Miss Ina Mayo to London then home to America
New Hartford notes show Ina Mayo leaving for London to visit her brother James Mayo and family. She plans to return soon and make America her home. Local events include a marshal law lecture by A Rankin and wind-related property incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hartford
Ina Mayo
James Mayo
London
Eng
Fueture
America
Rankin
M. E
W. Plummer
F. B. Balion
Monticello
J. E. Jimmerson
Voorhies News Roundup Passes Through May Visitors and Events
In Voorhies Iowa on May 18 Mrs. Boone of Treer visited Mrs. Harum Lockard. Howard Stevens of Waterlon called on old friends. Mrs. Dan Lovell and Miss Lillian Meissner of Reinbeck visited Mrs. W. H. Soule. O M Smith visited Bowers family. Clarence Ingala worked for Mitchell & McCormack. Diggers from Dike arrived and will do much local work. Will Kavanagh and John Cranny left for Mason City for a few days. Elias Fickinger returned. Two cars of stock shipped by Dell Wilson. Evert Hudson now works for Tiny Mahoney on the section. G. B. Dickey and daughter Nadine visited Waterloo. Mamie Funk of Hudson sewed for Mrs. Don Mahoney. A No. 4 school picnic was held despite cold weather. Grace Van Duyn, No. 4 teacher, sprained shoulder. Dr Pyles treated. Josephine Lichty and friends from Waterloo had an auto ride mishap near Matt Cahill’s. horse helped them back to Waterloo. Decoration day plans made for Voorhies church. Rev. Smith of Traer to speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voorhies
Boone
Treer
Harum Lockard
Howard Stevens
Waterlon
Dan Lovell
Lillian Meissner
Reinbeck
W. H. Soule
O. M. Smith Visltedane Bowers
Clarence Ingala
Mitchell & McCormack
Ditchers
Dike
Will Kavanagh
John Cranny
Mason City
Elias Fickinger
Voor- Ries
Dell Wilson
Evert Hudson
Tiny Mahoney
Sec
G. B. Dickey
Nadine
Waterloo
Monda
Mamie Funk
Hudson
Don Mahoney
No. 4
Grace van Duyn
Matt. Cahill
Oak Ridge News Roundup and Local Dwellings Update
Oak Ridge reports include a resident Mrs L C Burk visiting last week. Jenn Assink rents Mrs G W Hanns woods pasture for the year. Joe Frost works for Stead Bros. The Lansings finish their new house and plan moves. Mr Jackson repairs his house with paint. William Clouse mentions a telephone service addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Ridge, Ta
L. C. Burk
Oak Ridge
Jenn Assink
G. W. Hanns
Frost
Joe Frost
Stead Bros. Lansings
Jackson
William Clouse
Liquor cases set for hearings in Cedar Falls and Waterloo
Judge Platt scheduled hearings on liquor law cases from prior terms. Dunshee and Dorn of Des Moines represent plaintiffs in four drug store petitions to revoke permits and two here in Cedar Falls La Porte and Hudson for medicinal sales. Saloon cases in Waterloo set for May 29 and 31, likely including a major demurrer challenging the legal standing of the liquor trade overall. all will be before Judge Platt this term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platt
Dunshee & Dorn
Des Moines
Cedar Falls
la Porte
Hudson
Waterloo
Wells
S. Mornin
Janes
Mazanti
Long
Joder
Hurgess
Pfeiffer & Co
Bailey
Snyder
Edsil
Blanchaire & McGeheran
Sudden Death of Mrs. Peter Harig in Gilbertville
Funeral attended by Mrs. Wm. Kurth Miss Annie Kurtenbath Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wagner and Mrs. Peter Klein. Mrs. Harig died suddenly after returning from Waterloo where she had been treated for ulcerated stomach. She woke at night for hot water and died of heart failure following acute indigestion. Deceased had lived in Waterloo for years prior to her 1898 marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Kurth
Annie Kurtenbath
Peter Wagner
Peter Klein
Peter Harig
Gilbertville
Harig
Dreamland Proprietor Ejects Insulting Patron
At Dreamland theatre a young man mocked a woman who was the proprietor Mrs McClintock’s wife. McClintock, normally mild, struck with quick force, threw the offender out. The man fled, his hat left behind at the door and is now on display at the city hall awaiting identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dreamland Theatre
Mrr
McClintock
Next Horse Sale Held on May 24
Wm. Holland announces his next regular horse sale will be held here May 24 with buyers in attendance for all classes of horses. Farmers with good, big horses should prepare them. buyers from Denver, Seattle, San Francisco, and Winnipeg will attend. Last sale was well attended and good horses sold well. Saturday, May 25 will be farmers' day featuring 15 head of registered Shorthorn cows aged 3 to 6, and 20 head of registered Shorthorn bulls 12 to 18 months old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Holland
Shane
Denver
Seattle
San Francisco
Winnipeg
Runaway Pony Cart Accident Leaves Young Woman Injured
Miss Irene Diba suffered internal injuries requiring hospital surgery after a harness strap broke and a Shetland pony bolted the cart into a curb and into James Black's auto. Miss Margaret Friedl escaped unharmed. the pony, its gear, and the car were uninjured. The incident occurred about 8 20 last evening on Com Mercial Street and Bridge Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Diba
Margaret Friedl
Miss Duba
Miss Friedl
Com
Hendersons’ Drug Store
Bridge Street
Union Mill, Company
James Black
Friedl
Lightning kills two cows in Jay Laird place
Severe storm roared through Jesup with heavy rain and vivid lightning. Two cows on the Jay Laird farm were killed by a strike near a barbed wire fence as electricity jumped along fence staples. Minor items note illness and accidents among local residents while an old contract and medicinal advert appear in the same column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesup
Jay Laird
Henry Clark
Aurora
Horace Coulson
Arthur Young
Manly Young
Walker
Assaulted at His Own Door in Waterloo Hold-Up Try
Louis H. Stolte a young waterloo billiard room operator fought off a local highwayman at his home on 1216 Sycamore Street shortly after 11 pm. He held the robber at bay despite two head blows from a sandbag and escaped with only scalp cuts and a dented hat. His wife feared the danger as she heard struggles and police search yielded no suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis H. Stolte
East Fifth Street
Sycamore Street
Stolte
Waterloo
Central
Cedar River Development to plat eighty acre tract south of paper mill
Cedar River Development plans an eighty acre tract south of the paper mill to be divided into 480 lots and priced reasonably for early June sale. Land bought from M B Locke now belongs to a Waterlo o business syndicate of ten to twelve, with grading, street planning, and surveying underway. Ground work starts soon to create a new residential area near Hayes addition and Washburn road, plus a proposed Westfield street car line improving access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar River Development Company
M. B. Locke
Waterlow
Hayes’ Addition
Washburn Road
Buld
Westfield
Waterloo
Limited to a Decade and the Grave Doctor
A physician declares a decade of work ended. The actor resents the revelation, accusing betrayal as he laments losing seven farewell seasons. A cashmere show is described as needing ten goats’ fleeces and three men’s six month labor.
Bounty on Crows Question Challenges County Auditor
Two boys, with several crows in hand, questioned County Auditor Rainbow about a bounty on crow scalps. Rainbow claimed no such law or knowledge existed, leaving the boys crestfallen. An unrelated tease notes a medicinal claim for Shoop's Magic Ointment for piles, advertised by Wangler Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainbow
Doings of the City Council Doings of the City Council
City council takes initial steps for paving on the west side of the river and two miles of cement sidewalk. It reports on bridges across the Cedar River, authorizes a saloon on Water street, bids for a new fire building, and sewer projects. Park Avenue Bridge is assured with a three-bridge plan under study. Memorial Day expenses approved and a pawn broker license issued to A Greenberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar River
Fred Stolte
Water Street
Fourth
Fifth Streets
Fire Committee
Commercial Street
Fie
Fifth
Sixth Streets
Lafayette Street
Chautauqua Park
Independence Avenues
Nevada
Idaho
D. N. Balliett
H. F. Pierce
Park Avenue Bridge
G. BE. Lichty
Thomas Gascaden, Jr
Robert Anderson Post
G. A. FR
Rector
A. Greenberg
GHEAP IMPROVED FARMS OFFER IN RED LAKE COUNTY
Advertisement promises improved farms in Red Lake County Minnesota from $10 per acre upward. Mention of garry country and timothy suited for winter returns. Available on commission to owners only, no speculator margins. Email or mail interest to Charles W Latta Plummer Minn. August date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Lake County
Minnesota
Garry
Clever
Timothy
Charles W. Latta
Plummer
Minn
D&sw
Electrical shock hazards on city streetcar line
Conductor Ferkins of West Ninth Street car received an electrical shock last Saturday night while changing a burned out light plug without lowering the trolley pole. He stood on the motorneer's controller and touched metallic fixtures, described the shock as strong as several horses pulling a rope. Hands not seriously burned and he has returned to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferkins
West Ninth Street
Perkins
Motorneer
The Stinging Tree of Australia Haunts Natives and Dogs
The stinging tree resembles a giant nettle with an odor natives avoid. A wound from its thorn causes no initial pain but soon brings maddening torment and long lasting sensitivity to water. Dogs strike and whine, tearing flesh where stung.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Woman's Hubby Fad Divorce Case Sparks Questions
Exceedingly sensational answer filed by William Henry Sharp in a divorce action from his wife Emma Alma Sharp. He alleges she has been married seven or eight times, possibly more, and that some marriages occurred before prior divorces. He asks the court to nullify the marriage and to question Emma on 14 detailed inquiries about her past marriages and divorces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Henry Sharp
Emma Alma Sharp
Plaintiff
Marshalltown
Edwin R. Libby
Moitley
Edward R. Warring
Rathburn
Sharp
An Old Rain Charm
A Raleigh Times reader proposed a superstition to force rain by killing and hanging a reptile on a clothesline or tree, claiming a copious rainfall would follow within twenty four hours. The quote reflects folk belief about weather control in the section’s afternoon reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh Times
Mail Subscriptions Offer Bargains on Major Publications
Waterl oo residents offered cash in advance subscriptions to Daily Courier Weekly Inter Ocean Weekly Farmers Tribune and more at reduced rates. The list includes Cosmopolitan Harper's Bazaar McClure's America The Delineator and others with various one year terms. Also includes rail timetable details for the Chicago Rock Island and Cedar Rapids lines serving Waterloo and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Courier
Inter- Ocean
Farmers’ Tribune
Chicago Record-Herald
Waterloo
Iowa Homestead
Daily Courier and
America
McClure’s Magazine
Cosmopolitan
Woman's Home Companion
Harper's Bazaar
Courier
State Register
McClure's
World’s Works
Harper’s Feanes
Woman’s Home Companion
W. H. Hartman CO
Iowa
Illinois Central Time Table Central East Boy trains schedule
New Illinois Central timetable lists Eastbound and Westbound trains with stops including Chicago, Dubuque, Fort Dodge, Waterloo, St. Paul, Albert Lea, and Sioux City. Notable services: Chicago Express and Limited, Dubuque Accom, Way Freights, and passenger connections Waterloo to Chicago via Train No 92 and 54. All trains run daily except Sunday services annulled on marked entries.
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Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific Ratlaway
Waterloo
Iowa
Cebar Rapids
Omaha
St. Louis
Denver
Méemptis
Colorado Springs
Peoria
Fort Worth
St. Joseph
St Paul
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Burington
Sun- Gay Ooe Sn Tts Aaeeke
Twin City Limited
Twin City Express
Rockford
Stax Tlons
Rock Island
East Boy
Chicago Express
Chicago Limited
Rchbcago Express
St. Paul and Chi. Lim
Dubuque Accom
Fort Dodge and
Dubuque Express
Chicago Stock
Sioux City Limited
Dodge
Sioux City
Dubuaque
Ft Dodge Express
Fort Dodge
Dubuque North Bound
Chi
St. Paul
St. Paul Manifest
St, Paul and Chicago Limited
Albert Lea and
St. Paul Express
Albert Lea Express
Albertea
Chicago Great Western
K. C. Limited
Weat
K. C. Mallleast
Mansasieast
City Express
St. Paul Limited
Andi
Twin City
F. H. LaTini
City Pase & Ticket
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Neighborhood News
Mrs. Stubbers
Oak Ridge School
Bennington Townshop
Rennington Township
Howard McDougal
Mercury
Hernan Woodbekings
Cal
Benjamin Broadbent
Wiliam Passe
Maxfield
Waverly
William Hein
Fren Hein
Wiliam Pipho
Sumner
Henry Passe
Minnie Fink
Montana
J. Rinderknecht
North Dakota
Ernst and
William. Popel
Yvoorhies
Bhoop
Ax Fe
Dr. Shoop’s
Wangler Bros
Tining
Masher
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. D
A. W. Gleason
All Drugg'srs
Tate Hall
Chicage
Cleveland
Dairell
Milo B. Stevens & CO
Washington, D.C
Anaes
T. F. Hayes
M. Allen
Gen. Pass. Agt
Missouri River
Tilingis
Cedar
Denver Jet
Ar. Ar. A. Mab
Bremer
Ar. Sumner
Tripott
Iuw
Glasgow
Broadway J
Falls
Cheney
APL A
W. H. Hartman
N. J. Oliver
Waterion Courier
Schmidt Nursery
Cedar Falla
Towa
Hollister
Hollister Dave Company
Madison, Wik
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