New Water Main Projects Reduce Typhoid Risk
Six inch water main from Jefferson street to Fourteenth through Seventeenth streets nears completion to supply artesian water from city works. Health officials condemn many local wells after typhoid cases. city council and water works trustees push main to low-lying area to prevent contamination. About 15,000 feet of mains laid or under way this summer, including 4,000 feet for Cedar River flow line to the new well ready for service.
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Jefferson Street
Fourteenth
Seventeenth
Jeffferson Street
Water Works
Wella
Waterloo
George B. Shoemaker
Municipal Waterworks Department
Cedar River Parh
Hagerman
Westfield
Slain Negro Bandit Not Mixed in Strike
The unidentified black bandit killed a special Hinds Central agent and a banker's son in Cherokee after being found in a boxcar by a railroad guard. He wounded several others before being killed by citizens’ posse in a corn field. W.S. Williams says the desperado was a notorious boxcar robber and trespasser.
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Cherokee
Waterloo Concert Band Formed Under C C Crawford
Persistent effort unites the Greater Waterloo and Waterloo bands under one director. C C Crawford chosen temporary head as merged groups plan city-supported performances. Practice set for Tuesday evening August 9 at Greater Waterloo association rooms.
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Waterloo
C.C. Crawford
Crawford
Greater Waterloo
Easy Loop Aerial Construction for Radio Receivers
A 1922 Public Ledger piece explains simple loop aerials for crystal radio receivers. It details two frame designs, wiring advice, and setup tips to reduce static and interference, noting small loops suit beginners and larger ones require careful placement.
Enlarged Burger Cafe to Open Tomorrow
The Friars fraternity rooms above Margadant's grocery have been leased by Mrs. Pearl M. Burger. Alterations and new light fixtures enable an enlarged cafe opening tomorrow. The old dining room will serve workers, while the larger space caters to dinners and theatre parties. A parlor will host working girls and schoolteachers. formal opening planned for Sept. 1.
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Friars Fraternity
Margadant’s
Pearl M. Burger
Mrs
Parsons marks 47 years in Waterloo music business
L. Parsons yesterday completed his forty seventh consecutive year in the music business in Waterloo. He has spent twenty years at his current address 818 and 820 Sycamore street and plans to keep going strong. Parsons began on Fourth street east in a building he erected now used by the Metropolitan company. About twenty six years ago he sold to the James Black company and moved to his present location.
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Parsons
Waterloo
Sycamore Street
Fourth Street
Metropolitan Company
James Black Company
Faxon to Meet Bowman in Waterloo Visit
R H Faxon secretary treasurer of the Mississippi Valley association will arrive in Waterloo late today to meet M L Bowman and other Greater Waterloo officials. He spends today at the Dubuque Chamber of Commerce and Sunday civic bodies of Cedar.
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Faxon
Bowman
R. H. Faxon
Mississippi Valley Association
St. Louis
Waterloo
M. L. Bowman
Greateraterloo Association
Dubuque
Burroughs Nature Club Questions and Answers
Questions on nature from the Burroughs Nature Club column are answered in tomorrow’s notes. Topics include snake young, goldfinches versus yellow birds, garden slug control, peach borer prevention, and bird nests. A cautionary tale about Whiskers the squirrel depicts Jack Frost freezing the tail, ending with the moral of winter caution.
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Nature Notes
The Sandman Story by Mrs F A Walker
Mrs Squirrel warns Whiskers not to wander far as Jack Frost nears, but the young foxlike Whiskers ventures from home into a frosty morning. He crosses a stone wall and wanders toward unknown woods, unaware of winter’s chill and the dangers beyond.
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Walt
Pat
Jack Frost
Mrs. Squirrel
Jack Froat
Stone Wall
Woman Files Voluntary Bankruptcy Petition
Mrs. Elia Kerr of 2116 Hote Park Boulevard filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy listing assets of 35 dollars and liabilities of 9 432.1 dollars. Her possessions include wearing apparel, two rings and a watch while the claim covers an attorney fee and a judgment against her in Fayette County district court.
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Elia Kerr
Hote Park Boulevard
Hesled
Eqaort
Fayette County
Hawk Shot on Mt Vernon Farm by Victor McBride
Cedar Falls reports Victor McBride shot a large hawk at the P. A. Dunbar farm in Mt Vernon township while he and his mother Kamper McBride gathered wild grapes. The bird measured four feet across, with a three inch bill and needlelike claws, and a possible nest was believed to exist nearby as others searched the field.
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Hawk
Mt. Vernon Farm
Victor McBride
P. A. Dunbar
Mt. Vernont Township
Kamper McBride
Victor
Travelingmen's Annual Picnic Set for Aug 19 at Electric Park
Waterloo Travelingmen's association schedules its big annual picnic for August 19 at Electric Park. Members and nonmembers and their families are invited. Dinner at noon includes lemonade coffee sugar and cream bread and butter and ice cream. Participants should bring dishes and meats. After dinner there will be sports and dancing in the pavilion from 4 to 6 30. George W. Huntley oversees arrangements.
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Waterloo Travelingmen's Association
Electric Park
George W. Huntley
Car registrations rise and fall in county license office
Twenty eight new cars registered in the county treasurer’s office during the five days ending Thursday. Five old cars were re-registered, all delinquent. Friday marked the first day in many months with no registrations. Delinquents pay a penalty of one dollar per month since Jan 1, now totaling eight dollars in addition to the regular tax.
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Automobile License Department
Radio brings songs to lonely Colorado mountaineers
In Colorado, families near Glenwood Springs listen to Denver broadcasts via a home radio, using pines as masts to receive signals from 150 miles away. The piece notes timber and silver decline, the Colorado Midland rail line becoming an auto trail, and concerns over fuel shortages during a coal strike while travelers contemplate a mountain refuge at Waterloo.
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Roaring Works
Glenwood Springs
Colo
W. T. Warwick
I. F. Blak
Denver
Mr. Simpson
Denver Post
Salt Lake City
Colorado Midland Railrroad
Colorado Springs
Leadville
Waterloo
Rainbow Drive
Speeding Plea Ends Chase with $25 Fine
Charles Oliver, the driver of a speeding automobile, pleaded guilty in police court after a long chase in which 44 miles an hour was recorded. He was fined $23.50 and costs totaling $25. No new cases were docketed on the police calendar for today.
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Charles Oliver
Costa
Miles Street Route Dilemma Near Waterloo Plant
Drivers face a fork near the Waterloo Gas Engine plant with one option a rough dirt road to Rainbow Drive and another nearly all paved route along Miles Street. An employee has spent the summer directing motorists while the Waterloo Motor Club or city council consider placing a sign to show the better route.
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Miles Street
Waterloo
Rainbow
Gas Engiine
Waterloo Motor Club
Brown to Probe Link Telegram on Speed
Mr and Mrs Stephen Brown and daughter plan a Minnesota vacation with a lakeside stay at Rock Rapids. The former mayor will follow the same Duluth route as Leon A Link, who made the trip in one day, though Brown expects two days and may seek to verify a telegram from Duluth claimed to document Link’s journey.
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Stephen Brown
Minnesota
Rock Rapids
Minn
Duluth
Leon A. Link
Brown
Link
Harriman Divorce Suit Filed After Marital Strife
Myra Harriman sues G. W. Harriman for divorce citing marital discord dating back to 1921 after their Waterlon marriage on March 24, 1926. She alleges he treated her coldly and deserted her beginning in January 1921, seeking dissolution of the marriage.
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Myra Harriman
G. W. Harriman
Waterlon
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Jefferson Bost
United Bands
C. C. Crawford
Henry M. Neely
Jane
Joop
Schenectady
Public Ledger Company
Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Micflin
Sandman
Colorado
Colorado Midland
Simpson
Colorada
Warwick
Wynne Warwick
University of Arizona
California
Harman Warwick
Navy
Santa Domingo
Owen
Jne
Ideal Farm Durocs
Ideal Pathfinder
Ideal Stock Farm
High School
Cedar Falls
Iowa
J. W
J. P. McCaffree
Cols
Medlrath
Oscar Tostlebe
Cedar Falls National Bank
The
St. P. Ry. Go
Dubuque, Iowa
United States Labor Board
Waterloo, Iowa
A. Barrigar
C. L. Berry
Four Door
Adams Paper and Specialties Co
Waterloo, In
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