Train hits auto at La Porte City injuring driver
La Porte City Feb 16 Tesse Elliott, about 70, was severely cut and bruised at 10:45 am when his Chevrolet sedan was struck by a Rock Island train at a crossing two blocks east of the railway yard. Elliott, thrown from the car, suffered cuts near the left temple as the car twisted and the engine grazed the rear wheel. The train was due at 10:18 and Elliott believed it had passed.
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Courier
la Porte City
gsTesse Elliottt
Rock Island
Elliott
Jefh
Elioté
Eldoit
Oldtime Marion Leader James E. Bromwell Dies at 70
James E. Bromwell 70 of Marion died in an Iowa City hospital from a heart attack after years of illness. He directed the Linn County Settlers Association for two years and held senior roles in Masonic and Knights orders. A Cornel College alumnus and former Linn County auditor, he mentored the Mentzer fire drill corps for 14 years and was a noted orator on the chautauqua circuit. His father helped lay out Marion and held Linn County’s second marriage license.
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Marion
James E. Bromwell
Iowa City
Bromwell
Lynn County Settlers’ Association
Cornell College
Linn County
Knights ‘Templar
Knights of Pythias
Mentzer Fire
Half Mile New Road Asked to Close Gap in East Waterloo
Motorists on the road east from Allen Memorial Hospital face a blind end with a single northern exit. A petition to open half a mile east of the turn seeks to connect with another highway along the west half of the south boundary of section 7 in East Waterloo township.
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East
Waterloo
Allen Memorial Hospital
Board of Supervisors
Waterloo Township
Mother's Friend praised by generations of mothers
Thousands of women across three generations endorse Mother's Friend for expectant mothers and childbirth. Letters from Princeton Alabama praise its help through pregnancy, reducing muscle tension, and making birth a joy. Read a free booklet and buy at drug stores or Bradfeld Regulator Co Atlanta Ga.
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Ben ‘Abraham
Princeton
All Drug Stores
Bradfeld Regulator Co
Desk
Atlanta, Ga
Schierbrock Buys Overland Waterloo Co and Forms New Firm
Frank Schierbrock of Nebraska purchases the Overland-Waterloo Co of Clements. The business at Franklin and Listh streets will become Schierbrock-Waterloo with continued sales and service. Ross J. Clements of Des Moines owns other ventures. Harley S. Butters remains as general manager during transition.
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Frank Schierbrock
Nebraska
Buys Overland-Waterloo Co
Clements
Overland-Waterloo Company
Epee
Franklin and
Listh Streets
Whippet
Willys- Knight
North Matte
New
Schierbrock-Waterloo Company
Schierbrock
Fourth Streets
Lown
Wa-terlon
Standard Gilass É& Paint Co
Wasterloo
Waterloo
Harley S. Butters
Overand- Waterloo
Hine
Highway junction proposed north of St Francis hospital
A proposed junction would connect a northward highway from St Francis hospital to an eastward road two miles north, closing a half mile gap in the central figure of the local roads. Sapphires from Montana mines are noted for color retention at night, second only to Ceylon sapphires.
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Montana
Ceylon
Twofold Rowles Mentho Sulphur Clears Pimples Fast
Sulphur and menthol combine to clear skin within hours by killing parasites believed to cause pimples and eruptions. The remedy soothes itching and burning, heals the skin, and is sold in ready to use jars by druggists under the Rowles name.
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Rowles
Mrs. Caroline Berg Dies at Oelwein Funeral Friday
Mrs. Caroline Berg aged 77 died at her home 130 First Avenue Southeast Oelwein. Funeral services are set for 2 30 p m Friday in the Presbyterian ERICH with burial in Woodlawn. Also noted are the deaths of Mrs Clara E Fox and Mrs Carrie Meyers with services planned in Westgate and Salt Lake City respectively.
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Oelwein
Caroline Berg
First Avenue Southeast
Presbyterian Erich
Woodawn
Clara E. Fox
Roy H. Brink
Westgate
J. E B. Grauer
Carrie Meyers
Salt Lake City
Utah
Idncoln
Grauer
Meyers
Telegraphers and Operator Agents Receive Pay Increase
Waterloo officials of the Chicago Great Western railroad announced a retroactive pay boost for telegraphers and operator agents across the system effective Jan 2. In Waterloo three local employees J N Trunnell Co E Cummings and Matt Duckworth gain 2 cents per hour, while the Cedar Falls operator agent receives a 7 cent per hour raise.
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Waterloo
Chicago Great Western Railroad
J. N. Trunnell
E. Cummings
Matt Duckworth
Cedar Falls
Discovery Boosts Strength After Flu Says Mrs Redfield
Mrs Louise Redfield of Clinton Iowa credits Dr Pierces Golden Medical Discovery with restoring her strength after a severe flu. She reports rapid health improvements after three bottles and calls the remedy life saving. The ad promotes obtaining Discovery in tablet or liquid form and a 10 cent trial by mail from Buffalo New York.
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Cape Studio
Clinton
Iowa
Dewitt St
Change in School Director Election Law
County Superintendent A. E. Jewett reports a legal change affecting director at large elections in subdistrict townships facing tie votes. Washington and Union each have two districts, East Waterloo and Benting ton eight each, Barclay four. Directors at large chosen by electors at 1 p.m. March 12. sub-directors in the forenoon. Township boards meet March canvass.
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A. E. Jewett
Washington and
Union
East Waterloo
Benning
Township Boards of Education
Nujol advertised as cold prevention for children
An old newspaper ad urges mothers to give Najol to children to build resistance to colds. It claims Najol prevents body poisons from forming and aids removal, with no drugs or medicine. The ad cites testing by comparing report cards and absences over three months and credits Standard Oil’s Nujol Laboratories.
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Nujol
Nujol Laboratories
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Aged Lady Sees Health Boost From Plant Juice
Mary F. Clark of Cedar Rapids praises Plant Juice after months of poor digestion, bloating, and fatigue. She reports improved appetite, sleep, and energy, saying the remedy helped stomach liver kidneys and bowels, with a free sample offered by Wangler Brothers in Waterloo.
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Mary F. Clark
G Avenue
West
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Stulee Manis
Wangler Brothers Company
East Fourth Street
Waterloo
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Jesse Elliott
Pioneer
Kearns Funeral Home
Dr. M. R. Francis
Balck Ulde
Glenda
Eta Sea Carpeta
Noha de Facy
aeroPhone
Ross J. Clements
Ter
Tas Diatcie Tea
Renda Madd Pisc’s
PISC
Shoe Co
Mrs
Louise Redfield
Ton
Barclay
Phelps
Jefferson St
Stone
Dr. Hall
Panor
East Fourth St
Green River Coal
Green River
Mid-Western
Mid-West
Crystal Ice & Fuel Company
Selby Arch Preservers
Bostonians
Nettletons
Mere
Alana
Corn Belt Business College
Dorothy Lynch
Vna Wright
Minnie Allen
Mary Albrecht
Floss Stanfield
Hilda Jackson
Marie Burk Vivien Cavanay
Paul Mether
J. D. Kna
R.A. Ker
Helen Barden
Nellie J. Dewar Hattie S. Muzzy
John Sehulte
Mary B. Stewart
Martha E. Bucka
Irene Hotop
Agnes Laughren
Evelyn Cross Aldine Rainbow
Eva R. Kennea Clifford Richar
Blanche Stiles Edra Smuthey
Leo Hagerty
Paul Renner Vesta Faulkner
Vivian Taylor Estelle Latimer
Irving St
Newton
Denver St
Center St
Mulberry
Kirkwood
Riehl
Town St
Alz
Von
Elzer’ Furniture
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