Canada to Probe Freight Tariffs Across Canada
Ottawa announces an exhaustive investigation by the railroad commission into the entire fare structure to equalize railway rates nationwide. The probe will collect written objections by Aug 14, with 14 days for public access, then hearings across provinces on grievances including mountain differential in British Columbia and Atlantic corridor pricing. The commission cannot exceed Crow's Nest Pass rates for grain and flour eastward.
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Ottawa
Railroad Commission
Canada
Dominion
Saintish Columbia
Maritime Provinces
Montreal
Quebec
Atlantic
Nova Scolia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Crow’s Nest Bess
Canadian Pacific Railway
Western Grain Grower
Man Personal Spirit with Body in Riverview Talk
Cedar Falls August 21 Special Dr D We Kurtz McPherson Kan defines man as a personal spirit with a body in a lecture at the state Evangelical assembly in Riverview park. He urges church work among the immature and notes one sixth of children are subnormal while another sixth are highly capable. He says America faces unrest and a crisis as immigrants continue to arrive and Christ’s spirit is needed for Americans.
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Cedar Falls
Kurtz
McPherson
Kan
State Evangelical Assembly
Riverview Park
Jesus
America
George Epp
All Day Program to Mark Close of City Playgrounds
Waterloo marks summer end with an all day program including an annual lantern parade from Washington Park to Lincoln Park where lanterns are judged and prizes awarded. Mayor Gun Cer Tibbitts and Leon br coun attend. A festival and athletic meet for boys and girls follow at Linea Park and East Wir athletic field.
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Waterloo
Washington Park
Lincoln Park
A. E. Gun Cer Tibbitts
Leon Br Couneinen
Linea Park
East Wir
S:3u
Pa Pond
States 7
West High
Pat's Pond
Ates Park
Old Things and the Power of Books Across Time
A reflective essay traces ancient volumes from Genesis to Cicero, Agrippa, and Elzevirs, noting how old texts remain vibrant. It links early human security and clothing to the scribal arts, maps, voyages, and the enduring appeal of learning through eras.
Keokuk Plans Mark Twain Memorial Building Site
Keokuk Iowa August 21 AP a memorial for Mark Twain will be included in a new insurance company building next to the old print shop where Twain worked as a printer in 1836. The memorial will host a room with Clemens records, printer’s case photographs autographs and possibly the directory he printed copied there.
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Keokuk
Mark Twain
Durinwe
Orion
Clemmens
Clemens
Byron Leighton Returns From 5000 Mile Trip
Civil war veteran Byron Leighton returned from a 5000 mile pleasure journey that included 2600 miles by rail and 2000 by car. He spent much time in Colorado with son W. B. Leighton and visited F. A. Leighton in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, accompanied by daughter Mrs. Lucile M. Cheney who came to Waterloo last spring for the first visit in four years.
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Byron Leighton
Colorado
W. BR. Leighton
F. A
Sioux Falls
S. D. Leighton
Lucile M. Cheney
Waterloo
Sweetsser Seen As Strong Factor In Amateur Golf Play
Oakmont, Pa August 21 AP Jess William Sweetser emerges as a leading threat to the nation’s amateur golfers at the Oakmont Country Club meeting starting in August. After a fall in Merion last year he rebounded, winning the Metropolitan amateur title and showing the form that carried him to the 1923 national victory at Brookline, where he defeated top rivals.
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Jess Sweetser
Oakmont
Jess William Sweetser
Oakmont Country Club
Merion
Yale
Jeaders
Chick Evans
Max Marston
Fred J.wright
Sweetser i
Brookline
Willie Hunter
Jess Guilford
Bobby Jones
Byans
Automobile Dealers Plan Two Conventions in Des Moines
Plans were set for the National Automobile Dealers Sales congress to be held in Des Moines on September 9 and for the Iowa Automotive Merchants' association annual convention in Des Moines on the second Friday of November. Des Moines leaders Wissler and Knapp were among 13 directors at the meeting following a dinner at Hotel Russell. Waterloo’s Morris is vice president and OHarrow of this city directs the group. A Sunnyside golf match provided diversion for visitors as Knapp, who retires September 1, was given two golf clubs.
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National Automobile Dealers' Sales Congress
Des Moines
Iowa Automotive Merchants’ Association
Ion Hotel
Russell Lamson
Black Hawk County Motor Trades Bureau
W. E. Wissler
A. J. Knapp
CO. A. Morris
Waterloo
C.D. O'Harrow
Sunnyside
Knapp
State
Automobile Merchants’ Organization
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Luther
Guttenberg
Memphis
Cficero
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Valley Forge
Moody Mancken
Dreiser
the Gift Shop
E. Fourth St
Tomorrow
Tomor
Keokuk Concern
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East Fourth Street
Jake & Bill’s
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Commercial State Bank of Independence
Iowa
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Bill
Sycamore
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