Waterloo urged to promote city with new depot
Merle J. Brown, general agent for Columbian National Life Insurance, endorses a Waterloo union station project. In a Courier letter he argues that the depot shapes outsiders’ view of the city and cites his own company’s misimpression about Waterloo’s size, urging residents to back the movement.
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Waterloo
Merle J. Brown
Columbian National Life Insurance Company
Courier
Brown
Union Station
Boston
Cedar Rapids
Kite Flying Tournament Week Set for Local Youths
Next week brings a busy schedule for boys and girls entering the annual city kite flying tournament sponsored by Courier Roll. Victor Read, playgrounds director, says preliminary tests and enrollments begin Tuesday, with finals at Byrnes Park on Saturday, April 20. Eligible riders are under 16 with home made kites. The novelty contest judges will score designs on up to 100 points per inspection, considering construction, appearance, materials, flying, air behavior, and accessories.
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Courier Roll
Victor Read
Byrnes Park
Melichar Holds Band Practices at Cedar Falls
James A. Melichar director-elect of Cedar Falls concert band returns from Sioux City after two days and conducts three rehearsals. He meets auxiliary senior and junior bands for two hour sessions and begins shaping the new orchestra before relocating to Cedar Falls. Hauser funeral rites for John L. Hauser held in Beaver township with later service and interment at Laverne.
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Aurier
Cedar Falls
James A. Melichar
Sioux City
Melichar
Monahan Post
San Antonio
Tex
American Legion
K. S. Gleson
Arthur Martin
RK. H. Miller
Harold G. Palmer
C. W
Laverne
Kossuth County
Fireman Heroics at Kern Street Attic Blaz ing Mayhem
Eddie Buehler of Central station led a daring attic entry as flames roared and rockets blasted. A hose was blown from his hand and fireworks hissed around, but Buehler persisted, signaling for water while colleagues recalled a comical yet brave rescue amid smoke and danger.
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Kern’ Street
Logan
Ayenué
Eddie Buehler
Central Station
Buehler
Firefighter Battled Blaze Through Ammunition Piles
Buehler held a hose to suppress a blaze among Fourth of July ammunition piles. He ducked to shield his eyes and fired water as needed, overcoming the fire and keeping his head still after minutes of intense effort. Firemen note a two week neck ache from ducking fireworks, but the blaze was finally extinguished.
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Waterloo
Buehler
Old Tom
Morris Motor Company Banquet Marks 19th Anniversary
Forty Morris Motor Company employees will attend the nineteenth annual banquet at the Elks home Monday night. Sixteen staff have served more than ten years and four were with the firm when it organized in April 1910, reflecting long service since its start.
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Morris Motor Company
Elks Home
New Case Worker Joins Welfare League Staff
Miss Mary Louise Moninger, a trained social worker, has joined the Social Welfare League board as family visitor assisting Superintendent Jane Thompsonn. Her appointment stabilizes staff amid funding cuts. two nurses remain employed mainly from Christmas seal funds. Moninger is a University of Chicago graduate and resides at 107 Independence Avenue.
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Mary
Louise Moninger
Social Welfare League Board of Directors
Jane Thompsonn
Miss Moninger
Social Welfare League
University of Chicago
Independence Avenue
Dyersville Memorial Building Bids Opened Next Friday
Bids will be opened and contracts let for the Dyersville municipal memorial building on Friday April 12 announced by J G Ralston of Ralston and Ralston architects Several Waterloo contractors will attend the setting Plans call for a brick with stone trim building 66 by 109 feet in dimensions one and one half stories with brick and stone trim and other details remaining to be announced
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Dyersville, Ia
J. G. Ralston
Ralston & Ralston
Waterloo
Community Hall and Civic Buildings Planned for $45000
A proposed plan envisions a multiroom complex including a pen community hall gymnasium mayor's office and council room American Legion headquarters and fire department quarters. The estimated construction cost is about 45000 dollars.
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Pen
American Legion
Fire sweeps Baltabarin Cafe in Hotel Sherman
A fire in Chicago on April 6 swept the Baltabarin cafe inside the Hotel Sherman. The blaze caused considerable damage mainly from smoke and water. Guests in the downtown hotel were awakened by fire alarms and sirens but were not alarmed.
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Chicago
Baltabarin
Sherman
Altho
Woodlawn lots near Byrnes Park offer bargain opportunity
Sieg Construction offers twenty 50 by 122 foot lots in Woodlawn Addition Waterloo adjacent to Byrnes Park. Prices range from 200 to 400 with 25 percent down and 6 percent monthly terms. Park features include an 18 hole golf course, tennis, playgrounds, lake areas, and landscaped settings within easy transit.
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Sieg Construction Company
Woodlawn
Waterloo
Byrnes Park
U. S
Iowa
Woodlawn Property Lots Offer Near Air Park Appeal
Marquis Brothers auction twenty lots in Woodlawn near Byrnes Park in Iowa. Sale Monday April 8 at 2 pm with tags and flags, rain postponement one week. Utilities available, terms 6 percent interest, reservations via phone 1714-W or 5018.
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Woodlawn
Byrnes Park
Home Park Boulevard
Fletcher Avenue
Black Hawk Creek
Cedar Falls
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Fun Siwi
Morris Motor CO
Independent Electric CO
Jefferson St. Waterloo
NEW Case Worker With Welfare League
Homer S. Clark
Johnson
Electric
Lowal RA
Dyersville
Waterloo Building and Loan Association
East Fifth and
Lafayette Sts
L. E. Glaza Company
Will Siglin
Waterloo, Ta
Walker-Schubert Lbr. CO
Iowa Securities Co
East
Quest & Smith the Plum
West Fifth St
U.S
Seehawk
Beautiful
Marquis Brothers
Vrhird
Asley
Bevo
AVENE
Furs
Syvanes
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