TAX LEVY CUT TO 21 MILLS. PUBLIC HEARING SET
Independence Jamaica August 2 The tax levy for the coming year is cut to 21 mills a two mill reduction from last year The taxpayers will be heard Monday evening August 13 on protests The proposed levy lists General improvement sewer water fire equipment library band road work and other items The estimated tax per thousand is 7 26 with taxable valuation 1927 at 3 726 136 and moneys and credits at 1 440 705 The estimated income other than taxation for the coming year is 65 000
Waterloo-Waverly Club Picnic Sunday Promises Community Fun
A reunion picnic for former Waverly residents now in Waterloo is set for Sunday at Tourist park. The event, Aug 12, is hosted by the Waverly Community club with A. H. Holt as president and George Scully as secretary. Over 200 members expected. dinner at 12:30, refreshments provided, and park golf privileges and games offered.
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Mr. Srully
Charles Bohagen
Hkittenball
Former Flowan Dies in Oregon
H H Tidd of Independence reports the death of his sister Mrs. Wesley Hosmer in Sherwood Oregon on a Tuesday night after a three year struggle with carcinoma. Born December 28 1857 in Holliston Massachusetts she married Wesley Hosmer in 1882 lived in Sumner Otterville Cedar Falls and Eugene before settling in Sherwood. Survived by husband son B D Hosmer and daughter Anna Sherk all of Sherwood. Burial to be in Sherwood.
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Courier Special Service
Independence
H. HH. Tidd
Wesley Hosmer
Sherwood
Ore
Holliston
Mass
Daniel Tidd
Sumner Township
Otterville
Cedar Falls
Eugene
Tidd
B. D. Hosmer
Anna Sherk
Postpone Songfest at St Ansgar Park due to clash
Courier Special Service reports the song fest at St Ansgar tourist park is postponed because of the chautauqua program. Also noted Independence notice covers pastor R V Gilbert and family returning from a Pennsylvania trip to find the mosse in Mercy Bible class. Fifteenth wedding anniversary celebrated with a cake for the pastor and wife, and a twentieth anniversary cake for Mr and Mrs Charles Gaspey.
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Courier
St. Ansgar
Independence
R. V. Gilbert
Pennsylvania
Mercy Bible Class
First Presbyterian Church
Charles Glaspey
Cedar Heights Works To Enforce Quiet Night Traffic
Cedar Heights police enforce quiet by citing motorists with cutouts open at night. Mayor hears cases as traffic officers handle rule violations day and night. Nearby Jowai and communities near Waterloo and Cedar Falls share tidiness and orderly living.
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Cedar Heights
Jowai
Xone
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Hendry Delegate to Meet of Iowa Power Engineers
William A. Hendry, superintendent and chief engineer of Waterloo waterworks, will attend the National Association of Power Engineers convention in Detroit mid September September 11 to 15. He was chosen delegate by the local chapter at a Tuesday night waterworks meeting and elected president of the association.
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Wiliam A. Hendry
Waterloo
National Association of Power Engineers
Detroit
Mid
Town Association of Power Engineers
Hendry
Phillips Milk of Magnesia Antacid Ad Claims Quick Relief
An advertisement extols Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a tasteless, alkali antacid that neutralizes excess stomach acid in minutes. It praises the product as safe, effective, and the standard choice for 50 years, noting its prescription by physicians and trademark status since 1875.
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Phillips
Magnesia
U.S
Charles H. Phillips Chemical Company
Charles H Phillips
Freckled Skin Beauty Wax Advertisement
An advert promotes Mercolized wax for revealing smoother skin beneath freckled or tanned complexions. It claims nightly application peels off damaged surface skin to reveal clear white youthful underlayer. Also suggests saxolite and hazel mix as an astringent for wrinkle reduction.
Local chapter names new secretary after Daley retirement
The local chapter elected Ray A. Ellis, manager of Ellis Motors, Inc., as secretary succeeding Otis A. Daley, assistant engineer of the Qal jlowsy company, in a recent meeting.
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Otis A. Daley
Qaljlowsy Company
Ray A. Ellis
Ellis Motors, Inc
Lightning Strikes Barn, Wipes Out Rehorst Farm
Fredericksburg Aug 2 The Henry Rehorst barn one and a half miles west of town was destroyed by fire after a lightning strike yesterday afternoon. A calf and a large quantity of hay were lost in the flames. The horses were among the casualties.
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Fredericksburg
Henry Rehorst
Insurance Coverage Noted for Damages
A historical report states that harms were saved and an insurance policy valued at $1,500 covered the incident. The note highlights the insurance amount and the preservation of damages as part of the record.
Mrs. Alice Pierson Dies in California
Ceder Falls, Aug. 2 Mrs. Alice Pierson long a resident of Estherville died yesterday at her Long Beach California home. She had lived there with her sister Miss Anna Gertrude Childs. The body will be taken to York Nebraska by Miss Childs for burial.
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Courier
Ceder Falls
Alice Pierson
Estherville
Anna Gertrude Childs
Long Beach
Gal
York, Neb
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