Preservation Drive Aims to Save Waterloo Chautauqua
Community leaders plan a campaign to preserve the Waterloo Chautauqua as a local institution. A committee will outline details Saturday at the Waterloo Commercial Club, with Sunday church appeals across eighteen congregations to drum up subscriptions for a $20,000 stock plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauauqua
Waterloo Commercial Club
Y. KE. Ritz
George Huntley
WH. A. Wovsen
Fred §. Pettit
J. AK. Vaughan
George E
Ritz
Dart Finishes Big Motor Fire Truck
A State Center rush arrives today as Griven overland by W A Daxter vies for a Tari contern, armed by a committee from State Center including Jot Mellows C R F R Kinn Ernst DeMeng Whiten MoM Wensel and Wad Wilkerson. The cost and outcome remain unclear, with a committee overseeing the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Center
Griven Overland
W. A. Daxter
Tari Contern
Jot Mellows
C. R
F. R. Kinn
Ernest. DeMeng. Whiten
Mom. Wensel
Wadh Wilkerson
British Large Responds to Smayi-Georges Plea
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a British response to a plea attributed to Smayi-Georges. It mentions a request to come forward and references a gathering at a park. The readable text is highly garbled with missing names and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smayi-Georges
Sveen Sueh
Glia Compulgian
Local Notes and Social News From Davenport and Waterloo
Davenport and Waterloo residents are noted in a roundup of visits vacations and daily life. Bank official Elbert Green begins a vacation, local families tour cities and attend events, and church groups host gatherings. A legal action involves Fred Kammeyer suing for 176 in rent, while the riverfront project advances with water line work and cement foundations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miks Kimswa Gawrdy
Davenport
E. F. Kistner
Mason City
Elbert Green
Jack Hawk National Bank
No Fireworks Prohibited in City District Saturday Night
After consultation with the Retail Merchants association officers Chief of Por Hee Leighton issued a statement declaring fireworks of any kind banned in the city business district on Saturday night to protect shoppers from deafening explosions. Violators will be arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retail Merchants’ Association
Por Hee Leighton
Bank Clearings and Realty Transfers Summary
Bank clearings and related realty transfers for the period ending July 1 show a decrease from last year. The report cites instruments filed to date and sue dates, with totals including figures such as 3,710 and 888.00, reflecting activity in Wack Hawk County and adjacent instruments.
Music of the Month at Victor Records Stars Caruso Kreisler McCormack
A July Victor Records feature presents Caruso, Kreisler, and McCormack in highlights from Donizetti, Tambourin Chinois, and Come Unto the Garden Maud. Julia Culp, Destinn, de Gogorza, Martinelli, Bori, and Althouse perform opera arias and lieder, with orchestral and band selections, folk tunes, and children’s readings.
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Camiso
Kreiser
McCormack
Victor
Bor
Culp
Destion
Martinelli
Ruito
Caruso
Donizetti
Kreisler
Chinais
East
Maud
Julia Culp
Lanmy Destinn
Dvorak
Rosal
Emifio de Gogorza
Margarete Ober
Paul Althouse
Boris Godounov
Alger
Oliver
Althouse
Moerdelssohn
Julius L. Schendel
Promi
Naples
McKee
Olive Kline
Elsie Uaker
Miss Baker
Gaul
Reed Miller
God
Homer Rodeheaver
Bng
Jesus
Brittany
Paul Reimers
Chauncey Olcott
Mother Macree
Charles Harrison
Victor Light Opera Company
Pauline Potter
Charles Gorst
Library Station to Open Tuesday in Four Outlying Areas
The public library tests four summer stations to reach Cay outlying districts with library privileges. An hour from Waterloo to downtown shows the reach of the plan. Stations will be open two hours on select days with story hours for children every two weeks and outdoor readings when possible.
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Cay
Waterloo
Library Board
Galloway
Waga Vines
Ami
Linden
Sullivan
Thiry
Chautauqua
A. Buories
Egeh
Yoat Sullivan
Chautaugua
Wife Slayer Gets Death Sentence
A jury has sentenced Joseph Smith to death for the murder of three of his wives. The crown alleges he killed them while they bathed and collected money from their lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logsdon
Joe Way
Deere
Joseph Smith
Teoh
Smith
Weather Notes and Local Updates Amid June Variations
June brought varied weather with 4 degrees hot and 40 degrees cold between the 6th and 17th, 17 sunny days, 10 cloudy, and 3 partly cloudy. Precipitation totaled 3.75 inches. Over the last 80 days the temperature range shows a minimum around 46 and a high near 74. Local reports include Chicago's lab preparations and a planned field trip by Dr. Porter and Dr. Waterbury after the Fourth. A burglary at 308 Third Street East was investigated, with four pounds of butter stolen from an ice box. The county bid for coal for 1918-19 went to Crystal Ice and Fuel Co. for county homes, court house, and hospital. The Medical Society will inspect coal quality by sending orders to individual dealers.
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Ralph Slippy
Chicago
FL W. Porter
A. Waterbury
Maude Salter
Third Street
Crystal Ice pHrt& Fuel Co
Bf Aely
Court House
Terrug Medical Society
Stole for stomach's sake a malformed tale
A garbled OCR fragment hints at a theft linked to food, mentioning stomach need. Names, places, and specifics are unreadable, leaving only a vague association to crime and motive.
Burned man improving after oil explosion injury
Reports from St Francis hospital indicate Frank Bingham, a boilermaker burned head to foot in an oil explosion at the I C shops Saturday night, is slowly improving and hopes for recovery are extended. The accident occurred at 10 o clock when a feed tube of an air tank exploded, covering him in flame. He lives at 2238 12 Lafayette street with his wife and two children, Kathryn and Virginia, after moving from Davenport to Waterloo a year ago.
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St. Francis
Frank Bingham
I. C
Bingham
Mr. Bingham
Kathryn
Virginia
Lafayette Street
Waterloo
Davenport
Coal chute employee killed by engine in Iowa Falls
Harve Conrad, employed at the coal chutes on the short line, was run down by an engine in the yards while on his way home last evening and instantly killed. The Evening Courier is reading nearly every Waterloo home. FOR SALE The best money maker in Waterloo, ROLLER OGASTER in Electric Park. Will take part trade or give terms, owner going into other business. See I C Peterson, Concession Manager, Electric Park, Waterloo, Iowa.
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Iowa Falls
Harve Conrad
Waterloo
Electric Park
I. C. Peterson
Towa
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Champion Cause OF
George E. Lichty
Pay Association
J. Tuthill
First Baptist
W. B. Howell
Walnut Street
Charlee J. Munger
First Brethren
Fred S. Pottit
First Methodist
First Congregational
Grace Methodist
J. W. Arbuckle
I. Howrey
Black Hawk County
Chautauqua Association
NS Teal
DART
Brigf
Buchanan's
Fred Kammeyer
Webb White
Woo. Campbell
California
Geo. G. Hubbs
Weterloo
Detroit
Sioux Falls
T. AL McManus
Tama
Auto
Hemme Detters
Ackley
Harriet. Eason
South Street
FE. H. Jones
Spirit Lake
Abner Jones
J. L. Jones
Independence Avenas
George L. Stevens
Betty
Carroll
J. FE. Bates
East Janesville
Lane
J. H. Smith
Oskafonsa
Kemble Floral Company
Clyde M. Young
Evangelical Church
Theodore Peek
Adrian M. Howe
Nolan
State Department of Weights and Measures
River Front Commission
G. A. R. Memorial
Worth Ilflman
Robert Mick
Hawkeye Road
Limux City
Omaha
Lincoln Highway
Wack Hawk County
AULAC
SOG G Morty Ark Rt
Tes
Aowheuk
Caruso, Kreisler and McCormack
Hreisler
Isam Frank
Waterlgo
Iowa
Kimmel & Co
Arant’s Shoe Shop
Marsh-Place Building
Myron
East Fourth Street
Commercial National Bank
Xenofon Katakis
Theotheros Daskalakas
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