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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1920
Page
9
Waterloo grand jury revises panel rules and issues under Judge J E Williams as it probes criminal syndicalism. Details show updated empaneling hour and instructions, with jurors named and a missing member causing a late start.
County auditors report nearly 100000 dollars due in road taxes for 1920, levied in 1919, with total estimated at 95,621.87 dollars based on the abstract of assessments. Items include county road building tax 13,938.32, township road tax 30,877.04, dragging tax 9,593.21.
R L DeGoodt former local agent for the G G W and later agent in Kansas City Missouri died at 6 am today at his mother's home in Austin Minnesota. Heart disease was the cause. He was about 40 and is survived by a widow and one child. Burial will be in Austin Thursday afternoon.
Birth notices list Virg inia Hope Glasener Delores Caro Mary Adelina Leona inia Doepke as newborn daughters to Glasener Ross Steinmayer and Doepke families. marriage licenses show Alexander Wilson Joss Guthrie Knode Borchart Brown Beaumont with pairs in Anamosa Cedar Falls Holstein Waterloo. Advertisement offers rental housing in Mt Vernon area.
Britt Jan 13 large trees outside the public school are being cut to furnish fuel for Britt residents. The coal shortage persists with only small weekly allotments, not meeting demand as the coal strike continues.
Thomas Maloney Iowa prohibition chief warns soft drink outlets to curb sale of bitters and drinks containing alcohol or denatured preparations. He says vendors must refuse sales with reasonable indication of misuse and will face prosecution if sold to individuals or clubs for nonlegitimate uses. The policy aims to prevent harm while not harassing lawful businesses.
Lou Snyder, of Shelby, tried to wed 16 year old Susie Morris in Oakland Iowa on January 18. The couple secured a marriage license, Snyder bought a wardrobe and provided $200, then the stock food salesman vanished. Snyder returned home heartbroken to Shelby. The salesman’s name remains unknown.
E F MacDonough secretary of the Greater Waterloo association says membership cards invoices ledger and register will be ready in a few days as the office handles routine business. Many men remain on old club rolls and must sign anew to join the merged body and share clubroom privileges.
The 1919 report by Black Hawk County engineer Charles M. Fisher details a busy year with $203,614.25 on primary roads, including the Whitney road project and heavy budgeting for bridges, culverts, and maintenance. It notes 15,3865 cubic yards of grading, 34,964 square yards of bituminous surfacing, and every mile of 184 miles dragged at an average 40 times. The Whitney road project totals about $170,000 with $69,000 federal aid. 1920 will stress paving 17 miles of the Grant highway along with other major work.
Mike Stubos told municipal court he didn’t shoot a squirrel claiming he didn’t eat squirrels and that any shot animal was a rabbit or ferret. A woman testified she saw a tame squirrel killed by him and his stepson on Vaughan street. County attorney E J Wenner prosecuted with Harry M Reed for the defense. After a lengthy trial witnesses testified and a continuance was taken. Stubos remains free on $50 bond.
An advertisement touts Freezone by Avid from Cincinnati as a cheap remedy for hard and soft corns and calluses. Tiny bottles are sold in drug stores. a few drops relieve soreness and loosen skin without irritation, allowing removal by fingers. Ladies urged to keep it on the dresser.
H. T. Ramlo arrived in Waterloo from the Rio Grande Valley Texas to join a federal court jury convening today. The juror was not located as others were notified it was unnecessary. Ramlo, a Decorah Iowa retiree, had been visiting Texas to consider moving there. He returned to Decorah with notes on farming and upcoming planting plans.
Humphrey Montgomery 79 a Civil War veteran and organizer of the Charles Payne post of the G A R in Iowa Falls died at his home Sunday. Born December 24 1840 in Lafayette Indiana he moved to Iowa with his parents as a child. He served in Co C Sixth Iowa Infantry and was severely wounded. He married Mary Mellinger in 1878 and leaves five children. Funeral services were held with the Charles Payne post in charge.
A testimonial from Mrs. Alice M. Huntley credits Milks Emulsion with curing a two year cough after Denver and Mills Emulsion use. The ad touts the product as a palatable, nutritious emulsion restoring bowel action, building flesh, improving appetite, aiding digestion, and promising refunds after six bottles if unsatisfied. It targets sickly children and general weakness with a 60 cent to 1.20 price. Sold by druggists nationwide.
A fragment notes an orphan asylum in Austria caring for destitute children. It states a private family takes a child at birth until age fourteen, after which the government resumes responsibility.
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