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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 17, 1925

Page

4

Iowa to Build Field House at University of Iowa

The Iowa State Board of Education approved a 600000 field house project at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. The plan calls for a 430 by 12 foot main facility with 15000 seats, a 150 by 50 foot swimming pool, indoor track, golf room, boxing, 16 handball courts, fencing, seven tennis courts, and 33 offices. Expected completion for the 1925 basketball season.

Towa City University of Towa State Board of Education Flans Tiuy Military and Physical Education Nile Iowa City University of Iowa Featerday iPu B. A. Grover School For Deaf State’ Board

Thousands flock to Little Church in search of miracle

Visitors by the thousands fill St. Martins Roman Catholic church at Central Park Mineola to view a stain on plaster shaped like Madonna and child. Parishioners hope for miracles while Rev. Danis H. Dyer seeks an explanation for the stain. Cripples seek cures as autos and buses converge on the hamlet church.

Mineola Danis H. Dyer

Local Scout Honor Awards Move Toward Eagle Badge

Judge George Wood announced plans to award a gold Eagle Scout achievement badge at the Waterloo County Boy Scouts court of honor. He presented merit honors to 15 Scouts at the meeting held last night in the municipal courtroom.

Potas Pale Waterloo Yearnia Lashioner Fall

Proceedings of County Board Update

A fragmentary record notes county board actions including badge issuance and council decisions. The text references a long gap since prior awards and mentions chairmen and officers, with unclear details on specific dates or outcomes.

Prohibition Attitudes Highlighted at 1925 Chau Tauqua Address

A Chau Tauqua feature by ABE MARTIN critiqued public attitudes toward bootleggers versus other lawbreakers. The talk mocked lax enforcement for still operators while praising citizen vigilance in pursuing bootleggers, with notes on enforcement and local political references amid county records and public notices.

Newt Plum Wum

Cornhusker Troubadour and the Sanderson Outlaw Saga

A wandering Cornhusker troubadour William R. Wallace arrives with fiddle and memory recounting the Sanderson gang and its capture in the Plains history. He recalls 1868 Kansas roots, family justice, and the outlaw tale tied to Davis County and Junction City.

William R. Wallace Wallace United States Kansas John Sanderson Plains Sanderson John Jonathan George Sanderson Bob Tom Reynolds Davis County Ron Geary John Wallace William Junction City

Scouts Award Gold Eagle For Continuous Loyalty

Last night a local troop awarded a gold eagle for continuous loyalty to a single deserving scout. Two earned first class ranks and one earned second class. Three eligible for advancement were denied for missing scouting efficiency tests. Edgar Cunningham and Robert Huntdon became first class, Clay Owens gained second class. Twelve scouts earned merit badges across various scouting activities.

Edgar Cunningham Robert Huntdon Clay Owens

Police notes charge man with lewd acts toward children

An information filed today against Nels Johnson, 63, charges him with lewd acts toward children. He will likely be arraigned next week. Johnson is in the city jail with no bond set. Also, Mack Dixon, a Black man, was sentenced today in municipal court to three days for riding a train without railroad permission, taken from the blind baggage area of an Illinois Central train yesterday.

Nels Johnson Pond Johnson Mack Dixon Illinois Central

Black Hawk County Board Advances Warrants and Maintenance Pact

Black Hawk County supervisors meet with T Bentley presiding and authorize a war rant of 275 dollars on the poor fund for 1925 rental installment and a 1256 dollar warrant on the Agricultural Extension fund for third quarter 1933 dues. They approve domestic animal fund claims. authorize a highway maintenance contract with the state highway commission and designate the county engineer as county maintenance superintendent on primary roads.

Floyd S. Broufman Miller W. D. Johnston Cayrica Decker Black Hawk County Chaineer Ahles Mra A. J. Artues Macmortal Tall J. H. Butts Becker Chapman Harry Mathe Becker Chapman Post American Legion J. A. Trimble Fred Willercamp United Spanish War Veterans Anduttof Myrtz Oulce le Dolimire Monty Ray Cowin H.W. Ailler Ahiea Isge Tx Cedar Valley Fair Associa Waterloo Towa Board of Supervisors Black Hath County T. Bentley Messrs. Miller Refshauge Prospect Place Raymond Johnson Wateries Hatlock Connor & Lee F. Aa CG. Elargent Co. He. Com Ames Melberg C. W. Gyon Sterrari Wldl Johnston Ear Springer Stewart and Raatron HBR Ler Tester Yang EL HH dJohnson Mikesy Trent Fine Beard Highway Commission Board of F. T. Ley FR. Deckert Hefshaure Nathan Northis H.W. Miler J. D. Teer Matt Ables Towighway Commission Miemimere Wm. Collinson Counly Tate Espiracis

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