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Street bridge hi earnest Ibis morning when concrete was poured for tlie foundations of the nbnUment Cor the I first pier. The task of putting down the coffer was completed yesterday afternoon, bed rock having been reached the day before. An eighty -pound stream from a fire hose was employed in washing the clay from the surface of this b?d rock and the big mixer was started up this morning.Some delay will be experienced in getting reinforcing steel on the ground, according to Mr. Gould. The mills have agreed to roll the steel on the fifteenth of this month and ah Ip men t will be made by the first of June. However the work of preparation will go right on and a larger Material is arriving daily.HOODLUMS COMMIT ACTS OF VANDALISMI?,imaged and Dclhred Property **1Wedding—I’oilce Foitu City Called out.c»fJSCb!pimtlLto:A gang of College Ilill hoodlums almost broke up a wedding party at221? College KtrecL fast night, in anS PATCH-15 II-HA GKRST11OM Dr. J. W. Holland rend the marriage vows last night at S o'clock that united Miss Hazel M. Spate her, daughter of Mrs. Emma Spatcher,} 221? College street, and Mr. Edward ITagerstroin in the bonds of matri-monv. There were present about thirty-five relatives aud friends and the home was prettily decorated tor the occasion. Miss Annu Funk played the wedding march as the bridal party entered the room Mid Miss Florence Day of Cedar Rapids, was bridesmaid. The best mini was a brother of the groom, Mr, Charles Hagerslroru of Grand Rapids, Wis. The bridal gown was of white lawns-down and prettily trimmed. The bride carried white roses. The bridesmaid wore a pink gown with shadow lace. Miss Beulah Holland carried the ring in a white rose, A bountiful wedding supper followed the sincere congratulations, and many pretty gifts were bestowed. The groom Is an employe of the Municipal Electric plant and has furnished completely the home recently erected by G. M. Wytk, 109 East Seventh street, where Mr. and Mrs. Hagor-Btrom will immediately establish their new home. Several pre-nuptial• courtesies hvo been showered upon the popular bride and their many* frinds extend best wishes for the future of the liappy couple.alleged charivari, and the entire police force was called to the scene before the mob desisted from Its work of destruction.Some of those in attendance at the wedding declared Hie police dkl not do their duty, bnt this is denied by the downtown police, who did not arrive on the scone when the mob was at the height of its activity. The lone policeman on Hie Hill district. It was said, was drenched by Jt stream of water from a hose in the hands of the mob, as be stood on the veranda of the house witliin which a wedding ceremony was being performed.The gang of hoodlums, which comprised some men a a well as youths and boys, let the air from the tire* of an automobile standing in front of the house, drained 12 gallons of gasoline from the car and smeared garbage, liberally over the tonne an. Garbage was also smeared on windows of the house, rubbish thrown onto the veranda and other acts of vandalism perpetrated that i resulted in Die police call. They also sounded the lire bell at the college Hill fire station repeatedly. Several arrests may be made, it was reported this morning* as a result of the affair when the identity of several of the ring-leuders is fully established.Electric Restaurants.A large mining company baa Up Mailed an electric restaurant 150 yards in from the foot of the shaft in oue of Its mine3. Hero food is cooked or heated electrically, and hot coffee is prepared by the a a me means. Since most of the Important coal mines already use electric power underground for power purposes, there should be Httle difficulty in establishing subterranean electric restaurants In any ot them.
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Cedar Falls Record
Cedar Falls, Iowa, US
Thu, May 18, 1916
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