POUNGIL TO OPEN BIDS ON SEWERS
City council set November 14 for bids on a 9 560 lineal feet sewer project across Euclid Leland Wel ington Denver Quincy Ricker and Heich streets with a 4 inch pump lift station on Euclid between Summit and Reber Avenues vitrified pipe in varied sizes 8 to 20 inches and related piling bids also expected and a probe into a contractor issue and city finances revision debated amid routine reports and minor actions.
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Euclid
Leland
Wellngton
Denver
Quincy
Ricker
Eek
Hiehl
Summit
Reber Avenues
N. W. Frisbie
W. EB. Ogle
Leon A. Link
A. Manning
Thers’ Union
Edward Ahnke
Jasmine
Lathrs
Mahnke
Iowa League of Municpalities
Ogle
Iowa
Sans Souci
Ralph Ippy
Courier
Boy Scouts March Thursday Honor Roosevelt Birthday
Waterloo Boy Scouts will march Thursday at 6 30 p m from Memorial hall through Fourth and Fifth streets to Majestic theatre to honor Theodore Roosevelt. A 7 15 p m program at the theatre features Mayor Frisbie in charge and Ben Swisher as chief speaker. Scouts attend both the Roosevelt program and the vaudeville show.
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BOY Scouts
Roosevelt
Waterloo
Memorial_hall
Theodore Roosevelt
Majestic Theatre
Teddy
N. W. Frisvie
Ben F. Swisher
Bremer's First Church Clarifies Early Local Church Fact
A clarification notes that the log church built in 1862 near Waverly by Schrode mier's father and others for the Evangelical association was not Bremer county's first rural church. Earlier houses of worship existed at Janesville and Waverly.
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Bremer
John Schrodemier
Waverly
Schrodemier
Evangelical Association
Bremer County
Janesville
Banks Contest Bank Tax Case in Court
A court hearing before Judge G W Wood addresses taxation of bank stock under a writ of certiorari served on county board members. Twelve banks argue the 1918 assessment overvalues stock, citing prior supreme court rulings, while government obligations and nonbanking activities are examined. the case could take days with large penalties possible if taxes are deemed due.
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G. W. Wood
Pike, Sias, Zimmerman & Frank
Pickett, Swisher & Farwel
Carleton Sias
F. E. Farwell
Nelson Miller
LeMars
A. G. Reid
Supreme Court
High Court
Pageant Shows Women's Progress Pleases Audience
A crowd between 700 and 800 attended the east high auditorium last evening to view the pageant Dawn, presented by the Women's Society of First Baptist church. Mrs. Hazel Bond Witt planned and arranged most of the work with Mrs. F. R. Asquith, directing 175 participants. The production drew praise for harmony and finish, with robes blending color for impact. Special music by A. J. VanDor an, a vocal solo by C. L. Tarbell, and piano by Evelyn Wiegand highlighted the program. Encores followed each number as scenes traced women's servile roles in various cultures through the ages, culminating in a progressive era setting.
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East High Auditorium
Freedom of Woman
Women's Society of
First Baptist Church
Hazel Bond Witt
F. R. Asquith
B. B. Felcher
Anna Mishler
Pageant on Reform Women Heralds Great Awakening
In a depiction of biblical figures like Mary and Martha, the piece shows women in quiet gatherings under Christ’s teachings. Spirits of temperance, civil liberty, and brotherhood lead a third act portraying modern liberty. A second performance for Baptist delegates is planned Saturday.
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Martha
Peter
Maury Magdalene
Jarius
Baptist Convention
Burk Hearing Set for Thursday Night
The charges of misconduct and intoxication against E. J. Burk a suspended police sergeant are to be heard Thursday evening with about 40 witnesses summoned. J. T. Sullivan will prosecute before the police and fire commissioners while J. C. Murtagh W. N. Birdsall and John H. Meyers represent the police.
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E. J. Burk
Ther Municipal Court
J. T. Sullivan
J. C. Murtagh
W. N. Birdsall
John H. Meyers
Police
Msan
Back After 40 Years Landmark Vignettes Vanished
After a long absence of forty years, C. F. Kurth senior visits Water loo and Cedar Falls. He notes that most landmarks and old friends have vanished, with only a few fall landmarks lingering. He mentions W. Kurth Jr. and Bellevue, Iowa, as family ties amid changing cityscapes.
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C. F. Kurth
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
W. Kurth, Jr
Logan Avenue
Bellevue
Pine Cough Syrup At Home How To Make It
A home remedy method using pine extract and sugar syrup or substitutes to ease coughs and throat inflammation. Promotes Pinex twice daily, claims relief within 24 hours, and warns to avoid substitutes while noting the product origin in Ft Wayne Indiana.
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The
Pinex Co
Wayne
Ind
Engineers to address Waterloo Technical Society meeting
J H Dunlap of Iowa City and Lloyd A Canfield of Des Moines will speak before the Waterloo Technical Society in the Citizens Gas and Electric Co. assembly room tomorrow at 815 p m. An informal dinner precedes at 630 p m in the Greater Waterloo association clubrooms. They will outline future society plans and district service opportunities with a discussion on extending the society’s influence through standing committees.
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J.H. Dunlap
Iowa City
Lloyd A. Canfield
Des Moines
Iowa Engineering Society
Waterloo “Technical Society
Citizens Gag i& Electric Co
Greater Waterloo
Mr Kurth Visits Cedar Falls in Quest for Old Friends
Mr Kurth, returning from a trip to Lawn City, sought faces he knew in 1881 and hoped to find Pfeiffer boys and others connected to his past. He visited Cedar Falls Cemete ry to locate graves of his wife and child, noting many changes in the city of the dead after years away.
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Kurth
Cedar Falls
Mr. Kurthved
Butler County
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