Loomer Melvin H. longtime Waterloo jeweler dies at 79
Melvin H. Loomer 79 of 620 Fourth street east Waterloo died at 1 30 a m at St Francis hospital from influenza and complications. Born near Chicago June 18 1849 he moved to Bremer county as a young man and ran a Waverly jewelry store before relocating to Waterloo where he continued in jewelry for about 35 years and retired ten years ago. Surviving besides his widow is a sister or other relatives not specified in fragment.
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Melvin H. Loomer
Fourth Street
St. Francis Hospital
Mr. Loomer
Waterloo
Chicago
Ill
Bremer County
Waverly
Loomer
Death Notice for Mrs Pearl Frahm at 327 Clay Street
The body of Mrs Pearl Frahm is at Hileman and Gindt Mortuary. Funeral arrangements pending as local notices indicate the deceased resided at 327 Clay Street.
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Pearl Frahm
Clay Street
Hileman & Gindt Mortuary
Kentucky Mining Town Mourns for Six Victims
Drakesboro Kentucky plans for the funerals of six miners killed in a gas explosion at the Diamond Mining company mine Tuesday night rescuers battled heavy debris and deadly black damp to reach the entombed men nearly a mile from the entry bodies found on the subterranean death chamber floor one man’s hair was scorched as the community mourns and prepares separate services Friday or Saturday
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Drakesboro
Kentucky
Diamond Mining Company
Marvin Marter 6 Walks Again After Losing Both Legs
Six year old Marvin Marter son of Mr and Mrs Charles Marter walks again after losing both legs in a mower accident last July. He recovered in a Waterloo hospital and is progressing with new artificial limbs supplied by a Des Moines company. He is expected to start school next fall.
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Marvin Marter
Charles Marter
Walker
Waterloo
Marvin
Des Moines
Leggeress to jail for liquor violation in Colfax
Newton Iowa December 20 Cinda G Smith 20 faced four months in county jail and a 300 dollar fine for violating the state liquor law at Colfax where she lives She pleaded guilty to maintaining the liquor nuisance.
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Leggeress
Newton
U.R
Cinda G. Smith
Colfax
Hoover to Visit Cuba Before Inauguration
Herbert Hoover plans to visit Havana before his inauguration and may also visit Mexico City and Texas before March 4. He travels aboard the Utah en route to Rio Janeiro, where Brazilian officials prepare a grand welcome and committees name by the senate and chamber. The ship will dock tomorrow at Rio, with two Brazilian cruisers escorting the battleship. Hoover intends to address the city upon formal welcome by President Washington Luis Pereira de Souza and continues to plan the start of his administration.
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U. S
Utah
Rito Janeiro
Altho Herbert Hoover
Havana
Mexico City
Texas
Rio Janeiro
Hoover
Washington Luis Pereira de Souza
Brazil
United States
Bahia
Herbert Hoover
Senate
Chamber
Hoover party greeted by Washington officials in Brazil
The Hoover visit described with the party disembarking at Guanabara palace after a welcome by President Washington Luis and cabinet members in Rio de Janeiro. The scene notes electric light letters spelling come Herbert Hoover on the ship and a arrival at the quay near Avenida Rio Branco.
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Herbert Hoover
Utah
Avenida Rilo Branco
Hoover
Washington
Luis
Guanabara Palace
Beal Heads Waterloo Realtors Urges License Law
W W Beal elected president of the Waterloo Real Estate board for 1929 at Black's tearoom. E T Haulette and George H Schully named vice presidents A C Cole treasurer and Wayne S Raymond secretary. The group backed a proposed Iowa real estate license law requiring dealers to pass tests and obtain licenses. The final sentence references unrelated biology fact about body cells.
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Ww. W. Beal
Waterloo Real Estate ‘Board
Black
E. T. Haulette
Georgeh. Schully
A. C. Cole
Wayne S. Raymond
Iowa
DILPLANE REFUELS QUESTION MARK ON COAST FLIGHT
Shreveport La Dec 30 Re fueling of an airplane in flight was done as the tri motored Fokker army plane Question Mark continued west to Shreveport. The feat the second in aviation history was an improvement over the aerial refueling of a plane piloted by Capt Lowell H Smith in the transcontinental flight in June 1923. Gasoline transfer from the supply ship G-2 to the Question Mark occurred as the ships were fly-
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Shreveport
Lowell H. Smith
Cold Won't Bother Him This Winter Headline
Advertorial style notice promotes Pape's Cold Compound as a quick fix for colds. Claims rapid relief from sore throat and head congestion. Mentions availability in drugstores for 35c per package. Emphasizes ease of use and portability.
Fuel Transfer Aboard C-2 Over Alabama Saves Flight Time
At 1500 feet over West Alabama a C-2 (less than 30 feet above watermarked ground) lowered a cable with a rubber hose to a gasoline tank. Fuel and oil were transferred rapidly, saving about 30 minutes that landing would have required. Major Carl Spatz led the mission.
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West
Alabama
Carl Spatz
Captain Ira C. Baker Plans Pacific Endurance Flight
Captain Ira C. Baker, pilot of the Question Mark, flew from Montgomery Alabama to Shreveport yesterday and was set to depart today for Midland Texas. The leg to the Pacific coast will begin an endurance flight starting New Year’s Day with the next overnight stop in Midland.
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Ira C. Baker
Montgomery
Ala
Shreveport
Midland
Tex
Pacific Coast
Ruth Hitchcock and Ernest Mehlsen Join Purple Masquers
Ruth Hitchcock and Ernest Mehlsen of Waterloo have been elected and pledged to membership in the Purple Masquers, the Cornell college dramatic club, as of December 20 in Mount Vernon Iowa.
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Mount Vernon
Ruth Hitchcock
Ernest Mehlsen
Waterloo
Cornell College
Start Excavating at Manchester for P. O. Building
Manchester Iowa December 20 Excavation for the post office building to be erected by E W Williams has started The new building will have all new steel equipment of latest design and will be on East Main street adjoining the fire hall
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Manchester
E. W. Williams
East Main Street
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Melvin. Loomer
ABE
Melvin. H. Loomer
Entz Cafe
First National Bank
Mexico
W. W. Beal
Waterloo Realtors
West Alabama
the Fonda: Mae Shop
East Fourth St
Wangler
Sergennes
Mode
Fonda Mae
Special Mail Order Department
Waterloo Fish Market
BE. 5Th St
Ker
Lake Superior
Alaska
Selec
Tion
Booth-Joseph CO
Nat’l Bank Corner
P. O
Ward’s
Waterson
Montgomery Ward
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