PEEK WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION TO BOARD
East Waterloo Independent School District faces a standard election March 8 with Dr E E Peek declining to run after 18 years on the board. Charles Altstadt and Fred Adams seek the two expiring terms, while ongoing tax levy questions and a push for fireproof school facilities mark the vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
East Waterloo Independent
E. E. (Peek
Peek
Charles Altstadt
Altstadt
Fred Adams
Nestor
Alcott
Washington
Naterloo Building & Loan Association
West
Carleton Sias
Rev
W.A. Peterson
Charles Christiansen
Baltimore Street
Fpe
Stewart
Boards of Education
Jews Will Celebrate Purim Feast at Local Synagogue
Special services will be observed at the Sons of Jacob synagogue on Fifth Street West starting Wednesday evening and continuing through the night. The Book of Esther will be read and congregants will express approval or disapproval of the book’s characters by shouting singing stamping feet and horns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congression of the Sons of Jacob
Fifth Street West
Sungown
Superintendent LEE back from Cleveland meeting
HW D Lee superintendent of schools west returned from Cleveland where he attended the National Education Association department of superintendents meeting. Discussion focused on teachers pay and shortages in the United States. A campaign to boost attendance at state normal schools was approved. Waterloo to send two teams to the American Bowling Congress tournament in Peoria Illinois from March 10 to April 13. The Whitesides and Waterloos will represent the city. Businessmen from 18 states met in St Louis to form plans against Bolshevism through the Commercial Federation of California. Missouri Iowa and Illinois were represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HW. D. Lee
Cleveland
Department of Superintendents
National Education Association
United States
Bowling West
Peoria
Waterloo
Whitesides
Waterloos
St. Louis
Commercial Federation of
California
Missouri
Iowa
February Arrests Top January Totals in Waterloo
Waterloo police reported 47 arrests in February, up from 26 in January, with 42 misdemanors and five state charges. Municipal court arraignments included disorderly houses, intoxication, vagrancy, and traffic offenses. Police Matron Myrtle Barr recorded 31 office calls and 15 external, making three arrests and handling disturbances, dances, visits, and a Manchester, Iowa case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
King Barleycorn
Myrtle Barr
Manchester
Greater Waterloo ALS'N Employs Traffic Expert
Walter Olson of Minneapolis has been named traffic manager for the Greater Waterloo association and will start duties around April 1. The appointment was approved by the association's executive committee at noon today. Olson previously served four years as assistant to J H Beck, traffic manager of the St Paul association, and is well versed in northwest rate conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Olson
Minneapolis
Greater Waterloo Association
Olson
J. H. Beck
St. Paul
Northwest
Waterloo
Senator Bankhead Dead In Washington D C
Senator John N Bankhead of Alabama died in Washington D C after a several week illness from grippe. The brief obituary notes his public service and long Senate tenure. The item includes other scattered notices and advertisements referencing Waterloo property and bank services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bankhead
Associated Press
Washington, D.C
John N. Bankhead
Bama
Grippe
One Car Per Farmer Dominates Cedar Township Auto Ownership
The Cedar township 1919 farm crop report shows 99 of 114 farmers own cars, with one farmer owning five. Cedar also lists 19 tractors, seven heated houses, three with lighting, and 18 furnaces among its farms. Poyner township records 7 automobiles on 113 farms, with six tractors, seven baths, and 12 heated by furnaces.
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Cedar Township
H. Shimel
Spring Creek
Big Creek
Poyner Township
Peter Federspiel
Prizes Offered for G O P Platform Suggestions
Truxton Beale former minister to Persia offers prizes totaling 10000 dollars for best suggestions toward a national Republican platform. The prize plan is outlined in a letter from Will Hays national chairman to Lore Alford Black Hawk county central committee chair and Mildred Wyttman librarian. Any voter 2b yeare old or younger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Republican
Truxton Beale
Persia
Will BH. Hays
Lore Alford
Black Hawk County
Mildred W Wyttman
Public Library
Ataff
Where Can I Find Relief from Itching Eczema Guide
An advertisement promotes Swift Specifics from Swift Laboratory in Atlanta Ga as a cure for edema tetter and erysipelas. It claims blood and skin issues require focal treatment rather than topical salves and urges readers to write with their case for personalized advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justy
Abso
Swift Specific Co
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
Manuscript Contest Details Attract Entries In New York
The contest closes March 31 and entries must reach Mr Alford or Mr Ways at 19 West Korty Fourth Street New York. Miss Hoffman director of circulation says the institution will cooperate with entrants. In other news Joel Walker 17 was seriously wounded by a .22 rifle in a local shooting as a Powles boy fired at the Walker family moving to a new home near Malvern.
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Alford
Mr. Ways
West Kortyfourth Street
New York
Hoffman
The
Brary
Walker
William Walker
Here
Powles
Malvern
Marriage Licenses In Waterloo Issued In Brief
Ray Wilson and Cora Williams both of Waterloo applied for licenses. Roy Vous and Phyles Sturch of Waterloo listed. Wayne Brown of Waterloo and Gladys Stoneman of Waterloo also among applicants with J. C. Gibson and Mary Ellen James of Waterloo noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Wilson
Waterloo
Cora Willams
iRoy Vous
Od Phyles Sturch
Wayne’ FE. Brown
Gladys L. Stoneman
J. C. Gibson
Mary Ellen James
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East Board of Education
Lee
Greater Waterloo
Als’n
Joan
Waterloo City
Waterloo Bank & Trust
Carter
Carter's
le Hpills
DR. Carter
Soe & Dewi
Bloomfeld, NJ
Optometrist Optician
Black Hawk Bank Bldg
Dr. Edwards
Vywar-Agld
Vionwood
Joel
Haby
Erie
Fach
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