West District School Survey Details 1923 Report
Comprehensive survey from the West District office outlines aims for student health, departmental grade reforms, and tests. It catalogs savings, PTA activities, tree planting, and reports from Emerson Edison Whittier and other schools plus truant actions and high school achievements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo West
John C. McGie
Central School
Parent-Teacher Association
Exitson High
Hidison
John €. McGlade
F. C. Sage
Emerson School
P.T. A
Alles Swanson
Miss Rubber and Iron
Kingsley
Irving
Kingsley School
Jack
Lowell School
Whittier Savings High
Whittler _ school
Mon Ravings
Wallace
Re O
J. R. Anders
Rep Music
United States
Iowa
Margaret Fitztgerald
Coolest Weather in Month Then Cool Day Follows
The city enjoyed the coolest night in over a month with a low of 57 degrees, recorded on Ralph B. Slippy's official instrument. Yesterday's high reached 89 degrees, following rainfall on Saturday and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph B. Slippy
Contracts Let for W. F. P. N. Garage and Nearby Buildings
The city awarded the contract to erect the W F N motorbus garage on Columbia Street. Work starts tomorrow. The 88 by 67 foot structure with a 25 by 30 foot wing connects to the existing streetcar barn. Steel concrete brick fireproof roof. Garage cost listed as 125,000. Heating plant planned later. Six buses currently operated. more to be added as routes grow. Cohn Bros to build brick warehouse at 911 Commercial to double current space. E A Hansen to build a residence at 718 Dawson for 4,500. Remodeling permits issued for 11 Eleventh Street home at 1,000 and 26 Cascade Place at 500. W G Ellis to add a porch at 413 Broadway for 500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Street
Tamey Register
Charles Wasson
Cohns
Cohn Bros
Cascaden ‘Place
W. G. Ellis
Broadway
Suit Filed Against Railroad by Autoist
A suit for damages was filed against the Rock Island railroad company in municipal court alleging negligence by its employees for failure to control a train entering Waterloo. The autoist claims the railroad's fault caused damages and seeks relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Rock Island _railroad company
Court suit over 1922 auto collision at Eleventh and Bluff
James McCarron Delwein files in municipal court against J C Buntin Cedar Falls seeking 48 dollars and costs alleging his automobile was struck by a train at Eleventh and Bluff streets on December 22 1922 while repairs were being made to a flat tire on Grant highway June 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Delagardelle
Eleventh and
Bluff Streets
James McCarron
Delwein
J.C. Buntin
Cedar Falls
Grant Highway
Refuse Schools to Girls Who Bob Hair
Cedar Falls July 17 Specter reports that bobbed hair is a handicap for teaching applicants in Iowa per the State Teachers college bureau. Some applicants conceal the bob, while others face second interviews with insufficient warning and lose the job. Some communities hold prejudice so strong that superintendents refuse to hire teachers with that hairstyle regardless of qualifications. A few directors have no objection to the style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Lowa
State Teachers College Bureau of Recommendations
Murtaghs Return From Southeast Elks Convention Trip
Mr and Mrs J C Murtagh with daughter Dorothy and niece Misa Anna traveled through Cincinnati Chattanooga Lookout Mountain Chickamauga and Asheville on an auto tour to Atlanta Georgia for the Elks national convention. They toured Vanderbilt estate and visited Mt Vernon and Alexandria. Forty Iowa visitors traveled in a special Pullman. Temperature was pleasant and the convention work described as highly constructive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy
Misa Anna Murtagh
Algona
Southeast
Atlanta
Convention of Elks
Cincinnati
Chattanooga
Lookout
Mountain
Asheville
N. C
Washington
Mt. Vernon
Alexandria
Parkersburg Defeats Greene-Packard 19–4 in League Game
Parkersburg batter Greene-Packard 19 to 4 in a Butler county league matinee. Patterson pitched effectively allowing seven hits while Timblin and Chambers handled Greene-Packard’s offense for Parkersburg. Craner and Crainer contributed strong defense as Parkersburg earned a decisive victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburo
Parkersburg
Greene-Packard
Patterson
Woman Found Sane After Long Illness in Medina
Two women in Medina New York share relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Nellie Dorey RochesterN Y reports weight gain and renewed vigor after taking the remedy, while another Medina woman describes long nerve troubles and improvement following the product's use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia K.pinkham
Medina
New York
Buffalo
Lydia B. Pinkham
Mia
Ws. H. Rpkins
Erin Ruad
Medina, N. Y
Rochester
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Mrs
Nellie Dorey
Skuse Park
Rochester, N.Y
Radium Healing Claim Offers Free Trial at Los Angeles Office
An solicitation promotes Degnon's Studio-Activa Solar Pad claiming to restore health for all, with a free trial and no charge if unsatisfactory. The Radium Appliance Co lists 1667 Bradbury Bldg Los Angeles California as the contact for literature and trial information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deagnon
Degnon
Radium Appliance Co
Bradbury Bldg
Los Angeles
Calif
11 000 Auto Licenses Passed Here In One Day
The county treasurer reports a flood of auto license activity with 21 new registrations and two cancellations yesterday. Officials remark unusually large numbers as 11 000 mark nears and another license batch expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ucengad
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ic. C. McGrade
Fred W. Wrehne
Elizabeth Kenney
Grace le Cates
McGlade
Central Gehool
High School Way
Central
Emerson
Whittlers
Lowell
Edison
W., C.F. & N. Garage
Murtaghs
wapanytIne
Post Toasties
Rhood Licence
Timblin
Chambers
I. Cramer
Parkerayark Shortaton
Greane-Packunl
Rbatterson
Thublin
Thorpe
Pattarton
Crainor
An Pres
Mier
Johnson
Pat
U. C
Fish & Unger
Sycamore
CASH
Tromanhauser
Aut
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