Council Approves Purchase of Two 750-Gallon Fire Trucks
The city council voted to contract with Peter Pirsch and Sons of Kenosha Wisconsin for two 750 gallon fire trucks and equipment at eighteen thousand three hundred forty seven dollars. Proceeds from a forthcoming bond issue will fund the purchase and the action was filed for final consideration in one week. Chief Kohout praised the decision noting the new trucks will be the finest available and two spare parts from the old fleet will yield one serviceable engine for reserve and emergency use.
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Peter Pirsch
Kohout
Safety Lane Painted at First Ave and Crescent Street
The city council adopted a resolution to install a ten foot yellow safety lane on First Avenue at Crescent Drive. Stop signs will face traffic from both directions to protect school children and pedestrians at the intersection. Public safety commissioner Dan Kruidemier and Frank Hahn, public improvement commissioner, coordinated warning signs for all dips to aid fire trucks and ordinary motorists.
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First Avenue
Crescent Drive
City Traffic Safety Commission
Dan Kruidemier
Public Safety
Frank Hahn
Hahn
PWA Payment Delays Mark Water Main Project Funds
City water department shows the PWA 30 percent payment for the Oakland avenue to Kenwood water main extension not yet received. The waterworks went red again on Oct 1 after financing the project. overdraft totaled 3.25330 with month-end figures showing an advance of 8.08142 and expenditures of 9.9570. The plant pumped 125.654 million gallons in September, averaging 4.18 million gallons daily.
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PWA
Oakland Avenue
Kenwond
City Waterworks
Council Authorizes Depositors' Agreement On Iowa State Bank
In August fire losses in the city totaled 1799 dollars. Local authorities reported the figure amid surrounding notes on safety and municipal risks. The depositors' agreement with Iowa State Bank was approved by the council as part of financial oversight.
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Iowa State Bank
Union Reform Urged by Lewis and Labor Leaders
John L. Lewis urged the AFL to abandon many craft unions for broader industrial or vertical unions to speed unification in heavy industries. He argued mass organizations sustain worker confidence and called for a larger AFL executive council to guide a unified labor campaign.
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San Francisco
INS
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
Lewis
A. F. of L. Executive Council
Quarantine Report Details Scarlet Fever and DiphtheriaCases
A September health report lists three scarlet fever cases and two diphtheria quarantines, with deaths noted for the month. Expenses of the board of health totaled 2646.61 dollars. Placardable cases included measles four teen mumps and one whooping cough. Sixty two
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Board of Health
James Vanda
Flat feet threaten Missouri co ed beauty
Columbia reports 189 women students showed average shapely backs but a tendency toward flat feet. Miss Mae Kelly, MU physical education professor, disclosed findings from posture examinations.
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Columbia, Mo
University of Missouri
Mae Kelly
Four Wheat Nations Play High Stakes in World Markets
In Chicago and around the globe Canada Argentina France and the United States faced off in a tense world wheat market. Canada held vast supplies and sought high prices while backing from its government kept the market steady. France and Argentina bet against sharp gains, and the United States hovered with fluctuating prices as Winnipeg’s head John I McFarland signaled Canada will not dump its wheat until demand requires.
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Chicago
Canada
Argentina
France
United States
Buenos Aires
Winnipeg
Liverpool
Rotterdam
John I. McFarland
Central Wheat Buying Agency
Toledo Gambler Slain In Detroit
The body of Jimmie Hayes a well known Toledo gambler was found Thursday morning in an alley at Detroit's central business district edge. He had been killed with a shotgun with seven slugs in his body.
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Detroit
Jimmie Hayes
Toledo
Five Sisters of Pioneer Kauffman Family Reunite in Iowa
Five Kauffman sisters, daughters of early Cedar County settlers John and Mary, held a reunion at Mrs. Sarah Gill’s home in Iowa City, their first since meeting twenty three years ago in Lisbon. Ages range from 67 to 87, totaling 382 years.
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Sarah Gill
Iowa City
Abbie Mason
Lisbon
John
Mary Kauffman
Cedar County
Cedar Bluffs
Iowa
Esther Kauffman
Fifth Avenue SW
Cedar Rapids
Mary Wilson
Pansy, Mo
Nancy Dourgherty
Springfield
Celia Frederick
Springville
Wallace Short Farm Labor Governor Candidate Tours Iowa
Wallace M. Short of Sioux City farmer labor party candidate for governor spent a Cedar Rapids night en route to eastern Iowa speaking tour. He was hosted by George F. Buresh with Arthur Hoover and plans to address Davenport Clinton Maquoketa Monticello Dubuque audiences. Headquarters opened at 312 First Avenue E.
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Wallace Short
Farmer- Labor
Wallace M. Short
Sioux City
Farmer-Labor Party
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Short
George F. Buresh
Eighteenth Street
Buresh
Arthur Hoover
Davenport
Turner Hall
Hoover
Clinton
Jackson County
Maquoketa
Linn County
Reformed Churches
Ely
Minnesota
Nebraska
Monticello
Monticello Opera House
Dubuque
Labor Party
First Avenue E
Father Son Duel Ends With Injury and Arrest in Indiana
In Linton Indiana police report Frank Vits age 52 and his son Roger age 23 were arrested after a rifle duel following a family quarrel. The elder Vits lost his right eye in the confrontation.
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Linton
Ind
Frank Vits
Roger
Three City Departments Overdraw Budgets Last Month
The September financial report shows Warrants marked no funds returned for three departments. Budgets may be over expended if total spending continues. water works built a balance while parks and playgrounds cut back. City cash rose from 224 011 49 to 271 931 16 with receipts 93 484 09 and disbursements 45 564 42.
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Louis D. Burgos
Flagman to Be Placed at Tenth Street Crossing
Police Chief Ray S. Tapper told the city council a daytime flagman will be stationed at the Tenth street crossing of the C and N W tracks. The move follows a petition from about 200 residents seeking traffic control at the intersection.
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Tenth St
The
North Western Railroad
Tenth Street
Ray S. Tapper
Tapper
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