Waterloo riverfront plan to widen channel and add walls
The Waterloo riverfront commission proposes a retaining wall on the east bank from the Suffern building toward the railroad bridge and terracing of both banks from Mullan avenue to Sixth street to beautify the riverfront. If funded, the plan could widen the channel and allow a park with shrubs, flowers, and possibly a soldiers' monument.
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Riverfront Improvement Commission
Mullan Avenue
Chicago Great Western
Suffern
Sixth Street
Jose Millvraca
Riverfront Commission
West Mill
Waterloo &Cedar Falls Union Mill Co
Mil
Y. MC. A
Sufferns
West Bank
Fifth
Sixth Streets
Saffern
Fourth Street
Fifth Street
Resent
Pioneer Scene in Waterloo Keeps Busy with Notices
A Waterloo column records residents at home and visiting relatives, including Mrs. Sisto drawing and an elderly man with a shaking finger, several local name drops, campus and club visits, and a bank of small-town events from weather to rail car topics and a lunch advertisement.
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Tbs
Iblings and Gahlbeck to Give Joint Recital at Walnut Street
Tenor Henry Iblings and soprano Misa Violette Gahlbeck will present a joint recital at Walnut Street Baptist church on Tuesday May 1 at 1:30 p.m. with George Samson of Town State Teachers College as accompanist and W. Gahlbeck providing accompaniments. The artists, long known in Waterloo and Lake Geneva, will perform solos and duets reflecting their refined training and praised tone.
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H Henry Iblings
Misa Violette Gahlbeck
Walnut Street Baptist Church
George Samson
Town State Teachers College
Wiss Gablbeck
Iblings
Waterloo
Christepiscopal Church
Gahlbeck
Cosio Politan School of Music
Chicago
Lake Geneva
Wis
Early Waterloo Memories From Mrs Jennie Sisco Former Resident
Mrs Jennie Strayer Sisco of Chattanooga Tennessee writes a Waterloo reminiscence about 1816 arrivals, Indian scares, Cedar Falls road woods, Fourth of July revels, and the Mullan family era. She recalls dances aided by her friend and the first editor wife’s jewelry, Civil War tensions, and a quirky Old Yankee figure.
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Waterloo
Jennie Sisco
Evening Courier
Jeanie Strayer Sisco
Dobbs Avenue
Chattanooga
Tenn
Francis Strayer
Stlall
Charles Mullan
Cedar Falls
Shigley’s Island
Warreno
Tom
Wayne
Nelle
Redvershirg
Allegheny Mountains
Mullan
Ben Stewart
Fourth
Jefferson
Yankee
Capwells Hall
Jénnie Strayer Sisco
Sisco
President Cannot Help Boy Get on York Police Force
York, Fa April 21 Walter Dickinson Hague seven year old son of Rev Dr Walter Diseckinson was refused a job on the York police force. He appealed to President Harding who replied that regulations prevent intrusion and advised waiting until he grows taller. The note ends with unrelated marriage license notices and a stray line about Chinese wheelbarrows.
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Boy
York
Walter Dickinson Hague
Walter Diseckinson
York Force
United States
Harding
Walter
Army Sergeant Seeks German Bride for Marriage at Immigrant Office
Sergeant Hayden Looney of the Eighteenth Infantry declared he came to marry Sophie Breitbach at Eis Island immigration, hoping to wed despite war strains. Sophie, from Coblenz, Germany, arrived after her father’s death and said an American soldier fathered her unborn child but deserted her. Mrs. Clara Barton offered to help if she is admitted.
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Sophie Breitbach
Hayden Looney
Eighteenth Infantry
United States Army
Eis Island
Sophie
Coblenz
Germany
Clara Barton
R. O. Barton
Fort Screven
Georgia
Digest of News Since Yesterday
London: Ambassador Harvey’s reportorial trip to study the farm strike yielded no news for American farmers. Washington: Lord Robert Cecil met Woodrow Wilson but did not reveal topics discussed. Jes Washington: Mexico situation improving, per a White House spokesman. Paris: Gen Gounaud to attend Forty-Second division reunion in Indianapolis in July. New York: actress Juanita Hansen files bankruptcy petition with liabilities of 211,057 and assets listed as none.
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London
Harvey
Washington
D. C
Robert Cecil
Woodrow Wilson
Jes
Washington, D. C
Mexico
Harding
White House
Deaths mark end of Samuel L. Good at 49
Samuel L. Good aged 49 died after a brief illness at Presbyterian hospital. He was born February 17, 1874 in Ogle County Illinois and moved to Waterloo eight years ago working as a carpenter. Survived by widow and son Chester 14 along with siblings living in California Iowa and Canada. Funeral at O'Keefe & Towne chapel tomorrow at 2 pm. burial Monday in Whit- ten Iowa.
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Samuel L. Good
Presbyterian Hospital
Mr. Good
Ogle Jeounty
Illinois
Waterloo
Riehl Street
Chester
Elia Cuntingham
Pasadena
Gal
Cora Eggleston
Whittier
Alva Good
Conger
Edward Good
Canada
O'Keefe & Towne Chapel
J. R. Macartney
Whitten
Dead Sea to Life Through Jordan Irrigation Plan
London April 21 The Dead Sea region is set to be revived as Albert Hiorth outlines a Jordan valley irrigation scheme. The plan, presented to Victoria Institute members, aims to transform the plain between the Lake of Galilee and the Dead Sea into productive land once more.
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Dead Sea
iBy
Associated Press
London
Joshua
Albert Hiorth
Plain of
Jordan
Lake of Gendareth
Victoria Institute
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