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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1919
Page
9
Cedar Falls city council passed a street improvement resolution and ordered bids for paving five blocks on Waterloo street to connect with the county road at the city limits. Bids likely opened Sept. 19 at city hall. contract to be awarded. Material will match the county highway.
Cedar Rapids faces a severe sugar famine with scarce supplies and distribution limits. Wholesalers and retailers report collapsing stock, rationing to customers only, and no sugar expected in the city by week’s end without new carloads arriving.
Jeff Morrison 83 dies at his daughter’s home in Grundy Center on a Sunday morning after a long illness. Born in Bay County and long married, his widow survives with two dozen descendants. Funeral services set at the MEL church with Fred Fisher officiating. The John Meissner farm north of Reinbeck sold for $200 earlier this week to Adair Barruer.
A farm south of town sold to three progressive farmers for 276 dollars per acre. Buying parties include Irving and Lambert, Lerner, and Traymond Hy Barber. The report notes a hog house for 360 hogs and a couple named Wilma Montgomery and Peters were married at home. The couple, Miss Minnig Peters and Potter, reside in Conrad and are part of Grundy county’s social scene.
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