Rain and Warmth Boost Iowa Crops in Latest Reports
Crop reports show Minnesota division fair to very favorable, with oats advancing and corn in uniform growth. Wisconsin replanting avoided thanks to timely rain. Iowa division lacks sufficient moisture, pastures hurting, but warm weather expected with highs around 90 and lows near 68. Fruit and garden crops recovered from May frosts.
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Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Ilinois Central Railroad
Pee
Iowa Division
West High to Welcome 143 Grade Pupils Next Semester
Waterloo west public schools end term with summer break. 143 pupils finishing eighth grade will move to West High as 142 students from eighth grade advance to freshmen. Superintendent Sloane Wallace announces 23 replacements among 130 teachers, with two resignations: nurse Marie James retiring for welfare nursing and Esther Snaveley from Irving grade school marrying. Staff turnover described as moderate.
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Waterloo West
West High
Sloane Wallace
Wallace
Marie James
Esther Snaveley
Irving
182 Arrests in May Reported by Municipal Court
Ernest Koepke, clerk of the municipal court, released May’s police court summary showing 182 arrests, up from 117 in May 1924. Most are speeders and traffic violators. Offense totals include speeding 78, intoxication 22, building in restricted residential district 1, maintaining a nuisance 2, disturbing public quiet 7, failing to stop for fire department 2, disorderly conduct 1, careless driving 4, dumping ordinance 1, driving while intoxicated 2.
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Ernest Koepke
Incteasa
Cedar Falls Man Heads Rural Letter Carriers in County
L. A. Paul of Cedar Falls was elected president of the Black Hawk County Rural Letter Carriers association at the annual meeting and picnic in Cedar River park. W. A. Javis became vice president and M. A. Whitney was reelected secretary and treasurer. both Paul and Davis are Waterloo residents. Delegates to the state convention on August 7-8 at Cherokee were named with alternates Charles Paul of Cedar Falls and H. E. Peek of Waterloo.
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L. A. Paul
Cedar Falls
Black Hawk County Rural Letter Gazetters’ Association
Cedar River Park
W. A. Javis
M. A. Whitney
Secetary
Waterloo
Paul
Davis
Cherokee
Charles Paul
Cectar Falls
H.E. Peek
Short Circuits In Two Automobiles Start Fire Runs
Fire department responds to two vehicle fires on Thursday evening. At 9:11 p.m. an alarm from 429 Lafayette street for Vera Bellis' Chevrolet roadster. It was extinguished before trucks arrived with no damage. At 10:12 p.m. a short circuit caused a fire in W. J. Meritt's Ford touring car on Mulberry. damage minor.
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Lafayette Street
Vera Bellis
Hi Mulberry
W. J. Meritt
Trial of Alleged Auto Thieves Monday
Trial of Edward Clabaueh and Lea Newell charged with larceny of a car from the Rental Ford company will be Monday at 2 p m in court this morning. Absence of Richard Young, proprietor of the automobile company, in Chicago delays proceedings.
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Rial
Edward Clabaueh
Lea Newell
Ford Company
Richard Young
Automobils Company
Cileago
New Marble Champion Caps United States Meet
Howard Robbins known as Dutch of Springfield Massachusetts won the 1925 United States marble championship in Atlantic City New Jersey defeating Tommy Raley of Owensboro Kentucky on a moist day with a slightly freckled brow.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Howard Robbins
Springfield
Mass
United States
Howard
Tommy Raley
Owensboro
Fort Dodge man credits Karnak with curing long illness
Mr. Matt Johnson of Ft. Dodge Iowa says four Karnak bottles relieved back and kidney pain lumbago and constipation. He reports sluggish liver headaches and dizziness vanished, appetite returned, and sleep improved after using Karnak bought through local druggists. He urges others to try the remedy and keep a bottle at home.
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Matt Johnson
M. Street
Ft. Dodge
Iowa
Johnson
4. C
Lle
Mr. Johnson
Karnak
Waterloo
C. J. Miller, Drigegist
Robert Drug Co
Cedar
Hieber Drug Co
Police Find Still and Alleged Owners in Raids
Police raid results identify George A. Trumbell of 513 Wellington Street and Lewis C. Pearce of 326 Randolph Street as two men connected to the liquor operation. Trumbell faces illegal possession charges while Pearce is named as owner of a copper still. Neither man was at home during the raids.
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Polles
Selie
George A. Trumbell
Wellington Street
Lewis C. Pearce
Randolph Street
Trumbell
Pearce
Police court delays bond amounts in downtown incident
In municipal court this morning Trumbell posted 150 dollars bond and awaits a 2 p.m. hearing. Pearce paid 500 dollars bond for an afternoon session but was jailed when no funds were found. Breitsch of Jesup and Weise of Grundy Center faced charges after last night’s incident, posting 10 dollars bond and forfeiting by missing today's trial. Judge J. C. Beem presides.
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Trumbell
Pearce
Don Breitsch
Jesup
Ed. Weise
Grundy Center
J. C. Beem
Case notes on Pitts alias in shotgun incident near Toledo
Patchy report details Walter Pitts accused of marcony of a shotgun in the early hours at the home of Herold Fonliton Alby. Toledo, Indiana. June plans outline a three week daily Vacation Bible School starting June 8. A community program for children four to 13 or 14, with eighth graders eligible, is coordinated by Presbyterian, United Brethren and Methodist churches.
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Walter Pitts
Aleht Cromois
Herold Fonliton
Alby
United Brethren
Dodge Population Gain Shows 2,201 Up
Fort Dodge Iowa announces a state census figure showing Dodge’s population rising by 2,201 to 21,548 since the 1926 federal census. The enumeration results reflect local growth and demographic shifts within the city.
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DODGE
Fort Dodge
Tune
Icda
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