Street Cleaning Costs Fall, Waterloo Real Estate Board Told
Mi or Glend A. Tibbitts told Waterloo Real Estate Board at a luncheon that city street cleaning costs have dropped with newer equipment. He cited increases in equipment value from under $100 in 1911 to $25,000 now and noted costs for a larger paving area. He said streets are swept at least every six weeks, with weekly sweeps on many streets and daily on business streets.
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Glend
A. Tibbitts
Waterloo Real Estate Board
City
Tibbitts
Lilly
Charles G. MacKay
Fly-Tying Materials of Emerson Hough Passed to Judge Wood
Rare fly-tying materials once owned by Emerson Hough will be turned over to Judge G W Wood and Burr Lichty by Fred Peet of Chicago. The collection includes feathers and other items Hough gathered during his life as a conservationist and nature lover. Hough, a Iowa native, traveled western wilds and skied Yellowstone in 1895. his notable works include The Mississippi Bubble and Heart’s Teste The King of Gee Whiz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
Hough
G. W. Wood
Burr Lichty
Fred Peet
Chicago
West
Yellowstone National Park
Mississippi
Iowa State Medical Society Opens 75th Annual Meeting
Des Moines May 13 AP The Iowa State Medical Society opened its seventy fifth annual meeting with about 1000 physicians expected. Dr Smith A Spillean of Ottumwa presides. The Iowa Clinical Medical Society met and elected Dr L Treymore of Council Bluffs as president and Dr C Wanpps of Iowa City as vice president. Iowa Medters Women convened with Dr Grace Dean elected president and Dr Erickson of Council Bluffs as president and Dr Mary Tinley as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa State Medical Society
Smith A. Spillean
Ottumwa
Iowa Clinical Medical Society
L.treymore
Council Bluffs
C. C. Wanpps
Iowa City
Iowa
Grace Dean
Erickson
Council Brust Cee
Mary Tinley
Council Bris
Wyant Recovering After Appendicitis Operation
Ned Wyant secretary of the Commercial National company revived satisfactorily after an appendicitis operation at Allen Memorial Hospital this morning. He was stricken at 4 a m and rushed to the hospital where his condition is reported as improving.
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Won
Ned) Wyant
Commercial National Compan
Allen Memorial “Hospital
Waterloo Couple Finish 12000 Mile Journey to Chengtu
Waterloo residents Mr and Mrs Paul Johnson and their son and daughter in law completed a 12,000 mile journey to Chengtu, West China. They endured two months without mail, then received letters from home after nearly seven months on the road. Johnson describes the trip as the happiest experience of his life and details a long reception line beginning over 100 miles from Chengtu.
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Paul Johnson
J. J. Johnson
Johnson
Waterloo Savings Bank
M. Church
Waterloo
Pekley
Chengtu
China
Christian Church
Peking
Mgr
Mrs. Johnson
Starrett
Miss Collier
Grawford
Johnsons
Johison
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Adverts Heritage
An old advertisement recounts pioneer women using Native remedies and herbs. It claims Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a trusted, century‑long remedy for women with satisfactory results and encourages others to try it.
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America
Lydia
E.pinklum
Simple Mixture for Gas Bloat Relief Adverts
An advertisement touts a fast acting mixture containing bark and glycerine designed to relieve stomach gas in ten minutes. It claims to purge old waste matter, reduce bloating, and aid chronic constipation with Adlerika. Endorsed by druggists including Robert Brugge and G. J. Miller.
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Robert Brugge
G. J. Miller
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Offer Laxative Liver Aid
An old newspaper ad touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a mild effective alternative to calomel for liver and bowel relief. The copy claims they improve headaches dullness and sluggish feeling by cleansing the liver and clearing a clouded brain while avoiding tooth damage. Prices are 13 and 30 cents.
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Edwards
Howards
Welcoming party for mission group at university campus
The Freighting picture recalls Mildred Welch and friends from the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society racing outside the city gate to greet us. As we reached the university campus, the Liliestrands Brew ers Smalls and others who traveled with us on the Empress of Australia met us along the half mile to the campus.
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Mildred Welch
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Liliestrands
Brewers
Smalls
Australia
Four Residence Permits Granted This Morning
Building Commissioner Charles Wassons issued four residence permits before noon in Waterloo. P. C. Johnson at 1237 Ninth Street West will erect a residence costing 4500 dollars. Moyry Hummel at 803 Home Park Boulevard will build at 9271 in the street west, 6 8. Van Ars dol at 116 Locust Street will build at 239 Denver Street. Charles Gaskins at 681 Leavitt Street will build a residence. The latter three bonuses are estimated to cost 3000 dollars each. Wasson also issued a permit to Bartholomew at 227 Hartman Street.
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Wome
Waterloo
Charles
Leavitt Street
Wasson
Bartholomew
Hartman Street
Addition to Residence and Permit at 107 Sycamore Street
A proposed alteration to the residence at the stated address carries an estimated cost of 600 dollars. An additional permit is issued to John C. Digo for a porch at 107 Sycamore Street with a 100 dollar estimate.
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John C.digo
Sycamore Street
Mothers Banquet Plans For Friday in Y Society
Committees of the mothers advisory of the Y plan the annual mother and son banquet set for Friday night at the M C A. Mrs J P Janes and Mrs St J Yarpy head decorations while other committees handle program music and auction. Names from Cedar Rapids Danville Waterloo and others appear in the readable items.
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J.P. Janes
St J. Yarpy
Gilbert Ognard
C.-A. Monuod
A. Wwing
Iquet
W. T. Beverstock
C.T
Billboard Men in Iowa City Arrested
Iowa City May 12. A legal clash in the war on billboards began weeks ago by Mayor J. J. Carroll when C A Lopeman and C Leatherbury of the Lopeman Poster Advertising Co were arrested for erecting billboards within city limits without a permit from the mayor.
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Iowa City
J. J. Carroll
C.A. Lopeman
C. Leatherbury
Lopeman Poster Advertising , Company
Lopeman Company
Carroll
Altice
Mayors Clash Over Billboard Permits In Oskaloosa
In Oskaloosa Mahaska hospital nurses fled their quarters when a small figure described as a primitive man entered through a window. The visitor was a pet monkey escaped from Dr. G A Abbott's garden. May or Carroll had earlier opposed billboard advertising during his tenure.
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Oskaloosa
Mahaska Hospital
G. A. Abbott
Morphine Found in Stomachs of Youth in Sioux City
Morphine was found in the stomach of Louis Des Jarrais an 18 year old Western Union messenger who died after drinking coffee sent to a prisoner in the city jail The police had refused to allow the lunch to be delivered to the jail Alfred Korth said to have sent the lunch to his wife is being held for questioning
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Sioux City
Louis Des Jarrais
Unie
Alfred Korth
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Emerson Hough
Ond Wyant
Wagle & Heal Electric CO
Pitzgerald
West China
Heywood
Wakefield Cabs
Nichols & Gates
Eloly Land
ROS
Abworthy
Steenshsy Generit Agent
Ge Ane
Ko Pvrb Chlesen, Re
Dr Edwards
Maishagh Hichunses
J. W. Rouse
Cedar Rapids
Eunice Tharp
Daniel J. Marvell, Jr
Danville
Lea
Josephine Robert Waterloo
Billboard
Mr. and
Mrs
Selzer
Central
Iowa Power & Light Co
S & Park Ave
East 4Th
Cedar Falls
Paradisier Cold
Mike Gauss Marmitcey
Bank
Landprat & Co
Ed St. C
LA Porte City Park
Deug Store
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