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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1925
Page
5
The trial of Ivan Okladsky recalls the bomb and revolver era of Narodnaya Volya. A 66 year old traitor, he admitted deceiving revolutionaries for the tsarist police, betraying leaders of the People’s Will and helping foil a czarist assassination plot.
Fire chief Ray Tiler estimates total fire loss at 6723 dollars with several fires last month reaching one thousand. Most incidents caused by wooden shingles and defective chimneys. 16 alarm calls from chimney fires and 35 grass fires noted. one pony perished in a burning barn.
An ex police provocateur linked to Narodnaya Volya was exposed by recovered Tsarist archives. He worked on the Murmansk railroad under a new name and mistreated workers before his past surfaced. A large crowd gathered as the death sentence was commuted to ten years.
In San Mateo California on April 1 Justice of the Peace Walter Bird assessed Hugh Jamieson seventy dollars and seventy two cents for damaging with his automobile a Southern Pacific locomotive proceeding peacefully along its own right of way.
Evidence shows Jamieson drove a high car down the railroad, parked on the tracks, and went to sleep. Train crew said Jamieson woke after being carried 90 feet on the engine pilot. The locomotive sustained the worst damage. Jamieson was unhurt and a car was minimally damaged. Railroad officials cited $67.72 to repair the engine and the operation entered judgment accordingly.
Crowds packed the courthouse as March end payments surged in the treasurer and tax license offices. Deputy Tracy Glasener tallied about 30 redemptions from the 1924 tax sale, yielding roughly $2,100 in revenue. J A Townsley the city assessor assisted taxpayers by reviewing city maps to correct real estate holdings.
About 107 fires were reported here in March as Watatioo firemen responded to blazes across the area. Community firefighters battled incidents, with crews detailing conditions and outcomes at several sites during the month.
John Duckett, a Ft. Dodge engineer, reports Karnak restored his digestive health after severe symptoms. He describes sour food, gas, cramps, and fatigue prior to using Karnak, then states three bottles left him "in the pink of condition." Karnak representative touts the medicine as a general tonic and tissue builder, with local sales through C. J. Miller Drugist and Robert Drug Co.
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