City permits include icehouse and seven residences in week
Building commission issued eighteen permits valued at 26,840 dollars. Projects include a double building with living units by Richard Bolte on Sycamore Street near Hotel Ellis, an icehouse for Young Coal Company on Duryea Street, and residences for Howard J. Rouse, Arthur C. Cole, and William Sexton. Total for week 30,840 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Muhnke
Richard Bolte
Sycamore Street
Ellis
Young’ Coal Company
Duryea Street
Ceday
Howard J. Rouse
Hubbard Street
Arthur C. Cole
Marsh Street
William Sexton
Forest Avenue
Sieward Holte
Steamore
Young Coal
Compan Street
A. J. Rouse
G. Cole
Marsh
Illinur Beston
Saus -Souci Association
Balbees
Eisley
W. Revis
Logan
Gune
Park Road
Prarage
Mees Beta
Fosenh McCracken
Ftehl
Hays Rasta
EL Lance
Bighin West
Garers Ale
Ars
Mary Eikelbergs
Imon
Saas i
Park’ Avenue
S-S
Figure Out This Fish Story and Prize Prompt
Curiously the tale centers on Bert Hoffman, cattle buyer, who fishes in Cedar with a colored lad also angling. An eight-pound catfish is caught. the lad’s prize is paraded toward home while the mother and Bert’s wife react. The final image shows the boy saddened on a rear stoop, penny in hand, as catfish aromas fail to reach him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolman
Bert Hoffman
Rath’s
Algo
Srert
Isaak
Bert
Manchester Man Given 10 Years for Nighttime Larceny
Franits Fisk of Manchester pleaded guilty to larceny from a building during nighttime. Judge EB Stiles sentenced him to 10 years in the state reformatory at Anamosa. Fisk was arrested in Dubuque with Brattimore property belonging to Hazel Barr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Franits Fisk
Anamosa
EB. Stiles
Dubuque
Bratt Meone
Hazel Barr
Link to vacation in wilds of northern Minnesota
Councilman L A Link and family plan an early automobile trip to Lake Vermillion Minnesota a rugged camping spot north of Duluth where big game and large fish are hoped for despite rough conditions. Nearby, C W Hellen travels to Bellevue Nebraska for veteran training and hospital programs. Douglas Bragdon and Joe Sullivan report heavy rainfall and rising rivers in southern Iowa. Real estate transfers noted in Des Moines area with multiple properties changing hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Link
Bobby
Homer Worrell
Esther
Lake Vermillion
Minn
Duluth
Link
Helven
Nebraska
C. W. Hellen
U. S. War Veterans Subdistrict Office
Bellevue
Neb
Iowa
Douglas Bragdon
Joe Sullivan
Kansas City
Bragdon
Rotary Picnic at Rotary Park promises many stunts
Rotary park hosts a July picnic replacing the regular meeting. Rotarians and families are invited for games including baseball, rope climbing, sack races, kiddie car end centipede races, sprints, fly casting, horseshoe pitching, prizes, a cartoon contest featuring Carleton Stas, dressing rooms, Rainbow band concert at 4:30, bonfire in the amphitheatre with singing, a park christening, and dancing to close the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Park
Carleton Stas
Rainbow
Seniority Hinders Rail Peace Efforts Detailed in Board Note
Ben W. Hooper, chairman, reports to W. S. Williams that after talks with union leaders a settlement proposal was made. It outlined contract changes, withdrawal from suits, establishment of regional boards, rehearing on wage decisions, and restoring seniority for strikers, with mutual agreement on most points but not seniority rights. Carriers rejected the stipulation, and negotiations ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Railroad Labor Board
Ben W. Hooper
W. S. Williams
Illinois Central Western Lines
Hooper
Tambor
Concert and game at League Park Sunday feature Waterloo Ravens clash
The Waterloo Ravens meet Washburn at League Park Sunday with a 3 15 p m game after a concert by the Greater Waterloo band and a colored quartet performing several numbers. Washburn beat Reinbeck last Sunday at Washburn. Reinbeck had defeated the Ravens here earlier this week. The colored team showed eagerness to win, sometimes rushing into mistakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League Park
Firemen Contain Blaze At Union Meat Market Back Room
A small fire early today in the rear storage room of Union Meat Market on 60 percent Commercial Street was quickly limited by firemen. Origin traced to empty packing boxes with damage estimated at $200. The blaze blocked by heavy doors between shop and room, discovered at 2 am by an employee of the nearby Kretz seat. Proprietor Henry Mitchell could not determine a cause. Fire also damaged lace curtains at F M Scane residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Meat Market
Kretz
Offihe
Henry Mitchell
F. M. Scane
Third Street
Peiro
Stranger Bathes in Another's Tub Mystery
Des Moines residents report a man entered a home and bathed in an occupied tub. Charles G. Wilson, 24, claimed fatigue from travel and said he sought cleanliness. Iowa Humane Society investigators review his sanity amid the incident and unusual behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Flown Humans Society
Charles G. Wilson
Humane
George Simmons
Wilson
Iowa Humane Society
When the Devil Drives at Rialto and The Oath at Palace
The Rialto screens When the Devil Drives starring Leah Yaira with a strong supporting cast led by Miss Balri as the former sweetheart. The Oath, at the Palace, is a Mayflower Photoplay production directed by H. A. Walsh, praised for its dramatic impact and cinematic artistry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deamon
Leah Yaira
Rialto
Robert Taylor
Marcy
Balri
Rialto Theatre
Jepans
Palace Theatre
H. A. Walsh
Mayflower Photoplay Corporation
Palace Theatre Showcase Delivers Muddled Night of Entertainment
A fragmented account of an event at Palace Theatre highlights chaotic pacing and unclear performances. Spectators react to unclear acts while references suggest aviation feats and seaside intrigue, with names and places garbled beyond recognition.
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Icouncilman L.A. Link
Minnesota
Hawk Counts Abstract Co
Des Moinés College
Robinson's
Black
Soash Park
Waterloo
Mary H. Kingsley
A.T. Wittick
Kinger Hill
Jacob Frank
Dieck
Mangon’ S
Cedar Hersht
H . Mueller
Pert
Glock
Conger Fark
Rotary Picnic
Altho
Bronson Ine Wormnos Agency
Phous 1374
Dana
Leah Baird
Thi
Mirring
Bea Sunshine
Fulta Rialto News
Onn
Wen
Victor
Willa
Tee Palmer
Ray Barnes
Lita Lee
Johnson’s Pavilion
Towa City
East Meature
Roy Barnes
Lila Lee
Lois Wilson
Walter He
Selznick
Lila , Les
Walter Hilers
4uLu_ Pitts
Arthur Hoyt
Lillian Leighton Tully Marshall
Adolphe Menjou
Sylvia Ashton
Otis Harlan
Charles Ogle
Ethel Wales
Sydney Bracey
William Gonder
Lottie Williams
Toonerville
Dan Mason
W. H. Brown
Robert Brower
Electric Park
Peavey’s
Bandits
Piveseanllteg
Utt
Gaston Glass
Hardy
Viola Dana
Booth Tarkington
Edgar
Ter
Ie Ride Ieee
Noperes TN Dehneet Fana
Sae
Miriam Cooper
Conway Tearle
Anna Q. Nilsson
J. A. Walsh
William
Locke
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