Taft visit plan advances with Waterloo committees named
Iowa Men of Prominence Will Ac company the Train. The committees met in Geo. E. Lichty’s offices to review progress for entertaining President Taft and his party in Waterloo. A reception committee includes C. E. Pickett and John R. Rector among many prominent locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. R. Fisher
C. W. Cotton
J. H. Hildebrand
E. S. Geist
Ira Hoover
W. J. Pedicord
Waterloo
C. E. Pickett
Congress
John R. Rector
F. ¢. Platt
Horace Boies
Iowa
W. Moilan
Guy A. Feely
House of Representatives
QO. B. Courtright
H. W. Grout
Black Hawk County
A. G. Crabtree
G. A
Parade Routes Through Waterloo Areas and Streets
The proposed procession will travel down Second Street, Washington Street, Eleventh Street, South Street, and to the residence of Hon. C. E. Pickett at 212 Leland Avenues. If time allows, it may extend to Highland in Waterloo East and to Prospect Hills in Waterloo West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial National’ Bank
First National Bank
Towans
Iowa
Waterloo
B. F. Carroll
W. W. Morrow
J. J. Bleakley
Lafayette Young
William Kenyon
Charles A. Kennedy
Charles Pickett
N. E B. Kendall
S. F. Prouty
Horace E. Towner
William R. Green
Guy E. Logan
Hubert A. Allen
John C. Lopez
Hugh B. Hedge
Edwin EB. Lucas
William Larrabee, Jr
Clermont
Charles J. Wilson
Washington
Henry H. Canfield
Boone
W. G. Dows
Cedar Rapids
George L. Garton
Des Moines
George L. Goodale
Lenox
Charles G. Saunders
Council Bluffs
David S. Fairchild, Jr
Clinton
Leon W. Ainsworth
Charles E. Fox
Muscatine
Frank H. Kincaid
Davenport
M. A. Raney
Marengo
Earl W. Ferguson
Shenandoah
Robert McCleave
Theodore Bell
Messenger
Tafta
Bee’wich
Litcolm Park
Park Avenue
Park
Franklin Street
Logan Avenues
Saxon Street
Fourth Street
Commercial Street
Third Avenue
Jefferson Street
Sifth Street
Talnut Street
High
Second Street
Washington Street
Eleventh Street
South Street
C. E. Pickett
Leland Avenues
Highland
Waterloo East
Prospect Hills
Waterloo West
Death of Mrs McBurney at sister's home
Mrs Robert McBurney of Moose Jaw Canada died last night at 8 at the home of her sister Mrs J A Minnis on the A J Wittick farm two miles northwest of Waterloo. Born May 13 1878 in Banbridge Ireland she was 35. Survived by husband three children and her sister. Funeral Thursday with interment in Elmwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert’ McBurney
Moose] Jaw
Can
J. A. Minnis
A. J. Wittick
Waterloo
Banbridge
County Down
Ireland
Canada
Elmwood
Y M C A Cross Country Run Spurred by H R Lee
H R Lee physical director of the Y M C A led the Cross Country club on a short city run last evening. Seventeen athletes completed the course. A week of physical examinations for all who plan to take part in winter athletic activities will begin Thursday and run through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Lee
United Brethren
Allen
Fourth Streets
Waterloo
Unis
Hava
Churchon of
Agno
Wittering
R. B. Graves
Waterine
Calvary Baptist
Fourth and
Allen Streets
WHS
W. M. Weekley
Kansas City
Congregaton
Harvard
Dictionary promotion from Waterloo Evening Courier entices readers
Readers are urged to stock up their vocabularies with a bundled Webster’s dictionary offer from the Waterloo Evening Courier. The ad explains coupon and bonus mechanics, lists sample words with definitions, and touts the book’s value as a ready reference and indoor pastime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial University of Pekin
Waterloo Evening Courier
Savings Bank Corner Front Remodeling Planned at Waterloo
Work on the Henderson corner at Bridge and Commercial streets progresses with a redesigned front for the Waterloo Savings Bank and Leavitt Johnson Trust company. Vaults gain steel lining and a seven ton door, while new tiles marble wainscoting and a vestibule entrance improve the bank interior and exterior profile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson Corner
Bridge
Commercial Streets
Savings Bank
Waterloo Savings Bank
Leavitt & Johnson Trust Company
Commercial Street
Bank
Jeavitt & Johnson Trust Company
City
Tha
City in Brief hints at many local happenings
G W Hubbard of Jesup bids on a new Jesup residence by Dr McKellar. Gladys Powers leaves for Boston study. Rev Folkenbrock returns from Canada. weddings, trips, and civic notes fill the Waterloo city briefs with multiple names and events across churches, rail service, unions, and public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan
G. W. Hubbard
Jesup
Waterloo
McKellar
Gladys Powers
Boston
Leland Powers School of Oratory and Music
Miss Powers
H. H. Folkenbrock
St. Mary's Church
Canada
Father Bomnholt I
Dubuque
Frost on Low Land Delays Garden Damage Forecast
Report from Waterloo notes a white frost on low land despite 38 degree readings. Gardeners fear tender vegetation, while most crops show green vigor or natural decay and corn ears near maturity. Weather forecaster Prof Busby predicted an early freeze and rain likely as winds shift southeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Busby
Cut-off case on trial today in Waterloo hearing
Judge Ransier hears Waterloo Chautauqua and Richie Institute vs Watersoo Cedar Falls Northern railway and city of Waterloo with twenty five homeowners and intervenors. Plaintiffs seek to restrain removal of fill at the cut off arguing open channel would deprive Chautauqua grounds of waterfront. Intervenors warn dam may flood and damage property. civil engineers testify on dam plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ransier
Waterloo Chautauqua & Richie Institute
Watersoo
Cedar Falls & Northern Railway
City of Waterloo
Westfield
Chautauqua
Italy Divided Over Tripoli War Question
Rome reports split opinion in Italy over the Tripoli expedition and potential war with Turkey. Socialists and radicals oppose government plans, with Milan hosting a protest of 15,096 and Florence threatening a general strike if troops depart. Genoa protests also voiced, while central Italians and Palermo Republicans urge defending Italian interests. Censorship on dispatches tied to Tripoli operations was imposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Tripoli
Turkey
Milan
Florence
Genoa
Palermo
Taft Urges Tariff Cuts As Kansas Welcome Grows
President Taft praised a large Kansas audience during a sweep through southeastern towns while urging lower wool and tariff duties based on a tariff board report. He pledged to sign bills reducing duties with adequate data and spoke on marriage, prosperity, and trusts alongside campaign stops in Coffeyville Independence and Olathe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Taft
National Conservation Congress
Kansas
Jin
Tariff Board
Bean
Coffeyville
Independence
Cherryvale
Thayer
Chanute
Humboldt
Iola
Garnett
Ottawa
Edgerton
Olathe
Curtis
Campbell
Charles F. Scott
W. J. Bryan
Willim J. Bryan
Supreme Court
Wild crab apples command higher price than tame apples
The article notes wild crab apples fetch higher prices than tame apples on public markets. Tame apples sell for as low as ten cents a peck while wild crab apples bring fifteen per peck due to supply and demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sil
Bank of Egypt Suspends Payment and Seeks Liquidation
London reports the Bank of Egypt Limited suspended payments citing insufficient cash to meet current obligations. Directors announce a liquidation petition will be filed. The bank, incorporated in 1856 and limited in 1887, expects to meet liabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bank of Egypt
Hmited
Egypt
Carl Brown Wins Wrestling Match in La Porte City
Waterloo youth Carl Brown defeated Ed Downs of Minnesota in two straight falls, securing the win with a 30 minute first fall and a 6 minute second fall at La Porte City last evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Brown
Waterloo
la Porte City
Ed Downs
Minnesota
Brown
Urie resigns from Waterloo police after suspended hearing
William Urie formally resigns from the Waterloo police department. The resignation was given to Chief W T Dinneen after a board hearing on sleeping on duty and prior delinquencies. the board had not yet reported when the resignation was received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Urie
Waterloo Police Department
W. T. Dinneen
Urie
Board of Police and Fire Commissioners
Gas Explosions Cause Panic on Milwaukee Avenue
Explosions in five Commonwealth Edison gas conduits on Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago sent manholes skyward and rattled neighborhoods. Fire crews battled flames as residents fled their homes and the blast was heard for miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Milwaukee Avenue
Commonwealth Edison Company
Russell Waters Dean Dies in Loangetes California
Former California congressman J Waters and prominent figure Russell Waters Dean died here last night after several months ill. Cause undetermined in obituary note with local reaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loangetes
Cal
J. Waters
California
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la Porte
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Mt. Vernon
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George W. Bender
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Iowa Musoleum Company
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Ena Edwards
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Goodell
C. W. Taft
Ceitlins
J.B. Allbrook
Marshalltow'n
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Milwaukee
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Dunham
A. J. Edwards
Fisk
Leland
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Louisiana
Boy’ Corn Club
Columbus
Ohio
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Carl R. Disney
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United Brethrem State Conference
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Weekley
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Ira A. Holbrook
J. P. Kison
W. Curtis
North District
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W. H. Meyers
W. L. Bunger
Dayton
Bunger
Otterbein Brother
Hood
Great ‘Men and
Aero Nomia Clib
Fred Rogers
Lady Militant Social
I. O. O. Uv. Hall
J. F. Dietz
Fifth Street
Rebekah Lodge
Clayton Clark
Sycasmore Street
Ladies’ Aid Society of Emanual Evangelical Church
Court House Square
Central Church of Christ
J. E. Webb
Second Street West
WM. Urie
Russell Waters Dean
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