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Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 05, 1924

Page

8

Waterlo o Evening Classified Ads Continue

Classified advertisements show a mix of items for sale including baby cab and collars, coal, clothing, and household goods. Several entries reference local sellers in Waterloo, Iowa, with contact details and pricing hints, amidst a legal notice about dairy cattle congress charter amendments.

Waterloo Kentucky Trimpleton Genuine Glandora Wonder SAN Venue Coal CO Fnone Home Coal Co W. Mullan Conarrss Wnelles Trairy Cattle Congress Towa She Phird Ghia Corporation

Contagious Diseases Reported in City for 1920

The annual report by Charles MacKay shows 1,702 contagious disease cases in the year ending April 1. Of these, 1,456 were milder illnesses like chickenpox measles mumps and whooping cough. Diphtheria proved most fatal with two deaths in 20 cases. Typhoid seven cases one death and polio one case recovered. Twenty three venereal disease cases were also recorded. City costs of quarantines included four miles of police car travel and about $845 in officer time.

City Health Department Charles €. MacKay State Board of Health Board of Health Mael Knay iMar Wavy

Dies After 47 Day Fast to Cure Stomach Trouble

Tayton O. April and Daniel Johnson aged 61 died after Daniel Johnson fasted 47 days seeking a cure for stomach trouble. Hig arife who fasted 43 days in sympathy is recovering. The couple reportedly followed magazine fasting rules. Johnson weighed 200 pounds at the start and 125 pounds at death.

Tayton. O Daniel Johnson Hig Arife Johnson

County officials announce plan to seek reelection

County officials, all Republicans, plan to seek re election next November with June primaries to nominate candidates. Names include Auditor Wy, Esher. Treasurer Ed Madigan. Clerk of the Courts WG Thompson. Recorder Jonnie. Sheriff Herman Wagther. Coroner Sidney Smith. and others. County board members Heathy Snyder Miller Teeter up for re election. Woman suffrage bill mentioned as pending since it has passed the house twice but stalled in senate.

All County Board Esher Ed Madigan WG Thompson Jonnie Herman J. Wagher iWalter Fh French Sidney 2. Smith Scoroner David B. Henderson Cook Wo. A. Cook Denver FLT Heathy East Waterloo Wooa. Snyder H. W. ‘Miller Orange Township T. J, Teeter LaPorte City Charles BE. ‘Kiingaman Waterloo Township Snyders Anson T. Hakill

Road to Happiness to be shown at East and West High

A motion picture titled The Road to Happiness will be shown at East High during the regular auditorium period next Wednesday and at West High the following Wednesday April 16. Notables in the cast include President Calvin Coolidge in a White House scene presenting a scholarship certificate to Bob Preston, farm boy hero. Roy O Chapin, highway education board chairman. and T H McDonald, chief of the bureau of public roads. The film aims to promote better roads in the United States.

United States East High West High Calvin Coolidge White House Washington Bob Preston Roy O. Chapin Highway Educational Board T. H. McDonald Bureau of Public Roads Department For Agriculture

Ford Road Film Aims to Promote Good Roads

A Ford Motion Picture Laboratory production, made in cooperation with government officials, presents an entertaining educational film designed to carry home the message of the value of good roads. The piece blends instruction with accessible entertainment to inform viewers about road quality and safety, reflecting a period push for improved infrastructure.

Ford Motion Picture Laboratory

Sunday School Cage Teams Dine Tuesday

Dr Charles E Barker authority on hygiene physical culture and social relations and Rotary International lecturer will be principal speaker at the Waterloo Inter Sunday School Basketball league banquet at C A next Tuesday evening. More than 350 boys superintendents pastors and team managers will attend with Dr J H Butts presiding.

Charles E. Barker Rotary International Waterloo C. A J. H. Butts

Bank Robbers Fail When Gas Runs Out in Waco

Lou Waco Nebraska April 6 after cutting telephone and telegraph lines out of town a gang of safeblowers attempted to rob the Farmers and Traders Bank here but their acetylene gas supply ran short preventing them from cutting the vault doors bank officials discovered the failed attempt early today resulting in no injuries or arrests

Waco Neb Farmers & Traders Bank

Butler to Train Women for Polic

Gen Smedley Butler head of the Philadelphia police will send a squad of candidates for policewomen to New York for training soon. The course will include instruction in jiu jitsu to combat mashers at police headquarters.

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