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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1926
Page
5
Central Ions Power and Light Co. reports 75 000 dollar project adding two new substations on Lafayette near Illinois Central tracks and Miles near John Deere to supply factories and hospitals with 4000 volt output from 13000 volt input. The system allows rapid reenergizing within 20 minutes after a break and underground cable work continues in east and west business districts to meet rising load.
Fay Yeoman Thomas of Gedar Falls returns from the Great Lakes Training school with early training completed and will join an eastern cruiser on the east coast. Donald Waterman and Van R. King of Waterloo are progressing well at the naval school as J. G. Van Bran returns from training. Van Dran is advancing rapidly in medical duties. Joseph William Ferguson Reinbeck enlisted at the Waterloo recruiting station and departed for the Great Lakes training school.
Edward L. Goss a violin repairer and builder of 100 1-2 Fourth Street East won first prize and a $25 check in an old fashioned fiddlers contest held yesterday in Anamosa.
Anamosa Fair sponsored a Fourth of July celebration with Tharlolin fiddle by Goss in natural wood color. Tie crafted the bow as two Waterloo fiddlers J. W. Smith and Sam White joined the contest. Each contestant played Turk ey in the Straw and Devil's Dream before an audience of about 5000.
Des Moines July 6 fire at the Davidson Candy company caused about 8000 dollars in damages. Officials cite defective wiring as the likely cause. The report notes a broader statistic that about 45 percent of all fielded equipment in use today is produced on automated machines.
The article notes that in Swedish peasant homes the family garments are mainly handmade from raw materials. It also mentions Java as a region lying just south of the equator near Singapore and refers to it as one of the most crowded places on earth.
A Ft Dodge man benefited after a friend on the Illinois Central assisted him, with stomach troubles clearing up soon after the help was given.
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