Waterloo Neighborhood News Roundup of Local Moves and Visits
Mr A M Crail and Mrs Fred Fowler of Minneapolis visit Waterloo relatives. Mrs George Tuly and son Philip visit Ackley for sauerkraut with friends. John Weatherill store moves in October. Munger family sells Linden home and heads to Minnesota. Guanther property sold to F iltzgraf family. new neighbors at L E B Park home. Dixon and Fleming families reach California. Mrs Williamson makes trip. Kelly and Murphy families relocate for winter. LaTier family moves into Berry residence temporarily. Mrs Geist hosts ladies for dinner. Dr Knowles begins Western Iowa professional trip. Mrs Berry’s remains buried at Westview. The Sainton family illness noted. Potatoes sell 75 cents per bushel. autumn harvest observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.M. Crail
Fred Fowler
Minneapolis
Waterloo
Crail
Black Hawk County
George Tuly
Philip
Ackley
Brooks
Dewar
Chapman Grocery
John Weatherill
la Porte
Tim Shea
Shady Grove and Grundy Center News Briefs
Shady Grove notes illness of R A. Fin Jey and local building, visits, and shows with residents from Eagle Center to Waterloo. Grundy Center reports Pearl Bailey and Percy Raymond wed in Minneapolis, plan new home. local school directors raise teacher wages in Black Hawk and Grant townships amid shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy Center
Pearl Bailey
Percy Raymond
Raymond
Black Hawk
Grant
Grant Township
La Porte City social notes and fair attendance
Dr. R H Clark and wife returned from Montana visiting their daughter Mrs J M Rector in Monarch before resuming home via No 20. The Vinton fair drew J C McGeheran Dr G W Fisher and families, while B I Manuel spent the week in Vinton acting as fair starter. Clyde Graham and M L Lyle returned from Shell Hook field day. Several locals, including Omar Bown W R Van Sproclin and A J Cowley, attended the Benton county fair. Mrs John King sale near La Porte attracted strong prices with corn up to 10 per acre and horses to 200 per head. Oscar Miles was seen on lower Main Street preparing to move to a new home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Porte City
R.H. Clark
Monarch, Mont
J. M. Rector
Minnesota
Wm. Bahr
Mt. Auburn
Elizabeth
Wolfgang Schmidt
H. G. Bianchaine
Grandpa Fegius
Kansas
A. Kenlcott
John King
la Porte
Brandon News Recap and Local Sports Report
Mrs. Theodore Peck has improved after three weeks on the sick list. Laura Bart is in Colorado tending her claim. A group visited La Porte to watch Waterloo play Waverly. Brandon won 12 to 6 over Jesup in a bright turnout. Local residents note travel to Independence fair and La Porte for events. The community reports horse losses, medical trips, and home repairs as Dr Buckmaster returns from Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shady Grove
R A. Fin Jey
Bert Ham
C. A. Fisher
Hugh McGuirk
Casey
Eagle Center
Henry Bunnell
Waterloo
Joe Bunnell
Freely Sturma
P. M. Ham
Mervin Ham
Wie
F.C. Stutima
Ea. Stumma
Brandon
Theodore Peck
Laura Bart
Colorado
Williain
Mr. Grobe
Cal Tawnt
Mark Brown
la Porte
Waverly
Fred Luloft
John Sweeney
Jesup
George Zimmis
Roy Gallagher
Winton
H. B. Kanouse
Jim Bearhower
Mt. Andren
Dr. Hyde
Willis Bain
Local Notes From Orange Township and Surroundings
Orange September 26. Farmers cutting corn and planning a second crop. H J Hess buys a home in Waterloo. Mrs John Lichtys silvery St Hergon C J Lichty of Carleton Nant has been summoned to bedside. Kathryn Mark and Orville Hamer to wed October 3 near Cedar Falls. W J Hess entertains brother from Illinois. A F Calleas hosts Waterloo visitors and builds a hog stable. Eva Lichty visits from Waterloo. Spencer couple visit old friends. Hershberger family from Pennsylvania visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange
H. J. Hess
Waterloo
Dr. Crause
John Lichty
Silvery
Hergon
C. J. Lichty
Carleton
Nabr
Oliver Smith
Hudson
Orange Township
Kathryn Mark
Orville Hamer
Cedar Falls
J. Hess
Tillnois
A. F. Calleas
Eva Lichty
Immigration Ruling Upholds Roosevelt Order in Hemet Case
Judge C B Wolverton of the U S district court ruled against Captain Maurice Hemet of the French bark St Louis and upheld President Roosevelt’s exclusion of Japanese and Koreans. The decision objects to a rule presuming lack of a passport for Japanese or Korean workers seeking admission to the contiguous United States.
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Portland
Ore
C. EB. Wolverton
United States District Court
Maurice Hemet
St. Louis
United States
Kobe
Japan
Hemet
Roosevelt
Wolverton
Commissioner General of Immigration
Korea
Mexico
Hawaii
Canada
Walton Confesses in Chicago Murder Case
Richard Walton, the Springfield suspect in the murder of Mrs. William White Grant at 6590 Madison Avenue, confessed in Chicago after transfer. He detailed strangling the kindergarten teacher with a garment, seizing her watch and money, and fleeing, following lengthy police interviews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Richard Waleton
Springfield
William White Grant
Madiwon Avenue
Walton
Springfeld
Rttle Park
Police Shippey
Nicholas Hunt
Inspector Hunt
Vicious Cuban Attacks Fort Wood Kitchen With Dynamite
A Cuban laborer, stepson of a soldier in Cuba, attempted to blow up the Bedloes Island fort kitchen over a grievance with mess cook Charles E. Eckman. Captain George C. Darnell ordered the boy off the island after the incident. Much dynamite was found in the area but the caps were off, rendering the explosive harmless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles E. Eckman
United States Signal Corps
Fort Wood
Bedloes Island
George C. Darnell
Bedioes Island
Cuba
Changes Bis Creed: Snell Leaves Congregational for Episcopal Ministry
The Rev HLW Snell of Tuckahoe NY, after four years as Congregational pastor and two years in YMCA and factory outreach, will seek holy orders in the Episcopal Church. He will be confirmed by Bishop Potter at St. Michael's on Ninety ninth Street and Amsterdam Avenue, then serve as lay missionary in Michigan under Bishop Williams, advancing to deacon in six months and priest after another six. Snell, educated at Moody's Northfield, Phillips Academy, and Harvard, follows a family lineage of Congregational ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hl, W. Snell
Tuckyhoe
N. Y
Michigan
Wiliams
Snell
Episcopal Church
Moody's School
Northfield
Mass
Phillips-Andover Academy
Harvard
North Brookfield
Boxford
Minnesota
Wood Selected to Head Spanish Claims Commission
President Roosevelt chooses J. P. Wood of Athens Connecticut as successor to Chandler at the Spanish claims commission. The body has 542 claims totaling over 61 million dollars. over 350 cases dismissed, leaving under 200 to be disposed of. The commission, organized in 1901, was expected to finish in two years. Electric Bitters praised for elderly Mrs. Old Mother Brunson of Dublin Georgia. claimed to improve appetite, sleep, and strength. 50 cents.
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Washinon
D. C
William E. Chandler
Spanish Claims Commission
Roosevelt
J. P. Wood
Athens
Commission
Chandler
W. B. Brunson
Dublin
Wangler Bros
Idaho Falls Development Ch promotes vast irrigated Idaho land
One million acres of irrigated land in the upper Snake River valley of Idaho, boasting abundant water, three beet sugar factories, ideal fruit country, and a favorable climate. The copy touts Walla as a future city and railroad hub, inviting inquiries for full particulars to Idaho Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snake River Valley
Tola
Idaho Walla
Idaho
Idaho Falls
Mystery at Sacred Heart School Frightens Local Girls
Dubugue reports a peculiar mystery at Sacred Heart School on Hagle Point avenue. After hours, girls claim to see a red figure at the stairs and in a second floor window, causing fainting fits and nervousness. A guard was posted Friday evening as teachers consider whether a prank or intruder is involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubugue
Sacred Heart
Hagle Point Avenue
Armed Insane Man Terrorizes Near Kaiser Mill
Marsnalltown reports Henry Kaiser an armed and dangerous man missing since Wednesday night. Search efforts continue with families on guard fearing attacks. A bread clue and distant sightings give little solid lead as rain halts pursuit.
Thrining Experience at Anamosa Picnic Steamer Trip
A small steamer trip to the fish house turned into a thrining experience as a party from Anamosa gathered for a picnic. The group included Mr and Mrs A C Peet, Grace Peet, Mx Hobart Myrick, Nert Peet, Wil McCarty, G E Osborn and II B.
Notable Rescue on River Toward Dam
M Niles Art Hoss and John Jonnstoh led a boat launch that ran into trouble after leaving the landing above the iron bridge. A failed rudder sent the craft toward the dam, but Johnston grabbed a wire and rope, others bridged with a second rope, and the occupants were saved from a swift current as gates on the river were closed for electric plant work. River was high and water flow heavy, with no cries from the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Niles
Art Hoss
John Jonnstoh
Iron Bridge
Johnston
Alr
Poisoning scare at church banquet shocks Mason City residents
Sept 2 in Mason City reports say eighteen ladies who attended a Christian church banquet fell ill from promaine poisoning after eating pressed veal of the salmon. Doctors aided the ill guests. only Dr. Newcomer attended as a male guest amid fears of a plot to boost his practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Ladies of the Christian Church
Promaine
Newcomer
Fort Dodge Considers Free Water to Industry
Fort Dodge officials prepare to decide if the city may grant free water from the municipal plant to manufacturing firms. Councilman J W Kime will test legality as a private citizen if needed. He cites losses from pumping water with no revenue and notes many Iowa cities follow this practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
J. W. Kime
Kime
Duncombe
Iowa
Bakery price rise planned by pastry firms
New York reports wholesale pastry companies will raise prices around October 1 due to higher material costs. A Bakery Employers association meeting today will decide the final increase. Proposed rises include 3 1 2, 1, and 13 cents, with 18 cent pies unchanged. Flour and fruit costs have climbed since three months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bakery Employers Association
Clubbing rates for malt subscribers to high class publications
The notice lists reduced yearly rates for readers outside Waterloo to add Daily Courier with various partners. Offers include Daily Courier with Inter Ocean, Farmers Tribune, Iowa Homestead, American Boy, McClure’s, World's Work, Delineator, Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, Women’s Home Companion, and others. Also shows semiweekly and weekly combos with rates ranging from 1.75 to 5.65 dollars. Address: The W. H. Hartman Co., Waterloo Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Courier
Inter- Ocean
Farmers’ Tribune
Chicago Record-Herald
Waterloo
Iowa Homestead
American Boy
McClure’s Magazine
World’s Work
Courier
Inter-Ocean
Oma
State Register
McClure
World’s Works and Delineator
Cosmopolitan
Harper’s Bazaar
N’s Home Companion
Woman’s Home Companion
W. H. Hartman
Iowa
Marriageable Girls Arrive From Europe at New York Port
The Baltic brought 1,002 marriageable women and 200 unmarried men to New York. Some women denied sole marriage aims, others joked about preferred husbands. Chronicle notes reporters, camera angles, and varied reactions as crowds gathered near Battery to greet arrivals. a Kansas widower sought a wife among the newcomers.
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New York
Ellis Island
Europe
Ireland
England
Wales
Scotland
Norway
Othera
Kate Donohue
Colleen
Pittsburg
Susan Thompson
Manchester
Brooklyn
Kanas
The
Battery
Ong
Kansas
Impudent Wooer Sparks Chicago Divorce Case
Rudolph Barckman and Catherine Barckman seek dissolution in Judge Walker's court over alleged undue affection for Otto Siebenbrodt. Barckman testifies Siebenbrodt visited their home after a masquerade, later socializing with his wife and interfering with family life. Mrs Stebenbrodt and her daughter testify for Barckman. The couple married in 1882 and 1881 respectively.
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Chicago
Rudolph Barckman
Catherine Barckman
Walker
Otto Stebenbrodt
Stebenbrodt
Barckman
Bareckmans
Siebenbronte
Siebenbrodt
Frisco Laborites Nominate Partial Ticket at Convention
San Francisco labor convention nominates P. P. McCarthy for mayor Thomas ONeill for sheriff Harry Mulcrevy for city clerk and John H. Nelson for recorder. The meeting adjourned with plans to complete the ticket later. Also includes an ad for Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup priced at 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Calif
Union Labor City
P. P. McCarthy
Building Trades’ Council
Thomas O'Neill
Harry S. Mulcrevy
John HH. Nelson
Schmitz
Real Estate Transfers In Cedar Falls West Waterloo
Henry Hoppe transfers land lot 38 87 11 to C F Hoppe for 250 dollars. Leslie Williams sells jot in Cedar Falls to George E Miller for 500 dollars. Adaline Mishler deeds jot in West Waterloo to Charlotte Kern for 2000 dollars. John H Leavitt estate transfers jot in West Waterloo to Bernard Smrnichs. George C Kidder deeds lot in Hast Waterloo to F W Pfinggraf for 3500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Hoppe
C. F. Hoppe
Land Lo Wee
Léslie
Williams
George E. Miller
Cedar Falls
Adaline Mishler
Charlotte Kern
West Waterloo
John H. Leavitt
Bernard Snrmichs
George C. Kidder
F. W. Pfinggraf
Waterloo
Sumner and Tripoli Track Meet Results Summary
Local track meet results show Ly from Sumner posting 7:36 in a leg, Bremer clocking 22 in a sprint, and Ly from Tripoli contributing a time of 7:36 with 22 noted for a separate effort. Unable to determine full event context from fragments.
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Ftv
Sumner
Tripoli
Bremer
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LA Porte City
Walton Confesses
Lilian Grant
Wood
Ohio
Satan
Sacred Heart School
Babugue
Marsnalltown
Henry Kaiser
Hiden Township
Jasper County
Kaiser
Bishop Keane
Dubuque
Keane
Omaha
Lineman
Dunkerton
Foley
J. K. Joder
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Hubby
Frisco Laborites
Bete
Illinois Central
Chicago Limited
Chicago Express
St. Paul and Chicago Limited
Dubuque Accom
Dodge and Dubuque Express
Sioux City Limited
Dodge Express
Sioux City
Ft . Dodge
Chicago and
St. Paul Limited
Albert Lea Pass
Albert Lea and
St. Paul
St. Pauli Express
Albert Lea
Chicago Sleeper
C., RL & P. Ramway
St. Lotta
Southeastern
Cedar Rapids
Twin City Express
Rockford
C. G. W. Railway
St. Joe
K. C. Limited
Matl
Express
Kansas City
Chi
St. J
A.m. Paul
St. Paul Tex
Twin City
Waterloo, Cedar Falls Northern Railway
Sun
Am. A.m. P
M. P.m
Broadway J
GlakRow
Denver
Denver Jet
Ar A. Mo
Weeee
Bremer Eveee Tripoli
See
Bumner
Glasgow
Ar. C. Falin
C. M. Chhney
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