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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1925
Page
12
City council to decide whether to replace wooden vertical street name posts with a more durable and ornate marker. Committee chair Miller is away, delaying action as two council members push for alternatives before 1100 posts are purchased. Businessmen urge better signs. hitching posts on every corner are criticized.
The piece surveys Edna St Vincent Millay, Nathalia Crane’s early poetry, Stephen Gwynn’s Ireland, Arthur Gutterman’s satirical verse, and Elgar Lee Masters Spoon River works. It notes Robert Frost winning the Pulitzer for New Hampshire and lists other poetry volumes and library arrivals, plus a local basketball result and a baby birth in Wichita.
A Waterloo window shows relics aged 150 to 226 years, owned by R. G. Wilkins of 702 Riehl St. The display includes a 226 year old spinning wheel, a 1800 Ulster County Gazette copy, a cane gun, a 1854 New York to Florida wheel, a 150 year old smaller wheel, an antique rifle, and an old cradle. Documentation traces ownership through five generations, linking items to early American life and frontier travel to the Rocky Mountains and Spirit Lake.
Footwear pieces warn to protect oxen hoofs used in transport and farming. Displayed pair from 1880 shows modern factory-made features. local memories recall handmade blacksmith shoes. Iron remnants found in St James Missouri by Mr Wilkins years ago, noted for rust resistance by a white-haired old man.
Mr and Mrs Johan MM Aflangin welcome a daughter Joan on Feb 7 in Washington. Daniel T. Coughlin reports a daughter Marjory on Feb 2 at 923 First West. Glen E Edwards greet Mary Louise on Feb 4 at 348 Dawson. Brady's Jay 29 birth of Jack Donald is noted for Mr and Mrs Condon of 1700 Lafayette. Additional births include Lavina une on Jan 31, Blane Isabelle to Mr and Mrs Elder of 232 Oliver on Feb 4, Herbert LeRoy to Fred Kittrell on Feb 7, and Dale Stobert to Mr and Mrs Francis Johnson on Jan 31. Multiple other families report sons Robert William, Edward Morris, Marvin John, John Richard, Lor raine, Vera Lor raine, Kenneth Merle, Betty Jane, Robert D, Robert Paul, Arthur James, Daniel Rex, and more with dates spanning January 16 to February 11 across addresses in cities including Washington, Brady, Orange Township, Mullan West, Glenwood, Waterloo, and Kingsley.
Frank J. Eighmey, already acting as agent for the bank’s liquidating trustees, received notice from Washington of his appointment by the comptroller of the currency as receiver. The move follows federal banking law and aims to wind up Black Hawk National Bank. Eighmey has spent most of his adult life in banking and related work. Depositors will be paid in due course.
O Shea May figure in deal for Anson pitcher Spurbeck with shifting plans under Mr Kightey. Checks mailed to depositors A B and CG, with more mailings planned to finish names by fourth alphabet letter. Spurbeck seeks return to Three I circles after leaving Marshalltown. O Shea, long Mississippi Valley league standout, may join the same path. dinner party and bridge noted at Nokomis home honoring Mrs Ralph.
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