Central Iowa Power & Light builds full machine shop at plant
Central Iowa Power and Light Co completed a 15900 installation of a complete machine shop at its electric generating station near Mullan avenue bridge for repairing electric motors generators and devices. The company also runs a separate 38000 volt transmission line project between Charles City and Hampton.
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Mullan Avenue
Peter Jungen
Seventh Street
Charles City
Hampton
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Waterloo
Minnesota Sets Bids for 75 Miles of Paved Highways
Minneapolis Aug. 6 The Minnesota state highway department announced bids on nearly 75 miles of paved main trunk highways, creating a continuous 208 mile paved route from the Twin Cities to Brainard and enabling paving from Minneapolis to Mankato. The full Twin Cities to Duluth route aims to be paved by end of 1926 if funds allow. Bids open Aug. 25 with some work timed for spring. much covered by this year’s revenue gains.
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State Highway Department
Twin Cities
Brainard
Charles MM. Babcock
City Officials to Speak at League Convention in Spirit Lake
City attorney Harry Xt. Reed will speak at the twenty-eighth annual League of Town Municipalities convention in Spirit Lake August 26 and 27, reading a paper on special assessment bonds. Mayor A. B. Gnagy will open with the president's address on August 25. On August 26 city clerk Charles MacKay will oversee accounting officers' department meeting. Band concert tonight in Lincoln Park features Waterloo Concert Band performing popular and classical numbers for locals and visitors.
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League of Town Municipalities
Spirit Lake
A. B. Gnagy
League
Charles MacKay
Waterloo
Lincoln Park
World Champion Junior Dairy Judges Honored in Hampton
About 2 000 people attended a reception in Hampton Iowa honoring Harlan Leonard Lester Olson and Raymond Monahan for their triumphs in Europe. They won the July 17 contest near London earning the 2500 trophy from the London Daily Mail and the world cup. Local officials and Iowa State College figures praised their achievements and recounted the team’s European tour.
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Hampton
Lete
Franklin County
Europe
London
Harlan Leonard
Lester Olson
Raymond Monahan
London Daily Mail
W. B. Hamilton
Iowa State College
Hamilton
Court Ruling Spurs Mississippi River Shipping Impetus
A St Louis circuit court ruling favoring the government in the Goltra Fleet case prompts a Waterloo via Mississippi River impact. A 30 day window to appeal tees up transfer of four tow boats and 19 barges to the U S Inland Waterways Corp for operation above St Louis if upper river conditions justify. Water rates versus rail show coffee shipments from New Orleans. water cost 244 cents vs rail 6244 cents, with New Orleans to Waterloo class rates 2.07 by water and 2.41 by rail. Plans call for extending the barge line terminal to Dubuque.
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C. A. Hanson
Greater Waterlog Association
Halleck W. Seaman
Inland Water Ways Corporation
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Goltra
United States Supreme Court
U. S. Inland Waterways Corporation
Federal Barge Line
Mississippi
Waterloo
New Orleans
Thru Rail
Dubuque
Business College Grads to Get Diplomas Tonight
Commencement exercises for the second section of the 1925 class of Gates business college will be this evening in First Congregational church, where diplomas will be awarded to graduates amid exercises and brief addresses.
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Business College
Gates Business College
First Congregational Church
McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets Ad
A advertising claim for McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets touts rapid gains in weight for underweight children. It promises a tastier, stomach friendly alternative to cod liver oil and cites a 9 year old gaining 12 pounds in seven months. Available from Wangler Bros J Miller Teobert Drug Co and other druggists at 60 cents for 60 tablets.
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Ask Wangler Bros
GC. J. Miller
Teobert Drug Co
McCoy
Jeandy
Graduates Receive Certificates at College Briefing
Bruce Gates president of the college presided over the graduation ceremony. Miss Mary Harner, class vice president, introduced speakers and presented certificates to 51 graduates. The event featured a reception hosted by Mr and Mrs Bruce Gates as music by the college orchestra accompanied the proceedings.
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