Casket Factory Expands With Major Plant Additions
The J. J. Meany Casket Company on Falle avenue and McKinley street reveals a new ell shaped addition adding over 4,000 square feet to the plant. The upgrade doubles capacity and creates offices, display space, and women’s rest rooms while front and back sections house production workers on power sewing machines. Lawrence T. Welsch arrives as superintendent as the firm, started nine years ago in a small shop, now ships Waterloo caskets across the middle west to Pittsburgh.
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J. J. Meany Casket Company
Falle Avenue
McKinley Street
J.J Meany
Lawrence T. Welsch
Pittsburg
JJ. Meany Casket Company
Western Avenue
Waterloo Made
Middlewest
Independence Man Resigns After 40 Years With L C Ry
F C Nortman of Independence resigns as agent after four decades with the Illinois Central system due to ill health. He will receive pension and pass privileges and plans to move with his wife to California to live near their daughter Winifred, who works as a nurse. no successor named yet.
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Hotel Johnson
Cherney
Independence
G. O. Vandeveer
State Bank
Waverly
Irene McCalley
Lee Mccalley
Contractor's Right to Choose Method Upheld by Court
New York appellate court affirms that a contractor may select his own work methods when not dictated by specifications. In Charles Mears & Co. vs City of New York, the contractor defended a method to protect excavations with trusswork rather than bank pitching, and won extra costs. The ruling notes bids reflect the contractor’s own methods and that compliance with specifications suffices.
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Appellate Court of
New York
Charles Mears & Co
City
Towa Architects Honor Cleveland With High Office
Towa Architects Elect Mortimer B Cleveland as vice president of the Iowa branch of the American Institute of Architects during a two day convention in Ames. G C A Dierman and E H Taylor named president and secretary treasurer respectively. Next year’s state convention will be in Ames and St Louis will host the national gathering in May. Twenty five delegates attended. the event included a banquet at Hotel Russell and social outings.
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The
Institute
St. Louis
Allen Holmes Kimball
Ames
Fred J. Herr
Dubuque
Iowa
Ofhers
Mr. Kimball
Thomas F. Carkeek
Thhe Institute
Hotel
Russells Dameson
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Praised By User
A testimonial from Mrs. Waller of Frankfort New York extols Chamberlains Cough Remedy as the best medicine for coughs and colds. She recounts giving it to her nine year old son Carl during a croup attack and notes immediate relief and repeated satisfactory results.
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Chamberlain
First Story of West High Building Nearing Finish
The first walls of the new West High School at Fifth and Locust streets rise as H. A. Maine Co. expects completion within two weeks. Structural work starts next Monday with six carloads of steel and ten carloads of cement on site. Ground broke May 4 for the basement. 400 carloads of material already delivered, enough for 30 trains of 40 cars each.
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New West High School
Fifth
Locust Streets
H. A., Maine
H. A. Maine
New World Record Pouring Concrete
A 4 person Cree Moos Co crew set a new record while pouring concrete on the Jefferson highway near Big Lake in Sherburne county Minnesota. Over ten hours they placed 883 lineal feet covering about 766 square yards.
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Cree, Moos & Co
Guardian Life Building
St. Paul
Jefferson Highway
Big Lake
Sherburne County
Minn
Par ent-Teacher meeting and birthday party in La Porte City
La Porte City hosts a spring Parent-Teacher Association meeting marked by pupil demonstrations and talks including Why Woman Should Vote. Little Vera May Miller celebrated her 15th birthday with classmates at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Haverly.
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Hartz
Gittendangs
Mixa Jlgrtz
Jeske Vo. Kober
Jo S. Gench
Vera May Iiler
Elsie Miler
Xyhoel
Haverly
Lal- Jowe
Httle
Browning
Nemo
F. M. Jgou
Spring Creek Township
Gordon Durnin
Will Kurth
Waterloo
Kurth
Durnin
Kansas City
Here
W. J. Lehman
Marshalltown
Charley Mununel, Jr
D. J. Hummel
C. A. Brust
M. Ll. Haven
Des Moines
Frida
Triven Rand
Butler County Women Study Art of Voting
Butler County women convened at the courthouse for a county committee meeting focused on the art of voting. Mrs Missman led the local committee, and U W McChure Greene discussed voting lists, delivering notable discussion and engagement despite a somber note about Emma Thomas of Valley reported dead while waiting at the depot.
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Butler County
Ailton
Ale County
Missman
Teores
U. VW
McChure
Greene
R. Burbridge
Emma Thomas
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Fast Relief
An advertisement claims a cold can be broken in a few hours with Pape's Cold Compound taken every two hours for three doses. It cites relief from nasal congestion headache feverishness sneezing and stiffness, notes quick, pleasant action and low cost at drug stores without quinine.
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Pape
Local notes drift through town on travel and appointments
The article reports residents making trips to Germany and England while details emerge about local staffing changes at Allison town offices. It notes the town treasurer vacancy and a deputy treasurer resignation, with Agnes I Miller assisting and no replacement yet chosen. It also mentions recent accidents on the Mary road, including a car wreck at an intersection and injuries within a family, though specifics are incomplete.
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Gelweln
Allison
Kurbridge
Ochweln
Germany
Vor
Rogers
Mary Road
Slae
Tamily
Frasier
Foley & Co Honey and Tar Cure Ad Claims Health Trial
A vintage ad asks readers to mail a cutout to Foley & Co in Chicago for a trial package. It promises remedies including honey and tar compounds for coughs and colds, kidney pills, cathartic tablets, and claims of relief for pain, rheumatism, constipation, and headaches. Ad text emphasizes household use and broad sellable claims.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Folex
Rand
Foley
Frasier and Gunstow Visit Courthouse for Voter Info
Frasier and Gunstow registered their car at the courthouse Thursday and sought information on absent voters before departing for Florida next Monday. The note records travel concerns and a local potato and coal ad appears amid misc advertising.
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Frasier
Gunstow
Florida
John Fragiers Heaith
Lewa Li
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L C. Ry
Buchanan County Institute
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M. G. Clark
Sioux City
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Department of Education
Lemmel B. Gibson
Reading
Laura
Falklert
Madaline Nesbit
F. D. Dougherty
Anna D. Cordis
Alison Atchison
BE. W. Gostch
J. W. Barrett, Jr
Osage
Steinmetz
Emeline Jacobs Pine
Tacoma
Wash
Will- Jacobs
C. M. Gillett
Pine
Frank Jacobsens
HC. Curtis
Long Beach
Cal
Companions
Mary Sl
Aive
Companion
McCall's Magazine
Youth'’S
Commonwealth Ave
St. Paul St
Oston
Mass
Minnesota
Rome
H.ryde
Garden St. Hoboken
Towa Architects
Cleveland
L. E. Glaza Tin
West Bligh
Catett Root
Maine
la Porte City
Cora Lathwhaw
Duluth
Minow
Amuar
Prank
Lanehee J
Fliherty
Fearn Harp
Postum Cereal Company, Inc
Battle Creek, Michigan
Sudebaker
Studebaker
Udebaker
Union Motor Car Co
West Fifth Street
Mr. Ford
Spars Auto CO
Amihoringd
Saxon
I. C. Round House
Waterloo, Iowa
Wiral
W. Molian
Cascara
Omi
la Grippe
Hill
East Side
First National
First National Bank
Paul Davis
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