Petition drive seeks removal of Waterloo probation officer
A Waterloo meeting in Eagles hall drew about 204 people to denounce Grace A Messer probation officer and call for her discharge or resignation. Speakers praised Messer as a diligent worker while outlining alleged missteps and urged petition signatures to replace her with someone more aligned with local parents and electors.
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Grace Ament-Messer
Waterloo
Eagles’ Hall
Jenl
East Schools
Messer
Arbuckle
Good Fellows Club
Salvation Army
Michael Dougherty
Dougheriys
Mr. Messer
Spe
Werominganestan
Dougherty
OSU Football Team Pass-Through Banquet Request Declined
Ohio State University declined Waterloo invitation after coach noted return trip from Pasadena does not pass Waterloo. Greater Waterloo association had invited OSU for a banquet between trains en route home. Coach J W Wilee replied they would like to meet fans if schedules allowed.
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Ohio State University
Waterloo
University of California
Pasadena
Cal
Greater
Ohio
Wire
Kansas Ci
Kansas City
Boys Speak for Christmas Seal Sale at Local Theatres
Talks at various theatres this week explain the Christmas seals campaign. Speakers Lester De Moore Ed Raymond Elwood Coburn and others will visit Palate United Crystal Plaza and Elwha as part of the drive. Evening sales reported to total 1590 dollars, with proceeds continuing by mail until Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jlain
Lester de Moore
United
Crystal
Ed Raymond
Plaza
Elwhard Coburn
Police aid man with injured arm after streetcar fall
A man from 1442 Hawthorne Avenue went to the police station claiming a streetcar fall caused a badly broken arm. He described his left limb hanging and in severe pain, with a doctor later confirming a fracture. He was taken home for care.
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Jeffries
Hawthorne Avenue
Rugs in loot of burglars police given few clews
Police report multiple break ins with about $500 in loot including two Persian rugs valued at $125 each from W Grant Willier's Lane Street home. Thieves entered by rear window, dumped valuables, and fled as families were away. Also pilfered guns at Capt J W Wilmek's home and a small Christmas necktie haul. A girl alerted at 619 Sumner Street, burglars fled after smashing a front window. A handbag with $75 was reported missing at 1002 Rich Street. Police suspect older criminals. rug thefts mark a new type of crime for the department.
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W. Grant Willier
Lane Street
Willier
J. W. Wilimek
Independence Avenue
Colu
Herman W. Kuenstling
Sumner Street
Young
Stella Murdock
Rich Street
Motor Trades Bureau Plans Final Meeting of the Year
Black Hawk County Motor Trades bureau will meet in Black's tearooms tomorrow evening for its final session. Dinner at 6 80 p.m. precedes a discussion on a new constitution and reports from the Cedar Rapids state convention. A round table on automotive trade issues will close the meeting.
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Black Hawk County Motor Trades Bureau
Black's
Cedar Rapids
Fire Alarms Break Out Over Overcooked Meals
A kettle of meat on a gas stove at 1001 Commercial Street caused heavy smoke and a fire alarm yesterday morning, prompting a quick response by Station No. 2 firefighters with no damage except to the Sunday dinner. Another roof fire at 435 Denver Street Saturday evening required six gallons of chemicals to extinguish the blaze.
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Burt Spoors
Commercial Street
J. L. Rtunski
Denver Street
Births Reported for Dorothy Jean and Gibson Daughter
Birth notices list Trarley Lovejoy Cedar December 15 with a daughter named Dorothy Jean and reference to Mrs Peri Henry Lloyd Gibson of Hudsons.
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Ind
Trarley Lovejoy
Cedar
Dorothy Jean
Peri Henry Lloyd Gibron
Huds
Oelwein A L Post Gold Medal To Mrs E E Krider
Oelwein Iowa December 2 1 9 A L Post presents Mrs E E Krider with a gold medal honoring her Red Cross and service to veterans and war aid efforts. Sergt RB Miller led three recruits Sherman Powers James Repen and Jack Starr from Oelwein to Waterloo for processing toward Jefferson Barracks Missouri pending final eligibility.
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Oelwein A. L. Post
E. E. Krider
Oelwein
Dee
Ross Teld
American Legion
Sherman Powers
James Repen
Jack Starr
Watering
Tes Maines
Jeferson Barracks
Boore Manners and a Freight Stowaway Tale
A narrative about a man who shipped four carloads of household goods from the Canadian fringe to Hazleton last week. He refused offers to hide a barrel to be smuggled inside a car, resisting payment for freight charges in a moisture scheme. Also notes Iowa Savings Bank officers and directors, local greetings from Edwin T. Jones in Sydney, and various hometown news items.
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Camp Lewis
Wash
Bere
Boore Manners
Hazleton
Iowa Savings Bank
Iowa
J. WW. Eastman
M. W. Cassady
E. B. Krider
Belt
G. W. Nor
Probation Officer Status Made Plain
Mrs. Ament-Messer leads the juvenile branch of the district court as probation officer since Feb. 27, 1920, with a monthly salary of $100 except June to August at $125. She also serves as attendance officer for Waterloo east schools, earning enough in the nine school months to bring combined pay to about $120. She investigates pupil absences on request, coming from Chicago where she did similar work, and was a former Muscatine county teacher. Benner Tea Co advertises Xmas nuts. Fresh live lobster offered at Hotel Russell Lamson.
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H. B. Schou
Rath Street
Messer
Lafayette
Dougherty
Belya Swalwell
Minnesota
Waterloo
C. Q. Blenis
Webster Street
Charlotte Durfey
Franklin Street
Evening Courier
Doughettys
Chicago
Muscatine County
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Doughartys
Black Hawk County
Benner
Motor Trades Bureau
Motes
Edwin T. Jones
Sta | Welo Friends
Sydney
Australa
Frederick Sterns & Co
Detroit
Independence
N. P. Nye
Edw. Horsefield
Marshalltown
MW. A
Henry White
V. C
Charley Kaiser
J. K. Shields
A. KF. Ladd
R. Is
Spicer
J. W. Laundry
H. V. Hoyer
Initial Holkfs
Pacas
Oe Big
Benner Tea Co
Russell Lamson
Oclwein
Waverly, Vinton, Independence
Cedar Walls
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