Cedar Rapids Second in Iowa Building Permits
Des Moines led 1946 new construction with 1,178 permits and $6,314,265 in value. Cedar Rapids ranked second with 593 permits and a $2,558,170 valuation, as statewide permits rose sharply from 1945 to 1946 in new dwellings and remodeling.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Iowa
State Department of Health
Sioux City
Davenport
Waterloo
Dubuque
Burlington
Fort Dodge
Marshalltown
Iowa City
Keokuk
North English Club To Sponsor Public Auction
The Band Boosters club will sponsor a public auction and entertainment in the high school auditorium next Wednesday night to raise money for new band uniforms. The goal is 2400 dollars with 700 dollars already subscribed.
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Gazette
Band Boosters Club
Wolf Hunt Planned in Iowa County Sunday
A wolf hunt will be conducted in Iowa county on Sunday with hunters meeting at Truckers' Inn at 10 a.m. They will travel to the Charles Goettsch farm, 15 miles southwest on the Marengo Millsburg road, where wolves are reported numerous. Hunters are asked to bring shotguns rather than rifles.
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Marengo
Iowa County
Truckers’ Inn
Charles Goettsch
Marengo-Millersburg
Alfred G Remley Dies in Anamosa at 66
Alfred G Remley a 1903 University of Iowa graduate and prominent Anamosa businessman died Thursday night He was linked with the Anamosa Lumber Co and served on the boards of the lodge Consistory sae club and Baptist church Surviving are his wife a son Howard an Anamosa attorney a daughter Mrs Ira Scott three brothers including J E Remley also an Anamosa attorney and three sisters The body lies at Smykil funeral home with services tentatively set for Sunday afternoon
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Anamosa
Alfred G. Remley
University of Iowa
Anamosa Lumber Company
Dilodge
Consistory
Sae Club
Baptist Church
Howard
Ira Scott
Tipton Petition Drives to Restore Sunday Mail Service
Greater Tipton Club circulates petitions asking the post office to reinstate Sunday and holiday mail service halted last Oct. 20. Residents cannot mail or receive items on Sundays or holidays, and Star route land mail has slowed local facilities. Petitions will go to the Chicago office of the post office department.
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Tipton
Greater
Tipton Overland
Chicago
Post Office Department
Jolas to Perform Recital at Cornell College
Concert pianist Jacques Jolas will give a recital at 4 p.m. Sunday in King Memorial Chapel at Cornell College. He will discuss the music and its composers, with wife Mrs. Jolas joining him for a final left hand concerto by Ravel on second piano.
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MT. Vernon
Jacques Jolas
Cornell College
King Memorial Chapel
Iowa City Hydrant Hit Disrupts Water Service
Police chase continues for the driver of a car that struck a fire hydrant in Iowa City cutting water to nearly 100 homes about midnight Wednesday. Water officials reported the break disrupted service and noted the unidentified suspect fled the scene.
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Iowa City
Water Company
Ieslaiahtte Conus
Train Collision Near Crossing Derails Freight Car
The North Western train struck the Great Western caboose from behind, splitting it and causing a freight car to derail. The Great Western caboose and one freight car had uncoupled to allow traffic to pass and were on the opposite side of the crossing when the crash occurred.
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North Western
Great Western
Daniel
Station Agent Ed Clausen Dies at Oxford Junction
Ed H. Clausen, 59, longtime Milwaukee railroad station agent at Oxford Junction for 19 years, died suddenly Wednesday. Services will be held Saturday at Oxford Junction Methodist Church with burial in Vining Cemetery. Born January 14, 1888, at Teeds, he previously worked as an operator and station agent at Od ing and Green Island. He is survived by his wife, the former Clara Wesley.
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Oxford Junction
Ed H. Clausen
Milwaukee Railroad
Oxford Junction Methodist Church
Vining
Teeds
Two Bridges at Omaha May Soon Be Toll-Free
Ak-Sar-Ben officials say Nebraska and Iowa may eliminate tolls on two Missouri River bridges by year end. Tolls in 1946 reached 753 791 dollars on the Ak-Sar-Ben and South Omaha spans, with combined debt over one million dollars. ownership will pass to state highway departments once debt is cleared and enabling legislation is approved.
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Omaha
INS
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri River
Ak-Sar-Ben
South Omaha
Youth Killed Near Decorah in 1947 Traffic Fatality
Merlin B. Erickson, 20, of Decorah died after his car skidded on ice five miles north of town. The vehicle left the highway, struck a bank and overturned, breaking his neck and piercing his skull. He was the son of Oscar J. Erickson. This was Winneshiek county's first traffic fatality of 1947.
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the Gazette
Decorah
Merlin B. Erickson
Here
Erickson
Oscar J. Erickson
Winneshirk County
Former Nurse Struck and Killed by Truck in Des Moines
Nellie V. Fouche, 38, former nurse and doctor's receptionist at Des Moines General Hospital, died Friday from injuries after a truck struck her as she crossed the street to board a streetcar. Driver Jack P. Sharp, 27, a Des Moines firefighter, said he did not see her until seconds before impact. no charges filed.
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Des Moines
INS
Nellie V. Fouche
Des Moines General Hospital
Fouche
Room Blaze In Dubuque's Page Hotel
Fire at the Page hotel in Dubuque confined to one room early Friday. No guests were injured as four fire companies battled the blaze detected at 3 36 a m. The room had been used by Mr and Mrs Harris Horn of Elma Wisconsin who checked out about two hours earlier. Manager Karl Page coordinated extinguishing efforts and evacuated guests to the lobby.
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Dubuque
INS
Page Hotel
Gillam
First Avenue E
Ceder Rapids
Karl Page
Page
Harris Horn
Elma
Wis
Engineer Demonstrates Fireproofing Solution
J L Boren a 46 year old chemical engineer demonstrated a new low cost fireproofing solution in Washington Iowa. He built two small wallboard houses and touched a match to each one treated and untreated. The treated one survived while the untreated burned. He showed fabrics coated with the solution resisted scorching. He described it as a synthetic resin with water solvent and said it could be sprayed or mixed with varnish or floor wax. He estimated a five room house could be fireproofed for ten dollars.
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Washington, Ia
J. L. Boren
Boren
Box Car and Caboose Burn After Collision
A Great Western freight train car and its caboose burned after a collision with a Chicago and North Western freight passenger car near here. Fire Chief Joe Daniel said there were no passengers aboard.
Chief Testifies At Patton Trial In Kitchen Knife Fight
Iowa City police chief O A White testifies in the first degree murder trial of William W Patton saying the defendant told police Brown attacked with a knife and kicked it from Patton s hands. Eyewitnesses Lewis Stucker and Dora Parsons back the scene in Patton s kitchen and describe the struggle.
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Iowa City
O. A. White
William W. Patton
Ernest R. Brown
Brown
Patton
White
Lewis Stucker
Dora Parsons
Kohl jailed after quarrel over wife’s $1200 theft claim
Waterloo report states John Kohl was jailed after a quarrel led his wife of three months to accuse him of taking $1,200 of her money. Police filed charges as the couple’s dispute drew local attention.
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Waterloo
John Kohl
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