New street sign plan eyed by Waterloo council
Waterloo officials consider buying 1 218 signs to replace obliterated markers at intersections 25 to 80 cents each with aluminum options and wood or iron mounting. The city engineer and council debate cost, legal risks, and future licensing for interurban buses as night session wears on.
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Waterloo
Ralph B. Slippy
Savaral
Slippy
RR. A. Buck
Interurban Electric Company
Buck
Harry M. Reed
Mason City
Supreme Court
Des Moines
Reed
Tegislature
Leon A. Link
Atjaree
Citizens Gas & Electric Co
Berengaria Limping Into Cherbourg After Submerged Wreckage
The Cunard liner Berengaria, a day overdue, entered Cherbourg today with one propeller damaged by submerged wreckage in the Atlantic yesterday. Wireless reports said the ship was making headway at half speed toward its destination.
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London
Cunard
Berengaria
Cherbourg
Atlantic
Hoogh Tank Hidden Behind Wall at 619 Commercial Street
Police uncovered a concealed copper tank and several 20 gallon alcohol containers in an upper room at Harry Williams place. Tank and pipes were torn out for evidence as Williams faces illegal liquor possession charges. An attempted burglary at Melsch & Plat grocery on Franklin Street was foiled when a man was seen around the building and officers found a cut screen from a cellar window.
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Harry Williams
Commercial Street
Williams
Melsch & Plat
Franklin Street
Maine buys four story business block at 312 14 Fourth Street East
HA Maine of TY A Maine & Co plans to take ownership September 1 of the four story block at 312-14 Fourth Street East, current occupant A Leath & Co furniture store. The seller is Adaline Miller of Cedar Rapids. Lease for the Leath building ends next year and will not be renewed. Maine says purchase is an investment and the company has leased space in another central building.
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Fourth Street
Bougth
Adaline Miller
HA. Maine
TY. A. Maine & Co., General Contractors
A. Leath & Co
Maine
Mins Adaline Miller
Edar Rapids
Waterloo
Joe Raymond
Maina
Fined for Parking at Police Court Morning Session
G J H Shoemaker faced Judge G W Gwynne as the sole defendant in police court this morning for parking over the limit. A $3.50 fine was set, suspended upon payment of $1.50 in costs. Auction postponed. Final action on a sewer construction resolution, slated for last night’s council meeting, was deferred to August 28 due to a legal technicality.
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G. J H. Shoemaker
G. W. Gwynne
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Gnagy
Finance Committee
A. EB. Gnagy
R. B. Slippy
MacKay
Avenport
Dubuque
French Port
Hoogh
H. Willams
Kinney
Sycamore Street
Northwestern Yeast Co
Ashland Ave
Chicago, IL
Seeneses
Chictgn, IL
Busines
Pennsylvania Sugar Co
Philadelphia
Domino
Anulated
Ind
American Sugar Refining Company
Ponti HH
America
Wiltons
Hall-Ekfest Company
Park Ave
Lafayette
Tured
Davidsons
Waterloos Center
Victor Service
Victrolas
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