Cast of 38 Will Present Ben Hur Play Here April 5
Melcholr court No 8 Tribe of Ben Hur stages Ben Hur at East High School April 5. A 38 member cast with 8 Roman soldiers and 8 slaves performs in seven acts and 16 scenes. Rehearsals begin soon under W N Steele supreme instructor. Cast includes Balthasar James Jenkins Gaspar LeRoy Barton Chief L Eickeberg Fast Chief Elmer Mohr Arch Dennings Ruth Scovel Lucile Dennings Alice Cox and Hazel Zwanziger among others.
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Melcholr Court No. 8
Tribe of
East High School
Supreme Office
W. N. Steele
Crawfordsville
Ind
Ben Hur
Cas Balthasar
Stanley Planning
Melchair
James Jenkins Gaspar
LeRoy Barton
L. Eickeberg
Lilan Beck
Charles Cox Fast
Elmer Mohr Ath
Rainbow Veterans to Attend Des Moines Banquet Monday
Ten or twelve members of the Rainbow division from Waterloo and Black Hawk county will attend a banquet next Monday in Des Moines. The Des Moines members of the famous World War fighting unit sponsor the event. The dinner tentatively scheduled here has been canceled.
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Rainbow Division
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Des Moines
Fire fighting, cows and alfalfa topics in Minneapolis
Minneapolis real estate dealer J W Davison reflects on changes in fire fighting and apparatus since his days selling Waterloo’s hook and ladder truck. He recalls early chemical tanks and the shift to modern equipment, then pivots to farming advice urging buyers to invest in livestock and land to protect themselves.
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Waterloo
J. W. Davison
Minneapolis
Central
Sta. 107
American-LeFrance Company
Davison
Proprietors' lands in Sudbury may spark court battle
Ancient grants dating to Jamestown era surface to challenge ownership of meadow lands near the Wayside Inn in Sudbury Massachusetts. Warren F Wetherbee, claiming descent from Sudbury proprietors, seeks to establish that lands held by generations may belong to the original proprietors. Ford interests may be tangentially involved via an option on Mill Tand on Hop Brook. The parcel is valued at about 2 million dollars and could set a precedent for other New England title disputes.
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Sudbury
Mass
Henry Ford
Wayside Inn
Hop Brook
Ford
New England
Massachusetts
Harves N. Fairbank
Alfalfa hailed as top crop by farmer on Wisconsin tour
Davison urged growers to plant alfalfa, claiming 5100 acres in Wisconsin prove its profitability. He said the crop yields money for farmers and then the farmer can harvest profits. Davison stopped in Waterloo en route to Minneapolis, ending a trip through western states and major titles in Iowa.
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Wisconsin
Davison
Waterloo
Minneapolis
Towa
Civilization's Castoff Accoutrements on Display in Courthouse
Henry W. Grout's Black Hawk county relics showcase progress over 70 years with 100 to 150 year old implements. Lamps, cowbells, ox yokes, a 108 year old clock, a sickle, flax tools, snuffers, pestles, Indian grinding stones, and a bullet mold illustrate bygone life from Illinois migration to New Hampshire ancestry and Parker South Dakota finds.
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Henry W. Grout
Black Hawk County
Grout
New Hampshire
S. B. Grout
Parker
South
Thomas Brooks
Grynt
Coco Cod Cod Liver Oil ad sweetness replaces fishy taste
New Cod Liver Oil called Coco Cod promises a chocolaty flavor that appeals to children and adults. It claims the vitamin content reddens cheeks and builds strength, urging readers to ask for Coco Cod at drug stores.
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Rainbow
D. M
Springer
Kramer
West Fourth St
Jean Macon
Wyeth
Wryeth
Old Grants Cloud Ford
Entz Cafe
First National Bank
Francis IL Exeoerr & Co
27Th St
Tindeon Rieer
New York
Premien Correr
Pri Ier
Preston
Smith, Lichty & Hillman Co
Civilization
Ilinois
Samuel Owens
New York State
A. M. Welch
Dry Goody
M. Grocer
Ranims
Thor
Rosedale
Stoves Music
Ryan
Chicago
Grand Rapids
Luttan’s
Water Ste
Guernsey
Robb-Ross Pancale
Aoe
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