Know Waterloo Week display page goes east
Waterloo Week display at Lincoln Park spans Fourth Street exhibits with 36 manufacturers and 49 space-donating stores. Chamber of Commerce sponsors aim to showcase Waterloo factories and educate residents about local products, inviting remaining manufacturers to apply for space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duns
Chamber of Commerce
Promeises
C. A. Hanson
Waterloo
Lincoln Park
Fourth Street
Hanson
John Deere Tractor Company
Headford Brother & Hitchins, Galloway Company
Armstrong Manufacturing Company
Litchfield Manufacturing Company
Standard of Company
Potter Ica Cream Company
Gem Doughnut Machine Company
Manning Pattern ‘Works
Tucker Botting Works
Springer Treatment Device Company
G. K. Cropper Company
Herrick Refrigerator Company
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
Campbell Baking
Obituary notices for Mrs Cassie Haines and Mrs OToole
Multiple funeral notices from Waterloo Illinois describe the deaths of Mrs Cassie L Haines widow of George B Haines of Chicago died May 23 and buried May 28 and Mrs Charles OToole who died in a local hospital. Services set for St Josephs church and Calvary with burial at Lang Grove cemetery. Other notices include a rosary meeting at St Josephs church and prayer services for Herbert Robinson with services in Maynard at Lang Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassie L. Haines
George B. Haines
Chicago
Haines
Charles Baldwin
Waterloo
Ilinois Central
Earl Bigelow
Wibnette
Charles O'Toole
St. Joseph's Church
Albert. Forster
Calvary
Rosary Society
Waterloo Camp
Royal Neighbors
Herbert J. Robinson
Wiek Street
Kistner
Thomas B. Shafer
St. Paul's M. E
Maynard
Presbyterian Church
Lang Grove Cemetery
Presbyterian Church Remains in Federal Council
The General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church rejected a proposal to sever ties with the Federal Council of Churches. A memorial from Argyle Presbytery urged withdrawal from the council. Judge G J Sager bound Ernest Doran of Denver Iowa over to the grand jury on a charge of drunken driving in municipal court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Federal Council
Pittsburgh
United Presbyteran Church
Federal Council of Churches
Argyle Presbytery
G. J. Sager
Ernest Doran
Denver
Temperatures Forecast for Friday to Saturday
Readable fragments indicate a weather note with high Friday around four degrees and low Friday night into Saturday seven o'clock. Some timing references show Saturday morning near eleven, with additional unclear markers.
London political crisis stalks Britain after Labor loss
June 1 report details a hung parliament with Labor at 288 seats, Conservatives 250, Liberals 53, others 7. The Liberal bloc led by Lloyd George could decide whether Baldwin seeks a vote of confidence or resigns, potentially triggering new elections in autumn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Liberal Party
David Lloyd George
Labor
Altho
Labor Party
Stanley Baldwin
House of Commons
Douse of Commons
Ramsay MacDonald
Eabor
Lloyd Gorge
Great Britain
Baldwin
Chequers Court
Country
Austen Chamberlain
Lloyd George
Austen
Contagious Diseases Drop in May Report
City records show 254 quarantine cases and one death in May, down from 302 cases and four deaths in April. Scarlet fever 67, smallpox 6, chicken pox 24, measles 12, mumps 166, whooping cough 32, typhoid 1, with six social disease cases reflecting a improving trend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles MacKay
Garon
Green Fields Cause Green Clouds In Summer
Green colored clouds seen with severe local storms in summer do not signal violence or damage. The Iowa weather bureau says the green tint comes from sunlight reflecting off green fields and meadows. When sun shines through gaps between storms the clouds appear various shades, from indigo to blue, due to reflection and shadow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gourinn
Des Moines
Weather and Crop Bureau
Iowa Department of S Agriculture
New Hartford Savings Bank Opens with Strong Deposits
New Hartford Indiana opened its first bank this morning, New Hartford Savings Bank, centralizing for 25 000 dollars with 4 000 dollars surplus. The institution reports deposits exceeding initial expectations, marking the town’s sole local bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hartford
New Hartford Savings Bank
Becker to Start Plan Service After Resignation
J. I Becker, former two year superintendent at Nauman company planning mill, Cedar street, announces resignation and intention to start a plan service for home builders. He came from Lincoln Nebraska. Memorial day visitors E E Clermont and Mr and Mrs Bobe Nerman of Kansas City visited Mrs Clermont’s parents on Home Park boulevard. John W Fox retired April 1 after 20 years as janitor at Smith Lichty and Hillman Co will visit his brother Cyrus in North Platte then motor to the Black Hills for fishing and recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. 1
Becker
Rener Avenue
Nauman Company
Park Avenue
Cedar Street
Lincoln
Neb
E. E. Clermont
Bobe Nerman
Kansas City
Brotier
John W. Fox
Smith, Lichty & Hillman Co
North Platte
Cyrus
Black Hills
Maniac Gunman Killed by Train After Chicago Rampage
Ferdinand Preuss shot three men dead and wounded several others in a drunken spree before reportedly stepping in front of a Chicago Northwestern train to end his life. Police traced the gunman to his home as the tragedy left police, neighbors, and his family devastated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ferdinand Preuss
Chicago & Northwestern
Preuss
Jim
John Lee Conley
Conley
Herbert Hagberg
Hughert
Joseph J. Murphy
Freuss
Murphy
Gus Karos
John Chorazak
Frank Vodicka
Vodicka
Rose Preuss
Detective Bureau
Little “Bil
John
Bill
West End
Helium Field Found in Utah Sinbad District
Washington June 1. Turney Gratz of the Helium company announced a new helium field in Utah's Sinbad area yielding 7.07 percent pure helium. Lieut. R. R. Bottoms, a reserve officer, discovered the field which covers about 15 060 acres. The United States is the only nation with proven helium quantities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington,d. C
America
Sinbad
Utah
Turney Gratz
Helium Company
United States
R. R. Bottoms
Ares
Cooling breezes end deadly New York heat wave
New York on June 1 saw cooling winds ease a heat wave that killed 27 people directly or indirectly over three days. May set a 34 year high with 81 degrees, while several eastern cities reported hotter readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nsi
Springfield
Mass
Washington
Boston
Ewa
Chicago
INS
Eugene Yangan
Washington Park
Clifford Seldbusch
Alexian Brothers Hospital
Powers Lake
Wis
Black Hawk OKs $1,000,000 Bonds for Road Paving
Voters approve a million dollar road bond issue to pave state highways from gas tax and auto license fees. Roads listed include No. 218 between Waterloo and Cedar Falls and Nos. 59 No. 80 and No. 57 in surrounding areas. Montgomery County approves $450,000 bonds to pave 17 miles from Red Oak to west county. Bond month sets records with total issues near $6.9 million for the week, 21 counties by April 8. Building permits also recorded for homes and a garage relocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Hudson
Montgomery Wates
Montgomery County
Iowa
Black Hawk
Red Oak
Story County
Bennington Farmer John L Carrigg Ends Life At Home
John L Carrigg 60 a farmer of Bennington township north of Dewar shot himself in his kitchen at 4 a m after a long illness including diabetes and heart trouble. He had been despondent since returning from Iowa City and leaves a widow and six children along with siblings and in laws. He was active in township affairs and a member of St. Josephs Church and Modern Woodmen. The body rests at O Keefe & Towne mortuary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnl. Carrigg
Bennington Township
Dewar
Calligg
Iowa City
Carrigg
Parkersburg
Waterloo
Eama Burk
Leo
Marie
Lawrence
Ions City
Katherine
Paul
Stephen
James
Margaret Carrigg
Herman Sayers
Estherville
Charles Flynn
Dea Moines
St. Joseph's Church
Woodmen
Bennington
Tme
O'Keefe & Towne Mortuary
Osage Victory In TB Test Fight First in Five Years
In Mitchell county a major court ruling challenges the tuberculosis cattle test law. The decision questions who may conduct tests and cites cases where slaughtered cattle showed disease despite passing tests. Anti test leaders plan injunctions in Bremer Butler Buchanan Grundy Tama counties to halt testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
William H. Salisbury
Osage
Mitchell County
State Department of Agriculture
Black Hawk County
Salisbury
EB. A. Sager
Waverly
Altho Mitchell
Altho
Bremer
Butler
Buchanan
Grundy
Tama
Dike
Jesup
Noa
Cigaret and Gas Tax Receipts Rise in May
Des Moines reports state tax receipts show cigaret tax revenue for May at 119003.20, up from 104128.90 in April. Gasoline tax receipts climbed to 801546.33 for May, vs 603855.73 in April. Inheritance taxes fell, with May collections at 73612.32 compared to 183609.53 in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INSI
Ray E. Johnson
False fire alarm at John Deere Tractor Co grounds
At 6 35 a m Saturday a false fire alarm traced to the John Deere Tractor Co at 201 Miles Street. Herman O Killer reported the incident and noted the cautionary slogan Better be insured then sorry with contact 2404.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falsa Alarm
John Deere Tractor Co
Miles Street
Herman O
Feddyertingr
Counterfeiter Passes at Independence Spur spurious ten dollar bills
A counterfeiter who passed at least seven fake ten dollar notes this week visited Independence Tuesday. Four counterfeit bills with the same serial number were passed at Kildee's clothing store and other downtown locations. Police and federal agents describe the suspect as 30, heavyset, in a dark gray suit and straw hat, tracing bills from Des Moines to local vendors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Kildee
Vals
Steeley Clothing Co
Fourth Street
Paramount
Tf Me
Des Moines
Brethren Young People Hold Regional Conference in Waterloo
About 125 youths from churches within 61 miles of Waterloo gathered at the Church of the Brethren for the fourth annual B P D conference. Rev. A R Coffman of Mount Morris College spoke on building the future from heritage, tracing the church’s 1708 origins in Germany and early American settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Church of the Brethren
Seventh
South Streets
A. R. Coffman
Mount Morris College
Swarzenau
Germany
Alexander Meck
Peter Beck
Amertes
Germantown
Vera Davisson
Delmar Kingery
Mr. Coffman
Paul Longenecker
A. B
Blough
Longenecker
Coffman
New Laws Change Cattle Import Rules for Iowa
Des Moines June 1 The Iowa department of agriculture announces two new laws affecting dairy and breeding cattle imports and tuberculosis testing. All imported cattle must be retested for tuberculosis 11 to 90 days after arrival unless from accredited herds or those with two clean tests. Cattle imported after July 4 must pass the agglutination test for contagious abortion. Counties not yet testing will be levied to start next year. existing enrolled counties will continue accreditation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gourier
Des Moines
Iowa Department of Agriculture
Dumbest Burglar Sought by Police
Milwaukee police seek a bumbling burglar who cut a glass pane at the Wisconsin Bowed Ham plant to enter after a window was left open. He forced the safe with hammering but found it unlocked and empty, leaving the proprietor unable to open it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Polie
Wisconsin Bolled Ham
Fire Fighters of State Convene in Waterloo Next Week
Delegates and visitors of the Iowa Association of Fire-Fighters will gather at the Hotel President for the seventh annual convention. Fire-Lieut. W. W. Allen will open the meeting with Rev. J. M. Molloy giving the invocation and Mayor Glenn A. Tibbitts delivering the welcome. Fred W. Baer and George Shoemaker will speak on cooperation between water works and fire departments. The program includes tours, banquets, and multiple speakers on the convention’s second day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
W. W. Allen
Wll
J. M. Molloy
Sacred Heart Church
Glenn A. Tibbitts
Wetcome
Tibbitts
J. W. Martin
Connell Bluffs
Association
Radio land scam suit targets Shenandoah broadcaster
Four former midwestern investors sue in superior court over a land swindle tied to claims by Shenandoah broadcaster Henry Pield. They allege “Cream of California soil” pitches and other guarantees lured them to pay up to 115 dollars per acre for land now worth about 15 dollars, seeking nearly 5 000 dollars in combined refunds.
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Red Bluff
Gal
Jane 1
Ueh
Dec Furrer
Lancaster
Neb
Wil
Jiam Pump
Lincoln
BE. A. Clark
Guthrie Genter
Superior Court
Henry Pield
Shenandoah
California
Sol
Furrer
Qenotes Flelki
Futrer
Pump
Clarks
Old Woman to Plead Insanity in Murder Plot
In Macon Georgia 73 year old Mrs J C Powers faces trial for the murder of James Parks, a printer, with defense planning to claim insanity. Her daughter says age may have warped her mind and disputes the charges. Police say Powers plotted with a roomer Earl Manchester to kill Parks for life insurance worth 14000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
INS
tInsanity
J. C. Powers
James Parks
Lee Tharpe
Woods Millinery and Golden Rule Store Change Locations
Woods Millinery plans a move to 12 Fourth Street East in July after hall Ekfelt sale by Davidson's. The Golden Rule Gift Shop shifts to 219 Fifth Street East, two doors from the hardware store, after 29 years in the current spot, with A L Ferguson as proprietor. E M Henderson & Son Co will close its music shop at 219 Fifth Street tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferguson Brothers
James Black Dry Goods Company
A. L. Ferguson
Woods Mullinery
Max Auerbach
E. M. Henderson & Son Co
Fifth Street
Aast
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T. de M
Lever“man's
Black's
Booth-Joseph
Bardesod & Hovland
Mike Gauss
Brownbilt Shoe
Jane Grey “Shop
Panor’s
Woolworth's
East Fourth
Palais Royal
Iowa’ Public Service “Company
Pioneer M National Bank
Breely's
Coburn’s
Helms Clothing Company
Buck's Booterie
Optical Company
Midwest Refrigeration Company
W. A. Weliams
Russell-Lamson Hotel
Leonard Cigar Store
Dunkelberg, Leeper & Cropper, Inc
Ray Keech
Philadelphia
Indianapolis
Keech
Coalition
Robert McCormick
McCormick and & Bank
Bank
Mutual Drug Company
West Harrison Street
McCormick
Conception Garcia
Garcia
John L. Randolph
Franklin Railway Supply Company
NEW Hartford Bank
Nv. CO. Becker
Thain
Karos
Rudolph Krusche
Chorazak
Krusche
Hagberg
Black Hawk OK
Yoor
Ti. W
McMurray
Glenn
Poopler
Shane
A. M. Holt
Wilme Griffith
Plymouth
Third West
Shelby
Audubon
Adams
Dallas
Taylor
Guthrie
Crawford
Webster
Hamilton
Sasvie
John L. Carrigg
T. B
Brethren
Mount Morris
Fire Fighters OF State
Fred W. Baer
J. C. Lewis
J. W. Strom
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