| Topic or Event |
Date |
Newspaper |
| King has new soda fountain up and running |
13-Jun-1878 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Farmer's Club meets at Clark Lewis home |
13-Jun-1878 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Randall House - 3rd & Spencer |
13-Jun-1878 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| High School Alumni meet |
20-Jun-1878 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Republican County Convention |
20-Jun-1878 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| G. Burkart - Carriage Factory |
20-Jun-1878 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Bowman & Wyant - Grocers |
20-Jun-1878 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| The Blue Ribbon Club |
27-Jun-1878 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| N. W. Ball - Hawkeye Groc. |
27-Jun-1878 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| 25,000 lbs. butter shipped from W. L. weekly |
4-Jul-1878 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Military Company Formed |
11-Jul-1878 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Iowa National Guard Co F, 9th Regiment meets |
25-Jul-1878 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Ice Cream Parlor over the Central Restaurant |
25-Jul-1878 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| West Liberty Cornet Band |
1-Aug-1878 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Post Office Burglarized |
29-Aug-1878 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Citizens petition to erect bandstand over town pump |
5-Sep-1878 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| The Fair |
12-Sep-1878 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Billy McCaw, Sam Mitchell - blacksmiths |
19-Sep-1878 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Fair Premiums Awarded |
19-Sep-1878 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Superior Flour from West Liberty Mills |
3-Oct-1878 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Grand Reunion of Veterans of the War |
3-Oct-1878 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Members of cornet band preparing new drama |
17-Oct-1878 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| St. Louis Comedy Co. at Liberty Hall |
17-Oct-1878 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Prof. Hammerschmidt to instruct cornet band |
31-Oct-1878 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Clothes Line Robbers |
21-Nov-1878 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Aaron Hise putting in telephone between depot office & home |
21-Nov-1878 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Cornet band to present second drama |
21-Nov-1878 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Band newly named Occidental Cornet Band/ has bylaws |
21-Nov-1878 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Large crowd at Occidental's performance |
28-Nov-1878 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Temperance address delivered at Liberty Hall |
28-Nov-1878 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Blue Ribbon Reform Club |
12-Dec-1878 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Wapsinonoc Farmers Club |
19-Dec-1878 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Liberty opposes Cedar River Bridge |
16-Jan-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| O. D. Goodrich becomes proprietor of Hise House |
16-Jan-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Diphtheria prevalent in our vicinity |
16-Jan-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| List of Tax Payers |
30-Jan-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| State Convention of Reform Clubs |
6-Feb-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Change of mail route, W. Liberty via Springdale to Rochester |
6-Feb-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Well at Third & Calhoun has surface water running into it |
6-Feb-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Grand Social affair at Nichols home of South Prairie |
6-Feb-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Downey Depot Burned |
20-Feb-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| 63 Persons in West Liberty over Seventy Years of age |
20-Feb-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Plum Grove Herd of Robert Miller |
20-Feb-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Editor McElravy at the Enterprise for Five Years |
20-Feb-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Debate of "The Cedar River Bridge" |
27-Feb-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| N.P. Farmer's Club - "Educating Boys for the Farm" |
13-Mar-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Stolen wheat tracked to West Liberty Mills |
20-Mar-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Winter Term of Plum Grove School |
20-Mar-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Velocipede Fever has struck some of the boys here. |
10-Apr-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Aaron Plumly - Fruit and Ornamental Trees |
17-Apr-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Editor's Remarks about Cedar River Bridge |
24-Apr-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| S. B. Windus takes possession of Spencer House |
8-May-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Senior Class presented play "Foiled" with great success |
8-May-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Spencer House now Windus House |
19-Jun-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Celebration on July 4th in West Liberty |
10-Jul-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Letter from S. T. Chesebro sightseeing in San Francisco |
10-Jul-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Seventh Street to be opened between Clay and Elm |
10-Jul-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Military Ball at Liberty Hall |
14-Aug-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| I. C. Nichols is manufacturing Tile |
14-Aug-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| "Loose Again" - Camping at Gray's Ford |
21-Aug-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Farmer's Club at Gray's Ford |
4-Sep-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Railroad Dealings project bright outlook for West Liberty |
11-Sep-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| The Fair |
11-Sep-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| War Veteran & Orator, Gen. John Logan at Hise House |
18-Sep-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Fair Premiums Awarded |
25-Sep-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Windus House running free bus to & from all trains |
23-Oct-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| New hotel 3rd & Spencer - Commercial House |
6-Nov-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Kimberly bus runs for Commercial House, new hotel |
13-Nov-1879 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Parsonage for Presby. Church completed, Wiley-contr. |
19-Jan-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Wapsi Farmer's Club discusses Road Work |
19-Jan-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Pickering Bros purch Mitchell & Griffith implement business |
19-Jan-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| WL Soap Factory, 1/2 mi S of town, buys tallow, grease, dead hogs |
26-Jan-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Letters from Boys in Oregon - Cull Staples |
26-Jan-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Eli Elliott sold $14,000 cattle to buyer in Wyoming |
26-Jan-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| John Boyer describes travels in California |
2-Feb-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Mtg. at Liberty Hall to organize State Short Horn Breeders' Assoc |
2-Feb-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| What's in a Name? (letter to Ed. re: name of town) |
2-Feb-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| C A Ball rented old Commercial House to start furniture trade |
2-Feb-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| East End Grocery, SW corner 3rd & Spencer, FA Patterson |
2-Feb-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Wapsi Farmer's Club discusses Highway Labor |
9-Feb-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Liberty Lodge, I. O. O. F. met in the hall for social gathering |
9-Feb-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| A L Gravat Boots & Shoes, old Windus stand S side 3rd St |
9-Feb-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Joe Westland purchased express business of this city |
9-Feb-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| New Bb clarinet has arrived for the Occidental Band |
2-Mar-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Farm Machinery |
16-Mar-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Thomas S Brooke selected as City Marshal |
16-Mar-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| NW Ball - Hawkeye Grocery |
16-Mar-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Petition to Council asking for sewer pipe 4th St Calhoun to Clay |
23-Mar-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| TC Manfull purch entire stock of Favorite Canning Co. |
23-Mar-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Veteran Soldier's Organization |
30-Mar-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| J O Shepard Creamery sold to Wm Johnson of Wilton, also starting one in Atalissa |
30-Mar-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Council petitioned to build sidewalk on west side of Spencer |
30-Mar-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Council petitioned for crossing on Calhoun St near North end |
30-Mar-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| John Lewis breaks ground at 3rd & Spencer for new Bldg. |
6-Apr-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Brick was purchased for the new round house in West Liberty |
6-Apr-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Temperance Convention |
13-Apr-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Cedar Valley Creamery Co. |
13-Apr-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Supervisors have ordered bridge built S of WL on Wapsie |
13-Apr-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Woman's Column - Women's" Suffrage Issue |
13-Apr-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| George D. Wright bought 6 ac. Near fairgrounds for refrig. Egg and poultry plant |
13-Apr-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| W C Harris, Tailor 3 doors west of Post Office |
20-Apr-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Fine Auroral Display |
20-Apr-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Dentistry has made Great Progress |
20-Apr-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Eli Wells moved old Junction house to lot at 5th & Clay, plans to remodel it |
20-Apr-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Roll of Honor |
20-Apr-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Correspondence from Oregon - Cull Staples |
27-Apr-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Governor Kirkwood at Home |
27-Apr-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Springdale Carriage Factory |
4-May-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Parlor Concert |
4-May-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Fire at Nichols destroys St Charles Hotel and 5 other buildings |
4-May-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| School children to take train trip to Rock Island & Davenport |
4-May-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| WL now has 14 passenger trains daily. |
11-May-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Serenading the Broom Brigade |
18-May-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Harry Shipman bought Eugene Manby's interest in harness shop |
1-Jun-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Railroad improvements and Hise House |
8-Jun-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Telephone connections to more cities in the near Future |
15-Jun-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| W S Denham & C A Ball become partners in Furniture Trade |
15-Jun-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Vote Pending for Prohibition Amendment |
22-Jun-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Ground being surveyed for Round House NW of depot |
22-Jun-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Favorite Canning Co - 3000 cans of beans canned |
3-Aug-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| An Opening (opportunity near Railroad facilities) |
14-Sep-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Group wishes to start Old Settler's Organization |
21-Sep-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| A New walk laid in front of Miss Ball's millinery store |
28-Sep-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Brick unloaded at corner of 4th & Calhoun for J L Givans new livery stable |
28-Sep-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Z N King placed plate glass in front of new building (3rd & Calhoun) |
5-Oct-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Mrs. T. A. Beard's Millinery Store - Old Hise House N side 3rd |
5-Oct-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Presbyterian Church to celebrate 25th anniversary |
5-Oct-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| City Barber Shop, under Hawkeye Groc, corner 3rd & Spencer, Ed Elbert |
12-Oct-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Z N King moving stock of clothing into new bldg, 3rd & Calhoun |
12-Oct-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| W C Harris, Tailor, north side 3rd St |
19-Oct-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| J A Davis, Barber Shop, under cloth. store, new corner brick, 3rd & Calhoun |
19-Oct-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| C P Elliott, Blacksmith Shop, Burns' old stand - Calhoun ST |
19-Oct-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Occidental House - T M Campbell, prop. |
19-Oct-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Restaurant, S Side 3rd St, Geo. W. Clapper |
19-Oct-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Central Restaurant, S Side 3rd St, S B Lowe |
19-Oct-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Hon. S J Kirkwood will address citizens in the Hall Friday eve |
19-Oct-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Wapsi Old Settler's Assoc. formed, Constitution drawn up |
19-Oct-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| L. Romaine starting a creamery on South Prairie |
19-Oct-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| F O Keith Meat Market, N side 3rd ST |
19-Oct-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Mrs. M H Shourds Dry Goods, N Side 3rd St , large ad |
26-Oct-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| School teacher's Institute - exam of teachers Sat. at WLHS |
26-Oct-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| New fashioned Street Lamps at depot brightly illuminate area. |
2-Nov-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Poultry & Egg Business erected near Fairgrounds |
16-Nov-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Large Well to be put in at Depot to supply Engines with Water |
7-Dec-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Reception at Hise House for 20th birthday of Nora Hise |
7-Dec-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Writer states Occidentals better than University Band |
14-Dec-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| WL Needs an Organized Fire Department |
14-Dec-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Chas. Burkart new blacksmith shop next to carriage factory, empl. Billy McCaw |
21-Dec-1882 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Favorite Canning Co. elected officers |
4-Jan-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Joe Rogers promoted to agent at BCR&N freight depot |
4-Jan-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Citizens contemplate possibility of Railroad feed yards here |
4-Jan-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Wm. Gregg sold turkeys, HWT - 31 pounds |
4-Jan-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| N. P. Farmers cut 300 tons ice from Riddle's Lake near Rochester, Basil Brooke leader |
11-Jan-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Cold weather and quicksand 25 ft. down slowing progress of well for Water Tank |
11-Jan-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Prohibition Amendment Unconstitutional |
25-Jan-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Fire Destroys George Chase Home |
25-Jan-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Report to Patron of West Liberty Schools |
1-Feb-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Masquerade Ball a success under Social Club Management |
1-Feb-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Teachers sleigh ride to John Miller's for party and overnight stay |
1-Feb-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| BCR&N freight accident near Oasis, 17 cars wrecked |
8-Feb-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Woman Suffrage meeting at J. Cowgill's res. Monthly |
8-Feb-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| WL now Railroad division end for 36 U S Postal Servants |
8-Feb-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| County Soc. Of Physicians & Surgeons meets in Wilton |
8-Feb-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Tom Thumb stopped at the Hise House |
8-Feb-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Articles of Incorporation of Tipton & What Cheer Railroad Co |
16-Feb-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Zetagathian Soc met at Hormel's hill, had coasting carnival |
16-Feb-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Wapsi Creek higher than ever before, now over BCR&N tracks |
16-Feb-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Drama by home talent to be presented at Liberty Hall |
16-Feb-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Occidental Band forms an orchestra |
16-Feb-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Liberty Hall gets new Hardwood Floor |
23-Feb-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Woman's Column - Minister addresses Women's' right to Vote |
23-Feb-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Snow Blockaded Train trip - Eunice Reeves |
23-Feb-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Fine Audience for Performances at Liberty Hall |
2-Mar-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Social Club to give calico dress ball on March 16 |
2-Mar-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Bridge over Wapsi on Muscatine Road posted as dangerous |
16-Mar-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Nichols Bros. Dry Goods installs tubular lighting supplied with oil |
16-Mar-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Quinque literary club to meet at Mayor's office |
16-Mar-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| W. W. McClun purch bldg. his store occupies, settle Ed Manfull estate |
16-Mar-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Hise House getting new wider sidewalk, covered with awning on east side |
23-Mar-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Givans Erects new Brick Livery Barn at 4th & Calhoun |
23-Mar-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| H A Gregg describes Type Writing Machine |
20-Apr-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Laurels for Occidental Band from Iowa City & Des Moines |
27-Apr-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| I. C. Nichols Tile and Brick Works |
4-May-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Creamery must leave city limits due to odor from its ditch |
11-May-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| BCR&N stock yards to be moved to east side of main line and enlarged |
18-May-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| CRI&P Railroad wants Harrison's elevator grounds for more side track |
18-May-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| "Chips" at Liberty Hall to benefit Occidental Band |
18-May-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Colored Ball held at Opera House |
8-Jun-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Billiard Halls now allowed in town, Several opening |
8-Jun-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Rock Island supply houses brought from IC, set west of freight depot |
15-Jun-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Graduating Exercises Held |
15-Jun-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Sunday Skinny-dippers have Garments Stolen |
29-Jun-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Republican State Convention |
29-Jun-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Visitors from Muscatine for the 4th made the trip on bicycles |
6-Jul-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Two new Bridges being erected over the Wapsie |
13-Jul-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Favorite brand canned vegetables on sale at Manfull's |
27-Jul-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Favorite Canning Co. employs 50, Elliott Henderson is high mucky-muck |
27-Jul-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Railroad work on water tank near round house resumes |
27-Jul-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Wright & Vore's slaughter house on creek E of WL burned |
3-Aug-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Ordinance against use of profane language in city limits |
10-Aug-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Chicago Comedy Co engaged for 3 nights at Liberty Hall |
10-Aug-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| City Assessor reports 59 men age 70 or more living in city of WL |
10-Aug-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Telephone line now completed from Davenport to Iowa City |
10-Aug-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Calhoun St Billiard Hall, Good tobacco, ice cool lemonade, A P McAnulty, prop |
17-Aug-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Republican County Convention |
24-Aug-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Miller's show herd of Shorthorns |
24-Aug-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Z. W. John building city cisterns - one at 3rd & Calhoun |
31-Aug-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Trouble getting cisterns for F.D. Earth too full of water |
7-Sep-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| T. C. Manfull to build a brick building at 3rd & Spencer |
7-Sep-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| V. Morris to have new brick building, I. Nichols contractor |
21-Sep-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Old Settlers of Muscatine Co to Meet |
21-Sep-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Fair Premiums Awarded |
28-Sep-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| 309 Pupils enrolled in school here |
19-Oct-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Wapsie Index has completed 2 yrs under McNichols |
19-Oct-1883 |
Wapsie Index |
| E C Thomas new Publisher of Index, C. S. McNichols the Editor |
19-Oct-1883 |
Wapsie Index |
| Nov 11 one of busiest Railroad days, 65 trains came and departed during the day |
16-Nov-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| McDonald & Benjamin succeed McElravy at Enterprise |
16-Nov-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Harry Gregg new editor of Weekly Enterprise |
16-Nov-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| T A Beard fitting basement under Pickerings Implement for a roller skating rink |
23-Nov-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| WL now supports 6 billiard and pool tables in good style |
30-Nov-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Beard's Skating Rink opened Tuesday Evening |
30-Nov-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Bldg housing water tank engine near depot caught fire |
7-Dec-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| A Bell for the Presbyterian church tower |
7-Dec-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Programme for Quarterly Convention of W.C.T.U. |
7-Dec-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Clapper & Morris Skating Rink hopes to open Monday night |
7-Dec-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Third Roller Skating Rink to open basement of Union House near Depot |
7-Dec-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Considerable new sidewalk has been laid this week |
14-Dec-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Railroad transfer business at this point is enormous |
14-Dec-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| G. A. R. Silas Jackson Post no 255 received its Charter |
21-Dec-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Rollerskating at V. Morris' new hall (Upstairs) |
21-Dec-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| The Fire Co has ordered a fire bell to weigh about 400 lbs. |
28-Dec-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Petition to Bd of Supervisors for more direct route to Atalissa |
28-Dec-1883 |
Weekly Enterprise |
| Jont. Maxson Publisher of Wapsie Index |
11-Feb-1884 |
Wapsie Index |
| James Morgan and Caleb Elliott, Editors of Wapsie Index |
11-Feb-1884 |
Wapsie Index |
| "New Departure" store, N end of Calhoun, doing good business (C Gibson's) |
25-Feb-1884 |
Wapsie Index |
| The Band of Hope - Its Object and its Needs |
14-Mar-1884 |
Wapsie Index |
| W. C. T. U. |
14-Mar-1884 |
Wapsie Index |
| Occidental House burned January, 1884 |
14-Mar-1884 |
Wapsie Index |
| T C Manfull of the Star Grocery is in Chicago buying a mammoth stock for his new location |
4-Apr-1884 |
Wapsie Index |
| Linn Grove Sunday School Organized |
2-May-1884 |
Wapsie Index |
| Former Enterprise Publisher, McElravy, now in Furniture Business |
9-May-1884 |
Wapsie Index |
| Orations from the Class of 1884 |
6-Jun-1884 |
Wapsie Index |
| A Visit to A. E. Kimberly Farm |
13-Jun-1884 |
Wapsie Index |
| Strawberry Fest. At Randall House netted $22.75 for W.C.T.U. |
13-Jun-1884 |
Wapsie Index |
| A Visit to I. C. Nichols Brick & Tile Factory |
27-Jun-1884 |
Wapsie Index |
| Prohibition Law now in effect |
4-Jul-1884 |
Wapsie Index |
| Patriotism Fun - Description of 4th of July Celebration |
11-Jul-1884 |
Wapsie Index |
| George Wright's Egg-packing & Poultry shipping Business |
11-Jul-1884 |
Wapsie Index |
| C A Barnes has invented ditching & Tiling machine "Swamp Angel" |
11-Jul-1884 |
Wapsie Index |
| Dr. King & Caleb Elliott purch. drug store formerly owned by Howard Mountain |
11-Jul-1884 |
Wapsie Index |
| Whiskey-related crimes and liquor mobs frequently occurring |
15-Aug-1884 |
Wapsie Index |
| W.A. Swain of What Cheer purchased local grocery of Cooley & Son |
15-Aug-1884 |
Wapsie Index |
| Dr. I. Webster's invention of tile-laying machine is patented |
22-Aug-1884 |
Wapsie Index |
| Fire on Roof of Harrison's Elevator Extinguished |
22-Aug-1884 |
Wapsie Index |
| State Fair Notes |
5-Sep-1884 |
Wapsie Index |
| Union District Ag. Soc. Fair a grand success |
19-Sep-1884 |
Wapsie Index |
| J L Givans Livery sold to D. McCurdy, will move to Dakota |
17-Oct-1884 |
Wapsie Index |
| Wapsie Illuminated - 1000 March in Republican Rally |
24-Oct-1884 |
Wapsie Index |
| Caleb Elliott, Editor & School Bd. President Died of Pneumonia |
24-Oct-1884 |
Wapsie Index |
| Granville Stuart Bio. From "New North West" paper, Deer Lodge, MT |
24-Oct-1884 |
Wapsie Index |
| Burkart Retires; Hollingsworth will sell implements at his building |
31-Oct-1884 |
Wapsie Index |
| Many ill with Diphtheria at this time |
21-Nov-1884 |
Wapsie Index |
| Foundations being laid for skating rink on 4th btw. Calhoun & Spencer |
26-Dec-1884 |
Wapsie Index |
| Listing of 1884 new buildings and improvements in West Liberty |
1-Jan-1885 |
WL Enterprise |
| Wapsie Social Club dinner & dance at the Randall House |
1-Jan-1885 |
WL Enterprise |
| Patterson's groc in room at rear of A A Ball & Co. Bank |
8-Jan-1885 |
WL Enterprise |
| N W Ball groc SW corner of Spencer & 3rd |
8-Jan-1885 |
WL Enterprise |
| Chesebrough & Deemer Lumber - Cn. Clay & 3rd |
8-Jan-1885 |
WL Enterprise |
| Baldwin's Exchange Stable, E side Calhoun btw. 3rd & 4th |
8-Jan-1885 |
WL Enterprise |
| Geo. Townsend purch. Bakery dept. of Luse & Luse |
8-Jan-1885 |
WL Enterprise |
| Hollingsworth & Mead purch implements of Whitacre & McCurdy |
8-Jan-1885 |
WL Enterprise |
| Nichols Bros. improved interior of store by calcimining |
8-Jan-1885 |
WL Enterprise |
| Randall House fed 69 hungry people Monday noon. |
8-Jan-1885 |
WL Enterprise |
| Hog buyers paying 4 cents/lb, hogs avg. 360 lbs. |
9-Jan-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| Cattle bringing 6 cents/lb, avg. 1500 lbs. |
9-Jan-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| Dr. E. H. King, res Clay St 3rd house N Presby. Ch, office over Eagle Clothing Store |
15-Jan-1885 |
WL Enterprise |
| G. A. R. meets at their hall over Luse & Luse's (W end N side 3rd St) |
15-Jan-1885 |
WL Enterprise |
| The opening of Occidental Roller Skating Rink on 4th St. |
22-Jan-1885 |
WL Enterprise |
| Bridge over Cedar at Moscow to be built |
22-Jan-1885 |
WL Enterprise |
| G W Townsend moved to Thomas's bldg to run restaurant/bakery |
30-Jan-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| Grand Army Camp Fire & Festival of Silas Jackson Post no. 255 |
30-Jan-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| G. A. R. Camp Fire & Festival |
5-Feb-1885 |
WL Enterprise |
| Enterprise Job Dept. - 1st door S of A A Ball & Co Bank |
5-Feb-1885 |
WL Enterprise |
| Young People of Presbyterian Church gave a Pink T Party |
5-Feb-1885 |
WL Enterprise |
| Broken Lamp at Randall House starts Fire |
6-Feb-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| J A Deemer bought Chesebrough interest in Lumber Yard |
6-Feb-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| Bowlsby & Griffith Lumber Yard on grounds of old Occidental Hotel |
27-Feb-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| McElravy's furniture emporium at corner of 3rd & Calhoun |
12-Mar-1885 |
WL Enterprise |
| The Tramp Nuisance |
17-Apr-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| 105 northern steers shipped in, driven to A E Kimberly's after dark |
17-Apr-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| F O Keith sold meat market to Martin Purvis & John Cornwall |
24-Apr-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| Assessor reports WL population - 1285, 308 families occ. 300 houses |
24-Apr-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| Townsend Bakery will move to N side 3rd St occ by Mrs, Beard's millinery |
1-May-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| G W Townsend has ice cream parlor with bakery on N side 3rd St |
22-May-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| L A Bowlsby sold his interest in lumber yard to partner, Geo Griffith |
22-May-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| CRI&P RailR purch Pond prop, barn torn down, house - storeroom & lodging for colored RR workers |
4-Jun-1885 |
WL Enterprise |
| Templeton & Shaw have new Calhoun St. laundry 2 doors N of Kings store |
4-Jun-1885 |
WL Enterprise |
| Alumni History - poem by Mira Morgan |
5-Jun-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| F A Patterson moved Groc & notion store 4 doors E of A A Ball Bank |
19-Jun-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| Union House Hotel near Union Depot is for Sale |
24-Jun-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| W C Harris has moved tailor shop N of King's Clothing on Calhoun |
3-Jul-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| A new school bell arrived, genuine bell metal, weighs 500 lb. |
7-Aug-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| A band of Musquaka Indians from Tama camping at Moscow |
7-Aug-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| Gen. Grant Memorial Service Held |
14-Aug-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| C. D. Gibson sold New Departure Grocery to Mrs. M. M. Wright |
14-Aug-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| Old Age and the Reaper - Mr. McMahon |
20-Aug-1885 |
WL Enterprise |
| "Citizens Fair" to be held in West Branch |
20-Aug-1885 |
WL Enterprise |
| Excursion trains to transport to Musc Co Fair in Muscatine |
20-Aug-1885 |
WL Enterprise |
| What is to be done with the Canning Factory? |
20-Aug-1885 |
WL Enterprise |
| Letter from Florida |
28-Aug-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| E H M Hounslow assumed full ownership of Central Restaurant |
4-Sep-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| W. C. T. U. to furnish meals on grounds during the Fair |
4-Sep-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| Framework up for A H Floyd residence, (M Wiley & son, cont.) |
4-Sep-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| The Union House to be overhauled/repaired & rented to Mrs. McDonald of Des Moines |
4-Sep-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| West Branch Fair |
24-Sep-1885 |
WL Enterprise |
| Eli Elliott in Ireland, Scotland, England, Purchased Shetland ponies |
2-Oct-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| Small fire at Hise House started by lamp is put out quickly |
2-Oct-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| Eli Elliott writes from Ireland |
9-Oct-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| Lawrence Swem received a patent on his adding machine |
15-Oct-1885 |
WL Enterprise |
| Work on artesian well near Railroad track S of lumber yard is progressing |
16-Oct-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| Eli Elliott writes from Scotland |
23-Oct-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| Lecture on Laws of Happiness at Liberty Hall by Matilda Fletcher |
23-Oct-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| How Rum affects Business |
6-Nov-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| Continued Letter From Scotland by Eli Elliott |
6-Nov-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| L B Pickering has bought an interest in Cedar Valley creamery |
13-Nov-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| H. J. Vail writes from Pasadena |
13-Nov-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| Letter from England by Eli Elliott |
13-Nov-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| Union House renamed The Cottage, near rail line of CRI&P, to be managed by Mrs. McDonald |
19-Nov-1885 |
WL Enterprise |
| Sunday dinners popular at the Cottage |
26-Nov-1885 |
WL Enterprise |
| Local GAR Post placed 3 gravestones to mark comrades graves |
3-Dec-1885 |
WL Enterprise |
| Robert McWade, comedian, to entertain at Liberty Hall |
4-Dec-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| Post Office moved to S side 3rd St where C E Pickering had a drug store |
25-Dec-1885 |
Wapsie Index |
| 23rd Ann of Emanc. Proclamation celebrated by our Colored Citizens |
6-Jan-1886 |
WL Enterprise |
| A Pronouncing Match held at Methodist Church |
11-Feb-1886 |
WL Enterprise |
| Train Wreck Between West Liberty and Atalissa |
12-Feb-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| Purvis & Cornwall meat market sold to Maurice Whitacre |
18-Feb-1886 |
WL Enterprise |
| G. A. R. meeting place moved to 3rd & Spencer above T. C. Manfull's store |
18-Feb-1886 |
WL Enterprise |
| Telephone station moved from Swem Jewelry to Deemer Lumber Office |
19-Feb-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| A Subscription Library is started, located in D. F. Smith Book Store |
25-Feb-1886 |
WL Enterprise |
| Annual Dance of Liberty Fire Co. is a Success |
4-Mar-1886 |
WL Enterprise |
| Drive Whist - a new parlor game |
11-Mar-1886 |
WL Enterprise |
| Editor cites need for new town hall |
11-Mar-1886 |
WL Enterprise |
| Andrew Hendrickson sold shoe store to Swain Bros. of What Cheer |
25-Mar-1886 |
WL Enterprise |
| Ordinance passed to prohibit Cows running at large in Town |
22-Apr-1886 |
WL Enterprise |
| Occidental Band gives concert and later serenades newlyweds |
22-Apr-1886 |
WL Enterprise |
| St James Hotel at Nichols was burned |
7-May-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| Nichols Hotel destroyed by Fire |
13-May-1886 |
WL Enterprise |
| Building Plans for New Town Hall published |
20-May-1886 |
WL Enterprise |
| C. Wiley to build Town Hall, I. C. Nichols to do brickwork |
27-May-1886 |
WL Enterprise |
| Memorial Day - List of Soldiers Graves Decorated |
27-May-1886 |
WL Enterprise |
| P R Evans purch old Town House to move to 3rd & Clay for implement warehouse |
11-Jun-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| A C Randall died. The Randall House will continue open under care of Mrs. Warriner |
11-Jun-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| Great Fire - Muscatine Lumber Mills & Yards Burn |
17-Jun-1886 |
WL Enterprise |
| Maple Lawn Herd - A T Judd & Smith |
18-Jun-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| Orchard Farm Herd - C S Barclay |
18-Jun-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| Apollo Orchestra formed in West Liberty |
18-Jun-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| Mr. Weir's lunchroom near Union Depot was robbed |
1-Jul-1886 |
WL Enterprise |
| Train takes citizens to Cherry Bluffs picnic area, 2 mi. E of Atalissa |
8-Jul-1886 |
WL Enterprise |
| Contract for building new Christian church goes to M Wiley & Son |
9-Jul-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| Sketch of John B. Hudson from "Saturday Evening Journal" |
15-Jul-1886 |
WL Enterprise |
| U. S. Express office to be built on Union Depot Platform |
22-Jul-1886 |
WL Enterprise |
| Sparks from Train burn fields E. of Downey in a very dry Summer |
22-Jul-1886 |
WL Enterprise |
| Sketch of T. C. Manfull from "Saturday Evening Journal" |
23-Jul-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| Iowa State Fair |
6-Aug-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| Wapsie Baseball Players meet "Nine Stars" of Rock Island |
12-Aug-1886 |
WL Enterprise |
| W L Ladies insulted by an evangelist at Wilton religious camp meeting |
12-Aug-1886 |
WL Enterprise |
| Musc. Co fair in Muscatine Sep 1-3, Union Dist. Fair in WL Sep 14-16 |
20-Aug-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| Robert Miller bio.- Plum Grove herd from "Saturday Evening Journal" |
20-Aug-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| Ira And Pliny Nichols - bios. from "Saturday Evening Journal" |
3-Sep-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| Chautauquan Circle will meet with Miss Linn Harris |
10-Sep-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| State Fair Notes |
17-Sep-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| T. W. Maxson writes of visiting former residents in Pasadena |
17-Sep-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| The 24th Annual Fair of the Union district Agricultural Soc. |
17-Sep-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| Wapsie Baseball Club has had victorious year |
24-Sep-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| First exhibition of the new Fair association of West Branch |
24-Sep-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| Neglected Notes of the 24th annual Fair of the U. D. A. S. |
24-Sep-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| Maurice Whitacre purch City Meat Market owned by Purvis & Keith |
8-Oct-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| Citizens Meet to Discuss Boring for an artesian Well |
14-Oct-1886 |
WL Enterprise |
| R. J. Wiley erecting bldg. on W 4th St. for restaurant and RR ticket brokerage |
14-Oct-1886 |
WL Enterprise |
| Letter from Nate Ball at Leadville, CO |
14-Oct-1886 |
WL Enterprise |
| Purvis & Keith erecting new slaughter house E of town |
15-Oct-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| Purvis & Keith will open new meat market bldg. vacated/U S Express Co |
15-Oct-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| Wapsie Baseball Club welcomed at depot by Band & Citizens |
15-Oct-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| $600 Raised for an Artesian Well somewhere in Corporate Limits |
15-Oct-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| Joe Westland purch Clapper's restaurant & bakery |
28-Oct-1886 |
WL Enterprise |
| Charles Wiley to succeed Detwiler in Livery Business |
29-Oct-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| J A Deemer bought out Griffith Lumber Yard |
29-Oct-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| Runaway Horses |
4-Nov-1886 |
WL Enterprise |
| J A Lee has purch Grocery stock of J A Heath and will rent his room |
12-Nov-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| C. B. McClun hung large lantern for travelers at his home near 3rd & Columbus |
25-Nov-1886 |
WL Enterprise |
| Iowa Woman Suffrage Convention |
26-Nov-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| W. W. McClun has added street light at his home on Calhoun Street |
24-Dec-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| Lucy Scott - artist in San Francisco - dau. Of J. Y. Scott |
24-Dec-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| Town council purchased three dozen new chairs for the town hall. |
24-Dec-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle meets at Felkner home |
30-Dec-1886 |
WL Enterprise |
| New Christian Church built on 6th btw Calhoun & Spencer |
31-Dec-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| The Chautauquan's Christmas Festival at Felkner home |
31-Dec-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| Brooke and Potter were cutting Ice |
31-Dec-1886 |
Wapsie Index |
| Tax amts. for people of city and township |
6-Jan-1887 |
WL Enterprise |
| New Buildings and Improvements |
6-Jan-1887 |
WL Enterprise |
| No. of livestock shipped from WL |
6-Jan-1887 |
WL Enterprise |
| New Christian Church erected at a cost of $6000 |
13-Jan-1887 |
WL Enterprise |
| Devolve Richards again in meat business, bought T. P Mitchell's market |
20-Jan-1887 |
WL Enterprise |
| G. W. Sarver purchased Hawkeye Barber shop of Ed Elbert |
18-Feb-1887 |
Wapsie Index |
| Cottage Hotel entertains hungry State University Students |
18-Feb-1887 |
Wapsie Index |
| Canning Co. seeking Growers of Sweet Corn to reopen Plant |
3-Mar-1887 |
WL Enterprise |
| Attempt to resume Canning Co. a failure at this time |
10-Mar-1887 |
WL Enterprise |
| J W. McElravy purchased rink from Occidental Band for Furniture Store |
10-Mar-1887 |
WL Enterprise |
| Sidewalk to furniture rink from 3rd betw. Meat market & Millinery St. |
24-Mar-1887 |
WL Enterprise |
| T. P. Mitchell new Postmaster; Jont Maxson has been PM 11 years |
21-Apr-1887 |
WL Enterprise |
| Hise House now called "The National" by proprietor J. S. Wilson |
28-Apr-1887 |
WL Enterprise |
| City Ordinances |
all-Apr-1887 |
WL Enterprise |
| Charles Bancroft purchased the West Liberty Enterprise newspaper |
19-May-1887 |
WL Enterprise |
| Postmaster appt. given to N C Stanton instead of Mitchell |
2-Jun-1887 |
WL Enterprise |
| Memorial Day Address by J. A. Evans, Tribute to Masons |
2-Jun-1887 |
WL Enterprise |
| C.L.S.C. Picnic at Sylvanus Johnson home N. of Iowa City |
17-Jun-1887 |
Wapsie Index |
| Central Restaurant sold by Mr. Bock to Tom Johns, Ed Johns to take charge |
14-Jul-1887 |
WL Enterprise |
| Picnic at Cherry Bluff |
2-Sep-1887 |
Wapsie Index |
| Large Group Moving to California |
14-Oct-1887 |
Wapsie Index |
| Skating to be held in Liberty Hall during holiday week |
15-Dec-1887 |
WL Enterprise |
| Geo. Griffith to succeed C. B. McClun & Co. at Hawkeye Grocery |
15-Dec-1887 |
WL Enterprise |
| Central Restaurant taken over by V. Morris & Son |
15-Dec-1887 |
WL Enterprise |
| New Buildings and Improvements |
29-Dec-1887 |
WL Enterprise |
| S. G. Hogue purchased Chas. Wiley's interest in Brick Livery Business |
5-Jan-1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| Taxes Due |
5-Jan-1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| Drilling for Artesian Well again at a Standstill |
2-Feb-1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| Musson Bros. A new hardware stand |
16-Feb-1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| Jno. Henderson purch stock of goods from N. W. Ball, will continue grocery |
1-Mar-1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| Fire Destroys Presbyterian Church |
1-Mar-1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| Mad Flames - Church destroyed |
2-Mar-1888 |
Wapsie Index |
| W G Nichols will have charge of the brick yard this season |
5-Apr-1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| Progress of the Enterprise in past Twenty Years |
12-Apr-1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| Joe Westland built new oven and enlarged dining room in restaurant |
12-Apr-1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| Brick wall encloses cellar under west half of Miller House, Cooley will plaster east room soon |
Apr 12, 1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| Cottage Hotel undergoing thorough renovation |
Apr 12, 1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| Grant Nichols sold Music instrument & Stationary business to F C Mead |
19-Apr-1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| Dr. King sold Star Drug store to C B McClun & Elliott Henderson |
26-Apr-1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| Plastering progressing at the old Miller House 3rd & Spencer |
May 3, 1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| Homecoming from western areas |
17-May-1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| Grandmother Smith of Downey has lived here 49 years |
17-May-1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| D D Smith now proprietor of Central Restaurant |
24-May-1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| Landowners N of town petition townsmen/ keep their cows off property |
31-May-1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| Headlight Restaurant - R. J. Wiley, Propr. |
6-Jul-1888 |
Wapsie Index |
| Voters in Wapsie Twp. In 1840 (p.5) |
12-Jul-1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| Most wooden awnings over businesses being replaced with canvas awnings |
26-Jul-1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| N. W. Ball taking over Weekly Wapsie Index from Jont Maxson |
26-Jul-1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| Eli Elliott arrived with 120 Shetland ponies from overseas |
26-Jul-1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| Eureka! Forty Barrels of water an Hour from Artesian Well |
9-Aug-1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| Drilling deeper than present 1550 ft. for increased water flow |
16-Aug-1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| Park (Chick) Nichols, pitcher & Bence Purvis, catcher outdo many ball clubs |
16-Aug-1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| C D Gibson building feed stables/foot of Spencer st for farmer's teams |
23-Aug-1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| Dedicate new Presbyterian Church |
6-Sep-1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| Political Flags raised on 150 ft pole at 3rd & Spencer |
6-Sep-1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| Presbyterian Church Dedicated |
7-Sep-1888 |
Wapsie Index |
| New Barber Shop N side 3rd St - Bence Purvis |
13-Sep-1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| Clark Lewis taking poss. Randall prop 4th & Col. To reopen as boarding house |
21-Sep-1888 |
Wapsie Index |
| Artesian well at 1715 ft. running 168 barrels of water/hour |
11-Oct-1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| N C Stanton not confirmed by Senate as postmaster |
25-Oct-1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| Sketches of many Farmers of the area |
Oct-Jan-88-89 |
WL Enterprise |
| Morris & Son Hardware established doing business in Heath Building |
8-Nov-1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| Geo. Baldwin to manage the Commercial House, previously called the Miller House |
29-Nov-1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| Merry Milk Maids Drill, Dairy Lunch and Bazaar |
7-Dec-1888 |
Wapsie Index |
| W B Gregg new proprietor of Daylight dry goods store |
13-Dec-1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| C D Gibson purch Romaine's coal & Implement busn, also has feed yd & scales |
14-Dec-1888 |
Wapsie Index |
| Rhyming Wrinklets - Businessmen of Area |
27-Dec-1888 |
Wapsie Index |
| Mrs. Clark Lewis taking boarders cn 4th & Columbus |
27-Dec-1888 |
Wapsie Index |
| New buildings and Improvements |
28-Dec-1888 |
WL Enterprise |
| Mrs. McDonald sold interest in Cottage Hotel to Mrs. Corbin of Sigourney |
4-Jan-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| G. C. Baldwin opens Commercial House, prev. Miller House 3rd & Spencer |
4-Jan-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| Henry Felkner farm for sale, 380 ac., 30 ac. Burr oak & hickory timber |
4-Jan-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| Brief Resume of some Farmers |
4-Jan-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| Broom works reopened 2 doors W. of M. E. Church on 5th P. Lamborn |
11-Jan-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| Brief Resume of some Farmers |
11-Jan-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| Brief Resume of some Farmers |
18-Jan-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| The Artesian Well |
25-Jan-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| New lunch counter at Centerdale |
1-Feb-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| C E Pickering paid $2500 in Kentucky for Gamaleon No. 7825 |
8-Feb-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| Downey Dabs- Recalling 1845 journey to Wapsie |
28-Feb-1889 |
Wapsie Index |
| City election to vote for or against licensing billiard halls |
1-Mar-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| New Water Works System Saves Downtown Buildings from Fire |
15-Mar-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| Ground broken for new store at 6th & Calhoun by grocer J. L. Henderson |
15-Mar-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| Derrick, boiler, etc. to leave the artesian well site today |
21-Mar-1889 |
Wapsie Index |
| C. E. Chesebrough residence has beautiful fountain |
Mar 29, 1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| Mr. Albin new editor former "Local Record", now "West Branch Times" |
19-Apr-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| Men & Women of town over 80 years of age |
25-Apr-1889 |
Wapsie Index |
| Friends meeting house in N part of town under going repairs & paint |
26-Apr-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| E. Adams/Adams Station warned by White Caps to close out all whiskey. |
3-May-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| Jno. Evans speaks at Masonic Memorial Service |
10-May-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| City laying mains on W 4th for water from artesian well |
10-May-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| Miss Harris walked the rail line to teach at Downey |
17-May-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| The Cemetery |
23-May-1889 |
Wapsie Index |
| The Class of 1889 |
6-Jun-1889 |
Wapsie Index |
| Old Bandstand torn down on the King Corner |
6-Jun-1889 |
Wapsie Index |
| Reunion of "G" co. 2nd Iowa Cavalry at home of Mrs. Lundy |
12-Jul-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| Henry Polders & Bent Luse go fishing |
12-Jul-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| More info on the Cemetery |
18-Jul-1889 |
Wapsie Index |
| The Cottage Hotel has suspended business, result of low patronage |
19-Jul-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| Passenger Train Accident this side of Nichols |
19-Jul-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| "Oak Ridge" suggested name for WL Cemetery |
25-Jul-1889 |
Wapsie Index |
| Jake Jakeway has contract to build new Catholic Church |
25-Jul-1889 |
Wapsie Index |
| G C Baldwin left the Commercial House, living in John Lewis prop on Spencer |
26-Jul-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| Occidental Band retiring; new one to be organized |
1-Aug-1889 |
Wapsie Index |
| New Tin Roof for West School Building |
1-Aug-1889 |
Wapsie Index |
| Gibson's coal, tile & Brick bus. sold to Wm Duple |
8-Aug-1889 |
Wapsie Index |
| New Occidental Band treated citizens to concert Saturday evening |
16-Aug-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| Canning Factory Sold at Auction to Eli Elliott for $420 |
23-Aug-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| Eli Elliott will convert recently purch prop. Into stables for Shetland ponies |
23-Aug-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| Our Public Schools |
5-Sep-1889 |
Wapsie Index |
| Elaborate water system installed by A. Fulton on Kimberly Farm |
11-Oct-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| Cottage Hotel to reopen under management of G. W. Brewington |
18-Oct-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| M. E. Church will give public dinner in old Commercial House on Thanksgiving |
14-Nov-1889 |
Wapsie Index |
| Aaron Brown injured in fall from scaffold in barn |
15-Nov-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| Those Old Settlers |
28-Nov-1889 |
Wapsie Index |
| D. Richards & J. D. Raver have butcher business, formerly Purvis & Keith |
29-Nov-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| The Merchants Carnival |
29-Nov-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| J. B. Luse promoted to night express agent; Arthur Tullis to be day agent at depot |
6-Dec-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| Downey now has crib capacity for 25,000 bu. of ear corn near Depot |
13-Dec-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| Special Edition re: History of West Liberty |
Dec 1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| West Liberty in War Times (Civil War) |
Dec 1889 |
Sp. Ed. WL Ent. |
| Underground Railroad near West Liberty |
Dec 1889 |
Sp. Ed. WL Ent. |
| Post Office moved to the Masonic Building (3rd & Calhoun) |
20-Dec-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| Old post office room in Chesebrough bldg being prepared for Mrs. Shourd's Dry Goods |
20-Dec-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| Shall we have a Roller Mill? |
20-Dec-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| Remodel the old Flour Mill ?? |
26-Dec-1889 |
Wapsie Index |
| New corn crib erected S of C.R.I.& P. freight depot |
27-Dec-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| Proposed Lincoln League of Iowa |
27-Dec-1889 |
WL Enterprise |
| Y's Starting Public Library using Funds from Carnival |
2-Jan-1890 |
Wapsie Index |
| Devolv Richards Meat Market - 3 doors east of People's Bank |
2-Jan-1890 |
Wapsie Index |
| Emancipation Day celebrated by colored citizens |
2-Jan-1890 |
Wapsie Index |
| Emancipation Celebration |
3-Jan-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| Fred Anderson purch carriage paint shop of H. B. Ash |
9-Jan-1890 |
Wapsie Index |
| Frank Wright retired from meat market; Ezra Gates to take over |
9-Jan-1890 |
Wapsie Index |
| Central Grocery House at 6th & Calhoun, J. L. Henderson |
9-Jan-1890 |
Wapsie Index |
| R R people now have hydrant at the depot |
9-Jan-1890 |
Wapsie Index |
| Fire at Brickyard destroyed home of proprietor, Mr. Fuller |
30-Jan-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| Y Library |
6-Feb-1890 |
Wapsie Index |
| Some Old Landmarks |
20-Feb-1890 |
Wapsie Index |
| A. Cooley put addition on rear of bldg. 3rd & Spencer for Furniture store |
27-Feb-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| More Landmarks |
27-Feb-1890 |
Wapsie Index |
| Parvin & Co. New Furniture Store corner 3rd & Spencer |
13-Mar-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| Several street lamps put on Calhoun St. by private citizens |
27-Mar-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| List of new books at the Y Library |
3-Apr-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| J. F. Jacoby will move "Daisy" Photographic Car to WL for 3 months |
3-Apr-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| Flour Mill & adjoining buildings Burned |
10-Apr-1890 |
Wapsie Index |
| Flour Mill fire; Homes of James Ball & Frank Barnes saved; barns burned. |
10-Apr-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| Hawkeye Training Stables (36 x 108 ft) erected by Timberlake near fairgrounds |
10-Apr-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| J. W. Fuller, proprietor of Brick Yard |
10-Apr-1890 |
Wapsie Index |
| C. A. Ball will have charge of the undertaking dept at the great Rink store |
17-Apr-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| Occidental Band will begin open air concert season on Saturday |
17-Apr-1890 |
Wapsie Index |
| Hawkeye Training Stables at the race track entrance |
17-Apr-1890 |
Wapsie Index |
| Prof. Pike of Oskaloosa instructing New Occidental Band members |
17-Apr-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| Dr. H. T. Clarke, Vet erected stables on E. 4th St. to treat horses |
17-Apr-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| Buildings moved from McElravy site on 3rd St.; larger S of railroad on Columbus |
17-Apr-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| Sm. Bldg on 3rd st. moved to Calhoun, S of Masonic Hall |
17-Apr-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| Center of 3rd St block torn up, bldg. moved out and Rink Furn. Moving in |
17-Apr-1890 |
Wapsie Index |
| Stratton the jeweler and Purvis the barber have exchanged stands |
24-Apr-1890 |
Wapsie Index |
| Y's to have ice cream social to buy books for Library |
24-Apr-1890 |
Wapsie Index |
| McElravy's Rink Furniture Store Bldg was moved to the front of 3rd Street |
15-May-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| Bldg. on E. side Calhoun betw. 3rd & 4th torn down, |
15-May-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| C D Gibson's store in N part of town will move to Calhoun betw. 3rd & 4th |
15-May-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| C D Gibson's Bldg placed N of Harris' Tailor Shop |
22-May-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| W. H. Shipman building addition at rear of harness shop for more room |
29-May-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| The old tower at the west end of 3rd st. was removed. |
5-Jun-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| S. H. Meredith rented Gibson bldg on Calhoun for fence factory |
5-Jun-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| E. C. Nichols receives highest honors in law school |
19-Jun-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| The Normal Course in our High School |
31-Jul-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| Isaac Schooley picked 3 bu. Blackberries to sell (Centerdale) |
31-Jul-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| Rink Furniture store has a new front appearance |
31-Jul-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| Some businesses and school having concrete sidewalks installed |
7-Aug-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| Centerdale Ladies M.E. Soc. To have festival on Walter Ball's lawn |
14-Aug-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| Walker & Co. of WL paying $.40 for corn, $.32 for oats |
14-Aug-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| Feed Mill & Machine Repair Shop, E. Sanders, corner 5th & Columbus |
14-Aug-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| Wiley & Son to build for Elmer C Nichols on the evergreen lot |
21-Aug-1890 |
Wapsie Index |
| Teaching assignments for country schools given |
21-Aug-1890 |
Wapsie Index |
| Parvin & Co. Furniture and undertaking |
21-Aug-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| Rink Furniture Store, also does undertaking, J. W. McElravy |
21-Aug-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| Beautiful flower beds in west school yard left undisturbed by all |
28-Aug-1890 |
Wapsie Index |
| Z. N. King sold clothing business to Chesebrough & Smith after 24 yrs. In business |
28-Aug-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| "Our Schools" |
4-Sep-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| Marshall Wiley has chased the plane, driven the chisel for 30 odd yrs in WL |
4-Sep-1890 |
Wapsie Index |
| T P Mitchell purch Ezra Gates' City Meat Market |
11-Sep-1890 |
Wapsie Index |
| A new Catholic Church is now ready for use |
11-Sep-1890 |
Wapsie Index |
| Morris & Son are moving into their own building, vacated by W B Gregg |
18-Sep-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| W B Gregg moved into his own building, vacated by L. W. Swem |
18-Sep-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| L. W. Swem is now located in his new building and ready for business |
18-Sep-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| Wapsie Weekly Index moving to new office over Hawkeye Grocery |
18-Sep-1890 |
Wapsie Index |
| Cottage Hotel just north of Depot had a fire that started in the kitchen |
18-Sep-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| Cottage Hotel Fire |
18-Sep-1890 |
Wapsie Index |
| V Morris & Son, Stoves, Hardware, Tinware, Cutlery |
25-Sep-1890 |
Wapsie Index |
| Theo. Crilly sold his interest in blacksmith shop to C. S. Drake |
25-Sep-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| H. C. Harding purch. McCollum's interest in brick livery stable 4th & Calhoun |
25-Sep-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| Dr. E H King sold res. & medical practice to Dr. Mott of Springdale |
2-Oct-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| Dr. D'Lap is retiring |
2-Oct-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| Bell Tower to be built at rear of city hall for better fire alarm coverage |
8-Oct-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| C W Plumly, son of M R Plumly injured in railroad accident |
8-Oct-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| Joe Westland will move restaurant into brick Heath bldg. vacated by Morris |
16-Oct-1890 |
Wapsie Index |
| Wright Sisters purch. Lewis Dry Goods to add to their Millinery |
16-Oct-1890 |
Wapsie Index |
| Pedee Post Office is Discontinued |
16-Oct-1890 |
Wapsie Index |
| P. Walker & J. S. Taylor unloaded 2100 western sheep at yards to drive home |
30-Oct-1890 |
Wapsie Index |
| Centerdale nearest post office & railroad for new Friends Boarding School, Hickory Grove |
30-Oct-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| C.R.I.&P. RR purch Cottage Hotel, will fit for Railroad eating house |
30-Oct-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| Rejahl & Roberts, Marble Cutters, W. side Calhoun St. near Freight Depot |
30-Oct-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| Asa Greggs' celebrate 60th wedding anniversary |
6-Nov-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| The high school will form a Rhetoric Society |
13-Nov-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| WL High school attracts students from outskirts, many board in town |
20-Nov-1890 |
Wapsie Index |
| J. F. Jacoby taking ext. & int. views of buildings of our city for album |
20-Nov-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| Rev C. F. Beach (organizer of Presby. Ch in 1856) visited from Indianapolis |
20-Nov-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| Clarence Henderson, Will Smith to open harness shop in rm vacated by Wright Sisters |
20-Nov-1890 |
Wapsie Index |
| Walker & Co. purch brick, coal, tile & machinery bus. to add to grain business |
20-Nov-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| High School Literary Society is a success |
18-Dec-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| Scarcity of water causing many farmers to drill wells |
25-Dec-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| Family Reunion as Joseph Gibsons celebrate 63rd anniversary |
25-Dec-1890 |
WL Enterprise |
| Potter & Brooke firm dissolved, now Potter & Evans, Ice and Coal |
8-Jan-1891 |
Wapsie Index |
| Y's of Lone Tree to give benefit play for West Liberty Library Fund |
29-Jan-1891 |
WL Enterprise |
| E.S. Evans purchased paint store from H. B. Ash |
5-Feb-1891 |
WL Enterprise |
| Mr. Lamborn's Broom Factory |
12-Feb-1891 |
WL Enterprise |
| Lee Tharp purchased Swain Grocery |
26-Feb-1891 |
Wapsie Index |
| Review of West Liberty Business Men |
2-Apr-1891 |
WL Enterprise |
| Mr. Wormley of Chariton has leased the Railroad hotel & eating house |
2-Apr-1891 |
WL Enterprise |
| Atalissa now has a grain elevator |
9-Apr-1891 |
WL Enterprise |
| Cottage Hotel now Open |
16-Apr-1891 |
Wapsie Index |
| Banquet of YMPAC (Young Married People's Amusement Club) |
30-Apr-1891 |
WL Enterprise |
| Repairs to sidewalk on Spencer in front of hotel property of John Lewis |
30-Apr-1891 |
WL Enterprise |
| Rob't Hindee purchases Maxson Prop. at head of Calhoun St., will build |
30-Apr-1891 |
WL Enterprise |
| W. L. S. members dined at the new elegant dining parlors of the Cottage |
30-Apr-1891 |
WL Enterprise |
| Geo. Baldwin sold stock and leased livery barn to Fred Evans |
7-May-1891 |
Wapsie Index |
| The WL Enterprise will occupy 2 floors of bldg on 3rd E of Mrs. Shourds dry goods |
7-May-1891 |
WL Enterprise |
| City Hall to be painted a Venetian Red |
7-May-1891 |
WL Enterprise |
| New Catholic Church formally dedicated |
14-May-1891 |
Wapsie Index |
| Mills mill in Atalissa burned, destroying machinery and corn |
14-May-1891 |
WL Enterprise |
| "Under the Laurels" play a success for the Ladies of the Library $ 45 earned |
21-May-1891 |
WL Enterprise |
| Kimberly's Race Track Completed |
16-Jul-1891 |
Wapsie Index |
| Sara Bernhardt - (a native of Rochester?) |
30-Jul-1891 |
WL Enterprise |
| Photography |
6-Aug-1891 |
WL Enterprise |
| National Hotel (formerly Hise House) closed by J. S. Wilson |
13-Aug-1891 |
Wapsie Index |
| High School 3rd floor fitted for rhetorical hall with 300 seats |
13-Aug-1891 |
WL Enterprise |
| R. P. Stucker picked 130 24-Qt cases blackberries, sold for $1.50/case |
13-Aug-1891 |
WL Enterprise |
| H. C. Harding's brick livery sold to Mr. Ansley of Pennsylvania |
20-Aug-1891 |
WL Enterprise |
| Parvin & Griffith moved store to the John Lewis bldg. |
3-Sep-1891 |
WL Enterprise |
| Clark Lewis will conduct hotel in Cooley Bldg. formerly occ. by Parvin & Griffith |
3-Sep-1891 |
WL Enterprise |
| Griffith Grocery sold to Beyer & Nebergall |
10-Sep-1891 |
Wapsie Index |
| Many WL businesses now closing at 7:00 p.m. except Saturday night |
8-Oct-1891 |
WL Enterprise |
| Survey work done for building best mile track in state at Kimberly farm |
15-Oct-1891 |
WL Enterprise |
| Old Settlers Soc. Meets at G. W. Demming home w. of West Liberty |
22-Oct-1891 |
Wapsie Index |
| Sidewalk on S Columbus leading to Cemetery relaid and in good shape |
5-Nov-1891 |
Wapsie Index |
| Hise Hotel Again in Business, E. S. Hise proprietor |
5-Nov-1891 |
Wapsie Index |
| Friends boarding school flourishing with 55 students N of Centerdale |
12-Nov-1891 |
WL Enterprise |
| D. Richards bought another meat market, previous owner - T. P. Mitchell |
12-Nov-1891 |
Wapsie Index |
| Banquet at Hise House for young couples |
3-Dec-1891 |
WL Enterprise |
| Wm. McCarthy, railroad employee, killed between the cars in local yard |
10-Dec-1891 |
WL Enterprise |
| W. M. McFadden succeeds Geo Shipman as secretary of Union Dist. Agricultural Society |
17-Dec-1891 |
WL Enterprise |
| New M.P. Church Bldg. on South Prairie |
24-Dec-1891 |
Wapsie Index |
| J. E. Barnes, local man now teacher of penmanship |
21-Jan-1892 |
WL Enterprise |
| Library at new rooms in City Hall, $1.50 yearly membership |
21-Jan-1892 |
Wapsie Index |
| Bank Robbery at Wilton |
28-Jan-1892 |
WL Enterprise |
| Hattie (Staples) Burns - noted artist in Chattanooga raised in W. Liberty |
18-Feb-1892 |
Wapsie Index |
| Benjamin Gatton killed in accident in rail yards |
25-Feb-1892 |
WL Enterprise |
| R R accident causes death of Ben Gatton |
25-Feb-1892 |
Wapsie Index |
| Walker, Smith & Co. erecting two story bldg. for farm implements |
17-Mar-1892 |
WL Enterprise |
| Walker, Smith & Co.-coal, grain, tile, windmills, pumps, etc. 3rd & Spencer |
24-Mar-1892 |
WL Enterprise |
| Our Water System |
24-Mar-1892 |
WL Enterprise |
| Home drama troupe performs "Ole Olson" |
31-Mar-1892 |
Wapsie Index |
| Silver Medal to J T Starr of Long's Penn Ave Creamery for 2nd best butter |
7-Apr-1892 |
Wapsie Index |
| Boarding house and horse stalls progressing finely at Kimberly track |
14-Apr-1892 |
WL Enterprise |
| Park Assoc. fitting up a model half mile track for horse racing |
14-Apr-1892 |
Wapsie Index |
| Musical comedy "Little Trixie" at the Opera House - 35 & 50 cents adm. |
14-Apr-1892 |
WL Enterprise |
| Entrance to fairgrounds moved to east side |
21-Apr-1892 |
WL Enterprise |
| New ordinance prohibiting grazing and tethering of cows on our streets |
21-Apr-1892 |
WL Enterprise |
| New horse barn, hog and sheep pens at Fair grounds |
21-Apr-1892 |
Wapsie Index |
| Frame bldg. behind Masonic block moved to old mill to make way for a new annex |
21-Apr-1892 |
WL Enterprise |
| Heavy rains flooded Sarver's barbershop, now moved to S. side 3rd St. |
5-May-1892 |
WL Enterprise |
| WL's first planing mill in operation (Wickey & McGowan) |
19-May-1892 |
Wapsie Index |
| Commencement for 17 high school graduates |
9-Jun-1892 |
Wapsie Index |
| New Cottage Hotel - outfitted and good menus |
23-Jun-1892 |
WL Enterprise |
| Union Valley Stock Farm - A. E. Kimberly, Kite shaped track completed |
21-Jul 1892 |
WL Enterprise |
| New Buildings - Value $50,000 |
28-Jul-1892 |
WL Enterprise |
| Railroad moves to close Calhoun St for Stock yards p.5 |
28-Jul-1892 |
WL Enterprise |
| 50 Ft. Reservoir tower being built |
28-Jul-1892 |
WL Enterprise |
| Contract for Eli Elliott's new home to Wiley & Son |
28-Jul-1892 |
Wapsie Index |
| "At the Ford" (Grays Ford) |
4-Aug-1892 |
Wapsie Index |
| Judge Nathan Macy of Harlan formerly from Springdale |
4-Aug-1892 |
Wapsie Index |
| Railroad will keep Calhoun St. open, no stockyard in that location |
11-Aug-1892 |
Wapsie Index |
| Additional Premium money for entries to Floral Hall at the fair |
1-Sep-1892 |
WL Enterprise |
| 30th Annual meeting of Union District Fair |
8-Sep-1892 |
WL Enterprise |
| Blackmar & Carney will take possession of the brick livery |
29-Sep-1892 |
WL Enterprise |
| Weyer & Parsons rebuilding lunch counter at depot after fire last week |
29-Sep-1892 |
WL Enterprise |
| The "Old Stand" restaurant that burned is being rebuilt |
29-Sep-1892 |
Wapsie Index |
| City's new Water Tank Bursts |
3-Nov-1892 |
WL Enterprise |
| 42,000 Gal. Water Reservoir Bursts |
3-Nov-1892 |
Wapsie Index |
| Interesting heirloom found by Elliott King in desk from Ellen Elliott |
10-Nov-1892 |
WL Enterprise |
| Andrews Opera Co. to present "Mikado" at the Opera House |
10-Nov-1892 |
Wapsie Index |
| Clark Lewis quits boarding business, offers goods for sale, cn 3rd & Spencer |
24-Nov-1892 |
Wapsie Index |
| I.A. Nichols Hardware sold to McMillan & Gracey |
15-Dec-1892 |
WL Enterprise |
| Businesses, Homes and Improvements of 1892 |
29-Dec-1892 |
WL Enterprise |
| E.C. Nichols, editor of Index, Mrs. N.W. Ball, publisher after N.W. Ball's death |
12-Jan-1893 |
Wapsie Index |
| Great Hog Sale, WL world renowned as a Hog Center |
26-Jan-1893 |
Wapsie Index |
| Serious train accident at the Depot |
26-Jan-1893 |
Wapsie Index |
| Frank Barnes purchased Hawkeye Stables at fairgrounds entrance |
2-Feb-1893 |
Wapsie Index |
| Devolve Richards sold meat market business to Ed Watson |
9-Feb-1893 |
WL Enterprise |
| Cottage Hotel closed by CRI&P Railroad due to insufficient business |
9-Mar-1893 |
WL Enterprise |
| New Cheese Factory in Downey |
4-May-1893 |
WL Enterprise |
| Carney bought Blackmar's interest in the Brick Livery. |
11-May-1893 |
WL Enterprise |
| Blackmar purchased Evans' livery |
11-May-1893 |
WL Enterprise |
| Dynamite bombs destroy some Muscatine homes |
11-May-1893 |
Wapsie Index |
| Hise House on Fire |
25-May-1893 |
Wapsie Index |
| Hise House Burned |
25-May-1893 |
WL Enterprise |
| Union Soldiers at Oak Ridge and Friend's cemeteries |
1-Jun-1893 |
Wapsie Index |
| Index purchased the Enterprise, now called West Liberty Index |
3-Aug-1893 |
West Liberty Index |
| West Liberty a leader in Poland-China Swine Industry |
24-Aug-1893 |
West Liberty Index |
| Barbara Heck Society has all day quilting & dinner, 5th & Spc. Tomlinson's |
24-Aug-1893 |
West Liberty Index |
| Eli Elliott to judge Shetland pony exhibit at Columbian Exposition |
31-Aug-1893 |
West Liberty Index |
| Early History of U. D. A. S. Fair held in Cedar Co. and now in West Lib. |
31-Aug-1893 |
West Liberty Index |
| P.E.O. social event a great success |
7-Sep-1893 |
West Liberty Index |
| Chas. Jacoby photographing engines & trains as they go thru to sell later |
7-Sep-1893 |
West Liberty Index |
| 6 Ac. W of Oak Ridge Cem. purchased of E Fenstermaker for addition to Cem. |
5-Oct-1893 |
West Liberty Index |
| Harry Wiley of WL elected county sheriff |
9-Nov-1893 |
West Liberty Index |
| New blacksmith & horse shoer, C. A. Matthiesen from Denver, CO |
23-Nov-1893 |
West Liberty Index |
| New Cemetery tract - West Oak Ridge |
23-Nov-1893 |
West Liberty Index |
| Downey Cheese Factory Shut Down for the Season |
25-Jan-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| Dispute went to court over lot lines and street lines near 3rd Street |
25-Jan-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| 3rd St. to have some wood bldgs. replaced with brick business bldgs. |
15-Feb-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| New Enterprise, W. L. M'fg. Co.(Makers of Bonham Adjustable Harrow) |
8-Mar-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| 3rd, 4th & 5th Streets extended east to new Morgan St. at the end |
15-Mar-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| First commencement at Scattergood Seminary |
22-Mar-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| Downey Cheese Factory Starts up again |
22-Mar-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| New street to run N of Chesebrough Rd, Clark preparing lots to sell |
22-Mar-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| Uncle Job Palmer ran a flouring mill 2 mi E of WL from 1846-1857. |
29-Mar-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| Agricultural Inventions viewed by Farmers |
29-Mar-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| Golden wedding anniversary of Lewis & Katherine Clark Bowlsby |
12-Apr-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| A. Cooley & Son grocery stock sold to Mr.W. W. Anderson of Des Moines |
12-Apr-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| Cottage Hotel Burned |
24-May-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| Union Soldiers that are buried in local cemeteries |
30-May-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| Woman's Relief Corps |
30-May-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| Charter Members of Silas Jackson Post, G.A.R. No. 255 |
30-May-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| Two evenings of Commencement Exercises for 18 graduates |
14-Jun-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| New water plant of C.R.I.&P. railroad is completed |
21-Jun-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| Description of new brick McClun building S side of 3rd St. |
28-Jun-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| Baseball nine organizing |
28-Jun-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| WL Index to be leased by Jont Maxson, W.G. Maxson & P.R. Hardin |
28-Jun-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| George G. Barnard, former Muscatine boy, now a noted sculptor |
5-Jul-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| Railway Strike in Progress |
5-Jul-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| Public flower garden near the Water Tank |
12-Jul-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| Trains are again passing through West Liberty |
12-Jul-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| Camping parties |
19-Jul-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| Sparks from passing engine set fire to Thos. Pidd's oat field |
19-Jul-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| Improvements in the Methodist house of Worship |
9-Aug-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| Muscatine "nine" play ball with our "Second nine" |
16-Aug-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| Longest train ever from West Liberty pulled out with 100 cars |
23-Aug-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| Alex Wilson's barn struck by lightning and burned |
23-Aug-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| Another successful Fair |
20-Sep-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| Charles Schenck escapes robbers at railroad crossing |
18-Oct-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| One story 24-foot brick addition completed at Manfull's grocery |
25-Oct-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| Barnes & Elliott receive patent on their corn tiller |
25-Oct-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| City investigating possibility of a gas plant |
15-Nov-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| Public reading room and gymnasium wanted by WL citizens |
22-Nov-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| A number of people are recovering from typhoid fever |
29-Nov-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| Downey has the leading corn market, constant stream of corn wagons |
13-Dec-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| Drugstore safe blown up, Robbers escape, later caught near Moscow |
27-Dec-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| C. Jacoby has new Flash Photography |
27-Dec-1894 |
West Liberty Index |
| Potter & Evans have filled large ice house with 600 tons of ice |
17-Jan-1895 |
West Liberty Index |
| Mysterious Fire at Clark Lewis Boarding House, E 3rd St |
17-Jan-1895 |
West Liberty Index |
| Atalissa Barkalow's Drug store safe blown open - only cigars obtained |
24-Jan-1895 |
West Liberty Index |
| Progressive Farmers' Institute held at the Opera House |
24-Jan-1895 |
West Liberty Index |
| Midland Monthly details A. C. Quier's help for fugitive slaves in Ohio |
7-Feb-1895 |
West Liberty Index |
| Gas Plant Franchise approved by City Council |
14-Feb-1895 |
West Liberty Index |
| Cedar Valley Creamery sold at sheriff's sale |
21-Feb-1895 |
West Liberty Index |
| Many Farm Closing out Sales |
Feb-Mar-1895 |
West Liberty Index |
| New stock pavilion (or sales stable) to be erected on Fair grounds |
7-Mar-1895 |
West Liberty Index |
| Elliott, Barnes & Co. Corn Tiller is patented |
7-Mar-1895 |
West Liberty Index |
| Mrs. L. E. Pike has new green house at corner of 7th & Columbus |
7-Mar-1895 |
West Liberty Index |
| Y.P.S.C.E. "Hard Times" sociable at attic of C. E. Pickering residence |
14-Mar-1895 |
West Liberty Index |
| Mason & Romaine completed building the Sale Pavilion on the fairgrounds |
21-Mar-1895 |
West Liberty Index |
| Mrs. Jones' old home on Calhoun being moved to S of Railroad |
28-Mar-1895 |
West Liberty Index |
| Stucker & Stucker building Mrs. Jones' new home - Calhoun |
25-Apr-1895 |
West Liberty Index |
| CA Ball & Sons building Gorman home - Downey |
25-Apr-1895 |
West Liberty Index |
| Warren building W. L. Brooke home |
25-Apr-1895 |
West Liberty Index |
| Homer Swain's Star Lunch Room at Union Depot getting interior embellishments |
9-May-1895 |
West Liberty Index |
| John Lewis has addition to boarding house, cn. 4th & Spencer nearly done |
9-May-1895 |
West Liberty Index |
| Mr. Schrock is landlord of boarding house at 4th & Spencer |
9-May-1895 |
West Liberty Index |
| Warren to begin Fred Wolf home S. of town |
23-May-1895 |
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| New Stokes home on Foster Avenue |
23-May-1895 |
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| Mrs. L. A. Bowlsby to have new house, cn. 7th & Calhoun. M. Wiley - carpenter |
13-Jun-1895 |
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| Two evenings of commencement exercises for twentieth high school class |
13-Jun-1895 |
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| Will Warren and Lizzie Shipman sang solos during commencement exercises |
13-Jun-1895 |
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| Justice H. E. Deemer ('76) gave keynote address at alumni meeting |
20-Jun-1895 |
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| Visitors from Anamosa arrived here on bicycles. |
20-Jun-1895 |
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| Masonic Picnic at Resley's Lake, bordering on the Cedar River |
27-Jun-1895 |
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| A drive well put down into gravel 18 ft. near Resley's lake supplied pure cold water |
27-Jun-1895 |
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| Fred Birkett and Henry Mosher purchased new "Phoenix" bicycles |
4-Jul-1895 |
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| Big Sheriff Wiley returned defaulting auditor, W. H. Johnson from Honolulu |
11-Jul-1895 |
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| Dr. H. T. Clark's Veterinary Hospital near fairgrounds burned to the ground |
11-Jul-1895 |
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| Wapsi was dry Saturday for first time in memory of oldest citizens |
18-Jul-1895 |
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| Our Wheelmen, numbering 40 to 50, consider forming a club (cycling) |
18-Jul-1895 |
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| Street Boards to be placed at every corner in the city |
25-Jul-1895 |
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| Much rain and flooding now present |
25-Jul-1895 |
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| Downey station agent's family taken from depot on a raft to dry place |
25-Jul-1895 |
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| Morgan Addition lots all sold |
1-Aug-1895 |
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| Big Bicycle Meeting |
1-Aug-1895 |
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| News article of Owen's party gave ages of all of the guests |
1-Aug-1895 |
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| The National Game - WL defeats Oxford and West Branch |
8-Aug-1895 |
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| Indian meaning of word "Wapsinonoc" as told by Wm. Corns |
8-Aug-1895 |
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| Old Settlers Reunion held at Muscatine |
8-Aug-1895 |
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| John Brown |
15-Aug-1895 |
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| A Day On Wheels - Bicycle Race |
22-Aug-1895 |
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| Indian meaning of word "Wapsinonoc" |
5-Sep-1895 |
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| John Brown |
5-Sep-1895 |
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| Mr. & Mrs. Jesse Barnes arrived from Denver, Co on tandem bicycle |
12-Sep-1895 |
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| Will Warren left for Muscatine for a position in the Sash and Door factory there |
19-Sep-1895 |
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| Stockholders of Reading Room organize and elect directors |
3-Oct-1895 |
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| Rebuild at site of Cottage Hotel by C.R. I & P. |
10-Oct-1895 |
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| New iron bridge to replace old on Wapsie W of Browns' on Iowa City Road |
17-Oct-1895 |
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| Rules & Regs. For Public Library & Reading Room |
17-Oct-1895 |
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| Cycling season to close soon, 81 bicycles in West Liberty & vicinity |
17-Oct-1895 |
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| Willis Crozer sold Postal Restaurant to Moore Bros |
17-Oct-1895 |
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| Whitacre feeding yards 1/4 mi E of cemetery received 1000 sheep from rails |
24-Oct-1895 |
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| Maxson Family Reunion |
31-Oct-1895 |
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| Chrysanthemum Show at the Christian Church |
7-Nov-1895 |
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| Purch. of an acre of Clark timber at railroad dam & supply reservoir to install pump |
7-Nov-1895 |
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| Trotting Horse Sale at Union Valley Stock farm, A. E. Kimberly |
14-Nov-1895 |
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| Will Warren returned to home near Cleveland, where he will remain until March |
21-Nov-1895 |
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| W L Claims Champion Corn Husker of state |
28-Nov-1895 |
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| L. W. Swem invented improved gas machine for lighting |
5-Dec-1895 |
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| New circular watering tank being put in on W 3rd st. to replace old one |
12-Dec-1895 |
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| "Poverty Ball" held by the band at the Opera House |
12-Dec-1895 |
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| New Books for the Reading Room |
12-Dec-1895 |
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| Another round watering tank placed at Spencer St just S of 3rd St |
26-Dec-1895 |
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| Proceedings of Muscatine Co. Farmer's Institute |
23-Jan-1896 |
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| Council Proc. - Railroad to remove Platform obstructing part of Calhoun St |
6-Feb-1896 |
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| Council Proc. - 3rd St. extension From Morgan St. East to the creek |
6-Feb-1896 |
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| Music to become part of the Public School Course |
20-Feb-1896 |
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| New Railroad Eating House, formerly the Cottage, to open soon for dining |
20-Feb-1896 |
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| Mrs. A.M. McDonald returned after 7 years in Centerville to manage railroad dining hall |
20-Feb-1896 |
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| Prof. G. W. Carver spoke here - Mums for Floricultural Soc. |
5-Mar-1896 |
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| Meal tickets to be issued to tramps that will work for a meal |
12-Mar-1896 |
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| John McCann purchased blacksmithing/plow sharpening business of Charles Burkart |
12 Mar-1896 |
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| Citizens Commercial Club Meeting |
2-Apr-1896 |
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| M. Wiley & Sons secured contract for G. Ward's home |
2-Apr-1896 |
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| Correction - price & dimensions of G. Ward home |
9-Apr-1896 |
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| Will & Fred Warren to begin large Barn for C. Deming |
9-Apr-1896 |
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| Sharps & Flats - Notes from the Band, list of members |
16-Apr-1896 |
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| Stucker & Stucker to build Fawcett home near Centerdale |
16-Apr-1896 |
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| The Coal Chutes |
16-Apr-1896 |
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| Reading Room to close for the Summer |
30-Apr-1896 |
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| WL requiring tramps to work for their meals or get out of town |
7-May-1896 |
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| Program for the Band's Opening Saturday night of the season |
7-May-1896 |
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| Warren Bros. began erection of monster barn for Marion Gray, Spgdl. |
7-May-1896 |
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| New thresher came by boat from Ohio to Muscatine for Fred LaFrentz |
21-May-1896 |
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| Rock Island Railroad will build coal chutes here |
28-May-1896 |
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| Bicycle races in state high school athletic tournament |
28-May-1896 |
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| Commencement exercises for 25 high school graduates |
4-Jun-1896 |
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| Ward home details |
25-Jun-1896 |
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| Train derailed on sidetrack at WL |
16-Jul-1896 |
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| Miss Ellis saves Blakemore's lunch room near depot from burning |
16-Jul-1896 |
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| Town Council decides to sink new well near present pump house |
16-Jul-1896 |
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| Residents must purchase a permit to water lawns |
16-Jul-1896 |
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| Operation of the new Railroad Coal Chute |
23-Jul-1896 |
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| Republican convention |
23-Jul-1896 |
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| Railroad car overshot the chutes |
30-Jul-1896 |
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| C. M. Nichols will get Swem Gas Light Machine for dry goods store |
30-Jul-1896 |
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| Strong lightning storm damages hotel, kills livestock and burns barns |
6-Aug-1896 |
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| Reunion & Parade of Veterans of Iowa First Infantry |
13-Aug-1896 |
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| Flori-Horticulture Society held flower show on second floor of Town Hall |
20-Aug-1896 |
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| Hoover & Harris now have clothing store at 3rd & Calhoun |
20-Aug-1896 |
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| Child injured when stepping into unguarded window pit in sidewalk |
20-Aug-1896 |
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| Wards take possession of new home |
27-Aug-1896 |
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| Band will use back room of City Hall rent free |
17-Sep-1896 |
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| Ward home dazzling with Swem gas plant in use |
17-Sep-1896 |
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| Record Breaking Republican Rally held at West Liberty |
24-Sep-1896 |
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| General depression of business, A A Ball & co Bank closes, several businesses close |
24-Sep-1896 |
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| Heavy exports of butter over C.R.I.P. from Pickering and Hildebrand creameries |
24-Sep-1896 |
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| E.D. Sanders lights his shop with homemade electric light plant |
24-Sep-1896 |
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| Public Reading Room will open in rooms over Westland's Restaurant |
1-Oct-1896 |
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| The SheMale Ball Game featuring the Boston Bloomers |
1-Oct-1896 |
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| Warren Bros. erected new shop on W. 3rd st. next to Bevan paint shop |
8-Oct-1896 |
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| Mrs. E. A. Merridith opened millinery in former public reading room |
8-Oct-1896 |
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| Republican rally at Downey with 600 in the line of march |
15-Oct-1896 |
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| Wm McClun writes of political visit to McKinley's home in Canton, OH |
15-Oct-1896 |
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| Golden anniversary for M/M James Hill - recall "Five Mile House" |
15-Oct-1896 |
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| McClun writes of personal visit with McKinley in Ohio |
22-Oct-1896 |
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| Diphtheria afflicting a number of families in area |
22-Oct-1896 |
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| Centerdale school remodeled with opera hall on second floor |
22-Oct-1896 |
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| Local actors present "Strife" at opera house to benefit Reading Room/library |
29-Oct-1896 |
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| Index is 15 years old |
12-Nov-1896 |
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| Mrs. Boyce will open boarding house for 8 at 4th & Spencer, formerly Schrock's |
19-Nov-1896 |
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| Knights of Maccabee's Reorganize |
19-Nov-1896 |
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| Plaids, and Nothing Else p.1 |
26-Nov-1896 |
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| Thanksgiving Day Gridiron Game |
3-Dec-1896 |
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| Boyce Hotel (4th & Spencer) opened successfully with big Thanksgiving dinner |
3-Dec-1896 |
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| Collision of train engines near Brooklyn, IA |
10-Dec-1896 |
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| Death of Hon. Pliny Nichols, WL resident and former statesman |
10-Dec-1896 |
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| Pliny Nichols credited with legislative bill for semi-annual tax collection |
10-Dec-1896 |
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| 140 teams on the downtown streets at 4 PM Saturday |
10-Dec-1896 |
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| Grand Christmas Concert by the band to be held at the Opera House |
24-Dec-1896 |
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| O.H. Martin of WL a starting clerk for Railroad Postal route is breaking records |
24-Dec-1896 |
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| J.P. McMillan purchased Homer Swain's Star Lunch Counter |
31-Dec-1896 |
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| Eli Elliott sold milk route to W. G. H. Inghram |
14-Jan-1897 |
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| Iowa State Bank organized, will transact business within a month |
14-Jan-1897 |
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| Masque Ball held by the Band - Prizes given |
21-Jan-1897 |
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| Our Wilton Letter (S. W. Stewart recalls settlement days) |
21-Jan-1897 |
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| Night mail service will begin on BCR&N railroad Feb. 27, 6 clerks appointed |
28 Jan 1897 |
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| V. R. Lane will move studio to apts. over Hampton's drug store (Pickering Bldg.) |
28 Jan 1897 |
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| Iowa State Bank will open at former A.A. Ball & Co. location |
4-Feb-1897 |
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| W.W. Anderson now sole proprietor of popular 3rd St. grocery |
4-Feb-1897 |
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| Tribute to Uncle Dick Anderson (former slave) |
11-Feb-1897 |
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| Lost town of Hudson in Goshen Twp. |
11-Feb-1897 |
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| Our Wilton Letter (S. W. Stewart recalls settlement days) |
11-Feb-1897 |
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| G. Burkart having frame bldg. (former carriage factory) at 4th & Calhoun renovated |
11-Feb-1897 |
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| Bleeg & Ball (furnaces and materials) will move into Burkart bldg. 4th & Calhoun |
11-Feb-1897 |
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| Another blaze at Hise Hotel |
18-Feb-1897 |
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| Flori-Horticulture Society celebrates first anniversary |
18-Feb-1897 |
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| Band will give a Sheet and Pillow Case dance on March 5 |
18-Feb-1897 |
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| Frank Jackson & Jont Givans form partnership to operate old Baldwin livery on Calhoun |
4-Mar-1897 |
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| Most merchants converted to "cash only" system |
11-Mar-1897 |
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| History of town leadership |
11-Mar-1897 |
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| "Chicago Single Slant Light" put in roof of Pickering Bldg. Next to People's Bank |
18-Mar-1897 |
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| V.R. Lane , photographer, will occupy 3 back rooms on 2nd floor, Pickering Bldg. |
18-Mar-1897 |
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| A.J. Blakemore's popular railroad lunch room now has oak mantel with mirrors |
18-Mar-1897 |
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| Houston Carpet Weaving, E. side Calhoun, 3 doors North of Hoover & Harris clothing |
18-Mar-1897 |
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| Fire Co. boys using back room, 2nd floor City Hall for training room |
25-Mar-1897 |
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| Eby & Co. to succeed W. Polders dry goods |
1-Apr-1897 |
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| G. W. Houston, carpet weaving in the Fulton bldg. on Calhoun St. |
1-Apr-1897 |
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| Mrs. Gregg's Millinery over Shaws' Clothing store |
8-Apr-1897 |
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| New board of directors for public library and reading room |
8-Apr-1897 |
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| Commercial Club topics delivered |
8-Apr-1897 |
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| Roy W. Evans hosts progressive whist party |
8-Apr-1897 |
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| A Swem gas machine is to be put in Andrew Hendrickson's Shoe Store, W 3rd St. |
8-Apr-1897 |
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| First private telephone system connects Hise Hotel to Luce grocery and Vore & Gibson's Meat Market |
15-Apr-1897 |
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| New Library Arrangement |
15-Apr-1897 |
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| Globe Restaurant at depot has new interior and new "globe" sign |
15-Apr-1897 |
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| Westland & Tullis' restaurant on 3rd St. has been repainted and repapered |
22-Apr-1897 |
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| Annual Gathering of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs of Eastern Iowa |
29-Apr-1897 |
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| 600 Horses bought and shipped from this point in last six months |
6-May-1897 |
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| Park Place Barn on Calhoun St. east of fairgrounds |
6-May-1897 |
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| New Vegetable Hall and Poultry Pavilion to be erected at fairgrounds |
13-May-1897 |
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| George M. Scott will move grocery stock to Odd Fellows' corner bldg. from Hawkeye corner bldg. |
13-May-1897 |
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| Blakemore's "Globe Restaurant" opposite the depot advertising for help |
20-May-1897 |
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| Johnson Bros. opening grocery in the Hawkeye building |
27-May-1897 |
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| Ball Game Played for the Library |
3-Jun-1897 |
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| Graduation Exercises for Nineteen Students |
10-Jun-1897 |
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| King's Daughters entertained at Ward home |
17-Jun-1897 |
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| State University Library destroyed when struck by lightning |
24-Jun-1897 |
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| Maxson-Gray Reunion, gathering of Cedar Co.'s earliest citizens |
1-Jul-1897 |
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| Sarver Barber Shop on 1st, Dr. Chesebrough on 2nd, in Rbt. Hindee's new bldg. 3rd St. |
1-Jul-1897 |
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| Sam Lee's Laundry next to Brick Livery Barn |
1-Jul-1897 |
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| Atalissa Creamery burned |
1-Jul-1897 |
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| New Electric Plant and Improvements to Water System to be voted upon |
8-Jul-1897 |
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| C.D. Gibson - Brick Livery and Feed Barn has some new elegant rigs |
15-Jul-1897 |
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| Vote favorable for electric lights, spirited contest with ladies voting |
22-Jul-1897 |
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| Old fence has been torn down in front of East School and cement sidewalk laid |
29-Jul-1897 |
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| George C. Shipman had been justice of the peace for 26 years |
29-Jul-1897 |
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| Dan DeQuille (William Wright) returns to WL |
5-Aug-1897 |
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| Union Depot Fire |
5-Aug-1897 |
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| Creamery on S. Columbus causing offensive odor |
5-Aug-1897 |
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| George Griffith sold his furniture stock & undertaking business to Henry Milnes |
5-Aug-1897 |
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| S.L. Elliott opening general notion store where J.M. Ball formerly had hardware store |
12-Aug-1897 |
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| Celebration for Basil Brooke - 30 years as a drayman on streets of West Liberty |
19-Aug-1897 |
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| Letter to Floriculture Society from George Washington Carver |
19-Aug-1897 |
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| Description of planned new depot |
26-Aug-1897 |
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| Runaway team caused fatal injuries |
9-Sep-1897 |
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| "Charley's Aunt" to be performed to benefit the library & reading room |
16-Sep-1897 |
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| Fair Premiums Awarded |
16-Sep-1897 |
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| Equal Suffrage convention at Muscatine |
30-Sep-1897 |
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| Explosion at Parker Mill near Moscow |
7-Oct-1897 |
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| Electric lights approved by council |
14-Oct-1897 |
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| Public Library will move to old quarters, one door east of Mead's Book store |
21-Oct-1897 |
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| S.H. Merridith to open a Button Factory |
4-Nov-1897 |
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| New Depot |
4-Nov-1897 |
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| Electric lights - 22 street lights to be put in |
11-Nov-1897 |
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| Whitacre & Dickey sold meat market to Devol Richards & Son |
18-Nov-1897 |
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| Geo. Baxter deeded to C.W. Morris SW corner 3rd & Spencer - $4500 |
18-Nov-1897 |
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| Twelve men, one woman,are candidates for post master, election to be held Dec. 4 |
25-Nov-1897 |
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| Thimble party |
25-Nov-1897 |
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| H.T. Clark took possession of C.D. Gibson's feed yard and barn on Spencer St. |
2-Dec-1897 |
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| Central Grocery purchased by Mahlon Hollingsworth |
2-Dec-1897 |
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| IA Improved Stock Breeders' Assn. meets at birthplace 24 years later |
16-Dec-1897 |
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| Silas Trimble will have laundry in building formerly Mr. Bevan's paint shop |
24-Feb-1898 |
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| New scale at Vore & Gibson Meat Market weighs accurately and counts up the cash |
17-Mar-1898 |
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| Obituary of William Wright "Dan De Quille" |
31-Mar-1898 |
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| Rock Island Railroad will tear away old freight house on Calhoun St. crossing |
7-Apr-1898 |
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| Rock Island Railroad will have a new transfer depot at west end of rail yards |
7-Apr-1898 |
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| Button Factory employs 28 people, hopes to employ more |
7-Apr-1898 |
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| Tribute to "Dan De Quille" from Salt Lake Tribune |
7-Apr-1898 |
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| George W. Carver, Remarkable Agricultural Scientist |
7-Apr-1898 |
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| Ditmars & Ayers of Lawler bought Smith Bros. establishment |
7-Apr-1898 |
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| Comparison of Municipal Taxation Rates |
14-Apr-1898 |
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| Warren Bros. to begin Chas. Wolfe's new house this week on South Prairie |
21-Apr-1898 |
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| "Seen in a new Light" re: electric lights |
21-Apr-1898 |
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| City Council voted city official printing to the "Review" |
5-May-1898 |
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| E.H. Thomas of West Branch purch. Brick livery barn from C.D. Gibson |
5-May-1898 |
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| Beyer & Wright new brick going up rapidly |
12-May-1898 |
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| C.F. Regnier sold feed and flour business to J. B. Luse |
2-Jun-1898 |
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| Class of 22 high school graduates |
16-Jun-1898 |
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| The School Exhibit |
16-Jun-1898 |
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| Barn owned by Eli Elliott & rented by Hillis Ady S of RR tracks destroyed by fire |
16-Jun-1898 |
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| Maxson-Gray Reunion |
23-Jun-1898 |
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| Water and electricity rates posted |
23-Jun-1898 |
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| Beyer & Wright moving groceries into their new building, W. side Calhoun |
14-Jul-1898 |
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| Frauds |
28-Jul-1898 |
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| Cherry Sisters perform in West Liberty |
28-Jul-1898 |
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| List of 36 men, Voters in Wapsi Township 1840 election |
28-Jul-1898 |
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| A number of articles about the Spanish-American War |
4-Aug-1898 |
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| Jont Givans again sole proprietor of frame Livery, where he started 30 years ago |
4-Aug-1898 |
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| Spanish-American War is Ended |
18-Aug-1898 |
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| Public Sale of Kimberly Farm - 555 acres in September |
18-Aug-1898 |
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| Ditmars & Ayers - Lumber, pumps, windmills, agricultural implements |
18-Aug-1898 |
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| T.C. Manfull has china souvenirs stamped with picture of high school or churches |
1-Sep-1898 |
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| 36th Annual Fair |
8-Sep-1898 |
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| Floyd & Smith succeeding Morris & Son, will sell stoves |
20-Sep-1898 |
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| Wapsi Farmer's Club meets, visit from founder, A.T. Judd |
27-Oct-1898 |
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| Eli Elliott building new barn where fire destroyed one in June |
17-Nov-1898 |
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| John Lewis building addition to room occupied by W L public library |
17-Nov-1898 |
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| Bert John opened Parlor Restaurant & confectionary on Calhoun St. |
17-Nov-1898 |
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| C.D. Gibson adding new barn & stalls at feed yard for use by horse dealer, Fisher |
17-Nov-1898 |
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| Grading completed for double railroad track from West Liberty to Davenport |
17-Nov-1898 |
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| Peoples Furniture Store - C. H. Milnes |
23-Feb-1899 |
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| Majestic Stoves sold by J. F. Doty Hardware |
23-Feb-1899 |
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| McMillan & Wright Restaurant bought out by Paxton Wright |
9-Mar-1899 |
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| Great Rink Furniture Store, C.W. Chase, manager, also mortician |
30-Mar-1899 |
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| Gus Burkart removing 2 frame bldgs. from S side 3rd st. |
6-Apr-1899 |
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| Gus Burkart will erect brick bldg S side 3rd St., Parlor Rest. & Richards meat market will occupy |
6-Apr-1899 |
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| Reed Hawthorne purch. Livery stock of E.H Thomas in the brick barn |
6-Apr-1899 |
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| Dr. Mary Lawson Neff will open an office in Abner Cooley's bldg. over W.W. Anderson groc. |
13-Apr-1899 |
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| Soldier Lee Pond writes from battle area in Phillipines |
20-Apr-1899 |
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| Plate Glass being put in the front of W.W. Anderson's Grocery |
27-Apr-1899 |
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| W. L. Hose Team has begun practice for the annual Firemen's Tournament |
27-Apr-1899 |
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| T.C. Manfull groc. wagon is a covered wagon with scenery painted on sides |
27-Apr-1899 |
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| "Old Maids Convention" presented at Opera House to benefit Library |
18-May-1899 |
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| C.E. Pickering bought L. Swem bldg. on 3rd St., Swem moving to Iowa Falls |
25-May-1899 |
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| Maxson-Gray Old Settler's Reunion |
22-Jun-1899 |
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| W.L. Business Men - sketches of some leaders and their enterprises |
29-Jun-1899 |
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| Railroad Improvements |
29-Jun-1899 |
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| B. John's Parlor Restaurant now In Burkhart's new brick S side 3rd St. |
29-Jun-1899 |
Enterprise-Index |
| E.E. Smith purchased McClun Bros. clothing house. |
13-Jul-1899 |
Enterprise-Index |
| W. McClun recalls early business area in W L |
13-Jul-1899 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Carrie B. Watson appointed Dist. Supt. Of Iowa Children's Home Soc. |
13-Jul-1899 |
Enterprise-Index |
| D. Richards meat market moved to Burkhart's new brick S. side 3rd St. |
13-Jul-1899 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Dr. C.B. Kimball has moved office to Burkhart bldg over Parlor Restaurant |
03-Aug-1899 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Att. J.L. Brooke has moved his office to new Burkhart building on S side |
03-Aug-1899 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Marshal Wiley reported 190 teams on the streets Saturday at 3:30 p.m. |
31-Aug-1899 |
Enterprise-Index |
| A.A. Ball sold 17 lots in the Morgan Addition of WL last Thursday |
12-Oct-1899 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Dr. C.S. Merrill will resume his practice here with an office over Worstell Jewelry store |
12-Oct-1899 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Our Public Library supported by entertainments, not township or state appropriation |
19-Oct-1899 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Women's Relief Corps convention held in West Liberty, 105 in attendance |
26-Oct-1899 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Mr. Dinwiddie of the Review giving up task of a second newspaper in West Liberty |
26-Oct-1899 |
Enterprise-Index |
| George M. Miller opened harness shop on Spencer opposite Manfull's grocery |
26-Oct-1899 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Sylvan Plumly's "Nature Study Outlines" sent to all teachers in county |
2-Nov-1899 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Drilling for artesian well is now down to depth of 650 feet |
23-Nov-1899 |
Enterprise-Index |
| New homes on 3rd St.- C.P. Worrell, Wm. Warren |
28-Dec-1899 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Thomas Gibson bought W.C. Harris bldg., addition to be added, |
28-Dec-1899 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Thomas Gibson's bldg. (former Harris bldg) will house Vore & Gibson Meat Market |
28-Dec-1899 |
Enterprise-Index |
| A Year's Growth |
28-Dec-1899 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Lucy Scott Bower's painting recognized in New York City |
01/17/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| D. Richards & Son sold butchering and meat business to F. Dickey & Fred Evans |
01/31/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| First county Farmers' Institute held in West Liberty |
02/07/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| New Artesian well drilled to increase city water supply |
02/07/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Devol Richards bought an interest in the Vore & Gibson butchering business |
02/21/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Buildings & homes given numbers and new city directory to be compiled |
03/29/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| G. Burkart putting shelves in room vacated by meat market for George Scott's grocery |
04/05/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Town ordinance granting use of streets/alleys for installing telephone exchange system |
04/05/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Council Proceedings, 3rd St. lot owners petition for sewer extending east to creek |
04/12/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| V.R. Lane will convert former tin shop on Calhoun to photo gallery |
04/26/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Preparing to move Hise House from land Railroad has obtained |
05/03/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Moving of Hise House begun, stalled on Railroad tracks when cable broke |
05/24/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Art & Loan Exhibit |
05/31/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Free Public Library established by City Council after public vote |
06/14/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| J.K. Hoover sold his stock of clothing at 3rd & Calhoun to O.E. Hogue & C.E. Anderson |
06/21/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| A merry group of young people left to camp for a week at Resley's Lake |
07/12/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Two rural free mail delivery routes established |
07/12/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Council committee recommended a sewage disposal plant for use by all of city |
07/12/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Seven stall Brick Round House being Built for Railroad |
07/19/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| New residence built by Warren Bros. on Calhoun for J.F. Doty |
07/26/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| West Liberty Telephone Exchange now in operation, central office over Hoover's store |
07/26/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Telephone Exchange Directory |
08/09/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Nichols Family Reunion |
08/16/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Fairgrounds has new amphitheater |
08/23/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Hogue & Anderson have taken possession of the Eagle Clothing Store |
08/23/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| 23 Daily Passenger Trains |
09/27/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| West Liberty Rod and Gun Club organized |
10/04/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| 35th Iowa Veterans reunion held in West Liberty |
10/11/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Third Anniversary of Fraternal Aid Association celebrated with visitors from other cities |
10/18/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Wells & Shaw purchased the West Liberty Steam Laundry, 207 W. 3rd St. |
10/18/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| City limits changed to include Oak Park Addition |
10/25/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Fire destroyed freight depot in early AM blaze |
11/01/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Report to Council on Floriculture Soc. Improvements to cemetery |
11/15/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Elliott Henderson sold pharmacy - moving to Satl Lake City |
11/15/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Geo. Corwin will manufacture cigars rear of Burkart Bldg. over Scott's Grocery |
11/15/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Floyd & Smith sold hardware stock to Condit & Phillips |
11/15/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| E.T. Stokes new barber shop under Gibson's & Richards |
12/06/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| New transfer freight depot replaces one that burned |
12/27/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| New Railroad Repair shops being built |
12/27/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Removed Railroad shops to move Wright's Rest. to end of Elm St. facing Depot |
12/27/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| The Cottage refitted for dwelling house, moved to end of 5th St. |
12/27/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Will Warren has new home next to J.F. Doty on N. Calhoun St. |
12/27/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| A.C. Whitacre home on S. columbus built by Warren Bros. |
12/27/1900 |
Enterprise-Index |
| C.E. Phillips, new hardware store |
01/03/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Elinor McELravy writes of Indians in OK Territory |
01/31/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Mrs. Carrie Nation passed through WL on way to Muscatine, spoke to crowd |
02/14/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Clarence Morris bought the brick Hawkeye bldg. from the estate of John Lewis |
02/14/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Sketch of 5 years of Floriculture Society work by Mrs. Quier |
02/14/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Pioneer John S. Smith was prominent in underground railroad work |
02/21/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Wright sisters sell dry goods to Simpson & Shaffer |
02/21/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Gibson & Richards slaughter house S of town destroyed by fire |
03/14/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Christmas with Cheyenne Indians - E. McElravy |
03/21/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Simpson & Shaffer will now be Karr Bros. & Simpson Dry Goods |
03/21/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Newspaper history from 1868 to 1901 |
04/04/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| West Liberty Telephone Exchange enlarges system |
04/04/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Potter Sisters - New Hat Store |
04/25/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Uncle Dick Anderson dies ** |
05/02/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| C.W. Morris bought Merridith interest in Parlor Restaurant |
05/02/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Woodmen Picnic to be held at Resley's Lake |
06/06/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Public Library in Fine Shape |
06/06/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Class of 1896 has Reunion |
06/13/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| 1500 Woodmen Gather at Resley's Lake |
06/13/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Sours Bros. new photographers opposite City Hall |
06/20/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Carleton Myers caught in ropes of rising balloon |
07/04/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| WL Entertains Royally on the 4th |
07/04/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Citizens want steel tank for Water Works |
07/11/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Citizens wasting water |
07/18/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Mel Blakesly bought out Geo. Sissel's int. in restaurant at depot |
08/08/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| WL Hose Team to enter Firemen's Tournament |
08/29/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Fire at Eli Elliott barn (5th & Clay) destroys nearly a whole block of barns, woodsheds, etc |
09/05/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Citizens mourn death of Pres. McKinley, Memorial service held |
09/26/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Contracts let for new tower & tank to be placed next to electric power house |
09/26/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| McCarthy Lunch Room burned out next to Hise House |
09/26/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Pond for Ice Created by James Potter on the flat S. of Railroad |
10/03/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Real Estate Transfers |
10/03/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Ten homes quarantined due to small pox in West Liberty |
10/24/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| F.H. Shellabarger judging many poultry shows |
11/07/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| S. B. Osborn ready to open new book store |
11/07/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| C.R.I & P. excavating for a cinder pit near round house. |
12/05/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Depot express & baggage rooms cold, desks set on high platforms |
12/12/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Creamery S. of town destroyed by fire (Pickering's)Cedar Valley Creamery |
12/12/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Town Needs a Brass Band |
12/12/1901 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Holiday Ball by Social Dancing Club |
01/02/1902 |
Enterprise-Index |
| M.E. Church at Conesville built by W. Warren |
01/02/1902 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Eastern Star Organized here |
02/06/1902 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Steam Laundry employs Six People |
02/20/1902 |
Enterprise-Index |
| T. McCarthy purchased lunch counter opp. his at depot, Bldg. to be moved |
03/06/1902 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Will Leefers purchased half interest in Enterprise-Index newspaper |
03/13/1902 |
Enterprise-Index |
| R C McElravy (son of J W) & Will Leefers, newspaper editors |
03/13/1902 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Home Talent Play given to earn funds for opera piano |
04/03/1902 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Railroad removed buildings and rubbish from what is now Floricultural Park |
04/10/1902 |
Enterprise-Index |
| John Wiley appointed to old office as marshal of WL |
04/17/1902 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Opera House (Liberty Hall) owned by McClun & Nichols to be closed to the public |
04/24/1902 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Atalissa Graduation |
05/29/1902 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Fortnightly Literary Club organized |
05/29/1902 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Track lying furthest east of depot taken out |
06/05/1902 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Commencement Programme 1902 |
06/05/1902 |
Enterprise-Index |
| H.S. Baseball team champions of 3 counties, Musc, Johnson & Cedar |
06/12/1902 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Railway Prospects since merger of BCR&N with CRI&P |
06/12/1902 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Ladies Dance |
06/12/1902 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Large Barclay barn under construction by C A Ball & Sons |
06/12/1902 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Commencement Exercises 1902 |
06/19/1902 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Storefronts below opera house being painted bright red (NW corner 3rd & Calhoun) |
06/19/1902 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Old well on corner near Hogue & Anderson Clothing filled up |
06/19/1902 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Railroad narrow gauge track widened for 125 miles |
07/03/1902 |
Enterprise-Index |
| "Monte Cristo" last performance at this Opera House |
07/02/1902 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Changes at Railroad Depot |
07/03/1902 |
Enterprise-Index |
| J F Doty having his storefront at 105 W 3rd painted red also |
07/17/1902 |
Enterprise-Index |
| McElravy interest in newspaper sold to S B Osborn |
08/07/1902 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Children from Soldier's Orphans Home coming to the Fair |
08/07/1902 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Steam laundry adds machinery, takes out of town work |
09/25/1902 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Fire at Atalissa destroys groc, harness shop, ice house, repair shop, undertaking room, |
10/09/1902 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Acetylene gas plant - Eli Elliot's residence |
10/23/1902 |
Enterprise-Index |
| John Smith purchased Geo. Baxter's billiard hall |
11/06/1902 |
Enterprise-Index |
| Newspaper renamed - West Liberty Enterprise |
11/20/1902 |
WL Enterprise |
| Commercial Club Begun |
12/04/1902 |
WL Enterprise |
| Treatment of inebriates at Mt. Pleasant State Hospital |
01/08/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Mail transfer clerk position added here at depot |
01/08/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Tharp Bros. purchased bldg. on 3rd St. occupied by A.M. Tullis as a restaurant |
01/08/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Train Crossing accident injured H. L. Mosher; witnesses claim train too fast |
01/15/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Tabler bought interest of Burt in the drug store |
01/15/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Lamborn Broom Factory conducted by P. Lamborn on Calhoun St. |
01/15/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Will Shaw opened his barber shop on W. 3rd St. |
01/22/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| WL regaining lost prestige in grain market at Addleman's elevator |
01/22/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Karr Bros. & Simpson spring dress goods |
01/29/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Muscatine wants new court house |
01/29/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Plans made for a Soldiers' monument at the cemetery |
02/05/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| John Wiley to open skating rink in old furniture store building, & will use as dance hall |
02/12/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| C.D. Gibson conducting a feeding stable at his barn behind lumber yard at Spencer St |
02/12/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| The Fair grocery store has lower prices |
02/12/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Harry Hazlett now occupies the old Baldwin livery stable on Calhoun St |
02/12/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Wapsi opposes idea of new court house at this time |
02/19/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Bank organized at Downey |
03/05/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| W.R.C. Ladies to give box social at skating rink to benefit the band |
03/26/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| S.P. people trading in Downey, roads impassable from Fords' to W. Liberty |
03/26/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Three rural telephone lines consolidate to form South Prairie Mutual Tele. Co |
04/02/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Downey Savings Bank to be built with WL brick |
04/02/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| "Never Sweats" group of elderly gentlemen have adjourned for the summer |
04/02/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Geo. Corwin has cigar factory in town |
04/09/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Letter to Floriculture Society from George Washington Carver |
04/16/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| The Civil War Record of Iowa |
04/16/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| C.W.Morris fitting up basement of store for restaurant and ice cream parlor |
04/16/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Twp. assessment outside WL; 8 births, 4 deaths, 5775 livestock |
04/16/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| C.W. Morris purchased T. C. Manfull & Co. grocery and Queensware |
04/23/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| C. W. Morris purchased stock of S. V. Morris |
04/23/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Miss Floyd contr.brick one-story addition to be built on rear of Milnes furniture store |
04/23/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Citizens make plans for an opera house and home for a public library |
04/23/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| City assessment: 12 births, 7 deaths, 394 head livestock, 141 vehicles |
04/30/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Band boys getting ready for summer concerts under new leader, W.H. Hawk |
04/30/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Foundation for Soldier's monument at cemetery to be put in this week |
05/07/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Murder of Arthur Mead at McCarthy's Lunch Room |
05/14/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| R.J. Wiley fitting up rink with stage, dressing rooms and footlights |
05/14/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Post Office at Adams has been discontinued |
05/14/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Rock Island Railroad is laying sewer from the depot to the creek S. along RR, 2800 ft. |
05/28/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Floods in the past week |
06/04/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Rail yard accident killed brakeman |
06/11/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Monies and Credits (taxation of W.Liberty vs. Muscatine) |
06/18/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Train collision near Elmira killed 3 people |
06/18/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Condensed Milk Factory Assured |
07/02/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Plea to Move the Stockyards from the heart of town |
07/02/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| E.T. Stokes moved barber shop to rear of Iowa Bank building |
07/09/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Condensed Milk Factory Planned |
07/22/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Fire boys brought home $190 prize money from tournament at Sioux City |
08/06/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| W L Public Schools - Teachers named |
08/13/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| H.B. Watters secured a cannon & carriage to be placed at soldier's plot at cemetery |
08/27/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Wm. & P.R. Hardin purchased hardware business of Z.T. Condit |
09/24/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Reunion of "North Prairie Crowd" |
10/01/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Dedication of Soldier's Monument built through efforts of W.R.C. |
10/15/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Robbery of Frank Evans Implement Co. |
10/15/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Drive out the Hoboes |
10/29/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Fortnightly Dancing club to hold first dance in Woodman Hall |
10/29/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Big pond N of old cemetery to be drained this fall, tile being hauled to site |
10/29/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| School perfect attendance records for first quarter |
11/19/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Possible Interurban Railway |
11/26/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| The Farmer's Institute |
12/24/1903 |
WL Enterprise |
| Condensed Milk Factory Opening |
01/07/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Dr. W.A. Heck, veterinarian, has located at West Liberty |
01/21/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| The Need for an Opera House |
01/21/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Condensed Milk Factory lacked sufficient water supply |
01/21/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Carnegie Offer for Library Building |
02/11/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Another Interurban Railway is proposed |
03/03/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| R.S. Clark to retire from city council |
03/10/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Contributors to decide location of proposed library |
03/10/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Steam Laundry changed ownership - Wells & Shaw to Wells & Danenburger |
03/10/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Mrs. John Lewis property (Spencer & 4th) selected for library site |
03/17/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Interurban Electric Railway proposed |
03/17/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| J. Reeves moved business one door east, more room for storage of wire fencing |
03/24/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Contract let for new Odd Fellows bldg, 44x80 brick at corner Spencer & 3rd |
03/24/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Sparks from the trolley - opposition to proposed route for electric railway |
03/31/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| E.M. Chase formerly of WL, makes Chase's Baking Powder in NE |
03/31/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Voters approve franchise for Interurban railway |
04/21/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Clean up or move the Stock Yards |
04/28/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Sparks from the trolley - news of second interurban route |
05/05/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Wilton will lose its German-English college - moving to Redfield, SD |
05/05/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| W.R.C. will give Entertainment |
05/12/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Wm. McFadden shipped 1000 fleeces of wool to Chicago |
05/12/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| A.W. Hollingsworth received a patent on an extensive dashboard for vehicles |
05/12/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| WL Mothers' Club entertained visitors from the Muscatine Mothers' Club |
05/19/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| The Exposition in St. Louis |
05/26/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Honor the Soldier, Dead and Living |
06/02/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Old Timers vs. High School Nine provides interesting ball game |
06/02/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Twenty-Sixth High School Commencement |
06/09/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Large Masonic picnic planned at Resley's Lake near Moscow |
06/16/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Plans for the new public library |
06/23/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Proposed Eastern IA Interurban expected to run to Illinois coal fields |
06/23/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Geo. Miller to replace D.I. Peters as tailor at Hogue & Anderson's clothing |
07/07/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Large 4th of July Celebration at West Liberty |
07/07/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Death of builder - Marshall Wiley |
07/14/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| A Relic of Olden Times found in Church Steeple, record of construction of M.E. church |
07/28/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Maxson-Gray Reunion |
08/04/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Union District Agricultural Society |
08/04/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Old Livery barn fire - across from Beyer & Floyd's store on Calhoun |
09/01/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Peanut Politics Prevail |
09/01/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| School begins, 400 in attendance |
09/08/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| September Council meeting - much business |
09/08/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Farmer's Month at World's Fair in St. Louis |
09/08/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Train Robbery near Letts |
09/15/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| High School Athletic Association to introduce basketball |
09/15/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| New library building taking shape |
09/22/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| W.H. Shipman sold harness shop to F.M. Kirby |
09/22/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Entertainment by the Girls of Forty Years Ago |
09/22/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Odd Fellows new building nearing completion |
09/29/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Secretary Shaw speaks at fairgrounds |
09/29/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Runaway accident caused Etley Whitacre's death |
10/06/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Freight Trains collide at the rail yard |
10/06/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Fire destroyed Gibson & Richards slaughter house below the cemetery |
10/13/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Maurice Whitacre's busy day |
10/13/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Watson Sisters going out of business |
10/13/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Hogue & Anderson's clothing store closing out |
10/20/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| Odd Fellows have a housewarming, corner of Spencer & 3rd St. |
10/20/1904 |
WL Enterprise |
| A.W. Jackson sole owner of WL Enterprise as S. Bent Osborn sold his share |
10/27/1904 |
West Liberty Index |
| Owner of newspaper changes its name to West Liberty Index |
10/27/1904 |
West Liberty Index |
| New library needs help to purchase new books |
11/03/1904 |
West Liberty Index |
| West Liberty Past and Present |
12/01/1904 |
West Liberty Index |
| Novgorod Fair a great success, nearly $500 realized for library books |
12/08/1904 |
West Liberty Index |
| Muscatine Co. Farmer's Institute |
12/08/1905 |
West Liberty Index |
| Fire destroyed E.E. Smith's home, 205 W 8th. St. 10 y |
01/12/1905 |
West Liberty Index |
| Gambling house raided |
01/12/1905 |
West Liberty Index |
| Dr. W.A. Heck has purchased Dr. Jay's property and vet. Practice |
01/12/1905 |
West Liberty Index |
| Low school attend. - measles & chicken pox, Sullivan girl died - measles & complications |
01/12/1905 |
West Liberty Index |
| New Library Dedicated |
01/19/1905 |
West Liberty Index |
| Taxpayers of West Liberty |
02/02/1905 |
West Liberty Index |
| Willing Workers of Union Valley church have successful fair and bazaar |
02/02/1905 |
West Liberty Index |
| Postal clerks injured in Railroad Wreck |
02/09/1905 |
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| Special Seed Corn Train with Professor Holden speaking on "Gospel of Corn" |
02/09/1905 |
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| Cedar River Navigation - first steamer to Cedar Rapids in 1843 |
02/23/1905 |
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| West Liberty School Overcrowded |
03/09/1905 |
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| Important Township Plats |
03/09/1905 |
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| C.M. Nichols & Son, Dry Goods, 103 W. 3rd St. |
03/09/1905 |
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| Hardin Dustless Broom Factory |
03/16/1905 |
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| Rural Wapsi Twp. Schools meet to discuss consolidation |
03/30/1905 |
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| W.C. Evans held formal invitation to opening of railway in I.C., 1856 |
04/27/1905 |
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| "Letters from Oregon Ranch" by Lou Benjamin donated to Library |
04/27/1905 |
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| Assessment and Census Statistics |
04/27/1905 |
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| Fence Post Factory |
05/04/1905 |
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| Lane's Studio took photos of the basketball girls |
05/04/1905 |
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| New chemical fire engine has arrived, machine costs $400 |
05/04/1905 |
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| A.A. Hardin joined A.W. Jackson at Index Printing Co |
05/11/1905 |
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| Tornado works Destruction NW of West Liberty |
05/18/1905 |
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| New school proposed to handle increased enrollment |
05/18/1905 |
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| Search for new school location, Voters go to polls on June 12 to approve bonds |
05/25/1905 |
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| School Bldg. reconstruct. under way, will add 4 rooms to West School, remodel rest of it |
06/22/1905 |
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| Train Wreck at Downey |
06/22/1905 |
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| Hinchcliffe & Elliott bought general store of Holloway & Cameron at Downey |
07/13/1905 |
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| New horse barns built at the fairgrounds |
08/03/1905 |
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| Tabler moved drug stock to King Building, NE corner of 3rd & Calhoun |
08/10/1905 |
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| Work progresses on new brick school house for Downey |
08/24/1905 |
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| Dr. L.W. Struble took his X-Ray machine to Iowa City to locate lodged bullet |
08/31/1905 |
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| Priceless relic given to library - 1800 original copy of Ulster Co. Gazette |
08/31/1905 |
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| Steam Laundry has been previously closed and will be sold |
10/05/1905 |
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| Poverty Social by Ladies Aid Society of Presbyterian Church |
11/09/1905 |
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| J.D. Potter erecting new ice house near the artesian lake |
11/16/1905 |
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| H.C. Luse bought Bobs'n bowling alley & billiard hall, will consolidate with his own |
11/23/1905 |
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| H.C. Luse will move his business to Burkart building on 3rd Street |
11/23/1905 |
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| Still talk of an interurban railway - nothing definate |
11/23/1905 |
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| Christian Endeavor Soc. of Presby. Church will sell post cards of views of West Liberty |
11/30/1905 |
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| Souvenir post cards made for Presby. Group from photos taken by W.A. Warren |
11/30/1905 |
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| Dan Patch a Methodist |
12/07/1905 |
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| WL one of 4 Iowa libraries featured in publication on library architecture |
02/15/1906 |
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| Six notes to finance Town Well are now all cancelled |
02/15/1906 |
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| Various persons entertaining their friends at flinch in the evenings |
02/15/1906 |
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| John F. Riggs of Des Moines spoke of advantages of central rural school |
02/22/1906 |
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| Barclay's Short-horn Cattle Sale |
03/08/1906 |
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| Vote for rural Central School carried |
03/15/1906 |
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| New Christian Church dedicated at Centerdale |
04/05/1906 |
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| List of teachers in 8 districts of Wapsie Township |
04/12/1906 |
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| McCarthy planning addition to Globe Rest., will transform it into commodious hotel |
04/12/1906 |
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| Concert given on new pipe organ at Methodist Church, gift from Mrs. Ward |
04/19/1906 |
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| Reports of San.Fran. earthquake and fire reach relatives in West Liberty |
04/26/1906 |
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| Letter from Simeon Barnes' son re: San Francisco earthquake |
05/03/1906 |
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| Floriculture ladies and Railroad improving triangular park |
05/03/1906 |
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| Wallpaper at Ward Home |
05/10/1906 |
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| Globe hotel & lunch room refurbished by McCarthy |
05/10/1906 |
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| Photo - High School building (west bldg.) |
05/31/1906 |
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| A Fountain now in place in Railway Park |
07/05/1906 |
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| J. Bockenthein killed in accident in rail yards |
07/05/1906 |
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| School Consolidation |
07/12/1906 |
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| Sarah Bernhardt Our Fellow Citizen ? |
07/12/1906 |
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| Block system to be installed on Rock Island Railroad lines |
07/26/1906 |
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| 500 people change trains at WL Sunday night bound for Minneapolis |
08/16/1906 |
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| Small Wreck in Railroad Yards |
08/16/1906 |
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| Change in ownership of Iowa Condensed Milk Factory stock |
09/27/1906 |
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| Second set of twins for Charles Wolf family, now have 10 sons |
10/11/1906 |
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| Reunion & History of 18th IA Infantry at WL |
10/18/1906 |
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| Photo - J. W. McElravy home |
10/18/1906 |
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| Photo - West High School |
10/18/1906 |
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| Photo - Soldier's Monument |
10/18/1906 |
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| I. G. W. Noland arrived from Cumberland to take bookkeeper position at IA State Bank |
10/25/1906 |
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| C.S. Barclay's last Shorthorn Sale |
12/06/1906 |
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| Railroad Engineer killed at Atalissa |
12/06/1906 |
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| P.N. Gibson closed his livery barn, will sell all at public auction |
02/28/1907 |
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| Railroad Fireman killed in local yards |
03/07/1907 |
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| Tharp's bookstore moved to S side 3rd, betw. Shaw's clothing and Richards' meat market. |
03/07/1907 |
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| Centerdale Depot burns down |
03/14/1907 |
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| M. F. Melick (retired farmer) purchased West Liberty Telephone Exchange |
03/14/1907 |
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| Potter Sisters have retired from millinery trade after 15 years. |
04/04/1907 |
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| WL Record (formerly the Ruralist) and WL Index consolidate |
04/11/1907 |
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| Plans for Central School Under Way |
04/25/1907 |
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| "And All Ye Are Brethren" - Central School issue |
05/09/1907 |
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| Voters approve building a new Court House |
05/09/1907 |
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| Plans for Wapsi Twp. Central School |
05/09/1907 |
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| New millinery store of Fisher & Maxson on 3rd St. |
05/09/1907 |
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| The Condensed Milk Industry |
05/16/1907 |
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| Tullis Restaurant & bakery sold to Harry (Ted) Wyant |
05/23/1907 |
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| Index Co. Cranston drum cylinder press installed in basement |
05/30/1907 |
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| Brick Depot to be built at Centerdale |
06/06/1907 |
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| Letter from Mrs. Hollingsworth re: Iowa transplants to Colorado |
06/20/1907 |
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| City Dray & Baggage Line, G.J. Harney, Proprietor |
06/20/1907 |
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| Park Bros. the New Clothing Store at Potter Sisters' old stand |
06/27/1907 |
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| Gambling house raided |
06/27/1907 |
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| Central School House is a Go |
07/04/1907 |
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| Dr. L.W. Struble sold practice to Dr. L.A. Royal, moving to Nebraska |
07/04/1907 |
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| McCampbell home destroyed by fire |
07/11/1907 |
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| House party for 70 people in honor of Mrs. Ward's niece |
07/18/1907 |
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| Hardin Bros. sold hardware stock to Boyd Eves |
07/18/1907 |
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| W.A. Warren is building a 16 room house in I.C. which he will keep for rental |
07/25/1907 |
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| P.E.O. Yearbook for 1907-1908 |
08/01/1907 |
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| Harry Hazlett sold livery stable to Lewis Kreth of Oelwein |
08/01/1907 |
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| Remodeled M.E. Church formally reopened |
08/29/1907 |
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| Reception for Mrs. Ward, contributor of $16,000 for church remodeling |
08/29/1907 |
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| Wiley Bags More Crooks |
09/05/1907 |
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| Druggist C.E. Pickering moving to Des Moines, sold home to C.W. Morris |
09/05/1907 |
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| History of Atalissa Presbyterian Church |
19-Sep-1907 |
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| Listing of Rural School Teachers |
09/19/1907 |
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| Semi-centennial of Mt Calvary Lodge |
09/26/1907 |
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| Barclay farm for sale - Descript. & Photo |
10/03/1907 |
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| Court House Contract is Let |
10/03/1907 |
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| County Veterans Reunion |
10/03/1907 |
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| Dr. Ady and his Auto |
10/03/1907 |
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| Fortnightly Club Program |
10/10/1907 |
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| Presbyterian Semi-centennial |
10/24/1907 |
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| A.H. Floyd leased the Childs bldg. now occ. by J.M. Scott for his grocery stock |
11/07/1907 |
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| J.M. Scott will move to Manfull bldg. 3rd & Spencer now owned by Mrs. Geo. Ward |
11/07/1907 |
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| Ditmars & Ayers Lumber merged w/ Ditmars & Kerr Implement |
12/19/1907 |
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| Barn burned on Amos Whitacre farm SE of town, Hans Jensen tenant |
12/19/1907 |
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| Christian Church history & photo |
01/30/1908 |
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| "Milkmaid's Convention" play presented at Lotus Chapter O.E.S. |
01/30/1908 |
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| Tuberculosis Sanitorium opened at Iowa City |
02/06/1908 |
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| Wild Rose School house (NW Pike Twp.) destroyed by fire |
02/06/1908 |
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| Ladies of Eastern Star will present "Milkmaids' Convention" at Wiley Grand |
03/12/1908 |
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| Mrs. G. Ward & chaffeur, Frank Pertlicek, in from Chicago w/ "Thomas Flyer" |
05/07/1908 |
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| Thirty Years Ago - Merchants listed |
05/21/1908 |
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| Proposed addition to the cemetery on west side |
05/21/1908 |
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| Class of 1908 Receive Diplomas |
05/28/1908 |
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| Prof. Martin Mosher will work in Mexico to improve methods of raising corn |
05/28/1908 |
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| Jont Maxson reaches 75 Years |
06/04/1908 |
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| School of Music to be opened by Mildred Nichols & Francis Butterfield |
06/04/1908 |
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| West Liberty Boys Abroad doing well |
06/04/1908 |
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| West Liberty to have another bank - "Citizens Savings Bank" |
06/11/1908 |
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| Iowa Condensed Milk Factory is receiving 23,000 lbs. of milk per day |
06/11/1908 |
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| Dr. Herman Knott has purch. an interest in dental office of Dr. Long |
07/01/1908 |
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| Dr. W.M. Long purchased a Cadillac automobile |
07/01/1908 |
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| C.W. Morris added poultry and produce dept. to business, Geo. Hormel in chg. |
07/01/1908 |
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| Three drown in Resley's Lake 1 mi. south of Moscow RR Bridge |
07/09/1908 |
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| History of camp ground near Rochester |
08/13/1908 |
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| J.A. Westfall finds old relics - kettles 1 mi. s. of Gray's Ford |
08/13/1908 |
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| Ornamental galvanized fence to surround Oak Ridge cemetery - 2226 ft. |
08/13/1908 |
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| R.W. Brooke sold 171 ac. NE of town to Wm. Marolf $140/ac., bought 2 yrs. ago @ $117. |
08/27/1908 |
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| Wapsie Memories - How we started the Band (HEK) |
09/03/1908 |
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| The Cemetery Matter - proposal of rerouting road around cemetery |
09/03/1908 |
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| Auto Accident kills C.H. Milnes, injures others, Ward vehicle |
09/10/1908 |
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| The Cemetery Fence |
09/10/1908 |
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| Machinery Repairs needed at Condensed Milk Factory |
09/17/1908 |
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| Wapsie Memories - Buzzard's Glory (HEK) |
09/24/1908 |
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| Wapsie Mem. - Buzzard's Glory/Plum Grove Schools (HEK) |
10/01/1908 |
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| J.D. Potter purch of C.A. Purvis Crystal Lake ice plant to combine with his own |
10/08/1908 |
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| Wapsie Mem. - Snake Hollow & North Prairie Schools (HEK) |
10/15/1908 |
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| Beautiful Oak Ridge Cemetery |
10/22/1908 |
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| Dr. E. Ady and P.C. Peyton have new Moline touring cars |
10/22/1908 |
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| B.R. Purvis has a Cadillac, West Liberty becoming automobile center |
10/22/1908 |
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| The Central Schoolhouse court case |
11/12/1908 |
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| P.E.O. presented "The Sleeping Car" at the Odd Fellows ground floor hall |
11/12/1908 |
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| Sparks from locomotives caused corn fields of H. Baker and S. Ayers to burn |
11/19/1908 |
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| Pupils of the school of music gave a recital |
11/19/1908 |
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| To and Through Yellowstone Nat. Park by Mrs. M. Ditmars (also 14-28 Jan) |
01/21/1909 |
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| Brick Livery barn sold to G.J. Harney & John Schmitt |
02/18/1909 |
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| Letter written by W.A. Nichols during Civil War |
03/11/1909 |
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| WL high school has 159 pupils |
03/11/1909 |
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| Civil War Reminiscences & women of North Prairie |
03/18/1909 |
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| Condensed Milk Factory Placed in Receivership |
03/18/1909 |
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| Isabelle Green - Prairie Grove; Bertha James - Hartupee; Fern Westfall - Union Valley school |
03/18/1909 |
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| Central School House Court Case |
03/25/1909 |
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| Opera House Project |
03/25/1909 |
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| Luse & Osborn sell groc. stock to W.F. Cooper & Carl Templeman |
05/06/1909 |
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| J.W. McElravy sold great rink to H.C. Luse for $2500, Luse to demolish bldg. |
05/13/1909 |
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| Nichols M.E. church will be moved to central part of town and remodeled. |
05/13/1909 |
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| Potter Sisters will remodel hats at their home on S. Columbus St. |
05/13/1909 |
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| Special pension bill passed in interest of J.W. McElravy, to receive $40 monthly |
05/13/1909 |
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| Judge Elliott goes to Philippines |
05/27/1909 |
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| C.D. Gibson purchased sale pavilion on fair grounds for $305. |
05/27/1909 |
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| C.D. Gibson will move sale pavilion to lot across street from Gibson livery |
05/27/1909 |
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| H.E. Deemer, St. Supreme Court judge, former WL boy, spoke on Memorial Day |
06/03/1909 |
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| High School Commencement held in Chautauqua tent |
06/03/1909 |
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| E.G.H. Beyer bought implement bldg. on 3rd St. below elevator |
06/17/1909 |
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| E.G.H. Beyer will move implmt. bldg. to lot across from city hall on Calhoun |
06/17/1909 |
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| Chautauqua will be held on school grounds at head of Spencer St. |
06/17/1909 |
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| Contract for sidewalk from town to cemetery let to M.H. Merridith for $1200 |
06/24/1909 |
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| 2nd Chautauqua Assembly a great success |
07/01/1909 |
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| Three hundred Masons have picnic at Resley's lake near Moscow |
07/01/1909 |
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| County officers moved this week to the new court house. |
07/01/1909 |
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| J.C. (Clark) Nichols purchased half interest in W. B. Eves hardware store |
07/08/1909 |
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| Dee Kimberly bought a fine touring car through Ditmars, Kerr & Co. |
07/08/1909 |
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| Frank Redpath opened movie theatre in Mrs. Ward's building, 3rd & Spencer |
07/15/1909 |
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| Miss Janet Ady drives her papa's car like a veteran, the only lady chaffeur in town |
07/22/1909 |
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| A.H. McClun sat on his porch Sunday and counted 40 autos passing during day |
07/22/1909 |
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| Bequest from will of Israel Gaskill of $500 for chapel at Oak Ridge Cemetery |
07/22/1909 |
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| Al McCampbell, WL son, appointed by Chinese gov. chief engineer in RR building in China |
07/22/1909 |
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| Floriculture Society raised money for fence erected at Oak Ridge Cemetery |
07/22/1909 |
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| Thirty years ago a band of thirty Indians was in camp on the Cedar N. of Atalissa |
07/29/1909 |
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| Amy Kimberly Jr. first in Prairie Grove area to own an auto, he drives a Buick |
08/05/1909 |
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| WL Fire Dept. hose boys bring home state championship |
08/12/1909 |
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| R.H. Chase bought 1/2 interest in W.J. Stevens grocery on Calhoun |
08/26/1909 |
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| Wapsie (Central) School House Case Again |
09/02/1909 |
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| E. Beyer moved music stock to his new bldg. E side of Calhoun betw. 3rd & 4th |
09/02/1909 |
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| Adlite motion picture theater, Mrs. Ward's bldg., NE cn 3rd & Spencer |
09/09/1909 |
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| Central School to be opened, Supt. Decision after voters petition |
09/16/1909 |
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| New concrete walk going down around Mrs. Ward's building, 3rd & Spencer |
09/30/1909 |
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| C.W. Morris building brick storage room on railroad betw. Spencer & Calhoun |
09/30/1909 |
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| C.W. Morris storage room will furnish quarters for butter, eggs and poultry |
09/30/1909 |
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| Cemetery sidewalk report |
10/07/1909 |
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| E.M. Chase Co. of Nebraska City, NE sells products of high merit |
10/14/1909 |
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| Voters defy Supt. and petition to sell Central school passes |
10/28/1909 |
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| Central School case has been appealed to State Supt. Riggs |
11/11/1909 |
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| I.N. Haldeman installed as the flagman at the Calhoun St. rail crossing |
11/18/1909 |
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| Ditmars, Kerr & Co. purch vacant lot N of W.R. John's carpenter shop |
12/02/1909 |
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| Ditmars, Kerr & Co to build large auto garage where boarding house & vacant lot are |
12/02/1909 |
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| V.R. Lane sold photographic studio to Shaver & Fry of Wellman |
12/09/1909 |
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| County Farmer's Institute |
12/23/1909 |
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| Miss Hannah Phelps has leading role in State University Play |
01/13/1910 |
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| Commercial Club entertains Leading Farmers |
01/13/1910 |
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| Iowa Condensed Milk Co. sold at Receiver Sale |
01/27/1910 |
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| Arthur Romaine awarded contract for new amphitheater on fairgrounds - $2000 |
03/03/1910 |
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| New Bldg. proposed at site of rink for K of P lodge and opera house |
03/10/1910 |
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| Adelite Theater sold to Chester Wright, renamed the Iowa Theater |
03/10/1910 |
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| Fatal Accident on Rock Island Railroad at Marshalltown |
03/24/1910 |
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| Albert Keith, one of the last assoc. w/ underground railway in OH & IA has died |
03/24/1910 |
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| Aftermath of large Rock Island Railroad train wreck - 51 killed |
03/31/1910 |
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| Statistics on Rural Muscatine County Schools |
03/31/1910 |
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| C.J. Mackey elected mayor |
03/31/1910 |
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| The Rink is being demolished to make room for new Opera House |
04/07/1910 |
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| New M.E. church building in Nichols to be dedicated in May |
04/28/1910 |
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| V.R. Lane bought back his former photographic stand from Shaver & Fry |
04/28/1910 |
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| Portable saw mill in operation at R.W. Hinkhouse (formerly Webb farm) N of town |
05/05/1910 |
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| Robert & Morey Eby are new owners of former Tabler drug store |
05/19/1910 |
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| 400 Cadets from S.U.I camp at WL Fairgrounds |
05/26/1910 |
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| New K.P. hall and opera house ready for brickwork after foundation completed |
06/02/1910 |
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| A large new amphitheatre is being erected at the fairgrounds this week |
06/09/1910 |
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| Kirchner restaurant, Miskey's pool hall, Foley grain office destroyed by fire in Nichols |
06/09/1910 |
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| New elevator nearly completed for grain market at Centerdale |
06/09/1910 |
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| Albert Whitacre residing at the end of 3rd St. is having a large dairy barn erected |
06/16/1910 |
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| Chas. Burkart replacing his frame buildings on Calhoun with brick |
06/16/1910 |
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| New cement walks on 3rd St. in front of business houses, some on Calhoun |
06/16/1910 |
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| Power Plant to be remodeled |
06/30/1910 |
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| Chautauqua Scores Big Success |
07/07/1910 |
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| Thirty to forty automobiles now in West Liberty area |
07/07/1910 |
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| An addition will be put on Burkart bld. Occupied by Fisher & McCann |
07/07/1910 |
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| Specifications and plans of the WL Opera House |
07/07/1910 |
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| Formerly local, Dr. Jesse Holmes to represent Society of Friends at Congress in Berlin |
07/14/1910 |
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| Parts of business area on 3rd street now have cement walks |
07/14/1910 |
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| Hoosier kitchen cabinets for sale at Morris Dept. Store |
07/14/1910 |
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| L.W. Swem, jeweler, has invented a ring mould |
07/21/1910 |
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| Moylan's railroad restaurant now has electric fans and other modern conveniences |
07/21/1910 |
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| West Liberty's Milk Industry |
07/28/1910 |
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| Polder's Shoe Store to be enlarged with 25x50 ft add. to the rear. |
07/28/1910 |
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| 35 rail trains stop daily with 5 pass. trains arr. and dep. between 11 & noon |
07/28/1910 |
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| New amphitheatre a thing of beauty |
07/28/1910 |
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| These are busy days at the training stables near the fairgrounds |
07/28/1910 |
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| New boiler room for the power house |
08/04/1910 |
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| Members of the new band listed |
08/04/1910 |
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| Carpenters are at work repairing Center Hill school house near town |
08/11/1910 |
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| Workmen getting lots ready for new Calhoun St. garage of J. Demean |
08/11/1910 |
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| Fire hose team brings home awards |
08/11/1910 |
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| Governor Carroll Visits Town |
08/18/1910 |
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| Sanitary Sewer System to be constructed |
08/25/1910 |
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| Sidewalk Ordinance |
09/01/1910 |
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| S.C. Snider (furniture) purch bldg. next to his (now cream station) to expand |
09/08/1910 |
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| 140 - 200 tons of coal needed daily to supply the train engines |
09/08/1910 |
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| F.M. Myers of Muscatine purchased the Iowa Theatre |
09/15/1910 |
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| Stevens & Chase (groc) rented new Burkart Bldg. as they needed more room |
09/22/1910 |
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| G. Beyer will move music store to bldg Stevens & Chase will vacate |
09/29/1910 |
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| A feed store will occupy bldg. vacated by G. Beyer |
09/29/1910 |
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| Sixth U.S. Cavalry camped at fairgrounds enroute to Ft. Des Moines |
10/13/1910 |
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| DeMean & Kimberly, new auto garage has 3000 sq. feet |
10/20/1910 |
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| Concrete walk in Oak Park Add. on First St. running east from Calhoun |
10/20/1910 |
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| Commercial Club reorganized |
10/27/1910 |
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| New Opera House will open with "The Traveling Salesman" |
12/01/1910 |
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| Opera House Dedicated |
12/08/1910 |
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| Centerdale Ladies Aid Society |
12/08/1910 |
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| Auto Garage now "Kimberly and Smith" |
12/15/1910 |
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| Shipman moved into his new building (harness shop) adjoining city hall |
12/22/1910 |
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| Sparks from train believed to have started small fire on Hise House roof |
02/02/1911 |
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| Ralph Evans chased prowler from home |
02/09/1911 |
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| Overland Model 51 at Ditmars, Kerr & Co. for $1250.00 |
02/09/1911 |
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| The Abbott-Detroit for sale at Kimberley & Smith |
02/09/1911 |
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| Manager Maxson brings "The Lion and the Mouse" to the Opera House |
02/09/1911 |
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| R. W. Hinkhouse - Plantation Boss near Corpus Christi |
02/16/1911 |
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| Mrs. Mattie Jones died after an explosion and fire at her home |
02/16/1911 |
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| Prof. M. L. Mosher will be in charge of corn work at W. L. Short Course |
02/16/1911 |
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| Schools closed for the week so that students may attend Farmer's Short Course |
02/23/1911 |
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| Fisher Millinery is now Fisher and Hardin Millinery. |
03/02/1911 |
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| Citizens Savings Bank ad |
03/02/1911 |
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| Iowa Society Picnic in California |
03/16/1911 |
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| H. C. Luse will erect new brick on Calhoun, former site of Eli Wells blacksmith shop for a bakery |
03/16/1911 |
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| Negus & Pinney will occupy new Luse building to launch into bakery business |
03/16/1911 |
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| C. T. Montgomery bought Floyd Grocery |
03/16/1911 |
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| C.M. Nichols & Son (Alvah) to retire from dry goods business |
03/30/1911 |
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| King's Daughters Plan convention to be held in West Liberty |
04/06/1911 |
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| C. D. Gibson tells of Confederate Prison Experiences |
04/20/1911 |
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| Frank Pertlicek - No Desire for Florida Farm |
04/27/1911 |
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| Seeking Bids for construction of new school at Atalissa |
05/04/1911 |
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| Gibson Horse Market very popular |
05/04/1911 |
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| 300 S.U.I. cadets tramped from Downey to WL fairgrounds to camp for 3 days |
06/01/1911 |
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| Train Kills West Liberty Miser |
06/01/1911 |
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| Three Rescued from Aerial Grave |
06/01/1911 |
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| Veterans Show Civil War Relics |
06/08/1911 |
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| Street Labor required of all men between 21 and 45 years of age |
06/08/1911 |
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| Cedarville School S. of Atalissa damaged by lightning |
06/08/1911 |
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| Rebekahs hold district convention in West Liberty |
06/15/1911 |
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| Chautauqua coming soon, See ads |
06/15/1911 |
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| Subs. for preferred stock for Iowa City-Davenport interurban being taken |
06/15/1911 |
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| Condensed Milk Co. installed equipment to produce milk flour |
06/22/1911 |
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| WL Chautauqua a great success |
07/06/1911 |
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| West Liberty Sees Balloon Race |
07/13/1911 |
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| J. C. Nichols bought partner's interest in Hardware store after W.B. Eve's sudden death |
07/20/1911 |
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| Contractor ready to begin sewer contract |
07/20/1911 |
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| Auto owners seek abandonment of Wiese Hill roadway west of Resley's Lake |
07/20/1911 |
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| Firemen to compete at Des Moines after winning races the past two years |
07/20/1911 |
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| "Ideal Bakery & Café", new shop opened by Pinney & Negus on Calhoun St. |
07/27/1911 |
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| New coal sheds to be along tracks betw. Calhoun & Spencer for Ditmars, Kerr & Co. |
08/03/1911 |
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| K. of P. picnic held at Taylor's pasture |
08/03/1911 |
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| Group of boys spent Sunday in camp at "The Shack" at mouth of the Wapsie |
08/03/1911 |
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| Manager W.G. Maxson will open opera house season during fair week |
08/10/1911 |
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| Painters working at the depot - inside and outside |
08/10/1911 |
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| Broiler Chickens stolen from Ed Hise's yard at the hotel |
08/10/1911 |
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| Amos Whitacre home (former J. A. Evans home) had many family guests this week |
08/10/1911 |
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| Good Prospects for Button Factory |
08/17/1911 |
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| Change in contractors for sewer |
08/24/1911 |
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| Aviation play for West Liberty |
08/24/1911 |
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| West Liberty Fair the best in history |
08/24/1911 |
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| Classroom teachers and text books named |
08/31/1911 |
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| Morey theater co. makes a record |
08/31/1911 |
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| Button-Cutting Plant a Reality using Swain bldg. south of the depot |
09/14/1911 |
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| Telephonic Hypnotism had subject asleep in Morris Dept. store window |
09/14/1911 |
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| Water storage reservoir under construction along s. Calhoun |
09/28/1911 |
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| Rock Island Railroad promises roofed shed along south side of tracks |
09/28/1911 |
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| G. B. Embree, J. C. Nichols & C. W. Morris have leased the theatre for 2 years |
09/28/1911 |
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| Three day state convention for King's Daughters held in West Liberty |
10/05/1911 |
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| Ditmars, Kerr auto garage on Spencer sold to Kimberley & Smith of Calhoun St. |
10/12/1911 |
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| Kimberley & Smith to use Calhoun location for repair, Spencer loc. For showroom |
10/12/1911 |
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| Iowa State Bank makes plans to erect a new building |
12/14/1911 |
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| New railway station completed at Centerdale |
12/14/1911 |
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| W.L. Candy Kitchen - bon-bons $.25 - 3.50 per box |
12/21/1911 |
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| WL's Second Short Course a Great Success |
01/25/1912 |
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| Fair superintendents appointed |
02/01/1912 |
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| Ad - The Model Clothing House - J. T. Demorest & Bent Osborn |
02/01/1912 |
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| Lotus Chapter O.E.S. celebrated 10th anniversary with 200 in attendance |
02/01/1912 |
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| More room needed in local shipping yards, eleven cars of livestock loaded Tues. |
02/01/1912 |
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| Task of storing 41 cars of ice in J.D. Potter house at Prairie St. completed |
02/01/1912 |
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| Iowa State Bank will have temporary home in street while new building erected |
02/08/1912 |
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| Moving pictures in the Opera house |
02/08/1912 |
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| Fire starts among the celluloid films at the theater |
02/08/1912 |
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| Supervisors voted to extend 3rd st. road, shortening the route to Atalissa |
02/08/1912 |
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| A.A. Anderson purchased dry goods business from C.M. Nichols & Son |
02/15/1912 |
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| Thirteen band members practicing, led by Grant Nichols |
02/15/1912 |
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| See Cooper & Templeman grocery ad |
02/15/1912 |
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| C.W. Morris purchased J.W. Rummels store in Nichols, will be 2nd Morris Dept. Store |
02/22/1912 |
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| Railroad Trains crash head-on 1.5 mi. N. of West Liberty |
02/22/1912 |
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| Fire destroyed McCullough home on Mrs. E.A. Scott farm |
02/22/1912 |
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| Emmor Stokes will move barbershop to ground floor of Beyer block on Calhoun |
02/29/1912 |
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| Mr. Beyer will conduct his business on second floor of his bldg. on Calhoun |
02/29/1912 |
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| Beyer block is one door S. of Evans Panetorium on w. side of Calhoun btw. 3rd/4th |
03/07/1912 |
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| City council discussed proposed site for another button cutting plant |
03/14/1912 |
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| City Council granted M.H.. Meredith a plumber's license |
03/14/1912 |
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| New sewer system had 220 ft. of 8 in. tile & 60 ft. of 15 in. pipe laid last month |
03/14/1912 |
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| Ground broken for WL Pearl Button co.(Protzman & Abbott) next to municipal plant |
03/21/1912 |
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| Ed Furniss writes of recent seige of Beirut in Syria |
03/28/1912 |
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| Our Agricultural High School |
03/28/1912 |
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| J.L. Peters Short-Horn Sale |
03/28/1912 |
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| Temp. building on 3rd St. north of post office erected for Ia. State Bank |
03/28/1912 |
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| Officer George Scott nabbed 2 prowlers, deters burglary |
04/04/1912 |
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| Spring Meeting of Iowa City Presbytery |
04/11/1912 |
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| Dice plans brick block W. 3rd St. betw. Cooper & Templeman store & Dice Lumber yard |
04/11/1912 |
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| Reeves Impl. will again occ. main floor new Dice Bldg.,(44 x 90), Apts on 2nd floor |
04/11/1912 |
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| Loomis Bros. of C.R. to begin work on new Iowa State Bank April 22 |
04/11/1912 |
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| River to River road established |
04/18/1912 |
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| Normal Training in High School |
04/18/1912 |
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| S.U.I. Men's Glee Club delights audience at the Opera House |
04/25/1912 |
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| old-fashioned dance at Beyer Hall with music from the Chase family orchestra |
04/25/1912 |
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| Protzman-Abbott button-cutting plant began operations |
04/25/1912 |
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| Relatives of West Liberty man saved in Titanic Didaster |
04/25/1912 |
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| Our Public Schools |
04/25/1912 |
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| Parade and celebration of I.O.O.F. lodge |
05/02/1912 |
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| Commercial Club cites need for more homes in WL, No empty homes |
05/02/1912 |
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| S.U.I. Cadets will be at fairgrounds for annual camp May 18-21 |
05/09/1912 |
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| Band Concert led by Grant Nichols a success, members named |
05/09/1912 |
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| Women's clubs of town favor a public rest room |
05/09/1912 |
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| Centerdale Church will observe Mother's Day at its regular service |
05/09/1912 |
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| C.W. Burkart will erect brick business bldg at 4th & Calhoun |
05/16/1912 |
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| C.W. Burkart also proposes to erect brick block on vacant lot adjoining corner lot |
05/16/1912 |
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| Tiemeyer & Swart will occupy Burkart block for restaurant, Burkart will use 2nd floor |
05/16/1912 |
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| Talk of Interurban Iowa City to Muscatine project revived |
05/16/1912 |
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| Three hundred cadets here for four days |
05/23/1912 |
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| Holmes wins interclass field and track meet |
05/23/1912 |
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| Junior banquet for the seniors held at the Hise House |
05/23/1912 |
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| Memorial Day Program |
05/30/1912 |
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| Mass Meeting Favors Interurban |
06/06/1912 |
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| Transients quarantined at the depot due to diptheria |
06/13/1912 |
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| Roy Chase will have grocery in Ward Bldg., 3rd & Spencer, former motion picture theater |
06/13/1912 |
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| Resident surprised burglar |
06/20/1912 |
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| Fifth Chautauqua scores big success |
06/27/1912 |
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| New man brought in to direct work of building sewer system |
06/27/1912 |
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| Ditmars offices ransacked |
06/27/1912 |
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| Cement walks to be put in on west side of Columbus St. |
07/04/1912 |
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| Marshal Wiley dispersed camp of tramps in W. rail yards, ordered them from town |
07/04/1912 |
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| Condensed Milk Factory completely destroyed by fire |
07/04/1912 |
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| Woven wire will replace historic 47 yr old fence on Calhoun and First St. at fairgrounds |
07/11/1912 |
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| Eli Elliott transferred 47 yr. fence from old fairgrounds to present one in 1872 |
07/11/1912 |
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| Historical Sketch of West Liberty Fair |
07/18/1912 |
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| Contract let for one story school building on west grounds for ag. And home ec. |
07/25/1912 |
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| Many residents are camping at Resley's Lake |
07/25/1912 |
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| West Liberty high school designated as one of the state normal training high schools |
08/01/1912 |
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| Brick addition to rear of Peyton store, 51 ft. deep, 2 stories high |
08/01/1912 |
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| Problems for sewer crew when tunneling beneath Railroad tracks at Calhoun St. |
08/15/1912 |
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| Fair breaks the record - good weather and good crowds |
08/22/1912 |
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| New Teachers for West Liberty School |
08/22/1912 |
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| Merchants of 30 years ago |
08/22/1912 |
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| A new cart and 750 ft. of new fire hose installed in the town hall |
08/22/1912 |
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| Stoterau Hardware on 3rd St. sold to Harry Hardin & Everett Nay |
09/05/1912 |
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| Record enrollment in schools at slightly over 460. |
09/05/1912 |
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| Kimberley & Smith completed installation underground gas tank, Calhoun St. garage |
09/05/1912 |
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| list of West Liberty ladies teaching in various schools |
09/05/1912 |
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| Our Public Schools |
09/12/1912 |
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| Eby Bros. Drug Co. sold to S. B. Silkwood (Corner drug store) |
09/12/1912 |
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| Football Squads have a Workout |
09/19/1912 |
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| Jont Maxson turns over Relics |
09/26/1912 |
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| Frank Moylan, proprietor of Globe Restaurant, bought the Hise House |
09/26/1912 |
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| S.B. Silkwood sold corner drug store to R. M. Shellabarger |
09/26/1912 |
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| Telegraph system at depot moved to freight house across the tracks. |
10/03/1912 |
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| Car clerks will be in freight house, mail clerks will remain at the depot |
10/03/1912 |
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| Councilmen want more walks |
10/03/1912 |
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| Interest in photographs done by A.H. McClun |
10/03/1912 |
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| Railroad constructing new concrete water tank in RR yards |
10/17/1912 |
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| Organization of a county Farmers' Improvement Association |
10/17/1912 |
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| Sewer workmen have great difficulty due to vein of sand and water at 4th & Prairie |
10/17/1912 |
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| Musc. Co. Farmers' Association will hire a crop expert for the county |
11/14/1912 |
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| Former local man, Judge Charles B. Elliott, tells of Phillipines |
11/21/1912 |
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| The Dress Club, Ralph Evans, E.P. Evans, drycleaning and pressing |
11/21/1912 |
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| Class of 1912 & teachers given an elegant supper by Elsie Mosher & Ortha Lane |
11/21/1912 |
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| Final sewer work completed |
11/21/1912 |
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| Interurban men want First Street for proposed line passing through |
11/28/1912 |
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| Blue & White wins last football game, capping a successful season |
12/05/1912 |
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| A.C. Whitacre sailed down the street with team of oxen equipped with bits, bridles, reins |
12/05/1912 |
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| Frank Abbott & Jesse Scott have bought the Protzman interests in the button factory |
12/05/1912 |
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| Henry Polders to be member of wholesale shoe & leather firm in Des Moines |
12/05/1912 |
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| Frank Montgomery to take over Polders Shoe Store in West Liberty |
12/05/1912 |
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| Annual meeting of Southeastern Iowa Horticultural Society held here for 3 days |
12/05/1912 |
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| L.M. Swartz opened Victoria Café in new Burkart Bldg., 4th & Calhoun, 300 visitors |
12/12/1912 |
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| Parcel Post begins Jan. 1st. |
12/19/1912 |
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| Drs. C.B. & J.E. Kimball opened their new offices in the new Iowa State Bank Bldg. |
12/26/1912 |
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| Olympian Restaurant opposite the Opera House |
12/26/1912 |
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| Pianist Robert MacDonald offered piano lessons to local students |
12/26/1912 |
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| Iowa State Bank & Trust - new building opens |
01/02/1913 |
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| Fourteen Musicians enroll in new West Liberty Band |
01/02/1913 |
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| Boyne & Tabler bought grocery stock from Charles Montgomery |
01/02/1913 |
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| Ed Hardin purch. Will Shaw's barber shop on 3rd St. |
01/02/1913 |
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| Centerdale Lemonade Society entertained the Ladies Aid Society |
01/09/1913 |
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| Two literary societies organized in the high school, H.A.G.E. & Empyrean |
01/30/1913 |
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| Organ purchased for Hazel Dell school with proceeds from box social |
02/27/1913 |
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| Roy Westfall purchased half interest in J.H. Weih & Son Shoe Store |
03/13/1913 |
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| Opening days of the three implement houses drew big crowds |
03/13/1913 |
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| Rock Island Railroad added 50 Ft. platform & canopy on east side of freight depot |
03/13/1913 |
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| L.M. Swartz installed new fountain in Victoria Café at 4th & Calhoun |
03/20/1913 |
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| South Prairie Schoolhouse Co. purch. Central school and 3 1/2 ac. Land |
03/20/1913 |
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| City orders cement sidewalks to replace board or brick walks in all parts of town |
04/10/1913 |
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| Street signs to be placed at each corner |
04/10/1913 |
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| Recommendation for water fountain at post office corner & to replace one in Railroad park |
04/10/1913 |
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| Stage version of "The Virginian" to be presented at the New Theatre (opera house) |
04/10/1913 |
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| Hotel Moylan will add hot & cold water in all 2nd & 3rd floor rooms, steam heating system |
04/17/1913 |
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| New Iceless Soda Fountain at the Rexall Store, W.L. Watters |
04/24/1913 |
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| Attorney E.C. Nichols will vacate S. side Masonic block, Post office will expand into space |
05/22/1913 |
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| E.C. Nichols office will be above W.L. Dry goods co., next to Iowa State Bank |
05/22/1913 |
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| Fire destroyed blacksmith shop and wagon box factory on Main st. of Downey |
05/22/1913 |
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| Charles Waite & Garfield Hill injured in auto accident |
05/29/1913 |
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| New departments of Domestic Science & Manual Training at high school a success |
05/29/1913 |
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| Temp. Bldg. used by Iowa St. Bank sold to H.A. John, will use as shop on Spencer St. |
05/29/1913 |
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| Town accepts peace offering from Clinton firm that constructed reservoir |
06/05/1913 |
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| Postal service to begin mail delivery in town and rural areas |
06/12/1913 |
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| First meeting in Central school house |
06/19/1913 |
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| The Mountain Family Reunion held, history told |
06/26/1913 |
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| Annual picnic for Presbyterian Church will be held at Albert Whitacre's timber E. of town |
06/26/1913 |
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| Chautauqua held in West Liberty |
3/10-Jul-1913 |
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| Sure Mike, a Peter W. colt, owned by Oscar Morris & Chet Kelly winning races |
07/24/1913 |
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| West Liberty Candy Kitchen - ice cream, wholesale or retail |
07/24/1913 |
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| Dr. Sam Chesebrough sold Atalissa drug store and bought corner drug store in WL |
08/07/1913 |
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| Fire destroyed a bunk car used by Mexican laborers near the R. I. Depot |
08/07/1913 |
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| C.W. Burkart will erect one story brick betw. Victoria Café & Stevens Groc. Near SW corner Calhoun & 4th. |
08/14/1913 |
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| King's Daughters will lease new Burkart bldg. to have a downtown rest room |
08/14/1913 |
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| Ten little children from grassless Chicago Aves. arrive for two week outing |
08/14/1913 |
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| Brother of famous author, Jack London, lives S. of WL |
09/11/1913 |
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| Sure Mike won eight of nine races this season |
09/18/1913 |
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| Second Iowa Veteran Cavalry Assoc. to meet in WL Oct. 15 & 16 |
10/02/1913 |
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| 300 attend Maxson reunion and old settler's celebration at old Gravel house |
10/02/1913 |
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| Morgan & Mulvey - Calhoun St., Plumbing, Heating, Electrical Supplies |
10/09/1913 |
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| Hillis Ady & Co. opening store in Atalissa of men's & ladies' ready to wear merchandise |
10/09/1913 |
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| John Mead just completed a greenhouse, corner of 5th & Elm |
10/16/1913 |
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| Four weeks of evangelistic meetings coming to a close |
11/20/1913 |
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| Resident killed by engine in rail yards |
11/20/1913 |
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| Robert McElravy, son of J. W. McElravy, achieves literary recognition |
11/20/1913 |
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| J. H. Weih purchased the McClun block, NW corner 3rd & Calhoun |
12/04/1913 |
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| Crowd visits new Restroom |
01/29/1914 |
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| Will Warren will erect 20 room fraternity house on E. Washington in I.C. |
02/26/1914 |
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| Mt. Calvary plans to build |
03/05/1914 |
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| Samuel W. Koster named new Postmaster |
03/05/1914 |
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| Wapsi Township Institute held in Central School building |
03/05/1914 |
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| Cozy Restaurant opened by Robt. Klotz, Calhoun & 4th where Victoria Café had been |
04/02/1914 |
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| Ben Tabler retired from Tabler & Boyne grocery |
04/23/1914 |
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| Laborer from the Greek colony crushed to death in the rail yards |
04/30/1914 |
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| Storm causes heavy damage to farm buildings and barn in town burns |
05/14/1914 |
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| Railroad cars of eggs and meat derailed near Atalissa |
05/14/1914 |
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| Dairy Professor urges local Co-op creamery |
05/28/1914 |
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| E.D. Smith building to be moved to just S. of Potter & Weber office in prep. Masonic bldg. |
05/28/1914 |
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| Senator N featured in issue of The Horseman - owned by Albert Whitacre |
06/18/1914 |
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| Brick yard recently purchased by L.E. Bentley is working hard to keep up with orders |
06/25/1914 |
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| Many fast horses now training at the fairground track |
07/09/1914 |
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| Cedar Valley church has pleasant Fourth of July celebration |
07/09/1914 |
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| Gus Tiemeyer sold bakery on Calhoun to J.M. Scott |
07/23/1914 |
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| New dining hall to be erected on Fairgrounds. Frank Moylan will lease this year. |
07/23/1914 |
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| Ad "Eat at the Daily's Restaurant opposite Opera House" |
07/30/1914 |
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| Cozy restaurant now open 24 hrs. a day |
07/30/1914 |
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| Band will accompany Booster Excursion to advertise West Liberty Fair |
08/06/1914 |
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| Waite's Auto Repair open, west side of Spencer St., N. of Third Street |
08/13/1914 |
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| Archie Ditmars, Sgt. in 53rd Regiment will be in camp at Des Moines for 2 weeks |
08/13/1914 |
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| Directors for new cooperative creamery elected |
08/27/1914 |
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| Kimberly & Smith sold Calhoun St. garage w/ Overland & Ford cars to Will Grigg Jr. |
09/03/1914 |
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| H. J. Smith will retain agency for Hudson cars. |
09/03/1914 |
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| West Liberty's many teachers |
09/03/1914 |
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| Passenger depot at Atalissa destroyed by fire |
09/17/1914 |
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| Ben Tabler bought Cooper's interest in Cooper & Templeman grocery store |
10/01/1914 |
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| Swain family robbed of jewelry and money |
10/08/1914 |
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| West Liberty Automobile Club organized, Frank Moylan president. |
10/15/1914 |
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| Freight cars derailed near Railroad coal chute and damaged a switch engine |
10/15/1914 |
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| Graduating classes of WLHS, 1875-1914 |
10/15/1914 |
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| Howard Anderson, son of W.W., purchased Andrew Anderson's Dry Goods Store |
10/29/1914 |
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| School gives up football |
10/29/1914 |
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| Parvin property at Clay & 4th purchased for Creamery site |
10/29/1914 |
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| Irey adds on to factory producing cement staves for silos where condensed milk factory was located |
10/29/1914 |
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| Thanksgiving turkey dinner at the Cozy Restaurant - 35 cents |
11/26/1914 |
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| Brick and tile Co-op creamery to be built by Arthur Romaine |
12/10/1914 |
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| Quarantine for Hoof and Mouth disease in livestock lifted in Muscatine County |
12/17/1914 |
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| Theaters showing motion picture shows |
12/31/1914 |
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| Anderson Bros. Clothing - Large Clearance sale ad |
12/31/1914 |
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| John Wiley, former law officer of this city preparing for position as elected sheriff |
12/31/1914 |
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| City council seeking bids for various types of paving for streets |
01/21/1915 |
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| S.B. Osborn purch. Stevens' grocery stock, will open in S. room of new Masonic block |
01/28/1915 |
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| Mr. Demean will continue Model Clothing house with James Demorest as manager |
01/28/1915 |
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| Girls' Glee club under direction of Miss Bonifield will give recital at the opera House |
02/04/1915 |
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| Girl's Glee club will be assisted by boys' glee club, H.S. Orchestra and school band |
02/04/1915 |
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| R. Middleton purchased Best Moving Picture house on Calhoun St. from B. Garrison |
02/04/1915 |
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| J.M. Scott sold bakery & restaurant on Calhoun to E.K. Daniels & E.M. Cornwell |
02/11/1915 |
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| Ditmars, Kerr & Co. Seventh Annual Opening & Home Coming, Free dinner, 3 days |
02/18/1915 |
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| C.W. Lundy will occupy Calhoun St. room for undertaking, now used by Mr. Stevens |
02/25/1915 |
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| Grant Nichols will open a tinning business in room vacated by Mr. Lundy |
02/25/1915 |
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| Contract let for Purington Brick block with asphalt filler for paving streets |
03/04/1915 |
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| Nichols Courier makes initial appearance, a newspaper for their city |
03/04/1915 |
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| Union School district in Goshen Twp. Voted to build a new school |
03/11/1915 |
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| Revolver duel on Calhoun St. between two Mexican railroad workers |
03/18/1915 |
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| Ames Glee Club to appear at the opera house in West Liberty |
03/18/1915 |
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| Runaway horse went through plate glass window |
03/25/1915 |
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| Angerer home burns- built by E.T.S. Schenck |
04/01/1915 |
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| Grant Nichols tin shop first door south of Masonic Temple |
04/01/1915 |
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| W.C. Detwiler bought J.H. Weih block occupied by Model Clothing House |
04/01/1915 |
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| Will Hardin has converted his property into two apartments (former Masonic rooms) |
04/08/1915 |
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| New creamery in operation |
04/15/1915 |
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| Gus Tiemeyer bought Daily's restaurant on Third Street |
04/15/1915 |
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| N.L. Romaine building new horse barn (34x70') at the WL Fairgrounds |
04/22/1915 |
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| Rollerskating at the Opera House allowed on certain days |
04/22/1915 |
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| Dedication of new Masonic Temple |
04/29/1915 |
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| Paving plans delayed due to a legality |
05/06/1915 |
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| Local Race Track very popular |
05/06/1915 |
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| Graduates honored at a banquet at the Masonic dining room |
05/13/1915 |
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| Potter & Weber constructing new coal sheds S. side RR tracks west of Calhoun crossing |
05/13/1915 |
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| Elevator threatened by fire |
05/20/1915 |
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| West Liberty passes 1700 population mark |
05/20/1915 |
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| Creamery business growing rapidly |
05/20/1915 |
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| Paving contract let for second time, work to begin soon |
05/27/1915 |
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| Chautauqua begins June 12 |
06/03/1915 |
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| Town celebrates Memorial Day |
06/03/1915 |
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| C.D. Gibson will enlarge yard to have first-class farmers' feed & hitching yard S. of 3rd St. |
06/10/1915 |
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| New exposition hall to be built on fairgrounds |
06/24/1915 |
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| Mother and child saved from drowning |
07/01/1915 |
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| Canning Club organized by Kate Logan and Clara Steen |
07/01/1915 |
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| L.W. Swem, jeweler and inventor of ring mould, moving to Iowa Falls |
07/01/1915 |
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| Liberty Bell will pass through WL on July 7 on way to San Francisco Exposition |
07/01/1915 |
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| One thousand at Railroad station to see Liberty Bell |
07/08/1915 |
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| Chaos in Mexico echoed here among colony of railroad laborers |
07/08/1915 |
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| Veterans enjoy annual picnic at John Demean cottage near Tice bridge |
07/22/1915 |
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| Alligators seen near Pike Run |
07/22/1915 |
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| Osborn's Odd Shop to occupy north side of Masonic building |
07/22/1915 |
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| New exposition hall nearly completed on site of old floral hall at fairgrounds. |
07/29/1915 |
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| New hall at fairgrounds will display exhibits of school children of the county |
07/29/1915 |
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| Delayed brick shipments from factory in Galesburg slows paving progress |
08/19/1915 |
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| 35 years ago Gus Burkart reported having filled orders for 670 rigs built at his WL factory |
09/09/1915 |
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| Public hitching yard at Clay & Railroad St. adjacent to McCann & Burkart blacksmith shop |
09/09/1915 |
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| Old button plant near railroad depot used as a boarding house |
09/16/1915 |
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| Football games begin October 2, team is enthusiastic |
09/30/1915 |
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| Peoples State Bank bought building west of them from H. B. Childs, occ. Boyne Grocery |
09/30/1915 |
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| Creamery gets contract with R. I. Railroad for 1000 #Iowa Gold butter/week for dining cars |
10/07/1915 |
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| 35 yrs. Ago - New instruments arrive for WL band, more than $1000 invested in equipment |
10/07/1915 |
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| Plans for big celebration when lighting system and brick streets are completed |
10/14/1915 |
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| E.C. Kerr & Fred Hinkhouse went to Monmouth, IL to witness a tractor demonstration |
10/14/1915 |
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| Henry J. Boldt bought Waite garage on Spencer St., Waite will remain at garage |
10/14/1915 |
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| U.S. Marine Band will perform here for Nov. celebration, free feed and free movies for all |
10/21/1915 |
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| Last brick laid in paving |
10/21/1915 |
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| Mayor Mackey resigns after six years in service |
10/21/1915 |
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| L.K. Nichols & H.E. Carr will occupy Lane bldg. on Calhoun for laundry, peanut & Popcorn machine |
10/21/1915 |
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| Guy Flater bought and moved Union school house to his farm |
10/21/1915 |
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| Parade, football game, Marine band concert, free movies, free feed all on Nov. 2 in WL |
10/28/1915 |
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| Great crowd of 12,000 attend fall festival, 8500 at free feed |
11/04/1915 |
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| Festival pleases all - Many editors write of the celebration |
11/11/1915 |
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| J.L. Peters, Orchard Farm, 2 miles east sells shorthorns |
11/11/1915 |
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| Photo of Wiese Garage and decorated car for parade |
11/11/1915 |
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| Pointers for motorists |
11/18/1915 |
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| Thomas Fountain puchased local elevator from W.C. Addleman |
12/02/1915 |
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| History & Photos of West Liberty |
12/09/1915 |
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| Walter Fogg purchased Model Clothing House stock |
12/09/1915 |
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| Miller & Grigg Bros. will hold their first horse sale |
01/06/1916 |
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| Modern Woodmen moved from hall above Lewis Hdwre. to quarters above Fogg Clothing |
01/06/1916 |
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| Fire destroys East School Building |
01/20/1916 |
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| Architects chosen to draw plans for new high school |
02/03/1916 |
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| Dimensions, floor plans for new school, district boundary lines defined |
02/24/1916 |
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| J. H. DeMean has begun work on new brick block betw. Masonic Hall & Grigg Garage |
02/24/1916 |
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| Four John bros. returned home from Linn Grove after building new school house |
02/24/1916 |
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| Mrs. Fisher & Mrs. Hardin were in Chicago purchasing their season's millinery |
02/24/1916 |
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| Advance information given on Chautauqua coming in June |
03/09/1916 |
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| Voters approved $75,000 for new high school |
03/16/1916 |
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| Brick paving will be done on 40 additional blocks in town |
03/23/1916 |
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| Thirty-five years ago W.G. Brooke & James Stoops started a creamery in Iowa City |
03/23/1916 |
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| Twenty years ago L. Dotson & employees building a dam for R. R. on West Wapsie |
03/23/1916 |
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| Three big motion picture bookings at the Grand |
03/30/1916 |
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| Operas "The Bohemian Girl" and "IL Trovatore" will be presented at the Opera House |
03/30/1916 |
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| C.M. Nichols planted a row of trees in S. parking of 6th St. between Calhoun & Spencer |
04/06/1916 |
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| Twenty years ago R. R. Co. began erecting coal chutes in local yards |
04/13/1916 |
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| Bids Let for New High School |
04/20/1916 |
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| W. A. Warren to begin construction of second story on Wiese Garage on Spencer St. |
04/20/1916 |
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| A painting room and repair room will be on second story of Wiese Garage, Spencer St. |
04/20/1916 |
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| Pythian Sisters hosted District convention with 100 visiting delegates |
05/04/1916 |
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| Large Royal Neighbors district assembly held here |
05/11/1916 |
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| 35 years ago U.S. Census Report gave West Liberty a population of 1141 |
05/11/1916 |
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| Forty foot addition will be added to east side of Morris produce house on S. Spencer |
05/11/1916 |
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| Women suffragists visited West Liberty and held a street meeting |
05/18/1916 |
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| 35 years ago new bandstand completed above town well at Third & Calhoun |
05/18/1916 |
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| 35 years ago new bandstand had trap door and folding stairway leading to upper floor |
05/18/1916 |
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| 20 years ago Hoover & Harris clothing firm began here |
05/18/1916 |
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| West Liberty is the only school in the county which offers a normal training course |
05/18/1916 |
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| Commencement exercises for 24 high school graduates |
05/25/1916 |
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| Final Contracts Let for High School |
05/25/1916 |
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| 35 years ago Gus Burkart was in Cincinatti to buy new stock for his carriage shop |
06/01/1916 |
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| 30 years ago P. R. Evans paid $65 for the old town hall |
06/08/1916 |
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| 35 years ago rain destroyed 20,000 brick at the I. C. Nichols plant |
06/08/1916 |
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| 35 years ago John Lewis & S.T. Chesebrough bought Bowersock brick block for $5000 |
06/15/1916 |
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| Three WL men report for army duty against Mexico |
06/22/1916 |
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| Work on West school heating plant |
06/22/1916 |
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| 30 years ago new orchestra of 5 men on violin, cornet, trombone, piano and piccolo |
06/22/1916 |
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| 35 years ago Occidental Band bought new bass drum for John Wiley |
06/22/1916 |
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| J. C. Nichols will have new sheet metal plant where H.A. John had 2 smaller bldgs on Spencer |
06/22/1916 |
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| New bakery in basement of Morris Dept. Store, ovens have capacity of 200 large loaves |
06/29/1916 |
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| Herman Steen will soon begin his new work with Prairie Farmer, published in Chicago |
06/29/1916 |
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| Electric lighting added to fairgrounds in preparation of night shows |
08/10/1916 |
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| Local horse racers make fine showing in fast company |
08/10/1916 |
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| H. J. Smith bought Adams & Schooley implements in Demean building on W. 3rd St. |
08/10/1916 |
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| Local residents enjoy camping at Rochester |
08/10/1916 |
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| Council requests telephone co. to move pole obstructing Phillips & Beyer driveways /Calhoun |
08/10/1916 |
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| Brick paving completed on streets north of 3rd Street |
08/17/1916 |
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| 30 years ago large iron cage placed in city hall to be used as a jail |
08/24/1916 |
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| Attendance at West Liberty fair was 13,000 |
08/24/1916 |
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| Phelps Motor Co. to have new Ford shop in Demean building |
08/24/1916 |
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| Abandoned church in Cedar Valley will be added to W. side of Atalissa Presbyterian ch. |
08/24/1916 |
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| List of teachers for new school year |
08/31/1916 |
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| Letter from Archie Ditmars with infantry band in Brownsville, TX |
08/31/1916 |
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| J. C. Nichols sheet metal and furnace plant nearly completed on Spencer St. |
09/07/1916 |
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| Basement to be built under M. E. Church in Cedar Valley |
09/07/1916 |
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| Montgomery shoe store will now occupy only the east half of Polders building, W. 3rd St. |
09/07/1916 |
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| Veterans of 35th IA Infantry (Civil War) having reunion in Muscatine, five vets from WL |
09/07/1916 |
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| J. M. Miller resumes management of opera house. His tent show closed season in Solon. |
09/07/1916 |
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| Lew Jackson, Rbt. Brooke, Jesse Swart, & Chester Peters enrolled at CR business college |
09/07/1916 |
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| Storage house near front of North Prairie Cemetery being placed on concrete foundation |
09/07/1916 |
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| WL officially placed on Diagonal Route to Seattle via Downey, Iowa City & Cedar Rapids |
09/07/1916 |
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| What was it worth to Iowa to be represented at Panama-Pacific Intern'tl Exposition? |
09/07/1916 |
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| Switch engine struck auto at Columbus St. during rain storm, 2 men escaped injury |
09/14/1916 |
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| Law firm of Holmes & Brooke dissolved partnership 35 years ago (1881) |
09/14/1916 |
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| Letter to editor written by former resident & newspaper printer Henry W. Lewis |
09/14/1916 |
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| Watermelon party at Hormel's Hill for Class of 1917 |
09/14/1916 |
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| H. B. Childs sold brick livery barn to Will Hardin, N. B. Ansley will continue livery business |
09/14/1916 |
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| 30 years ago stone abutments/structural iron being placed for new railroad bridge E. of town |
09/21/1916 |
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| 35 years ago T. M. Campbell took charge of the Windus House. |
09/21/1916 |
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| New outside plant heats West school |
10/05/1916 |
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| Showroom for Velie & Dodge autos being prepared on Spencer St. at rear of Chase Groc. |
10/05/1916 |
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| A. L. Richard's stolen auto recovered in Streator, Illinois |
10/05/1916 |
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| Addition at rear of Demean building next to Dice Lumber will house Smith & Kleinart auto repair |
10/05/1916 |
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| George J. Harney began his new job as agent for Standard Oil Co. |
10/05/1916 |
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| Gus Burkart made a 150 lb. buggy for Dr. Ady, characterized as a "wonder" in 1881 |
10/12/1916 |
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| Construction accident at new high school gravely injured two workmen |
10/19/1916 |
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| Town buys 7 ac. cemetery tract south of Oak Ridge Cemetery, former Potter residence |
10/19/1916 |
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| 35 years ago Dr. Heckenberger, veterinarian, located in West Liberty |
10/19/1916 |
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| 35 years ago Hayward & Heiferfinder of ILL. here to start soap factory |
10/19/1916 |
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| 35 years ago Sylvan Plumley, manufacturer of ink, received 7000 stone bottles from England |
10/19/1916 |
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| Ida Eve's millinery business will move to west room in Polder's block on W. 3rd St. |
10/26/1916 |
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| S. C. Snider has new silver-gray automobile hearse |
11/02/1916 |
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| Road club organized; plans for oiling the River to River Road |
11/16/1916 |
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| Monday Music Club organized, W. A. Warren - president |
11/16/1916 |
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| Box social held at Central school house by the Union school netted $50.00 |
11/16/1916 |
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| Ladies of South Prairie M. P. church will serve a chicken supper in Central school house |
11/16/1916 |
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| E. C. Nichols recalls earlier football and baseball days at University of Iowa |
11/23/1916 |
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| Council contracted for installation of 30 gasoline street lights 25 years ago (1891) |
11/23/1916 |
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| Occupants of Polders block will be given separate entrances and new display windows |
11/23/1916 |
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| Auto struck by train at Prairie Street, passengers escape injury |
12/07/1916 |
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| Football squad has winning season |
12/07/1916 |
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| Bronner Paint Shop over L. R. Wiese Garage |
12/07/1916 |
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| Four WL soldiers with 1st IA Infantry coming home from Texas border |
12/14/1916 |
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| Conditions at the West school building |
12/14/1916 |
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| Funeral for Charles Abbott, Troop D 1st IA Cavalry, killed while on duty at Donna, Texas |
12/21/1916 |
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| Mrs. J. D. Fisher retiring from millinery, Mrs. Hardin will continue the shop |
01/04/1917 |
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| Henry B. Melick assumes proprietorship of West Liberty Telephone Company |
01/04/1917 |
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| In 1881 section hands were quitting their jobs due to reduction in wages |
01/04/1917 |
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| Chet Beach will celebrate 10 years in service for the Rock Island Railroad |
01/04/1917 |
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| Potter & Weber began ice harvest from their pond at the foot of Hormel Hill |
01/04/1917 |
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| Fine cattle sale at Grigg Bros. newly covered sales pavilion between Columbus & Spencer |
01/11/1917 |
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| Hon. A. L. Richards is chairman of Agriculture committee in the state legislature |
01/18/1917 |
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| Serious falls on ice injure residents |
01/18/1917 |
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| Second Bond issue needed to complete new school |
01/25/1917 |
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| Soldiers Ditmars, Peters, Brooke and Coxon home to stay |
01/25/1917 |
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| S. P. Farmer's Institute closed a succesful two-day session at the Central school house |
01/25/1917 |
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| Baggage room changed to west end of the railroad depot |
01/25/1917 |
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| The government must once again carry mail between the depot and post office |
01/25/1917 |
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| Chet Kelley trains State's Best Steppers |
02/08/1917 |
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| Mr. Shellabarger sells Barred Rock poultry from his N. Columbus St. property |
02/15/1917 |
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| Raymond Lodge, K of P, entertained more than 300 for banquet and program |
02/22/1917 |
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| Will Hardin will install bowling alley at west side of brick livery barn 4th & Calhoun |
02/22/1917 |
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| Part of brick livery will be occupied by Sanger & Ward, implements and automobiles |
02/22/1917 |
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| Music Club of fifty voices to give concert at the Opera House |
03/08/1917 |
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| J. H. Irey cement stave factory south of RR tracks very busy manufacturing for silos |
03/08/1917 |
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| City will purchase electricity from Iowa Railway and Light Co. in Cedar Rapids |
03/08/1917 |
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| Glen Barnes purchased Frank Elliott's interest in the dray line |
03/08/1917 |
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| C. W. Morris & nephew escape revolution in Camaguey, Cuba, take small boat to Havana |
03/15/1917 |
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| War with Germany is declared |
04/12/1917 |
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| Fire destroyed new opera house in Atalissa |
04/19/1917 |
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| A. M. Ekelburg preparing to open cigar factory, now located below post office |
04/19/1917 |
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| New Society of Friends church in Springdale |
05/10/1917 |
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| Society of Friends Church - Springdale dedicated (photo in paper) |
05/17/1917 |
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| Home Men Enlisting |
05/17/1917 |
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| Four more WL boys off to barracks |
05/24/1917 |
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| History of Friends Society at Springdale |
05/24/1917 |
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| Chautauqua in WL June 5 - 11 |
05/31/1917 |
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| Invest in Liberty Bonds |
05/31/1917 |
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| Formation of WL Red Cross Society |
05/31/1917 |
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| American Flag on cable over 3rd St. from McIntosh's aprt. On S to Allie Sissell's on north |
05/31/1917 |
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| T. E. Fountain, who operated local elevator for past year, sold to Schafer & Hunter of Wapello |
05/31/1917 |
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| Military registration for all men ages 21 - 30 on June 5th |
05/31/1917 |
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| Patriotism rules - WL celebrates day of registration |
06/07/1917 |
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| Class of 1917 graduates 27 members, first to use the just completed auditorium |
06/07/1917 |
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| Street gives way at 3rd & 4th near depot park due to quicksand problem |
06/21/1917 |
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| Wapsie raises $2400 for Red Cross War Fund |
06/28/1917 |
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| P.M. Schooley elected president of the new Iowa Polled Hereford Breeders Assoc. |
07/05/1917 |
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| New road patrol laws and patrolmen will be on duty |
07/12/1917 |
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| N. Romaine has begun erection of new Goshen No. 3 school, replacing one that burned |
07/12/1917 |
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| Women fight Waste |
07/19/1917 |
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| Local Red Cross seeks a monthly income |
07/26/1917 |
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| Draft names drawn for army |
07/26/1917 |
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| Presbyterian Church rededicated after improvements made |
08/02/1917 |
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| W. L. Vulcanizing Co., H. S. Bowman, Rear of I.O.O.F. building, 3rd & Spencer |
08/02/1917 |
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| Harry Lewis writes of escaping sinking ship |
08/09/1917 |
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| Three offices Robbed |
08/09/1917 |
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| Local men called to army |
08/16/1917 |
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| West Liberty Fair August 20 - 23 |
08/16/1917 |
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| G. Anson, foreman of erecting crew, killed in fall from 50 ft. cement stave silo |
08/23/1917 |
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| New high school will be ready for use when school begins in Sept. |
08/23/1917 |
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| Paul Hinkhouse writes of escaping in life boat after ship sunk by a mine |
08/23/1917 |
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| Anderson Bros. had grand champion Poland China hog at State Fair |
08/30/1917 |
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| Record enrollment in schools at 432. New H. S. commerical course very popular |
09/06/1917 |
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| Theft of canned fruit from Mrs. Mackey's home, 6th & Elm |
09/06/1917 |
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| Rest room which had been maintained by King's Daughters for 3 yrs. was closed |
09/06/1917 |
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| Four babies succumb to cholera infantum |
09/13/1917 |
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| Locals turn out to greet five sections of special trains for 168th infantry going east |
09/13/1917 |
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| Home Boys in France |
09/13/1917 |
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| Farm team runs wild on Third Street |
09/20/1917 |
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| R. C. Wagner & Henry Friedli homes' street corners have monster flower beds |
09/20/1917 |
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| Local Red Cross makes shipment of supplies for the Front |
09/27/1917 |
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| Charles Mackey on Surgeon General's staff, writes from Washington |
09/27/1917 |
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| Postage will be 3 cents per ounce and post cards will require 2 cent stamp |
10/11/1917 |
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| Wapsie Township called upon to purchase $211,000 worth of Liberty Bonds |
10/18/1917 |
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| Clay Nichols writes of his duties with 168th hospital corps |
10/18/1917 |
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| West Liberty responds to government request for Meatless and Wheatless days |
11/01/1917 |
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| H. J. Smith bought J. Kleinart's interest, now sole owner of Hudson & Ford garage |
11/08/1917 |
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| Livestock poisoned |
11/08/1917 |
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| Nay & Nichols Hardware sold to Henry & Charles Swart |
11/08/1917 |
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| In 1887, 19 local women marched to the polls and demanded ballots, but were refused |
11/08/1917 |
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| Coal supply situation is serious |
11/15/1917 |
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| John Kleinart bought interest in Grigg garage on Calhoun, will be in charge of repair dept. |
11/15/1917 |
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| John Schmitt sold his dray line to Ed Sullivan |
11/29/1917 |
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| W. H. Shipman has order from government for 200 breeching back straps |
11/29/1917 |
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| Red Cross remains active and seeks more pledges |
12/13/1917 |
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| New Baptist church at Downey to be dedicated on Sunday |
12/13/1917 |
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| Long Beach Press says C. D. Gibson of WL, first to buy War Savings Certs. (19) in L. B. |
12/20/1917 |
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| Dressings class of Red Cross makes record number |
12/20/1917 |
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| The law concerning sale of flour and sugar during wartime |
12/20/1917 |
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| Water main breaks at new school |
12/27/1917 |
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| Eastern Star installs officers |
01/10/1918 |
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| Pythian Sisters enjoy big session, install new officers |
01/10/1918 |
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| Heavy snow blocks many roads |
01/10/1918 |
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| Ref. car loaded with apples left tracks in local yards, for a time all hands and mouths busy |
01/10/1918 |
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| Storm knocks us cold |
01/17/1918 |
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| Twenty years ago the current was turned on for WL's first street lamps |
01/17/1918 |
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| Army School Assured |
01/17/1918 |
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| Local cement stave silo plant ready for boom |
01/17/1918 |
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| Potter & Weber's big barn of 2000-ton capacity is completely filled with ice |
01/17/1918 |
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| New officers named for Royal Neighbors, Liberty Lodge and W. R. C. |
01/17/1918 |
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| Fuel remains scarce |
01/24/1918 |
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| School begins for military registrants, French instruction included |
01/24/1918 |
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| Merchants shorten hours, churches hold union services to conserve fuel |
01/31/1918 |
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| German alien enemies over age 14 must register (un-naturalized) |
01/31/1918 |
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| Schools closed this week, lack of fuel |
02/07/1918 |
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| Local soldier survives the torpedoed Tuscania |
02/14/1918 |
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| Schools increase hours to make up time |
02/14/1918 |
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| Annual county teacher's institute to be held here in March |
02/21/1918 |
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| Drug thieves caught |
02/21/1918 |
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| School dedicates flag to graduates in the service |
03/07/1918 |
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| Archie Ditmars left Index shop, now associated with father at Ditmars, Kerr & Co. |
03/14/1918 |
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| photo of young Harry Lewis |
03/14/1918 |
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| U. S. Boys' Working Reserve |
03/21/1918 |
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| Large service flag made by Mrs. J. L. Peters sold for $11,450 at Red Cross auction |
03/28/1918 |
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| Stars on flag made by Mrs. Peters denote 54 local men in service |
03/28/1918 |
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| Class of 1918 is largest in the history of the WL school - 41 in number |
04/04/1918 |
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| Camp Dodge cantonment band will give concert here Friday |
04/04/1918 |
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| Local Red Cross complimented on high quality of work |
04/04/1918 |
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| No more German in school; textbooks found burned, some dumped in creek |
04/18/1918 |
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| City getting ready for new electrical service |
04/18/1918 |
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| Fair proposes building new hog barn |
04/18/1918 |
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| Army trucks pay us a visit |
04/18/1918 |
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| Peoples State Bank observes fiftieth anniversary |
04/25/1918 |
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| Campaign for War Savings Stamps |
05/02/1918 |
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| Old buildings must go - a fire hazard |
05/02/1918 |
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| Ned Romaine given contract for hog barn with 124 stalls at WL fairground |
05/02/1918 |
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| New meat market at Morris Dept Store |
05/02/1918 |
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| Changes at the Moylan Hotel |
05/02/1918 |
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| V. R. Lane sold photo studio to W. S. Tannery of Nebraska |
05/09/1918 |
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| Prof. Fred Rapp headed excursion of younger boys from the grades on banks of Wapsie |
05/09/1918 |
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| Osborn & Lewis form partnership, groc & hardware on N, Odd shop on S in Masonic Bldg |
05/09/1918 |
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| Photos of High School Class of 1918 |
05/09/1918 |
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| Willet Whitacre killed by mad bull |
05/16/1918 |
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| High School gymnasium photo |
05/16/1918 |
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| High School auditorium photo |
05/23/1918 |
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| Old hog barns taken down in readiness for new hog barn to be built at fairground |
05/23/1918 |
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| Nation will hold second military service registration day in June |
05/30/1918 |
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| Town cheers departing soldiers |
05/30/1918 |
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| Clarence Seeley's barbershop now located in the Moylan Hotel |
05/30/1918 |
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| Chautauqua here June 7 - 13 |
06/06/1918 |
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| Old residence removed by C. W. Burkart at rear of Klotz restaurant for new brick on 4th St. |
06/06/1918 |
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| New brick on 4th St. to be used by Paterson Sales, will connect at rear to present location |
06/06/1918 |
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| Memorial Day impressively celebrated |
06/06/1918 |
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| Flag pole to be erected in depot park |
06/06/1918 |
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| List of local men in the second military call |
06/13/1918 |
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| Swart Hardware on W. 3rd St. purchased by Henry Polders and Fred Evans |
06/27/1918 |
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| Town unfurls new flag in depot park |
07/11/1918 |
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| Next draft takes 278 from Muscatine County |
07/11/1918 |
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| Town men show farmers some fancy field work |
07/18/1918 |
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| New fair barn is rising, 80 by 180 feet dimensions |
07/25/1918 |
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| Lt. Col. Clark R. Elliott died on French battlefield, buried there |
08/01/1918 |
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| Town honors first war victim, memorial service for Lt. Col. Clark Elliott |
08/08/1918 |
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| Babies to have exams |
08/08/1918 |
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| Wounded soldier, Chester Peters, praises Red Cross |
08/08/1918 |
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| WL fair opens next week, to be best fair ever |
08/15/1918 |
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| Boys show fine cattle, rural school student work won premiums at fair |
08/29/1918 |
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| All men between ages 18 - 45 now must register for military draft |
09/05/1918 |
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| Letters from soldiers |
09/12/1918 |
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| Peach stones needed by government in manufacture of charcoal for gas masks |
09/19/1918 |
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| Fourth Liberty Loan government bonds to be sold |
09/19/1918 |
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| Train of special war exhibits will stop here Firday morning |
09/26/1918 |
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| Metal encased Dust house erected east of main bldg. at elevator |
09/26/1918 |
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| Prevalence of influenza in army camps delays draft call |
10/03/1918 |
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| Red Cross nurse, Ella Noring, died from influenza/pneumonia at Camp Merritt, N. J. |
10/17/1918 |
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| Lid goes on town due to influenza |
10/17/1918 |
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| Uncle Sam needs more tin |
10/24/1918 |
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| Anderson Bros. clothing store is closing out |
10/24/1918 |
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| More letters from soldiers |
10/24/1918 |
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| James Dallas Raver died from pneumonia in France on or about Oct. 12 |
11/07/1918 |
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| Mem. Services for James Dallas Raver and Elsie Davis, vol. nurse, who died in PA |
11/07/1918 |
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| Word from front lines |
11/07/1918 |
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| Signing of Armistice - Old Wapsie goes wild |
11/14/1918 |
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| Schools close - Influenza |
11/14/1918 |
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| Photo of Grigg's Sale Pavilion |
11/21/1918 |
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| Word received Mansell Phillips died Oct. 27 from battle wounds in Europe |
11/28/1918 |
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| J. Kleinart bought James auto repair business on Spencer St. |
12/12/1918 |
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| Suspicious check lands man in jail |
12/19/1918 |
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| Flu Epidemic Still Here |
01/02/1919 |
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| P.N. Gibson preparing for large horse sale at Grigg Bros. pavilion, Gibson's old stand |
01/02/1919 |
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| Short course (8 weeks) in agriculture and farm accounts to be offered at high school |
01/09/1919 |
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| Wed. morning 57 sleds at stock yards to discharge loads of hogs, shipping to Chicago |
01/09/1919 |
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| 30 yr. ago Owen Gorman & Sam Parsons purch. John Wiley's Headlight Rest. near Depot |
01/09/1919 |
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| Chaplin informs Philips family that Mansel Phillips buried in cemetery at Blaise, France |
01/23/1919 |
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| Thirty years ago George Beyer sold his paint shop to Mr. Bristol of Chicago |
01/23/1919 |
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| Elevator threatened by fire |
02/06/1919 |
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| 20 yrs. ago Deal betw. Railroad & town that would permit opening Elm St. south to 4th St. |
02/13/1919 |
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| W.S. Tannery - Photographs that Please |
02/27/1919 |
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| Grand opening for new men's and boys' clothing store - Ruthenberg Clothing Co. |
03/13/1919 |
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| Presbyterians entertain returned soldiers |
03/20/1919 |
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| Boy Scouts Organizing |
05/08/1919 |
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| Creamery will build large addition on west side |
05/15/1919 |
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| F.J. Moylan has torn away barn & shed at rear of depot rest., prep. To erect garage |
05/15/1919 |
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| Tom McCarthy purchased restaurant near depot from Frank Moylan |
05/22/1919 |
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| Chautauqua In West Liberty June 9 - 15 |
06/05/1919 |
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| Warren Pulse bought J. H. Anderson's dry goods store |
06/12/1919 |
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| New cattle barn to be erected at the Fair grounds |
06/19/1919 |
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| One of first homes (1856) torn away to make way for gas station, SE corner 4th & Calhoun |
06/19/1919 |
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| A Standard Oil service station to be erected also at NE corner of 4th and Calhoun |
06/19/1919 |
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| C. W. Morris bought the brick store bldg. which adjoins his brick block on 3rd Street |
06/26/1919 |
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| Whitacre's prized Jersey is pictured |
06/26/1919 |
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| Dr. J. F. Hinkhouse has been elected president of Lenox College in Hopkinton |
06/26/1919 |
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| Adelaide Stober elected the new librarian. Eva Ball resigned position; moving away |
07/03/1919 |
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| Improve Burial Ground (North Prairie) |
07/10/1919 |
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| Boy Scouts off for camp |
07/10/1919 |
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| Grant Nichols still leading the band for Sat. nite concerts on the post office corner |
07/17/1919 |
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| Schafer Elevator Busy |
07/24/1919 |
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| Trial flights of aeroplane |
07/24/1919 |
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| The Town must Expand |
08/07/1919 |
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| Lightning strike kills two |
08/07/1919 |
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| J. Kleinart to erect 60 x 40 garage S. of McCaw blacksmith, betw. 4th & 5th on Calhoun |
08/14/1919 |
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| C.J. Mackey takes job as Mayor, City wants post of municipal manager created |
09/04/1919 |
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| Smoke Liberty Cigar, A.M. Ekelberg, manufacturer, West Liberty, IA |
09/18/1919 |
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| Firemen seeking funds for a motor truck |
09/25/1919 |
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| C.W. Morris bought Chesebrough drug store stock and building at 3rd & Calhoun |
09/25/1919 |
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| People's State Bank buys site for Future Home (3rd & Calhoun) |
10/02/1919 |
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| Osborn & Lewis dissolve partnership; L. Lewis will operate Hdwr. & groc. on Calhoun St. |
10/09/1919 |
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| M/M Osborn will open ladies' wear store in Amos Whitacre bldg. on 3rd. St. |
10/09/1919 |
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| Original plat of old town found by Att. E.C. Nichols at court house |
10/09/1919 |
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| Bond Issue Passes for Engine for Electric Service |
10/16/1919 |
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| Small child ate medicine tablets and died |
10/23/1919 |
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| New James & Kleinart Garage being built on Calhoun St. |
11/06/1919 |
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| E.D. Smith Feed Store on Clay St. bought by WL Co-op creamery |
11/13/1919 |
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| Coal Situation Becomes Acute |
12/04/1919 |
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| Shorter Business Hours Due to Coal Strike |
12/11/1919 |
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| Town Buys New Fire Apparatus - a Maxwell Truck to be delivered within 60 days |
12/18/1919 |
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| Manager John Heath installed new projector at the Grand theater |
12/18/1919 |
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| Gas explosion put Greenway family in peril |
01/01/1920 |
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| Narrow escape from death for Nay family during auto-buggy crash at RR crossing |
01/01/1920 |
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| Mrs. P.R. Hardin sold millinery shop in IOOF bldg. to Mrs. H.A. Evert & daughter |
01/08/1920 |
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| H.B. Melick will begin erection of telephone Exch. Bldg. on Calhoun N. of livery in spring |
01/08/1920 |
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| C.W. Morris moved drug stock to west room of dept. store, G.B. Embree in charge |
01/08/1920 |
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| School gym open for business men each Thursday |
01/15/1920 |
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| Frank Pertlicek sold Manfull bldg. 3rd & Spencer to Will Burkart |
01/22/1920 |
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| Charles Gaeta Fruit Store & confectionery next door to IA St. Bank |
01/22/1920 |
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| State honors war nurses who gave lives, Ellen Noring and Elsie Davis from WL |
01/29/1920 |
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| Rockafellow Pays Fortune for Prize Boar |
02/05/1920 |
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| Wapsie twp. division of Farm bureau was organized |
02/05/1920 |
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| Town to Have a City Manager |
02/12/1920 |
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| Hotel proposed for Brick livery site |
02/19/1920 |
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| Dr. Heck sold veterinary practice and W. 5th residence to Dr. J.C. Carey |
02/26/1920 |
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| WL Girls and Nashua meet for Eastern iowa championship basketball game |
02/26/1920 |
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| Tom Killion purchased Third Street restaurant |
02/26/1920 |
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| H.L. Mosher bought T.P. Mitchell Implement Co. on Calhoun St. |
03/04/1920 |
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| Leo Jehle has agency for Twin City tractors & separators at rear of Manfull Buidling |
03/11/1920 |
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| Catholic Church at Nichols destroyed by fire |
03/18/1920 |
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| Fix the Roads' Cries Public |
04/22/1920 |
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| Lightning struck SW corner of Opera House roof, causing damage to other bldgs. Also |
04/22/1920 |
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| New motor fire truck has arrived |
04/29/1920 |
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| Cemetery Will be Beautified - Old road will be closed |
05/06/1920 |
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| Guy Schnoebelen bought Third St. restaurant from Tom Killion |
05/06/1920 |
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| Appraisers set value of Rohlf estate at $4500 - considered too high by Fair directors |
05/20/1920 |
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| Local veterans to have Am. Legion Post here |
05/20/1920 |
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| Fair buys 3 ac. From John Potter adjoining at NW corner of fairgrounds |
05/27/1920 |
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| J.C. Nichols sold sheet metal works to Walcott Automatic Trap Nest Co. |
05/27/1920 |
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| Chautauqua tent going up on its old location - the East school grounds |
06/03/1920 |
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| Aeroplane lands nearby and gives rides to some residents |
06/03/1920 |
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| Auto test keeps fans interested |
07/01/1920 |
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| Culbert Bros. of Riverside purchased Klotz restaurant at 4th & Calhoun |
07/08/1920 |
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| 40 yrs.ago thirty Indians were camped in the woods near Downey |
07/15/1920 |
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| Harry Hazlett improving barns at S Calhoun near fairgrounds, high fence to enclose lot |
07/15/1920 |
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| Community honors two war heroes killed in France, brought home for burial |
07/22/1920 |
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| 30 yrs. Ago L.W. Swem bought Rejahl prop. On 3rd St., planned to erect new jewelry store |
07/22/1920 |
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| Mansell L. Phillips American Legion Post Established, Polders block above shoe store |
07/29/1920 |
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| 1100 fans turn out for WL - Durant baseball game, Hildebrand outstanding player |
07/29/1920 |
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| Davenport Fair offers completely new Outfit |
08/05/1920 |
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| River to River road now renamed Number "7" |
08/05/1920 |
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| In 1885 there were 60 Civil War veterans living in Wapsie Twp., 25 living in Goshen Twp. |
08/12/1920 |
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| WL Hide & Tallow Co. has completely remodeled its rendering plant |
08/12/1920 |
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| Central School comes into own - will hold classes |
08/19/1920 |
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| Large Livestock show during the WL Fair |
08/19/1920 |
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| Guy Schnoebelen bought Amos Whitacre block across from Opera House for restaurant |
08/19/1920 |
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| Mrs. P.R. Hardin bought back millinery shop she previously owned a year ago. |
08/19/1920 |
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| Classes will not be held at Central School |
08/26/1920 |
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| "West Liberty" cement letters for Depot Park near railroad placed by Floriculture Soc. |
08/26/1920 |
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| Gaeta's gang, West Liberty Independents, still winning baseball games |
08/26/1920 |
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| Atalissa Elevator burns |
09/30/1920 |
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| Old condensed Milk smokestack dynamited after children's attempts to climb 92 ft. structure. |
10/07/1920 |
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| School of citizenship to prepare new voters |
10/14/1920 |
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| Local swine capture grand championships |
10/14/1920 |
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| 10 yrs ago 650 men, 750 horses of 6th U.S. Cavalry camped here on march from Indiana to Ft. Des Moines |
10/14/1920 |
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| Sheep club proposed for county young people |
10/28/1920 |
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| Coming election will be first vote for women |
10/28/1920 |
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| Levee planned to save lands from Salisbury bridge to RR crossing east of Pike run |
11/25/1920 |
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| Sheriff finds 25 gal. moonshine still in woods near Salisbury bridge |
12/02/1920 |
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| Methodist Choir gave Cantata "The Messiah's Coming" directed by Mrs. L.A. Royal |
12/23/1920 |
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| Service Star Legoin honors martyred nurse, Ellen Noring |
01/13/1921 |
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| Depot is inadequate for travelers - need more space |
01/20/1921 |
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| Train strikes three in auto, one dead, two injured |
01/27/1921 |
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| New plumbing & electrical business at NW cn. 4th & Calhoun, H.B. Wright/George Case |
02/03/1921 |
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| 40 yrs ago eight sleigh loads of Iowa City people came for banquet at the Hise House |
02/03/1921 |
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| Another fire truck proposed for use in rural areas |
02/10/1921 |
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| Two day Agricultural short course planned |
02/10/1921 |
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| Floriculture Society observes 25th Ann. and recalls city projects |
02/24/1921 |
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| Parent - Teachers Unit under way |
02/24/1921 |
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| Pythian Reunion - 400 attend |
02/24/1921 |
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| Local missionary, Ortha Lane, tells of terrible conditions in China |
03/17/1921 |
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| People's State Bank to build new home at NE cn. 3rd & Calhoun |
03/31/1921 |
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| WL team, Rob Buckman, Ben Whittington, Herb Schmidt won 1st place in state judging contest for sheep |
31-Mar-1921. |
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| Fund drive has nearly enough for Rural Fire Truck |
31-Mar-1921. |
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| Metal ceiling of old corner drug store bought by W.L. Waters, being removed by Grant Nichols |
04/14/1921 |
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| Rural schools seek admission to West Liberty school |
04/28/1921 |
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| Sheriff nabs bootleggers |
05/05/1921 |
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| Letter from Dr. M.J. Hinkhouse in China |
06/09/1921 |
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| New bridge crosses Wapsie Creek on East side of town |
06/30/1921 |
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| Town plans for 4th of July celebration |
06/30/1921 |
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| City will generate its own electricity - in dispute with electric company |
07/07/1921 |
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| Election set to vote on school consolidation question |
07/14/1921 |
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| Consolidation approved for Hartupee, Prairie Grove and Snake Hollow schools |
07/21/1921 |
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| New water tank going up in rail yards west of passenger depot |
07/21/1921 |
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| New horse barn at Fair grounds destroyed by fire |
08/18/1921 |
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| Farm Bureau will make Membership Drive |
09/15/1921 |
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| Mid-West Grocery store opens in west room of the Polders building on 3rd St. |
09/15/1921 |
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| Robert Macdonald, local boy, will tour West giving piano concert, teaches in Chicago |
09/15/1921 |
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| WL town baseball team wins Eastern Iowa championship |
09/22/1921 |
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| John Heath appointed as clerk in post office |
09/22/1921 |
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| Parent Teachers Association had large gathering to get acquainted for school year |
09/29/1921 |
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| Sports writers had much to say about Dewey Gibson playing center on freshmen Coe FB team |
09/29/1921 |
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| South Prairie Church (1864) was raised and basement added to building |
09/29/1921 |
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| City has new contract with Iowa Railway & Light Co. to furnish electric power |
10/13/1921 |
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| Mrs. L.A. Royal first county president of National League of Women Voters |
10/20/1921 |
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| Editor calls for stop to bootleggers providing liquor to youngsters |
11/03/1921 |
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| Chet Kelly, noted horse trainer, will take over training stables at new Aurora, Ill fairgrounds |
11/03/1921 |
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| Special election shows Peatvale school members prefer consolidating with West Liberty |
11/10/1921 |
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| Workers are installing a creamery in basement of C.W. Morris store |
11/17/1921 |
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| Independent basketball team organized |
11/17/1921 |
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| Home judging team wins honors in agricultural contest |
12/08/1921 |
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| South Prairie plans Institute and Show |
12/08/1921 |
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| WRC will send Christmas box to children at Perkins hospital in Iowa City |
12/15/1921 |
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| Christmas tree stands at post office corner of 3rd & Calhoun |
12/15/1921 |
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| Boys and Girls organize Clubs |
04/27/1922 |
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| People's State Bank opens new home on 54th birthday |
05/04/1922 |
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| Midnight blaze at Joe Miller's barn near fairgrounds entrance kills trotting horses |
05/04/1922 |
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| Community's first play day proves happy event for crowd |
06/01/1922 |
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| Chautauqua week in full swing |
06/08/1922 |
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| Hutchinson Ice Cream Co. opened plant in basement of Morris store, 150 gal. made daily |
06/08/1922 |
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| Merchants to have Big Bargain Day |
06/15/1922 |
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| Ice Cream social on the Royal lawn for benefit of Girl Reserves of the Y.W.C.A. |
06/22/1922 |
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| Liberty's auto camp |
06/29/1922 |
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| Boy Scouts enjoy Camp Whip-Poor-Will |
06/29/1922 |
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| Thousands enjoy Celebration on Fourth |
07/06/1922 |
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| P.L. Kimberly Estate gives $10,000 for Park |
07/13/1922 |
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| A.L. Richards appointed new Postmaster |
08/24/1922 |
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| Young people of this community make good at Iowa State Fair |
08/31/1922 |
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| Schools open with 540 enrolled |
09/07/1922 |
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| Locomotive explosion injures railroad crew |
09/21/1922 |
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| Railroad in 70th year plants tree in memory of Everitte St. John, early general passenger agent |
10/12/1922 |
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| Radio brings big game (Iowa-Yale football) to fans gathered at L.E. Lewis Co. |
10/19/1922 |
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| Entire community will celebrate Halloween together |
10/19/1922 |
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| Leo Jehle remodeled bldg. at NW 4th & Calhoun, to display tractors, autos, threshing machinery |
11/02/1922 |
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| Nichols & Nichols sheet metal works is located on Spencer St. |
01/04/1923 |
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| Ellwood Smith retired from Bingham & Smith plumbing firm |
01/04/1923 |
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| New movie house, the Strand, opening where the Grand was located on Calhoun St. |
01/04/1923 |
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| South Prairie plans big Institute |
01/18/1923 |
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| Junior class will present "Clarence" in the high school auditorium |
02/08/1923 |
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| Mid-West Grocery closed |
02/22/1923 |
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| Tabler Grocery store sold to A.J. Johnson |
03/01/1923 |
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| Land N. of West school purchased from Carrie McClun, Irvin Compton, Eb Fogg and J.C. Nichols |
03/08/1923 |
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| Land purchased for Kimberly Park & Playground N. of West School |
03/08/1923 |
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| Guy Schnoebelen sold 3rd St. restaurant to buyer from Iowa City |
03/08/1923 |
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| The Star Car on display at the Tourist Garage, 4th & Calhoun |
04/19/1923 |
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| High School Annual makes good reading |
04/26/1923 |
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| Community Supper enlivened by School Orchestra |
04/26/1923 |
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| 15 yrs ago Floriculture laid out flowers at Depot park with blooms to form "West Liberty" |
04/26/1923 |
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| WRC entertained nine Civil War Veterans |
05/03/1923 |
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| Tourist Camp Ground at fairgrounds open for the season |
05/03/1923 |
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| Community Play Day will mark close of school, May 24 |
05/10/1923 |
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| Snow on May 8, temp 28 degrees next morning |
05/10/1923 |
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| Junior Banquet an elaborate affair staged as a French Garden in the gym |
05/17/1923 |
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| Baby boy abandoned on porch of Julius Schaapveld home |
05/17/1923 |
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| Thousands attend first Muscatine county Community School Day at fairgrounds |
05/31/1923 |
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| St. Joseph's church planning Fourth of July picnic at WL fairgrounds |
05/31/1923 |
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| Scout trip to Keokuk and other points a big success |
06/07/1923 |
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| Chautauqua week is on |
06/07/1923 |
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| Platform with box seat areas constructed in front of fairgrounds amphitheatre |
07/26/1923 |
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| Harry McCann sold blacksmith shop on W. 3rd. St. and is retiring |
08/02/1923 |
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| Memorial planned for the late President Harding |
08/09/1923 |
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| Osborns closing store. Opening stores in Iowa city and Independence |
08/16/1923 |
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| J.E. Spencer opened shoe repair shop on E. 3rd, formerly the Stevens barbershop |
08/30/1923 |
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| After 3 years, Waldo Myers quits mail carrier job to enter S.U. I. |
09/13/1923 |
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| Citizens meet about improving roads |
10/25/1923 |
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| Paterson Sales Garage under new management of H. O, Ransom |
10/25/1923 |
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| Fire in R.M. Fowler confectionary, lost belongings in home above store and merchandise |
10/25/1923 |
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| Methodist church spire is replaced |
10/25/1923 |
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| City has new Well, formerly Potter well which has been cleaned and renovated |
11/01/1923 |
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| R.A. Westfall will close out shoe business |
11/01/1923 |
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| Joe & Emma Bowman came in 1863, opened little groc. on corner where Peoples Bank is |
11/15/1923 |
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| E.L. Hutcheson will open new shoe store at former Westfall location |
12/06/1923 |
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| Fire destroys W. C. Anderson Home on South Prairie |
12/27/1923 |
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| American Legion to stage "Footlight Frolics" |
01/31/1924 |
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| George Steen winner of state-wide corn production contest |
02/07/1924 |
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| Robert Brooke's new offices are in the old People's bank building |
03/06/1924 |
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| Band Tax - Pros & Cons |
03/27/1924 |
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| E.C. Kerr is new mayor, Harry McCann appointed new marshal |
04/10/1924 |
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| Remodeling opera house, Glen Miller's motion picture theater will move in |
04/17/1924 |
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| All anxious to sign petitions for paving of primary roads in Muscatine County |
05/01/1924 |
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| E.R. Preiss has moved his tailor shop from Peoples Bank bldg. to rear of I.O.O.F. bldg. |
05/08/1924 |
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| Supervisors call for election to issue bonds to pay for road paving |
05/08/1924 |
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| County enjoys day of sport on Play Day |
05/22/1924 |
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| New Strand Opens at the opera house |
05/22/1924 |
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| Pulse Dry Goods going out of business |
05/22/1924 |
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| Chautauqua in full swing |
06/05/1924 |
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| Fair to build new sheep pavilion |
06/05/1924 |
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| County Blasts hope for paving |
06/05/1924 |
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| Klan holds monster meeting in field S. of Roy Hawks home SE edge of town |
06/12/1924 |
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| Man murdered at local tourist camp |
07/17/1924 |
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| Hartupee school house moved to Fifth St. W. of Methodist church to use for dwelling |
07/17/1924 |
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| Booster crews ready for trip to advertise West Liberty Fair |
07/24/1924 |
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| History's worst flood hits us |
08/21/1924 |
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| Granite marker dedicated by DAR where John Brown drilled men at old Maxson home |
10/02/1924 |
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| School children help Mr. McAnulty, janitor for 28 yrs, celebrate his 74th birthday |
10/02/1924 |
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| Olympia Candy Kitchen will open in Osborn bldg. S. side of 3rd St. |
10/09/1924 |
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| Goshen Township Farm Institute |
10/23/1924 |
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| Playground equipment being placed in Kimberly Park |
10/23/1924 |
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| Rotary Club formed in WL. Dr. L.A. Royal is president |
10/30/1924 |
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| Benteco Kash store, groceries, 103 W. 3rd St. |
10/30/1924 |
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| Peyton Jewelers is closing out business |
10/30/1924 |
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| Rotarians hold first luncheon at Woodman Hall served by ladies of WRC |
11/06/1924 |
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| Jesse Swart & Clare Brooke have purch. H. Ransom's garage interests at Paterson Sales |
11/13/1924 |
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| Thieves steal 50 chickens from Albert Anderson farm |
11/27/1924 |
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| Children's operetta delights audience |
12/25/1924 |
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| Hide & Tallow Co. Manager dies after explosion |
01/01/1925 |
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| Dwight Brooke appointed to West Point |
01/01/1925 |
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| P.L. Pettitt opening jewelry store in former Peyton store |
01/08/1925 |
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| Library Building Twenty Years Old |
01/15/1925 |
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| Winners in South Prairie Institute |
01/22/1925 |
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| Possibly Rabid dog bites Children |
22/29-Jan-1925 |
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| West Libertyans picnic in Pasadena |
01/22/1925 |
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| Charter given Rotary Club |
01/29/1925 |
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| H. Polders & Fred Evans sell W. 3rd St. hardware to Alvin Anderson of West Branch |
01/29/1925 |
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| School Report on W.L. Shipping Association by Carl Jensen |
01/29/1925 |
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| West Liberty Co-op Creamery had great year |
02/05/1925 |
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| Fire Department Responds in 32 Seconds |
02/05/1925 |
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| Large Banquets held by several Lodges and Eastern Star |
02/05/1925 |
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| Firemen's Banquet |
02/12/1925 |
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| West Liberty Co-op Shipping Assoc. - successful year |
02/19/1925 |
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| Henry Hiatt has bad Fall |
02/26/1925 |
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| Don Bemis becomes Night Watchman, had been at A. J. Johnson Grocery |
02/26/1925 |
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| McDermott new proprietor of Variety Store |
03/05/1925 |
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| Norm Carlisle will join Albert Scott at his auto repair shop at Swart & Brooke Garage, W. 4th St. |
03/05/1925 |
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| Mrs. Mary Brandt presents "Nutrition & Growth" to PTA |
03/19/1925 |
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| J.D. Potter, Pioneer Businessman Reminisces |
03/19/1925 |
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| J.H. Ashton to build Hatchery Here |
03/19/1925 |
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| Road Work - Big cut started on Wiese Hill |
04/02/1925 |
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| Plan for new county road in east Cedar Valley area |
04/02/1925 |
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| P.N. Gibson succeeding Grigg to again operate Sale Barn with many horse sales |
04/02/1925 |
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| Kenneth Smart's Orchestra |
04/02/1925 |
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| Carnival Loads of Fun |
04/09/1925 |
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| Community Club will again lease part of fairgrounds for a Tourist Camp |
04/09/1925 |
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| Boy Scouts to raise flowers for Children's Hospital on plot at 4th & Calhoun |
04/16/1925 |
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| Louie Nichols re-opened popcorn & confectionary stand opposite the Strand theatre |
04/16/1925 |
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| City pays tribute to victim of gas during WWI, Ralph Miller |
04/23/1925 |
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| Copper Tub Automatic Washer Ad |
04/30/1925 |
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| Class of 1925 |
04/30/1925 |
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| New Greenhouse to be Built by Henry Meyer at NE corner Calhoun & First St. |
05/28/1925 |
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| Chautauqua Season Launched |
05/28/1925 |
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| Impressive Memorial Day Programs |
06/04/1925 |
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| West Liberty on Gold Star Memorial Highway route |
06/04/1925 |
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| The Boy Scouts and their Jaunt |
06/04/1925 |
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| S.C. Snider has new funeral car that can also serve as an ambulance (photo) |
06/04/1925 |
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| Floriculture Society work has benefitted West Liberty |
06/18/1925 |
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| Tourist Killed by Falling Tree |
06/18/1925 |
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| Band Concert Draws Big Crowd |
06/18/1925 |
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| New Police Force -Don Bemis, day time marshal, Lester Bahmler, night watchman |
07/09/1925 |
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| The Removal of Barns |
07/16/1925 |
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| Veterinarians Picnic a Big Success |
07/23/1925 |
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| Marmon Car Here on Wild Wager |
07/23/1925 |
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| Rummels Cabbage Patch covers 120 acres |
07/23/1925 |
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| Henry Lewis does Rodeo Roping in Pasture |
07/30/1925 |
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| Larger doors being cut in Manfull bldg. to make room for Chevrolet cn. 3rd & Spencer |
07/30/1925 |
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| Local Marine in Prize Cup Award |
07/30/1925 |
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| "Bureau of Information" in front of P & W Coal Office |
07/30/1925 |
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| Notes from Local Creamery |
07/30/1925 |
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| Billie and the Bees |
07/30/1925 |
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| Band Platform Moved to Give Tones More Melody |
07/30/1925 |
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| Flower Gardens Attract Attention |
08/13/1925 |
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| Ku Klux Klan picnic at Fairgrounds |
09/10/1925 |
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| Hinkhouse Golden Wedding Anniversary |
10/01/1925 |
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| C. W. Burkart new city manager, succeeding C. J. Mackey |
10/08/1925 |
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| Albert Whitacres Celebrate Fiftieth Anniversary |
10/22/1925 |
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| Harry McCann has taken over C.W. Burkart blacksmith shop in Gasoline Alley |
10/22/1925 |
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| Country folk seek relief from mud, ask for gravel on roads |
10/29/1925 |
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| Iowa Theater Opens on Calhoun Street where Strand formerly was |
11/12/1925 |
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| Bull attacks Luke McGuire |
11/12/1925 |
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| Osborn Bldg. being prepared for Atlantic & Pacific grocery store |
11/19/1925 |
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| New Plants to Operate Here - Ashton Hatchery and Hutchinson Ice Cream Plant |
12/03/1925 |
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| Mrs. Hardin's millinery shop in Odd Fellows bldg. sold to Mrs. Dan O'Connor |
12/10/1925 |
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| Survey of town - what and how many |
01/07/1926 |
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| P.T.A. dinner and program |
01/14/1926 |
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| Program for South Prairie Institute |
01/14/1926 |
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| Creamery will Enlarge Plant |
02/04/1926 |
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| Sunnyside Hatchery begins Operations |
02/04/1926 |
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| Community Club Annual Session |
02/11/1926 |
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| Memorial markers to be placed along Whiteway 7-Highway |
02/11/1926 |
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| Atwater Kent Radio sold by H. J. Smith |
02/11/1926 |
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| Farmers Line up for Roads - petition for bond issue for roadwork |
02/18/1926 |
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| Contract let for paving many city streets |
02/18/1926 |
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| Township will also connect Calhoun St. to Oak Ridge Cem. outside city limits w/ paving |
02/18/1926 |
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| Dewey Gibson is the new night watchman |
03/04/1926 |
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| Railroad to have new coal chutes and more siding |
03/04/1926 |
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| Big Cast in Womanless Show - Benefit for cemetery paving |
03/11/1926 |
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| City Streets and Cemetery to be Paved |
03/11/1926 |
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| Glenn Miller petitions council for public vote on allowing movies on Sunday |
03/11/1926 |
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| McDermott's Ad listing many goods for sale |
03/18/1926 |
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| New Schoolhouse to be built in Springdale |
03/25/1926 |
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| Blacksmith, John Mills, will build New Shop W. of creamery lot |
04/08/1926 |
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| Drs. Ady & Ady will move from over Ruthenbergs' to over Peoples State Bank |
04/08/1926 |
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| Busy times at Sunnyside Chick Hatchery |
04/15/1926 |
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| Gold Star World War Memorial Markers placed Along Whiteway-7 Highway |
04/15/1926 |
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| Harry John building new Hutchinson Ice Cream plant at 4th & Clay |
04/15/1926 |
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| Paving Work is Underway |
04/22/1926 |
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| New Railroad Coal Chutes to be erected near Clark Street |
04/22/1926 |
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| Majority says "no" at polls to movies on Sunday |
04/29/1926 |
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| Big Hole Yawns at Railroad Chutes Site |
05/06/1926 |
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| Fire Destroys Barn at Will DeMean Farm |
05/13/1926 |
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| Rendering Plant Sold |
05/20/1926 |
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| South Bethel to Repeat Popular Pageant |
05/20/1926 |
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| Band concert season opens - Grant Nichols/16 pc. Band |
05/20/1926 |
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| Chautauqua Begins 7 Day Program |
06/03/1926 |
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| Old blacksmith shop at 3rd & Clay leveled, John Mills prepares new shop west of it |
06/10/1926 |
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| Creamery secured site of old blacksmith shop for expansion |
06/10/1926 |
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| Scouts Enjoy Camping Trip to McGregor |
06/24/1926 |
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| Copeland Rabe's Celebrate 65 Years |
07/01/1926 |
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| Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Beggs celebrate 60th Anniversary |
07/08/1926 |
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| Fire destroys millinery shop N. of bank, damages Nichols furnace/tin shop on Calhoun St. |
07/15/1926 |
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| Gibson & Waters meat market S. of millinery saved in fire on calhoun Street |
07/15/1926 |
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| Local electric piano holds national record |
07/22/1926 |
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| Warren began work on Chapel for Oak Ridge Cem. Funds from Israel Gaskill estate |
08/05/1926 |
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| Hutchinson Ice Cream Factory in New Building |
08/12/1926 |
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| Creamery to Build Annex on south side of building |
08/12/1926 |
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| New Coal Chutes in readiness near Clark St. |
09/02/1926 |
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| H. J. Ditmars & Wife Celebrate Golden Wedding Ann. |
09/16/1926 |
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| Heavy rains bring floods |
09/23/1926 |
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| Passengers Fed by the Hundreds |
09/23/1926 |
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| High school will publish monthly newspaper |
09/23/1926 |
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| Highway Commissioners inspect possible No. 7 routing through West Liberty |
09/23/1926 |
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| Buckeye Hotel , James Connelly, 5th & Calhoun, 2 buckeye trees in yard |
09/30/1926 |
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| Lucy Scott Bower (artist) has world wide fame |
10/07/1926 |
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| Reminiscence of W. Ady - Civil War |
10/14/1926 |
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| Community getting first gravel on Chesebro-Rd. from Prairie St. to South Prairie |
10/28/1926 |
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| Small Blaze at New Coal Chutes |
11/04/1926 |
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| Monument for Grave of Oliver Atwood (North Prairie) |
11/11/1926 |
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| Leading Merchant H. J. Ditmars Dies |
11/18/1926 |
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| City Observes Armistice Day |
11/18/1926 |
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| Raymond & Howard Wolf buy Fowler Confectionery |
01/06/1927 |
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| Roy Misel has leased Ashton service station at Elm & Maxson |
01/06/1927 |
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| Oak Tree Corner |
01/13/1927 |
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| Options for Route 32 through W. L. outlined |
02/03/1927 |
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| Photographer Seeks Photo of Old Keith Mill |
02/10/1927 |
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| Road No. 32 to be graveled from West Liberty to Durant |
02/10/1927 |
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| Commissioners Promise Roads, No. 76 to Nichols also will be graveled |
02/17/1927 |
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| Roggensack shoe store in former Weih building |
02/17/1927 |
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| Henry C. & Mary Pringey Nichols observe 50th Anniversary |
02/24/1927 |
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| Lydia Ann Taylor - bio - 95th birthday |
02/24/1927 |
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| Joseph & Clara Slater Lamborn celebrate 50th Anniversary |
02/24/1927 |
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| Story of John Brown in Iowa (2 installments of Des Moines Sunday Register) |
02/24/1927 |
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| Odd Fellows hold Father-Son Banquet |
03/03/1927 |
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| Chicago Livestock Exchange will offer 2 trophy cups for fair winners of boys & girls livestock |
03/03/1927 |
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| Alex & Fannie Aylworth Stewart Celebrate 50th Anniversary |
03/10/1927 |
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| Fair Secures Big Free Acts |
03/10/1927 |
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| New School at Springdale nearly Complete |
03/17/1927 |
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| Ditmars-Kerr selling Voss Electric washing machine - only $94.00 |
03/17/1927 |
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| Tri-County Play Day with WL host at the fairgrounds on May 13 |
03/24/1927 |
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| Roads to Basketball Tournament in Iowa City proved a problem |
03/24/1927 |
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| Local Missionary writes from troubled China |
03/31/1927 |
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| Journey of Frontier Home Seekers |
04/07/1927 |
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| Townspeople Favor Swimming Pool |
04/07/1927 |
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| Heinz to install Receiving Depot for Tomato Crop |
04/07/1927 |
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| Former resident exhibits paintings in New York city |
04/07/1927 |
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| Flood, one could stand at Spencer & Third and see both branches of Wapsie |
04/21/1927 |
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| H. J. Smith purchases Manfull block, NE 3rd & Spencer, will move garage there |
04/21/1927 |
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| Dr. Royal Purchases Chesebrough Home |
04/21/1927 |
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| Letter from J. B. Schenck recalling father's pioneer days |
04/21/1927 |
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| Plans for May Play Day |
04/28/1927 |
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| Plan launched for park playground use |
04/28/1927 |
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| Program for Play Day given |
05/05/1927 |
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| Creamery ordered 1000 lb. capacity churn and 400 gal. receiving vat to meet demand |
05/05/1927 |
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| Horse thief Story - Thomas Gray |
05/05/1927 |
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| Japanese theme for Jr.-Sr. Banquet |
05/12/1927 |
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| H. J. Smith & L. E. Papenthien garages get settled in new business places |
05/12/1927 |
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| H. J. Smith installed 2 gas pumps at curb line at 3rd & Spencer |
05/19/1927 |
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| Round house Destroyed after Lightning Strikes, damaged Catholic church steeple |
05/19/1927 |
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| Howard & Ray Wolf sold confectionery to their brother, Ivan |
05/26/1927 |
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| Boy Scouts will have Camp Ground at Gray's Ford |
06/02/1927 |
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| Large alumni reunion held |
06/02/1927 |
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| Hawkeye oil station at 4th & Calhoun sold by F. R. Horn to Harry Jaynes |
06/09/1927 |
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| Hilda Watters hired for summer playground supervisor |
06/16/1927 |
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| Golf Course and Club is Created |
16/23-Jun-1927 |
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| Wapsie Floods Area |
06/23/1927 |
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| Neal Helvey show draws capacity crowd |
06/23/1927 |
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| Saturday Night Crowds "Main Street" |
06/23/1927 |
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| Big Fourth of July picnic at new golf course |
07/07/1927 |
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| Benteco store will move - 3rd St. to Burkart Bldg on Calhoun, former movie theater |
07/14/1927 |
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| Community Playground Project |
07/14/1927 |
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| New entrance to Fairgrounds under way |
07/21/1927 |
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| Strand Theatre under new management, Paul Tobias to take over |
08/11/1927 |
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| Rural teachers ready for another year |
09/01/1927 |
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| Polders and Hiatt buy shoe store from Montgomery & Swart, W. 3rd St. |
09/01/1927 |
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| Rock Island Railroad makes cuts, five locals lose jobs |
09/08/1927 |
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| Large Crowd gives P.T.A. fine start |
09/15/1927 |
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| Tomato Crop Gives Owners Big Returns |
09/22/1927 |
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| Blue & White to be published Monthly |
09/22/1927 |
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| McCarthy's sell Globe Café to Harney Family |
09/29/1927 |
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| Shipment of Rock for Road 32 |
10/13/1927 |
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| No. 32 East has its new gravel coat |
10/20/1927 |
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| Len Hendricks bought the late Bence Purvis' barber shop |
11/10/1927 |
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| Old timer (John Sievers) writes of early days at West Liberty |
11/17/1927 |
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| Noted War Nurse Captures Audiences in West Liberty |
11/17/1927 |
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| Fair to Build New Amphitheatre |
11/24/1927 |
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| Adolph Range Buys West Third Grocery |
12/08/1927 |
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| Contract Let for Paving Road 32 west from West Liberty to Johnson County line |
12/15/1927 |
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| Newspaper quotes Aug. 9, 1883 Wapsie Index, S. T. Chesebro to build new bank building |
01/05/1928 |
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| Miss Brooke tells of Old World Trip |
01/05/1928 |
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| Much road work to be done in spring |
01/05/1928 |
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| Potter & Weber shipping in supply of ice this year from Iowa City |
01/12/1928 |
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| S. P. annual Institute at the M. P. Church January 17-18 |
01/12/1928 |
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| George Steen honored as "Master Farmer" |
01/12/1928 |
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| Ashton Hatchery established 2 years ago, ready for first setting of the season |
01/19/1928 |
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| Indoor Golf tournament |
01/19/1928 |
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| New Bridge over Wapsie on Road No. 32 |
02/02/1928 |
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| Road No. 32 to be routed over Columbus St. instead of Calhoun St. when paved |
02/16/1928 |
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| Girl Reserve Organization |
02/16/1928 |
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| Range Grocery will move to Nichols block, first door west of Fogg corner |
02/23/1928 |
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| Razing old Grandstand; to Build New |
03/08/1928 |
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| The Old Dump ground has a story to Tell |
03/15/1928 |
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| Famous Flier's Father went to School at Linn Grove |
04/19/1928 |
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| G. Harney, N. Carlisle in charge of new service station W. 3rd adjoining Mills blacksmith shop |
05/17/1928 |
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| Schools give May fete at West Ground |
05/17/1928 |
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| Paving has begun on Road 32 near Johnson Co. line working east |
05/24/1928 |
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| Wapsie boys enter Market Pig club feeding contest |
05/24/1928 |
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| Neale Helvey tent show tp open on Marolf lots at east end of Third St. |
05/24/1928 |
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| Photo of 30 piece Junior Band which will give concert |
05/31/1928 |
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| New bridge over Wapsie on Chesebrough Rd. to remove sharp curve at foot - Hormel Hill |
06/07/1928 |
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| Billhimer Studio will move from Calhoun St. to corner room of Odd Fellow Bldg. |
06/07/1928 |
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| West Branch Turns out for Favorite Son (Hoover) |
06/21/1928 |
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| Supervised playground opens for summer recreation |
06/21/1928 |
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| Remodeling of fair amphitheatre being done |
06/21/1928 |
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| Swart service station opened at the Jack corner |
06/21/1928 |
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| Pavers Continue Work on Road 32 |
all-Jun-1928 |
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| Paving continues with plans for 2 overheads over railroads W. of Elm St. & Brown farm |
07/12/1928 |
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| Paving completed to Columbus St. with gaps left for 2 railroad overheads |
07/19/1928 |
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| Gov. Hammill to speak at Fair on Farm Bureau program day |
07/26/1928 |
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| Concrete floor and booth space added below fair amphitheatre |
08/02/1928 |
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| WL & Iowa City celebrate paved road between cities with picnic & dance at Fairground |
08/16/1928 |
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| Presidential candidate Herbert Hoover will visit home town of West Branch |
08/16/1928 |
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| Herbert Hoover's speech at West Branch will be broadcast at amphitheatre during fair |
08/16/1928 |
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| A. H. Hawker has new filling station at Columbus & 4th |
08/16/1928 |
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| Road past Steen & Kennedy farms to be surfaced with crushed rock |
08/23/1928 |
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| Avis McFadden crowned Fair Queen |
08/23/1928 |
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| Hoover recalls boyhood days on Iowa farm |
08/23/1928 |
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| Catfish pulls boat up the river |
08/23/1928 |
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| Richard Peters, grandson of founder of Potter & Weber has entered the coal & Ice firm |
08/30/1928 |
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| School opens with enrollment of 522, the largest ever |
09/06/1928 |
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| West Liberty joins Eastern Iowa Golf Association |
09/06/1928 |
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| Steen Farm Equipped to Save Labor |
10/04/1928 |
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| Annual Convention of Iowa branch of the international King's Daughters held here |
10/11/1928 |
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| Masked parade and street dance planned for Halloween |
10/25/1928 |
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| Residents want traffic through business area instead of new route Road 32 on Columbus |
11/08/1928 |
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| City seeks bids to gravel Elm Street to Maxson, and Maxson west & north past Jensen place |
11/08/1928 |
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| Letter from Confederate veteran to C. D. Gibson, Union veteran |
11/22/1928 |
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| Surfacing Road 76 north and south of town with crushed rock |
11/29/1928 |
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| Junior High to present "Pied Piper" |
11/29/1928 |
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| Harry John fell from roof, escaped serious injury |
11/29/1928 |
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| Illnesses of flu and pneumonia cancel many festivities |
12/20/1928 |
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| Dr. M. Hinkhouse writes of mountain vacation in China |
20/27-Dec-1928 |
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| Elmer Merridith received coveted Central College blanket, most valuable football player |
01/24/1929 |
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| WL band will broadcast program from Station WOC in Davenport |
01/24/1929 |
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| Lucy Evans of this city honored for 50th anniversary as teacher in Moline schools |
01/31/1929 |
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| Miss Polders tells of art in the schools |
02/07/1929 |
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| Four fires keep Force on the move |
02/21/1929 |
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| Thirty from WL will make trip to Washington for inauguration of Herbert Hoover |
02/28/1929 |
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| Strand Invites all to Hear Radio Inauguration of Hoover |
02/28/1929 |
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| Joe Ryan announced as valedictorian and Maurita Stahle salutatorian of Class of 1929 |
04/18/1929 |
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| Neal Helvey Tent Show |
05/30/1929 |
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| Strand to Begin Showing Talking Pictures |
06/06/1929 |
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| Helen Scott crowned Queen of the Fair |
08/22/1929 |
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| Plans made for a Swimming Pool at West Liberty |
all-Sep-1929 |
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| District Knights of Pythias meets here |
10/24/1929 |
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| Floriculture Soc. To stage a war comedy drama at the Strand |
10/31/1929 |
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| Taps sound for aged veteran, C. D. Gibson |
10/31/1929 |
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| Dentist bitten by fainting patient |
11/07/1929 |
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| Schooley calf a champion in Alabama |
11/07/1929 |
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| Kraklow Hatchery will open in M. Whitacre building W. 3rd St., formerly Range grocery |
11/07/1929 |
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| Downtown will be more brilliantly lighted during the holiday season |
11/07/1929 |
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| Farm Bureau elects co-operators for 1930 |
11/14/1929 |
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| Ten thousand watch state corn husking race near West Branch |
11/14/1929 |
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| National Education Week - school articles in newspaper |
11/14/1929 |
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| School program given to raise funds for new band uniforms |
11/21/1929 |
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| The teachers at West Liberty School |
11/21/1929 |
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| Free poultry clinic at Sunnyside Hatchery |
11/28/1929 |
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| McCormick-Deering banquet - demonstrates new milking machine, cream separator |
12/05/1929 |
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| Lucy Anderson honored at International Show |
12/05/1929 |
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| Grade School gives Operetta |
12/12/1929 |
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| WL Shipping Association closing record year |
12/12/1929 |
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| County 4-H convention elects many West Liberty girls |
12/19/1929 |
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| Index Shop installs new machinery |
12/26/1929 |
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| South Prairie sets date for Institute |
01/02/1930 |
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| Misfortune appears in dual role for Sullivan family |
01/09/1930 |
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| Interior of Watters Drug changed, fountain moved to the rear, display cases near front |
01/09/1930 |
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| Winter rules with a heavy hand |
01/16/1930 |
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| W. C. Anderson named Master Farmer |
01/23/1930 |
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| Athletic Conference organized |
01/23/1930 |
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| Man attacked by bull |
01/30/1930 |
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| Joe Guthrie killed by falling tree |
01/30/1930 |
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| Canvasses seek funds to aid Boy Scouts |
02/06/1930 |
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| Creamery hold annual banquet |
02/06/1930 |
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| Ditmars-Kerr puts on a two day opening |
02/20/1930 |
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| Bert Duncan (Wilton) & son Jay of WL managing Kraklow Hatchery E. of Papenthein garage |
02/27/1930 |
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| Spelling champs chosen at school for county contest |
02/27/1930 |
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| Proposed new bridge over Cedar River for new route of Road 32 |
02/27/1930 |
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| Heavy Downpour Floods Wapsie |
06/19/1930 |
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| Kimberly Park Pool Dedicated |
06/26/1930 |
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| Chautauqua - Likely for the Last Time |
07/17/1930 |
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| James Stafford has Champion Polled Hereford Bull |
08/07/1930 |
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| Central Schoolhouse to be sold at Auction |
21/28-Aug-1930 |
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| First Issue of the Blue & White - high school paper |
10/02/1930 |
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| Program for S. Prairie Institute |
01/22/1931 |
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| Grant Nichols resigns as director of WL Band after 27 years consecutive service |
01/22/1931 |
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| Petunia wins contest in vote for WL Official Flower |
01/29/1931 |
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| Gibson Pavilion bringing Crowds to Town for Sales |
01/29/1931 |
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| Stevens Barbershop in west room of Polders bldg. moved to Peyton bldg. formerly Pettitt Jewelry |
01/29/1931 |
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| Theater manager Tobias has dog named "Buzz", rescued forgotten overshoe |
01/29/1931 |
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| P.E.O. Members plan Tea Party |
02/05/1931 |
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| Texaco corner NW of city sold by C.J. Swart to Wolf & Horn several weeks ago |
02/05/1931 |
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| Stockholders elect Telephone Director |
02/12/1931 |
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| No Chautauqua this year |
03/19/1931 |
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| Boy Scout Council Committees Named |
03/19/1931 |
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| New Creek Bridge across Wapsie on Road No. 76 |
03/26/1931 |
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| Steens Celebrate Golden Wedding |
04/23/1931 |
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| Work Begins on new Tomato Canning Plant at site of former milk factory |
04/30/1931 |
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| WL Park Assoc. prohibited card playing or games for money on grounds 50 years ago |
04/30/1931 |
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| Carr Lunch Stand completed at East 4th & Columbus Streets |
05/07/1931 |
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| Fifty years ago ground was being surveyed for new freight depot |
05/07/1931 |
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| Old Livery Barn razed - Site of New City Hall |
05/28/1931 |
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| History of Brick Livery Barn |
06/04/1931 |
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| Thousands attend opening of New Canning Factory |
07/30/1931 |
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| S. C. Snider purchases new Funeral Coach |
08/27/1931 |
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| Duncan-Oathout Funeral Home to open at 205 E 3rd. St. |
09/03/1931 |
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| Richards Bros. buy Meat Shop |
09/10/1931 |
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| WL High School Plans First Homecoming |
12/19-Nov-1931 |
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| School's Homecoming a Great Success |
11/26/1931 |
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| Blue & White Eleven Clinches Conference Win |
11/26/1931 |
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| Old Party Ticket of 1884 found while Housecleaning |
05/19/1932 |
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| Old Oak Tree to be cut down |
05/26/1932 |
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| Alumni Reunion at Linn Grove School |
06/09/1932 |
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| Old Oak Tree to be cut down |
08/11/1932 |
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| Future Farmers of America to hold Husking Contest |
10/13/1932 |
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| Juniors & Seniors at Hard Time Party |
10/13/1932 |
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| South Side of WL gets its first Gas Station |
11/03/1932 |
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| "Ding" Darling Speaks at West Liberty Supper |
11/24/1932 |
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| WL Ladies Launch Choral Club |
12/01/1932 |
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| Letter recalls first Creek Bridge |
12/29/1932 |
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| Local Banks on Holiday until Flurry is Over |
01/19/1933 |
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| "State Fair" porcine star "Blue Boy" from Timmerman farm |
03/16/1933 |
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| Banks resume trade |
03/16/1933 |
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| Wapsi's family safe after Quake in CA |
03/16/1933 |
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| Rotarians Enjoy "Way Back Whens" |
03/23/1933 |
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| Ladies Choral Club Gives First Concert |
03/23/1933 |
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| Moylan takes charge of hotel, succeeding Will Newman who operated it for several years. |
03/30/1933 |
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| Cedar smashes levee and floods many southeast of West Liberty |
04/06/1933 |
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| Cool heads-Long pole save boy from Water |
04/06/1933 |
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| First legal beer sold within city of West Liberty |
04/30/1933 |
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| Circus Season Will Open Friday |
06/08/1933 |
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| Linn Grove Group Holds Reunion |
06/08/1933 |
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| Grain Elevator Drops - Injures One |
06/15/1933 |
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| Large Crowd at Downey Homecoming |
07/20/1933 |
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| Kittenball Tournament |
08/31/1933 |
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| Post Office to be discontinued at Springdale |
08/31/1933 |
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| Farmer Canning Co. has good Tomato Season |
10/12/1933 |
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| Vaccination Urged for Small Pox and Diphtheria |
10/19/1933 |
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| History of Atalissa Presbyterian Church |
10/19/1933 |
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| New Bridge over Wapsie on Walnut St. |
11/30/1933 |
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| Bank Reorganization, Locals & Downey to Unite |
01/04/1934 |
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| Porter Black won awards at Poultry Show with Jersey Black Giants |
01/04/1934 |
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| Horse Show and Sale to be at the Gibson Pavilion |
01/04/1934 |
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| Mr. & Mrs. G. F. Sickmon of Durant bought barber shop operated by Chas. Managh |
01/04/1934 |
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| George and Biddy Sickmon will operate a barber and beauty shop |
01/04/1934 |
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| Fair adopts earlier days for fair - Aug. 21 - 25 |
01/11/1934 |
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| New Bank Stock proves popular |
01/11/1934 |
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| Robbery at lunchroom at Scotty's Tourist Camp |
02/01/1934 |
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| Declam Winners Named in Contest |
02/01/1934 |
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| Arthur Cornwell, proprietor of Cornwell Bakery since 1915, passed away |
02/01/1934 |
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| C. L. Aikins purchased R. L. Foster Jewelry business 20 years ago. |
02/08/1934 |
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| Tomato Growers sign for season with Leroy Farmer Co. |
02/15/1934 |
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| Fire destroyed Joseph Krelich home near Scott Church Corner |
02/15/1934 |
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| New store, Tom's Flower Shop, at 123 E. Third St., formerly the Vogue Shop |
02/22/1934 |
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| Engstrom Billiard Hall was robbed |
03/01/1934 |
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| George Wulf to open shoe store where Henry Polders' shoe store recently closed |
03/29/1934 |
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| Ralph Evans re-elected to Mayor's post |
03/29/1934 |
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| W. L. Chickeries are hatching chicks at 115 W. 3rd Street, West Liberty |
03/29/1934 |
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| Earl Jehle & Bob Stafford take charge of D-X stand at Fourth & Calhoun |
04/05/1934 |
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| The Liberty Café - 113 W. 3rd St., Home cooked meals - 25 cents |
04/12/1934 |
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| W. W. Anderson celebrated 40 years in the grocery business in W. L. |
04/19/1934 |
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| Contract let for new sewage treatment plant |
04/26/1934 |
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| New Ford Agency run by Frank Moylan, Ed Crowley and Clarence Lawton |
05/17/1934 |
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| County Schools join at Fairgrounds for first Music Festival |
05/17/1934 |
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| Wiese Garage also sells Leonard Refrigerators |
05/17/1934 |
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| Joe Chase, director, announced beginning of season's street concerts by W. L. band |
05/24/1934 |
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| L. E. Papenthein sells Chevrolet vehicles |
05/24/1934 |
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| New Bank is Organized - West Liberty State Bank |
05/31/1934 |
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| West Liberty State Bank Opens |
06/07/1934 |
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| John Mills plans new "Dine and Dance" place on W. Third St. |
06/07/1934 |
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| Kittenball teams - Irey & Nichols; Globe; Creamery; Jumbos; Schafer Grain; Egg & Poultry |
06/07/1934 |
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| Globe Café kittenball team will play Wilton team, the Ramblers |
06/07/1934 |
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| 120 attended homecoming at Linn Grove School |
06/07/1934 |
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| Local Girl, Dorothy Grandjean, Passes Bar Examination |
06/14/1934 |
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| Strong demand for ring moulds patented by the late L. W. Swem |
06/14/1934 |
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| June bargains at A & P Food Store |
06/14/1934 |
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| Jersey Breeders pick best for State Show |
06/21/1934 |
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| Large picnic & Celebration planned by St. Joseph Church at Ed Ryan farm on the 4th |
06/21/1934 |
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| Knights of Pythias picnic draws 1000 lodge members to fair grounds |
06/28/1934 |
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| Farmers Wage War Against Cinch Bugs |
06/28/1934 |
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| Spontaneous combustion at the school heating plant. |
07/05/1934 |
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| Standard Oil Products - Heath's Service Station |
07/05/1934 |
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| Standard Oil St. at corner of 5th & Calhoun open again - John Kleinert, manager |
07/12/1934 |
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| New Baby Beef Barn to be erected at Fairgrounds |
07/12/1934 |
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| Baby Beef Barn will be located north of the draft horse barn at the fairgrounds |
07/19/1934 |
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| Kleinert Garage is next door to Service station he reopened. |
07/19/1934 |
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| Fedale McIntosh took charge of Mid-Continent Petroleum Co. here today |
07/26/1934 |
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| Many delighted by bridal gown program given by Methodist Church ladies |
07/26/1934 |
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| Baby beef barn completed at fair grounds, Harry John chief carpenter |
08/09/1934 |
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| Beef Barn will accommodate 100 beeves, upper floor sleeping quarters for 50-60 boys |
08/16/1934 |
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| Ad in newspaper for McDermott's 5 c to $1 store |
08/16/1934 |
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| Chesebro Cash Meat Market and Groceries advertises free delivery to fairgrounds |
08/16/1934 |
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| H. J. Smith Service Station advertises |
09/06/1934 |
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| Dorothy Flater & Agnes Agnew won 1st place at State Fair for bread making demonstration |
09/06/1934 |
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| Eight Teams to Battle here in Kitty Tourney |
09/13/1934 |
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| Ford Agency relocated to building on W. Third St. |
09/20/1934 |
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| Ten years ago Charley Swart bought the Lehman farm on the northwest edge of town |
09/20/1934 |
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| Rural school facts of Wapsinonoc Township |
10/04/1934 |
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| Two Killed When Trains Collide near Scott Church corner |
10/18/1934 |
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| Elmer C. Nichols,well known Wapsi son and attorney, passed away at Muscatine |
10/25/1934 |
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| Election polls will be at the south room of Grigg Garage 8 A.M. to 8 P.M. |
11/01/1934 |
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| Community Players Presents Play at the Strand |
12/13/1934 |
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| Health Board Closes Schools due to Scarlet Fever |
03/21/1935 |
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| Painting by Lucy Scott Bower to be presented to Town |
05/30/1935 |
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| Two Paintings presented to Town |
06/06/1935 |
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| A School Band to be Organized |
09/19/1935 |
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| New City Hall to be Erected |
10/03/1935 |
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| New Seats at Strand |
12/19/1935 |
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| Winter of 1936 |
04/30/1936 |
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| Fire Dept. now 40 years old |
04/30/1936 |
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| Normal Training Club one of 1st in State |
04/30/1936 |
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| Sword Connects John Brown with Community |
04/30/1936 |
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| Beautiful Designs Furnish Warren Home |
04/30/1936 |
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| Pianist Robert MacDonald to Perform Here |
04/30/1936 |
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| Local boy ordained to Priesthood |
04/30/1936 |
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| New City Hall Opens |
09/03/1936 |
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| Homecomers Eat Here |
10/22/1936 |
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| Crowd Enjoys Grunt 'n Groan |
11/19/1936 |
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| New Cold Storage Locker Plant |
11/26/1936 |
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