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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1915
Page
7
Des Moines February 25 Iowa lawmakers discuss a bill to reorganize the state guard into three regiments with ten year officer terms and new seniority rules. The measure raises armory allowances and funds, tightens enforcement of military codes, and boosts annual guard appropriations to 166000. A separate Senate appropriations bill approves 15000 for rail rate lobbying, amid questions over potential salaries for railroad officials.
Des Moines February 25 Polk county supervisors will convene on March 10 to address refunding $6,250 to the eighty six Des Moines saloon dealers. The sum was collected as liquor license revenue from February 15 to April 1. The license money cut could trim county offices next year while a $25,000 liquor loss will be offset by $20,000 from ten years of drainage assessments.
In Mason City proceedings, Mrs Mari Walsh faces questions over alleged tax dodging in Cerro Gordo county. Attorneys cite 270000 in notes and 1280 acres mortgaged, plus a 160 acre homestead, while she claims fear and illiteracy affected signing. Alienists on both sides to assess mentality amid ongoing cross examination.
Decorah on February 25 Miss Minnie Wormeldorf died from injuries after the buggy she rode with a young man toppled from a bridge into a creek. The horse stumbled on the railing and the buggy fell ten feet. She struck a stump and died about fifteen minutes later.
Manchester February 25. Preliminary examination before Mayor Jas Tracy cleared Archie Arbuckle and Charles Pullman of any conspiracy to burn the Commercial House in Greeley. Arbuckle denied plans to burn the hotel, gave kerosene jars as misdirected evidence, and witnesses supported his lack of credibility. Magistrate Tracy dismissed Pullman for lack of connection to the offense.
A home remedy blends a pint sugar syrup with 214 punches Pinex to yield a cheaper cough syrup. It claims rapid relief within 24 hours for coughs, bronchitis, whooping cough, and winter illnesses. The ad touts 244 ounces of Piner, guaranteed satisfaction, and refunds if unsatisfied.
An old advertisement warns Americans to guard against kidney trouble from rich foods. It promotes Jad Salts as a cheap, safe remedy to flush kidneys, claim relief from pain, fatigue, and urinary issues, and suggests purchasing from H. W. Tageart.
Grinnell Iowa hosts the State Volunteers convention March 5 6 and 7 with about 300 delegates. College students will be housed in Grinnell homes to study missionary work and develop plans for increasing mission involvement at Iowa's colleges and universities. Leading missionaries and foreign mission secretaries will lead sessions.
Cedar Rapids, Feb 25. Frank Ramacitti, recently arrested with the Burns gang, drank carbolic acid in the Belle Plaine depot and died. He was being brought to Cedar Rapids after his bondsmen sought release. The death stemmed from his fear of prison and ignorance of American law, Marshal Healy notes. He was considered the least implicated, merely acting as an innocent fence for stolen goods.
Mason City awarded the asphalt paving contract to Bryant Asphalt Co of Waterloo for 70 000 yards of natural asphalt paving in Mason City. Drummond Hast Hunsley and the alley near the firebarn excluded, owners to choose brick or granite for those sections. Lowest bids for asphalt paving set a new Iowa state record at 1.594 per yard, with Hanlon & Oakes low on reinforced Portland cement at 1.44 per sq yd. Bryant bid 0.85 per foot for curbing.
A vintage ad claims Pape's Cold Compound opens clogged passages and relieves symptoms within hours. Take two-hourly doses up to three to end stuffed-up noses, discharge, feverishness, and headache. Sold for about twenty-five cents. tastes nice and acts without assistance.
Ruth Cameron argues charity should adapt to Belgian relief without harming existing aid. A Chicago magnate’s reluctance to redirect funds exposes narrow charity views. The piece urges readers to practice true giving by self deprivation rather than taking from others.
Matthew, with six gold dollars, meets Uncle Ezra in a village and learns the value of work over money. Ezra offers a path to steady pay and a cabin shared with the old man, who becomes his partner as they build a stable life under the massa’s hire. Copyright 1916 by McClure News Service.
Northwestern Land & Investment manager G C Janney urges the street railway to serve Hagerman addition residents. He notes rapid growth, factory workers building homes, 75 percent gas usage, two miles of new sidewalks last year, and demand for better transportation. Janney's Hagerman home is on Falls Avenue near Edison School.
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