Tanning Factory to Start August 10
Waterloo Canning company plans to pack about 3,000,000 cans of sweet corn this season. Operation is expected to begin around August 15, with full capacity for several weeks. Twenty-five hundred workers, all women, will assemble the corn, while husking is now machine assisted. Wages were not announced. The corn crop is in excellent condition following recent rains.
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Waterloo Canning Company
S. C. Bell
Car
R. Bell
Mr. Bell
Waterloo Council Consider Buy of Dumping Ground Acreage
Waterloo council weighs purchasing 31 acres for refuse disposal after a bank takes over the current site. The city has paid $60 monthly for use of the property at Jefferson Street, but the bank seeks $6,500 for the land. The council, as a committee of the whole, will confer with the new owners and arrange a meeting as soon as possible.
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Waterloo
Jefferson Street
Mount
W. EB. Ogle
Bej
Vinton Legion to Conduct Funeral for Pvt William Smith
Vinton Iowa July 27 Special The body of Pvt William I Smith killed in action will be returned to Vinton soon His longtime associate J Campbell was advised Lt Smith was among the first nine to enlist from ten going to Camp Dodge in 1917 He had lived in Vinton ten years prior to service American Legion post will handle the funeral plans
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Vinton
William ¥. I Smith
Des Moines Youth Runs Away After Spanking Incident
Des Moines report describes a 15 year old boy John Dickson who ran away after his mother spanked him for mischief. Police and family sought him, noting the incident as a case of corporal punishment. The piece also mentions Assam rainfall records from 1861.
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Des Moines
M. C. ‘Dickson
Newton
John
Riverview Park
Maj Fisher Wins 12 Dollar Spanish War Pension in Waterloo
Maj Frank R Fisher longtime Iowa miltary leader becomes the first Spanish American War veteran in Waterloo and possibly the state to qualify for the new service pension. He receives notice of a $12 monthly pension retroactive to July 1 1920 with past year payments. Once a captain then major, he served in Co B Forty Ninth Iowa volunteers and remained active in the Iowa National Guard, earning a 95 year service gold badge. He is a familiar sight leading Memorial Day parades on a horse.
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Frank R. Fisher
National Guard
Iowa
Congress
Fisher
United States Pension
Altho Maj. Fisher
Co. B. Forty-ninth
Iowa Volunteers
Iowa National Guard
Waterloo
Maj
Man seeks court action to preserve testimony after near-fatal injury
C H Miller 67 files suit to perpetuate his testimony citing fear of death from injuries suffered July 15 while working for Central Engineering on paving Harrison street road. His left arm was torn below the elbow and mangled, necessitating amputation below the shoulder. Miller, represented by John C Higgins, contends the injury endangers his life.
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Davenport
C. H. Miller
John C. Higgins
Miller
Central Engineering Company
Harrison Street
Court orders preserve testimony for patient at Davenport hospital
An order directs that the testimony of a patient be taken at Davenport hospital where he is confined to prepare for possible future use. The court specifies the testimony be recorded and kept on file. The filing notes the purpose is to preserve evidence for potential legal need.
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Davenport Hospital
Rural Children Underfed in Iowa Study Reveals Harsh Facts
A report from Florence Busse of Iowa State College shows rural Iowa children are more malnourished than urban peers. About 30 percent statewide. 35 percent in rural schools. one in three rural children undernourished. Milk on farms not used effectively for child feeding. call for parental attention to proper foods.
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Iowa
Florence Busse
Iowa State College
Ames
Miss Busse
Missing items from Archer farm prompt search for hired man
A touring car owned by Robert Archer of Iogene is reported missing along with a suit of clothes a traveling bag a silk shirt a pair of shoes and the hired man. The man identified as John Russell from Council Bluffs stayed at the farm Saturday night while the family prepared the car for a trip. He left after the family returned home shortly after.
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Shenandoah, Is
Robert Archer
Iogene
Archer Farm
John Russell
Council Bluffs
Shenandoah
Missing Man Sighting Amid Cut Telephone Wires
Members of the family heard the car begin moving but could not stop it as the telephone wires had been cut. The missing man remains unfound. Mr. Archer attended church Sunday in overalls and old shoes.
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Archer
Fowler couple pays fare with perforated metal tokens
Mr and Mrs Frank J Fowler of Highland Aurora Illinois contribute to transit payment using small metal pieces perforated with the letter A A and a number. tokens can be carried on a safety pin.
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Frank J. Fowler
Highland, Som
Aurora
Month End Sale on Men’s Union Suits and Shirts
Sale advertises discounts on men’s Munsing Union and Athletic Union suits in knit and woven fabrics, pajamas, wool bathing suits, dress shirts, night shirts, and silk shirts. Offers include 33 1 3 percent discounts, $2.50 value bargains, and a $5.00 silk shirt option, with items on the main floor.
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Athletic Union
Madras
Basement sale of dresses and accessories clears stock
One lot of gingham dresses middies bungalow aprons white organdy and voile waists sold up to 2.50. Barronette satin skirts in multiple colors from 10.00. Figured Voices yard goods in pink blue green checks close at 12 cents. Ladies union suits to 1.25 selling 39 cents. Children s three in one nainsook suits 69 cents. Shoes: tables offer white canvas oxfords and pumps up to 3.50, 2.00. white kid oxfords up to 6, out they go. Girls white canvas strap pumps up to 2.75, 1.55.
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Ladies’ Union
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Vinton Legion
William Smith
Assam
Sss.co
Dep't
Atlanta
S.S.S
S.S.5
Uoase
Goodyear
Harter B. Hull
Franklin Streets
Maj. Fisher
the Courier
B. W. Schuneman
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Buck
Waterloo’s New Shoe Store
Arch Preserver Shoes
Bol
Fourth St
Avant
Arant’s
Marsh-Place
PTIC
Lonsdale
Union Motor Car Company
Peerless and Studebaker Automobiles
West Fifth Street
Waterloo Auto. & Supply Company
Oakland
West Fourth Street
Buick Company
BUICK
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