City sewer project to create jobs in progress
Louis J. Zika, commissioner of improvements, says a new intercepting sewer from Twenty-eighth to Thirtieth streets along Indian Creek will employ laborers. About 1,000 feet of eight inch cast iron pipe and 120 feet of ten inch pipe are ordered. project will take at least three weeks and is funded by the street department without property assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurs
Louis J. Zika
Twenty-eighth Street
Thirtieth Street
Indian Creek
Zika
Councilmen Order Safety Cable At River Dam Repaired
The council adopted a resolution presented by Louis Burgus to contract C E Beck to repair the Cedar river dam safety cable. It authorizes $115 for the repair after the cable’s poor condition was noted following the March 29 death of Marvin Cox, 9, of 329 H avenue NW who was swept over the dam in a boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Burgus
C. E. Beck
Cedar River
Marvin Cox
E. C. Cox
H Avenue
Fees For Amusement Parks and Carnival Ordinance
Thursday the city council gave first and second readings to a measure changing the amusement park and carnival provisions. It would set license rates for permanent parks at 25 dollars per day 50 dollars per week or 200 dollars per month for carnival or circus attractions. Park owners would pay an annual 100 dollar license plus a dance hall license if a hall is operated.
KNOW YOUR AVIATORS
The list presents a crossword style prompt with numbered clues across terms like circle segment student of law Aqua earth 2000 pounds and other descriptors. It expects answers to fill a knowledge puzzle titled Know Your Aviators and references a previous puzzle answer continuation.
Clues and Codes From A Historic Puzzle Page
A garbled OCR fragment lists many crossword style clues with numeric bylines and a concluding note about a local ordinance. It mentions a carnival licensing payment of $50 weekly per attraction on the grounds and notes that visiting carnivals and circuses remain under an existing ordinance.
Mayor Cus Attracts Without Extra License Fees
A notice notes actions presented at the insistence of Mayor Cus regarding attractions operated without payment of additional license fees. The brief describes official stance and ongoing review of licensing requirements.
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Cus
City Briefs and Personals Snapshot
Popular dance at Lincoln park tonight advertised. Bert Dunn, 31, of 123 First Avenue SE, fined $10 and costs in police court on intoxication charge. Wessel family called to Davenport by Fred Wessel’s death. funeral Friday. Patterson in Des Moines on business. Mrs. Moody left for Joplin Missouri. High water cancels Chain Lakes dance tonight. George Henderson, 43, Westwood Drive NW, 30 day suspended sentence for intoxication and distur bance. John Novak, 50, 111 Tenth Avenue SW, arrested for disturbing the peace. wife says he was fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Dunn
First Avenue SE
Dunn
George Henderson
Westwood Drive
John Novak
Tenth Avenue SW
Novak
City Grants Gas Main Install on Eighteenth Avenue SW
Cedar Rapids city council approved a gas main installation in the north parking area of Eighteenth avenue SW. The Woman’s Labor bureau No. 17 announces its last regular meeting of the season at Labor Temple Thursday night with plans for a members and families picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Eighteenth Avenue
Woman's Labor Bureau No. 17
Labor Temple
McGladrey Reappointed to State Board of Accountancy
I. B. McGladrey of 2055 Washington Avenue has been reappointed by Governor Dan Turner to the state board of accountancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. B. McGladrey
Washington Avenue
Dan Turner
State Board of Accountancy
McGladrey to Hold Office for Three-Year Term
Associated Press dispatch reports McGladrey will serve a three year term in office, outlining the duration and official capacity. No further details provided in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
McGladrey
Will Brock to Bring A. G. Barnes Circus Here Friday
Will Brock, formerly of Cedar Rapids and now with the A. G. Barnes circus, will appear here on Friday with the show. His act may include a wagon feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Brock
Cedar Rapids
A. G. Barnes
Ordination Attended by Cedar Rapids Residents
Mrs. W. J. Forrey of 1021 Second Avenue SE and her niece Mrs. W. T. Allen of 1936 Fourth Avenue SE return to Cedar Rapids Friday morning from Kansas City where they attended the ordination of Mrs. Forrey's son, Richard Forrey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Forrey
Second Avenue SE
W. T. Allen
Fourth Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Kansas City
Wharton arraigned on threat charge. June trial set
Frank Wharton, 49, of Westwood drive NW, appeared before Justice G. 8. Lightner on a warrant charging him with threatening to commit a public offense. A hearing was demanded and trial was fixed for June 28. Information filed by neighbor Mrs. John Larsen alleged Wharton threatened to shoot her husband. Wharton posted no bond and remained in county jail on $500 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wharton
Westwood Drive
G. 8
Lightner
Wharton
John Larsen
Iowa State student Ray Allen hitches to Lincoln California
Ray Allen, a Cedar Rapids Gazette printer and Iowa State College student, left Cedar Rapids for Lincoln California after four days of hitchhiking. He will spend the summer with his brother Francis Allen, a former Iowa State and Coe student, and work at the Clay Products plant in Lincoln near Sacramento.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Allen
Iowa State College
R. J. Allen
Forest Drive
Cedar Rapids
Eighth-Week Journey Across States Ends in Lincoln California
The traveler began in Cedar Rapids a week ago Tuesday spent the night in Blair Nebraska reached Cheyenne Wyoming on Wednesday Salt Lake City on Thursday and Reno Nevada on Friday. He arrived in Lincoln California on Saturday noon.
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Cedar Rapids
Blair
Neb
Cheyenne
Wyo
Salt Lake City
Reno
Nev
Lincoln
Calif
Miss Campbell Undergoes Emergency Appendix Operation
Miss oe Campbell daughter of Rev R J Campbell minister of the Church of Our Lady of Grace had an emergency appendix operation Wednesday in New York City Miss Anna G Erskine who accompanied Campbell telegraphed Thursday that the girl's condition worsened but is not described in detail
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oe. Campbell
R. J. Campbell
Church of Our Lady of Grace
New York City
Anna G. Erskine
Miss Campbell
Cedar Rapids
Traffic fines levied on four motorists in police action
Fines of 2 and costs were levied in police Thursday against Dan Ward for missing a rear light and against Mrs. Jennie Weymer Eighteenth Street SE E B Murphy and Robert Lee Dom for entering an arterial highway without stopping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Ward
First Avenue E
Jennie Weymer
Nineteenth Street
E. B. Murphy
B Avenue NW
Robert Leedom
G Avenue NW
City Market Hears Sears Bid To Sell Nonproduce
A Sears Roebuck representative asked the city for special permission to sell items other than produce at the city market. The request was referred to the city solicitor and the commissioner of public safety for further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears Roebuck and Company
Commissioner of Public Safety
Mayor proposes charity aid in carnival license extension
A Cedar Rapids quarrel over Royal American Shows request for a four day license extension centers on a per centage share of receipts for unemployed relief funds. Mayor W. H. Stepanek frames extension on condition of significant gross receipts donation. Carnival manager H. A. Smith will report progress at a Friday council meeting amid theater opposition.
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Cedar Rapids Charities
W. H. Stepanek
Royal American Shows Company
H. A. Smith
Carnival Company
Stepanek
Smith
Davis girl drops college lecture for job
Byrd Ferguson of Davis Oklahoma had attended school for twelve years without missing a class until she cut a college lecture to apply for a job.
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Byrd Ferguson
Davis
Okla
Linn County Co operative Creamery Manager at Colfax Sanatorium
M. L. Coggon Ware, manager of the Linn County Co operative Creamery association, is at the Colfax sanatorium for a course of treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coggon
M. L. Ware
Linn County
Palladium chloride Tube Alerts Coal Mine Gas Exposure
Palladium chloride sealed in a glass tube darkens when exposed to mine gas, signaling hazardous conditions. This simple device provides a visual warning for workers in coal mines facing gas buildup and potential explosions.
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World League of Aviators
Atlantic
THE
Gillette Safety Razor Company
Gillette
Boston
Massachusetts
Lincoln Park
E. H. Wessel
Davenport
Fred Wessel
James FE. Patterson
Des Moines
O. P. Moody
Joplin, Mo
Chain Lakes
On Accountancy Board
M. E. Garmoe
Optometrist
Second Avenue
Armstrong
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