General Agency Moves to Larger Quarters in Waterloo Iowa
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance shifts operations from the fourth to the t ent h floor of the Pioneer National Bank building with expanded space. Don D. Miller, new general agent for 31 counties in north eastern Iowa, hails from Ohio and has lived in Iowa a decade. He is unmarried and based at Hotel Russell Lamson. Pred C. Repass, associate general agent in Waterloo, remains as head of the local organization with 17 years with the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company
Pioneer National Bank
Iowa
Don D. Miller
Ohio
Russell-Lamson
Waterloo
C. Repass
Repass
Divorce grant hinted in cross petition case note
The fragment indicates Mrs. Nelpert received a divorce last spring on her cross petition. Details about the husband’s claim or final disposition remain unclear in the readable text.
Governor seeks changes to life for a pint law in Michigan
In Lansing Michigan January discussions focus on repealing or softening the habit of life term for fourth liquor offense under the 1937 habitual criminal law. Governor Green backs revisions to exempt certain offenses while maintaining strong penalties against repeat liquor violators amid national debate sparked by cases like Palm and Miller.
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Lansing. Mich
Fred W. Green
Anti-Satoon League
Green
New York
Fred Palm
Lansing
Michigan
Palm
Utie
Etta
Mase. Miller
Channie Tripp
Flint
Muskegon County
Alec Zach
State
Anti
Waterloo Women on Program for Anti TB Meet
Two Waterloo women are listed on the official program of the annual conference of Iowa Tuberculosis associations in Marshalltown on February 21 and 22. Mrs. AR Birdsall will speak on Mail Sale detailing how the Christmas seal sale was run this winter and Mrs. Alfred J Busby will discuss Outdoor Advertising showing how the seal sale and tuberculosis work can be boosted by posters and billboard ads. Busby, chair of the Waterloo Woman's Club civic department, led this year’s Christmas seal sale which now totals 2257.28 dollars, a Waterloo record. Over the past five years sales were 1846.94 in 1923 1532.64 in 1924 2136.31 in 1925 1401.28 in 1926 and 5704 in 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Yowa Tuberculosis Associations
Marshalltown
AR. P. Birdsall
Alfred J. Busby
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Busby
Civic Department of Waterloo Woman's Club
Buchanan County Spends 100000 on Road and Bridge Projects
Independence Iowa January 8 A county engineer report shows Buchanan County spent 100000 on road and bridge works last year including 62528.28 for roads 41736.80 for bridges and culverts 20322 financed a 100 ft high truss and several culverts finished grade miles of road gravel surfaced and miles resurfaced. New equipment cost 14642.14 nearly paid for itself. Additionally a separate note cites Million Year Profit from a Detroit land sale bidding 4 million to 5 million ending with Potter Palmer estate transformation.
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Courier Special Service
Independence
Buchanan County
Carl E. Cox
Waterloo Man Granted Patent on Audiometer
Harold R. McDermott of 501 Saxon Street, an engineer at Construction Machinery Corp, has been granted a patent for an unstepped frequency audio meter. The device measures a patient’s hearing range, aiding car specialists by showing the ear’s vibrational capacity per second.
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Harold R. McDermott
Saxon Street
Construction Machinery Corporation
MacDermott Works on Device for Treatment Progress
The patient responds to therapy, enabling further steps with possible treatment. MacDermott has spent three to four years on the device and today stated he has not yet decided how the device will be manufactured and marketed.
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Hiw
MacDermott
West Union reports many absent pupils as school reopens
West Union Iowa January 8 schools reopen after two week Christmas break. About fifteen percent of high school students and twenty percent of grade pupils are absent. Officials say no school closure is planned as the illness epidemic appears to be subsiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Courier Special Service
Detective Crumrine Topples Steffen in Police Shootout Throne
In Waterloo, detective Hugh Crumrine defeats Emil Steffen 63 to 52 to seize the title of local police marksman. The contest, held in the basement of the county jail, sparks partisan dispute as Steffen supporters allege Crumrine trained obsessively, while Crumrine attributes his win to better preparation and a new pistol. Sheriff Wagner declines comment amid tensions but notes both men are now key shooters in the force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Crimrine
Beau Brummel
Waterloo
Hughie
Emil Steffen
Charles Mohlis
New
Steffen
Crumrine
Steffens
Stetfen
Hugh
H. T. Wagner
Polce
Jack Collins
W. H. Wilson
C. J. Pickens
Father seeks custody of two small sons
The father, Harry S. Nelpert, seeks custody of his sons Stanley, 6, and Logan Eugene, 4, who are with their mother Mrs. Eléanor Nelpert. The hearing before Judge H. B. Boles is to determine if Nelpert can provide better care and direction, with F. W. Edwards representing the mother and J. T. Sullivan the father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley. Nelpert
Logan Eugene Nelpert
Eléanor. Nelpert
H. B. Boles
Harry S. Nelpert
F. W. Edwards
Nelpert
J. T. Sullivan
Wnelpert
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Don D, Miller
Fred C, Repass
Trofit
Washington, D. C
A. B. Arin
Cother
Michigan Avenue
Delaware Street
Gold Coast
Aistiiet
Potter Palmer
Waterloo Man
Champ
Emil
Mantis
Crumring
Jars of Vicks Daily
Vicks Laboratories
Vicks
Watkins Coal & Lumber CO
Custe Minor
Istohers
Sloan
Miment
Aires
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