Waterloo Bank Debits Hit Record in March 1920
Beal reports Waterloo led the nation in March 1920 with the largest volume of debits against individual accounts since 1920 and among the top months in nine years. Debits were 56 percent above 1920–24 average, with March 1928 at 49 percent above. Match value of bank debits for towns rose 15–27 percent over average. building faltered while factory employment, notably in farm machinery and rail road equipment, rose.
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Waterloo
Standard Statistics Company
New York
Divorces Filed and City Records Show Busy Day
William W Walton filed for divorce from Florence G Walton. A county recorder office set a new high in volume with 129 instruments, including 84 chattel mortgages and 17 quit claim deeds. Merle J Brown travels to Cedar Rapids with three agents for the Underwriters Bales Congress. Local social welfare discussions featured Ethel T Holmes and Kathryn Goodwin. William O Brink narrowly escaped injury in a car collision and a Red Ball bus schedule to Cedar Falls is noted with fares.
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County Recorder
Eva Brebner
Merle J. Brown
The
Columbian National Life Insurance Company
Cedar Rapids
Bales
Brown
Bradford B. Hunter
Arthur E. Brull
Clifford W. Hoag
Waterloo Social Welfare League
Ethel T. Holmes
Des’ Moines
State Department
Kathryn Goodwin
Madison
Wis
Children’s’ . Bureau
Wisconsin Board of, Central
Janet Thompson
Social Welfare League
William O'Brink
Thirteenth Street West
KE. R. Oakley
Eighth Street West
O'Brink
Sixty Women Seek Seats in Parliament in British Election
London April 18. More women than ever will seek seats in the House of Commons after the vote extended to British women aged 21 to 30. The field includes Megan Lloyd George and Lady Astor, with candidates from Labour Liberal and independent lines.
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Megan Lloyd George
Lady Astor
Dame Millicent Fawcett
London
House of Commons
Hecht
Labor Party
Hilton
Philipson
Mrs. Philipson
Virginia
Lord Astor
Atlantic
Women urge vote for female candidates in general election
Dame Millicent Fawcett leads the National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship urging women voters to participate and back women candidates for Parliament in the forthcoming general election.
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Ter
House of Commons
National Union of Societies For Equal Citizenship
Millicent Fawcett
Kite Rising 750 Ft Gives Hoch Glory at Chautauqua Park
Oliver Hoch was named best kite filer at a Chautauqua Park gathering held yesterday afternoon as a lead up to the Victor Read sponsored kite tournament. Hoch’s 750 feet of string topped the event with Ray Noettger second at 709 feet amid strong showings from Robert McGinley Eliott Marsh and George Kress.
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Chautauqua
Oliver Hoch
Chautauqua Park
Victor Read
Hoch
Ray Noettger
Robert McGinley
Eliott Marsh
George Kress
Kite competition and fish seizure at Chautauqua Park
Read reported a kite building contest in the Chautauqua park section with box kites promising strong competition. In a separate case, two men were jailed and fined after being caught using a seine to catch 13 fish, with one accomplice fined for related costs.
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Chautauqua Park
Read
Seiners Fined in Bear Creek Case Near Shellsburg
Game warden John Jago secured convictions of two Shellsburg seiners for seining fish at Bear Creek south of Shellsburg. Clarence Barton, alleged leader, pleaded guilty before Justice O M Johnson and was unable to pay a $100 fine.
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John Jago
Shellsburg
Bear Creek
Justice of the’ Peace
O. M. Johnson
Clarence Barton
Des Moines to raze Kirkwood hotel ruins today
The condemned Kirkwood hotel ruins, scorched by a fatal fire a week earlier with six guests dead, will be demolished starting today. No replacement plan exists yet for the site. The report also notes Canadian water power projects will add over 1.2 million horsepower to the national total.
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Des Moines
Kirkwood
Canada
Becks seek divorce and support for two children
Edna Beck filed for divorce from P Beck a carpenter earning eight dollars sixty cents a day She asks twenty dollars weekly support for herself and two children Arlene two and Marvin Richard seven months The judge granted an injunction restraining the defendant from molesting the plaintiff at her home.
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Edna Beck
West
A P. Beck
Arlene
May
Marvin Richard
R. W. Hasner
Stops Toothache Pills Promise Instant Relief
An old ad touts E Z Tooth Piller as a quick hardening remedy that seals cavities and halts decay. It claims instant relief from severe toothache and a temporary filling lasting months, urging readers to buy a 25-cent bottle at local drug stores. Sold by Robert Drug Co and J Miller in listed addresses.
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Robert Drug Co
Sycamore,St
J. Miller
W. 4Th St
Burgstahler to Speak at East High on College Talk
Dr H J Burgstahler will discuss "Who Should and Who Should Not Go to College" in a special East High auditorium address Monday afternoon in Mt Vernon. The talk centers on college selection and criteria for admission decisions.
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Nce
H. J. Burgstahler
Jornell
College
Mt.Vernon
East High
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Deblin
Prief
West End 4Th St
Buchanan
Willian W. Walton
Florence G.walton
Cedar Falls
Leeyineanne Falls
Ff Clicquot Club
Pate Pry
Clicquot Club
Kathryn Meek
HAT Shop
Debe & Debe
W. 4Th & Jefferson
Claire Freeman
Barton
Jago
West Side Fish Market
West Fourth St
Nichols & Gates
Seigel’s
Commercial
Iowa
Federal Tires
Seigel Battery
Federal
Seigel
Port Oxford
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