faculty from president to newest instructor serving five to ten students each.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Pearson
Panama Market Scene and Exotic Foods Describe Islands Trade
The Panama open market at dawn draws cayuco crews from Bayano and islands like Taboga. Indigenous produce including papaya, star apple, and mangos competes with iguana meat and fish, while vendors offer no raucous sales pitch, only quiet attention to buyers.
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Pacific Ocean
Panama
Bayano River
Chorrera
Taboga
Isles of
Pearix
Bay of San Miguel
San Blan
Coney Island
Farm fires cause heavy losses in Iowa farms
Two separate fire reports detail extensive damage in Estherville and Mount Pleasant areas. At Frank Coughlin’s farm in Estherville about 6500 dollars loss with 1200 bushels of grain, a 1700 dollar imported stallion, eight horses, and farm equipment burned. neighbors helped save portions of barn contents. In Marion township Jos eph Lynch’s farm near Mount Pleasant a double corn crib containing 3060 bushels of corn, two wagons and hay burned, with hospital-related notes appearing in the text.
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Estherville
Frank Coughlin
Mount Pleasant
Joseph Lynch
Marion Township
Mrs. Dora Moses Cleveland Dies Suddenly
Mrs. Carl Cleveland known as Dora Moses died at 1013 Third Street West at 6 o clock last evening. Cause was heart failure after a surgical operation two weeks prior. She was the wife of Carl Cleveland and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Moses.
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Cleveland
Linn County
A. C. Moses
Vinton
Waterloo
Watersloo Business College
Waterloo Steam Laundry
Carl Cleveland
An Acre for the Cost of a Lot
An Acre for the Cost of a Lot promotes buying meadowdale land in Waterloo addition. It argues an acre equals six city lots or twelve narrow lots, offering more value and potential profit as city growth expands. It also frames land ownership as practical insurance for families against employment loss and aging, urging readers to contact The Galloway Investment Co. at Black Hawk Bank Building.
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Meadowdale
City
Waterloo
Galloway Investment Co
Black Hawk Bank
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