Massive Studebaker Shipment Delights Waterloo Crowd
A special train carrying thirty autos and ninety Studebaker models arrived in Waterloo from Detroit at noon. The shipment valued at 150000 was consigned to Harry Padden Auto Co. A 40 piece brass band led a parade to the Padden sales rooms on Sycamore street. Over forty cars are already sold and officials accompanied the train to ensure on time arrival. Myer’s Orchestra played as visitors received souvenirs and a luncheon was served at the Ellis.
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Studert
Waterloo
Illnois den
Harry Padden Auto Company
Detroit
Mich
Water Street
Studebaker
Enine
Caboose
Padden
Sycamore Street
A. H. Pearsall
Chicago
D. C. Kern
Badden
Iowa
Alesroom
Myers
Sery
Ellis
Labor Notes and Local Updates From Waterloo Area
Labor organizer F. J. Byrnes visited Waterloo for a week using 32 meetings to discuss organization. Fifteen new Millmen locals joined, while plumbers funded a Social-Democratic ticket campaign. Roy Reed leads the local as a mayoral candidate. Other items note residents visiting, funerals, and town projects plus brief national briefs on China’s wall, Uruguay port, New Jersey patrols, aeroplane motors, Philippine corn drive.
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F. J. Byrnes
Boot and Shoe Workers Union
Marshalltown
Mr. Byrnes
Waterloo
Plumbers’ Union
Roy Reed
Harriet Washburn Celebrates 88th Birthday at Bluff Street Home
Mrs Harriet Washburn, aged eighty eight, quietly marks her birthday today at 209 Bluff Street. She has lived in the same small house since coming to the city in 1863, where birthdays are celebrated with festivity despite her age.
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Moore
Washburn
Vermont
Ohio
Fred Washburn
Fred S
Cedar Rapids
William E
Florence J
Harriet Washburn
Bluffa Street
Gilbertville News Notes and Local Visits
Gilbertville March 11 report notes Mr and Mrs Fannicle and two sons visiting the Harry Mortar home last week returned to Freeport Illinois. Mrs Shares and daughter attended St Marys church services Sunday. Nicklas Reider works for brother in law Frank Teeter. Miss Ida Nemmers is home on vacation with relatives this week. The Jubilee Creamery received a new shipment.
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FL & N
Mra. Nelson
Waterloo
Allen Demuth
Lulu Michel
Washburn
Susan Wester
Mary Zimmer Fe
John Wagner
Gilbertville Lighting Co
Bowler
Charley Schafer
Catholic Order of Foresters
Gilbertville Grain and Lumber Co
Ralph Girsh
Gilbertville Harness Co
Frank Schafer
Victor Young
Moline
J. P. Nemmers
F. H. Knotenbach
A. H. Schafes
Chicago
Waterloo Theatre
Eva Krantz
Martin Krantz
Gilbertville
Town Talk: Local Movements and Ailing Elevator Repair
J E Sedgwick and Mrs J E Kretz of Monument Col, visiting E P Kretz, head to Dubuque for Mrs Kretz's operation. J W Ackerman moves to a farm near Independence. J A Bown's California trip. Glen Bown starts law practice in Los Angeles. Pardon board session in Des Moines on Rainsbarger case. elevator repair at Black Hawk Bank building. George F McCleery hosts his Chicago visiting mother.
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J. E. Kretz
Monument
Col
E. P. Kretz
Town Street
Dubuque
Independence
J. A. Bown
California
Glen Bown
Los Angeles
W. P. Spash
Des Moines
State Pardon Board
Rainsbarger Brothers
William Galloway
Milwaukee
Black Hawk Bank
George F. McCleery
Ash Street
Chicago
Opening of a new high grade ready to wear apparel store
Announcement for a Minneapolis chain opening a new store offering suits cloaks dresses waists skirts party gowns and other ready to wear garments. It promises best quality at lowest prices with direct manufacturer purchases and special reductions during the formal opening.
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Minneapolis
Dorothy Garment Co Opens At Lafayette Street
An advertisement invites customers to visit Dorothy Garment Co at 517 Lafayette St to see a new line of women’s garments. The notice notes illuminated street signs in Los Angeles and mentions a motor driven plow from England and a telephone industry employing 152,000 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Garment CO
Lafayette St
England
New York Stock Exchange Close Report
The New York Stock Exchange closing prices show a mixed session with Canadian Pacific, Pennsylvania, Reading, Rock Island, Chicago Great Western, Atchison, American Smelting and Union Pacific among listed issues. Readings indicate slight gains and declines across several rail and metal stocks.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Canadian Pacific
Pennsylvania
Rock Island
Chicago Great Western
Aes
Atchison
American Smelter
Union Pacific
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Kers
LABOR
Millmen's Local
Labor Temple
Lloyd Priest
Carpenter
St. Louis
China
Uruguay
Atlantic
Republic
New Jersey
Branagan
Philippine Bureau of Education
Manila
J. E. Sedgwick
City of
Evening Courier
Ogle
Glenwood St
South Street
M-6
Care Courier
Black
East Side
C. W. Taft
Archer Age
Lafayette
H. E. Colby
Baltimore and Ohio
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Sess
Brooklyn Rapid
United States Steel
Amalgamated Copper
Illnois Central Sa
St. Paul
Missouri Pacific
New York Central
Zoe Ee
Lenox
York
Violet
Japan
Wwe
Minnesota
Burbank
J. H. Seigel
CASS
Nirmann
Sumner, Iowa
Eddie Larson
Cedar Falls, Iowa
Lloyd Morris
Fredricksburg, Iowa
MR. Wiloth
Marble Rock, Iowa
MR. Birun
Waverly, Iowa
Stuben & Peters
Bitterly Bros
la Porte, Iowa
E. A. Libert
Dunkerton, Iowa
Harry Padden Auto Co
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