Census of Fish in Great Lakes Begins This Year
Washington April 24 The renewed effort to save disappearing Great Lakes fish life launches an annual census conducted by the Bureau of Fisheries with help from Ontario Ohio New York and Pennsylvania experts aboard the steamer Shearwater. Figures will be tabulated yearly to guide legislation and curb overfishing. mortality has risen 16 percent 1921 1927 with declines across lakes especially Lake Michigan and Lake Erie.
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Awashington
D. G
Science
Tne
Great Lakes
Fish
Bureau of ‘Fisheries
Bureau
Ontario
Ohio
New York
Pennsylvania
Lake Erie
Lake Superior
Lake Michigan
Lake Ontario
Lake Huron
Lake of the Woods
Wamaokan
Rainy Lakes
Revolver Tests On Roads Define Stop Distances
Washington April 24. Tests by the bureau of standards show motorists need 0.5 seconds to react to a sign and can stop within 135 to 200 feet at 35 miles per hour with good brakes. The study, used in a standard code for highway signals, found reaction time largely unaffected by speed, driver wage, sex, or intelligence.
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WH. H. Allen
D. L. Weikert
Wen
Washington, D. C
Gonn
American Engineering Council
Bureau of Standards
D. L. Welkert
H. Allen
Dec
Pension elevator boy in Berlin city hall retires
Paul Krall, the elevator boy at Berlin city hall for 36 years, is pensioned. He averaged 150 trips daily and ferried 7,000,000 passengers over more than 44,000 miles on his 60 foot route.
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Berlin
Paul Krall
Insurance adjusts for higher Packard value
The note says insurance costs rise slightly due to the greater value of the Packard, mainly affecting fire and theft coverage with a small annual sum.
Death of Lawrence J Buhner Resident Since 1868
Lawrence J Buhner, 72, longtime Black Hawk county resident and Waterloo booster, died suddenly yesterday while working at Armstrong Manufacturing. Funeral at St Joseph Catholic Church Thursday at 9:30 a.m. Burial Calvary Cemetery. Born Pecatonica Illinois May 23, 1856, he moved to the Waterloo area as a child, married Victoria Wendling in 1889, and is survived by his widow, a daughter Mrs Arthur Hartson, and grandchildren Loraine and Leona Henney.
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Lawrence J. Buhner
Black Hawk County
Waterloo
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Calvey Cemetery
Buhner
Armstrong Manufacturing Company
Pecatonica, TN
Arthur ‘Hartson
Fowler Street
Loraine
Leona Henney
Mary Wengart Rites Planned in Great Falls
The obituary notes Mrs. Mary Wengart died in Great Falls Montana after a long marriage to St Joseph Rosary Society. A prayer service is set for 7 30 p m at the family home with the body held for requiem. The report mentions the fiftieth anniversary of a philatelic exposition and expected foreign government exhibits.
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Guin
Mary" Wengart
Text fragment on wartime employment terms and transport
Readable lines indicate a discussion of employment terms during a term of service. It mentions free transportation to home ports in Belgium Cuba Estonia and Luxemburg and references a convention framed in 1926.
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Belgium
Cuba
Estonia
Luxemburg
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Sale
Italy
Garda
Idra
Sioux City
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Bishop’s
Cafeterla
Packard
Packard Cars
Dumond Motor Co., Inc
Waterloo, Ia
West Fifth St
Lawrence’ J. Buhner
Armstrong Manufacturing Co
Chicago
Chidken
Chicago White Sox
Cleveland
Partickata
A.J. Fee
Ard
C. GW
Great Western
National Lead Company
Broadway
Boston
Albany Street
Buffalo
Oak Street
18Th Street
Cincinnati
Freeman Ave
Superior Ave
St. Louis
Chestnut St
San Francisco
Montgomery St
Pittsburgh
National Lead & Oil Co. of
Fourth Avenue
Philadelphia
John T. Lewis & Bros. Co
Widener
Willys-Overland, Inc
Toledo, Ohio
Aplington—Meyer
Trros, Allison
Nesbit
Cedar Falls
Roslough & Son
Calmar—Humpal's Garage
Clarksville
Bert Crosby
Necorah
Witliam
Vick Denyer—Guenther Motor Co
Dikeo—Watters Autono
Dysart
John Welm, Jr
Fayette
James Richards
Fairbank
W. PP. Rechkemmer
Gladbrook
Mohr Garvin—Jorgensen Motor Co
Grindy Center
Johnson Motor Co
Schierbrook Waterloo Company Distributors
Lanning—Wm. Lenz
Lincoln
Lincoln Auto Co
McGregor—Earl DeHaven
Ocliveln
C. W. Crahan
Caslan—Figge Auto Co
Reindbeck—Struwe *_Auto Co
Rowley—Geo, Beatty, & Son
Stout—Stout Auto Company
Toledo
Toledo Motor Company
Guilenbergs
James Finnegan
Tract
K. B. Weber
Twiwi
Bkelsner Motor Co
Wadena
A. J. Knutson
Waukon—Pioneer Auto Co
Waverly—Hillman & Platte West Union
J. F. Lane
Westgate—Bender Bros. Wellsburg
C. W. Ross
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