County awards seven thousand dollar road contracts
Contracts aggregating 7704.84 for grading tiling and bridges were let by the county board. Group A covers one bridge and culverts to a construction company for 6209. Group B and C total 10594. for 13 structures to W. A. Burton Waterloo. A 36 foot beam bridge to Fox township. Tiles and grading bids feature low bidders Kikewald Emmetsburg and J A Dunkel Webster City with multiple line items. All work to be completed by September.
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SySkom
Wits
Pifield Onstruction “Company
Ye. Com
W. A. Burton
Waterloo
Langest
Fox Township
Ales Kikewald
Emmetsburg
Duulkerton-Fairbank
Bugle Center-Yoorhies
J. A. Dunkel
Webster City
Dunkerton-Fairbank
Independence Plans for Walton League Convention
Plans for the Walton League convention include a two day Fourth of July program featuring foot races wrestling and boxing with fireworks and entertainment. Congressman Bo Robinson has been invited to give the address as part of Greater Independence Booster Club planning.
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Ya.j
AL Warg
Greater Independence
Booster Club
I. Bo Robinson
Uly
Filling Station Attendant Inherits Soldier Son Insurance
George G Davin in charge of the Black Hawk filling station at the union depot discovered he was heir to seven thousand dollars of a soldier son’s war insurance after the beneficiary died. Merle Davis had carried ten thousand dollars and his mother, the original beneficiary, died April 29, leaving the funds to revert to the soldier’s estate under state inheritance laws. The case highlights how unpaid war insurance reverts to a soldier’s estate when the beneficiary dies.
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George G. Davin
Black Hawk Ob Company
Union Depot
Merle Davis
George Worthen
Home Service
Waterloo
Davis
Tifa
Des Moines
Claude
Pacific
Merle
New York
Atlantic
San Francisco
France
Worthen
County Treasurer Not Counting On Much From This County
Judge Lt. B. Boies ordered forfeiture of a liquor cargo seized by police from a Dubuque vehicle driven by Mike Hinge. The car will be sold by the sheriff at 10 a.m. on June 12 to the highest bidder for cash. Proceeds cover storage costs of 12.75, then court costs, then 355.36 to Federal Corporation of Dubuque holding a first lien. Any remaining funds go to the county treasurer for the school fund.
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Lt. B. Boies
Ranaster
Mike Hinge
Dubuque
Ie School Fund
Mother sacrifices life to save daughter on railroad
Mrs Rosa Stef ar, a widowed Pittsburgh mother, shielded her 7 year old Mary from an approaching train on the Pennpare tracks at Duquesne. Waiting for an eastbound train, they stepped onto the rails. She pushed her daughter clear and was killed as the second train struck.
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Pittsburgh
Rosa .Stolar
Mary
Penn— Parte
Duquesne
Stefar
Waterbury elected president of St Francis hospital staff
Dr C A Waterbury was elected president of the hospital staff at a annual meeting Monday. Dr J G Mealvin was named vice president and Dr Wade Preece secretary. The 1925 annual report shows 2 078 patients, 188 births, 74 deaths, 54 x rays, 6 419 lab reports, and new executive board members. Sisters Mary Rita and M Olivia, and Drs Hartman O Neel and Thornton among officers.
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St. Francis Hospital
J. G. Meal- Vin
Wade Preece
Ew Executive Board
Mary Rita
R.N
M. Olivia
R. N
M. Cunigunda
McCoy
F. T. Hartman
O'Neele
T. F. Thornton
New Record Committee
A. AL Hoffman
Flt. Hartman
Brit. G. McAlvin
Garyl Nelson
Edward Molloy
Rogram
Molloy
A. J. Jaynt
Sisters of the Hospital
Waterloo Medical Society
Jeffery G. Sullivan
J. J. Foarda
J. C. Murtagh
Wathleen Delagardelle
M. Rosenthal
A. J. Joynt
Karnak Promises Relief for Council Bluffs Woman
Leo Carter of Council Bluffs Iowa credits Karnak with curing a three year stomach illness. He says after four bottles her appetite returned, pain faded, nerves steadied, and she can do housework again. Sold in Waterloo by C Miller and other druggists.
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Karnak
Leo Carter
5Th Ave
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Mr. Carter
Mever
Shbla
Waterloo
C. A. Miller
Casement
Dempsey and promoter swap plans for Sept 16 title bout
New York reports promoter Tex Rickard will decide the heavyweight title opponent after a meeting with Jack Dempsey in Hot Springs. Dempsey committed to Rickard to fight Wills or Tunney, with the Sept 16 championship bout to be staged, opponent to be chosen by Rickard.
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New York
Jack Dempsey
Harry Wills
Gene Tunney
Tex Rickard
Rickard
Dempsey
Hot Springs
Ark
Ehicf
New York State Athletic Commission
Wills
Altho
Taney
Doxing Commission
Little Rock
Avk
INS
Chicago
New York Boxing Commission
Dye
Tunney
Big
Former Bremer Sheriff Shores Retires After Notable Six Year War on Crime
A Watering Evening Courier report notes Sheriff M. Shores voluntary resignation ending a six year crime fight marked by arrests of noted criminals, cooperation with police and state institutions, and no prisoner escapes in transit. He recalls tense gunfights, bank robbery tips, and key captures in Bremer County including Tom McCarthy Ferdinand Hanson Phelps and Reynolds.
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M. Shores
Shores
Sheriff Shores
Prim and Wilcoxson
John
Ityers
Reinbeek
Black Hawk Creek
Reinbeck
Bremer County
Janesville
Tom McCarthy
Ferdinand Hanson
Thorsa
D. Phelps
G. W. Reynolds
Caskill
Bekiares
Hid
Moodounds
Dickingon
Estherville
F. M. Shores Tion
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