Prosecutors Confer with Gibson Jury Reports Tomorrow
Waller H. French county attorney and E. H. McCoy special investigator left for Des Moines to confer with Ben J. Gibson attorney general on the grand jury report due tomorrow. Grand jurors adjourned to reconvene tomorrow and Judge G. W. Wood will return to Waterloo to receive the report. More than 400 witnesses have been examined in the vice inquiry with state cases. French and McCoy plan to return at midnight.
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Waller H. French
E. H. McCoy
Des Moines
Ben J. Gibson
G. W. Wood
Grundy Center
Waterloo
Vice
French
McCoy
Hays Seeks Law to Rename Post Office Department
Postmaster General Hays in his first annual report to the President urges immediate legislation to realign salaries and readjust revenues. He favors changing the department name to the Department of Communications while stressing service over profit and noting wage increases and deficits in the current fiscal year.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Hays
Inter- State Commerce Commission
Cortress
Department of Communications
North Iowa accident ends with hospital stay and reflect on law
A radius fracture from a northern collision sent the injured to Waterloo then Abe Presbyterian hospital where he stayed overnight. Sunday school plans include a beige mada bake sale at Quality Grocery on Fourth Street as part of local event. Hawk County Farm Bureau substituted for Ed Cunningham to speak at a consolidated schools conference before 250 guests. H Gibson urged teaching respect for law in schools as part of a statewide anti alcohol drive led by the Iowa Anti Saloon League citizenship bureau.
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Waterloo
Abe Presbyterian Hospital
Laur Webb
Hawk County Farm Bureau
Ed. Cunningham
Iowa Organization
Consolidated Schools Conference
H. ©. Gibson
Ife
Citizenship Burea
Iowa Antisaloon League
Death of Waterloo resident McKevitt
Mr McKevitt a longtime Waterloo resident died after moving to California for health reasons. Survived by two sisters and four brothers, his body to Ma Farland and funeral planned at St Marys church with burial at Calvary Sioux City Journal notes. The piece mentions winter plans and an Easter show by powers that be.
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Sioux City Journal
As & Bugbear
Powers That Be
Mortuary Notices for Belz and McKevitt
John Michael Belz aged 89 died at 12 25 a m Thursday at his daughter Mary Amos’s home in Waterloo of age related complications. Funeral arrangements in New Hampton Iowa with interment at Graceland Cemetery. He was born March 2 1841 in Germany and came to the United States in 1883. Survived by daughter and seven grandchildren. William J McKevitt age 48 died in McFarland California last Tuesday.
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John Michael Belz
Mary J. Amos
Randolph Street
Petersen Bros
New Hampton
Lutheran Church
Graceland Cemetery
Mr. Belz
Germany
United States
Waterloo
Lutheran Church of
William J. M'Kevitt
William J. McKevitt
McFarland
Cal
Diamond Eyes Dye Lets You Restore Any Fabric
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes for home fabric dyeing. It promises even beginners can dye wool silk linen cotton or blends without streaking spotting fading or running. The copy claims dramatic restoration of dresses coats and home textiles with a simple instruction to ask a pharmacist for the right formula.
City in Brief: Local notes and incidents
A busy day brings notices of an Eagles ball for about 100 couples, family travels to New York and Niagara Falls, a man treated at Maywood hospital returns home, and preparations for holidays at several addresses. The county treasurer reports $2,288 in automobile licenses, a coal car derailment disrupts Sixth Street, a Ford stolen near Cedar Rapids headed toward Waterloo, scarlet fever cases rise, and a truck accident injures Lloyd Smith with rib fractures.
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Order of Eagles
Rirs
C. E. McVey
Vera
New York
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Cedar
Rapids
Waterloo
Board of Health
Lila Mae Boysen
Park Drive
Randolph Taylor
Sixth Street West
Fred Morrison
Dawson Street
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Annex
John Ebert
Ira Minard
Archie Blank
Art Selman
Lloyd Smith
A.smith
Baltimore Street
Charles E Hearst Speaks on School Meeting Program
Cedar Falls reports Charles E Hearst vice president of Black discussing a school meeting program. Hearst speaks about the initiative at a local gathering, outlining goals and community impact.
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Charles E. Hearst
Cedar Falls
Black
Pape's Cold Compound Advertised as Quick Relief
An old newspaper ad touts Pape's Cold Compound as the fastest relief for cold symptoms. It claims dosing every two hours up to three doses breaks up ache feverishness and sneezing without quinine and costs only a few cents.
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Pape
Grippe
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Calvary
West End
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Buchanan
George D. Stearns
Black Hawk Street
Government Hospital
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Co. L. McDermott
Cascaden Avenue
Fanny Williams
Clay Street
Miles City
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M. J. Cash Musical Company
Black Hills
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Fifth Streets
Margaret Walker
J. B. Golinvaux
Adalberry Street
Chicdco
Automobile Department
John Fitzsimmons
McLaughlin Construction Company
Newton and Spencer, Jr
Universal
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