Hunters Trek to Northern Lakes Opening Day Reports
Dozens of gunners leave Waterloo for Iowa the Dakotas and Minnesota for the open season on wild fowl starting Thursday. Prairie chickens may be shot in the Dakotas from September 16 to October 16 but are forbidden in Iowa and Minnesota. Local-hatched birds only, as routes from northern breeding grounds shift with the season. Open-water habitats like Wall Lake and Twin Lakes attract migrating and breeding ducks, with dawn skirmishes while few birds are left by daybreak. Some hunters stay a week or two and bag stragglers, with a daily limit of 25 birds prompting calls to cut the season shorter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Iowa
Dakotas
Minesota
Minnesota
Wall Lake
Twin Lakes
Ruthven
Women to Use Same Ballots as Men Under Federal Suffrage
Iowa officials report federal suffrage amendment nullifies state rule for separate ballots and ballot boxes. Attorney General J. W. Sandusky says women will vote with men using the same ballot and box beginning at the November election. county attorney E. J. Wenner and county auditor J. A. Francis requested guidance on election supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attorney General’s Office
Iowa
J. W. Sandusky
E. J. Wenner
J. A. Francis
Mr. Francis
Grun dy breeders ship two carloads of hogs to Chicago
Two carloads of hogs were shipped to the Chicago market by Lew and E M Hesa residents of Grun dy Center south of town. They are noted as leading hog breeders in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy Center
Chicago
Lew
E. M. Hesa
Britt
Wanda Hicks
First Special Train on Illinois Central Started Run Around the Circle
Waterloo to Sioux City hosted a historic Illinois Central special on Sept 14 1876 with English investors aboard led by throttleman James Wheeler and conductor George W Bickster. The round trip included Creston Peoria Chicago and Waterloo with no crew changes and inspired English settlement in Plymouth Cherokee Woodbury and Buena Vista counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central
Ulinois Central Railway
Waterloo
Sioux City
James Wheeler
George W. Bickster
Charlies Becker
Janesville
Fort Dodge
Middlewest
Circle
Council Bluffs
Creston
Peoria
Chicago
Thomas W. Place
High Street
Ilinois Central
Windy City
Amboy
Ill
Dubuque
Place
Becker
le Mars
Plymouth
Cherokee
Woodbury
Buna Vista
Marital Woes Highlight Divorce Suit Between Grace and William Frey
Grace Frey sues for divorce claiming William Frey married March 22 and restrained her liberty. She says he locked her in their home and caused fear for her safety. The marriage record lists ages 25 and 22, marking his first marriage and her second. The text notes superstition about the number three across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Frey
William Frey
County Fairs Get 31000 Each From County Board
By a five to two vote the county board authorized a 1000 appropriation from the county fund to Cedar Valley fair and Dairy Cattle Congress for 1921. Two members opposed overdrawn funds but agreed on the agricultural benefit. Black Hawk county will farm about 400 acres at the county home next year and leased 40 acres in Mt. Vernet township for 2000 two years. The board also voted to buy a Dart tractor and plows for 1950. Wages set for laborers range from 60 to 85 cents an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Valley Fair and
Dairy Cattle Congress
Black Hawk County
John Berne
Mt. Vernet Township
Dart Company
Divorced and Remarried Repeatedly in Twenty-Year Marriage
Chicago reports John Ebron a post office employee told Judge H C Trnde that he and his wife divorced twice and remarried each other, with ten separations in nineteen years. The judge suggested another reconciliation as Ebron described his wife as a chronic nagger and noted advertising is always NEWS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Ebron
Post Office
8. C. Trnde Ha
Campaign Expense Record for Defeated Missouri Candidate
Washington reports G H Force filed an expense account listing quirky items such as openwork hose for a plump widow and jars of face creme. The entries include postage for district letters and small payments to a tensorial artist for shaping whiskers and for street car fare to a garden event where his opponent was nominated in the Tenth district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
G. H. Force
W. Tyler Page
House of Representatives
Erin
Campaign expense list reveals unusual elect campaign spend
G H Forea I defeated candidate in the tenth district primary filed a sworn expense statement with Washington detailing odd campaign costs. The record lists payments for portraits open work hosiery and face creme used to reach voters and a notary fee, totaling 236.68 with Forea receiving 2,465 votes while opponent Puppee Cummings led.
Double Crossed Costs and Mechanical Milk Machines
Fragmented text describes a total cost of 236.68 for something labeled double cross ed and mentions a mechanical cow, ten fen Lodi, butter, skimmed milk powder, and hospital ships Mercury and Comfort. It references cream production and milk machines usable on shore with adjustable quality and quantity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercury
Cormfort
Beauty Doctor Promise Promises Youthful Look
A vintage advertisement claims to fight the signs of aging by addressing root causes rather than superficial cosmetics. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy to restore health and youthful appearance, available in liquid or tablet form with mail order options from Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lok
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
iBuffalo
N. Y
Pall
Also Mentioned on This Page
Waterloo Sportament
Wenner and
Francis
Boans
G. M. Bechtel Company
Davenport
Bouldent
Marie Hilmer
W. C. Guhl. Reinbeck
Wgvare
Misa
DeNeul
Martin DeNeul
Abe Jaspers
Alle Jaspers
Wellsburo
Jt Ig
Bent Farm
Adolf Deters
Kanawha
Bohl Willems
Marian
Ruth
Alice
Grace
Turkey
Persia
Egypt
Cedar Valley Exposition and
Independence
Waverly
Oelwein
Grandy Center
Heinbeck
Roy H. Harley
East Second Street
Waterloo, Iowa
ASP
AIAX
Aspataz
Apex Chemical Co
Des Moines, Iowa
ST. Louis
G. H. Forea i
Congress
Force
Washington
Puppeee Cummings
Jeff
Matt
Tony’ Stuever
Congressional Committee
Brunetia
Mme
Goodrich
Goodrich Tires
Silvertown
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!