Waterloo Becomes Hub of Pleasure Wheel In May Show Week
Waterloo’s status as a regional amusement center expands as Witham and Allen United Shows tour the city May 19 week. The program features a water circus with twenty women swimmers and divers, including Chubby Whitnes and Eva May, along with Sahara the educated horse and Princess Maxine, a notable educated mule. The carnival offers Beets Sahara, Pol Maits Coney Taland, and Wendleton’s pit acts, promising a morally engaging entertainment package for women and children.
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Waterloo
Witham and Allen United
England
Eva May
Ireland
Esther Danaille
Lillian Cooler
English Channel
Sahara
Maxine
Pol- Mait
Coney Taland
Wendleton
Circus Comes to Town on Illinois Central Grounds
A family friendly show featuring a House of Animal Circus and Princess Carita plus several acts. a new Carry Us All ride and a large Ferris wheel will be on display. The event runs for one week beginning Monday May 19 on the Illinois Central grounds.
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House
Animal Circus
Princess Carita
Illinois Central Grounds
A J Conductor to Have Hearing
P M Arenais a Rock Island conductor was arrested Monday afternoon for blockading the McKinley street crossing and was to appear in police court this morning but did not respond when named. He was delayed at Cedar Rapids and will have his hearing on return to the city, probably tomorrow. Fred Teage a driver for a local transfer company was arrested for reckless driving and pleaded guilty at arraignment in Capaciay and fined six dollars. Wil Arraign Boys John Coogan Kenneth Davis and George Meggett, three boys accused of entering Paul Davis store Sunday afternoon, will be before Judge F C Platt this afternoon. The boys gave conflicting stories and cannot provide a correct statement.
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P. M. Arenais
Rock Island
McKinley Street
Cedar Rapids
Fred Teage
Capaciay
Wil
Lightning Strikes Norris Home Injures Child Fears
A bolt hit J C Norris's home on Riehl Street freezing the stove area and tearing plaster from walls. Lillie Norris, four, escaped injury after a couch was struck and the fire started but a quick neighbor relief stopped the blaze. Mr Norris Sr, 83, stood near the door but was unharmed. the child was left with neighbors.
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Lillie
J. C. Norris
Riehl Street
Lillian
Mr. Norris, Sr
Mr. Norris, Jr
How to Mail Dwarf Trees in Pots
Scientific American explains miniature pines firs and oaks grown in shallow pots for decades through selective pruning. Starting with a small seedling, roots are cut and replanted in a shallow pan with scant soil and minimal water, light, and heat. Roots and top are repeatedly pruned to slow growth and shape a balanced dwarf form, with time varying by species from three to four years to up to fifteen.
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Scientific American
Dutch Aviator and German Make Flight to Amsterdam
Berlin May 13 The Dutch aviator Bernard De Waal with German co pilot ICuntner began a monoplane flight from Johannisthal to Amsterdam at 3 30 am The duo landed first at Hanover at 6 10 am refueled then resumed the journey at 9 40 am
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Berlin
Bernard de Waal
Icuntner
Johannisthal
Amsterdam
Hanover
Builders Prepare For Contingencies Of Future Quest
Builders Quest and Smith with D J Moore and Judson Lamb plan a three section business block on Fifth Street West between Bluff and Washington. They will lay a strong foundation to support a four or five story building costing at least 35000. Excavation begun. F W Chapman awarded contract. The two story block will include eight six room apartments on the second floor. Lamb will lease forty feet front on Fifth Street to Fatt Auto Company for five years. Occupancy hoped by September 1.
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Quest. & Smith
D. J. Moore
Judson A. Lamb
Fifth Street
Waterloo
Quest &Smith
Bluff Street
D. J.moore
Judson A.“Lamb
Bluff
Washington
F. W. Chapman
Kistner
Third Avenue West
Lamb
Sher- Fatt Auto Company
Park Avenive West
Freckles advertised remedy promises to remove spots
An old advertisement touts ethine double strength as a guaranteed freckle remover. It claims an ounce may clear freckles and eliminate many spots with nightly and morning applications, offering money back if unsuccessful. The copy urges asking for double strength and warns dogs of possible failure to remove freckles.
New High Speed Gasoline Engine Debuts in England
An English manufacturer markets a new internal combustion engine capable of 4200 rpm chiefly for aero nautical use. A similar automobile model is in preparation. The engine features eight steel cylinders of 2 1/2 inch bore and 2 1/2 inch stroke.
Bradshaw's new V shaped 50 horsepower engine
The tubular steel crankcase houses a V shaped arrangement with a spur gear at the crankshaft end driving a six to one reduction gear. Cylinders are staggered on the crankcase. The engine develops fifty horsepower at 4200 rpm, weighs 112 pounds, and runs with eighty psi compression. Designed by Granville E Bradshaw who recently produced a two cylinder motorcycle engine reaching 6506 rpm for 13 horsepower.
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Granville E. Bradshaw
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