Poultry Show at Cattle Congress Draws Crowds
Prospects for a record poultry show at Dairy Cattle Congress looked bright with over 1,400 fowls in the hall, about 300 more than last year. Exhibitors from seven districts showcase breeds including Anconas, Rocks, Leghorns and Orpingtons, with large waterfowl and bantams drawing attention. seven plates represented by 114 exhibitors. A. J. Albert entries include pheasants from Iowa. In Cedar Rapids, a letter praises an interurban train crew for saving an 18 month old child struck by a streetcar.
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Dairy Cattle Congress
Shaw
Iowa
A. J. Albert
Shite Game and Fish Warden
Cedar Rapids
Evening Courier
Robert Bailey
John Acuff
John O'Reilly
Motorman Saves Child Life in Tram Incident
A W. C. F. & N. motorman again saves a child by careful operation. The incident highlights vigilant handling of the streetcar during a dangerous moment and the quick actions of transit staff. The report underscores ongoing safety by city railway workers.
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Motorman
The
Community Welfare League Sponsors Waterloo Week
The Waterloo Social Welfare League will sponsor Community Week October 16 through 20 to inform citizens about relief work. Mrs Dorothy Taylor says clubs and relief agencies will cooperate to ensure success, with speeches by welfare workers from state and national levels. The week ends with the league’s annual meeting on October 24.
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Waterloo Social Welfare League
Dorothy Taylor
Waterloo
Welfare League
League
Lions
Rotary
Kiwanis, Elks and Women’s Clubs
Greater Waterloo Association
B. P. W. Orchestra Performs for Congress
The Business and Professional Women's club orchestra of 16 pieces donates services for three Congress evenings. Miss Tina Martin leads the group. The first program is at 7:30 p.m. in the exhibition hall tonight, with performances tomorrow in the automobile building and Friday in the Industrial hall.
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Business & Professional Women’s Club Orchestra
Tina Martin
State Commission Likely to OK Winthrop Bus Line
The Waterloo Cedar Falls North Western Railway Co. seeks a motorbus link from Waterloo to Winthrop. Commissioner Charles Webster-Waikon noted the application would be considered by the full commission with favorable sentiment from Independence Jesup Winthrop residents. The Illinois Central offered no protest and hearings occurred at the Hotel Russell Lamson with company officials presenting.
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Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northam Railway Co
Waterloo
Winthrop
Charles Webster
Waukon
State Railway Commission
Hotel Russell-Lamson
T. E. Rust
Maurice A. Welsh
C. H. Pickett
Traction Company
Welsh
Illinois Central
Independence
Jesup
Children Have Gala Day at Cattle Show
Nearly 600 children romped at the demonstration playground at the Dairy Cattle Congress grounds yesterday. Directors and volunteer assistants kept busy organizing games and regulating the use of the apparatus during the recreation hours. Josephine Randall of the Recreation and Playground Association of America assisted directors, with Ruby Henderson Dempster overseeing details.
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Dairy Cattle Congress
Josephine Randall
Recreation and Playground Association of America
Ruby Henderson Dempster
Y Gym Classes Start at the Y Gym Oct 1
Gymnasium classes for men begin October 1 under FL Richardson physical director. Four three night a week sessions planned. Men must show a physician certificate of examination to enter. Seven classes for days will meet.
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FL W. Richardson
Membership Campaign Seeks October Class Surge
The document notes a twice weekly schedule and requires all boys to pass a 50 pass physical examination. With the membership campaign approaching, officials expect classes to greatly increase about mid October.
False alarms and a small blaze in the business district
Firefighters were sent to Park avenue and Jefferson Street after a false alarm at 5 p m. A chimney at Waterloo Laundry smoldered, prompting nearby office tenants to evacuate. At Fourth and Mulberry, a cigarette lit waste paper, igniting contents at 11 p m. The flare looked real to late pedestrians and damaged tan paint on a business district storefront.
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Park Avenue
Jefferson Street
Waterloo
Fourth and
Mulberry Street
Marriage Notices From Sen Srs Robert Green And Blanche Grannan
SRS Robert Green of Tripoli ages 47 and Blanche Grannan of Tripoli age 28 are listed in a marriage notice with other names including Otto George Tegard of Catrootts Mish loo, reflecting a society column fragment.
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Sen
Robert Green
Tripoli
Blanche Grannan
Otto George Tegard
Runaways En Route to Mexico Stopped to See Cattle Show
Capt John Farrell and police stopped two runaways Gregg Gregory 14 and Mahlen Warner 13 from Parkersburg Indiana en route to Mexico after they were found with 82.70 and 1.10 dollars and bric a brac. The boys were questioned, identified, and placed in the matron's ward. Their father arrived and planned to take them home but allowed them to attend the Cattle Congress show.
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John Farrell
Wuckaberry Finn
Gregg Gregory
Mahlen Arner
Parkersburg
Mexico
Young Warner
Cattle Congress
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Isk
Tisk
A. C. Stewart Tire & Vulc. Co
East Fifth St
Waterloo, Towa
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