Black Dry Goods Co Sets New Waterloo Building Standard
The James Black Dry Goods Co unveils an eight story fireproof building in Waterloo Iowa featuring dust proof display cases intercom and pneumatic tubes. Mahogany French millinery rooms and 72 oak office suites show off Italian and Tennessee marble with luxury restrooms and a full eight floor shopping and office complex.
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James Black Dry Goods Co
Iowa
United States
Waterloo
Towa
Tank House
Milady
Doubless
Bere
Sycamore Street
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Streem
Vinton
Otis
Clinton P. Shockley
T. W. Eaton
H. A. Maine & Co
Joseph B. Curry
Nauman Co
Thomas Robinson
Lescher & Birch
Zook & Bentz
W. I. Gray Co
Drake Marble & Tile Co
St. Paul
Waterloo Electrical Supply Co
F. M. Michael
General Fire
Lamson
Chicago
Oolls
Federal Terra Cotta Co
New Jersey
Councilman Fraley
Northey Manufacturing Co
Sunday Services at the Y W C A for February Events
The Y W C A hosts vesper services led by Rev. Graves with Edith Wagner in music and Mary Day speaking on China. Neighborhood Bible classes list meeting dates across several addresses in February with Mrs Berry, Miss Warner, Mrs Markley, Mrs Goodell, and Mrs Halley. Dr Davies leads a lecture series on Tuesdays in the association rooms. A cooking class, led by Miss Melon Sedgwick, meets Tuesday evenings. A banquet is planned for Feb 10 at First Congregational church with a 6:30 business meeting and a 7 o clock entertainment titled Byory Girl.
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Graves
Edith Wagner
Mary Day
China
Miss Day
Grover
First Baptist Church
Martha Berry
Berteh Avenue
Mary Warner
Randolph St
Association
Misa Melon Sedgwick
First Congregational Church
Alma Gobin
Byory
Balanced rations cut costs as farm households learn to feed
A Philadelphia food expert demonstrated that four hearty men can be fed for under 60 cents with a barley soup brown stew and dumplings. The piece urges intelligent buying and cooking, balanced rations, and the use of hoppers and automatic feeders to supply poultry with grain and scraps, plus green food and proper water in varying conditions.
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Philadelphia
Sven
Manitobs
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Chicago
Westes Canada
Canada
Ottawa
Equipping a Truck Farm Costs Vary by Size and Location
A historical guide outlines required equipment for truck farming, listing tools for early tomatoes melons onions cabbage and other crops. Costs vary by location with examples: five acres in south Jersey around 500 dollars, Illinois about 75 dollars per acre, Norfolk Virginia about 190 dollars per acre, Philadelphia area 200 to 300 dollars per acre, and a ten acre setup in Green Bay Wisconsin around 5500 dollars.
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Baie
Baie Mad Wilkes Torevi
South Jersey
Illinois
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Green Bay
Wis
Itatea
Profitable and Friendly Squabs Start From Ordinary Barn
A friend turned a half acre with a house and barn into a profitable squab enterprise. He built six upstairs pens with provisions for nest boxes, sunlit walls, and a north south layout. He chose Homer pigeons and used a strict feeding plan of cracked corn wheat peas Kaffir corn millet and hemp with sand and charcoal, with bathtubs in every pen.
Family Invitation Prompts Attendance at Gathering
The note calls for the annual family gathering and urges all members to respond and attend. Tickets are available until Saturday at Paul Davia Dry Goods, James Black Dry Goods, and the association rooms.
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Paul Davia Dry Goods
James Black
St Josephs Fortys Hours Service Begins At Church
Forty hours devotion at St. Josephs church opened last night with a sermon on The Blessed Sacrament by Father Blackbank a Dominican priest from Minneapolis. The orderly service includes Mass at 530 and 7 45 each day with Rosary sermon and benediction and concludes Tuesday evening with an address on The Holy Name.
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St. Joseph's Church
T. Blackbank
Minneapolis
Father Blackbank
Sermons At St Pauls M E Church Lift Spirits Of Congregation
Rev F Q Brown preached both morning and evening from Ephesians six eleven and Numbers ten Come Thee With Us and We Will Do Thee Good Special music was provided by an orchestra directed by Miss Cutler and a chorus choir led by C C Stott Various church groups listed include Union Bible class Brotherhood Queen Esther circle and Women’s Foreign Missionary Society with meetings set through Saturday and a children’s box event for those under 14.
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ST. Paul's M. E. Church
F. Q. Brown
St. Paul
C. C. Stott
James Geek
Berney Harper
Brotherhood
Queen Esther Circle
Roberta Heald
Broadway
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
HR. B. Smith
Conger Street
Arthur Corbin
Fender
King’s Heralds
R. G. Wilkins
Kern Street
Tring Uite
Waterloo Forum to Hear Lincoln The Man of Fortune
Waterloo residents may attend a Fortnightly meeting Wednesday night featuring Prof. D. Sands Wright of the Teachers' College speaking on Lincoln as a figure of fortune. The event is open to the public.
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Waterloo
D. Sands Wright
Teachers’ College
Lincoln
Man of Fortune
Hog Cholera Losses Hit Iowa Farmers in 191?"
Iowa farm losses from hog cholera in 1918 cost farmers over 33 million dollars per extension department estimates. About 2.84 million hogs died, valued at millions, with 2.47 million young hogs sold early at low prices. Serum treatment reduced losses in many herds, while some factors kept losses high. The notice invites attendance at a February meeting with candidate officer election.
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Ames
Iowa
Agricultural Extension Department
Iowa State College
W. J. Kennedy
He Stange
State Serum Laboratory
TAWNGO TO HALL WEARING SMILE ELKS MEETING CARD
A plain smoker for the Ad Men's club features two speakers and a hearing, with prospects to discuss and cigars to share. The event promises entertaining stunts and a social finish, inviting friends visiting the city to join and get acquainted with the group.
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Ad Men's Club
Elks
New Guinea Still Beacons Untouched Explorer Fields
New Guinea remains one of the few frontiers left for explorers with untrodden terrains inviting daring ventures and discovery.
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New Guinea
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