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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1920
Page
4
John T. Houser has offered his resignation as general secretary of the Y M C A to take effect March 1 due to Mrs Houser health. He will move to California and may resume law practice later. The Y experienced growth under his leadership and the third floor was converted to clubrooms.
Allison Iowa February 27. The Allison hotel under Ed Hicks has become so popular that the New Allison often wakes midnight trains to invite traveling men to other towns as every room is filled. This surge occurred even though it was not court week.
Armour & Co. has placed into operation a 10 story meat refrigeration plant costing 2 million dollars. The facility, 808 feet by 212 feet with 450000 square feet of floor space, stores and freezes export meat. It uses exhaust steam for refrigeration and maintains zones from 10 to 20 degrees below zero to 10 degrees above.
An 1854 deed showing Asa T Webster and wife transferring 160 acres to Solomon Webster for 1650 dollars, about 10.31 per acre, was found for refiling with Bremer County records. Justice Matthew Bowen certified the instrument. the county recorder notes a description error requiring refile. The land sits in Mt Vernon township where earlier sales reached 350 to 400 per acre.
Ray W. Rogers aged 18 died at the Cardiff gypsum plant in Fort Dodge Iowa after falling into a stucco bin and becoming buried beneath several feet of material. Co workers on the same floor did not realize he was missing until an hour later. He was the eldest of seven children.
Dubuque Iowa Feb 27 Sheriff J Kennedy stopped an escape by two U S prisoners who tried to saw through cell bars in the county jail. A steel saw was smuggled in by Jimmy O’Brien noted as the post office robber during the daily jail inspection.
At 3 10 p m yesterday the fire department put out a roof blaze at a dwelling occupied by Elmer Anderson 708 Washington Street with water and chemicals. A second fire at 827 Third Avenue West was quickly quenched with chemicals at 6 20 p m. A third run at 480 Mulberry Street at 7 30 p m ended with no damage. Cerro Gordo County plans paving 28 miles of roads with bids due March 17 and a projected cost around 1 000 000. note mentions a 60 year milestone for U S wood pulp papermaking.
A series of brief reports notes Sir Auckland Geddes named British ambassador to the United States in Washington. Three girls die after an explosion at the Aluminum Manufacturing plant in Manitownac Wisconsin bringing the death toll to four. Plans for three transcontinental dirigible airships for passengers announced by the Commerce Aircraft syndicate in New York. A German state airship claims to seize Prussian railways, with large sums reported to be allocated for insurers and payments. details unclear. In Aqua Dulce a crash kills Lieutenants Houmen and Vaughn, army aviators. A Nassau Glass plant fire in Brooklyn results in two firefighters dead and seven injured. Four killed in fighting at Pieve di Soligo Italy per Daily Mail dispatch. In Paris General Pierre August Roques, former war minister, is mentioned. Dublin reports armed gangs and civilian deaths in Timoleague and Mount Pleasant, County Cork.
Des Moines reports E. T. Meredith resigns as president of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World citing duties as secretary of agriculture. He denies any campaign for U S president four years ahead and notes no such thoughts.
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