Prize entry marks start of Iowa dairy congress in Waterloo
Rapid progress noted for the Iowa State Dairy convention to be held in Waterloo October 9 to 14. The first prize entry is a thoroughbred Guernsey calf entered by J. E. Bedewick, president of Leavitt Johnson National Bank, who aims to win all in his class. Sedgwick registered early to secure stall room and prominent placement for his single Guernsey calf. Barn construction contracts will be awarded soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Dairy Convention and Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
J. E. Bedewick
Leavitt @ Johnson National bank
Sedgwick
Hugh G. van Pelt
Salem
Ore
John Andrews
Kimball's
Dairy Farmer
Chicago
Milwaukee
Harry Jenkins
E. R. Shoemaker
Jenkins
Shoemaker
New gun club buys Prospect Park property and plans tournament
Directors of the Golf and Country club accept a $200 offer from the Water loo Gun club for the club house and trap lease. Possession will occur when payment is made. The gun club aims for a large, open membership and a registered tournament soon. Damages were found at the club house from looters. a reward is offered for information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golf and Country Club
Waterloo Gun Club
Prospect Park
John F. Libby
Guy W. Campbell
Special 50 Carloads Threshers Rush Through Lines
A special train of 50 freight cars loaded with threshing machines from the Rumley factory in La Porte Indiana is being rushed via the C G W to Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The urgent need grants it right of way over all freight trains. From Duluth the train will join the Canadian Pacific line and proceed north. The message came through Lamson Bros. & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rumley
la Porte
Ind
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Duluth
Canadian Pacific Lne
Lamson Bros. & Co
Ames Professor Named U S Delegate to Conservation Congress
Professor E C Bishop of Iowa State College in Ames was appointed a national educational association delegate to the third national Conservation congress to be held in Kansas City from September 25 to 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
E. C. Bishop
State Agricultural College
Ames
National Educational Association
National Conservation Congress
Kansas City
Whitney Bridge Construction Begins Over Cutoff Road
Construction on the Whitney bridge over the cutoff at Sons' Road began this morning. Miller-Hay Construction Company holds the contract for a reinforced concrete structure. The bridge, costing about $9,000, will carry vehicle traffic and consist of two 42 foot spans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitney
Sons’ Road
Miller-Hay Construction Company
Taft Day Committees Plan Special Meeting in Waterloo
Taft day planning committees in Waterloo will hold a special meeting at the chairman George B. Lichty office on Wednesday evening. Full attendance is urged as definite plans for the observance on September 28 are set to be made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
George B. Lichty
Park Residents Form Booster Group for Lights and Streets
Residents of Chautauqua Park organize a booster group to press city for proper lighting and street improvements. They seek hauling black dirt, leveling, and gutters to curb sand washing into roads, plus improved police protection amid petty theft concerns.
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Chautaqua Park
Poisoned storage fowl sickens sixty at wedding
Chicago report says cold storage chicken served at C. M. Artman’s wedding supper injured about 60 guests. Health Commissioner Dr. George B. Young completed an inquiry and declined to name the seller to avoid harming business. No prosecution planned. The chicken was in a salad. Illness followed the meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
C. M. Artman
Emerald Avenue
George B. Young
SLAIN GIRL MISTREATED CLAIM SHOCKS MADISON
Madison Wisconsin September 12 funeral services were held for Annie Lemberger a slain child whose murder mystery unsettled authorities. An inquest revealed claims of mistreatment by the girl before death prompting reconsideration of arrest plans and challenging prior autopsy conclusions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Annie Lemberger
Joseph Dean, Jr
Annie
Lemberger
Fast Special Near Schedule Arrives at Fort Dodge Station
Engineer Brown in charge of engine 1018 guides the six car Illinois Central special train carrying Catholic priests and Archbishop James J Keane to Fort Dodge arriving at 1 42 p m three minutes late after a late Fort Dodge departure. Archbishop Keane and Fort Dodge division head ride coach No 5 as 150 priests ride aboard. Trainmaster Atwell also aboard. Mulkern with engine 1013 pulls out at 1 48 pm aiming for Dubuque 45 minutes ahead of No 4 with Manchester as the only stop._SPEED_
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Illinois Central
Fort Dodge
Sullivan
James J. Keane
Atwell
Mulkern
Dubuque
Manchester
Waterloo
Impatient Wash Denial Sparks Society Letter Mixup
A Waterloo woman misdirects a note asking a Ada Greene to wash for her, prompting Mrs Adda Greene of Greene Massachusetts to angrily deny any washing duties. She scolds the Waterloo sender and plans to check finances via Bradstreet's before future correspondence to avoid similar misaddressed requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Avenue
Ada
Greene
Adda
Waterloo
Bradstreet
Dan’s
Oldest German Church in Iowa Dedicated at Sherrill
The German Congregational society in Sherrill Iowa dedicated a new edifice on September 16 after a German Congregational conference session. The church, organized in 1849, is claimed to be the oldest German church in the United States. Fifteen pastors served before Rev. George Hein, who helped build two churches. The building cost nearly $5,000, volunteers hauled materials from Dubuque, and about $1,050 was raised to the building fund, leaving roughly $590 in debt.
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Sherrill
Iowa
German Congregational Society
German Congregational Conference
United States
Geo. Hein
Theological Seminary
Chicago
Durango
Bertha McMullen Not A Death By Own Action
Bertha McMullen, jailed on lewdness charges, attempted suicide by hanging last night. A note found in her cell asked to be buried in her old town cemetery. Twin baby Morton Kent died last night at 9 30, Morton Holbrook named as the surviving twin. Mr Brandt, county engineer aide, has been in Waterloo since April 1. Funeral plans set with Rev Walter H Rollins to conduct services Thursday morning at the Brandt home.
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Bertha McMuHen
Sherif Shores
Berths
Bertha
Indi
J. W. Brandt
Ana
First Street
Morton Kent
Morton Holbrook
Brandt
Waterloo
Steamboat Rock
Walter H. Rollins
First Congregational Church
Eagle Center
Nicholas Beck
Black Hawk County
Mr. Beck
Luxemburg
Germany
Chicago
Sublet
Lee County
Jeg
Margaret Haub
Antone
Carl
Peter
Philip Beck
W. EB. Steimel
Ed. Muilen
John DI
Philip Adrian
Philip Neuhalsen
Don- Iphan
Henry d@ted
Beck
Mt. Carmel
Mt. Carmel Cemetery
Furniture Arrives for New Bank Offices
The Hall Ekfelt company unpacks solid mahogany furniture with feather trimmings for the First National Bank building offices. The arrangement is praised for securing the contract and the new furnishings are expected to present a fine appearance.
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Hall-Ekfelt Company
First National Bank
Death calls Nicholas Begk in Iowa city and Waterloo notes
Nicholas Begk dies at his Waterloo area home after paralysis and long illness. The piece covers his birth in Luxemburg in 1847, long Iowa residence, a large family, Catholic funeral plans, and local real estate board meeting with speakers from Des Moines and Minneapolis.
Organ Dedication Recital Set for Waterloo Friday
The First M M F Church to dedicate its new pipe organ Friday evening September 22 with a recital. Harrison Wild of Chicago, famed concert organist, will play alongside contralto Christine Miller of Philadelphia. Wild directs the Apollo Musical Club and Mendelssohn Club of Chicago. Tickets are available at C J Miller drug store or B W Schuneman drug company.
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Harrison Wild
Chicago
Christine Miller
Philadelphia
Wild
Appollo Musical Club
Nationwide war starts on Taft ministers and churches
A nationwide campaign led by 20 000 Methodist Episcopal ministers and Christian Endeavor unions seeks to rebuke President Taft and Secretaries Knox and Wilson over Wilson's acceptance of the honorary presidency of the Brewers Congress to be held in Chicago next month. Resolutions were sent to Taft Knox and Wilson, with plans for broad church press support and conference adoption. Reverend S J Herhen, editor of the Epworth Herald, originated the plan and introduced the resolutions in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Taft
Knox
Wilson
Methodist Episcopal
Christian Endeavor Union
Brewers’ Congress
Agriculture Wilson
Methodist Church
Stev. S J. Herhen
Thhe Epworth Herald
United States
Thomas Pacers Win 2:12 Event and Winter Plans
G. J. Thomas led Go Tell to a 2:12 victory at Kanakakee with a 2:11 1-4 time as part of his string of pacers. He will move his horses to Denver for the winter after the season. Rube Parker also plans to winter his horses out of Waterloo, hoping to save expenses.
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G. J. Thomas
Illinois
Kankakee
Go Tell
Waterloo
Community clubs plan meetings Wednesday in Waterloo
Announcements list several gatherings across Waterloo including Progressive Rebekah lodge at G A R hall Wednesday evening and YWCA reception for Miss Flossie Stone in Waterloo. Also S C E B of First Brethren church, W R C supper at G A R hall, Pythian Sisters thimble bee with picnic supper, Royal Neighbors at Seash hall Tuesday, Women’s Missionary Society at Emanuel Evangelical church, and Loyal Yoke Bearsie change of meeting night at 718 Wellington Street, all for midweek dates and times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple
Seash Hall
Woman's Missionary Society of the Emanuel Evangelical Church
Central Church of Christ
J. S. van Schoyck
Wellington Street
Town Talk and Court Docket Notes
Town notices report Mrs. James Register regaining some strength while J M Greenly visits Waterloo friend Glenn Bown. Real estate and baseball businessman Ralph Storm returns from Prairie du Chien Wisconsin. Independence’s T C Campbell and La Porte City’s S W Escher visit Waterloo for business and friends. Mrs R L Larimore of Chicago visits niece Mrs W W Marsh for a week. Clerk Bentley receives state supreme court docket for September October with six Black Hawk county cases. saloon petition case not on calendar. Attorney B E McCoy returns from the west after his brother’s drowning near Nipigon. Drum’s body recovered and returned to Minnesota. Nelson’s fate uncertain as he swam to shore for help and was lost in brush.
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Ralph Storm
Prairie du Chien
Wis
T. C. Campbell
Independence
S. W. Escher
la Porte City
Waterloo
R. L. Larimore
Chicago
W. W. Marsh
Bentley
State Supreme Court
Black Hawk County
BE. H. McCoy
West
Nippigon
Can
Drum
Minnesota
Nelson
Postmasters Open Three Day Convention Session in Omaha
In Omaha on September 12 over 360 first class postmasters gathered for the annual convention opening a three day session with delegates from across the country in attendance.
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Omaha
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J. E. Sedgwick
Guernsey
NEW Gun Glad
Whitney Bridge
Thames
London Daily Mirror
Postam Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
Congregationalists
Bertha Mmullen
BOARD
Nicholas Begk
Misa Margaret McMahon
Board of Supervisors
Associated Charities
McMahon
Esie McCullum Tanes
L. FB. Park
A. J. Perry
Blanche Jacksonshaw
Waterton
Troke
Varalysia
WIT Hacuss
Heal Estate Board
Pythian Temple
William H. Harwood
Des Moines Real Estate Board
National Real Estate Board
Minneapolis
Thomas
Progressive Rebekah Lodge
G. A. R. Hall
Flossie Stone
First Brethren Church
Paul Strayer
Grant Avenue
James Register
J. M. Greenly
Glenn Bown
West Side Market
Washington St
City Garbage Co
N. M. Strayer
Washington
Linden
A. Clark
Hent
Jefferson
Bluff St
Meadow Deis Farm
Ewter
South St
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