Waterloo Schools Open With No Bells For New Year
Ten thousand Waterloo students in 28 public, parochial and business schools begin the new year Tuesday. Bells have been replaced by silent electric signals. Hawthorne and Central schools show major renovations. Hawthorne at Franklin and Eighth opens for 350 to 400 east district pupils, cost $135,000, with a modern plan by Mortimer B. Cleveland and multiple contractors. Central school, a red stone landmark, remodeled with new toilets and windows, ready to host six elementary grades.
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St. Joseph's School
Hawthorne School
Central School
Hawthorne
Franklin
Eighth Streeis
East District
Honi
Walnut Street
Haw‘thorne
Mortimer
Clevéland
East High
izen.Construction Company
Rynearson & ‘Koch
Cole Electric Company
Waterloo Tile & Marble Co
Davidson Company
ABC
Old Central School
Building What You May Want to Know About
Questions and answers from the Architects' Small House Service Bureau outline best practices for painting timing wood moisture, hiring reliable painters, and avoiding unexpected extras. Advice stresses dry woodwork, using reputable products, and clear plans to minimize post-contract changes and costs.
Building Q and A on house repair and safety
A homeowner asks about steadying old floors, painting timing, and insulation. Experts advise a competent builder inspection for rot or loose framing, weather-stripping for window rattle, summer painting, shingles treated by reputable products, eight inch walls in some cities, and snow guards on slate roofs. Footings are essential on clay soils, ten inches thick and extending beyond walls.
Silvers Rebuilding to Start Tuesday with $18000 Contract
Workmen began removing debris from Silvers Manufacturing after a week old fire. Jens Olesen & Sons Construction Co. will rebuild the center brick and cement block section 160 by 120 feet for a contract of $18,000, with 20 men starting Tuesday and more added as work progresses. Completion expected by October.
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Silvers Manufacturing Company
Jens Olesen & Sons Construction Co
Franklin County Lets Contracts for 23.6 Miles Paving
Iowa highway commission awards 1 182 226 06 in road contracts with 23 6 miles paving in Franklin county seven miles in Harrison county and 1 1 miles in Benton county along with bridge culvert and grading awards. Paving to Harrison Engineering Bryant Paving National Construction and others. largest grading to E V Martin. bridge work to Tyler Johnson Ben Cole F O Akin.
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Ames
Franklin County
Iowa State Highway Commission
Harrison County
Benton County
Harrison Engineering Company
Kansas City
Hampton
National Construction Company
Omaha
Missouri Valley
Harrison ‘County
Bryant Paving Company
Waterloo
U. S. Highway No. 30
Belle Plaine
S. L. Snater Construction Company
Ackley
U. S. No. 20
Grundy County
E. V. Martin
Woodbury County
George W. Condon
Logan Southwest
Tyler & Johnson
Humboldt
Ben Cole
Appa
Noche County
F. O. Akin
Corning
Adams County
Story County Solon Suing for Divorce
Story County solon Martin H. Troup of Maxwell, a Story county state representative, filed for divorce in Nevada district court from Fiona R. Troup whom he married in 1909. He accuses her of cruel and inhuman treatment for six years endangering his life. a property settlement is reportedly agreed and the action will not be contested.
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Nevada
INS
Martin H. Troup
Maxwell
Story County
Fiona R. Troup
Troup
Property transfers and lot descriptions in Leavenworth area
A dense list of 20 plus conveyances shows E L Billings to Mary 5 and Amos parcels, Emma E Dole to Nellie M Allen, and Nellie M Allen to Emma E Dole with shared lots in Rosewood and other additions. Also recorded are transfers involving Lucy Leavi Thompson, Leland Park, Ricker's Braimober add, Cowin's Second, Home Park Second, and Linden Place. Additional deeds include G Gustave Guth et al. and Cleo B Smith et al., plus Bea to T Weens M Mets and Sheriff H T Wagner to W H Brunn with several lot portions in various blocks.
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E. L. Billings
Mary
Amos
Beal
Emma E. Dole
Nellie M
Allen
Pommer
Nellie M. Allen
Emme E. Dole
Rosewood
Chees
Lucy O
Leavi
Thompson
Leavitt, Johnson & Miller
L. CG. Burkitt
Princes M
Leland Park
Clarence W. Dewey
Anna MM. Decker
Ricker's- Braimober Land
B. M. Sweitzer
T. W.eens
M Mets
Caroline Becker
Gustave
Guth
Christie
Albert Creager
Maude
EF. Creagor
Whitney
le Addie J. Good
William A. Good
Railroad
la Porte City
Mabel L. Baldwin
Carl Morkal
Guenther
W. H. Brunn
Linden Piace
Ehedele
Edward L. Pries
Howrey &+ McWil- Hams
H. T. Wagner
Hallowey
Fire stopping for safer homes in 1927 advice
The Architects' Small House Service Bureau outlines practical fire stopping to limit basement fires. It recommends fireproofing basement joists with metal lath and plaster or gypsum board, supporting joists from masonry walls or steel beams, and using masonry cross walls or concrete blocks to curb horizontal fire spread, noting practical costs and the goal of delaying flames.
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Small House Service Bureau of Theater States, Inc. Home Builders’ c
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Solon
State of
Des Moines
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Council Bluffs
Seabee
Ottumwa
Sioux City
Independent Electric Co
Jefferson St
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
Iowa Securities
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Unlimited Funds
Metropolitan Life Company
Metropolitan Insurance Company
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Alabama
Michigan
Illlnois
Minnesota
Tennessee
Ohio
Mississippi
New York
New York Times
Waterloo Paint & Glass Co
W. 4Th St
W. B. Horner
Bluff St
Commercial St
L. E. Glaza
Cleve G. Miller
Better Homes
Wall & Walker & Meyers
Deflers
Stebbins Plumbing & Heating CO
Stebbins
American Abstract & Title Company
Francise M. Stebbins, Pres
Natl Bank
Lester W. Miller
Pioneer Bank
Waterloo, Cedar Falls and
Northern Railway Company
Baina
Quest & Smith
West Fifth St
Harold Phimb
W. W. Marsh
Walter Johnson
Fred Wray
H. C. Wurster
C. A. Marsh
Will Logan
W. M. Stewart
W. A. Zelhoffer
F. E. Farrel
W. C. White
Waterloo Tribune
Waterloo Courier
Altstadt & Langlas Company
Winterbottom Supply Co
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