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Torrential rain swells streams over wide area
Independence Iowa Sept 16 heavy rainfall saturated the region with 2.94 inches by 7 am. Torrential showers continued in Waterloo and northeast Iowa causing high streams but few railroad disruptions. Five inches fell this month with more forecast. County fairs were hit hard as storms drove crowds and kept hotels full of visitors. Roads were variably passable. a branch outage disrupted trolley service in Washington and Ninth. Police report a Spokane shootout with a patrolman wounded in a bank robbery investigation.
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Ows
Waterloo
Independence Fair
Independence
Harry Berlovich
Courier
J. N. Fitzsimmons and Nephew
Fourth Street East
Waverly
FL & N
Sang Souci
Washington and
Ninth Streets
West Ninth-Litchfield
United Press
Spokane
Wash
Tony Allison
Lmen