Rainfall flood swamps city as storms hit region
Two and a quarter inches of rain in 24 hours left streets flooded and power and telecommunication services disrupted. Cedar Falls reports two inches while Waterloo area sees seven feet of basement flooding at Waterloo Hardware. A lightning bolt narrowly misses a Waterloo resident as crews repair damaged lines and restore service. Interurban Cedar Rapids line suffers brief outage.
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Ralph Slippy
Creston
Iowa City
Davenport
Waterloo Home
W. H. Clark
Leavitt Street
Waterloo Hardware Company
Lafayette Street
Cedar Rapids
Lightning damages railroad insulators halting power lines
A lightning strike on the Co. F. and N. railroad between Urbana and Center Point shattered insulators on the high tension line and also damaged the Waterloo terminal line causing a power shut off. Local streetcar service remained unaffected. Excavations at Beslan reveal continuous habitation for over 3300 years, into early agrarian times.
Dartmouth College Graduation Highlights Swisher Jr.
Benjamin Swisher Jr son of Mr and Mrs Benjamin Swisher Prospect Hills completes a four year liberal arts course at Dartmouth Hanover N H during today’s commencement exercises. Parents attend the ceremony observing Dartmouth as one of America’s oldest colleges founded in 1769.
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Dartmouth College
Hanover
N. H
Benjamin Swisher, Jr
Benjamin P. Swisher
Prospect Hills
Dartmouth
America
Family plans education paths for son and daughter
The text notes a daughter Helen has been attending Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts and will return with the family. It states the son will enroll in a law school next year, but the institution is not yet decided.
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Helen
Mount Holyoke, Mass
Officials in conference here at the railroad offices
Transportation expense and traffic solicitation meeting held yesterday in the offices of W. S. Williams general Superintendent in Freeport Illinois with J. F. Bigman and T. H. Sullivan of respective divisions. The Iowa Eagles convention opens in Council Bluffs with a three day agenda of business and social activities.
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Tiliall Central Railroad
W. S. Williams
J. F. Bigman
Freeport
Ill
Wisconsin
T. H. Sullivan
Dubuque
Iowa
Eagles
Council Bluffs Ya
Iowa Aerie
Order of Eagles
Railway Officials Named in Minnesota Division Roles
In Dubuque L. E. McCabe is listed as superintendent of the Minnesota division with L. H. Strouse as train master and H. F. Gray as general passenger agent. Also named are PB. H. Holmes traffic and passenger agent in Dubuque M. J. Flicker in Waterloo as traffic and passenger agent and J. Fanning of Waterloo as district engineer.
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L. E. McCabe
Dubuque
Minnesota
L. H. Strouse
H. F. Gray
PB. H. Holmes
M. J. Flicker
Waterloo
J. &. Fanning
Izaak Walton League Picnic Planned by Two Chapters
Waterloo and Cedar Falls Izaak Walton league chapters plan a state picnic at Island Park Cedar Falls in late July. A. C G. Williford, president of the Iowa division, notes a joint meeting soon to advance preparations.
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State Walton
C. F
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Izaak Walton League
Island Park
A. C G. Williford
Iowa
French Elections End Publicity Run for Seekers
Paris reports discuss curbing candidates who run only to advertise. Public buildings are opened for political meetings and portable billboards are supplied in each precinct. The cash deposit plan used in England is seen as undemocratic and a petition system is considered a possible French alternative.
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Paris
Nepinctten Wiha
Basie Kenne
New York
Mi P
France
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Northwestern Bell Company
Iowa Public Service Company
Western Union Telegraph
Clark
Clarks
Beslan
Ben Swisher, JR
Headquart
Libby
California
Ean Welch
Colman
Kalter Ilag
Walter Baker
Black's Nut
Black's Graham
Meat Department
Rath
Black Hawk
Hoffman
Islin
Ron
Mac
Spre
Peter Pan
Jergen
Lucky Tiger
Micky Ralls
Runte
Black
Fairlawn
Bargain
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