Mrs C M Cheney Buys Sans Souci Riverfront Lands
Negotiations wrap up as Mrs Claude M Cheney wife of W C G F N railroad president buys 22 3 acres of Sans Souci riverfront property at the upper end from C E Pickett and Mrs J L Easton with a adjoining shipyard tract owned by Ralph B E Sippy. The site within Waterloo city limits includes river frontage a lagoon at the rear and part of it was Waterloo first country clubhouse site. Cheney plans to clear trim trees and beautify the tract this fall and build a home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude M. Cheney
Ife
W., CG. F. & N. Railroad
Sans Souci
C. E. Pickett
J. L. Easton
Ralph BE. Sippy
Waterloo
Cheney
Two Men Injured Near Cedar Falls in Auto Crash
Cedar Falls Oct 27 C H Koon of Iowa Falls and J E B Carr of Popejoy were severely injured when the car they rode in left the road and plunged into a ditch two miles from the First street paving in Grundy county. The driver tried to pass a county grader and swung too near the edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cantier
Cedar Falls
C. H. Koon
Iowa Falls
J. E B. Carr
Popejoy
Grundy County
Banner Brass Foundry Incorporation Filed in Cedar Falls
Papers filed for the Banner Brass Foundry of Cedar Falls. J G Wyth Charles W Olsen P Petersen J B Newman and W W Johnson join in incorporation with Eva Brebner county recorder recording. Capital stock authorized at 40000 dollars. Officers include J G Wrth president C W Olsen vice president J B Newman secretary and W W Johnson treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Wyth
Charles W. Olsen
P. ©. Petersen
J. B. Newman
W. W. Johnson
Cedar Falls
Banner Brass Foundry of
Eva Brebner
J. G. Wrth
C. W. Olsen
Mendota Street Battle Over Public Street Vacation
In Waterloo Riverview addition a dispute over Mendota street pits sand merchants Charles Werner and Herman Heppner against civic buyers who offer $125 for a 462 foot section to keep it public. Attorneys Murtagh and Wenner urge preserving homes of working people, arguing street sale harms nearby property values while supporters say growth and moderate housing demand justify keeping the street open for civic use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mendota Street
Riverview
Waterloo
Charles Werner
Werner
Herman BR. Heppner
James C. Murtagh
Murtagh
Edward J. Wenner
Riverview J
Highland
Prospect
Oppositon
J. Robb
Derrick
Car and liquor forfeiture hearing set for November
Hearing on the forfeiture of 50 gallons of grain alcohol and a 1927 Chevrolet coupe seized from Mrs. Anna Nelson and Miss Josephine Mueller Mitchell was set for 9 am November 8 by Judge R W Hasner. Grundy County reports three men and one woman died from pneumonia and a woman faces unpaid fines of 300 dollars each for illegal transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna. Nelson
Josephine Mueller
Mitchell
S. D
R. W. Hasner
Pes County
F. W. Edwards
Grundy County
Hillcrest cemetery beautified by county gains renewed dignity
The Hillcrest cemetery east of the city, once known as a potters field, has been beautified by the county board. Grounds leveled and grass seed sown, cement stakes mark plot corners, uniform headstones bear names and dates of death, with a central monument planned to honor all the dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillcrest Cemetery
Hillcrest
McCoy's Tablets Promise 5 Pound Gain in 30 Days
An advertisement touts McCoy's Tablets as a method to gain five pounds in thirty days with energy and vigor. It claims success stories including a thin woman who added ten pounds in 22 days and offers a risk free guarantee: return purchase price if no 5 pound gain after using four sixty cent boxes or two one dollar boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCoy's
McCoy
Robert Drug Co
Wangler Bros
Wk | Miller
America
Cemetery Scene Describes Graves on Hillcrest Plot
The passage notes crushed stone drives at Hillcrest from the Waterloo Raymond road. White stones stand in serried rows like Flanders field as a cemetery plot is prepared for future interments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo-Raymond Road
Hillcrest
Flanders Field
Ladies Auxiliary Chooses Marshalltown for 1928 Session
The ladies' auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen selected Marshalltown Iowa as the site for their 1928 convention during the state meeting held in Fork Dodge on October 27.
Matcaulin Elected President of Town Christian Association
Des Moines reports Rev. A. M. Matcaulin of Alola chosen president at the closing session of a two day Town Christian association convention held in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Ass'n
Also Mentioned on This Page
C.M. Cheney
Wit
Banner Brass Foundry
C. F
Seehaws
Potters
Tyle Value
le Suey Company
Paris
RED Cross
Carl Bickley
Pioneer Bank
G. C. Kennedy
Eleventh and
Jefferson Streets
H. A. Duke
Wm. Holland
Mark
Tabernacle
Jcpenneyco
Waterloo, In
East Fourth St
Milady
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