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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1923
Page
5
Waterloo city council unanimously postpones final decision on the proposed shingle ordinance banning wooden shingles after a two hour session. Fire officials and industry spokesmen clash over fire hazards and roof materials as experts defend high grade shingles.
Corcoran notes 417 fire alarms in annual report with 116 caused by sparks on wood shingles and 12 roof fires in one day. Underwriters push for ordinances to remove wooden shingles from residential districts to lower insurance rates, while lumber dealers oppose.
The Greater Waterloo association announces the Waterloo Corn Congress will run January 23 to 26 at its rooms. The Waterloo Retail Merchants Association and Black Hawk County Farm Bureau will oversee. Last season about 6,000 ears of corn were shown, premium total near 1000 dollars, with Hildebrand Brothers winning honors.
The Waterlog show will occur the week before the state show or Ames. Winners likely advance to the bigger show and will record creditable performances.
A dozen or more tires and several dollars in change were taken from the Bowler Jones Tire Service Co. in Des Moines during a break in last night. A safe containing hundreds of dollars was untouched.
Readable fragments describe a festival with two film offerings, minor titles, and a multi-reeler carnival feature. The notices hint at a Sunday start with laughs, novelty acts, and a brief candy promo, mentioning names and stray phrases.
A scrambled OCR-like text presents a chaotic mix of names and phrases with no clear event, date, or location. It mentions various potentially fictional figures and nonsensical segments, yielding no coherent summary or verifiable details.
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