Waterloo groups push perfect package movement for lower rates
Shippers in Waterloo join carriers in backing a nationwide contest to rate shipments by package quality. The plan, led by Smith, Lichty & Hillman Co, aims for a “perfect package month” in November across the United States and Canada, to pressure freight and express rates downward.
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Waterloo
Canada
Greater Waterloo Association
Smith, Lichty & Hillman Co
United States
Ilinois
Cellar Rapids
Waterloo Way
Cedar Rapids
Jsut
John Berg
Frank Higgins
H. O. Kelley
Five Years Given Crooked Banker in Iowa Court
In Fort Madison a bank defaulter, Berk Berg, received a five year sentence after pleading guilty to larceny. The court rejected leniency, noting a fixed five year term, despite pleas highlighting his 20 year bank service, Montana land holdings, and family tragedy. Parole hopes linger for early release, contingent on good behavior.
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Fort Madison
Berg
Board of Parole
Berg Bank Defalcation Parole Efforts Spark Debate
Clarion Iowa October 20. Efforts to avert a five year district court sentence for John Berg former cashier of the Belmond State Bank are under way. Friends say he is penitent and surrendered all he owns to cover defalcations estimated at eighty thousand dollars and backed by Berg’s land holdings totaling about fifteen thousand acres in Montana Minnesota and Iowa.
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Clarion
John Berg
Belmond State Bank
McCry
Belmond
Berg
Montana
Minnesota
Iowa
Death notices and obituaries from Waterloo Iowa fragment
Fragmentary obituary items note Mrs M K Steeley dying of typhoid fever at Independence People's hospital. Services set for Friday at 2 pm with Rev D L Purcell officiating. Other notes mention births and deaths, with relatives in Waterloo Chicago and Fairfield, and interments at local or rural Iowa cemeteries.
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M. K. Steelem
M. K. Steeley
People’s Hospital
Independence
Wall de
D. L
John -Graber
John Graber
Fairview
Fairfield
Steeley
Waterloo
Brandon
Farhorn
Wheatland
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Berk
Fort Dodge
Sela
Fis
Rogers
McCall
Frances
Chicago
Carolyn Gensirt
Ste T
West
Billy Rough
Mackinaws
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