Waterloo Woman Describes Search for Lain Sisters
Waterloo woman Belle Harbin recounts the search for sisters Maay aid Ning Martin and another girl, age 12, whose bodies were found in a field near Los Angeles after a long disappearance. Volunteers, Boy Scouts, and police cooperated, and autopsy suggested death by strangulation.
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Waterloo
Belle Harbin
Los Angeles
Martin
Glen Arry
Boy Scouts
Ses
Harbin
Polics
Mya
Carrie Lovelace
Essay contest offers eight cash prizes on highway
The Atlantic Yellowstone Pacific Highway association announces eight cash prizes for an essay contest open to all except association members. Mayor A K H Gnagy of Waterloo is named as an official. The goal is essays suitable for newspapers or magazines to inform travelers about the ocean to ocean highway across the Atlantic Yellowstone & Pacific routes, including scenic attractions, road bed, resources, history, road markers, and commercial importance.
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A. K H. Gnagy
Waterloo
Yellowstone
Pacific Ocean
Highway Association Contest Calls for Recreational Ideas
The Atlantic Yellowstone Pacific Highway contest invites articles on improving highway appeal for education enjoyment and happiness. Entries must be filed with the highway secretary in Sioux Falls SD by March 15. Prizes range from 100 down to 10 dollars with several mid prizes.
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the Atlantic, Yellowstone & Pacific
Helway
Sioux, Falls
Highway Association
Honest Taxi Driver Returns $1,500 Jewel
In Washington Iowa a Dubuque woman, Miss Eleanor M. Connelly, reported a $1,900 diamond pin lost. JR D Bowman, a local taxi driver, returned the bar pin to her at the Hamilton hotel after a call to police headquarters.
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Dubuque
Washington, WL
Washington
Jr. D. Bowmen
Eleanor M. Connelly
Hamilton Hotel
Milton Clark
Tade
Aliss Connelly
Bowman
Musterole Promoted As Quick Cold Remedy For Families
An old fashioned Musterole advertisement urges readers to counter influenza gripped by cold symptoms with Musterole. It describes the counter irritant’s warming tingling relief, claims rapid penetration and congestion relief, and notes a milder children’s version with a 65 cent price in jars and tubes.
Fisherman Jailed For Violating State Laws In LeMars
LeMars Iowa Feb B A D0 Smith a local fisherman was found guilty by a jury of violating state fish and game laws and sentenced to 15 days in jail plus a $5 fine. A taxi driver testified about a valuable pin found in his car but could not identify the owner.
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Owman
LeMars
Smith
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Stomach Relief
An old advertisement touts Papes Diapepsin as a harmless stomach corrective that ends indigestion pain and sour stomach quickly. It claims millions know its magic and urges readers to use the product for rapid relief.
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Seattle
Pape
Isis
aAdy
Marmola Prescription Tablets Promise Easy Fat Loss
Fat reduction claims tout Marmola Prescription Tablets as the same formula as a famous remedy. Advertises one dollar per box available from druggists or by mail order from Motors Bug Detroit Michigan. No exercise or starvation needed and no unpleasant effects.
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Motors
Detroit
Mich
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Highway Ass’n
S.S.S
Mia
Theo
Willey
Ohio St
Indianapolis
Ind
Williewaite
Bradfield Regulator Co
Alassma
Siri
Kau Olty
Fitzgerald
Burgh S
Fourth St
Wittick
Artificial Ice & Fuel Co
East Ninth Street
Waterloo, Town
Schidkens Appaney
East Fourth Street
Perrins
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