Lights Show How Brakes Are Doing On 100 Cart Train
A light chart system in Waterloo yards of the YWiness Central railroad demonstrates the braking of a 100 car freight train. The electric chart, numbered spaces 1 to 100, lights a space when a brake cylinder is charged. The instructor Carl Hinton leads sessions on air brake construction and operation to cut freight costs while improving smoothness of passenger trains.
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Waterloo
Ywiness Central Railroad
Fred H. Hinton
Almets Central
Airbrake Car Cuts Train Delays and Costs
The article notes a flat spot on a wheel prompts repairs at inspection, raising operation costs and delaying shipments. The new airbrake car, built at great expense, saves its cost by letting engineers see air flow along trains and gauge the effort to apply and release air far toward the caboose a mile away.
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Caboose
Renwick Woman Dies in Auto Collision
Mrs. Anna Blesie of Renwick, 74, died from injuries after a collision on primary No. 58 east of Renwick. Passenger in F A Engstrom's car from Gladbrook. Engstrom swerved to the wrong side while adjusting a windshield. Carpenter sustained a deep cut and bruises. Mrs Carpenter scratched but left hospital. Carpenter to be dismissed.
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fCouries Spraat
Eldora
Anna Blesie
Renwick
N.S. Carpenter
Here
F. A. Engstrom
Scavenger Sale Draws County and City Bidders
The adjourned 1927 tax delinquency sale occurred in the county treasurer’s office with County Treasurer Ed Madigan presiding. About 70 attendees watched bids on properties the county and city were interested in, including Dr. T. Bentley and Mayor Glenn A. Tibbitts, for which special assessments applied, with the next sale set for Monday, Feb. 27.
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Ed Madigan
A. I. Bunn
Dr. T. Bentley
Board of Supervisors
Glenn A. Tibbitts
Madigan
Dominican Sisters Praise Father John’s Medicine
A letter from the Mother Prioress of the Dominican Sisters of St. Dominic Monastery in La Crosse Wisconsin extols Father John’s Medicine as effective for colds and as a body builder. The nuns praise its safety, noting no alcohol or dangerous drugs, and say it has earned tributes for 70 years as a safe family medicine.
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Dominican Sisters
St. Dominic Monastery
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Father John
Courthouse Buzz Amid January Term Proceedings
The courthouse was a hive of activity as both district court divisions sat in session. The grand jury investigated state cases while the board of supervisors met. Trial jurors began their January term workout and Judge G W Wood presided over a suit on account with an impaneled jury.
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Board of Supervisors
G. W. Wood
Two Boys Burned in Wiggie Blast Suffer Pain
Wilford Gibson aged 14 of 415 Fowler street and Melvin Juel aged 12 of 136 Smith street were badly burned at St Francis hospital after a blast in a rear wiggie stove set off by one boy. Neighbors' quick action prevented a worse tragedy as the fire began Saturday noon in the fuel home.
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Wilford Gibson
Fowler Street
Melvin Juel
Smith Street
St.Francis Hospital
Logs shipped from county to Chicago veneer firm
Logs valued at 20 000 feet were sent from this county after purchase by Chillicothe Furniture Company of Chillicothe Missouri. Logs were loaded at Rock Island station last week and sent to Chicago to be sawed into veneer for furniture. Buyers remain in the area.
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Rock Island
Chillicothe Furniture Company
Chillicothe, Mo
Rious
Chicago
Shipment Gain From Timber Buyers Efforts
The buyers did the work to grub out the trees cut and haul the logs to the station as they prepare to gather another shipment.
Logs Sold At Ninety Dollars Per Thousand Feet
Payment to the owner was made at a rate of $90 per thousand feet for logs. Several logs obtained measured nearly four feet in diameter and twenty feet long, reflecting substantial timber sizes in the shipment.
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I. C
Seitverland
Bentley and Tibbitts
Independence
Courier Special Service
Rawles
Tadyer
TM Sa. M
Entz Cafe
Buehler Bros
East Fourth St
Saee
Fresez
Pig
Waterlo Theatre
Trousdale Players
Anderson Plumbing & Heating Co
Lafayette St
Phono
Society
Unique
Waterloo Society
Bargain
Coats
Coats . Coats
Ese
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