Chautauqua Outlook Brightens as 1923 Plans Expand
The Waterloo independent chautauqua reports progress toward 1923 with 20 season tickets sold local optimism rises. Officials note potential six or seven day series and larger tent plus surplus funds to be allocated to the YWCA and other supporters. Directors commend contributors and pledge publication of resolutions in minutes.
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Chautauqua
Yet Beachler
Waterloo Chautauqua
Tha Y. W-C. A
The
Chautanana
Waterloo
Waterloo, Fivening Courier
Waterloo Tribune
Greater Waterloo Association
Dairy Cattle Congress
Michely& Getes and
Hall-Ekfelt
Ben-Howrsy Company
Walnut Street
Chautaurua
Citizens Gas & Electric Company
Vast High School
James L. Loar
Independent
Chautauqua Association
Dalk Payers
S&s A
Cohagen
Vaatl Kemberer
BE. A. Boggs
Woman with Knife Cuts Man in Cellar Dispute
A scuffle over possession of a knife left Mrs. Sophie Beat with a badly lacerated hand at her home on Twelfth Street West yesterday. The incident, provoked by Frank Stearns over a padlock on a cellar door, led to an assault and battery charge against Stearns being dismissed in police court this morning.
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Sophie
Twelfth Street West
Katz
Frank Stearns
Searms
Germany abolishes tipping in formal action
Germany becomes the first nation to formally abolish tipping as a social practice. The move signals policy shifts affecting service norms in restaurants, hotels, and cafes, with potential guidance for customer and worker expectations across the industry.
Canna Lily Thief Targeted by G A R Officer
John Averill quartermaster of Robert Anderson post G A R files complaint about trespassers stealing blooms from Memorial hall Memorial bed. He warns the next passer in the garden will receive a shot of rock salt and bacon rind from the bushes to deter depredations.
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John Averill
Robert Anderson Post
Memorial Hall
Averill
Earth
Bobbed hair fashion faces long skirts and mockery
Des Moines reports fashion backlash as designers push long skirts and Greek styled hair. The National Hairdressers Association declares bobbed hair out, while wearers discuss retreat and protests. Long draped dresses gain street approval. Some hold out as others embrace eight to twelve inch skirts and sandals.
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Des Moines
Tre&s Ses
Avith
National Hairdressers Association
St. Louis
Modistes
New York
Ae Fes
Hearings Set in Auto Wreck Cases for Monday
Following recent charges against brothers Steve and Joe Dolan for an auto wreck near the Chautauqua tent, all related cases were continued for a 9 a.m. Monday hearing. Both face state intoxication counts and were rearrested after missing police court, with new bonds set at 304 for Steve and 100 for Joe.
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Steve
Joe Dolan
Joe
Mussett
Robert Mussett
Jos Gentle Fruit Store
Lafayette Street
Grand Jury
Dysart Consolidated School District Under Fire
Dysart Iowa Aug 3 Mrs Mary A Richards county superintendent fixed Aug 10 for hearing objections to the Dysart consolidated school district petition seeking dissolution and reestablishment of independent districts Transport concerns and impracticality of consolidation are claimed If approved an election will be held If rejected the case may go to the Tama and Benton county boards of education Also reported Hurt In Car Collision John street resident Vern Heyer 79 injured when his car hit a streetcar at Parker and Anthony Rents at 9 20 pm yesterday The automobile was damaged
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Dysart
Mary A. Richards
Vern Heyer
John Street
Parker and Anthony @rents
Plan to Give Schools Reference Libraries Des Moines
A bulletin from State Superintendent P. T. McClenahan offers a financial plan enabling small schools to obtain funds for reference libraries. It lists necessary book quantities for school types and recommends best purchases, excludes fiction, and focuses on scientific educational and research works. It also details the Pavey cataloguing system.
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Des Moines
Bulletin
P. T. McClenahan
Democrats Indorse W G Cook for Congress in Second
Iowa City convention of the second district Democrats endorses Wayne G. Cook of Davenport for Congress. Discussion only on Scott county platform. endorsement for Mike J. Malloy of Davenport is withheld. platform calls repeal of the prohibitory amendment, light wine and beer, primary law changes, and boxing legalization.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Wayne G. Cook
Davenport
Congress
Scott County
Mike J. Malloy
Dav
Enport
Ring of Bologna Leads to Fight in Small Town Store
Otto Huebner of this city is hospitalized with a gunshot wound to the mouth after a dispute over a ring of bologna at Low Moor Corners. Homer Brownsfield, store proprietor, is held on $1000 bond pending injury outcome. Brownsfield shot Huebner when he attacked him outside the store after being ordered out.
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Clinton
Otto Huebner
Jane Lamb Hospital
Homer Brownsfield
Low Moor Corners
Huebner
Brownsfield
Low Moor
Himira
Bologna
Witry Celebrates 25 Years With Waterloo Gas Engine Co
On August 3 1897 Witry joined the Waterloo Gas Engine company and today marks a quarter century of service. He began as a stockholder and director later becoming chief engineer and vice president while the firm grew to Waterloo’s leading industry and later joined John Deere in 1918 as chief engineer.
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Waterloo Gis Engine Company
Witry
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company
Ais
Harry Scott
Charles Ferguson
Frank Duke
Charles Nightingale
John Berg
Waterloo
John Deere Company
Moline
Ill
Waterloo Gas Engine Company
Kh. C
Electric Plant at Traer Receives Coal to Secure Power
Traer municipal electric plant receives two cars of coal totaling about 146 tons, securing supply through the first week of September. Twenty four hour service is maintained as the plant remains haltered and ready to run if needed.
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Traer
Traer Municipal Electric Plant
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Town
Odiphen
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Gots
Indorses
W. G. Cook
Ring OF Bologna
Fatan- Fleming
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East Fourth Street
Cadar Rapids
Dubaars
Mason City
B . Mwomens Outfitters
Rochester, Minn
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