Rights Restored to Waterloo Veterans After Red Tape
Dr G J Bennett of Waterloo helped untangle federal land and service issues affecting S D W Bennett and Banks. Banks, drafted after initial rejection, regained ownership of a 20 acre Montana claim once land office error was corrected and clearance fees paid. The Red Cross and Congressman Burton Sweet coordinated with Montana officials to rectify the situation.
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Waterloo
G. J. Bennett
Lovely Avenue
S. D. W. W. Bennett
United States
Civil Service
Mail Service
Banks
Lewiston
Font
Altho
Army
Navy
Western Front
Tnaukv
Ernett
Waerloo
Waterloo Plumbers to Attend State Convention Next Week
Waterloo master plumbers plan a 4:45 p.m. Monday departure by Rock Island train to Burlington for the Iowa Master Plumbers association third annual state convention January 18 to 20. Exhibits by manufacturers and jobbers will showcase standardization, showrooms, and business efficiency. Elmo Martin will give the penn address on self and others. Frank A. Nelson will preside. W. Hughes will speak on the final day. Sessions occur mainly in Remey Hall with events at the Burlington Hotel.
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Waterloo
Rock Island
Iowa Master Plumbers’ Association
Burlington
Burlington Hotel
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Association
We. W. Hughes
Remey Hall
Burling ‘Ton Hotel
Examining Board to Meet Next Saturday
The examining board appointed by Mayor N W Frisbie will meet Saturday at 9 a m in the city hall office of the city engineer. It will examine applicants for the building commissioner post, with four candidates including the current holder. Members are J G Ralston H A Maine George W Miller and Ralph B Slippy.
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N_ W Frisbie
City Hall
J. G. Ralston
H. A. Maine
George W. Miller
Ralph B. Slippy
Rapid City adopts manager plan in historic vote
Rapid City Iowa or Rapid City South Dakota? The article notes Rapid City adopts the manager plan of government by a vote of 587 to 276 at a special election. It marks the first city in South Dakota to run its affairs under this system. The municipal council proposal was defeated. The piece also includes an unrelated ad for GROVE'S Laxative Quinine tablets and advertising tips.
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Rapid City
South Dakota
German American cabinet post urged for Henry Vollmer
Davenport Iowa January 13 Henry Vollmer of Davenport is named by George Sylvester Viereck as a suggested German American candidate for a future cabinet post Viereck spoke after the Chicago Tribune quoted his committee discussing a potential appointment Vollmer said he is flattered but does not expect the position and noted his past acquaintance with Viereck during his congressional years
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Davenport
George Sylvester Viereck
the Fatherland
Chicago Tribune
Henry Vollmer
Vollmer
Chicago ‘Tribune
Viereck
Congress
Tama Quarantine Eases After Meningitis Outbreak
Tama Iowa reports partial quarantine with two deaths in one family from cerebrospinal meningitis. Draves boy aged 19 died last week. sister died after 27 hours and a puree victim died at home in Cedar Rapids. City forbids public gatherings. no new cases. Quarantine to be lifted Monday or sooner.
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Tama
Hixon
Draves
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Lacks State Boiler Inspector After Church Explosion
Iowa has no official boiler inspector. The only boiler rules in law 1897 require safety valves and gauges. Building inspector Mahnke sought authority for inspections after Grace M E church blast and learned only casualty insurers conduct boiler checks.
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Iowa
Edward Mahnke
A. S. Urick
Des Moines
Urick
Start Moving Club Furnishings To New Quarters
The Greater Waterloo association begins moving furniture and office fixtures to new quarters in the Suffern building. Temporary offices expected on the third floor by Bridge Street and river view, with other rooms nearing completion. occupancy likely Feb 1 after initial moving days begin tomorrow.
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Greater Waterloo Association
Suffern
Altho
Association
Bridge Street
Foley Promotional Slip for Health Remedies
A historical advertisement urges readers to mail a slip with five cents to Foley & Co. for a trial package including Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, Foley Kidney Pills, Theumatism, and Foley Cathartic Tablets. It promises relief from coughs, colds, croup, pains, backache, kidney and bladder ailments, constipation, biliousness, headaches, and sluggish bowels.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Foley
How to Tint Your Gray Hair at Home
A home hair tint solution Brownstone promises to restore color in gray or faded hair. The ad claims simple use like manicure, includes a free trial offer, and lists a Kentucky address with postage stamp request.
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Ton
Grocery Store and Colored Lodge Lose Heavily From Fire
Fire at 1 a m damaged Anderson and Guynn grocery stock by 60 to 75 percent at 641 Mobile Street. The blaze threatened the African Masonic building, owner of the structure, with several hundred dollars lost by the lodge and further damage to stock. Cause traced to 200 gunny sacks in basement. origin unclear. Firemen used two lines of hose as flames spread through the wooden building. Another call at 4:30 p m found only burning rags in a chimney at 116 Lindale Avenue with no damage.
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Anderson & Guynn
Mobile Street
Anderson
Frank L. Lyon
Lindale Avenue
Mrs L S Cass Improves After Partial Stroke
Mrs L S Cass wife of the president of W C F N Railway company is reported hopeful by physicians after a partial stroke yesterday. She remains conscious and resting well at the family home on Broadway with every symptom favorable to recovery. She has been in ill health for some time.
Ends Stubborn Coughs in a Hurry
An old home made remedy promises rapid relief for persistent coughs. It combines Pinex with granulated sugar syrup or substitutes like molasses honey or corn syrup in a pint bottle, claiming quick action, pleasant taste, cost savings, and stability. The ad urges requesting “234 ounces of Pines” from a druggist and guarantees satisfaction.
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Pinex Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Casebeer Like Harding Babe Named After Him
Fragmentary text discusses naming a baby after Jack Casebeer and compares his fame to President Harding in Black Hawk county with unclear context and distorted phrases. The readable parts show a naming homage and local recognition efforts amid garbled OCR.
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Casebeer
Harding
Babe
Him
Jack Casebeer
Black Hawk County
Ed Warding
Births and Ancestry in Local Records Highlight Caseheer Names
A birth return reveals a child named after Mr. Caseheer about 24 years ago. The babe is now father of a son who has also been named Jack Jr. The father is Jack Caseheer, tracing a multigenerational naming pattern in the family.
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Caseheer
Iack. Jr
Jack Case
Unclear text fragment from local notice
Fragmentary OCR text referencing names and places with errors including Warren and Helanus, lacking coherent event or action descriptions. Unable to determine a definite news item or outcome from the readable content.
Woman's Recommendation for Foley Kidney Pills
A Franklin Ay Otsego resident reports nine years of kidney trouble improving after using Foley Kidney Pills. The letter states relief from backache sore muscles rheumatic pains and bladder ailments and endorses the medicine as safe for others.
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Mra
W. T. Tryer
Franklin Ay
Otsego
New Hair Growth Claim Promoted by Kotalko Ad
An advertisement touts scientifically proven hair growth after baldness with Kotalko. It promises money back if unsatisfied and urges daily application from drugstores. It marketizes hope to readers with testimonial language and a call to share with bald friends.
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Kotalko
Cougning and backache cure from Dr L. H. Smith
An article by L. H. Smith M D discusses throat irritation and hoarseness relief with coughing avoidance. It extols kidney function, lists backache and other distress signals, and prescribes An-uric tablets taken before meals as a potent anti uric acid remedy. It credits Dr. Pierce of the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo, New York with the discovery.
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Pierce
The
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo, N. Y
Glessco Croup Medicine Promoted in Home Remedy Ad
An old advertisement touts Glessco as a safe quick aid for croup. It claims relief in fifteen minutes without vomiting and highlights popularity, doctor consult, and drugstore purchase at sixpence per bottle.
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Gilessco
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