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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1919
Page
1
The labor commissioner discusses higher pay for state employees, noting insufficient current offers and the high cost of living. Budget reforms aim to justify salaries from $1,000 to $1,300 annually and to enable equitable compensation, with retrenchment plans and budgets to guide legislative action.
Webster City police halted a haul of 576 pint bottles of whisky hauled by Schulz and others. Schulz paid a fine of 10 dollars plus costs in justice court. another man and a companion fled, claiming a meeting with Whit East Dubuane and a bribe offer to transport liquor. An unrelated ad promotes Laxative Bromo Quin ine.
Report of a Vinton boy wounded at St. Mitiel arriving home on a morning train. The narrative mentions gas exposure and a bullet wound in the finger. The piece notes his mother and father, ongoing medical attention, and a related public notice about a sale and influenza era concerns.
A district court in Menton hears a case about pension payments and a claimant who refuses to give up her pension. The letter suggests demands to cancel pension slips and return goods or letters. The fragmentary text indicates debate over pension rights and possible reimbursement actions.
Miss Parkes 17 of Des Moines died from injuries after being struck by a fast auto at Twenty third and Grand Avenue New Year morning. Corporal Tamar Camp Dodee was walking with her when the car rammed them and sped away. Dwight Chapman faced municipal court on a charge of careless driving with $2,000 bond set for January 10.
Fragmentary report describes the Eighty-eighth division training at Garip Drulge and earning two rer hudges for service on the Juelfort and Toul fronts. Friends reported the unit’s fine front service with few casualties and the emblem shows a four leaf clover on the sleeve.
Readings from a biography of Iowa governor Samuel F. Kirkwood reveal midwar disloyalty in Iowa. The Knights of the Golden Circle allegedly claimed 42,000 Iowa members in 1863, with organization in every township and a pledge to support the U.S. Constitution, accept drafted orders, and resist federal authority.
Illinois era reports selected Delaware County land for a state park to protect a unique rock formation ridge known as the Hack Hage with Devil’s features. The area near Forrestville offers springs and botanically rich flora. Officials note no immediate funds for development, awaiting state support and formal approval.
Manchester Jan 4 The Phentele family welcomed three sons home for the holidays. H W Phentele, the eldest, was relieved from active naval reserve duty in mid December. Lieut Hubert Phenicis of aviation service and Lieut Ness Phenicle of motor transport returned home before Christmas. Hubert caught influenza but recovered and received a 10 day furlough extension. Knights of Pythias election notes report losses of two officers since December. Edwin Davin, lodge head for the coming year, and others faced changes. das.
Des Moines reports the state board of health plans to push legislation to quarantine Spanish influenza in towns and to regulate venereal diseases. They consider a tuberculosis testing law for cattle and hogs, plus a small state tax and per head levy. Dr. A H Kepford urges action to stop selling milk from tuberculous animals.
Norman Allen, former Ottumwan and Creston company member, severely wounded in France last August, will undergo surgery at Fort Des Moines. His right arm’s shattered bone will be repaired using bone taken from a leg, following a visit to Ottumwa with his father.
Two well known Grundy County residents died at their homes near Conrad. Leon Williams died Monday from influenza and complications. She leaves a husband and three children. Burial followed in the dot pneumonia. She leaves a widow and six children, plus two brothers Luther and Monty, both of Grundy County.
A vintage advertisement touts Vinic or Vinel as a cure for overworked nervous women. It features testimonials from Mrs Hannah Randall of Narragansett Pier and Mrs G H Lam con of Jacksonville claiming renewed health, strength, appetite, and energy after taking the product. It emphasizes domestic duties and child care as key factors in female fatigue.
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