City Eyes New Street Lighting Contract
Citizens Gas Electric Co proposes a 5 year contract from July 1, 1922 to July 1, 1927 for electric street and public building lighting. The plan covers 240 arc lights, 200 60 candlepower lamps or 100 100 candlepower lamps with rates per kilowatt hour and monthly outages allowances. Public buildings get 7 cents per kilowatt hour. City Auditor MacKay sees need for study to compare with prior gas and electric arrangements.
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Citizens Gas Electric Co
Welsbach Company
Citizens Gas & Hieetri O
Lata Cempany
C. C. MacKay
Grain losses from wind and rain hit Iowa crops
Iowa reports say local winds and heavy rain damaged scattered crops but helped drought areas. Mrs Julia Bourne, 83, of Algona, suffered a paralytic stroke and will be taken to her daughter’s bedside. George Brace, 70, of Waucoma, was killed when a pole fell during haying. Funeral plans set in Cedar Falls. Scoggins family traveling to Waucoma.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Iowa Weather and Crop Servce
Sarah Foster
Eleventh Street East
Julia Bourne
Algona
Bourne
Cedar Falls
Sperial
George Brace
W. L. Scoggin
Waucoma
C G W Keeps Oelwein Roundhouse Open After Lease Surrender
Oelwein Indiana July 11 only the roundhouse of Chicago Great Western shop departments here is being operated other departments have ceased business July 1 when A S Hecker company lessee surrendered its contract to the railway. Men in the roundhouse stay on railway property and keep engines in repair.
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Oelwein
Roundhouse of
Chicago
Great Western
A. S. Hecker Company
Lessee
Roundhouse
Four Parkers Pay Fine In Waterloo Parking Case
Waterloo Auto Supply company faced police court for violating parking limits on Fifth Fourth and Bridge streets. William Spars M P Larson and H Davis also charged. each fined 3.60 plus costs. Davis forfeited a five dollar bond for nonappearance. Weather noted 80 high 62 low with rain in most stations.
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Waterloo Auto Supply Company
Fifth
Fourth
Bridge
William Spars
M. P. Larson
8. H. Davis
Davis
John Robinson Circus to Visit Waterloo with Two Shows
The John Robinson circus, claim to be the oldest white top in the world, will perform in Waterloo Thursday with two shows and a street parade over a mile long. Now in its ninety ninth annual North American tour, the fourth generation of the Robinson family runs the vast amusement enterprise. The company promises a sweeping, well organized spectacle and adherence to the adage a place for everything.
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John Robinson
Waterloo
Imore
Cuea
North American
Robinson
Untitled 1930s Showbiz Notes and Film Ads Spark Interest
A fragmentary page mixes theater and film chatter with mentions of JOAN ROBINSON CHICVES The Bachelor Daddy and For Those We Love The Berry Compson picture. It notes performers and the Plaga 18 venue as a four day run, praising wholesome looks and mock trials while hinting at a larger critique of showbiz norms.
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Goldwyn
Strugato
Vheart
Rheumatism Cure Ad Impacts a Mother's Struggle
A vintage advertisement extols S.S.S. as a blood purifier and tonic to rid the body of rheumatism. It urges readers to buy six or eight bottle sizes for family members, claiming the medicine builds flesh and restores vitality, with a focus on helping a mother regain cheer tonight.
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Somoebads
S.S.S. i
Bulla
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Alta
Sioux City
Electric Park Pavilion
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Fort Dodge
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Jaye
Rmiaraad
Pandanvartus
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Glenn
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Tran
Dalton
The
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Torchy
Betty Compson
St. John
the Bachelor
Thomas Meighan
Leatrice Joy
T. HG
Alma Rubens
Norman Kerry
Mather
Tafnyetia
Ae Tov
Nance
Mk Schuneman
Sion
Grannis
SCANE
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Gaels
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Palm Beach
Scane’s Clothes Shop
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