Kite Fighting 18 Promises Thrilling Waterloo Event
Waterloo boys rally around a kite tying tournament at Byrnes Park on Saturday April 20. Victor Read playground director sponsors the event and promises three kite types with 300 feet of string and a powder glass warning. Contestants will run the length and fight to keep their kite aloft, with eliminations and a final winner awarded the first prize. Several preliminary tournaments will precede the main event in local centers. Ottumwa selects Hermann J. Schaefer as southern district commissioner replacing the resigning E.B. Mitchell.
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Byrnes Park
Waterloo
Victor Read
Playground
Hach
Bov
Comedcy
Marmola Prescription Tablets Advertised for Fat Loss
An old style ad promotes Marmola prescription tablets as an easy modern method to reduce excess fat without strenuous exercise. It claims 20 years of use, beauty and vitality benefits, a book in every box detailing the formula, and reassurance about safety. The message urges readers to ask their druggist for a $1 box.
Fayette County Sugar Bush Yields Syrup and Sugar
Fayette County camp in Brainard hills near Payette city has tapped trees for over 50 years. Each year the Brause operation yields nearly 100 gallons of maple syrup and about 1,000 pounds of maple sugar, with sap collected via buckets and spiles, then boiled into syrup and sugar.
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Fayette County
West Union
George Brause
Brainard Hills
Shore
Payette County
Brause
Brauses
Rome
Auger Hales
Hrause
Alaska
Bargains Include Ford Panel Delivery and Music Instruments
In the listing a Ford panel body delivery truck in good condition is offered at 85 dollars. The ad itemizes a complete furniture outfit, phonographs, several saxophones including Conn altos and melodys, a tenor, a slide trombone, violins, shotguns, radios, and other used and new merchandise with “prices that are right.”
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Ford
Henderson
Ironized Yeast Promises Quick Weight Gain and Clear Skin
Advert sees rapid gains of up to 15 pounds in weeks using Ironized Yeast tablets. Claims stronger nerves and clearer skin, with safe, stomach friendly formula. Money back if not delighted.
Sap to Syrup: A Colonial Maple Operation Described
A detailed account describes sap collection and processing in galv anized iron equipment. Sap travels from barrels through pipes to cooking pans above stone arches and fires. Pans heat sap, which rests then pours into a 60 gallon kettle. Eggs and milk are added, scum removed, and liquid strained. For syrup the liquid returns to the kettle and is boiled, cooled, then canned. For sugar the sap is boiled, dropped in ice water, stirred, and molded into blocks. The season relies on cold nights for optimal sap flow.
Konjola Promises Restored Health For Family Use
A Waterloo advertisement promotes Konjola, a 32-ingredient medicine claimed to aid Nature in removing causes of illness without alcohol or nerve-deadening drugs. It touts age-spanning use, reports from Mrs. I M Sperry about her underweight children gaining weight and improving health, and notes daily endorsements reaching the Wangler Bros drug store at 229 East Fourth Street.
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Konjola
Wangler Bros
East Fourth Street
I. M. Sperry
Esther Sperry
Harry Sperry
Maple Avenue
Waterloo
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Ottumwa
Isa
Herman J. Schaefer
Southern District
Iowa
FR. Mitchell
Eczema
Pact
Hekionares Bel Resinol
Warwick
Wesare
Harmonia
Black's
Enderlein
Esther
Lind-Cammack Studio
E. Pourth
America
Court House Park Ave
And
Lafayette ST
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