Pioneer reminiscences of Benjamin Stewart in Waterloo
Ledger excerpts recall early Iowa days and a pioneer family’s move from Mercer County Pennsylvania to Muscatine in 1849. The narrative covers first Iowa night in Low City, a butterless meal, and a cold 1910 winter with temperatures down to 35 degrees below zero, plus a baptism by Evangelists Miller and Whitehead amid ice on a frozen water source.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Saterloo Eventing Courier
Iowa
Mercer County
Ashtabula County
Muscatine
Bloomington
State
Swar
Lows City
Cold Housekeeping
Housekeeping
Evan-gelists Miller and
Whitehead
Capwell
Early Cedar Rapids and Waterloo life in the 1850s
The account recalls Cedar Rapids in 1850s Iowa with 300 residents and no railroads, Frink & Walker stage lines, and a move back to Pennsylvania for illness. It details Cedar Rapids housing, local brickyards, notable buildings, and the 1855 county seat shift to Waterloo, plus a 1854 July 4 celebration, then traces a Waterloo marriage in 1856 and family fortunes, including a 225 dollar lot bought in 1855 and later value growth to 125000 with two story blocks.
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Cedar Rapids
Frink & Walker
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Exe & Walker
Waterloo
Waterton
Hubbard & Sachel
Fourth and
Jefferson Streets
A. J. Carr
Henry Sherman
John H Brooks
Sullivan Day
Cedar Falls
Ceder Falls
iHubberd
West Waterloo
Dubuque
Sioux City
Sam
Mary J. ‘Hines
Everett
Allen
Platte
Mary J
Colladay
Lves
Watchinson
Kanens
Charles
Orb B.le
Cellar Tapide
Arty-tourtt
Benj. Stewart
Dogs Drone On Auto Fumes In Pittsburg
Pittsburg police conclude a supposed canine hydrophobia epidemic is instead drunkenness from gasoline fumes. Captain Ford says dogs imitate chauffeurs, getting drunk on gas fumes from cars and engaging in wild, ungovernable behavior, not mad but intoxicated.
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Pittsburg
Ford
Girl Born at Sea As La Provence Encounters Storm
Louise Henrietta Bigot is christened aboard the steamship La Provence during a heavy gale. Her mother Mme Louise Bigot, wife of language professor George Bigot, and the ship's surgeon Dr Alphonse Patel assist in the birth. The baby weighs four pounds and is brought ashore by ambulance.
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New York
la Provence
Louise Henrietta Bigot
Mme
Louise Bigot
George Bigot
America
Alphonse Patel
Provence
Louise
Double Wedding at Allison Iowa Four Couples Wed
Four well known young people participated in a double wedding at the Methodist parsonage in Allison Iowa. The couples were Fred Christiansen with Miss Katie Westerman and Charles Helter with Miss Grace Bronsena.
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Altigon
Evening Press
Fred Christiansen
Katie Westerman
Charles Helter
Grace Bronsena
Hand blown off while hunting near Ames
Ames Iowa January 1 Artie Davis twelve years old was found along the Northwestern road right of way bleeding after an accident while hunting. He was saved before bleeding to death.
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Ames
Hivaning Press
Artie Davis
Yanra
Theonaciona
Aged Lady Nancy A Wood Dies in Waterloo at 77
Nancy A Wood born May 19 1848 in Indiana died last evening at 5 at her daughter in law Mrs Henry Uhlmanns home on Roby street Bremer and Black Hawk counties resident forty eight years married twice one son David Benjamin and two children William G Wood and Mrs Lucinda Clouse survive a step daughter Mrs Fred Swanziger of Waverly also funeral set for tomorrow at Mrs Uhlmanns home then 10 to Pisinfield Horton cemetery Rev C H Stauffacher to preside in Waterloo.
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Nancy A. Wood
Bremer
Black Hawk
Iowa
Henry £. Uhlmann
Roby Street
Wood
Indiana
Bremer County
Horton Cemetery
Plainfield
C. H. Stauffacher
Cliff Dwellers Ruin Found Near Navajo Reservation
Washington reports William L. Douglas of the General Land Office has located a prehistoric Pueblo cliff ruin near Indian Creek head close to the Navajo reservation in Arizona. The site features about seventy adobe brick rooms, two to three stories tall, with many well preserved. One plastered room bears a partial inscription read as Ghog Anno 166L, suggesting Spanish origin, though the second line remains unclear.
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Washington
William L. Douglas
General Land Office
Indian Creek
Navajo Indian Reservation
Arizona
Engineer's Love Too Noisy In Edgewater Park N J
Edgewater residents protest a Pennsylvania railroad engineer who toots a love message to his sweetheart as trains pass through town three times daily. An observer counted about 800 toots daily, many at night, prompting plans to petition the railroad superintendent and urge the engineer to relocate the beloved.
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Edgewater Park
N. J
Improvement Association
Pennsylvania Railroad
Edgewyater
Pennsylvania
Edgewater
Hunter Killed in Accident Near Hunter, Iowa
A man named Charles Stine, 40, of Ja control area, died this morning at his home eight miles southwest of Hunter while cleaning a gun for a day’s hunt. He left a wife and five children. Real estate transfers listed include multiple parcels in Waterloo Cedar Falls Fairview and surrounding areas with values ranging from $1 to $19,300 and dates not fully specified.
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Evening Press
Charles Stine
Here
United States
Allen Spencer
Willard Jones
Henry P. Rice
Henry J. Meyers
George E. Lichty
Waterloo
East
Thos
Cascaden, Jr
Frederick R. Ballou
West
Frederick B. Ballou
William
Réminicences By the Mullan Oak As Related By Its Spirit
Sliver recalls the two century old Mullan oak near Ned Cedar addition, cut down two years ago despite protests. The narrator speaks in first person as the tree, describing sap, seasons, and the looming frost in a poetic, reflective piece. The piece ends with an explicit notice that it is continued.
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Mullan
Ned Cedar
Ball Park
Street Railway Company
Waterloo
My Birth in Iowa Prairie Lore Spans Ages
A reflective narrative from an ancient observer recalls early Iowa plains, a blue jay drop, acorn fate, and the awakening life of a sprouting seed. It blends natural history with parable as the landscape and its creatures teach resilience, succession and the rhythms of seasons in a region shaped by buffalo, elk and wind.
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Iowa
Heaven
Nea
Des Moines Widower Seeks Wife Within Harsh Rules
Henry J. Mason, 36, tall and well off, advertises for a second wife who must be blonde, 25 to 36, not resemble his first wife, a good beefsteak cook, and wear no more than two hair rats. He wants a home for his two children but excludes country girls and plans to relocate from boarding house life. He states he is earnest and seeks matrimony, appealing to Salvation Army and local papers.
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Des Moines
Henry J. Mason
Mason
Fourteenth
Walnut Streets
Salvation Army of
Urbana
Salvation Army
Sue
Mr. Thomas
Congo governor ousted amid Congo regime crackdown
Brussels reports an unofficial but authoritative note says King Albert accepted the resignations of all civil and military staff of the late King Leopold, including Governor General Bar on Wahis. The move signals removal of the old Congo regime and an end to abuses that shocked the world, with Albert alleging the late regime’s leaders were implicated.
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Brussels
Jan. J
Albert
Leopold
Baron Wahis
Belgian Congo
Congo
Rockefeller Libel Verdict Shocks New York Court
The appellate division upheld a $600 libel fine against Star Company publishers of the New York American for defaming John D Rockefeller Jr. The court rejected the argument that a corporation cannot commit a crime, noting evolving legal precedent and acknowledging Rockefeller’s role in alleging a peonage system tied to a Corn Products Refining plant in Sanmit, IL.
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New York
Supreme Court
Star Company
New York American
John D. Rockefeller,Jr
Clarence J. Shearn
Rockefelier
Gorn Producta Refining Company
Sanmit
Tama Jim Wilson Discredited in East Press Bid
A Traer Star-Clipper report accuses a Philadelphia Hearst paper of trying to discredit Secretary Wilson by painting his Tama County farm as run down. It notes Wilson has not managed the farm for twenty years and the local photographer refused to aid the unfair portrayal.
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Traer Star-Clipper
Traer
Wilson
Wilson Place
Star-Clipper
Philadelphia American
Hearst
Yellow Journal
East
Hearst News
Iowa
King Road
Tama County
Jim
Paradise
Nick
Wilson Farm
Tama Jim
Ocean
Tama Jim Wilson
North Spring Creek Briefs and Local News
In North Spring Creek LaPorte City Mrs C J Hammond bruised her hand at work Wednesday morning. Mr and Mrs Peter Howe spent Wednesday with P Dickson and family. Willie Brandt visits John Gardner’s home for a few days. Bert Ham of Shady Grove called on Frank Murphy Tuesday. Emanuel Chapel members are gathering wood for the church and will have it sawed soon. Grippe is common in the neighborhood. Utility and Farmer Telephone subscribers can talk without the exchange Frank Murphy drove to Eagle Center Tuesday reporting very bad roads from large snow drifts.
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North Spring Creek
LaPorte City
C. J. Hammond
Peter Howe
P. Dickson
Willie Brandt
John Gardner
Bert Ham
Shady Grove
Frank Murphy
Emanuel Chapel
Grippe
Eagle Ganter
Society Girl Roots Burglar in Trenton Home
Miles Ethel Cononer, a prominent Trenton society girl, awoke to an intruder on East Front street. She fired a revolver as the burglar descended the stairs, but the shot missed and the man fled. Police found no trace, noting entry through a pried back window.
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Trenton
N. J
East Front Street
Miles Ethel Cononer
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Benjamin Stewart
Mullan's Grove
TN Storm
Howe
Allison
Hunter
Rnde
Mother Earth
Jack Frost
Rockefeller
N. S. Supreme Court
Society Girl Roots
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