Serene Meeting of City Council
The city council met quietly on Friday March 28 deferring action on most items. Eight applicants sat the technical exam for a build and commissioner post with two named as likely eligible Edward Malenke and B A Pickworth. Salary hikes for firemen eyed, inspectors to compare wages with police. Bridge contract and bonds approved. Funds moved from municipal court to general funds. Street work rules and rail space adjustments ordered. traffic parking ordinance amended.
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Board of Examiners
Build& Commissioner
Jourier
Edward Malenke
B. A. Pickworth
Fire Department
Central Labor Union
Field Construction Company
San Souci
Gener
Unds
City Court
The Associated Press Makes All World Neighbors
The piece extols The Associated Press as a world shrinking force, linking distant places via telegraph and leased wires. It praises AP as truth, notes its vast wire mileage and rapid dispatches, and highlights how telephony and code systems enable rapid global news reach.
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The
Associated “Press
Evening Courier
Associated Press
United States
Paris
London
Peking
Bombay
New York
Hooppola
Ind
Telegraph
Telephone
Maguire Brothers Home From Army
William and Edward Maguire, sons of William Maguire, return home seven miles west of Cedar Falls after 18 months in the medical division of the Fifty sixth engineers. Enlisted at Waterloo September 2 1917, served in St Louis Jefferson Barracks Fort Benjamin Harrison St Nazaire France and Newport News. Discharged at Camp Dodge then home.
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Cedar Falls
Whilliam
Edward McGuire
William McGuire
Waterloo
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
St. Nazaire
France
Newport News
Camp Dodge
Army
The Associated Press Courage Across Distant Fronts
The piece honors Associated Press reporters who endure perilous conditions from trenches to storms to telegraph lines. It notes reporters work unseen under the byline By The Associated Press, delivering rapid dispatches worldwide despite danger, mud, and fatigue.
Iowa Vital Statistics Show 1928 Influenza Death Toll
Guilford J. Sumner, vital statistics chief for Iowa, reports 1928 influenza deaths totaling 6 260, pneumonia 3 406, broncho pneumonia 713, for a grand total of 10 078 in Iowa. Publication of monthlyDeath by age and disease tables will be discontinued due to staff and funding limits, though records remain complete. The toll appears high compared with national estimates, with influenza prevalent over the last 72 months and two waves most severe.
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Guilford J. Sumner
Iowa State Board of Health
Sumner
Iowa
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Waterloo Evening Courier
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Raymond
Connell-Cowan
Chicago
Charles §.Cory
State Teachers’ College
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary
Harlan
Knoxville
New Hampton
Shenandoah
Tama
Toledo
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H. H. Seerley
Citizens Petition Council
Main Street
Thomas C. Williamson
Walnut and
Tenth Streets
John Krumbeer, Jr
Monong
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Donald
Zealasider
Canada
Carl Lotts
J. B. Robinson
State Teachers' College
Ames
Pacific
Druggieta
Dr. Caldwell
W. B Caldwell
Washington St
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B. W.schuneman CO
Rexall’ Stores
Fourth St
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Thale
Murelt
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Swift
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