West Schools in Waterloo a Vast Educational System
The Waterloo west schools enroll about 3,155 pupils with a staff near 140 under H D Lee and Sloane M Wallace. Expenditures for 1919 20 reached 216117.55 dollars per pupil roughly 1604, with salaries leading the budget and more than a thousand students under the west high program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New West High School
Palace of Learning
Waterloo
West Schools
Waterloo West
Wallace
H. D. Lee
Austin Burt
H. E. Colby
C. W. Campbell
Carleton Sias
W. A. Peterson
B. F. Swisher
W._A. Peterson
J. _E. Dempster
F. E. Stewart
Zelia Hunter
Central
Nettie McKinnon
Hmerson
Ruth Undegraff
Whittier
Nellie Garver
Lowell
Bertha Oller
Washington Irving
Nellie M. Rownd
Edison
Hdna Lang
Kingsley
aJs
Elizabeth Kenney
West High
George W. Jenm
Frad W.frehse
Jensen
Mr. Frehse
Earl Kimball
Waterloo public improvements 1920 report and costs
Waterloo spent 1919 1920 on municipal improvements including sewers paving and sidewalks. Total municipal improvements cost 191 281 55 with 144 302 55 by city council and 46 979 00 by waterworks trustees. Greatest expense was sewers 58 637 81. brick paving on McKinley street 39 661 42. Sans Souci road paving linking Rainbow Drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles and McKinney
Whitney and Sans Souci
Miles Street
Ity
Frishle
A. BE. Gnagy
Municipality of
Waterloo
McKinley Street
Sans Souci
O. F. Teeter
Frisbie
City Waterworks Department
Linden Avenue
Franklin
Butler
Williston
Sixth
Hirhth Streets
Elizabeth Wisner Leads Girls into New Athletic Group
In Annexio High School the physical training department under Elizabeth Wisner supervises girls while J H Couch Jr oversees the boys. A girls athletic association forms to promote outdoor exercise and general fitness among students. Edna Fay directs grades physical training as the new high school nears completion with freshman B classes meeting in the K of P building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
K. of P
Waterloo East District Opens Frances Grout High 1920
The Waterloo East independent district reports completion of Frances Grout High School in 1920 and nine grade buildings with total property value over 2 million dollars. Enrollment 3914. 1966 boys and 1934 girls. bonds outstanding 487000. Gates Park Roosevelt building planned. continuation and industrial programs expand. cafeterias added in junior and senior high schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Waterloo Independent
W. Kline
Wat Iterloo
Frances Gront
Gates Park
Board of Education
Theodore Roosevelt
Waterloo
Roosevelt
Aecens
Tinuation School
Frances
Highland
McKinley
Piske
Fiske
Washington
Roosevelt School
Board of Education For
Propmanner
Hawthorne
McKivler
Wash
Ington
Varj
P High
Mann
Lunth
Dogs Face Extinction in Waterloo Amid Mortality Records
City dog catcher Ernest V. Baldwin reports 803 dogs sent to the canine mortuary versus 435 licenses issued for living dogs. Deaths include 160 poisoned, 1411 diseases and auto accidents, 503 killed by chloroform or a pistol. license revenue totaled 537 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Ernest V. Baldwin
Baldwin
County Treasurer Reports Over Two Million Collected in 1920
W J Burbank county treasurer offices show 1920 receipts total 2 061 908 with 1 656 31 from regular tax and 360 566 from motor vehicle licenses. Other sums come from fees fines drainage specials delinquent tax Whitney road and a 305 000 funding bond. Black Hawk county ranked fifth in motor vehicle registrations with over 60 060 licenses issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Burbank
E. E. Dewar
Whitney Road
Black Hawk County
Black Hawk
City building totals show major public and private investments
The report details 1926 spending across residences, municipal improvements, corporate expansions, and rural construction. Park and church projects, road paving, water mains, and new offices are listed with values, plus numerous property exchanges and conferences hosted in the year.
Waterloo Fire Department Receives Major Equipment Upgrades
Waterloo's fire department has been re-equipped over the past year with new apparatus and a modern alarm system. Two substations, upgraded engines, and a four-hundred gallon per minute capable fleet boost firefighting power to nationally strong levels for its size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Middlewest
W. H. Webb
Logan Avenue
Falls Avenue
la France
Commercial Street
Waterloo Department
Highland
Bath Packing Company
Tire Enie
Seitelregard
City Clergy Changes and Bank Leadership Shifts in 1920
The document notes four ministerial reassignments in Des Moines area churches during 1920, including Hey Jacob A Haehlen becoming preside elder and Rev W C Lang taking a city post. It records arrivals at Danish Bethlehem and First Congregational churches and changes at First Baptist. It also mentions two banking leadership moves with H Byers promoted to cashier at Citizens Savings and J E Evans resigning to become cashier at Johnson County Savings Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Kramer
Abbott
Tod ‘Will Mathes
Cedar Falls
Popour
Iren
Thompson & Collar
Washington
Pershing Highway Association
Danish Baptist Church of the United States
Royal Neighbors Ofj
Iowa Evangelical Association
Danish Young People's Society of District
Iowa Normal High Schools
Iowa Danish Lutheran Church
Iowa Horticultural Society
Towa
Cedar Valley
M. E. Epworth League
Jacob
A. Haehlen
Zion Eyenketheal Church
Des Moines
W.C. Lang
AG. Kildegaard
New York City
Bethlehem
A. C. McLeod
First Congregational Church
Hev
Frederick Donovan
Chariton
First Baptist Church
H. Byers
Citizens Savings
J. E. Evans
Brame Institution
Spiritualists aid wife finds husband after months missing
In Lexington Kentucky Mrs. John A Shepherd of Huntington West Virginia reports a guiding spirit led her to the railroad station where she found her husband with his new wife. He admits marrying wife No. 2 after leaving wife No. 1 in February and is now charged with bigamy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
John A. Shepherd
Huntington
W. Va
Shepherd
John
Mary Cig
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Central Whittier
Emerson Dgisoningsley
Waterloo East
Frances Grout
Beebe
Lowa
Taw
Luc
Bessie Forrester
Yitth
Mulberry
Hris
Hite
Independent Meat & Grocery Co
Joseph J. Cohn
Cohn
Iowa
Lawn City
Park Commission
Ceiapy Falls
Dee
Thompson-Dollar Garage
Aftether
W. C. BL & N, Railway Company
Bulding
Titis Clty
Sub Park Commission
The
Christian Congregation
Riverview Park
Iowa Gate Company
Viking Pump Company
Frank Wilcox Foundry
Foster Bros. Foundry
Waterloo Street
Tence Eee
Wyth-Limb Shoe Co
Bain
Dotson-Kerwin Co
Boysen Shoe Co
Rose - Eee
Tom Gael Dale Peace
Washington Park
West Second Street
Tote
Miu Adallon
John G
Tore
H. Sherwood
Neis Srey Wiese
Peter Lund
Aban
P. Olesen
Chris Bansen
Biutr
Peter Hansen
East
Waits
Orslow Peterson
Wiington
John Nelson
Chris Kon
Clay St Tague
Prank Cotton
Frank Sotton
D. Elderkin
Tremont
Chefansea
Kay" Tiber
Rehief
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