Kendall Proposes Legislative Strike on Cement Prices
Des Moines reports Gov. Kendall declares war on the cement trust, urging registration and new laws to end price fixing via the La Salle base system. He cites an unfinished cement bill and notes wage reductions should pass to lower consumer costs while James W. Holden argues wage cuts could boost road-building employment.
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Des Moines
Kendall
Iowa
Thirty-Seventh
General Assembly
la Salle
Quitous
Pittsburgh
Falion
Senate
Gov. Kendall
James W. Holden
State Highway Commission
Holden
F. R. White
Holden and White
Fall Day Follows Saturday Nights Rainfall
The weather forecast for Sunday proved largely correct as Cedar River park picnicists enjoyed a cool, cloudless day with a 75 degree high and 45 degree low. A faint autumn feel lingered and furs were needed while a 1.35 inches of rain fell Saturday night in Waterloo.
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Cedar River Park
Iscomfort
Wa Iterloo
Waverly
Bremer County
Two Waterloo Elks Appointed to Posts by National Ruler
Five local Elks received high honors from national leader W. Mountain. Waterloo lodge Exalted Ruler Harry W. Hartong was named district deputy grand exalted ruler for northeastern Iowa, and J. C. Murtagh joined the state association committee of the grand lodge. Hartong and Murtagh, longtime fraternity members, attended the Los Angeles grand lodge in July and Hartong will attend a Chicago district deputy conference October 15. Hartong elected life member for lodge services.
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National Orider
W. W. Mountain
Toledo
Harry W. Hartong
Waterloo Lodge
Iowe
J. C. Murtagh
Grand Lodge
Murtagh
Iowa
Hart
Chaplin Returns to England Amid Thunderous Welcome
Crowds line London streets and Waterloo arrivals as Charlie Chaplin returns home. More than 5,000 greet from the boat train to the Ritz, with 50 policemen guarding his suite and thousands more beneath his hotel windows. Chaplin says he fears exposing his private self to children in England.
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London
Charlie Chaplin
United Press
Charlie
Waterloo Station
Ritz
Piccadilly
Chaplin
Southampton
Douglas Fairbanks
Mary Pickford
Hlm
England
America
Waterloo
Frisbie
Daily Life Snaps From City Parents At School Start
Mothers at a Highland church social share tears and pride as children begin school. A kindergarten goodbye prompts vows about long trousers and coming dinners, while one mother faces an empty nest as her son enters senior year. Also noted are Denver bootlegger tales and a streetcar eye mishap.
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Highland
John
Iowa Communities Excited Over Prospects for Oil
Des Moines Sept 12 James Lt Lees assistant state geologist Weber George P Key tours Iowa to gather data on probable oil deposits. At least 20 communities are prospecting or planning to, with inquiries statewide from Vecorah to Leon. Land in Adair county leased and Harrison county California Junction workers active. Cass county formed company with lands leased. Nichols Muscatine County shows strong oil indicators. Geological department also receives questions on Palo Alto County gold deposits near Crachtinger. Tests are underway on gravel beds in that area.
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Des Moines
James Lt. Lees
Weber George P. Key
Iowa
Vecorah
Leon
Adair County
California Junction
Missouri River
Harrison County
Cass County
Nichols
Muscatine County
Geologicay Department
Palo Alto County
Crachtinger
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New York
Victor
Victrola
Noweormurr
Victor Talking Machine CO
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5Th ST
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B. Hull
Donse Browers
Chicago
Hkeers
Paris
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