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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1927
Page
16
Mayor Glenn A. Tibbitts and City Clerk Charles C. MacKay say boulevard light bids were refused as overestimate and the city cannot receive bids without lengthy procedures. Sidewalk bids, opened at a special meeting, require new bidding and more than two weeks, risking weather delays.
Members of the Waterloo Boat Club and River Improvement Association plan social gatherings at the clubhouse during winter. A cookstove will be installed to serve lunches, and a custodian for the building will be appointed soon.
The second violet crop is reported in this area. R A Doty overseer of the poor brought blooms to his office this morning. Mrs. Fred Wagner and Franklin Burns of Cedar Heights gathered blossoms from the hardy early spring plants.
William Venable, former Waterloo police officer, filed for divorce from his wife Ethel Venable at 1309 Second Street West Sioux City after resigning following a midnight fish and strawberries luncheon in a widow’s kitchen. He has moved to Sioux City, with original notice served on his wife outlining the suit.
Mrs Ethel Desne opened the Cedar Valley Beauty School at 520 Jefferson Street today. She brings ten years of beauty school and shop work experience and has trained hundreds of operators in Chicago. The Desne Beauty Shop at 603 Fourth Street West will continue operations.
A Crystal theater program features Dont Tell the Wife a light French life farce with Irene Rich Huntley Gordon Lilyan Tashman and William DeMarest in principal roles. The Evans Revue opens with a musical comedy tale The Indian Love Song sung by Norton and Sewell plus touring chorus numbers and dance bits offering an hour of light entertainment.
George H. Scully W H Howrey C E Howard and Lester W Miller of the Waterloo Real Estate board left for Council Bluffs Iowa to attend the Iowa State Realtors convention a two day meeting opens today Scully serves on the state board of directors and Miller will preside over a breakfast conference on home building The Waterloo board is one of 16 local associations in the state body.
Movie listings show Palace featuring Douglas Fairbanks in The Three Musketeers a swashbuckling romance. Plaza presents Be ware of Widows with Laura La Plante Bryant Washburn and Paulette Duvall. Strand airs Beau Geste starring Ronald Coleman a romance mystery adventure. Rialto screens Painting the Town a comedy about a small town cracker and a Follies girl with Glenn Tryon Ruth Miller.
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