Will pave Chant Road to Buchanan line before night
Northern States Contracting of St Paul expects to complete concrete paving on Grant highway from Waterloo to Buchanan county road, with work advancing on shoulders and ditches. Two miles of paving in Buchanan county to connect with Jesup edge aims for Aug 1, possibly allowing Waterloo to Winthrop travel by Sept 1. Guardrails to be installed where fills exceed five feet. progress also on west Grant highway from Cedex Falls to Grundy county line.
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Grant Highway
Waterloo
Buchanan County
W. D. Johnston
Puchanan
Grant_ highway
Jesup
Winthrop
Illingigy Central
Marsh Farm
Rainbow Drive
Cedex
Grundy County
Thorne Chief State Witness in Rail Valuation Hearing
Des Moines July 12 state opposition to Rock Island & Pacific tax reduction hearings continues with former railroad commissioner Clifford Thorne as chief witness. He argues railways juggled valuations for lower taxes or higher freight and passenger rates. Attorney General Gibson presents documentary evidence on the Great Western. Proceedings to move to Chicago July 24 for further hearings with Judge Ladd and Federal Judge Wade to decide.
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Des Moines
Withicapo
Rock Island & Pacific
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Clifford Thorne
Gibson
Great Western
Mass Meeting to Protest Garvey Injustice Held Sunday
Colored residents of the city plan a 3 30 p m Sunday gathering at St John hall 28 Mobi street to protest alleged injustices against Marcus Garvey the New York leader. Resolutions will be sent to President Harding. Garvey champions African home and heads Universal ETO Improvement Association noted as opposition from rivals of color.
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Mobi
Marcus Garvey
New York
Harding
Garvey
Africa
Universal Eto Improvement Association
Linden Methodist plans new church in Linden addition
Waterloo Methodist Episcopal Church Linden plans a new church home on Butler Avenue and Nevada Street to relieve crowding. The first unit includes a 400 seat chapel, gym, social room, kitchen and classrooms, with about half of $30,000 raised. The project aims for a $75,000 full building as funds come in.
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Linden Addition
Linden Methodist Episcopal Church
Butler Avenue
Nevada Street
Netcott & Netcott Co
Board of Church Extension
Board of Home Missions and Church Extension Society
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Methodist Episcopal Church
C. W. Harrop
Lafayette Street
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Linden
Farmers Grow Wool for Their Own Suits in Linden
In Linden a small church community of 76 families with 240 members faces funding limits for a new Gothic church building. The Mission Board grants 10,000 for the first unit, with plans for a larger auditorium. Rev E J Lockwood aids the Linden project, while New Haven County farmers supply 48,000 pounds of wool packed at six railheads for weaving into coats and winter suits.
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Linden
Mission Board
Board of Home Missions
Methodist Church
E. J. Lockwood
New Haven
Conn
Federal Farm Bureau
Wireless Age Promises Global Navigation via Wireless
A London article forecasts a wireless age where ships trains cars and traffic networks are steered remotely. A wireless lighthouse on Inchkeith Island demonstrates the method while an educational tour plans internationalized wireless direction for ships. A voyage from London to China via the Mediterranean Indian Ocean and Americas will test the system with a mission ship. An audacious cross Atlantic flight from Newfoundland will be navigated entirely by wireless from shore to ocean to Ongar in Britain over about 2000 miles.
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Indian Ocean
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Atlantic
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Ongar
Traveling Salesman Killed Crossing Rail Line
J. D. Bruggen, a traveling salesman from Council Bluffs, was killed last night at Woodbine when his automobile was struck by a railroad train. Bruggen was alone in the car at the time of the accident.
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Woodbine
J. D. Bruggen
Council Bluffs
Bruggen
French women seek place among the French Academy immortals
Paris reports that French women demand representation in the famed academy, noting the body has long been limited to 40 male members. They reject plans for a separate women’s academy and argue for inclusion within the historic institution.
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Paris
Emerson Hough Receives Lowest Lit Mark in College Records
Iowa City July 72 A paradox emerges in Emerson Hough's college record. The author and newspaperman, who died recently in Evanston, Michigan, had fitness marks near 98 to 100, yet his lowest grade was in literature at 55. This odd result stands out in the archival notes.
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Iowa City
Emerson Hough
Evanston
Jugoslavia near dissolution and fears of centralization
A London report cites a staff writer warning Jugoslavia may collapse amid centralized rule under a Serbian empire. It notes the 1918 creation of the Serbs Croats and Slovenes, union tensions, and unreliability of Balkan news, with leaders Raditch Pasitch and Prebipoviteh under scrutiny as states drift toward isolation and constitutional strain.
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London
Jugoslavia
Sunday Observer
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Europe
Agreb
Turkey
Belgrade
Stephen Raditch
Pasitch
Prebipoviteh
Balkan
Pavisie
Budapest
Deeclares
Vienna
Trieste
Jugoslav
Munroe
Italian Girl Flees Spouse Chosen by Parents in Chicago
Italian American Josephine Barone fled relatives who forced arranged marriage. She sought protection at a juvenile court claiming the right to marry whom she chooses after being kidnapped to Kentucky for a civil ceremony then returned for a religious one. The rest of the text mentions Roman pigsteys and a French military mission to the U.S. for goodwill.
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Chicago
Josephine Barone
Sam Salata
James
Kentucky
Sciatta
Waterloo Train Schedule Fragments From Illinois Central Line
Fragmented arrival and departure listings for Illinois Central and connecting lines. Includes times and routes: Dubuque via Chicago Limited, Omaha, Des Moines, Minneapolis and St. Paul locals, and notes on regional stops such as Oelwein, Des Moines, Albert Lea, and Des Moines station timings. A mix of trains, depots, and destinations across multiple cities.
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H. Leavis
Chicago
M.ted
Omaha
Dubuque
Fort Badge
Falls
Sioux City
Foxpress
Reed
Fort Dodge
Avelyea
Dubane
Albert Tacey
Prwin
Albert Lea
Albert Seat
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