Jowa Road Fund Not Endangered Despite Bureau Claim
Des Moines reports quote Iowa highway bulletin editor J W Eichinger stating the road fund is safe with 7.9 million in federal allowances and 5.2 million planned expenses already set, while several projects were postponed for lack of federal funds. He says more than 10 million in road projects are contracted and ongoing at 500k to 750k monthly.
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Des Moines
Moor Trades Bureau
The
Chaimber of Commerce
Eichinger
State Highway Commission
Des Moines Newspaper Over Long Distance. From His Home, In, Amesy
Iowa Highway Fund
Hew
Polk’ County
Mr. Eichinger
Highway Bulletin
Faxon
Webster County's Wild Man Returns to Seclusion
Oliver Bricker once committed to the State asylum has returned to Yell township living in the woods and river thickets. Farmers report sightings to Sheriff Bassett who will seek state board guidance on recapture.
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Fort Dodge
Oliver Bricker
Yell Township
State Asylum
Bricker
State Board of Control
Bassett
Fell Township
Ten Rabbits Team Draws Attention at Local Hippodrome
A novelty act features ten buck rabbits harnessed as a team with two nannies, claimed to equal two goats in power. Ill rabbits reduce training options, but some may recover for a weeklong exhibition at Vai Gattle Congress. A male and female rabbit pose as grandma and grandpa in the Seat.
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Vai Gattle
Yaamixth
Gates ‘Park
Rabbitry I
Rotarians Shoot Postponed One Week
Three members of the Rotary Gun club of Kewanee are out of town causing a telegraphic match between Waterloo and Kewanee gun teams to be postponed for one week. Lou Witry announced the change after a telegram from Kewanee arrived. Waterloo Rotarians are urged to attend Thursday practice as usual.
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Rotary Gun Club of
Kewanee
Crack Gunners
Waterloo
Lou Witry
Witry
Building Permits Report For 54 000 Dwelling and Additions
Building permit notes include a 54000 dollar dwelling project and an addition with names Jerald 83 W, A A Bittner, Remy, and Barage. The readable fragments reference zoning or permit actions without full details.
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EB. Jerald
A. A. Bittner
Remy Seiter waTage
Nichasl Ba Sigget
Barage
A Romance of Waterloo Promises Screen Careers
The Courier reports no expense spared for filming A Romance of Waterloo by HarrisFilm of New York. After Garden theatre showing on October 10, the film will be released to aid young hopefuls seeking movie work, with participants sending their parts to producers and projecting rooms. The production aims for high-class status and invites interested individuals to report to the Garden director at 10 a.m.
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Waterloo
Garden Theatre
Moving Picture Companies
Dbut
HarrisFilm. Com
NewYork
Wai
Roosevelt Authored unsigned Ladies' Home Journal pieces
New York Sept 29 An anonymous Roosevelt wrote a dozen unsigned articles for Ladies' Home Journal in 1916 and 1917 under the department Men The editor Howard W Bok reveals the secret in The Americanization of Edward Bok Roosevelt drafted the pieces and Bok copied them by hand to preserve anonymity The articles discussed men's duties at work family life community roles and education drawing wide attention at the time
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New York
Roosevelt
Ladies’ Home Journal
Howard W. Bok
Charles W. Eliet
emerit+us
Harvard
Seemes
Mr. Bok
Coast Advertising Court Case Details Missing
An OCR fragment references advertising costs and a coast-related case but provides few readable facts. The text includes numbers and stray phrases without clear names or dates.
Peed Road Accident Injures Worker At Bridge Site
A construction incident on a road project near Vinton involves a mason placed under a wheel causing a broken collar bone. North town traffic halted as engineers and workers assess the site. Two floors of a bridge were built with concrete then covered, delaying daytime activity. Palm Beach plans mentioned for winter relocation.
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Barton
Mare
Mer Minton
Vinton Engineering
Cosatruction Company
Loors
Tierus
Mra -P
Quinn
Fay
Republican Rally and Local notices mix in scattered items
A garbled collage reports a Republican rally at Vinton Friday, mentions Floys Baird and Wallace, notes a cattle congress at Waterloo, and lists various local happenings. Also references a highway robbery, a marriage license for John Mueller and Flora Abbas, and Andrew DeVries purchasing the Fink estate residence for about $8,000.
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Floys Baird
Waterloo
M. + Manns
Taeid Wallace
Hanna
Heil Jaleo
Eggbrond
Sallebung
John ‘Mueller
Flora Abbas
Andrew DeVries
Prairie City
Fink
Man Dies of Infection After Stump Puller Injury
Henry Albert Larsen aged 34 died at Mercy hospital Davenport after an infection from a broken leg incurred when he was struck by the revolving drum of a stump puller at the Robert Crawford farm near Argo. Larsen born December 28, 1889 near Princeton, educated there, and operated a farm west of Argo.
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Davenport, Ja
Argo
Henry Albert Larsen
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
Larsen
Robert Crawford
Princeton
Untitled Bandit Escapes After Mounting Steep Chase
Fragments describe a bandit incident with a rider failing to capture the suspect. The thief mounted a horse and rode toward Phelps while pursued by Harrison and Potta units along the coast, but searches proved futile.
Farmer Hauser Kills Stock By Poisoning Weeds
Eldors Sept 29 Claude Hauser a farmer near Eldors sprinkled arsenic in his pasture to kill weeds. Six Hereford cattle died and others are sick after ingesting the poison. Net loss to Hauser is about $1,000.
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Eldors
Claude] Hauser
Reinbeck Resident Critically Ill After Collision
A Reinbeck resident remains critically ill following a two vehicle collision at a church corner in Reinbeck. The accident involved drivers from Wellsburg and Reinbeck, with no injuries reported for the drivers. The report notes medical care and hopes for recovery.
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Wonkoo
Grana
Mothergill
Reinbeck
Bright
Butler County W C to Annual Convention Elects Officers
Butler county W C organizer held an annual convention electing officers including Mrs. Joseph Bucklin of Clarksville as president and Miss Etta Taylor of Parkersburg as vice president. Secretaries and treasurers named with department heads for flower show Americanization and mothers meetings.
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Shell Fock
Butler County
W.C
Joseph Bucklin
Clarkeville
Esident
Etta Taylor
Parkersurg
Sabra Herrinton
Shell Rock
Elisabeth Corey
Bristow
Migs
Betty Nieman
Flower
George
Brown
Bucklin
Clarks
Mra
AUT
Perrin
New Hartford
Antinarco
L.a.larkin
Edict
Clara Bicon
Greene
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Webster County
Rotarians
Theodore Roosevelt
Althe
Ebal
Black Hawk Counardine
L. Mullarky
Frances Mullen
Andrew
Mullarky
Iy Narles
Ghevalier
East Waterloo
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Strayer
Patterson
Hammond & Hura
Watertoo
McClinton
Catherine
Rickster
J. Babe Ostrander
Ney
Waterloo CR
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Cnews
Cattle Congress
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Arants
Marsh-Mace
Vinton
Silver City
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