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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1919
Page
8
George H. K. Twaddle, longtime resident news representative, affiliated with the Waterloo Evening Courier and Daily Reporter, 111 Wear Street, Cedar Falls, announces retirement from his Waterloo office. Telephones listed as 12 with office hours 10 am to 12 pm and 1 to 2 pm.
Cedar Falls will take over Estherville's added machinery for the local electric plant at about 1917 prices, saving over $4,000 as the project is not needed now. The $27,000 machinery will be financed by $20,000 in bonds sold to George M. Bechtel Company, Davenport, at five percent interest, with the balance from the light fund and option to prepay.
Mr Jetmore resigned in New Orleans six months ago and underwent a serious surgical operation soon after, which led to notable health improvements. The report notes steady and rapid gains in his condition following the procedure.
Vinton July 10. Danels from Shellsburg has been employed by the Surkaers Grain & Lumber Co. of this city and will move to Vinton in a few days. He has managed a similar plant at Shellsburg for nine years and is familiar with that work. The note also reports a Manchester fire that damaged coal sheds and tanks, a death in Manchester, and a river drowning near Steub, along with other local notices and ads.
Anita Iowa residents report Anita’s Fourth of July event delayed as Judge W. J. L. Meilesry of Des Moines, who was to deliver the address, became stuck in mud on the way. An automobile trip was abandoned, with preparations unsettled as the situation developed.
An OCR fragment mentions a stalled machine near Redflett and an oratorless Fourth. It references hydrophobia reports to a state health board and compares totals to last season, noting two cases from Aines and Kort Des Moines.
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