Uniform flag display backed by council vote
Waterloo to adopt the Shenandoah uniform flag display system for business streets during conventions and holidays. A Becker-Chapman post committee and the American Legion backed the plan, with installation at curb lines and a total cost of about 4.85 per flag outfit. The program allows Christmas trees in winter and half mast flags during mourning, with mayor A E Gnagy pledging support.
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Waterloo
Shenandoah
American Legion
Becker-Chapman Post
Shenandoah Unilorm
Legion Committees
Legion
Legion Auxiliary
Chrismmas
Legion and Auxiliary
Obituary: Harold J. Blough Born in Local Community
Harold J. Blough of the Church of the Brethren was born January 1, 1908, in the local community. He is survived by his parents and one brother, Edgar, while a sister died four years ago.
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Harold J. Blough
Edgar
SITY IN BRIEF Glimpses of local events and visits
Miss Julia Post of Pella visits sister Mrs G J Mahanke in Waterloo. Mrs B H Miller, wife of a coach, tours Hammond Ind and teaches music. Mr and Mrs Joey Upton and daughter Jane of Dubuque visit the Carkendall home during Rotary. Seven young women to perform The Challenge of the Cross at Grace M. Bl dures Sunday. Des Moines agents visit on business with Chicago Great Western railroad. Henry D Ruhter files will. wife Margaret executrix. instrument dated April 27, 1905. Marion Bigelow visits home then returns to Ames. pledged to Sigma Kahn sorority. Milwaukee boosters stop in Waterloo May 21 on manufacturer trip. arrive on a special train. Leo Webber returns to Ames after funeral of Merle Dean. Mrs Pearl Elis remains in critical condition after auto accident. C B L Neilson injured at roundhouse. improving. Kenneth Kline, 710 Sixth, bruised when hit by car near Sixth and Wellington. driver unknown.
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Julia Post
Pella
G. J. Mahanke
Logan Avenue
H. W. Fox Hay
Des Moines
B. H. Miller
East
G. A Carkendall
Park Avenue West
Henry D. Ruhter
Margaret
Marion Bigelow
Sh. K. Doherty
Ames
Ames Last Night, Miss. Bigelow Was An Honor Student At East High
State College
Sigma Kahn
Leo Webber
Thomas Webber
Lafayette
Merle Dean
Ccllege
Pearl Elis
St. Francis Hospital
Bridge Street
C. BL Neilson
U Winds Central
Kenneth
Theodore Kline
Sixth
Wellington
Katherine Smith
Evangelist to Speak on The Spirit-filled Life at Walnut Street Church
Rev. Harry O. Anderson will headline at Walnut Street Baptist Church tonight on The Worst Thing in Waterloo. Earlier he spoke to Illinois Central shop employees this afternoon and tomorrow evenings he will lecture on The Spirit-filled Life and Jacobs. Central shopmen expected to attend in a body.
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Waterloo
Harry 0. Anderson
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Tinois Central
Jacobs
Tunois Central
Travel Books Displayed in Waterloo Libraries
Waterloo public libraries plan travel displays in April at East Library and May at West Library. The circulation department received folders and posters promoting world resorts. Highlights cover American and European travel, with up to date publications. Large window streamers read Read Before You Travel. Librarians discuss travel to better answer readers’ questions.
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Waterloo
East
West
America
Europe
Boy Dies of Meningitis in Orange Township
Harold Blough, 8, son of Mr and Mrs Warren W Blough, died at home in Orange Township at 4 30 p m yesterday from meningitis contracted Saturday. Funeral at 1 p m tomorrow at the residence conducted by Pastor Alough.
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Orange Township
Harold
Blough
Warren W. Blough
Strick
Roy
Alough
Iowa leads in number of national banks in Chicago Fed
Des Moines reports Iowa has the most national banks that are members of the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank among the northwest district states Illinois Indiana Iowa Michigan and Wisconsin. Illinois ranks second with 464 while Michigan is third with 275 state and national banks combined.
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Iowa
Chicago
Federal Reserve
Des Moines
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Northwest
Tllinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Towa
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank
Chicago Federal Bank
Ilinois
Plan New Burlington Depot at Shenandoah
Shenandoah Iowa March 25 district officials of the Burlington railroad with head line men are in the city this week planning a new Burlington depot to be erected in the city during the summer. They outline changing telegraph lines and wiring for the new structure and expect bids to be called soon. The pulp left after extracting oil from olives is burned as fuel in Spain.
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Shenandoah
Burlington Railroad
Burlington
Spain
Freezone Corn Remedy Promises Quick Pain Relief
Advertisement claims Freezone instantly relieves aching corns with a small bottle costing a few cents. It promises painless removal of hard and soft corns and calluses between toes using a simple finger method, without soreness or irritation.
JAYS MISSISSIPPI CHIPPING BENEFITS NORTH AND SOUTH
Washington report on Senator Seaman testimony urged rapid Upper Mississippi river deepening to cut rail tariffs and move grain south to the gulf while south lumber fuels northern mills. He argued inland waterways reduce shipping costs and support western producers. Northern and southern regions would gain from cheaper transport and wider market access.
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Washington News Bureau
Waterloo Evening Courier
Washington, D. C
New Orleans
Iowa
Middle Western
St. Lawrences
Halleck W. Souman
Clinton
House ‘Rivers and Hirbors Committee
Misppi
Mississippi
Tlinois
Gulf
Wisconsin
Illinois
Southland
Seaman
Tthe
Tennessee
Tennessee River
Alusele Shoals
Hudson
Mississippi River
Seouthern Ilinois
St. Lawrence
Hull to fight youth enlistment consent provision
Representative Hull prepares to object on the House floor to a war department push to authorize enlistment of youths under 21 without parental consent. The army appropriation bill had removed the consent requirement, but Hull plans a floor fight to reinstate it as a precaution against reckless youths.
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Washington News Bureau
Waterloo
Lvening Courier
Washington, D. C
War Department
Congress
Representative Hull
House Committee On Military Affairs
Hull
Army enlistment debate on one year terms and parental consent
Hull argues against youths enlisting without parental approval while the army seeks one year service under the National Defense Act. He warns young recruits may desert after brief service, tarnishing families, as Ottenger and the War Department seek a Justice Department ruling on enlistment interpretation. Secretary Weeks favors the one or three year option.
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Pep
Hull
Ottenger
Department of Justice
War Department
Pairview Cemetery officers re-elected at annual meeting
All officers were re-elected when Pairview Cemetery association met at the president H. W. Grout's office for the annual business session last evening. F. C. Platt continues as vice president BE. A. McFarlane secretary and Paul Haighley treasurer.
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Pairview
Pairview Cemetery Association
H. W. Grout
F.C. Platt
BE. A. McFarlane
Paul Highley
Germans Pioneer Rubber Covered Tennis Ball
Berlin reports a new tennis ball with a rubber covering bearing the owner's initials. The cover is added during manufacture, costing only a small extra amount. The stitchless ball is claimed to outlast standard balls by many games.
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Berlin
Tennis Balla
Maxim Gorky Reports Biography On Lenine
Carlsbad dispatches say Maxim Gorky the famed Russian writer has completed a life of Nikolai Lenine and expects to publish the work. In Vienna Marianne Beth Bas becomes Austria’s first woman admitted to the bar after passing the law exam.
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Maxim Gorky
Lenine
Carlsbad
Nikolai Lenine
Gorky
Rdiu
Austria
Vienna
Marianne Beth Bas
What About Your Rug Cleaning
Miller Cleaning and Dye Works advertises thorough rug cleaning services. Contact at 16509 216-218 W. 11th for full cleaning and dye work.
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Miller Cleaning & Dye Works
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