New Building Contracts Let for Waterloo West
New store building, garage and residences planned in Waterloo West as real estate officials predict a steady building year. A cement block store and Crescent Ice Cream shop are proposed at Commercial and Sixth, while I F Fortunski’s brick garage with glass front is planned on Fiftieth Street. W I Smucker of 719 Baltimore to build a two story pebble dash home with two garages, plus plans to remodel a cottage and another house on Baltimore Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterlon
A. J. Witdek
Commercial
Sixth Streets
Crescent Ice Cream Company
Commercial Street
C. W. Campbell
I. F. Fortunski
Hileman Motor Car Company
Fortunski
Blut
Washington Streets
Campbell
W. I. Smucker
Baltimore Street
Baltimore
Commercial St
Dane
W. 4Th St
Black
G. Ottman
Byron
Minn
Bath
East Side
George A. Scott
Kenwood Park
H. B. Gerry
Belle Plaine
Wealth and Death in City's Growth Era
In Brooklyn, 78 year old Irish immigrant John Faulkner, once a prosperous farmer in South Greenfield, killed himself in his Coney Island Avenue home after selling off his land to pay rising city taxes. He had watched his potato field and garden shrink to empty lots as residences and businesses replaced the farm he built fifty years prior. His son Hin gon Faulkner and wife lived with him. housekeeper Anna Geeghan heard moans and found him in his room with his throat cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faulkner
Coney Island
Brooklyn
Ireland
Greenfield
Hin Gon
Thomas Faulkner
Anna Geeghan
Basoop Diggs
Northeastern Iowa Teachers Association Meets at Clinton
The twenty first annual meeting of the Northeastern Iowa Teachers association will convene at Clinton on April 1 2 and 3 under Supt W J Grifith of Waverly. About 1000 to 1200 teachers are expected to attend with prominent speakers including Frank McMurray, C T Cornsen, Henry Curtin, and Charles Judd. A new program for affiliated organizations and sessions led by the Iowa Mothers congress and Federated clubwomen are planned for Thursday and Friday, inviting delegation from women s clubs across the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northeastern Iowa Teachers’ Association
Clinton
J. Grifith
Waverly
Frank McMurray
Columbia University
N. Y
C. T. Cornsen
Columbus
Henry Curtin
Charles Judd
Chicago University
Iowa
Iowa Mothers’ Congress and
Parent‘Teachers’ Association
City map shows proposed street name changes at Casebeer’s
City engineer completes a new map using names proposed by Councilman Jack Casebeer and displays it at his restaurant for public inspection to consider renaming streets including switching Fourth Street to Division Street. Also notes growth of Esparanto societies from 26 in 1201 to over 2000 a century later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Casebeer
Casebeer
Fourth Street
Division Street
Paris lectures aid French wounded and nail fashion
Mme Jean Ca uo Mendes will arrive in Paris next month to deliver four lectures for the aid of French wounded in hospitals. She will also reveal a new Parisian fad started during the war, painting the nails including finger and toe tips in a delicate rose pink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Mme
Jean Ca Uo Mendes
France
Angers
Wilson Sends Wade Nomination to Senate
President Wilson transmitted the nomination of Martin J. Wade of Iowa City to be United States judge for the southern district of Iowa to the Senate on February 2. Wade, a career jurist, faces confirmation as the administration seeks to fill the vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Wade
Senate
Washington
Martin J. Wade
Iowa City
United States
Iowa
Strangers To Travel Wanted The Rubvator
A Los Angeles paper recounts visitors from Waterloo seeking a hotel elevator on a Western trip. An Oklahoma couple in room 914 asks to be sent back up to breakfast via the elevator, explaining they had never before ridden above a second floor, and they share curious travel tales from a sleeping car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Los Angeles
Waterloo
George A. Hart
Roselyn
Romer
Mr. Hart
Oklahoma
Saloons promise Water loo the time of her life
A brief note mentions a workers meeting at Walnut Street Baptist church at ten tonight. It accompanies an advertisement about food for the hungry, hinting at hopeful promises followed by questions of regret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Miss Ethel Zartman to judge town oratorical contest
Miss Ethel Zartman of West High has been selected as one of three judges for the northeastern Town Oratorical and Declamatory Contest at Eldora on March 12. The event attracts twelve competing schools and West High will later join East High and Cedar Falls for a March 19 triangular debate on immigration policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Zartman
West High
Eldora
Martinian
East High
Cedar Falls
City in Brief and Local Notes
City in Brief reports a string of quick items: officials and lawyers traveling for business, brief recoveries from injuries, social events at Cedar Falls and Earlville, and a court case fined for concealed weapons. Local clubs, hotel improvements, and plans for travels to California appear, along with a Y M C A medical meeting, a hospital operation update, and a play at Walnut Street Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
R. L. Booker
Tudge Mullan
Melchoir Court
Tribe of Ben Hur
Seash Hall
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Valley
Pressure, teeth, and the price of grinding
A dentist warns that teeth endure about 260 pounds of pressure when people grind them during daily stress or ball games. He recalls a patient who fractured a porcelain tooth in his sleep and blamed the dentist, despite explanations of the damage. The piece also recalls naval history and assorted brief items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eratter
Tooti
New York Sun
Niagara Falls and the Niagara wedding trip in old days
A nostalgic look at Niagara Falls as a national rite from a bygone era. The piece recalls how sightseeing, especially Niagara, defined American identity and even weddings. Travelers sought the falls as a sacred milestone, with honeymoons tied to the grand gorge and its cascading spray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Niagara Falls
Falla
Auto Numbers Delayed by State Department Criticism
Citizens complain of slow auto tag issuance from Des Moines with waterloo operators barred from use since February 1. Affected owners paid for tags earlier yet wait for officials to estimate needs from prior year and place orders promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Waterloo
Des Moines
Sam
Local Classifieds and Notices From Courier
Lot Two Wamendrings Wednesday evening at YWCA lavatory. Finder return to YWCA. Reward. Real estate for rent and sale details listed. Eighth Street and Argyle properties offered, plus cottage inquiries. E-mail or box ad at Fort Dodge listing pharmacist preferred and business sale option with capital needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. W. C. A. Lavatory
Argyle
Almond
Adl
Sunnyside Ave
Galloway
Courier
East 4Th St
Lafayette
Fort Dodge
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MT Cambon
British Auto Ambulance
M. Cambon
England
America
Italy
Waterloo West
Chile
Ayars & Miller
Ravert
NES. T
Miss Thee Zartman
Waterlon Lodge
A. F
A. M
Masonic Temple
Ernest Roume
East Africa
Indo-China
Buchanan
Jackson
Osage
W. J. Myers
Cerdar Rands
P. H. Paulson
Earlville
P. J. Martin
LeRoy
Minnz
Geo. D. Harriy
Des Maines
Ysaan McCarthy
F.C. Sage
W. R. Law
Charles City
Ross Conservatory of Music
Conservatory
Mias Dotha Walker
Wieland
Iscollar Wone
J. C. Rainbow
Mierdonia
A. da. Rainbow
Mullan Avenue East
State Exchange Bank of
Parkersburg
William Hogan
William Hauptly
Carl Backens
Reinbeck
Mise Jeanstte Roenigk
Pittsburgh
Misa Ruth Reed
Charles Haeppner
Herman
Hudson
William Raab
Commercial Club
House
P. W. Belanges
Black Hawk
Martin Hotel
Ed. Kampschroer
W. W. Miller
Waterloo Medical Society
David EB. Seger
Harris Keiber
Presbyterian Hospital
Dawson Street
H. W. Grout
Arch McParlane
Clayton Bronson
Capital of
Torday
Gov. Clarke
Mulet
Grout
Mcfarlane
Walnut Street
United Kingdom
New York
Rhodesia
Portamouth
N. H
Congress
Magnifique
Boston
Dispatch
London Chronicle
Transcript
Mardice
Greece
Hellenic Kingdom
Attica
Enboen
Pelobonnesas
Lawson
Dawson
Boston Transcript
Tioa
Wang & Miller
Shon Setcherat
Milas Katherine Reehan
Beatrice McKay
Foeairshalltown
Diamond Crystal Hall
Melker
Lennox
Semanen
Akre
Moe
Arant’s
Billy Burker
PLAID
S. W. Harwich
Wottrice
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