New Church Site in Waterloo Dedicated Amid Ceremonies
Soil was broken yesterday at Hirst Presbyterian church aggregation on Franklin street and Park avenue for a new Waterloo church building. Elder Henry Hurst led the first spadeful, with Mrs. H. A. Boysen presenting the spade. Dedication services followed at 4 P.M. with Dr. Smith, Dr. Scott Smith, and Dr. Macartney taking part as the congregation sang All People That on Earth Do Well. The 150,900 dollar project will include a 1,000-seat Sunday school annex, gymnasium, and extensive main auditorium, with a towering, imposing structure planned to inspire civic as well as religious life.
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Hirst Presbyterian Church
Waterloo
Franklin Street
Parkvenue
Ken
Lost Presbyterian Church
Henry Urst
Thompson Avenue
Urst
Murst
W. W. McFairlane
J. Hurst
Helen M. Morlt
Sycamore Street
Hurst
H. A. Boysen
Ladies’ Aid Society
Dr. Smith
Scott Smith
Des Moines
Home Missions
Iowa
George Moody
J. R. Macartney
J. DB
Iffring
W. W. McFarlane
Machwiney
Ir A. Cy. Preston
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Wasi Sad
J. Liffring
F. T. Bentley
C. Wwlige
Ballier
Fineld Ballier
Os Yer
Lincoln Park
Macartey
Buick Transformed to Rail Taxi by Railroad Head
D Van Hecke, Rock Island division superintendent in Oklahoma, designed a rail taxi from a Model 17 Buick by removing the steering and fitting steel flanged track wheels. The car runs on steel rails at speeds up to 75 mph, can hold behind trains, and features a rail fender and strong headlight.
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D. van Hecke
Rock Island Railroad
Oklahoma
Mr. van Hecke
Buick
Vast interior shown at New West High School visit
Visitors toured the unfinished West High School by H A Maine Co. amid heat and brick vastness. The skeleton building features brick stone steel and concrete with no wood. Finishing contracts will be let as progress continues despite labor troubles. Clerical and civil officials accompanied the tour explaining future uses of basement and three upper floors.
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New West High School
H. A. Maine Company
Board of Education
H. A. Maine
Dr Barr Sermon Echoes Paul at Ames Westminster Church
Rev Dr F W Barr pastor of Collegiate Presbyterian Church Ames Ia delivered a stirring gospel sermon at union services at Westminster Presbyterian last evening. He used the Apostle Paul as a theme to urge men and women to live and preach the Christian life. He stressed that the needs of young and old are the same and urged following Christ as Paul did.
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F. W. Barr
Collegiate Presbyterian Church
Ames
Westminster Presbyterian
Paul
Iowa Agricultural College
Altho
Christ
Wets of Dubuque to Stage Protest Parade
Thirsty citizens of Dubuque Iowa will march down Main Street at 3 p m next Sunday from Fifteenth south to the harbor in a protest parade. Hundreds of residents are expected to join the outdoor demonstration challenging drought conditions and calling for water relief.
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Wets OF
Dubuque
F G Clark Joins Brother in Law Law Firm
Fred G Clark Jr of Des Moines, previously a two year state adjuster for Aetna, joins brother James G Clark in Waterloo to form Clark and Clark. He will move his family once a home is found, has two children, is a 1917 UI College of Law graduate, WWI lieutenant, mustered out 1919, later Insurance adjuster. James G Clark was formerly junior partner of the late Judge J E Williams and has practiced alone since the judge’s bench tenure began.
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Fred G. Clark
Des Moines
Aetna Insurance Company
James G. Clark
Waterloo
Clark & Clark
Clark
Waverly High School
Law Department
University of Iowa
J. E. Williams
Hardings Back from Over Sunday Cruise
The presidential yacht Marflower reached her dock at the navy yard soon after o'clock today returning President and Mrs. Harding and their guests from a weekend cruise. Mr. Harding planned to return to the White House after breakfast aboard the yacht.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Marflower
The
Navy Yard
Bandits Attempt to Rob Autoists on Independence Avenue
At about 1 a.m. two motorists were approached by unknown bandits near the Illinois Central tracks on Independence avenue. The assailants attempted to hold up the drivers before fleeing the scene, leaving the victims to report the incident to the police.
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Independence Avenue
Illinois Central
A Cause of Women’s Ills Promoted as Organic Iron
An old advertisement argues that many women misattribute nervousness and heart symptoms to disease, claiming iron deficiency is the real cause. It touts Nuxated Iron as organic iron similar to blood iron, promising rapid improvement in two weeks and urging readers to seek the product at druggists with a money-back guarantee.
Bandit Holdup Attempts Reported Near Crossing
At about 1 10 a m on Independence avenue a man with a flashlight tried to stop R C Metcalf as he neared the tracks. Metcalf sped on to the police station after the assailant fell to the pavement. Minutes later Lloyd Boesen reported two men attempting to stop him at the same crossing. One man carried a flashlight and a gun. Boesen escaped. Police searched the area but found no trace of the robbers.
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Independence Avenue
L. O. Crossing
R. C. Metcalf
Mr. Metcalf
Mr.Metcalf
Lloyd Boesen
Cutter Avenue
Hoesen
Nora Phased
R Ascaped
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1St Presbyterian
New West High
Izens
Jd. A. Tighe
John W. Geillis
O. B. Care
Tighe
DR. Barr
Ames College
Westminster Church
F.G. Clark
Hardings
the Fox
Sycamore St
Shee
Arto
Cinity
King of
Siam
Willys-Knight
Monarch of Motors
Willys- Knight
Knight
F. A
Teledo
Fia
Toledo
Taledo
Tas
Waterloo Company
East Fourth
Franklin Streets
Ray Papneses
Willys
IH Falan- Fleming
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