Coal Relief Drive Aids Winter Heating Efforts
Waterloo Fuel Board seeks voluntary coal offers to ease winter shortage after heavy blizzard disrupts rail traffic. Local firms and households shift stock to protect homes, with Waterloo Evening Courier pledging 20 tons from its own supply to help families unable to secure fuel.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Courier
Waterloo Fuel Board
Waterloo
Southern Illinois
Poer
A. W. Peterson
Cold houses may be cause of pneumonia epidemic
Dr C S Chase formerly of Waterloo and a professor at the University of Iowa predicts a winter pneumonia epidemic due to a fuel shortage and many chilly homes. He warns fatalities occur where homes are not kept warm and notes Iowa City has plans for families to double up as fuel tightness worsens.
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C. S. Chase
Waterloo
University of Iowa
Chase
Iowa City
City
Late trains add to confusion of mails in Cedar Falls
Mails arrived hours late as trains were curtailed disrupting dispatching nationwide. Clerks are unsure where to send mail to preserve connections due to annulled trains. Also reports Christmas seal sales and school fundraisers. Robbers found nothing after breaking into Messerly Christensen hardware store. marriage licenses issued to Herman Weihe and Ruth Cooper.
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Waterloo
Grace Friend
J. E. Ridenour
Central
Whittier
East High
Lowell
Washington
Emerson
Alcott
Johny Fiske
Grant
Sacred Weart
Lincoln
McKinlay
St. Mary's
Lafayette
H. C. Moeller
Cedar Falls
Messerly-Christensen Hardware
Sewer Work Ordered In Winter By City Council
City council, amid wintry conditions, ordered bids to lay about 1000 feet of sewer on Mildred and Esther streets no later than January 16, 1920, to connect the old Inter State Tractor factory area with the main sewer. Action followed Chamberlain Machine Works request. expense to be borne by Chamberlain Company. Traffic ordinance amended to match state law, increasing speed limits in certain districts and setting stopping distances for street cars. Mayor Leeper presided at first session. bonds approved for officials. 90 sanitary liens certified for taxation. Miller-Wifield Construction granted bridge completion extension with extra bond. two large cottonwood trees condemned for removal.
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Mildred
Esther
Chamberlain Machine Works
Interstate Tractor
Chamberlain Company
Revi-Dential
Leeper
T. N. Leeper
R. C. Thompson
C. B. Courtright
Howard Hickle
Miller-Wifield Construction Company
Franklin Street
Osage Post Adopts Strong Stand At Legion Meeting
At the Osage monthly American Legion meeting dated December 9 the post condemned the I W W and similar groups. The council adjourned to December 16 at 6 p m to discuss paving and resurfacing assessments and plan for new clubrooms with comfortable space for members. The group also shows keen interest in the proposed Osage memorial building.
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OSAGE
Quage
Post of the
American Legion
Hutchison Honored From Old Home Town in Rockwell City
Calhoun county banker C A Hutchison is commended for wartime service and banking leadership. A native of Calhoun, he moved from Rockwell City to Waterloo to serve as vice president of Black Hawk National bank before reentering banking post in Waterloo. He chaired drives for Red Cross and charity campaigns and held city council and civic roles.
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Terest
Black Hawk National
Ivank
Jie
Hutchison
Rockwel
Hatchison
Rockwell City
Calhoun County
Waterloo
R. O
Federal Reserve District
Real
Black Hawk National Bank
Hirat|Cross
National
Lake City
Red Cross
Mar. Hutchison
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Herman Weihe
Sumner
Ruth Cooper
Rock Island, i
Leeper Jresides
Moons Fashion Shop
The
Mens Fashion
Old Home Town
Largest Clothiers
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Supreme Values
Boy’s Store
Iearly
Potson-Kerwin
Seal
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