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Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 17, 1914

Page

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Election Ordered for Fifty third Iowa Regiment Colonel

Guy Logan issues orders in Iowa Territory appointing Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. Cotton to command the Fifty third regiment until a colonel is elected. The adjutant general also calls for an election to fill the vacancy from Louis J. Rowell’s resignation. All officers in the regiment may vote. Major Barclay of Tipton is favored in a straw poll. Ballots due by 6 p.m. April 10. votes opened at 9 a.m. April 20.

Guy FE. Logan Iowa National Gairds Charles W. Cotton Fifty-third Cotton Elrelos Iowa Adjutant General Louis J. Rowell Barclay Tipton

Five Alarms, No Fires Reported by Hays Fire Dept

Firemen answered five alarms from evening till 11 pm with no serious fires. Early calls included a grass blaze at Oak Lawn and Wellington and another near Standard Oil. A Martin Bros. cigar store alarm at 128 also prompted a response.

Oaklawn Wellington Standard Oil Company Martin Bros. Cigar Store

Fire alarms respond to early morning blazes and false calls

At 11 o'clock a second alarm came from Fourth Street East as a cigaret blaze started in a basement window with no serious damage. Firemen also answered a call at Second and Randolph, a false alarm attributed to youths violating city ordinances.

Fourth Street Second Randolph

Foundation 10 to Begin At CitiGas Plan

Austin Burt of Citizens Gas & Electric returns from Philadelphia where he consulted with parent company officials on plans for a new electric plant. Engineering work continues in company offices with daily progress toward starting foundation construction this season. Burt says the central station will be a model for the region.

Austin Burt Citizens Gas & Electric Co Philadelphia Burt Middle West

Rumor of Marriage Circulates in Waterloo Choral Circle

Word spreads through Waterloo about an impending marriage within the Billy Sunday evangelistic party. Sources in Johnstown Pa report gatherings last winter and name Homer Rodebearer the choir director as a rumored groom marrying a party member.

Homer Rodebearer Waterloo Johnstown

Remove Blackheads In Minutes From Valecka Suratt

Valecka Suratt promotes a method to remove blackheads and pimples in minutes using neroxin on a hot sponge, followed by washing the face. She also touts a shampoo with eggol for scalp cleansing costing twenty five cents and claims a sugar and sarsene drink aids pimples.

Valecka Suratt

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