Large Warehouse Planned for Ol Company at Logan Avenue
Excavation for the basement of a new Bartles Shepherd Oil warehouse began this morning at Logan Avenue near the W C F X tracks. The $30,000 reinforced concrete fireproof building will be 100 by 60 feet with 15,000 square feet on two floors and basement to store hard lubricants and greases. Offices will be in the Logan avenue front. The firm also starts four steel storage tanks for lubricating oils with a combined 45,000 gallon capacity at an estimated cost of $7,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartles Shephuerd Oil Company
Logan Avenue
H. A A. Maine Company
Aveet
Bartles-Shepherd Companie
Mickie Pokes Trade Hint Feller Wants Mer Business
A garbled note shows Mickie urging a trade with the Feller and claiming the partner seeks more business. The message hints at dissatisfaction with evaluations and warns against buying from him.
Former Shell Rock Resident Dies at New Hartford Home
Albert Calvert Sr. dies Tuesday at the home of his son in New Hartford. Funeral Thursday at New Hartford with burial beside his wife in Shell Rock. The Calverts lived near Shell Rock for years and moved to Ball Creek Wisconsin before returning to reside with another son.
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Shell Rock
New Hartford
Albert Callai Sr
New Htarfford
Calvert
Ball Creek
Wis
Edward
Mush and Milk Is Champ Clark's Candidacy Brand
Chicago dispatch summarizes Representative Crowther of New York calling Champ Clark a mush and milk candidate for the presidency. The remark targets the Missouri Democrat over inaction on the high cost of living. The piece mentions a forthcoming dramatic recital at Saplist church and notices an advertisement.
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Champ Clark
Chicago
Tribune
Representative Crowther
New York
Loase
Crowther
Missouri
Advier
Ben
Efit New Church
Taxicab order at headquarters and flour prices message
A taxi driver refused to post a $4 bond after a 1919 license issue and was held at headquarters. Market notes report flour prices easing with a 23 percent drop in intoxication arrests, while wheat and flour supply concerns push prices. experts foresee mills using new wheat to lower costs and improve bread prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Peddicord
Wo & Co B. Union Mill Company
Waterloo
Peddicord
Mr. Peddicord
Sand Doom
Iowa corn crop hit by drought and poor soil
The Weekly crop report from the Illinois Central railroad notes Iowa soils are hard and baked. Northern areas face inferior corn quality due to July drought and dry weather, with yields about 10 percent below last year. Threshing may finish soon. pastures and potato vines suffer. fall plowing shows poor results from dryness.
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Iowa
Ilingis Central Railroad
Orn
Stolen Chickens Reported in City Coops and Mysterious Juvenile Incident
M John Casey reported a chicken theft from a coop on 4% Ricker Street with losses valued at 40 cents per pound. Alooked after Charles Pennewell was brought to the station for safekeeping overnight from Cherokee Insane Asylum. A man identified as the same wanderer previously found ill at Illinois Central station was placed in the boys ward and disappeared before morning. Nearby, two boys aged 10 and 12 were found asleep in a dry woods box and taken to the station by a patrolman.
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John Casey
Ricker Street
David
Cherokee Insane Asylum
Charles Pennewell
Illinois Central Station
History of Waterloo's Part in Great War Soon Compiled
Waterloo and Black Hawk county war workers will have a permanent record created. The War Camp Community Service committee met at the Commercial club to decide gathering information and material promptly. A focal committee, possibly from the historical society, may oversee the project.
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Waterloo
Black Frank
War Camp
Memorial proposal for veterans gathering in Waterloo
J J Hall proposes erecting a memorial to soldiers and sailors of Shoudy and the late war. The Waterloo secretary seeks a unity center for veteran associations and community service. A county memorial ball is deemed insufficient for future needs and a Waterloo peace celebration on Armistice Day is under consideration pending community input.
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J. J. Hall
Soldiers and Sailors
Shoudy
Waterloo
Community Service Committee
Service Committee
Petition Signed For Graveling Hampton Road
A petition seeks graveling a one mile stretch east seven miles north to Washington ne. Hearing set for Run 24 near Stuart in Vienna. Lieut Ralph W Stuart urges action, linking road work to wider U S European interests and the memory of fallen in northern France. A road law dispute and local civic ties figure in the debate. First Baptist church hosts a dramatic recital Sunday evening with admission 25 cents.
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Washington Ne
Thoaravel
Stuart
Vienna
France
Europe
Jn Che
Italph Wt
Jourepe
Round Wises
L. Stuart
Lieut. Stuart
Dows
Austig
First Baptist Church
Baeke
Jhumpran
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Bartles Shephens
Mickie
Tention
Horker
Fourth Street
Towa
Hampton
Styles
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Stetson
Frank
Commercial
Wonstioncs
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