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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1924
Page
5
British Labour leaders confront a stern parliamentary fight over the budget amid strikes, the Irish boundary dispute, and plans to modify McKenna duties. Premier Ramsay MacDonald vows renewed effort as Chancellors and ministers prepare to argue for taxing and tariff measures.
Miss Defitte Gracey, public speaking instructor at West High, left for Des Moines due to ill health. Leila Hughes of Webster City will coach the senior class play after Gracey departed, with Hughes under contract for next year as Gracey declines re election.
John Harper of Vinton Iowa admits he is still drunk as Judge Gwynne sentences him for intoxication. The incident began when Harper was roused in the court after a drunken episode and he promised to pay his due once he recovered. A separate case involving a taxi driver cited for speeding led to a line of testimonies and a continuing hearing for two other defendants.
Fragmentary forecast items describe a warm Monday with a high around seventy and a mix of previous gloom giving way to clearer dawns. Vague references to Neon's banks and a town scene appear, but precise places, dates, or events are not clearly identifiable.
Secretary J. Davis leads a delegation from Nebraska Iowa South Dakota Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma to attend the Moose District convention in Sioux City on May 15. Speakers include Pierson Willis, Ward, and other officials. the Emsport Moose band will provide music.
A child’s May Day prayer honors parents for life, health, nourishment, sunshine, rest, and safety. It asks guidance for mind and feet toward health, honesty, self control, kindness, and safe friendships, pledging repay through health and citizenship. The text cites The Runabouty from the House of Health, 1983 copyright by the American Child Health Association.
Cedar Walls reports the twelfth annual Viking Pump meeting declared a 1d per cent cash dividend for stockholders and notes projected prosperity for the next 14 months. Officers were re elected: Hearst president Nielsen VP Hostrop secretary treasurer Wryth manager Peterson superintendent. The firm also voted $200 toward Sartori hospital debt. Longtime Cedar City resident William Benton dies at ? age with services planned and Masonic rites.
A scrambled notice lists John Wise and Mrs Carla Bipris with child and granddaughter leaving Vonimrruw for St Louis to visit two weeks, then heads to Ames Iowa for restoration work and to rejoin relatives Dr and Mrs VanderVeer. Also named are residents and addresses across Lincoln and Iowa towns with scattered identifiers.
Mrs Ellen Marshall of Tama died Monday morning after a long illness. Funeral services were held in La Porte County with daughters Mrs Bair E.R. Ashley and Mr Va Marshall and other relatives attending. A missionary society meeting was postponed to Thursday at 2 30 at the home of Mrs Unger due to the funeral. Household tasks and visiting friends followed the somber week as condolences poured in from neighbors and friends.
Bristow High School defeats Aredale 7 inning contest with Bristow scoring in the first third and fifth. Bristow gains its fourth win as Aredale, though small, fielded and batted well. Bristow next meets Hansell on Friday.
In Deland Florida Aubrey Lee Nickels was sentenced to death for the second time after a circuit court jury found him guilty of criminal assault. His earlier conviction on the same charge was reversed by the state supreme court. The case centered on Nickels entering a home under pretense of vand by the water department.
The North Coast Limited marks a 25 year milestone with a 1 000 pound fruit cake baked by dining car chefs for the occasion. Ticket agents editors and friends receive slices as the train departs for Chicago Seattle Tacoma and Portland. Mayors along the route greet the celebration across Wind Lake Wisconsin Minnesota South Dakota Montana Idaho Washington and Oregon.
Des Moines April 29 Gov Kendall has signed most bills from the extra session but is studying several measures. The prison contracts board of control bill remains unsigned and opponents urge delay. Also under review is the gravel highway bill Senate File No 121, amid constitutional questions and bond interest issues.
Des Moines notes a one cent reduction in milk prices effective May 1. Households discovered the new price slip yesterday, with Des Moines milk at 12 cents a quart and special milk and cream at 14 cents a half pint.
A vintage advertisement extols Castoria for babies and children over thirty years of use. It claims to relieve constipation colic wind colic and diarrhea by soothing stomach and bowels and aiding digestion without opiates.
Twelve newly confirmed youth from First Lutheran church will be honored tonight at 7 o'clock in a Wartburg league banquet held in the church parlor. Lawry Stolte serves as toastmaster and C. C. Hermann delivers the principal speech.
The April 23 report notes a sensational theft of a wine vintage 1811 from a wealthy Barlin family with historic vineyards. Rewards offered for return and detectives watched antique shops for any sign of the precious bottle lot.
London officials report a private member’s bill backed by Mrs Wintringham Miss Jewson George Lansbury and others to abolish capital punishment. The proposal sets life penal servitude for murder or treason with potential mercy reductions by the Court of Criminal Appeal and allows life imprisonment for other cases with or without hard labor.
Des Moines April 29 77 nurses took examinations for state registration at the capitol. Examinations were administered by Miss Augusta Heifner of Sioux City and Miss Anna Drake of Des Moines, both members of the state board of health.
Louis Bernstein, a Chicago manufacturer, died from gas in an apartment building on Drexel boulevard. The firehouse report states 12 families were driven to the street in the early hours, Bernstein found dead on the stairs.
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