Eight Injured in Auto Upset Near Des Moines
Des Moines April 28 Mrs Velma McGregor Delson 1223 Sixth avenue fractured leg and seven others badly bruised when a car driven by W R Young of Omaha skidded over a four foot embankment a half mile south of the Eighteenth street Bridge early Sunday morning. Occupants pinned beneath wreckage. five extricated. Injured include Mrs George Rishley George Rishley Lieut Jack Young aviation corps Camp Dodge AW R Young Ellen Smith J Q Richardson and an unknown girl. Driver failed to report. police seeking him. Ambulance took two girls to Mercy hospital. others in taxis. Party reportedly en route to a dance. liquor allegedly shared by driver. Police described a fight among men at the scene.
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Des Moines
Velma McGregor
Delson
Sixth Avenue
W. RR. Young
Omaha
Neb
Eighteenth Street ‘Bridge
George Rishley
Sixth Favenue
Jack Young
Aviation Corps
Camp Dodge
Hip Hutt
R. Young
Ellen Smith
Miss Smith
Lieut. Young
Big money paid for Iowa Southern Utilities
Centerville Iowa April 28 The Iowa Southern Utilities company which operates 3 miles of interurban plus Centerville street railway and lighting plants in 25 southern Iowa towns with property valued at 2 500 000 has been purchased by David C. Bisher Co of Davenport The transfer to be made May 15 The sole owners have been Frank S Payne president and D C Bradley vice president Payne was once a representative Bradley is a banker They acquired the property in 1969 after the first interurban line to Mystic The Albia interurban line started in 1914 The company now has miles of high tension transmission wires in southern Iowa supplying 30 coal mines and many local industries The purchasers were former owners of the Leon and Mount Ayr properties and have been utility engineers The come to Centerville to carry forward improvements including rebuilding the power house now 3000 horsepower and to enlarge it
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerville
Iowa Southern” Utilities Company
Iowa
David C. Bisher & Co
Davenport
Frank’ S. Payne
D. C. Bradley
Payne
Bradley
Mystic
Albia
Centervi Railway
Leon
Mount Ayr
Davenport firm lands big contract
Davenport, April 28. Walsh Construction Co. of Davenport has been awarded the contract for the quartermaster storage and ordnance depot at Chicago. Government expenditure estimated at about 1,250,900 dollars. Buildings to be erected immediately to meet an emergency. Contract said to be on a percentage basis, like the arsenal work.
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Davenport
Washington, D.c
Walsh Construction Co
Chicago
Arsenal
Five Iowa Chums Reunite Across War Tides in France
In February 1917 five Iowa friends gathered in Dubuque for a dinner. By February 1919 they met in Niederdreisig in the German occupied zone of France now serving in three different Army units. Sergt Maj John Mathis and four others, including Frank Hughes and Charles Hollingsworth, share a wartime reunion with letters between brothers bridging their postings. Mathis is the only one with a wound stripe and had rumors of severe injuries debunked with a photo showing all limbs intact. The five vow another reunion in Dubuque next year.
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Dubuque
Lowa
John
Wilfred Mathis
Company A
Niederdreisig
Maj
John Mathis
168Th Infantry
Charles Kretachmer
Fourth Infantry
Frank Hughes
Charles Hollingsworth
26Th Division
Army of Occupation
Hughes
Waterloo
Mathis Brothers
Sergi
Mathis
Seret
War Department
Germany
Sergt. Mathis
France
Farmers Given Tid y Amounts for Produce
In Independence April 28 the Independence Produce Company reports strong business. Last week the downtown station bought 340 cases of eggs from local farmers and the main plant received 30 cases, totaling 270 cases. At 87 1 4 cents per egg the company paid out 4134.75 to farmers. Victory Loan pledges show Buchanan County short of its 900000 quota with only 650000 pledged so far. Building activity appears brisk with Quality Construction at a residence on Bright farm near Otterville and foundations underway for a barn on Nick Till’s land east of the city. EH Gillett finishes on his Third ward residence. P A Lutkamp’s Second ward cottage also making progress.
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Indenendence
Independence’ Produce Company
Buchanan County
Quality Construction Co
Bright Farm
Otterville
Nick Till Place
EH. H. Gillett
P. A. Lutkamp
Motherhood Cook Promotes Happy Prenatal Health
A vintage advertisement extols Mother's Friend as a time-honored remedy aiding expectant mothers. It claims prenatal influence, reduced nausea, calm nerves, and easier labor via muscular relaxation, urging readers to obtain it from druggists and write Bradfield Regulator Co. in Atlanta for guidance.
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Bradfield Regulator Company
Dept. E
Lamar
Atlanta
Georgia
Iowa Falls Mother Expects Soldier Son Home Soon
Mrs. F J Foster of Iowa Falls learns her son Sergeant Fred Hay Foster of Co D 408th Telegraph Battalion is due home around May 10 after serving in France. The unit, recruited from Des Moines and Omaha telegraph workers, saw action at St Mihiel and Verdun and included many Iowa and Nebraska men. Also notes Ames Alumni Picnic planned for May 16 at Tollewild near a new state park site. A movement seeks a Superior Court in Iowa Falls to relieve district court delays, with quarters to be provided in a new town hall.
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Iowa Falls
A. W. Devereaux
Lows ‘Telephone Co
Des Moines
F. J. Foster
408Th Telegraph Battalion
Shenal Corps
France
Vierzon
Troyes
St. Mihiel
Verdun
Iowa
Nebraska
Ames
Town State College
Ben H. Wailer
Hardin County Farm Bureau
Tro A. Nichols
Hardin County Citizen
Frank B. Furry
Alden Times
Tollewild
Superior Court
Ira A. Nichols
H. B. Mall
Waverly Teachers Reach Compromise Amid Strike Tension
Waverly teachers return to schools after a compromise settlement following a disrupted period. Speeches by Ceorge Anderson, Dattley, and Arthur Metlugh marked the talks. A fire at the Waverly Bakery damaged the building before responders extinguished it. The track team will compete in a delayed dual meet with Nashina.
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Ceorge Anderson
Dattley
Arthur Metlugh
Helen Wrieltt
Elias of
Waverly
Alvin Frets
James Blege
Come Promise
Nashina
Denahue
Mad
Janes Bagg
Dotson-Kerglass
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Mercy Hospital
Young
BIG Money
Iowa Southern Utilities Company
Damozel
Kansas City Star
Waterloo Evening Courier
Horlick
G. H. Hospers
Black Hawk Bank
J. E. Karth
WM. H. Ross
Leavitt’ and Johnson Building
L. B. Kascht
E. J. Dunkelberg
Leavitt & Johnson
Black
GC. A
Waterloo Evening
Courier
California
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