Building Permits Totals $95 720 for the Week
Edward Mahnke district inspector issued building permits totaling 95 720 this week. Projects include Waterloo Manufacturing Co factory work, a new residence, four private garages, and extensive alterations to two houses. Roof work planned for nine prior structures, with numerous specific permits listed for homes, remodeling, repairs, and reroofing across multiple blocks. Total permits for the week amount to 35 720.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nean
Edward Mahnke
Dalld
Waterloo Manufacturing Compay
Aterico «Manufacturing Co
Parating
I . Brown
Horie
Ton . & Tuthi
Ackerman
Seria
K Avenue Land Co
Park and Cedar
Sam Peterson
Wellington
Totoorne
Hammond
Sutter
Rchanwick
Grant
Lore ‘Alford
Ex Mayor Swisher’s Missing Books Spark Audit Finds
Iowa City accounts show about $1,000 in fines and licenses lost over two years. Examiners report cash book and license record book disappeared along with the mayor Ingalls Swisher’s records, hindering verification. Police docket for April 1921 to April 1922 was incomplete with ink and pencil entries and erasures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Ingalls Swisher
George Gallarno
Georges E. ‘Turner
Iowa City
Glenn C. Hughes
O. K
Twe
15-Year-Old Boy Guilty of Assault Decorah Court Note
Charles Pelton aged 15 faced Judge Springer for criminal assault on a girl. He admitted the charge and was sentenced to the Boys' Training School at Hiboda. He hails from a respectable Cresco-area family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
Charles Pelton
Springer
Hidora
Cresco
Shrine Club Picnic Foresees Wide Track Event Slate
The Waterloo Shrine club holds its second annual pilgrimage and picnic on Friday Aug 4 at Elk Run Inn. Attendees from Lincoln park depart at 1 30 p m with events starting at 2 30 p m featuring dashes for boys and girls, tug of wars, sack and legged races, a tennis all afternoon, indoor ball game, peanut race and more plus horseshoe pitching and carnival dancing after supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo Shrine Club
Elk Run Inn
Lincoln Park
W. H. Scheel
Art Lohner
Worth Hillman
N. G. Huntington
R. D. Simon
R. H. Hill
GC. Heckman
C. A. Orris
Radio in the Home Loop Hook Up and Its Effects
A reader describes an indoor loop radio setup with the storage battery connected to the center wire, noting it appears to erase directional properties and allow reception from any direction. The piece discusses wave lengths, CGW signals, instrument count, tuning tradeoffs, and advice for novices, contrasting with a previous article on loop aerials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Ledger Company
Hurt Vets Must Push Pay Claim
Dc. R. Forbes, director U. S. veterans' bureau, warns Waterloo subdistrict that the Aug. 9 1922 deadline for the five year period to claim under the disabled soldier compensation act is expiring. Discharged WWI soldiers disabled by service should obtain a certificate of injury before Aug. 9 1922 to preserve future rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Forbes
U. S. Veterans’ Bureau
Washington, D. C
Waterloo
Forbes
Pension Bureau
Veterans’ Bureau
Navy
C. D
Local Student Confesses Checks Written During Financial Strain
A country student, balancing schooling with hardship, admitted writing checks while broke and jobless, revealing his financial strain during the period in question.
Views of the People on the Railroad Strike in Dumont Iowa
A former railroad section foreman argues the rail strike stems from wage cuts and unsafe Sunday track inspections. He asserts 1,000 section men face 23 cent hourly rates while foremen earn far more, condemns the labor board, and recalls President Harding's stance on living wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dumont
Labor Board
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Track
Grand Lodge
Seadon
Pers Tts
Resea
United States
Harding
Sorenson
Filipino Student Is Sentenced as Forger
Leo Ancheta a Filipino former college student in Marion was sentenced by Judge F L Anderson to up to 15 years in the state reformatory after pleading guilty to forgery. He cashed five checks totaling 25 dollars, with the charge stemming from a single five dollar pass at a local restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Leo Ancheta
Anamosa
F. L. Anderson
Marion
Altho
George
Early Iowa settler H B Allen recalls hard trek to Waterloo
The article recounts H B Allen’s 1855 westward journey to Iowa, his failed search for entry land near Dubuque, the trek through Cedar River toward Waterloo, and his decision to settle in Waterloo after finding better prospects. It notes his later rise as a lawyer, his partnerships, and his role restoring First National Bank, cementing his enduring influence in Black Hawk County.
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H. B. Allen
Iowa
Allen
Dubuque
Harriet Allen
Heath
J. E. S. Heath
Pollock
Duto
A. J. Edbuana
Edward H. Stiles
Renate
Supreme Court
Edwards
New York
Stites
Henry B. Allen
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Ottumwa
South Pasadena
Lewis County
N. Y
Brown
Lowville
Far West
Dublane
Indiana
Indiaman
Mr. Allen
Delaware
Buchanan
Cedar River
Shearman
Cerro Gordo County
Mason City
Decorah
United States
Mercury
Black Hawk
Sylvester Bagg
Elyria
Boge & Allen
QO. C. Majer
Bagg
Allen & Miller
Horace Boles
Boies, Allen & Couch
First National Bank
Serge
Dends
Browyer
A Pioneer Investor Retires to California and Dies
A veteran banker and land investor born in Iowa built a diverse empire, led a bank as president for 26 years, and expanded into dairy farming and horse breeding across multiple California counties. After moving to California for health, he lived to eighty four, remembered for frugal principles and a long career in finance and agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
United States
Lune
California
Horace Boles
Tawa
Towa
Allen
Waterloo
British Isles
Drake Faculty Member Wins Prize for Chamber Music
Wadlingford Constantin Riegger of Drake University Des Moines Iowa won the 605 prize from the Fade r e w uk fund for American composers for the best piece of chamber music. The award was announced today by the New Ming land Conservatory of Music in Boston.
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Drake
Boston
New
Mingland Conservatory of Music
Wadlingford Constantin Riegger
Drake University
Dea Moines
Faderewuk! Fund
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Shrine Club
Rheo
Reboo
F. J. Eightey
First National Blog
Los Angeles
Riverside
Orange
Kings
Fresno Counties
Benjamin Franklin
Kistner
West Third Ave
Nordyer & Marmon Company
A. R. Kitchhoff
E. Grand Ave
Chicago
J. R. James Lumber CO
Cedar Falls
Rainbow Drive
Ball Park
Jefferson St
Ieee
Marmon
Milo H. Miller & Company
Jefferson Street
Noxpyke & Marmon Company
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