Waterloo Leads in Iowa Building Improvements Six Months
The six month period January to June shows Waterloo total improvements at £567,922 with 311 building permits. Des Moines records the highest value of improvements at $4,325,010 followed by Davenport $1,895,002 and Sioux City. Manufacturers of farm implements report cautious optimism saying operations rate at 20 to 25 percent, improvement over last year but not normal.
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Waterloo
Jawa
A. L. Urick
Commissioner of Labor Statistics
Des Moines
Davenport
Sioux City
Dar Rapids
Council Bluffs
Hith
Fort Dodge
Mason City
Orumwva
Keokuk
Dinner Honors Dr. H. W. Sigworth Sr in Jones County
Physicians from Waterloo Anamosa Cedar Rapids Des Moines and Waubeek gathered in Mont estilo Jones county last Monday to honor 85 year old Dr. H. W. Sigworth Sr. and hear papers on Conservative Surgery and Duodenal Cleansing of the Stomach. Dr. J Lynne Crawford noted as son of Dr G B Crawford who bought Sigworths Waubeek practice a century ago.
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Montestilo
Jones County
H. W. Sigworth
Waterloo
Jones County Medical Society
Sigworth
Anamoss
Waubesk
Linn
F. 3. Sigworth
H.W. Sigworth
Anamiosa
H. W. Steworth, Jr
J. Lynne Crawford
Cedar Rapids
Charles Ryan
Des Moines
G .B. Crawford
Waubeek
Anamosa
Veterans to Get Cheap Encampment Fares
Veterans organizations will receive reduced railroad transportation to national encampments. Civil War soldiers and auxiliaries meet in Des Moines on August 24, Spanish War veterans travel to Los Angeles in September, and the American Legion to New Orleans in October. One fare for the round trip is granted to members of all veterans groups.
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Des Moines
Los Angeles
Cal
American Legion
New Orleans
Father of Family Held in Girl Case
Eugene Oakley, married with a large family, was bound over to the grand jury on a female case after a municipal court arraignment. Bail set at 2000 dollars. he was remanded to county jail when he defaulted on bail as witnesses from his family testified against him.
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Eugene Oakley
G. B. Courtright
Oakley
Minor dice shaking trio fined in police court
Three youths pleaded irity to gambling before Judge O B Courttgnt in pollee court after arrest by two plainclothes officers. Detectives seized 29 cents in a Kitty. each defendant paid 9.39 and costs. A second defendant, a plain drunk, received the minimum fine of 23.50 and costs.
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O. B
Radio Broadcasts Detail Missing Persons and Auto Thefts
Radio broadcasts relay missing boy Roy Ball in Denver his mother Mrs Ball requests information. The report also notes criminals and automobile thefts as part of nightly transmissions and station activity across Dallas St Louis and Des Moines.
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H. Gilbert
Sullivan Avenue
Colorado National Guard
Denver
Colorado
R. ©. Ball
South
Lincoln
Roy Ball
Ball
Dallas
Tex
Gilbert
St. Louis
Cellar Rapids
Des Moines
Mourners Pay Fines in Castle Hill Traffic Session
Eighteen mourners fined during the weekly session of Castle Hill mayor J G Gragy for infractions tied to the Rainbow trail. Fines ranged from 6 to 20 dollars. one offender paid 25 dollars plus costs for speeding, and a second offender failed to appear, warrant issued. Mayor Gragy notes new Waterloo Cedar Falls residents supplying offenders, with a rising trend in traffic law violations.
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Speaders Court
J. G. Gragy
Castla Hill
Claude Orvis
Traffc
Gnagy
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Castle
Ragweed Declared Chief Cause of Hayfever Campaign
In To wa City Iowa July 19 War has been declared on ragweed the main source of hayfever according to Clifford H Farr of the University of Iowa botany department A large eradication effort is planned with seeds and plants to be cut to prevent further growth Farr says ragweed pollen is vast and highly reactive triggering widespread symptoms and that elimination could take two years with careful control
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Towa City
Clifford H. Farr
University of Iowa
Farr
Havn Underground Stems and Therefore Are Easy To Eradicate,’ Says Prof. Farr
Walker Fails To Fish In Wisconsin Trip
P E Walker chief of police and family returned from Green Bay Wisconsin where a vacation included driving 150 miles on Wisconsin paving. He says he did not go fishing. Mobile Nine will meet Westfield Friday at 6 p.m. at the league park.
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Walker
P. E. Walker
Green Bay
Wis
Wisconsin
Mobiles
Westfields Mobile Nine
Westfield
Pall Park
Boy Scouts Leave for Today Camp at Camp Ingagchave
Sixty Boy Scouts entrained at 7 30 AM for a 10 day program at Camp Ingagchave on the W C F N line. They reached Gil farm crossing by 8 45 AM and hiked to the camp a mile away. Dr J R Thompson supervised medical exams on arrival and a big campfire was planned for tonight with Waterloo council president C V Simmons in attendance. Starting Saturday two camp sections will be reserved for business men who can join for a day or the rest of the period for a small meal fee.
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Ingagchave
Gilfarm's Crossing
J. R. Thompson
Waterloo Chautauqua Plans Eager City Volunteers
Waterloo directors report strong local enthusiasm for a five day Chautauqua starting July 29. Beachier named platform manager and Rev Frank W Court with Ray John A Gray D D slated to speak, tent set at Town and Walnut streets near the Walnut Street Baptist church.
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Waterloo
Chautauqua
Beachier
W. H. Beachier
Irst
Brethren Church
Frank W. Court
D. D
St. John’s M. B
Davenport
Witet M. E
Town
Walnut Streets
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Bunery
Ray
The
Dr Gray Known as the Hobo Expert Pastor in New York
Dr Gray, famed pastor of the Workingman's Church of New York, earned popular fame for wireless sermons to Sunday golfers and preaching to 200 people over party telephones on Long Island. His work in establishing a church nursery and writings for film and magazines cement his title as a modern ministry figure.
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Chauteuque
Thun
Gray Wan
Long Island
Metropolitan
Workingman’s Church of
New York
Dt Wan Dr. Gray
Fire Alarms Report Small Blazes in City
Firemen fought a minor fire in an empty building on Ar Kyle Street around 10 30 p m yesterday caused by a cigarette stub. Bedding was damaged in an unrelated unknown fire at 552 Leland Avenue with slight damage. A third incident on 923 Washington Street involved a car backfire igniting gasoline, sparking a small blaze.
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Arkyle Street
Leland Avenue
Washington Street
Warner Gettys 30 Day Sentencing in Theft Case
George snepara pleaded guilty as an accessory after the fact in the theft of the B L Goss violina. He was sentenced to 30 days in the county jail and to pay the costs of prosecution. Shepard commented on efforts to pursue the alleged perpetrator, Willard Bing, in Chicago.
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George Snepara
B. .L. Goss Violina
Shepard
Willard. Bing
Chicago
Sunnyside Country Club Manager Falls Ill After Indigestion
Guy Thayer of 7S1 Mullan Avenue West, manager of the dining room at Sunnyside Country Club, suffered an acute indigestion attack Monday night. He was taken to Presbyterian Hospital, then moved to his home yesterday and is expected to recover soon.
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Guy Thayer
Mullan Avenue
Sunnyside Country Club
Suffec
Taker Presbyterian Hospital
Yestéerd
Palace Theatre to Name Acting Manager during Weld’s Vacation
Al M Kock of Cedar Rapids arrives in the city to assume charge of the Palace Theatre during Weld’s absence on a vacation trip to Minnesota with his family.
No More War Campaign Planned Across Iowa and Nation
An Inter national No More War demonstration is planned for July 29 and 30 in Iowa under the League of Women Voters and the National Council for the Reduction of Armaments. Messages to Be sent to Beantre and Congress urge follow up on the Washington conference for world peace, with posters and open air meetings to promote pe ace.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
League of Women, Voters
Iowa League
United States
Be Aantre
Congress
Washington
National Council For
Ars
Montgomery County Bar Faces Resolution on Clerk Conduct
At a bar association meeting in Montgomery County the elder members debated a resolution condemning the treatment of a girl clerk in the recorder of deeds office. The younger members mocked the idea, arguing lawyers can work amid chatter. The resolution failed 9 to 8.
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Montgomery County
Recorder, of Deeds
Egyptian skirts honor ancient fashion in new discoveries
Paris reports Egyptian finds recall the Pharaohs era when skirt styles sparkled in long and knee length designs. Draped models with belts and tassels debut alongside hip hugging buckled pieces, echoing modern Paris runways despite four millennia of debate over length.
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Paris
Egypt
Murdered Child’s Body Carried Across France
Three years old Ragot Josephine is believed to have been murdered. The body was transported through France with reports linking the case to authorities in Limoges. The fate and details surrounding the child’s death remain under investigation as officials pursue leads.
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France
Limoges
Milk Magazine's Rise as World Dairy Publication House
The Milk Magazine started in 1813 as The Milk Trade Journal and grew into the world’s reading dairy publication house. In July 1920 The Fred L. Kimball Company expanded its Central Station power efforts as part of its policy growth.
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Bridge Street
America
Creamery Journal
Fred L. Kimball
Kimball
Eye Reporter
Bridge ‘Street
Tanuary
Kimball Company
Dairy Farmer
Milk Magazine
Organ
Dealers:of America
House of the World
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Beachler
John’ A. Gray
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Bronson Bruce Agency
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George ‘Bert Bard
Shaw
Bertrand Russell
Je Sithur Henderson
Ro Smiltie
A. P.gardiner
Bishop Charles
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Fred L. Kimball Company
E.R. Shoemaker
E. R. Shoemaker
Westfield Avenue
George N. Miller
Whoater
Minneapolis
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