Community plan tried in Eagle township evolution of cooperative village
A new community plan is under way in Eagle township near Hast Eagle. One and a half miles east of Eagle Center a cooperative store and two group residences will be built along with a community building and modern amenities to serve local farmers. About 100 farmers have joined, stock taken, and profits shared. The project aims to provide wholesale-buying, local entertainment, and social life without needing a railroad or highway, with graveling planned for the main road. A community picnic is planned as part of the efforts to foster civic life.
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Eagle Township
Hast Eagle
SA. Carmel Shareh
Sehoal
Eagle Center
la Porte City
Towa
Waterloo
East Eagle
Final Waterloo Roundup Events Set for Tonight
Judges from Waterloo and Oklahoma City will award prizes in the roundup at the nippodrome this evening. Over 3200 in purse across bronc and bareback titles plus saddle prizes. Top awards include 750 for first, 100 for second, and 40 for third. more prizes for daily best riding and exhibition feats.
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Waterloo
Nippodrome
Dave Henderson
Borhoat
Oklahoma City
Tia
Mercury Touches High Spots About Waterloo
A government thermometer shows a gradual rise in temperature since June, with both the daily maximum and minimum registering higher through the period. The report notes persistent warmth affecting Waterloo region and surrounding areas.
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Mercury
Waterloo
George H. Twaddle Listed Cedar Falls News Rep
George H. Twaddle is named Cedar Falls news representative for the Waterloo Evening Courier and Daily Observer. Office at 111 West Yourth Street, Cedar Fatty. hours 9 to 10 a m and 1 to 2 p m. telephone 32.
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George H. Twaddle
Cedar
Waterloo Evening Courier
Daily Seporter
West Yourth Street
Dr Newman seriously ill at Des Moines
Cedar Falls June 12 Dr George A Newman assistant adjutant general for Iowa is in a person’s condition at Des Moines after returning from voting in the primary Monday. The elder Newman was called to Jo Maines due to Wis fauler illness and returned yesterday slightly improved though not out of danger. Enrollment in summer school reaches 2000 and church attendance grows with largest congregations in history. Gasoline consumption doubles despite higher costs. The Cedar Falls chautauqua opens next week with tents on Jefferson school campus. Attractions from Redpath Vawter Cedar Rapids. John Lemmer returned from St Louis for national adl lers meeting. Fuller at Conesville assisting to promote consolidated schools. Rural school faculty campaigns grow. Mr and Mrs Vernon Lovejoy in Des Moines. Lydia Boechmler and sons George and John return to Chicago after two weeks here. Elsie Klein visiting Mrs Anna Saverin en route from St Paul to Bridgeport Conn to spend the Runner. Phemia Brandt returns from Seattle after six months with sister.
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Cedar Falls
George A. Newman
Towa
Penssons
Des Moines
Bo Newman
Jes Maines
Wis Fauler
al Tho
Rocal
Elurches
Cedart Falls
J. BE. Fuller
Conesville
Muscatine County
Teachers’ College
Vernon Lovejoy
Lydia Boechmler
George
John
Chicago
Elsie Klein
Anna Saverin
St. Paul
Bridgeport
Heat Drives Iowa Temperatures Above The 90s
The state saw a steady rise to a high of 94 yesterday with today's forecast calling for even hotter weather. June rainfall totals reach 1.64 inches with a July night tally of 0.01 inch locally and heavier falls reported in Decorah 3.57 inches Inwond 0.0 inches and Estherville 0.25 inches among 27 observation sites in Iowa.
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Decorah
Inwond
Estherville
Iowa
Primary road numbering adopted for Midwest highways
Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota designate week of July 12 17 as primary road numbering to guide motorists. Main routes will be numbered and stenciled on signs with a map motif, numbers identical across state lines, arrows mark turns.
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Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa Highway Commission
Black Hawk County
Grant Highway
Persting Trail
Dewar
Hudson
Diagonal
Cedar Falls
Dike
Greater Waterloo Band Gains Fresh Laurels in State
The Greater Waterloo band led by Cal Huntsinger earns growing praise in Waterloo area. It debuted with the Greater Waterloo Good Roads Ship by Truck trains and now performs at the Dairy Cattle Congress roundup. Recent downtown street concerts promote the band’s expanded repertoire and bright prospects for an even stronger season ahead.
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Greater Waterloo
Cal Huntsinger
Waterloo
Dairy Cattle Congress
Huntsinger
Neuralgia treatment and William's Pink Pills aid
Neuralgia has a single symptom pain that recurs as the nerve weakens. Strength is built by nourishing the blood, restoring general health, and reducing inflammation. Dr Williams Pink Pills are advertised as a non alcoholic tonic suitable for neuralgia and available through druggists or direct mail order at 60 cents per box.
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Willia
Three Accused of Murder in Roadside Fight
Council Bluffs Iowa June 12 A third person was accused yesterday of killing George Mikesell in a shooting affray near Treynor Jim Harbor Mrs Mikesell s first husband testified that she fired the gun but hit her husband Mrs Mikesell said Mrs Gus Sierick started the affray Sierick claimed she shot from behind as Mikesell rode a horse Harbor and Sierick are jailed for the killing
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Mikesell
Gus Sierick
Sierick
George
Jand Sterick
Harbor
Sterick
Mushroom farm joke halves a rat tale in Ottawa
In Ottawa a mushroom promoter told Alphonse Turcotte of a cellar mushroom venture. Alphonse trapped musk rats, netting 17 by now. He chose a different business, earning $3 per rat skin nightly. A note on a stoneless prune describes a new fruit with a soft central kernel.
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Ottawa
Ont
Alphonse Turcote
Alphonse
Gravel Road Surfacing Underway in Orange Township
Orange Township begins the first major gravel road project in Black Hawk County on the six mile Hagle Center road south from Waterloo. Grading is done, trenches open, with a two stage “trenel” surfacing plan using gravel from Johnson pit. Residents pay 25 percent, county funds cover 75 percent. total cost projected at 66,000 to 72,000 dollars for the stretch.
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Orange Township
Black Hawk County
Waterloo
Charles M. Fisher
Johnson Pit
Waterton
Orange School House
Traer
Orange
Eagle Townships
Eagle Center
Funeral Sunday for Manchester Soldier Who Died Overseas
The body of Frank William Basquin arrived in Manchester Friday and will be buried Sunday at Oakland cemetery after funeral services at 4 p.m. He died of bronchial pneumonia October 3 1918 in a hospital near Brest. Manchester post of the American Legion asks all former service men to meet at the Armory at 3 30 to accompany the procession. Basquin was born February 2 1895 at Warsaw Indiana, second son of Mr and Mrs Fred Basquin.
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Manchester
Frank William Basquin
Brest
Oakland Cemetery
Warsaw, Ind
Fred. Basquin
Delaware County
War casualty from Manchester buried with honors
The text recounts a man from Manchester who attended rural and Manchester public schools. He tried to enlist after the U S entered World War I but was rejected, later drafted and left Manchester July 14, 1918, for Camp Gordon Georgia. He went overseas with Company oh Gunp Gordon replacement draft, landed near Brest, died at a base hospital near Kerhuga, funeral led by Captain J E B Yates at the American cemetery at Lamerclec, and he is interred in Oakland cemetery with family members noted as survivors.
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Manetter
United States
Kraunk
Waterloo
Manchester
Camp Gordon
Georgia
Poeumoenta
Kerhuga
Brest
J. EB. Yates
A. S
Lamerclec
Oakland Cemetery
Slater
One Man Enriched By Free-Range Chickens in California
In Redding California James McCoy heard there was money in chickens and released a backyard flock on land once part of old gold diggings. Within three days the chickens scratched up about 100 dollars in nuggets as McCoy collected them, joking the birds have the goose that laid the golden egg beat all hollow.
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Redding
Calif
James McCoy
Mr. McCoy
Ypsilanti Youths Sought by Pastor for Ideal Husbands
Reverend George Olmstead of the Methodist church in Ypsilanti calls on local young men to seek suitable wives, based on a survey of onetime ideal traits among congregants’ young women. He notes the modern couple share equal rights and responsibilities.
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Ypsilanti
George Olmstead
Methodist Church
Mr. Olmstead
Advertising Is Always News in Vivid Street Talk
A fragmentary quote laments media culture, noting that advertising drives news value. The speaker, described as a pastor, mocks bans on language and welcomes all, while referencing race and appearance to critique sensationalism in public discourse.
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Newman
Jefferson School
Redpath-Vawter, Company of
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John Lemmer
St. Louis
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Stowe's
Lowe Brothers
W. A. Cquell& Son
Ypsollanti
Toledo
Toledo Scale CO
Walter B. Dahl
Lafayette St
MONEX
Foley & Go
Sheffield Ave
Foley
Els Ata
The
Americord
Waterloo Saddlery Company
Black Hawk Tire
West Fifth Street
Rousselow & Son
Lord Lee
Dispatcher
Bonnie Brac
Bete's
Bean Cany
Caldo
Prince Rupert
Bright
Branmel
Brammel
Beau
Fred Reppert
H. L. Hull
Earl Gartin
E. R. Rousselow & Son
Hudson, Iowa
Amos Burhans
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