Waterloo seeks new Union depot as demand rises
Clyde Allan president of the Waterloo Chamber of Commerce urges citizens and the Chicago Great Western and Rock Island railroads to consider a new Union station. He argues the present depot fails to reflect the city and that visitors form lasting impressions from public buildings and stores. He notes smaller cities often have better depots and asks if there is a definite movement toward a new station.
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2 City
Waterloo
Chamber of Commerce
Chicago Great Western
Rock Island
Clyde D. Allan
Waterloo Chamber of Commerce
Union
Allan
Union Station
Chiqvené
Ilke
Nile
American Loans Abroad at High Peak in History
The article continues a bond issue of 3,000,000 and lists Winkler’s analysis titled The Dollar Abroad. It details regional distribution of American investments totaling 15.6 billion dollars across Europe Canada South America Central America Australasia and Asia. It argues investments advance world peace by fostering financial and commercial interdependence rather than political alliances.
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Bavaria
Berlin
Cologne
Frankfort-on-Main
Winkler
Europe
Canada
South America
Central American
Cuba
Mexico
West Indies
Australis
Japan
China
Girl 14 Kills Self After Lover Denies Marriage
Evelyn Miller fourteen drank poison after learning her beloved 17 year old August Busing could not marry her due to parental objections and finances. He claimed to have discouraged self harm and returned the bottle. Evelyn died hours later in Marshalltown Iowa after the incident. Her parents, Charles and (name unclear) Miller, recently moved there from Ames.
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Marshalltown
Evelyn Miller
Busing
Evelyn
Polen
Charles Miller
Ames
Boone, Ankeny and
Kelly
Three Municipal Projects Reach Total of 1014
City Engineer Nathan Barber will present estimates Monday for three major municipal projects totaling 43 514. The measures include repaying for 1929, Miles street storm sewer work, and a 38 inch sewer outlet from Memorial hall to the Cedar river, all funded by general tax. The proposals mark steps toward centralizing sewer outlets and adding a storm lift station on the Cedar river.
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Nathan Barber
Miles Street
Mit
Memorial Hall
Cedar River
Fifth Street
Jefferson Street
Ashes of Melville E. Stone Placed Among Nation's Illustrious Dead
Washington cathedral opened its doors to receive the ashes of Melville E. Stone, noted journalist. President Harding era honors accompanied the ceremony as family members brought the remains from New York. Stone’s ashes rest in Bethlehem chapel vault ahead of today’s Episcopal committal service.
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Washington
B. C
Washington Cathedral
Mount Saint Alban
Elief, Stone
Haager
Curtis
Stone
New York
Bethlehem Chapel
America
England
Westminster Abbey
Woodrow Wilson
Admiral Dewey
Harman Henry Kohlssar
Family of
Red Cross relief funds grow with flood aid in Waterloo
The Red Cross relief drive shows a total of 2,243.33 raised toward a 4,500.00 goal as investigators assess flood damage on the lower east side. A home has a flooded cellar and a dangerous foundation collapse, with repairs donated work and a protective fence in place. Mayor Glenn A. Tibbitts thanks the Red Cross and notes the organization will continue relief efforts while preventive measures are pursued. Residents are warned to boil water from private wells and disinfect basements and walls after flood exposure.
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Red Cross
City of
Waterloo
Herman ©. Miller, Jr
Carleton Silas
American Red Cross
Wasons to Observe Maundy Thursday and Easter Sunday
Annual Easter services for Ascalan Commandery No. 25 Knights Templar will be at Masonic temple at 2:15 p.m. and at First Congregational church with Rev J Richmond Morgan in charge at 2 p.m. Easter Sunday Marehal. Waterloo Scottish Rite club of Inwa consistory No 2 will observe Maundy Thursday with a dinner and extinguishing the lights program in Masonie temple next Thursday evening. The dinner will be in charge of Becker and Waterloo chapters Order of ster Stay. The speaker will be from Cedar Rapids. All Masons over the eighteenth degree are invited to attend.
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Ascalan Commandery
Knights Templar
Masonic Temple
First Congregational Church
J. Richmond Morgan
Marehal
Waterloo
Scottish Rite Club
Inwa
Masonie Temple
Becker and Waterloo
Order Ofster
Cedar Rapids
Service for Foch Held at Westminster Cathedral
A memorial service for late Marshal Ferdinand Foch was held at Westminster Cathedral London this morning. The Prince of Wales attended as representative of King George, with Prince Arthur of Connaught for the Duke of Connaught. Premier Stanley Baldwin and his wife, Sir Austin Chamberlain, the foreign minister, other officials and a large diplomatic corps were among the congregation.
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London
Marshal
France
Ferdinand Foch
Westminster
Prince of Wales
George
Prince
Arthur of Connaught
Duke of Connaught
Stanley Baldwin
Austin Chamberlain
Auto theft report from two residents on Franklin and Prospect
Police received reports of two car thefts last night. Steve Kerwin of 118 Franklin Street said his vehicle was stolen from in front of his home, while Jack Patterson of 117 Prospect Avenue reported his car stolen near the Elka club.
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Steve Kerwin
Franklin Street
Jack Patterson
Prospect Avenue
Kerwin
Patterson
Elka Club
28 Boy Scouts on Bungalow Floating in swollen torrent
Swollen Emory river floods Harriman Tennessee sweeping away mills and bridges. Oakdale reports highway ridge and houses carried off. No loss of life confirmed. Tornadoes kill seven, injure many across Georgia Alabama with scattered property damage and rail traffic disrupted. Advisory storm warnings extend from Apalachicola to New Orleans.
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Boy Scouts
Sujal
Harriman
Tenn
Here
Emory
M.L. Dame Furniture Company
Harriman Hoe & Too Works
Harriman Plow Works
Blowers Lumber Company
Ney
Tennessee Central Railway
Emory River
Oakdate
Iife
Oakdale
Rockwood
Atlanta
INSI
South
Georgia
Alabama
Merrellton
Ala
Small Creek
N.C
Alpharetta
Alexandria
Pell City
Chattsworth
Constable
Maxwellborn
Als
Wilson
N. C
Ife
Apalachicola
Fly
New Orleans
Trudy Ederle Faces Deafness After Channel Feat
New York March 23 Trudy Ederle the first woman to swim the English Channel may be totally deaf. Her hearing has grown worse since her celebrated voyage with the crowd’s cheers lingering in her ears. In court yesterday a magistrate had to shout to her to explain a suspended sentence. Ederle recalled the toll of fame and said she hopes to recover if she swims less.
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New York
Gertrude
Ederle
English Channel
Trudy
Freiburg Passion Players Arrive for Chicago Visit
The Freiburg Passion Players, 28 Americans, arrived by Illinois Central from Sioux City at 1:55 pm. Adolf Fassnacht, playing Christ, praised the welcome in the United States. They perform four nights and two matinees at East High under American Legion auspices, with a full dress rehearsal scheduled for 8 pm.
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Freiburg
Illnois Central
Sioux City
Adolf Fassnacht
Christ
East High Auditariim
American Legion
Peter
Fassnachts
Adolf
Mary
Magdalene
George Fassnacht
Judas
Augusta
Géorge, Jr
St. John
Chortses
Men to Wear Wide Shoulders in 1929
Chicago fashion leaders at the Chicago Cutters convention forecast padding at the shoulders with narrow waists as the vogue for 1929. The silhouette echoes Egyptian sculpture, with broad shoulders and slim waists expected to dominate men’s tailoring. Nearby in Parkersburg, Hen Blickley Jr. died from septic threat after several days of illness.
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Chicago
INSI
Tarkersbburg
Parkersburg
Blickley, Jr
Funeral for Edwin A Leighton Monday ex police chief
Edwin A. Leighton, 46, a former Waterloo police chief and later a special officer for Illinois Central, died Friday evening. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2:30 p.m. in the Masonic temple, with burial in Elmwood. He served 25 years in Waterloo and Illinois Central rail, was born in Osage, and leaves a widow Elizabeth Pegg and son Russell A. Leighton.
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Edwin A. Leighton
Wellington Street
Ilinois Central, Railroad
Masonic Temple
H. Truman DeRoame
Waterloo Lodge No
A. Fred A. M
Leighton
Elmwood
City of
Waterloo
Withllinois
Central Railroad
R. A. Doty
Frank Shares
Thompson
R. C. Thompson
Mr. Leighton
A. H. Gragg
Illnois Central Railroad
Chicago
Duburne
Minnesota
Osage
Thg
Iowa State College
Ames
Anamosa
Kemp Manufacturing Company
Police Department
Elizabeth Pegg
Russell A. Leighton
Masonic, Moose
Knights of Pythiss
M. Church
Charles Mohlis
Ilinois Central
Police
Farmer
Fort Dodge
Uhere
St. Jon's Catholic Church
W. Jd. Lenis
Calvary
Recapture Asker
Sherift
Wagner
Fred Selmer- Tele
Sherif W. F. Dilworth
Hugh Crumline
Prince Carol reconciles with mother in Dinard dispatch
London exchange telegraph reports Prince Carol of Raumania met his mother Queer Mane in Dinard Saint-Enogal and a reconciliation was noted. Roosevelt Field weather delays Martin Jensen from attempting new solo endurance flight. he will try again today if conditions improve. New Hartford High School Hi-Y wins area conference basketball title over Orange, 24 to 12, at Lincoln School gym. trophy to be awarded. Marriage licenses listed for several couples in Hudson and Clear Lake. Maury Eastman moves to East Moline, Illinois.
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London — Exchange Telegraph Company
Dinard- Saint-Enogal
Prince Carol of
NEW Hartford
Cedar Falls
Orange
Lincoln School
Fire at residence on Walnut damages chimney no loss
A chimney fire at 634 Walnut Street damaged nothing else as neighbors reported quick control by fire crews. H O Parsons listed as resident. advertisement notes property buyout option from Herman C Miller with contact number 2404.
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H. O. Parsons
Waterloo News Skims Through Local Obituaries
Multiple obituaries and funeral notices from Waterloo and nearby Iowa towns. Calvin E Smith 72 of Waterloo dies after a year illness at son’s home. Clarence Bolster 41 dies after ruptured appendix in Wichita. James J Wellman dies at 65 in Mason City after long illness. funeral in Great Lakes. Elizabeth Lies funeral in Gilbertville. Rosary in St. Joseph’s. Edward Garrison infant dies. four brothers and two sisters survive. Mrs Godfrey Messer funeral in Parkersburg. burial in Victor Texas. Sara J Wellein 79 dies. services in Waterloo with burial Elmwood. community groups attend.
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Clarence Bolster
Ea. J. Bolster
Third Avenue West
William Bolster
Walnut ‘Street
Wichita
Kan
Bancroft
Francis
Third Avenue
Francis Kemp
James J. Wellman
Charles Felsing
Atte Vista Avenue
Gleat Lake
Dubuque
Mus Lafa Elizabeth Lies
Wax
Peter Liles
Mul
Berry Street
St. Joseph’s Church
Monnay
Edward Slattery
Gilbertville
Rosary
Society of St. Joseph's Church
Edward Garrison
Frank Garrison
Ash Street
Ihistner’s Chapel
L. Collins
Fairview
Godfrey Messer
Parkersburg
O'Keefe & Towne Chapel
James Caskey
Victor, Te
Farmer
Mary Planagan
Patrick Francis
Ethel
Lves
Barbara Phillips
Esther
Frield
Ruth
Ansel
Tracy
Minn
Edward Farmer
Fort Dodge
QO. J. Boehn
Fort Bores
John Hill
Cheroee
Universal Flier Buy Quits Grantee Braniff Air Lines
Chicago reports Universal Aviation corporation has purchased Paul R Braniff Inc airlines headquartered in Oklahoma City Ohio. Negotiations led by Col Helsty Dunwoody J Gates Williams Paul R Braniff and associates. Immediate reorganization renames company Braniff Air Lines Inc with E B Reeser president of Petroleum Institute of America and Barnshedl Oil corporation Tulsa.
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Chicago
INSI
Universal Aviation Corporation
Paul R. Branter
E. B. Reeser
Petroleum Institute of America
Barnshedl Ol! Corporation
Tulsa
Mrs Belle Roosevelt Ill in California
Ackley Iowa March 23 Mrs Belle Roosevelt who left for a California winter to undergo an operation for relief of gall duct trouble today in a Hollywood hospital her son L A Roosevelt informed he says she has been in hospital a week. The body of Fred Freitlag fatally injured in a motorcycle crash west of here Friday night was taken to Merrill Wisconsin by Paul Neuhaus a Chicago based family representative. Mrs W D Bleeker is in scarlet fever care.
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Courier &Secial Service
Ackley
Belle Roosevelt
California
Hollywood
L. A. Roosevelt
Fred Freltag
Here
Merrill
Wis
Paul Neuhaus
Chicago
W. D. Bleeker
Temperatures and Friday Night Readings Note
Readable fragments show temperatures for Friday and Saturday with uncertain values. Friday maximum and minimum, Saturday morning readings appear with inconsistencies. No clear locations or named entities to anchor a full news-style item.
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Pssepees
Sereeeseeeee
Night session trims down Iowa house calendar
Des Moines March 28 night session reduces the loaded calendar as the Iowa house, guided by steering committees, passes about two dozen bills. Several were minor measures including claims and state legalizations, with eight new committee bills introduced, among them bank regulation and licensing provisions for mercantile establishments and vehicles. Senate action meanwhile sets records with near thirty bills passed before adjournment, aided by absent members and few controversial measures.
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Des” Moines
Iowa
Brede Wamstad
Osage
E. M. Lichty
Waterloo
State Department of Banking
Judiciary Committee
Justices of the Peace
Senate
Senate Chamber
Des Matines
Oy BlHott
Polk
Secretary of Agriculture
Escaped Maniac Is Killed After Siege Four Hours Long
A four hour siege ends with the death of the escaped maniac after officers shot through every room of the house. Sheriff Wagner Crumrine and detectives faced gas and fierce firing as they moved through the attic rooms seeking the attacker. A near tragedy with a guarding cat nearly cost officers their lives during the final approach.
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Farmer
Wagner
Crumkney
Pickens
Crum- Ting
Day
Maniac
Sherrif Waegner
Fanner
Crimrine
Hugh
Crumrine
Wagnear
Crumyne
Crumeine
Crum
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Green Bay
Neoplit Oshkosh
Melville E. Stone
Pinched Witk
Newton
R. D. Kennedy
Des Moines
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Russell-Lamson
Emma F. Krapfel
Rere Er
Frank Bras
Crystal Tee & Fuel Co
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Foch Tin
Trudy Ederle
Freiburg Passion Players
E. A. Leighton
Jens Christensen
Hudson
Lydia Jensen
Lyle Hill
Marjorie Kutzner
Clear Lake
Ed H. Bard
Ella N. Steggall
Fairbank
Moline
Maury Eastman
The
Albert Hotel
East Moline
Etter
Sorey
Herman C. Miller
Calvin
E. Smith
Eb, Smith
Wiliam F. Smith
Harrlson Street
Smith
Brooklyn
Susie M. Spangler
Broadhead
Roy J. Smith
Plover
Burda
Mr. Smith
O'Keefe & Towne
Chaara Elizabeth
Sara J, Weilein
Sarah J Wellein
Oo. M.yaggy
First Evangelical Church
Woman's Relief Corps
Universal Flier
Tulsa Oil
New Chicago Aviation Corporation
Jile
St. Francis, Hospital
Browning
Bill
Weere
O'Keefe & Towne Mortuary
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Robert
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