Dumping Ground Mars City’s Cedar River Beauty Spot
A reader warns Waterloo’s Cedar river and Black Hawk creek area along Commercial Street is being ruined by continuous dumping. Photographs show a vast heap of rubbish including automobile parts, barrels, mattresses, cans, and spoiled produce, with foul odors and rising health concerns for nearby residents and workers.
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Mullan Avenue
Black Hawk
Mailan Avenue
Wisconsin
Waterloo
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company
Local Board of Health
Iti
Abolition of Dumping On Upper Commercial Street
Residents urge immediate action to stop years of refuse along Falls avenue and the riverfront. They propose annexing an eight acre stretch between Thompson avenue and Black Hawk bridge into a park with a boathouse, docks, and walking trails to restore Washburns Pond area’s beauty.
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Thompson Avenue
Black Alank Bridge
Commercial Street
Cedar River
Upper Commercial Street
Tawa
Voter protests Cedar Heights school bond proposal
Letter from L. H. Edwards opposes a $40 000 bond to buy a new site and build a new Cedar Heights school. He urges budget restraint and proposes adding two rooms to the existing building at about $10 000, warning a new site would cost far more and risk losing $12 000 already invested. He notes tax burdens and urges voters to consider affordability and local needs.
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Cedar Heights
L. H. Edwards
The
Courier
Edwards
Iwo
Tobandon
Courier of Monay
J Cedar
Wechool Corporation
Counci
Cedar
Waterloo
Cedar Falls High School
Heavens in September visible stellar objects and equinox
A September sky guide highlights Arcturus Antares Vega Altair and Capella in the southern to western sky. It notes Perseus with Algol the Demon Star, the Vernal Equinox in Pisces, and the autumnal point in Virgo. Mentions Uranus, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn positions and precession.
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Arcturus
Antares
Perseus
Fomathaut
Capella
Vega
Sim
Virgo
Arles
Uranus
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Tate
Saturn
Let Contract 10 Grade Logan Road Awarded
Twenty one contractors attended yesterday’s county board meeting for Logan Avenue road grading and drainage on an eight mile stretch from Waterloo to the Bremer county line. Bids ran about one third of 1920 levels. Phelan Shirley Co. awarded grading at 27.5 cents per cable yard for dirt removal, with total about $19,000. Young Coal Co. Waterloo won the furnace tile contract. Henry Teget Webster City won tile laying. J O Parsons Dyersville secured the bridge contract.
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Logan Avenue
Waterloo
Bremer County
Phelan-Shirley Company
Aho
Young Coal Company
Furace Tile
Henry Teget
Webster City
J. O. Parsons
Dyersville
Face disfigurement notes after skin outbreak
Fragmentary diary style entry describes severe facial pimples that were large red and itchy. The writer reports relief after using a combination of Corks soap and ointment, with eventual healing noted. Signed by Sigred Miss Mat eB Short Mitel Indios Refi.
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Mateb
Mitel Indios
Contractors to Bring Jobs in Grading and Bridge Work
Waterloo gains significant employment as local contractors secure grading and bridge projects. Their crews will boost work opportunities and support regional infrastructure improvements.
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Waterloo
Om Grading
Supt Lee to Address Rotarians at Luncheon
Three or four two minute talks and an address by H Dee, chairman of the boys work committee and superintendent of west schools, will make up the Rotarians noon luncheon program at Black's Tearoom. George Pike is on Kiwanis program for Tuesday luncheon at Black's Tearoom. Lion Club to elect officers Thursday evening at Black's Tearoom.
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H. D.ee
Rotary Club
West Schools
Black
Jlear Compfonday
George Pike
Kiwanis Club
Black’s
Liona Club
Health for Working Girls and Patent Medicines
An old promotional snippet touts Lydia Medicine of Lynn Massachusetts as a standard remedy for women’s ailments. It claims long been used, restoring health and curing repeated cases, urging sufferers to try the product and consult their reaction if unsure.
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Ann
Anna Borgus
Lydia
Lynn
Mass
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Hawk Creek
Washburn's
Falls Avenue
Fourth Street
Loren J. Berry
Maude A. Knoop
James Wesley Stewart
Rein Vnbeck
Grace B. Readevald
Reinbeck
Waterloo Zoundry Co
C.S. Braenin
Columbia University Observatory
Stam
Altair
Aquila
Hagle
Jeneb
Alpha Cygni
Medusa
Andromeda
Cassiopeia
Cepheus
Cetus
Pegasus
Algol
Riddin
Capriei
Ole
Scron A Boreaus
Agnitudes
Logan Road
Omaha
Cutiura
Supt. Lee
Palm Beach
Black Bank Bank
Precreare
Children’s Union
Paul Davis
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