Clifford Bailey of Marble Rock Dies in Phoenix
Clifford Bailey of Marble Rock died in Phoenix, Arizona, Sunday. The funeral will be held Saturday at the Baptist church. Surviving relatives include his mother and four sisters and one brother. He was the youngest son of the late George Bailey and a Marble Rock High School graduate after eight years in Phoenix seeking health. Sister Miss Julia Bailey accompanied the body. Other notes mention visits and students with families, along with influenza cases and a two week school vacation.
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Courier
Marble Rock
Clifford Bailey
Phoenix
Ariz
Baptist Church
Julia Bailey
George Bailey
Marble Rock High School
Mattie Welch
St. Louis
Mamie
Julia
Kansas City
Esther Curley
Des Moines
Stanwood
Denver
Thomas Belcher
Colo
George Shephard
Grant Coover
Cornell College
A. R. Coover
Dr Roy Smith to Address Rath Packing Co Salesmen
Dr Roy Smith from Minneapolis will be the principal speaker at a two day conference of Rath Packing Co salesmen from across the United States. The group arrived from Chicago on a special four car train via the Chicago Great Western and will attend a banquet and program at Hotel Russell Lamson in Waterloo.
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Rath
United States
Reuben A. Rath
Chicago
Waterloo
Bennett Tire & Battery Co. Opens Waterloo Store
The Bennett Tire and Battery Co of Burlington will open its seventh store in Waterloo on January 1 at 313 Fifth Street west, selling Willard storage batteries and Goodyear tires. The company bought the Willard battery business from Standard Battery & Electric Co. Jerry Knute of Burlington will head the Waterloo store. Other Bennett locations include Burlington Glinton Mol ine Ottumwa Fort Madison and Keokuk.
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Bennett Tire& Battery Co
Burlington
Fifth Street
Willard Storage Batteries
Goodyear Tires
Willard Battery
Standard Battery & Electric Co
Jerry Knute
Waterloo
Glinton
Moline
Ottumwa
Fort , Madison
Keokuk
Mexican vagrant returned to county jail yesterday
A homeless Mexican man known as Jesus was taken to the county jail by Deputy Sheriff Barry Allen for detention until disposition of his case. He has a prior record in the county jail for vagrancy and other complaints.
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Jesus
Aste
Barry Allen
Mexican man’s status eyed for deportation. possible gravancy charge planned
Federal authorities from Omaha looked at his status for possible deportation to Mexico as an undesirable alien but took no action. The man, named Jesus, seems mentally unbalanced and unable to maintain himself. Fellow Mexicans had aided him yet reached the limit of their patience as they struggled to get him to work. A state vagrancy charge might be filed.
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Omaha
Mexico
Jesus
Four Wives Seek Divorce Decrees
Three suits for divorce were filed. Nina Blowers vs Earl Blowers, married LeRoy Minnesota October 17 1926. Willie Belle Hoosman vs William Hoosman, married November 21 1921, asks for household goods at 111 Jackson Street an injunction to prevent Molestation and right to use her maiden name Willie Belle Smith. Ermil G Hall vs Clyde G Hall, married Marion Iowa June 16 1916, requests ten dollars a week for support and two hundred dollars suit money. Etta Fritch answered denying husband George Fritch suit and seeks divorce on cross petition.
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Willie Belle Hoosman
William Hoosman
Jackson Street
Willie Belle Smith
Ermil G. Hall
Clyde G. Hall
Marion
Etta Fritch
George Fritch
Des Moines Woman Falls From Taxicab, Police Probe
Elizabeth Corey lies in a Des Moines hospital after a fall from a taxicab Wednesday night. Police investigate whether she fell or was pushed. Companon H. G. Price is held for investigation.
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Des Moines
Elizabeth Corey
H. G. Price
Christmas Party Spoiled By Whisky Seizure In Waterloo
Road Patrolman Marty P. Mason arrested Harry Wilson and Charles Wilhelmi of Bancroft Ind for illegal possession of intoxicating liquor after a car search uncovered 10 gallons of whisky 2 crates of oranges several grapefruits and several Christmas packages. Wilson and Wilhelmi reportedly had several hundred dollars on them and were taken to the county jail in Waterloo to await arraignment in district court. The automobile was seized.
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Marty P. Mason
Harry Wilson
Charles Wilhelmi
Bancroft
Independence Avenue
Mason
Cedar Falls
Wilson
Wilhelmi
Waterloo
Electric Railroad Business Requires Extra Cars and Busses
Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern railroad faced rising passenger demand, prompting calls for extra streetcars and buses to handle peak travel periods. Officials assess fleet needs and funding options to expand service.
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Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railroad
Rail service boosted with extra buses and cars
Officials said last week required additional buses and interurban cars. A special Waterloo to Cedar Rapids train ran when teachers and others traveled home for holidays. Railroad personnel shortages persist despite some today improvement. streetcar business rose in the past two weeks due to cold weather and parking issues during the Christmas rush. Skim milk contains all the valuable food elements of whole milk except fat.
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Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Reserve Officers defeat locals in rifle meet
The Linn County Reserve Officers defeated the Black Hawk County team 1591 to 1498 in a rifle match fired at the Coe College rifle range in Cedar Rapids. Individual Waterloo marksmen included Richard Rath 262 Lieutenant Perry J Hoffey 243 Ronald W Cameron 275 Lloyd M Shepherd 318 and Ermil F.
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Black Hawk County Reserve Officers’ Association
Linn County Reserve Officers’ Association
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo Marksmen
Richard Rath
Lieut
Perry J. Hoffey
Ronald W. Cameron
Lloyd M. Shepherd
Ermil F
Black Hawk Linn county challenge spring match
Jirsa 304 and Earl Jago 339 led high scores in a counter challenge as Black Hawk county praised a spring shoot to be fired with pistols or outside rifles, with five top scores counted and a return match proposed.
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Jirsa
Earl Jago
Black Hawk County
Linn County
Riviera Theatre Hosts City Newsboys After Banquet
H D Grove manager of the Riviera theatre will host a theatre party for all newspaper carrier boys and newsboys of the city Thursday night December 27 following the Bishop cafeteria annual banquet. At the banquet they will be guests of C G Stoddard and I E Warner.
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H. D. Grove
Riviera Theatre
Bishop
C. G. Stoddard
I. E. Warner
Fragmentary OCR Item on Prices and Totals
A garbled OCR fragment lists various cents and totals with scattered numbers and letters. No clear names, places, or events are readable beyond numeric price-like tokens and abbreviations.
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Roy Smith
Rath Plg. Co
Bennett Tire & Battery Co
Nina Blowers
Earl Blowers
LeRoy, Minn
Linn County Reserve
CITY
Margadant
West Fourth Street
Folger
Ib Rath
Doe
UNITE
East Fourth ST
Texas
Rome
California
Libby
Hershey Cocoa
Delicia Glee
Blackstone Coffee
Ifaxwell House
Fowler Coffee
Virginia Sweet
Aanee
Ene
P&g
Chase & Sanborn
North Wells Street
Chisago
Loni
Wonder Bakery
Campbell Baking CO
Lipton
van Camp
Anh
Campbell’s
Jello
Uae
Sunkist
Jonathans Roman
Jan
ALC
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