Modern note supreme new Des Moines hotel on Kirkwood site
The 12 story Moderne hotel will replace the Kirkwood in Des Moines, built by H L Stevens Co. and operated by Tangney McGinn Hotels on a 30 year lease. The $750000 structure will have 300 rooms with baths, 10 shops, a coffee shop and private dining rooms, with completion aimed by May 15 next year. the Kirkwood name is a possible choice.
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Kirkwood
Des Moines
Tangney-McGinn Hotels Company
S. PF. McGinn
Courier
Russell Lamson
Iowa
Minnesota
Illinois
120 Men to Attend Boy Scout Board Conference
A semieannual conference of district boards of the Wansipinicon area Boy Scouts of America will be held at Camp Ingewanis on July 14 with about 120 men expected. Arthur F. Jury announced the event which will include business sessions and family outings with services, flag ceremonies, swimming, and court of honor events each Sunday.
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Wansipinicon
Boy ‘Scouts of America
Ingewanis
Arthur F. Jury
Mothers’ Auxiliary
Two Women Teachers Injured in Auto Collision
Ruth Lumry and Lydia Kerr, both school teachers, were hurt when Kerr's car collided with a second vehicle driven by F M Allen at Fourth and Denver streets. Lumry sustained facial and knee injuries and Kerr bruises. Lumry remained in bed under a doctor's care while Kerr returned to work. Allen was unhurt. Another report notes a man was slightly bruised after an unidentified pedestrian walked into Hansen's moving car near the John Deere plant.
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Ruth Lumry
Second Street
Lydia Kerr
Home Park Boulevard
Miss Kerr
F. M. Allen
Des Moines
Fourth
Denver
Kingsley School
Miss Lumry
Central School
Allen
Fourth Street
Herr
August Hansen
Hawthorne Avenue
John Deere
Tangney McGinn Hotel Company Expands Midwestern Reach
E F Tangney president and S F McGinn secretary of Tangney McGinn Hotel Co announce WaterlooLOA as a new prominent property with seven hotels across six cities in three states. KirkwoodDes Moines site boosts regional presence. local houses include Russell Lamson and The President. Thousands of travelers and residents count them as personal friends.
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E. F. Tangney
S. F. McGinn
Tangney- McGinn Hotel Company
Waterloo Lo
Middlewest
Kirkwood
Des Moines
Russell~Lamson
Gaiser Plans Four-Unit Waterloo Apartment Project
Louis A. Gaiser, after buying four lots at Fifth and Western from California resident G B Davis, will fund a brick two story plus basement apartment building. Architect John Bartley drawn plans for a structure costing about 835,000 containing six living units. Gaiser, long time manager of the Hall Ekfelt Furniture store, will remain in Waterloo.
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Fifth Street
Western Avenue
Louis A. Gaiser
G B. Davis
California
Waterloo
Gaiser
John Bartley
Hall-Ekfelt Furniture
City
Captain Allen Johnson Heads to Devils Lake Encampment
Capt. Allen Johnson regular army officer with headquarters in Waterloo departs for Devils Lake N D to participate in the North Dakota national guard annual encampment. The event includes the One Hundred Thirty-fourth infantry and Sixty-eighth infantry brigade headquarters. He plans to return about June 24.
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Allen Johnson
New 2 Cent Stamp Issued for Sullivan Campaign
Stamp collectors in Waterloo learn of a new 2 cent issue commemorating General Sullivan’s 1779 New York campaign to be released June 17. It will be sold in Genesto and Perry New York on that date and later in Washington. A Waterloo mail route is expected to carry letters bearing the stamp. Also notes upcoming Town open golf tournament dates August 27 and 28 at Des Moines and nearby locations.
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Waterloo
New York State
Sullivan
Genesto and
Perry
New York
Washington
Cass County approves 2.5 million road bond issue
By a 5 to 2 vote Cass county voters approved a 2.5 million dollar bond issue for primary road improvements. The decision was announced yesterday in Atlantic Im.
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Cass
Atlantic
Cass County
Paving Plan Edges Through In Atlantic Area
In a sectional vote a third turnout produced 2815 to 1047 in final counts. The Atlantic precincts led with an 8 to 1 approval while other towns gave substantial support to the proposal. Planned routes include No 32 from Atlantic to Adair County and No Ti from Atlantic south.
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Altho
Atlantic
Adair County
Atlantic South
Road improvements eyed with state bond issue plan
The article notes plans for roadway upgrades from Griswold road to Wo. 2 from Massena west and hopes a state bond issue will fund the long cross county work, as officials proceed. It also reports H. M. Gilbert of 513 Saxon Street pleading guilty after an arrest last night on driving charges.
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Griswold Road
Massena
H. M. Gilbert
Saxon Street
Man pleads not guilty in municipal court hearing
While intoxicated, the defendant appeared before Judge J G Beem in municipal court this morning and pleaded not guilty. He was ordered to return to court this afternoon for further proceedings.
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Oscar Haugerman
J. G. Beem
Student Wins Prize For High Pharmacy College Average
Des Moines reports Bernard P. Dery of Burlington won 100 dollars for maintaining a high average in the senior class at the Des Moines College of Pharmacy.
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Des Moines
Bernard P. Dery
Burlington
Des Moines College of Pharmacy
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D. M
Tangney-McGinn
Boy Scout Board
Harry Bystem
Pullman
Rainbow Drive
Lown
F. McGinn
Johnson
Devils Lake, N. D
Eggers
Goming
Vitth
Faeries
Real Knockout
Brown
Jake & Bill’s
East Fifth and
Sycamore Streets
Helms
Helms Clothing Co
East Fourth Street
Dept
Baltimore
Florida
Texas
Mississippi
Wood’s Mothers
Delicatessen
Arlington
Alpestra
Roma
Grocery National Biscuit
Uneeda
Graham
Kellogg's
Dr. Price
Curtiss White Banner
del Monte Bartlett
Wyandotte
Pearson
Dozer
Peonies
Armour’s Star
Cudahy's
Puritan
Morris Supreme
Old Homestead
Armour's Star
Lauerman
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