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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1916
Page
5
Cedar Falls briefs recount Miss Jennie McCall teaching in Cedar Rapids, wedding trips and moves of local residents, school events, community gatherings, and a Silo accident. It notes a fatality at the Western Old People’s Home funeral, local weddings, and a critical relapse of Giles Leversee in Mount Vernon township.
Cedar Falls September 18 Two remarkable events highlighted racing at Cedar Valley track Tuesday afternoon. Hunt Barles age 89 from West Union will drive his own horse in the 2 25 pace becoming the oldest driver at any track in the United States. Mrs W E B Daust of Des Moines will drive her horse in the 2 18 pace one of the countrys few women to compete as a driver.
Mrs Rachel True of Janesville took 35 chickens and household furniture to the home of Thomas McCarthy in Butler county on April 1, 1905. She had worked with him as a housekeeper for ten years before leaving.
Mrs. True sues Mr. McCarthy for 2460 dollars alleging an agreement to work as housekeeper and assist on the farm for ordinary wages over ten years. She claims 620 weeks of service netted 4140 dollars, with 140 paid. McCarthy allegedly sold poultry and kept proceeds. Suit moved from Butler to Black Hawk.
Washington September 18 The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended proposed tariff increases by the Denver and Salt Lake Railroad affecting bituminous coal from the Oakville district Colorado. The suspension lasts until January 16 pending investigation and covers points in Kansas Nebraska Missouri and Iowa.
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