Waterloo Illinois Central shops to be improved repairs planned
A contract for improvements at the Waterloo Illinois Central railroad shops was served by Register & Butler. Work begins at once with a sand brick wall ten feet long to be built between the boiler room and blacksmith shop. The old wall will be razed and backshop wall rebuilt after damage by an engine. One section of the backshop wall will also be rebuilt. Norman Bell, master mechanic, is away, but employees expect renewed fire equipment and efficiency. The Waterloo shops have continued operation with about 1,100 workers and little strike disruption.
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Waterloo
Illinois Central Railroad
Register & Buxon
General Contractors
Chicago
Tgd
Norman Bell
Illinois Central
Cold Plunge Boon to Buddies on a Sweltering Day
On a hot day the Y M C A offered free baths and despite boiler repairs the pool was cleaned and refilled with cold artesian water. A group of friends arrived early, stripped, and took a refreshing plunge, praising the water quality. Nearby visitors Mr and Mrs Dean Richmond and family came by auto to visit Mrs Hummel's parents.
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Richmonds
Dean Richmond
Jack
Hosalie
Champaign
Ill
Waterloo
Bry Auto
R N Cowin Plans Two Bungalows on Fourth Street
Realtor R N Cowin has permits for two bungalows on upper Fourth street east near the new S J Marys parochial school. One brick home at 2426 Fourth street east costs 4500 and the other frame home at 2420 Fourth street east costs 3500. Henry Theilman is the contractor. Thirty three States now depend for timber supplies on other states.
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RN. Cowin
Fourth Street
S J. Mary’s Parochial School
Henry Theilman
Cocoanut Gil Makes A Splendid Shampoo
A vintage advertisement promotes Mulsified cocoanut oil shampoo as gentle on hair. It warns against alkaline soaps and claims the product creates rich lather, cleanses scalp, reduces dust and oil, and leaves hair soft and manageable.
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Gil
Plumer to Defend Constantinople Against Turkish Nationalists
Britain assigns Field Marshal Lord Plumer to command the defense of Constantinople as Mustapha Kemal's Turkish nationalists threaten the city. Nine British warships reach Constanta to block Soviet aid plans while Greek forces retreat toward Smyrna amid heavy fighting and refugee outflows.
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Hy United Presa
Constantinople
Britain
Lord Plumer
World We
Musta Jpha Kemal
Constanta
Soviet
Russia
Smyrna
Mustapha Kemal
Gen. Harrington
Plumer
Samyria
Iintermerletic
London
Anatolian
Demand Dismissal of Gary Policemen
Demands for the dismissal and punishment of policemen alleged to have beat prisoners held in connection with wreck of the Michigan Central railroad's million dollar express near here Aug. 2 have been made to city officials. The prisoners were beaten to make them confess.
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Gary
Jed
Michigan Central Railroad
Here
Gov't to File Suit Over German Patents
Government to sue over German patents sold by the state during the war. Attorney General Daugherty said the action may be filed in Wilmington, with recovery to be decided by Congress. Also notes Mary Catherine Heinz estate distribution and an executor, Leavitt & Johnson National Bank. Silk resists weather better than linen.
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Washington, D. C
The
Chemical Foundation
Wilmington
Del
Daugherty
Ali
Contlderen
Mary Catherine Heinz
Wagle Townships
Ar Barn Pieres
Maggie Garvey
Jont L. Heinz
William J. Heinz
Annai Pieres
Agnes J. Koerner
George B. Weinz
Florence UD. Weinz
Leavitt & Johnson National Bank
Minnesota DIMS Lights of Capitol
The Wartime fuel modelling will not be put into effect in Iowa this winter. Gov Kendall announced in commenting on the invitation of other states to adopt such a plan.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Sept
Lowa
Kendall
Northwest coal distribution plan outlined by C P White
C P White, federal fuel distributor for the northwest, announced a six state centralized committee to supervise lake coal distribution. The plan calls for printed forms to guide applicants at lane docks and eased supplies as the program unfolds under Gov. Preus's coal conservation proclamation. Lights of the Minnesota state capitol dimmed briefly for a reception to Vice President Colidge as immediate conservation results are anticipated.
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C. P. White
Northwest
Northwest Central Coal Committee
Lane Docks
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Iowa
Michigan
Wsconsin
Central Committee
St. Paul
Minn
State Capitol
Preus
Iowa July births and deaths tally totals 3959 births
Des Moines reports state board of health figures for July show 3959 births and 1613 deaths in Iowa. Lightning caused six deaths, auto accidents 14, railroad accidents 16, drowning two. Cancer and malignant tumors led deaths with 190.
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Chief Engineers
Charles W. Yeager
American Legion
R.N. Cowin
Waterloo Belmont Shop
East Fourth Street
New York
Belmont
Plummer
Venizyelos
Athene
Venizelos
Constantine
Dairaindeh
Azine
Aivadjik
Aigh
Vienna
Sania Djemal Bey
Nup|ist of Commerce
Naionalist
Turkey
Mahmud Djamal
Fuerope
Plas
Greece
Western
Asia
Minor
Thrace
Dardenelles
Bosphorus
Mahmud Djemal
America
Gov't
Des _ Moines
Cedar Rapids
Dubudane
Mason City
Luceanees
Legionnaires
Palais Royal
Crepes
Georgette
NAVY
Coats & Capes
Walter
Hadley
Bridgeport
Ind
Mother
Alother
C.J. Hartman
Stranton
Hein
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta
First
Nat'l Bank Bldg
Capitol
Coolidge
Ir. Minn
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