Substitute for Utilities Debate Signals Compromise
Des Moines April 14 report on a joint public utilities conference committee substitute for bills from Senate and House. Five member commission with two new appointees to start at 3000 dollars. after two years three members at 4000 dollars. Municipalities may opt for state supervision or retain home rule with limited benefits. Governor Clarke raises unprofessional conduct objections to a separate measure while city treasurers face higher interest placements. Local notices of surgeries, visits, and social events follow.
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Des Moines
Specia
Joint Public Utilities Conference Committee
Senate
House
Rouse
State Commission
Hick
Clarke
Francis
School Vacation Prompts Week Off In Shell Rock
Shell Rock observes a Friday start to a week long school vacation for students while out of town teachers head home. Jim Barr and Hazel travel to Kansas City as their mother is ill in a sanitarium. Local residents Mrs. J. D. Inger visits J. F. Webb’s, Will Puffer and son Kenneth visit Waterloo, and Mrs. S. N. Byram visits town. Friday night the local creamery is found on fire but fire crews and citizens quickly control the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shell Rock
Jim Barr
Hazel
Kansas City
J. D. Inger
Waverly
J. F. Webb
Will Puffer
Kenneth
Waterloo
Puffer
Olive Tablets Offer Calomel Alternate For Liver Health
A historical ad touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a natural vegetable remedy to prevent liver and bowel issues. It claims no calomel or metallic drugs, no unpleasant effects, and promises relief from headaches bad breath and pimples with a nightly dose. Prices are 10 and 20 cents per box from The Olive Tablet Company in Columbus Ohio.
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Edwards
Calomel
Olive Tablet Company
Columbus
Local items from Washburn and nearby towns
John Golin vaux sold a team of horses in Waterloo last week. Henry Kemp rents the Nugent house for summer. Ollie Foulk shipped hogs to Chicago earlier. Frank Metcalf works for a cousin south of LaPorte. Chas Dirks and Frank Weiden visit Austin Minnesota. Wentworth shipped a load of tile from Dysart. John Schons buys the W Michael farm near Gilbertville. Hans Folmer, storekeeper, was in Waterloo Thursday. Grace DeLaney works for Ollie Foulh. Mrs Will Burger visits her parents in Jesup. Mrs Driscoll called on Waterloo Wednesday.
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W. Michael
Gilbertville
Hans Folmer
Waterloo
Grace DeLaney
Ollie Foulh
Will Burger
Peter Schmitt
Jesup
Driscoll
Shady Grove Residents Share Local Visits and Updates
Shady Grove column notes Mrs Bergner improving after illness and visits by A D Mount and J D Sweeney to Waterloo on bank business. Elizabeth Sullivan and Cecelia Sullivan stay with Vera Peck in Jesup, with various local visits and upcoming meetings. The Shady Grove school opens with Miss Mary Lamb teaching, and community events include S G N club luncheon and plans for April 17.
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Shady Grove
Rockford Briefs: Illnesses Travel and Auto News
Miss Lizzie Young has typhoid fever and John Bishop is seriously ill in Rockford on April 14. Miss Helen Knapp visits Spirit Lake to see grandmother Mrs Gates. Mrs Dora Dumbleton travels to Chicago to visit daughter Maud Roenitz. M. Aurand buys a new auto. Roy Jeffery funeral attended by Mrs Ed Echmier of Charles City. Nettle Brinken returns from wintering in Rockford to Oelwein. Geo Kuck owns a new five passenger automobile. H L Mitchell visits family en route to Milwaukee from Montana. Burglary at H Brinken drug store with perfume stolen. Mrs Joe Hosmer of Waterloo visits sister-in-law Mrs F E Cavenaugh last Sunday. Marie Pardy visits grandmother at Ma-
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Rockford
Lizzie Young
John Bishop
Helen Knapp
Spirit Lake
Mrs. Gates
Dora Dumbleton
Chicago
Maud Roenitz
M. Aurand
Ed Echmier
Charles City
Roy Jeffery
Nettle Brinken
Oelwein
Geo. Kuck
H. L. Mitchell
Milwaukee
Montana
H. Brinken
Joe Hosmer
Waterloo
FE. Cavenaugh
Iaet
Marie Pardy
Rockford Notes on Visitors Illness and Deaths
Bon City reports G B Lyman visiting Kings for a month. James Young is critically ill with pneumonia. Mise Matic Peake of Waterloo arrived for an extended visit. Mesdames Bruce and Sleetor visited Waterloo last Saturday. Word from Los Angeles of the death of Jay Mitchell, former Rockford resident and businessman. Nearly every family has a sick member in Rockford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bon City
G. B. Lyman
Kings
James Young
Mise Matic Peake
Waterloo
H. F
Bruce
R. W. Sleetor
I Los Angeles
Cal
Jay Mitchell
Rockford
Farmhouse Burns Near New Hartford in Fire Blame Defective Flue
Ernest Roloff’s Clarence Sprague farm home south of New Hartford burned to the ground. Value $1,000 with $500 coverage. Lower story contents saved. upper floor furniture and bedding a total loss. Roloff away. wife and children present. Fire blamed on defective flue.
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New Hartford
Clarence Sprague
Ernest Roloff
Reloff
F. C. Harmon
Elizabeth
Shell Rock
C. R. Harmon
Arville Enloe
Waterloo
Ed. E. F. Perrin
Geo. Dennis
Allison
Ad Webster
Ole Klodt
E. Mayo
Cedar Falls
Philo
IG. C. Young
L. J. Rogers
Arthur Fobes
Glyndon
Minn
West Fork
Charles Sells
Earl Moore
Greene April 12 items note local events and moves
Mrs. Charles Steger remains home sick. Hi McCue named city material replacement for Ed Yohnn who resigned. Miss Pearl Moss ill with tonsillitis. Mr. and Mrs. John Hesalroad host daughter Mrs. Ralph Sylvester of Vinton. A baby boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Damon Cheney. Wm. Sproul sails to Buffalo North Dakota. Mrs. C. W. Loesbe visits West Branch. J. P. Ayer in Waterloo on business. Charles Crandall works at Kimball grocery. Co. C. Pertin recovering from grippe. Mrs. Ed Yohn visits Waterloo. Mrs. Art Parne visits Clarksville. Edith Lockwood returns to Des Moines for school. H. M. Bunker rents Ralph Kimball house. Church collection aids Ohio flood relief. Morford and Bunker go to Cedar Rapids for Grinnell College concert. Mrs. Afton Gillmore visits relatives on way home to Pipe Stone. Brother L A Hodsden death prompted trip. Courier ad sought.
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Co. C. Pertin
Ed Yohn
Waterloo
Art Parne
Marion Wamsley
Clarksville
Edith Lockwood
Des Moines
J. Lockwood
Stork and Cupid Plotters Mother's Friend Ad
There is dread of childbirth but Mother's Friend offers a remedy that eases labor and reduces nausea and distress. It claims to train the abdomen for natural expansion and prevents breast distresses. sold by druggists at $1.00. Write Weadfield Regulator Co. Lamar Bldg Atlanta Ga for a free guide.
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Mather
Weadfield Regulator Co
Lamar Brig
Atlanta
Quibble Over Railway Rate Sparks Iowa Legislation
In Des Moines April 14 special report notes the Iowa legislature battles over railways rate reductions to reduce costs for state fairs including Waterloo dairy show and Sioux City stock show. House amendments limit benefits to Des Moines fair prompting conference committee action. Separately, senate committees back a $75,000 plan for a women’s building at the state fairgrounds with a baby show feature. Senate also approves a public accounts examination bill to curb graft, and discusses two daily passenger trains mandates and constitutional income tax amendments.
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Nes Moines
House
Des Moines
Dye Wolf
Waterloo
Sioux City
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Dixon
Stipe
Iowa
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Kulp
Obnigations and notes on druggist sales fragment
A fragment notes routine obligations and a midland druggist selling resins and chemicals for a frye sample at Tesinol Chemical Co. The text is incomplete but indicates standard notices or trades in a newspaper item.
Resolution to establish initiative faces constitutional challenge
The article reports a measure to create an initiative process was passed Saturday but faces opposition over potential offenses and penalties. It notes safety concerns and penalties, plus a reference to Titanic related events and maritime warnings from New York to the Grand Hooke region and wireless bulletins guiding ships.
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Farr
Rao
Tepanic
New York
Fee
Kroonland
Amusements: Safari Expedition Pictures At Waterlog Tonight
Exhibition of pictures secured by Paul on his Africa expedition will be shown at Waterlog tonight Tuesday and Wednesday. Despite a loss of over half the film due to the Gordon strike, two thrilling scenes survive showing the leopard chase and a rider pursued by a buffalo. Kinney led about fifty dogs, Pantul era scoffed at the dash to earth the wild beasts, and two of the animals were killed during the hunt. The safari scene and topographical features of the expedition add to the entertainment value.
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Paul Do Dtiney
Africa
Gordon Dook
Filyns
Tullery
Mr. Kinney
Pantulera
Andy
Christ Church Choir Forms Club With New Officers
Christ Episcopal church forms the Christ Church Choir club to enlarge and improve the large vested choir. New committee includes Dorrance M. Plage J A Gary and A W MacParlane. Officers are Dorrance Place president Mrs Walters vice president Miss Maud Kuhns secretary and A W McFarlane treasurer. Social events are planned.
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Dorrance M. Plage
J. A. Gary
A. W. MacParlane
Christ Episcopal Church
Christ Church Choir Club
Dorrance M. Place
Walters
Maud Kuhns
A. W. McFarlane
Waterlouan 1K Drug Business Deal Closed
A garbled report notes a sale of a drug business in Waterlouan with mentions of Petrie, Winthrop, and Waterton. The fragmentary text references property transfer, new ownership by individuals named Potrie and Unsetd, and plans for future activity in the town. An unreliable Courier promise is cited.
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Fast Indigestion Relief
An advertisement extols Pape's Diapepsin as a safe quick fix for dyspepsia and indigestion. It claims relief in five minutes, neutralizes stomach sourness, and lets you eat favorite foods without fear. Brand names include Pape's Diapepsin and mentions a large fifty-cent case.
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Mmanensin
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Conference Committee
Bremner County Mutual
Wilk
Julia Betts
Mercy Hospital
Join Poorman
G. Bee Green
F. C. Newcomb
W. L. Olney
Lou Portsinger
J. Whitaker
Edna Battin
Elberon
Washburn
Will Freyling
Bert Ham
Ladies’ Aid Society
Spring Creek
Stewart Houck
J. Twaites
Eagle Center
B. Peters
Bennie Temple
Dysart
Ann Lizer
Walker
Anna Peck
Brandon
Tom Conry
Stork
Cupid
Itesinol
Frye Sanmie
Tesinol Cheneal Co
Christ Church Choir
Elmer Beys Store
Wisthor
Petrie
Grnie
Jefferson
Winthrop
Bapuerdiyle
Waterton Ane
Hilner
Tariner
Roo
Potrie
Parcier
McDongih
Tate
Itiowe
Tim
Anoney
Canada
Congo
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Frank H. Pewitt
Dos
Cole Hengeieg Works
Cole
Wien
APTA
Hee
Union Mill Co
State Loan Company
East Fourtit ST
Kohl's Shoe
Moresco
W. A. Covell &Ason
Fourth St
Commercial St
Mabel Ettinger
West Fourth Street
Cuzen
Logan Ave
Blackstone
All Waterloo Grocers
Black Hawk
Coffee & Spice Company
Waterloo Savings Bank
Wav * Trust Co
West Sile—Corner
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