Snow and Sleet Halt Interurban and Bus Service
A severe snowstorm disrupted Waterloo Cedar Falls and surrounding routes with sleet interfering with interurban lines. Rail and bus services faced closures, with limited trains running and several highways blocked. motorists urged to stay off roads unless necessary. Five inches of accumulation and subfreezing temps grounded travel across the region. The 8:55 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. Waterloo to Cedar Rapids trains operated, while the Waverly line faced delays and potential closure due to icy wires and snow on rails.
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Musan City
Red Ball Transportation Company
Cedar, Rapids
Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Des Moines & Southern Railway Co
CG. FL & N
Waren
Waverly
Cedar Falls
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern
Waverly Interurban
Denver
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
State Highway Commission
Winneshiek
Black Hawk
Cara
Student Drinking Past, Bishop Sees Change After Prohibition
Bishop Frederick D. Leete of Omaha's Methodist church says student drinking is declining on college campuses due to prohibition. He cites Ames Mount Vernon Lincoln and Waterloo Iowa City observations as the basis for his view. Real estate transfers and local property actions appear in adjacent notices with various names and amounts.
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Town City
Frederick
D. Leete
Omaha
Neb
Methodist Church
Leete
Ames
Mount Vernon
Lincoln
Jawa City
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Ad Claim
An advertisement extols Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a fast acting cough remedy for both children and adults. It touts a blend of pine tar and honey with other ingredients, claiming quick relief from stubborn colds and inflamed respiratory tract, urging readers to ask for it.
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Foley
Rea Thompson Dies After Long Illness Three Times Mayor
Rea Thompson former mayor and city clerk of Waterloo dies at 56 in isolation hospital after five months with pulmonary tuberculosis. Daughter Mrs Earl Shepherd Platteville Wis informed. Thompson served three terms as mayor and 1905 1912 as city clerk, was a printer and publisher, and had military training with the Iowa National Guard unit. He and his family have deep roots in Waterloo and nearby areas.
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Rea Thompson
Rea
Lyon
Thompson
Oakdale
Shepherd
Waterloo
O'Keefe& Towne Mortuary
John
Mary Thompson
Pennelvania
Ohio
Srotch
John Thompson
Linn County
Iowa
California
Read
Waterloo Business College
Town Criers Club
Chamber of Commerce
One Hundred Thirtythird I. N. G
Adams Sohner File for School Directors
Fred D. Adams and A. A. Sohner filed nomination papers with secretary W. H L. Brumn for seats on the east district public school board of education to seek re election. No other filings reported yet. Nominations close March 4 and the election is March 11.
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Fred D. Adams
A. A. Sohner
W. H L. Brumn
East District Public School Board of Education
Coming Pastor Sails to Holy Land for Study Mission
Rev. L. G. Schroeder, who closed a two year pastorate at Federated church in Corning, sails from New York on the U S Adriatic for the Holy Land. Accompanied by Mrs. Schroeder he will visit Europe for study after serving as pastor at Kingsley First Congregational Church in Indiana where parishioners doubled during his tenure.
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Coring
L. G. Schroeder
Federated Church
New York
U. S. Adriatic
Holy Land
Snow Breaks All Records for One Winter
Last night’s snowfall pushes total for the season to 44.13 inches, beating the 1925 26 record of 42.2 inches by nearly two inches. Slippy logs five inches. season and historic context follow with notes on long-term averages and notable past snowfalls.
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U.S
Ralph Stippy
Record of Winter Snowfall 1925 26 and Long-Term Totals
The data lists monthly snow depths for winter 1925 26 with October 3 inches November 5.5 inches December 13.1 inches January 3.9 inches February 6.8 inches March 6.9 inches April 3 inches and a total of 42.2 inches. It notes annual snowfall for 1895 to 1929 excluding 1902 03 1903 04 and 1904 05.
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Snlow
Schiff Co Store Remodeling Begins at Fourth Street Location
Remodeling work started today by Mauser and Fell on fronts of Schiff company stores at 1735 Fourth Street West in the Schulte block. The project, costing about $4,000, will open March 15 with Schiff Company of Columbus operating 120 shoe stores in the East and Middle West. Andrew Striegel received the contract for store fixtures.
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Mauser& Fell
Fourth Street West
Schulte
Schiff Company
Columbus
East
Middlewest
Andrew Striegel
fx+tures
Mrs David Onan of Cedar Falls Is Dead
Cedar Falls February 26 Mrs David Onan died at 3 a m today at 216 Fifth street west from Brights disease after several months illness She was 77 and a native of Cedar Falls her parents Mr and Mrs John Welling la were pioneer settlers Her husband died twenty years ago Surviving are a son Harry Grundy Center and a daughter Ether Cedar Falls
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Courier Special Service
Cedar Falls
David Onan
Fifth Street West
Bright
John Wellingla
Harry
Grundy Center
Ether
Hoover selects Donovan for war secretary role in Hoover cabinet
Washington February 26. William J Donovan of New York, assistant attorney general, to be secretary of war in the Hoover cabinet. He accepts, ending speculation about attorney generalship. Donovan, a long-time Hoover adviser, will lead a unit with a legendary war record, including the Medal of Honor, and will move prohibition enforcement to the justice department.
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Washington
D.C
INS
William J. Donovan
New York
Hoover
Col. Donovan
Department of Justice
Cpl. Donovan
New Mexico
Donovan
Treasury
Coolidge
Mellon
Land Gol. Donovan
E Street
War Department
One Hundred Sixty-fifth Infantry
Col
al Smith
Waterloo Chest Clinic Planned For March Eighth
A chest clinic sponsored by the Waterloo Medical Society and Waterloo Christmas Seal Sale Committee will be held Friday March 8 at the Waterloo Social Welfare League 727 Franklin Street. Limited patients will be examined by physicians trained in lung and heart diseases. Arrangements for examinations must be made through family physicians. The group stresses active tuberculosis and heart disease may be present without symptoms and urges general physicals. Specialists from the University of Iowa Hospital Iowa City are expected to direct the clinic.
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Waterloo Medical Society
Waterloo
Waterloo Social Welfare League
Franklin Street
Focal Medical Society
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
University Hospital
Iowa City
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