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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1924
Page
6
A Nebraska assembly group met today to discuss the governor’s agenda including tax assessment reforms and budget legislation. Sen. Smith and Rep. Hauge attended, signaling plans for county rather than township tax assessments and ongoing budget debates.
Berlin reports a humorous health scare as radio fans suffer “radio rash” from headset pressure. Doctors note it is annoying but not serious if treated early with soft rubber ear cushions and careful listening.
Fragmentary text references subernaturist conferences and a note that items are to be continued after holidays. Details are obscured, leaving no clear event, date, or participants to identify.
Reports from Stoney Point Michigan indicate an unidentified vessel may have burned on Lake Erie fifteen miles from Stoney Point lasting late into the night. No confirmation reached Detroit authorities or the J. W. Weerteott company shipping agency and Monroe marine quarters had no fire reports.
Nine miners died and many are missing after a colliery explosion in Wrextiam Wales early this morning. Fire damp caused the blast and the casualties are believed confined to the nine bodies brought to the surface, with others still unaccounted for.
James Avant, 41, colored, was executed in the electric chair at Ohio State Penitentiary after midnight for the murder of Elizabeth Tittle in Youngstown last April. He reportedly uttered God have mercy as he mounted the platform and sighed before death.
Talks began today at the Orsay between representatives of Britain and France aimed at revising approaches to a diplomatic crisis. Prime figures Chamberlain and Herriot are in attendance with other officials to discuss potential avenues of agreement.
British foreign minister Chaim Berlain travels to Rome where talks with French premier Herriot focus on Russian propaganda. The meeting is framed as equally crucial as any immediate hereditary considerations.
Atlanta reports that church groups expect 1926 to pass without lynchings as the commission on church and race relations presents findings at the Federal Council of Churches quadrennial meeting. Through November 1925 there were 13 lynchings nationwide, a drop from 1923 figures.
Early U S Army surgeon reports tout chlorine gas as curative in various diseases with over 70 percent cures across a thousand mixed cases. The Jo-Vex liquid form is promoted for mouth infections, claiming to stop pyorrhea and related gum disease, with druggists distributing nationwide.
Three bandits robbed the Olson and Ebamn Co south side store of Deeo Jewelers in Chicago shortly after opening. They escaped with 50600 in set diamonds. Manager Peter Christenson and a customer were locked in a back room, while a security porter was beaten into unconsciousness.
The California railroad commission began inquiry into a rear end collision near the Oakland terminal yesterday. Six people were killed and 40 injured as a result of the crash.
Butte Montana December 5. Asphyxia caused by carbon monoxide from charcoal heaters killed Michael Oak 37 and an unidentified Mexican in a refrigerator car after it arrived. A third victim is named only as a Núment person.
Des Moines dispatch reports Jefferson township Polk county faces a fund shortage totaling 2040.62 and a misallocation of 2884.70 from the wrong account. The checkers’ findings have been sent to Attorney General Gibson and the county.
Scores of Iowans report Karnak rapidly relieves nervousness digestion and weakness. Mrs. Joseph Ray of Clinton credits three bottles with restoring health and weight. Family members with long stomach troubles also improve, boosting Karnak boosters nationwide. Waterloo Cedar Falls drugstores listed as local sellers.
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