John A Zook 68 Waterloo Plumber Dies After Illness
John A Zook senior member of Zook and Bentz plumbing died at 2 a m at his home 520 Fifth street east Waterloo after two months of heart disease He came to Waterloo in 1890 and built a long career with Zook & Bentz Surviving six children and a widow Mrs Nellie Montery Zook Funeral at First Presbyterian Church with Masonic rites and burial at Fairview.
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Fifth Street
Waterloo
Ascaion Commandery
Knights Templar
Royal Arch Masons
Helmet Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Vows
Zook
Towa
Jackson County
Jacob
Elizabeth Zook
Maquoketa
John
Tripoli
Winnipeg
Man
Canada
Toowa
Cherokee
Cutler Hardware Company
Dng
George L. Wilber
Charles JK. Bentz
Wilber
Zook & Bentz
Nellie A. Montery
Allison, Jay
Beatrice Tiffany
Hollywood
Cal
Marguerite Wall
Dallas
Tex
Robert M. Zook
Los Angeles
Jack L. Zook
Hope Street
Trene
Earl Zook
O'Keefe & Towne
First Presbyterian Church
Thomas R. Niven
Zook É& Bentz
Fairview
Falan sues Sterling for 3000 over stock transfer
J E Falan formerly president of Falan Flemini files suit in district court seeking 3000 from Sterling Company over alleged transfer of 5000 in B percent preferred stock for a lease deal. He claims retirement option and missed dividends, stock lacking retirement provision, and asserts the lease asset later sold to a foreign firm. Sterling remained in business until last winter when the lease moved to Schulte United Inc New York.
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Sterling Company
J. E. Falan
Falan-Flemini Company
Falan
Woods Building
Fourth Street East
Hel
Yalan
Schulte United, Inc
New York
I C Railway Rolls Into Bus Transit in Illinois Central Era
Illinois Central Railway launches motorbus service with a leased General Motors bus. E H Baker, Th E McCabe, and L E Strouse lead the railway officials aboard the first trip from Dubuque to Waterloo and back. The bus runs 745 Bem Dubuque to Waterloo at 245 p m with a 4 pm return to Dubuque, a second GM bus due in about 30 days. War Service rep links WWI era mental health concerns to 1847 date claim.
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Crewn
Tllinois Central Passenger Staton
Tllinois Central Railway Company
E. H. Baker
Chicago
Th. E. McCabe
Dubuque
L. E. Strouse
Waterloo
Central Transportation Co
General Motors
Waterloo Site Was Land of Promise to Mrs Hanna
Roger Leavitt, banker and Waterloo native, presents reminiscences of Waterloo’s early days in five chapters. Chapter I recalls the Hanna family's 1845 arrival, the fording of the Cedar River, Waterloo’s rough frontier streets, early stores, sidewalks fight, notable residents, and the town’s 1854 layout. Continued next Saturday.
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Waterloo
Roger Leavite
Roger Leavitt
Cedar Falls National Bank
Cedar Falls Trust One
Black Hawk County
Courier
Hanna
The
Cedar
City of
George W. Hanna
Henna
Jordan
Canaan
Land of
Promise
Linois Central
Hanns
Cedar Falls
Hartman
John
Commercial Street
Fourth Street
Mill Square
Addie
Hungerford
Greten
Jenney
Raymond
Wilkins
Kelly
Thunisen
Courier” Office
Robinson
A. H. Frank
Central House
Bindlinger
Mr. Fowler
Rock Island Road
West Waterloo
The Childs First School Is the Family Froebel Notes
The National Kindergarten Association issues articles on home education and Froebel in a weekly column for the Evening Courier. The piece stresses the family as the child’s initial school and outlines practical home education ideas from the Fortieth Street address.
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Froebel
National Kindergarten Association
West Fortieth Street
New Rose City
Evening Courier
Weary mothers urged to teach duty to children
A reader letter on sharing housework urges mothers to start giving children small duties early. It argues mothers tire from bearing all duties, and that teaching responsibility begins at marriage and with young children to ease future burdens.
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Helen Grege Green
Mother
Kindergarten Spirit Shapes American Life Institutions
Quote from John J. Tigert, former United States commissioner of education, praising the kindergarten as a model of cooperative work and play that develops each child's physical, mental, and social resources to help him function as a social group member.
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John J. Tigert
United States Commissioner of Education
Poppies for Sale May 25 to Aid Needy Veterans
Waterlog will host its annual poppy sale on Saturday May 25 in support of Becker Chapman post and its auxiliary. Glenn Beers reports 12009 poppies ordered for Waterloo with proceeds aiding relief committees for veterans and families. Limited funds from last year and flood relief donations have shaped this drive.
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Becker+Chapman post
American Legion
eAuxilary
Glenn Beers
Aale
Red Cross
Beers
Waterloo
Legion
Des Moines salesman arrested after motor staggers
Willam M. Price, 70, a Des Moines salesman, was arrested by a squad of local police two miles east of St Francis hospital after driving off the road into a ditch. A nearly empty pint bottle was found on the front seat. Police responded after a woman reported a drunken driver had struck her car heading toward Waterloos.
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Willam M. Price
Des Moines
St.Francis Hospital
Price
Jesup
Waterlas
Charles Mohls
John Collns
William Allen
Allen
Offcara
W. H. Wilson
Harry Johnson
Lovely Garden Sighting Amid Riverfront Manure Dump
A reporter finds flowering almond and red blossoms along the riverfront after manure and straw dumping near the Fifth Street bridge. Riverfront chairman Hermann Miller orders cover and a no-dumping sign, noting two workers maintain the grounds and aim to improve the fourth street wall entrance.
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Ind
H. H. Hanna
Third Avenue West
Courier
Riverfront
Fifth Street
Cedar Rapids
Hermann Miller
Riverfront Commission
Miller
Fourth
Fourth Street Bridge
Enthusiasm Greets 'Sue' Performance by Walther League
Enthusiasm filled Emmanuel church school auditorium for a Walther League presented drama. Gererude Borcherts as Sue charmed and Henry Wenthe as Dick Patton gave a convincing second lead. The play about a mysterious money loss urged honesty when given opportunity and raised funds for the State Walther League convention. DIES IN HOTEL ROOM Omaha Neb April 27 INs W L Pangburn 40 formerly of Glenwood Pa was found dead in a hotel room. Heart trouble said to be the cause.
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Emmanuel Church
Sue
Walther League
Gererude Borcherts
Henry Wenthe
Dick Patton
Omaha
Neb
W. L. Pangburn
Glenwood
Pangburn
Frank Pangburn
Tulsa Oilers beat Pueblo in late Western league tilt
In Tulsa on Friday the Tulsa Oilers beat Pueblo 20 to 19 in a three game series opener. The decisive run came in the ninth when Hair Up singled and scored on Storti's double as ten pitchers took the mound for the wild contest.
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Tulsa
Okla
Tulsa Oilers
Pueblo
Hair- Up
Storti
Englishmen Laws Women and Theatre on Club Programs
Rotary speaker Rev W G Crowder former Cedar Falls minister addresses Notary club at Hotel Russell Lamson on Englishman Thinks of Sir YS MEN'S. Y M C A Ladies Night observed Monday with Harold F Miller as toastmaster. Morning church service planned at First Congregational meeting at 10745 4.1 m. KIWANIS hosts Clemant Wahlsh company with Robert Blaylock seniors and juniors as main acts. Canopus club Elmer M Lichty reviews legislature Tuesday noon at Hotel President.
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Rotary
W. G. Crowder
Cedar Falls
Notary Club
Russell-Lamson
Mets
Harold F. Miller
First Congregational Church
Clemant-Wahlsh Company
Rousselthamson
Robert Blaylock
Robert Blaylock, Jr
Conopus
Elmer M. Lichty
Black Hawk County
Canopus Club
Registration opens for sixty fourth Iowa Sunday School convention
The Iowa State Sunday School convention invites all scholars teachers and church members to register for the sixty fourth annual event. D Allen says 1200 Waterloo attendees possible with 1000 total expected if highways allow. First Methodist leads with 190 registrations. Meantime Orange township MLO A meeting on April 30 features S A Cohagan of the Waterloo YM YWCA as speaker with a covered dish dinner and Girl Reserves serving coffee and ice cream.
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Iowa State Sunday School Council
D. Allen
Waterloo
Orange
MLO. A
Orange Township Consolidated School
S.A. Cohagan
Waterloo YM. G. A
Girl Reserves
Hi-Yo
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Lafayette Street
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I. C. Railway
Ceder Falls
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Charles Mullan
Eggers
Tanta Jim
Irving House
Black Hawk Bank
Raymond Bros
H. S. Phelps’ Dry Goods
Walther
Laws
Theatre
M.E
Iowa
Wyant & Tesmer
Edward Lynch
Williston Ave
Lillian Esterin
Logan Aves
D. H. Pederson
Ald
Vermont St
Joe Rohmer
1816
Lafayette St
Jack Shay
Kingsley Ave
J. M. Tounshendeaux
Jackson St
P. Woodring
Randolph St
H. C. Brandes
Burton Ave
Washington &T
Wupe
Crystal Ice & Fuel Company
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