Walnut Street Apartments Under Construction At $35,000
C C McClinton starts eight unit Walnut street project costing about 35000 with excavation begun yesterday. The two story brick building will house four double and four single apartments plus an eight stall garage. Interiors feature Murphy beds and Philippine mahogany trim with new color stucco and modern conveniences.
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C. C. McClinton
Walnut Street
Mcclinton
Long Beach
California
Jacob H. Fucss
Pine and
Clay Street
Walnut Court Apartments
Park Commissioners
Waterloo Homes
Walnut Streets
Pine Street
Poat
Plan to aid officials and owners in avoiding contractor default
Washington D C May plan to aid public officials and private owners in avoiding contractor default on contracts will be discussed by the executive board of the Associated General Contractors in Oklahoma City May 16. The plan, announced by SG Williams, aims to create a data bureau on contractor performance to guide surety bond decisions, with data collection to begin May 11 in Oklahoma City and June 4 in New York.
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Washington, D. C
Associated Gener Contractors
Oklahoma City
SG. M. Williams
Contractors’ Association
Cemereta
Adler
New York
Efficiency trophies set for Boy Scout picnic event
The Hoy Scout family dinner at 1:00 p.m. Monday at Dairy Cattle Congress grounds will precede awarding the Trank Walter monthly troop efficiency trophy and the Eagle Scout efficiency cup. If weather is fine, plates and baskets will be served in Electric Park Grove. otherwise in the Automobile Exhibition Hall. Music by the Roy Seow drum and bugle corps.
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Dairy Cattle Congress Grounds
Mathers’ Auxiliary
Arthur FP
Ane
Electric Park Grove
Automobile Exhibition Hall
Mothers’ Auxiliary
At & Fo Om
Roy Seow
Lightning Flashes Light Up Morning Storm
Early morning lightning and thunder disturbed sleepers as a storm intensifies from yesterday. Rain fell through the night, totaling about 1.05 inches by 7 am today at Ralph B. Slippy’s gauge. Local events and road routes disrupted, with several highways in poor condition and detours advised.
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Ralph B. Slippy
Waterloo Motor Club
la Porte
City Ad Vinton
Cedar Rapidsound
Cedar Falls
Independence
April Construction East of Rockies Rises to Second-Best Month
Des Moines May 11. Construction in the territory east of the Rockies during April reached the second highest April toll on record, the FLW Dodge corporation announced. The central western division led gains while Texas showed a dip, with total April construction: 5169,239,100 across several states. Residential accounted for 46 percent, public works 14 percent, industrial 14 percent, and commercial 6 percent, while four months of 1929 trailed 1928 totals.
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Des Moines
Rocky Mountains
FLW. Dodge
Texas
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Westen
Atolco
Three Month Jail Sentence for Child Stealing
Walter Jenkyn, 32, was sentenced to three months in county jail for child stealing. He pleaded guilty to abducting 9 year old Mildred Schallenberger on February 9, taking her from near Rhey and Franklin streets, driving toward Grant highway and back, before returning her two blocks from home. County Attorney J W Gwynne stated no evidence supported a more serious charge.
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Walter Jenkyn
Mildred Schallenberger
Jenkyn
J. W. Gwynne
DR. Boies
Rhey
Pranklin
Spanish Minister in Mexico Asks Relief
Spain to withdraw Marquis de Rislo from Mexico after a terse order to aviators Ignacio Jimenez and Francisco Tglesias. Rislo sought a successor as foreign office clarifies the notification about trans Atlantic aviators visiting Mexico not stopping there.
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Mexico City
VPI
el Universal Today
Marquis de Rislo
Ignacio Jimenez
Francisco Tglesias
Mexico
Cuba
Spain
Marquis de Rialp
Foreign Office
Legation
Legation Rearly
Hard Woman Doctor for Second Offense
Des Moines May 11 Mrs Carria Rowley 68 faced a second trial on a charge of performing an illegal operation this day indictments returned by the grand jury were made public Rowley who served a term for the offense before was accused by a 20 year old girl and in the death of another girl who died last March She was arrested April 29 and instruments alleged for use in illegal operations were seized at her home Rowley completed a prior term on a similar charge at Rockwell City by 1927.
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Des Moines
Carria Rowley
Rowley
Rockwell City
Stock Funeral to Be at Dumont
Dumont Iowa May 11 Mrs Flor entina Stock died Friday at her daughter Mrs Ligde Peeht home where she lived many years She and her husband were early settlers operating a farm near town Mrs Stock died 22 years ago Surviving are the daughter and six sons August William Fred Aredale Henry Hampton Arthur Maza Mante Wis and Sinen Kanawha Services will be Monday afternoon at the Reform church burial in the German Reform cemetery nine miles southwest of Dumont
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Courier
Dumont
Florentina Stock
Ligde Peeht
Farami Smith
Myr. Stock
August
William
Fred
Aredale
Henry
Hampton
Arthur
Mazamante
Wis
Sinen
Kanawha
Sumner Pharmacy Moves to New Corner Building
Shales Bros. pharmacy relocates to the corner building formerly occupied by the State Park and later the Municipal Army headquarters in Des Moines. The move completes last night with fixtures. The Shales brothers, four years in Sumner, came from Farrunnersburg and succeed W. T. Overton. No future occupant announced for the vacant Syndicate block. Mother-daughter banquet planned by Meth. church class in Independence chaired by Os. Al Cohagan of the YMCA of Waterloo will speak.
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Aurier Special Service
Sumner
Shales Bros
State Park
Municipal Army Company of
Des Moines
Shales Brothers
Farrunnersburg
W. T. Overton
Home Chemical Company
Ing
Bulldt
Independence
OS. AL Cohagan
Yo OM. CG. A
Waterloo
Local cream separator shipment from Stockholm raises interest
A May 11 dispatch from Independence shows 200 cream separators shipped from Stockholm to local distributors in Indiana. The machines, made in Sweden, are described as an annual shipment for the region.
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Sweden
Independence
Stockholm
Inwa
Cedar Falls Utility Fight Litigates Tax Boost and Jurisdiction
Cedar Falls faces a legal clash as Walter Walters seeks an injunction against the city electrical plant over lines and service beyond corporate limits after assessed values jumped from 200 to 1000 by the board of review. The hearing before Judge Boies examined city defenses and Walters claims, with city officials arguing the suit oversteps court jurisdiction and that the city may not be restrained from serving rural patrons.
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Cedar Falls
GC. E. Walters
Toledo
WH. B. Boies
Walters
Whiters
Cedar Frills
Town Railway & Light Corporation
A. BH. Lovejoy
Merner
Sherman W. DeWolf
Reinbeck
J. F. Sullivan
Gedar Falls
DeWolf
Cart
Inn
Cnrperate
Caurta
Jydee Boles
Game law infractions in Independence May court action
In Indpendence May, R Kirk was fined in Justice court for illegal possession of game. Deputy Game Warden Fred Riant and Raymond Jewett faced charges under the game laws. The case proceeded under local court authority with officials handling the action.
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R. Kirk
Fred Riant
Wil§hare
San
Rosis
Marinus
Catnaly
Raymond Jewett
Sso
Igamce
Special Election Officials Named For May 31 Ballot
Judges and clerks from the November general election will serve on the May 31 special election boards. Voters will decide on $1,000,000 county road bonds to finish payment on the primary system and $18,000 for a new isolation hospital unit. Registration days in Waterloo are May 23 24 25 with hours 7 to 9 p.m. in towns and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. in townships. Newcomers and precinct changers must register. six months in state and 60 days in county required. Results expected within 30 minutes after polls close.
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Board of Supervisors
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Charles MacKay
Mackay
Death of Dumont Man Is Sudden
Almus Jones was found dead Friday at Neil Neilson’s home near Aredate. Services are Sunday at United Brethren church. burial in Harlan cemetery beside his 1912 deceased wife. Survived by four sons and two daughters including Glenn H. of Geneva and Oral of Rockford, and two daughters in Barrell and Hamp ton.
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Dumont
Almus
Jones
Neil Neilson
Aredate
United Brethren Church
Harlan
Glenn H
Geneva
Mervel
Rockwell
Clarsena Johnson
Oral
Rockford
Ill
Barrell
Elsie
Hampton
Former Iowan Makes Good Real Estate Deal in California
Courier Special Serviced Oelwein May 13. Willam Lingelbach moved from Oelwein to Hollywood and leased a lot for 6500, with a 99 year lease at 300 monthly. A syndicate seeks the block for a hotel. Newly elected Maple Grove club officers are Mrs. Jennie Logan president and others. Haskins family back from Florida, Borland home from Mercy Hospital after appendectomy.
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Courier Special
Oelwein
Willam Lingelbach
Hallywood
Cal
Lingelbach
Maple Grove Club
Jennie Logan
Fannie Corbin
Flossie Frye
Irma Fereday
Birdenia Maclendie
Lizzie Young
Essie Ridler
L. N. Haskins
Florida
Glenn Borland
Mercy Hospital
Sumner Ministers Attend Iowa Evangelical Conference
Rev and Mrs W J Klooz depart for Aplington to visit relatives before attending the Evangelical Lutheran Iowa conference in Des Moines. The Sumner Congregation endorses Rev Klooz return. Pastor L S Smith will travel to Des Moines for the conference, with Mrs Smith accompanying to Fort Dodge.
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Pourier
Sumner
W. J. Klooz
Aplington
Kloox
L. S. Smith
Evangelical Church
The
Union Neghborhood
Eash
Here
Fort Dodge
Little Jack Little Called to New York for R K O Broadcast
National radio entertainer Little Jack Little is summoned to New York to broadcast on the Red Network for R K O Tuesday night. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Leonard of 714 Washington street, have learned. The program airs 9 to 10 p m central time. Waterloo listeners hear it on WHO Des Moines. Little, one of the 15 popular Keith-Orpheum entertainers, sails July 16 with Mrs. LittLe for London to visit home and will broadcast from 2L0 Britsh Broadcasting. They plan two months abroad returning aboard the Mauretania.
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Little Jack Little
New York
Red
Rk-O
Radio
Keith-Orpheum
James Leonard
Washington Street
Waterloo Radio
WHO
Des Moines
Waterloo
Keith- Orpheum
Litt Ile
Berengaria
London
England
British Broadcasting Company
Yes of Love Next Comedy to Be Given by Walther League
The Walther League of Immanuel Lutheran church in Waterloo plans a May 24 performance of Eyes of Love a comedy drama by Lillian Mortimer to raise funds for hosting the Tawa District convention June 1 to 3. The plot follows escaped convict James Rankin seeking his daughter Garilyn and features a cast including Carolina Gatlya Reetaois Burt Wade Mrs Barry and others.
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Lillian Mortimer
Waterloo Walther League
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Carolina Gatlya Reeta Ois
Burt Wade
Barry Lora
Clark
Hulda Mathias
Edna Dettmer
Viola Mayne
Oscer Ehjers
Ruth Semimenn
Tiride Borcherts
Honey Zimmerman
Judge Barry
Harald Roepe Royal Mantor
Henry Wenthe
Dimy Rankin
Norber, Roepe
Baldwin Sees Early Disarmament Progress
London May 11 Premier Stanley Baldwin, seeking re election, forecast early progress toward disarmament. He cited the Locarno pact and Kellogg Brand treaty as improving the international situation and said Britain stands for reduction, not mere imitation, of armaments and has set a notable example.
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London
Stanley Baldwin
House of Commons
Blakeman of Jesup Dies Suddenly at Barbershop
L A H Blakeman, a retired farmer of Jesup, died of a stroke at 10 a m while seated in a local barber shop. Surviving are his widow and five children, with three sons Glenn Bert Blakeman of Waterloo Donald of Chicago and two daughters in Nashua and Burlington Wisconsin born in June 1863. A second item notes Mrs Louise Thacker 27 died after drinking poison Thursday night in Des Moines leaving a seven year old daughter.
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Courier Sneviat Servier
Jesup
L. H. Blakeman
Glenn
Bert Blakeman
Waterloo
Donald
Chicago
William Post
Nashua
Frank Brierly
Burlington
Wis
Wisconsin
Iowa
Kiems
Des Moines
U.P
Louise Thacker
Organize Buchanan County Legion Unit Promoted
Organization of a county unit for the American Legion has been promoted by Sheehan post of Independence. Dr. Igalis of Aurora is commander and L. A. Walters of Independence is adjutant.
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PP Ourrer
Independence
American Legion
Sheehan Post
Dr. Igalis
Aurora
L. A. Walters
Adjiltanc
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William Schmidt
Dane Peddier
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Jaansverd
Rollat Falls
Walther League
Baldwin
L. AH. Blakeman
Mr Quick
Buchanan County Legion
Pivisian and Rath Sts
Cosper & Kendall
General Contractors
Weatherwax Insurance
Agency
B. V. Hughes, Mgr
Black Hawk
Barber, Barrett
Johns-Mansville
Watson
R. C. Harrington
East Ninth St
Phene
Lennox
Bennett Furnace CO
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Waterloo Building and Loan Association
Lafayette Sts
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