Waterloo ads crowd Waterloo want ad page
An old Waterloo Evening Courier page is filled with classified style notices including want ads, announcements, lost and found items, and small business offerings. The chaotic line of entries mentions furniture storage services, moving vans, a Modern Hat stitching company, rewards for lost items, and several help wanted notes. It reflects a bustling small town marketplace listing goods, services, and personal notices.
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Waterloo
Iowa
Sit Aubb Wrevas
SCHOOL DAYS 1928 parody ad cluttered housing notices
Fragmented classifieds mix of rental notices and sale ads with names like West Fourth Street Leland and Red River areas, plus automobiles and misc. items. Several listings show furnished rooms, modern apartments, and rents. multiple brands and addresses appear with scattered contact details and incomplete lines. The page also contains legal notice about a divorce petition filed in Black Hawk county Iowa, requiring defendant Lottie McNeley to respond by a specified date.
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Ainaston
Stat West
Eeumunal Hotel
Cortlandt St
Allen St
Ktenenutte
Famk Socatta
de Snoje
St. Zor
Splendia
West Fourth
Shs Aear
Jefferson
G. Denare Cou
M. Crandall
District Court of
Iowa
Black Hawk County
Ray M. MeNeley
Lottie McNeley
District Court
Black County
Towa
Official Birth Records Note Domestic Certificates
Certificates fled with registrar Fret H Stearns at 120 Clay Street. Mr and Mrs Alfred Sebastian Hebel of St Ansgar welcomed Gordon Alfred on December 10. Mr and Mrs Charles William Randall of 402 South Barclay welcomed a daughter on December 11 named Rose Mary Randall. Mr and Mrs William Gallagher of 1027 Third West welcomed a son on December 16 named Robert William.
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H. Stearns
Clay S
Alfred Sebastian Hebel
St. Ansgar
Gordon Alfred
Charles Wm. Randall
South Barclay
Rose Mary Randall
William Gallagher
Third West
Robert William
Independence Votes For Power Franchise
Independence Iowa December 21 voting on extending the Wapsipinicon Mill and Power Co franchise carried by more than 19 to 1. The tally stood 602 for and 53 against, with local details and follow ups across Orchard and nearby towns.
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Independence
Wapsipinicon Mill & Power Co
Nobel Prize for Literature Award Questioned
A reader wonders why the prize went to a Frenchman while many of us still study his work and questions the committee's selection. The remark implies surprised reception and invites broader literary debate.
Winter Arrives as Solstice Celebrates Shortest Day
The first day of winter brings subzero readings on private thermometers and two below on government instruments. A biting northwest wind dominates as scant snow leaves earth a potential white Christmas. The winter solstice marks the sun over Capricorn with daylight to increase, while the era recalls pagan celebrations influencing Christmas customs. Those with heating laugh at the wind, but the poor face harsher conditions without fuel.
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Mother Earth
Chief 15 greeted by round robin on police shift
A round robin note at police headquarters marks Chief P. Js. Walker's welcome by the force as he assumed office. The night’s incidents include a stolen seven passenger Bunk car, a family dispute leading to a wife and two children being sheltered at a hotel, and a bicycle theft near the union depot. County attorney orders Crockery ware peddlers halted in residential areas after misrepresentation by a youth crew.
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Walker
Siuick
Mason City
Elm Street
Eugene Barnes
Seventh Street
Union Depot
W. R. French
Waterloo Briefs Highlight Local Notices and Visits
Waterloo notices report poultry exhibitors planning for the Mason City state show opening in December and a sequence of holiday visits by local residents to Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa. Includes Christmas church plans, marriages and society updates with names and addresses across multiple households.
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Waterloo
Mason City
Olive McBride
Weyerhauser
Wis
M. K. Dlalan
Francis Seane
F. M. Seane
Third Street East
Cincinnati Military Academy
Dorothy Kober
Ruth Howard
Mary Watkins
Elizabeth Poster
Julia
Mulbert Street
Sindlinger
Mississippi
Sycamore Street
Local Notes From Tripoli Iowa Area
Tripoli notes include appendicitis operation for Ed Erdmann Waverly. visits by Mrs Bertha Lewis Mrs Bert Ladd and family. Albert Pries on furlough from naval service. Miss Thuswelda Steeh visiting from Washington University. John Martin recovering. Ernest Buss home from hospital. charity work by Angelical Ladies and orphans box packing. funeral attendance for Grandma Rohrssen. masquerade ball by the Legion and school program at the opera house. Mrs Marie Rohrssen obituary funeral details.
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Denver
Frauen-Varein
Christ Judas
Hagemann* Schow
Angeles
Cal
John H. Schumacher
St. Francis Hospital
Waterloo
Christ Milius
Dickmann Hall
Dee
Ernest Bramwil
Csrio
Tripol
Ed Erdmann
Waverly
Shumate
Bertha Lewis
Bert Ladd
C. A. Leckington
Cam Not
Martha Leckington
F. G. Hildebrandt
Dorothy
Willam Schwein
North Dakota
William
Lows
Fred
Barry
Nerr
William Martin
Cedar Rapids
H. Martin
Albert Pries
Naval Service
Bampton Roads
Mario Pries
Thuswelda Steeh
Steeh
Washington University
St. Lowis
John Martin
Ernest Buss
Shumate Hospital
Minnie Bus
The
Land Society
Houlton
Zatha
Gunsalus
Grandma Rohrssen
Henry Rohrssen
Black Bank
Charles Rohrssen
In-laly
Lu Meier
Ewald Rohrssen
Wl Heidemann
Louis’Heidemann
Black Hawk
Richard Reichmann
George Kuntz
William ‘Rnaploh
Buck Creek
John Seli
Sumner
Bisa Helane Hazlett
Weverly
Gustave Aries
Breis Boeing
Mercy Hospital
Lena
Mary Rohrssen
Minnie Rohrssen
Louis Rohrssen
Legion
Fai
W W. C. Fergeman
Pries
Jifida Mundhram
Koch
Saterday
Lutheran Church
Work of Clearing Park Progressing Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls December 21 reporters describe Washington park timber clearing under city relief committee supervision. Fifteen to twenty men work weekly earning 12 to 14 dollars, wood cut by the cord with ample supply for local market. Clearing boosts employment and enables needed improvements at low cost.
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Cedar Falls
Washington Park
City Reliet Committee
Presbyterian Church Christmas Program Friday Night
The La Porte City Presbyterian Sunday school will present a Christmas program Friday evening at the church. A Christmas tree and gifts to orphans at Cornell Bluffs are included. The Sabbath school of the M. E. church also plans a Friday program with tableau and living pictures, plus a pupil treat. Several local residents are noted for recent activities and movements in the community.
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Peckinghouse
Lave
Daveny 2
Davenport
Saleyman
Bolt
Waleaman
Wirst National Bank
Tien
Seles
Cesenti
Lesmen
Sveraine
Hoon
Ellis Hotel
Summerrow
Toclocs
Aluini
Charles Devins
LE. Fisher
A. M. Young
W. W. Blaster
F. P. Brooks
Barl Orris
H. ©. Sherman
C. Petersen
Entre Nous Club
John Bhrana Daughtet
Helen
St. Athansius Catholic Church
Baptist Church
Methodist Church
Presbyterian
Grace Roster
HP. Roster
Brandon
Charles Marter
C. RB. Marter
Jesup
M. BE. Pare Sonage
Waterloo
Roy
Rollo F. Hurlburt
Gto
I. S. To
Cedar Falls
Sarah Mount
Lute Ham
Orate
Eva Kennealy
Francas McGrath
Nellie Wroten
Ruth Dagiistos
Marsha Wood
Inner Sentinel
Catherine Weber
Outer Sentinel
Amelia Barger
Mary Haskins
Elmira Straley
Jtoyn
Odd Fellows Temple
CG. T. UO
Loy
Mire
Harvey Drohman
Guerra
W. If. Hemmerling
A.P. Dilger
Shell Rock
Henry J. Petersen
Springeld
Philadelphia
Laramie
Wyo
Petersen
Wyoming State University
Nise
Severin Lowe
Fran Rene
Lowe
Julius N. Ostergeard
Farm— Fily
Clinton
Fred P. Nelson
Osterguand
Davila Cowan
E. H. ‘Smielzer
Lincon Street
Frederick Donovan
First Baptist Church
Paisview
la Porte City
Presbyterian Sunday School
T. E. Sherman
Leroy Young
Walter Elliore
Santa
Elizabeth Robertson
Jay Mowbray
Dear Little Stranger
Alice
Marjorie Lyle
Presbyterian Church
Teleri Crane
Kted Ballesate
Acme
Vinton
Ellsworth College
Iowa Falls
R. C. Minkel
Washington Township News Roundup and Local Notices
Washington Ia December 21. R Port confined to house with severe eczema. Rev A E Hursh has improved enough to fill appointments Sunday. S M Shafer and Burton Renner delivered cattle to Cedar Walls market Tuesday. A Christmas program will be in the chapel Friday evening. Floou l Minn December 21. Flour unchanged in Minneapolis market reports.
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Washington Township
Washington
R. Port
A. E. Hursh
S. M. Shafer
Burton Renner
Cedar Walls Market
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Trouk
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Independence Age
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Cattle Congress
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Orchard
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Charies City
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Earmest Johnson
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Earnest Johnson
Duluth
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Wisconsin
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Chitago
Mabel Wilson
Air
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Anntyer- Sarr
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George Chéner
Charles City
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Tribe of
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Wattortee
G. W. Pawson
Atttorney
Plaintir
Lady Berass
Tein Ys
Lulow
P._ Js. Walker
Police Department
John ‘T. Parrell
Cety
Buchanan's
West End
4Th St. Bridge
Brig
Havging
Anr
Sycamore Ltd
Hale Care
Owenbach
Deilverend
A C
A. M. Yours
Lyla
Hiss June Melain
Stephen Johnson
Waterloo Whursday
Joreme al
Charles Robinson
Mary Elwick
Fonda
Batuniay
Thomas Jwick
Dunkerton
A. Glenney
Otterville
C. L Bright
Bright
Velma
Glenney
NL Mier
W. J. Campbell
Des Moines
Miller
Gumpbeil
James Meaney
Rochester
St Fars's Hospital
PR. L. Border
H. Wyrick
Dubuque
Order of Mastern Star
Gertrude Houck
Elmer Stevensen
Ida Schuttie
June L. Robinson
Ine Melain
Rabyini
Edith Ganiere
Tripoli
George A. Twaudle
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Cedar Paris
Cedar Falls National Bank
Dty
Newidays
Ninsty
Edith Adams
Mabel McGill
Ernoon
Roger Bremer
Iss Hartz
Huby
Bethlehem
Glinre
Jesse O. Rober
Alma
Robert Buck
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Miss Alma
Fred Browd
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