Independence to overhaul power lines and bids awarded
Independence Iowa hosts a council meeting to open bids for reconstructing electric grid materials. Downing Electric Supply of Des Moines won the contract at 1002.62 dollars as five suppliers competed. The city also plans Hazel M Cass tent show next week and a Labor Day picnic at the fair grounds with sports, band music and a Holgate pavilion dance in the evening.
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Independence
Downing Electric Supply Company
Des Moines
Graybar Company
Davenport
Central States
Elect’ Supply
Chicago
Waterloo Electric Supply
Waterloo
Julius Andra
Milwaukee
Hazel M. Cass
Cobb Jet
West Main Street
Hawthorne School
Fair Grounds
St. Joseph's Church
Holgate
Hilarious Love in Starry Night Disturbs Farmer
A farmer near Grant highway reports a disturbance as a car with two intoxicated occupants stops near his field to gaze at the stars. Police Sgt. Jack Jensen and Driver Charles Pickens find a man and woman observing the heavens and instruct them to move on.
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Grant Highway
Jack Jensen
Charles Pickens
Bonds for Street Patching Increase City Indebtedness
City indebtedness rose by 316 288.97 in August per City Auditor Charles C. Mackay. The increase comes from 18 000 general levy bonds for street patching. End of month total debt stood at 1 142 814 81 with cash balances of 74 289 38 in the operating fund and 73 893 05 in the general levy bond fund.
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Waterloo
Charles C. Mackay
Special Assessment Department
King rails against Public Shooting Grounds bill in Congress
Senator William King of Utah condemns the Public Shooting Grounds and Game Refuge bill as a gunmaker driven measure to expand federal power and raise funds via migratory bird licenses. He cites licensing, fund allocations, and postmaster collections as proof of hidden motives and urges defeating the bill to protect birds and limit bureaucracy. Labor Day excursion ads follow.
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Will H. Dilg
Congressional Record
William Tf King
Utah
King
Dil
Biological Survey
Postminsters
United States
Treasury Fire Special Fund
Migratory-Bird Fund
Aequ
Wave
Ning
Congress
Movie and theater listings and local notice from Dunkerton event
A brief Dunkerton social note reports a gathering Tuesday evening at the Weideman home south of Dunkerton honoring Thomas Rowe visiting his aunt Mrs Jospeh Turner at Dewar. The item also mentions itinerant film showings at the Palace Rialto and Strand houses and scout camp duties at Camp Russe with brief regional theater references.
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Tor Dunkerton
Bland Weideman
Dunkerton
Thomas Rowe
Joséph ‘Turner
Dewar
Clarence White Struck by Lightning Barn Fire at Nashua
A Nashua farm barn owned by Clarence White burned after a lightning strike. Loss included hay $500 worth of gear, horse, wagon and harness. insurance nearly covers the damage. White has suffered repeated disasters from nature, with past barns and part of the house burned by storms.
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Ushua
Clarence White
White
Woman Ends Life in Sioux City Home
Mrs. Krank O'Meara aged 30 of 3 Otas Ta hanged herself with a bed sheet in her home here likely due to ill health. Police report states the suicide occurred on September 2.
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Sioux City
Krank O'Meara
Sub s Foundry Firm sues Ohio firm over rail car frames
Bottendorf based Ay-The Gellendorf Manufacturing yesterday filed suit in Toledo Ohio against Ohio Steel & Foundry Co alleging patent infringement on railway car side frames securing relief and damages in the case.
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Bottendorf
Gellendorf Stanufacturing Company
Toledo
Ohio Steel & Foundry Co
Ohio
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Olaf
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Nro
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Palace
Buffalo
Bil Je
PLAZA
Marie Prevost
Mabel
Rialto
Jackie Coogan
Strand
Suary Roberts Minehart
Starlay
Tobsy
Charliz Chaplin
Tarry Carey
Nashua
Carl Bickley
Brientale
Cassie Ui S
Leavitt and Johnson
G. C. Kennedy
A. Gorse
Briday
Buffalo Bill, Jr
T. Explosion
Chanter
Land and Jays
Cedar Rapids
Frontier Park Speedway
Towa
Cedar Rapids Amusement Assn
Edward Killin
Frank C. Byers
Harry F. Yonkers
Electric Park
Gulf Coast Rhythm Kings
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Anst
Fur “Peacegoet
Ivan D. Martin
Debe
Sania
West Fourth and
Jefferson
Waterloo, Iowa
Floyd Bowers
Kine
Kid Levine
Bob McGraw
Jack Brunk
Ottumwa
Tiger Trash
Dave Nelson
Gulf Rhythm Kings
Swanee River
Piz
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Sven Gade
Comedy News
Veods
Premier
Pease
Blaza Ankes
Plaza Orchestra
Frays
Succeses Reinbeck
Fourth Street
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Travel and Dress Models
Wero
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