Druggists to tighten grip after fatal overdose deaths
Waterloo officials plan stricter control on narcotic drugs following the deaths of Fred Lucas and Frank Griffin from poison. Coroner schedules inquest while local druggists vow closer scrutiny of habit forming medicines and to remove risky items from shelves. Robinson details how the trio used bromidin and other drugs in a spree tied to narcotic craving.
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Fred Lucas
Frank Griffin
Waterloo
Svell
Eugene Tobinson
Sidney TL Smith
Robinson
Center Point
Robert Murray
J. Wenner
Walford Young
Dr. Smith
Lucas
Griffin
Marital Woes Reported In Separation Suits
Two husbands in Iowa allege desertion and mistreatment by their wives in separate filing for separation. William Shones, WWI veteran, says Lila Shones deserted him after their Des Moines marriage on May 1 1917. their only child died December 1918. Orson Kidd claims his wife Hezel Kidd deserted him after their Waterloo marriage on April 17 1916.
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William Shones
Lila
Des Moines
Orson Kidd
Erie
Hezel B. Kidd
Waterloo
Rising soda prices raise nickel to dime across fountains
A historic price surge hits soda fountains as drinks priced at a nickel jump to ten cents with war tax included. Merchants justify the rise by higher costs for sugar syrups and gas, noting profits remain slim while prices for beverages and frozen desserts climb.
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Ancy
Within the Law at East High by senior class
Within the Law will be produced by East High School seniors on May 7. Director Miss Caroline McFarlane leads rehearsals with students Wilma Kenny Clifford Collins Ben Schermerhorn Peter On Roger Flickinger Charlotte Flatlong Ray Garrabrant Donna Voorhees Fonda Jameson Cecil Bruggeman Lucile Hebel Russell Stewart Lyle Webster Ernest Connor Pammie Garramoni Graydon Neuman Roy Kipp and Dean Litchfield handling stage and business roles.
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Law
East High School
iMay 7
Caroline McFarlane
Carmelita Calderwood
Dean Litchfield
Wilma Kenny
Clifford Collins
Ben Schermerhorn
Peter On
Roger Flickinger
Charlotte Flatlong
Ray Garrabrant
Donna Voorhees
Fonda Jameson
Cecil Bruggeman
Lucile Hebel
Russell Stewart
Lyle Webster
Ernest Connor
Pammie Garramoni
Graydon Neuman
Roy Kipp
Potatoes Bring Record Eight Dollars Per Cental
In Stevens Point Wisconsin on April 21 eight dollars per hundred pounds was paid for potatoes in the local market this week a load of 23 bushels brought the price. Also notes that the English adder or viper is the poisonous snake found in England.
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Stevens Point
Wis
England
Black Hawk County 1919 farm report shows vast output
A summary of J A Francis county audit details Black Hawk County 1919 crop yields and livestock. It notes 2 142 farms produced about five million bushels of corn, 2 722 120 of oats, 96 740 of wheat and 106 560 of barley while grain value reached around 10 million dollars. Livestock included 474 912 domestic animals with 225 300 poultry, 73 971 swine, 50 024 cattle including 16 471 milch cows, 2 289 horses, 289 mules and 23 automobiles owned by farmers. The report highlights swine cholera losses and mentions butter from creameries as notable, with extensive egg production and rising farm electricity.
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Black Hawk
J. A. Francis
I 'S
Chicago
New York
Boston
Black Hawk County
Ralph BE. Christopher
Stout
Mt. Vernon
Lincoln
Cedar Falls
Iowa
First Baptists Open New Bids on Church Erection
Currie-Simpson submitted the lowest general bid of 121130 for the First Baptist church at Fourth and Baltimore Streets. Total project cost with heating plumbing and electrical work comes to 139962. Bids show close figures, with Waterloo Electric the best electrical bid at 2182 and heating/plumbing by Zook & Bentz at 16500. Outside bidders were not present. several other bids are listed as alternatives. A committee chaired by A J Wittick will decide within days, aiming to fund and begin construction this year.
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Zook & Bentz
Waterloo Elec
Ticat Company
Bretton
Building Committee
Waten
John Mines
Auras Carnslewettnrgs
Cartinean
Bruner
Quest &, Smith
Beck Hawk Elec*tric Company
Crane Says China Mirrors U S 50 Years Ago
Chicago April 21 Charles R Crane newly appointed minister to China says the country stands in the U S position 50 years ago as it enters development. He cites transportation as a major problem with sanitation and education also urgent and notes China has more canal miles than railroads in the United States but needs railroads.
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Chicago
China
United States
Charles .R. Crane
Peking
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Canter Point
Chief Young
G. S. Wise
Vine Street
Miller
A. W. Riles
Eugene A. Sullivan
William M. Fleming
Henry Schulte
New York and
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East High
Black Hawk 5
Imicht
Ats
J. C. Murphy
D. D
First National Bank
Oftics
WM. H. Ross Bol
Percy R. Wood
Leavitt & Johnson Bank Bldz
Lillie A. Arnett
Postum Cereal Co
First Baptists
Currie-Simpson
Church Society
Terloo
U. S
Crane
Associatest’ Press
East Side
General Automo
R.B. Addington
C. E. Anderson
Avle As
Seana Rage
Louis
Berkley
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