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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1925
Page
11
October building permits totaled 104000 with 11 residences 84200, eight remodeling or enlargements 2500, five business remodels 12400, 36 cottages 6250, one business building 5000, one warehouse 1000. Late Saturday two permits added 2000 to Marquis for metropolis hotel remodeling and 516 Mulberry addition to a business building.
Jesup Iowa Nay special report notes Jesup junior high has been invited to compete in the Black Hawk county junior high school declamatory contest. The first round will be in Jubilee auditorium Tuesday evening December 8. Preliminary trials have been held and winners will advance to the final home contest. Subcounty contest at Winthrop early December and county contest at Independence the following week.
Professor Bohumil Shimek of the University of Town explains that a dry summer slowed leaf growth, delaying color change. Most leaves failed to develop the red and yellow pigments, leaving trees green or brown as autumn arrives in Iowa City.
Fayette Iowa November 3 Special Upper Iowa reported its most successful homecoming despite bad weather with many alumni and former students returning for class stunts and parade. The Peacocks defeated Iowa Wesleyan 13 to 0 to lead the conference as President staff of Cornell College spoke at convocation with Updesraff urging a union of education and religion for practical gains.
Former baseball star Babe Ruth shows marked health gains after a Maine hunting trip. Reports state he walked forty miles from a remote camp to the nearest rail line. Also mentioned are teammates Joe Bush and Muddy Ruel along with other hunting party members.
Mrs Edith Adams reports on events in La Porte City including Carence Wing visiting relatives, his son Carleton undergoing surgery in St Paul for a back injury from a baseball accident. Social clubs meet at Stipp home and Mrs J J Seamons hosts the Community club with craft projects and a hospital donation drive. Local residents travel from Cedar Rapids to Waterloo and Chicago.
Des Moines Nov 3 The state executive council will open bids Thursday for the 1927 automobile plates totaling 640 400 pairs the same as the present registration. The board of control bids as the lowest bidder and will handle production at the Anamosa reform school plant with the Want ads dynamic system able to produce about 16 000 pairs daily. Registration starts Dec 1 and counties receive their allotment.
Miss Bertha L. Patt of the college art department left Cedar Falls for Des Moines to care for her mother and sister, both seriously ill. Leave of absence for the Winter term was extended a month.
Clarence L Fiester accepted the vice presidency at Farm ers State Savings bank in a big city replacing John J Handt who resigned He is a former county auditor for two years and a longtime resident of the area He previously worked as a traveling salesman for the Rawk Eye OH company and helped organize the bank in this city. Also notes about a trip prize and nutrition school programs in Buchanan county with district meetings and new officers in four townships.
An early morning collision at Fourth and Main Streets Cedar Falls involved cars operated by Harry Gibbs and H K Moorthayp of Waterloo. Slippery pavement blamed for the incident with both vehicles damaged and no injuries reported.
Nov 3 in la city authorities report Prof. Gilbert Poof of the University of Iowa supports the epg theory of chicken origins. He argues any breed could not arise fully formed but must come from the eggs of an altered bird.
Patrons at a local show house were disturbed by a continuous cough from a fellow audience member. An advertisement for FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR COMPOUND claims quick relief for coughs and colds, citing Mrs. W. J. Clary of White Plains as a user and urging readers to buy locally.
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