River Falls flood swells crest and inundates Riverview area
Cresting at 17 feet 1 inch after a Friday rise, the Cedar River flooded Riverview addition and Sherwood Park near River Falls. Volunteers and city crews built sandbag dikes as a 40-foot dike breach flooded homes and blocked roads. By Sunday morning water began receding slowly, with officials forecasting gradual relief barring more rain.
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Normel
Riverview Addition
Street Department
Sherwood Park
Cedar River
G. W. Lonnecker
Iowa Public Service Company
Waterloo
Riverview Park
Glenn
A. Tibbitts
Clean Up And Paint Up Week Calls Waterloo Citizens to Action
Rakes are brought out for the first assault on winter debris as Waterloo begins Clean Up and Paint Up Week. Mayor Glenn A Tibbits promotes the effort with the Chamber of Commerce urging every resident to tidy dooryards. School essays on city cleanliness are entered with a judging deadline next Saturday and $20 in cash prizes for winners.
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Glenn A
Tibbitts
Chamber of Commerce
Waterloo
C. A. Hanson
Boy 18 Caught After Wild Ride In Stolen Auto
An 18 year old youth led police on a lengthy pursuit from the local station to 12 miles east on highway No 20 reaching speeds of 70 mph. He fled through a barn and corncrib before being recaptured, with a juvenile hearing set for delinquency charges. A second report noted a stolen sedan and a high speed collision near Fifth and Franklin streets. Police say the car owner described a boy around 12 who may have aided or influenced the joyride scene.
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Sipe
Ding
Holt Farm
Jesup
Schrag
W. F. Schrag
Third Avenue West
Campbell Baking Company
Jefferson Street
Park Avenue
A. M. Witherhall
Waverly
Fifth
Franklin Streets
Independence Avenue
Lafayette
Women's Department
Marshal Shot During Notice Service in War Saw
Keokuk Iowa April 29. City marshal Kyraushaar 55 of War Saw CT died from gunshot wounds inflicted while serving a dispossess notice on Kimm Warsaw late Saturday. Kyraushaar dropped the paper and was shot as he stooped to pick it up. Kimm detained.
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Keokuk
U.R
Kyraushaar
Warsaw
Indigestion Remedy Promoted by Doctors
An old consumer ad urges excess stomach acid relief with Phillips' Milk of Magnesia as the preferred quick, tasteless remedy. It claims a single spoonful in water neutralizes much more acid, offering immediate, harmless, efficient relief and notes the product's 50 year standard status among physicians.
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U. S
Charles H. Phillips Chemical Company
Charles H. Phillips
English Golfers Hope to Win Own Open This Year
London April 29. English golfers savor the glow from the brilliant victory of the British professionals Saturday and hope to win their own Open this year.
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London
Britain Eyes Open Championship at Muirfield After Ryder Cup
Ryder Cup linked renewed British hopes for the Open at Muirfield on May 6. British confidence resurges as 21 Americans among 242 entries challenge a long American-run record since 1923 when Arthur Havers beat Walter Hagen by one stroke.
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England
Muirfield
Arthur Havers
Walter Hagen
Guild of First Baptist Church reports over $1200 raised
Independence Iowa April 29 church group reports the Guild of the First Baptist Church raised more than $1 200 at its annual meeting. A portion goes to the church debt and some to benevolences. Officers remain: President Mrs J F Sparks Secretary Mrs A B Stout Treasurer Mrs L S Perkins.
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Prosperous
Independence
Guild of the First Baptist Church
J. F. Sparks
A. B. Stout
L.S. Perkins
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John H. Leavitt
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Pri
Dr. Welp
4Th &T
Palais Royal
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