Waterloo Mayor Leads Iowa Law Change Push on Cities
Waterloo Mayor Glenn A. Tibbitts advocates state legislation to clarify dance definitions, empower emergency levies, airport funding, and voter registration reforms. He notes Waterloo’s ordinance on public dances and dance halls serves as a model while urging changes to allow emergency funds and permanent voter registration, with emphasis on jury service and damage suit deadlines.
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League of Iowa Municipalities
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Charles MacKay
Stops Dandruff In Record Time
Famous beauty expert reports marvelous results. Versed readers are told to apply a antiseptic scalp solution nightly and morning for several days. The ad claims rapid relief from itching, a clean odor, and a grease free finish, with a 60 cent bottle offered at drug stores.
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Waterloo registration changes delayed until July 1 1928
The text notes that the registration commission must prepare forms and arrange preliminaries by July 1 1928, leaving Waterloo and other towns waiting for a permanent system while Des Moines has already acted. It suggests Waterloo will benefit and the mayor may be responsible for improvements in municipal affairs and streets.
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Farmuwise Officer Seizes Alcohol Posing as Hay Cargo
Deputy Sheriff Frank Ward halted a heavy truck near Nevada after noticing sagging springs and suspecting dry hay concealed a load of 706 gallons of alcohol in liquid form. Driver George Hattey and two occupants claimed to have been hired to transport the illicit cargo from Marshalienn. the vehicle carried a Carroll county license to R. L. Chapman.
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Frank Ward
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Marshalltown
Nevada
R. W. Nehergall
George Hattey
Aftlantic
Marshalien
Confusion in Afghanistan After King Abdication
London dispatches report continued fighting at Kabul after Amanullah abdicated. Rebel leader Bachal Sakao is believed to have entered Kabul with some seeing him aiming for the throne. British envoy Sir Francis Humphreys remains safe at the legation despite wider press speculation.
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Afghanistan
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Francis Humphreys
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Drought Area Finds New Oil and Gas Hope in Lea County
Lavington New Mexico January 16. A drought scarred land is revived with oil and gas potential. Test wells near Lea County show sand producing 600 barrels daily, spurring petitions to extend lines to the field and boosting local prospects for potash and mineral wealth. Lea County’s rejuvenation follows past bank failures after 1918.
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Inteystate Commerce Commission
Layington
New Mexico
San Juan County
Meadow Jark Sings Test Amid Humid Air
The report notes Dr. H.8 Reed of the University of California describing a meadow Jark singing test conducted under humid air conditions.
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Marker thief sought in Burlington park memorials theft
Police search for Clyde Wheatley in connection with the theft of 80 route markers from a park honoring soldiers. The markers were recovered at a junk shop in Burlington. Also, Decorah carpenter John Vine risks losing sight after a wire piece from a clothesline injures his eye.
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