Rock Island shop crafts new regional union
Magly Ta Sept 2 The Mainty shops of the Rock Island road form a regional union named the Rock Island Craft association. It will unite shopmen across the Rock Island system with officers elected soon and a meeting likely in Chicago. The group can appeal disputes to the States labor board and mirrors the old union’s structure. Cedar Rapids Minnesota division hosts new unions in Cedar Rapids Manty and Eagle Grove as key showpoints. Railroad officials back the move, aiming to replace former unions that went on strike July 3. Old employees who return may join the new union. Crest groups to be divided by trade.
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Cedar Rapids
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Eagle Grove
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Preacher Succeeds as a Dairy Farmer in Grundy Center
Rev DH Weller, leaving the Ivesier church for Minneapolis, proves a successful minister and dairy farmer. Keller owned two Jersey cows yielding $167.90 in cream from Jan 14 to Aug 20 plus milk for home use. The cows sold for $1 and $126 respectively, covering costs in six months and promising double annual return, with Keller’s creamery checks matching those of larger herds.
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Ivesier
Minneapolis
Keller
Wellsburg
H. EB. Bowers
Conrad
Burglars In Dark Suits Target Cedar Falls Office
Waterloo police were alerted late last night to a break in at a Cedar Falls grocery store. Authorities believe the burglars fled by the late Rock Island train to Waterloo after two men in dark coats and caps tried to pry open a window at Chapman Lumber Company, 110 Seventh Street East. Officers found no trace and the window remained closed.
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Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Milwaukee Shops to Stay in Dubuque Not Moved
Sept 2 report confirms Milwaukee rail road will not move its car and locomotive shops from Dubuque to Cedar Rapids. Cedar Rapids Chamber secretary Harry Sundberg cited IT. F. Byram in Chicago, noting long talks exist but current industrial and financial conditions prevent any relocation this time.
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Cedar Rapids
Milwaukee Railroad
Dubuque
Harry Sundberg
Nash Motors Introduces Five Passeng er Sedan
Nash Motors announces a new five passenger enclosed sedan timed with the fall car season. The Nash Six model ships to distributors and dealers as quickly as production allows, driven by public demand for comfort in all seasons. Once a luxury, enclosed cars now command a smaller price gap to open models due to higher production.
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Nash Motors Company
Machinery Has Multiplied the Worker's Output by Rene Bache
Machinery has vastly boosted labor output replacing human muscle with energy from nature. The piece argues machinery increases happiness, feeds more people, and reduces famine through farm inventions like the disc plow and steam-driven shellers. It notes one worker can now perform tasks in minutes that once took hours, highlighting sun and solar energy as the ultimate power source and the growing demand for power.
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Rene Bache
United States
Russia
China
Melous Cornsheller
Ln Steam
Brussels
Power from Water and Sea Waves Transforms Industry
A survey of U S progress in harnessing water power highlights vast projects on the Colorado River and Muscle Shoals plus moon and wave energy schemes. Tide and wave plants, from Fundy to Severn and the Algerian coast, aim to drive turbines and generators, turning natural power into electricity to run factories and railroads.
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Algerian
Belmont Store Opens in Waterloo with Elegant Details
The Waterloo Belmont store opened at 10 this morning drawing hundreds of visitors. The women’s ready to wear shop spans 22 feet frontage on Fourth Street East and 140 feet depth. Interior features rose and grey tinting, soft grey walls, and Wilton taupe carpeting. A red awning and embroidered backdrops enhance the display windows.
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Publc
Waterloo Eaily
Fourth Street
Rander
Pollen Fights Ragweed In Midwest Battle Report
Sept 2 in Tawa City reports fierce pollen driven battle between ragweed and its airborne foe. Prof Difford H Warr of the botany department claims ragweed regains ground after initial attack, with Chicago tall buildings cited as the weed’s possible retreat. A statewide campaign launched in July continues as Farr leads the counteroffensive amid garbled dialogue in the text.
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Hayfever
Difford H. Warr
Chicago
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Harding Cabinet Member Defends Beer for Steel Workers
In a Chicago dispatch James T. Davis the secretary of labor argues in favor of beer for steel mill workers quoting the Iron Puddler memoirs. He defends beer as a help to laborers stomachs and thirst and attacks prohibition as harming workers.
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Associate! Press
Chicago
James T. Davis
Abyssinia
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Grant Paving Expected To Reach East City Line Today
With only 850 feet left the Northern States Contracting Company expected the gap to be paved today, completing the first three miles of Grant highway east of the city. The section of the 17.17 mile route to be hard surfaced began at Elk Run near the Poyner town line. Weather this week stayed favorable and daily record runs were reported.
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Grant highWay
Elk Run
Poyner Townsaiv Line
Old John Murray Nears Last Prison Term in Counterfeiting
Chicago sept 3 Old John Murray a 72 year old man who has spent 45 of his life behind federal bars heads toward home while facing what could be his final escape from prison for counterfeiting He refuses to reveal the location of his alleged mint saying the farm northwest of Chicago may hide the operation Also noted is a golf summary with several players and scores from a prominent tournament
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John" Murray
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John
Chiall
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Gardner Tops Field in Amateur National Golf Play
At Brookline Country Club in Massachusetts on September 2, Robert A. Gardner of Chicago led the field on opening day of medal play in the national amateur championship. Gardner, a two time title holder and last year's runner up, shot a 71 to lead about one third of the 158 golfers from the United States and Great Britain. Close behind him.
Miss Sarah Rice Veteran Teacher Dies in Arkansas
Iowa State Teachers college reported the death of Miss Sarah F. Rice at Hot Springs Arkansas. A 25 year faculty member she resigned as history professor in February and had been visiting friends. Funeral will be at Osteola Iowa Tuesday afternoon. She is survived by two brothers in Colorado. Rice led Boone high school for about 20 years and was active in Iowa educational groups and Presbyterian circles.
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Sarah F. Rice
Hot Springs
Uth
Osteola
Miss Rice
Colorado
City in Brief and Notices From Waterloo Area
Local notes mention Miss Maude C Knudsen returning from California and Miss Mary J Campbell at home for a Labor Day weekend. West end Fourth Street loop streetcar service will run in one direction Monday, eastward. Several residents plan trips to Chicago, Dubuque, Alden, Marshalltown and Galm ar Inland. A baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs Thomas Boose on R F D 4. Rebekahs and Odd Fellows invite Labor Day picnic sociable in Hudson. Dr Fred R Debe joins his father Dr W E Debe at 7 Over Iowa State Bank corner. New casting record by Fred Arbogast of Akron at the National Angling Club tournament.
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Neaver
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Rebel Avenue
Dwight, Il
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Rochester
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Minneapolis
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Locust Street
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National Association of Scientific Angle Clubs of America
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Pacific Mail Liner Aground at Yangtze Mouth
The Pacific Mail liner President Cleveland ran aground at the Yangtze river mouth en route to Hong Kong. The vessel is in immediate danger with calm seas, tenders by, passengers aboard, and refloating expected on the next tide.
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Pacific Miliner
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