Waterloo campaign wins push for new Rock Island depot
The Waterloo Courier chronicles a public campaign for a new Rock Island depot, detailing citizen activism, the “Deadly Parallel” comparisons, and a October 30 visit by Rock Island president Mudge along with executives. It notes rising earnings for Rock Island, labor peace, and optimism that officials will approve a suitable new facility after meetings and booster efforts.
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Mudge
Rock Island
Waterloo
Rock Island Oadh
Aterloo
Rock Island Road
Boosters
Judge Caldwell
Union Station
Gorman
Melcher
Sebastian
Pierce
County led Hunting Papers Count in Black Hawk County
3834 hunters in Black Hawk county hold low hunting permits. Auditor J Rainbow and Deputy Russel DeGon issued licenses from July to December. State pays $1 per license to county residents and $19 tax for non residents. During the fiscal year only residents applied. The $1834 fund goes to the state warden for deputy salaries and game management. No remuneration provision for county authorities issuing licenses. By December 1 the total showed a year‑end eclipse of 196 points.
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Black Hawk County
Rainbow
Russel
DeGon
Waltartes
Tast
Five Bad Men Taken to Jail
Sheriff F M Shores and deputies arrested 145 in the last year with five serious cases. Names and places include Phetpa captured Mobile Alabama April 15 for embezzlement, Reynolds at Little Rock Arkansas May for obtaining property by false pretenses, McCay horse thief caught at Gladbrank August 12, Hansen horse thief captured Cedar Falls November, Met_aakul charged with murder near Raymond, who surrendered November 22. County attorney Wirt P Hoxie notes the criminal burden was light, with 19 convictions from 31 indictments in February and September. The county has had few murders in four years prior to a recent shooting near Raymond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. M. Shores
al Raymond
Ka. Leighton
Fred Hansen
Gieteher
Cedar Falta
J.T. Met‘aakul
Wency Philips
Raymond
Cugindy
Ettiaene
Shores
Black Hawk County
Wirt P. Hoxie
Elf
Tasea
Henry Phillips
Patraiman Widmann
The Road to Right
The road to night is not as narrow as some folk claim. It is slightly narrow in one or two spots but after these it is wide enough for every night desk and every high ambition.
Vienna Bakery to Altstadt Langlas Baking Co
Nine years ago the Vienna Bakery on East Fourth street became the nucleus for Altstadt and Langlas to form a baking enterprise in Waterloo. Today the Altstadt Langlas Baking Co operates a 90 by 132 foot plant with 40 workers, 16 horses, seven delivery wagons and a truck, serving Waterloo and forty other Iowa towns with a top plant and quality goods. Growth was gradual as the firm planned for larger fields and future expansion.
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Vienna
East Fourth Street
A. D. Schorle
C. F Altstadt
W. H. Langlas
Waterloo
Altstadt & Langlas Baking Company
Vienna Baking Company
Messrs. Altstadt and
Langlas
Vienna Bakery Expands with Modern 2-Story Plant
Vienna Bakery unveils a new 1426-1428 Mulberry street plant, costing $20,000 to erect, with a 2,000 square foot floor and 25,000 loaves of bread daily. The facility houses advanced machinery, sanitary systems, and separate stables for delivery wagons, reflecting a major modernization two years after acquiring the old Vienna cookie shop.
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Vienna
Mulberry Street
Fast Fourth Street
Holsum Bread Widely Sold From Waterloo Plant
Waterloo buses supply the city with Holsum bread and other goods as Altstadt Langlas operates seven wagons from 5 am. The Holsum loaf is wrapped in wax paper for cleanliness and flavor, with a new ten cent Eureka wrap. Vienna firm ships nationwide, serving 40 towns and trains daily. Barnum Bailey circus praised its bread with 600 loaves ordered for Marshalltown.
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Toom
Waterloo
Holsum
Bakers
Altstadt & Langlas
Eureka
Vienna
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Marshalltown
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Courier
Union
Bip
Hiself
Hammerlock
Unois Central
Rocksland Road
Great Western
William Galloway
Agricultural Club
Waterloo Club
Mudgeesid
St Over Sinen
Dad
Sheriff Shores
Vegas
Vienna Bakery
Altstadt & Langjas
Bweqasteres
Nolsol
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