Waterloo Gas Co Holds Big Picnic with Contests at Elk Run
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company foremen and staff held a Saturday picnic at Elk Run. About 400 attendees enjoyed athletic events, prizes for dash races, a tug of war, wrestling, a sack race, and a basket supper. Edna Reed won skating and guessing contests. Myron Stephenson and Homer Gordon led wins in foot races and relays.
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Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company
Elk Run
H. H. Colby
Elinor Barr
Gladys Parr
U. ZL. Bock
Eversharp
Clarence Nauffman
Harry Husson
Gilbert Brooks
Donald Barr
Edna Reed
Charlie Stafford
Pen
O. L. Bock
Edna
G. Downing
H. Gordon
Big Family Gates
G. Hadjiriankis
Kuipp
James
W. H. Acker
A. Koloc
Mr. Koloc
W. H. Scheel
J . C. Nuss
Mr. Colby
J. M. Searles
Heald
Kauffman
C. L. Tarbell
Hart-Parr Shops to Close Temporarily at Charles City
Hart-Parr plants at Charles City Ia will suspend most operations Sept 25 for an indefinite period to reorganize for 1921 production. Only the steel foundry and a few divisions remain active. Reopening date to be announced Nov 1. The move replaces the usual holiday shutdown. The firm plans to dispose of tractors in stock or with dealers to clear the field for 1921 output.
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Charlies City
Hart- Parr Company
Bank car raid shocks Waterloo officers with poker themed gambling
Waterloo Chief of Police Young and Special Agent A B Leighton raided a railway yard car used as a gambling den. Four African American men were arrested for gambling and later released on bonds. The officers seized stakes chips and cards, noting the players favored stud poker over craps.
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Police Department of
Waterloo
Young
A. B. Leighton
Minnois Central
Southland
Leighton
Tai Headquarters
60 Year Old Man Stars In Cricket Contest
James Leonard captained a Byrnes park cricket side to two victories over Walter Woods team yesterday morning. Scores were 25 18 in the first match and 35 13 in the second. Charles Sherwood and Thomas Ashmore starred with standout batting while Leonard and Woods Jr led the bowling to swing the results. Several English arrivals in Waterloo have strengthened the squads.
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James Leonard
Walter Woods
Byrnes Park
Charles Sherwood
Thomas Ashmore
Yorkshire
Waterloo Woman Returns From Norway Describes Vienna Hunger and Norway Laws
Waterloo resident Miss Inga Stiansen recounts luxury contrasts and hardship from Norway to Vienna. She notes antiluxury laws, rent controls, and a rent commission to curb profiteering. She recalls Oslo scenes, American films, refugees, and a tour of the German Kaiser’s suite on the Imperator.
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Waterloo
Norway
Vienna
Inga Stiansen
Porsgrund
Norrway
Old Country
Christ
Lhe Kaiser
Emperor William
Germany
Norwegian
New York
Imperator
United States
Kaiser
Norwegian Emigrants Face Strikes and Old Ties
The piece describes Norwegians sailing homeward amid wartime labor strife in Norway, with electricians striking for a six hour day and wages higher than prewar levels. It follows Miss Stransend, newly naturalized American, and others reuniting with kin, some after decades, while hopes to recognize old relatives mix with travel back to Europe.
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Gers
Norway
Europe
Sweden
Old Home
Stiansen
Farewell Chicken Dinner for Firemen’s Station 1 Crew
Firefighters from Station No. 1 gathered for a farewell chicken dinner in the recreation room. The event marked the last Sunday together for Captain Ross Baldwin's platoon before transfers to new substations. Fireman Seymour B. Poyner, at Station No. 1 ten years, was among those moving.
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Iremen
Capt. Baldwin
Seymour B. Poyner
Cedar Valley Baptist in Osage This Week
Osage Iowa Sept 20 Cedar Valley Baptist association plans its annual meeting at the local church from Wednesday through Friday with programs featuring leading men and women of the denomination A fire on Charles Stelmans farm northeast of town destroyed a large barn and its 40 tons of hay harness and other articles with twelve other losses reported to Mutual Insurance Company due to the storm Friday night A couples team defeated single men in a benefit to support the local football team and the Federation of Women's Clubs will host a reception for teachers in public schools next Monday London libraries blackout racing news in files for reading.
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Osage
Cedar Valley Baptist Association
Charles Stelman
Mutual Insurance Company
Federation of Woman's Clubs
Police recover stolen car after swift pursuit
J. B. Shanewise reports his Ford car stolen near United Theatre. Police and sheriff’s office traced the vehicle and recovered it before daylight, delivering a quick and satisfactory result for the owner.
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J. B. Shanewise
Shanewise
Ford
United Theatre
Diligent Search Prompted by Telephone Fraud Call
Police details describe a prompt search after a telephone incident. Officers checked nearby towns in an alert called by B Beckwith with patrolmen beating guards and signal boxes. a car on Commercial Street near the post office was implicated and seized.
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B. Beckwith
Loskext
W. C. Farley
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Waterloo Gas CO
Elk Row Park
Hart-Parr
Charles City
the Courier
Messenger Boys
Charlie Chaplin
Fatty Arbuckle
Mary Pickford
Doug Fairbanks
Russia
Poland
France
Paris
Rent Commission
Cedar Valley Baptist Conference
London
Fletcher
Gentaur Gompane
TI Ray
Sores Ras
DE. E. E. Gould
DDS
Percy RF. Wood
Deavitt & Johnson Bank
Iowa
J.C. Murphy
D. D.B
First National Bank
Insco
Wm.h. E Ross
Leavitt and Johnson
Bridge St
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Cameral
Saint Louis
Vombuens
Adams Paper Co. ‘Distributors
Sycamore St
Shepherd Lumber Co
East Fourth’ Street
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