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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 19, 1917

Page

10

Bill Headlines Sweep Iowa Senate Actions

The Iowa Senate introduced multiple measures including party line rules in judiciary, a new employer liability law expanding coverage and compensation, a companion textbook selection bill for counties, a governor controlled peace officer bill, and a plan to fund repairs to the old Capitol. Additional items cover appointive court clerks, senatorial district reapportionment, and a prohibitory amendment with swift committee passage.

Ator Whitmore Ottumwa Senate Frailey Lee County Board of Arbitration Broxam Ratcliffe Montgomery Hiu Old Gapevol Byington Iowa City Biule Mason Cit Grout Waterloo House Committee On Constitutional Amendments

Farmers Institute at Hudson Jan 23 24 program

The Black Hawk county farmers institute at Hudson lists sessions January 23 1917 with topics Beef Production educational benefits of the District Farms and dairying new ideas in Dairying social organization in rural communities and architecture. January 24 1037 covers cooperation between the farmer and banker what the draft horse is doing for America tractors for farm work hog feeding experiments in hog feeding domestic science road building and needed legislation and an evening lecture. Also notes currency and ethnology curiosities about catalog prices and the origin of the word lens.

Black Hawk County Hudson R. M. Gunn Chas. E. Hearst W. W. Marsh HM. A. Smucker Geo. McKay Tara A. Hawie J. & McGlade T. C B. Sedgwick America Waal Crownover Ees H. A. Jetmore Ames J. M. Erward Iss Hawk Thomas H. McDonald J. W. Holland

Skagway Opposes Daylight Saving With Nightlong Day

New York January 19 The Skagway Commercial Club sent a letter to a local committee saying residents cannot cooperate with daylight saving because in summer there is daylight all night with a brief midnight dawn. Yukon residents report so much daylight that chickens must be blindfolded to roost.

New York Alaska Skagway

Oh The Charm Of Beauty Stuart Wafers Restore Complexion

An old advertisement urges Stuart s Calcium Wafers as a cure for pimples blackheads and facial blemishes by cleansing impure blood. It claims dramatic skin improvements and urges readers to buy at the druggist for 50 cents per box.

Stuart

Wants to Cure Self of the Drug Habit

Harry Shannon, 36, waived examination before Justice Kepford and bound over to the grand jury on grand larceny charges for stealing dentist A. W. Adams's gold. Assistant county attorney Walter K. French led for the state. Shannon reportedly admitted guilt and said imprisonment might help break his drug habit, using stolen funds to procure narcotics during idle time after injuring his hand.

Harry Shannon Tustica A. B. Kepford Shannon A. W. Adams Kepford Walter K. French

Rival Held as Oklahoma City Murder Ties to Obscene Mailings

Oklahoma City January 18. John M. Couch is jailed in Guthrie charged with killing Nellie M. Dunn a Wheeler School teacher and Rowland D. Williams music figure. Couch allegedly had harassed Dunn and sent obscene letters. a fatal shooting followed a confrontation in the school corridor and Williams was wounded and died later.

Oklahoma City Okla John M. Cough Guthrie Nellie M. Dunn Rowland D. Williams Miss Dunn Couch Ang T Jo Wil- Nome Williams Williamée Waa Ftrachel Desorehs Lucile Lesiie Wheeler School Miss Leslie Jlies

Dysart News Briefs Include Weddings and Fires

Dysart and nearby towns report a string of events from January including weddings of Henry Klink and Katie Pippert, Andrew Gonnerman and Vera Vogeler, plus house fires at the John Struve and Will Sproll homes. Visitors travel to Toledo for a forestry session and Omaha relatives depart after a four week stay. A slip accident injures Mrs Mery Vaupal in South Dysart. regional church events and a Cedar Rapids Evangelical convention are noted.

Dywart Sohn Moirse Omaha Iowa City Tom Thiesen Will Zobel Julius Schaffer Toledo Will Moreau Evangelical Association of the Cedar Rapids Evangelical Church Dysart Mery Vaupal South Dysart Sidswalke Henry Eckhart P. A Henry Klink Katie Pippert Court House Vinton Temple Methodist Church Martha Solk Adam Fippert Dreart Fred Klink Om Om Farm Andrew Gonnerman Vera Kathryn Vogeler Ashton, Jr Ashton Marsh Jacob Gonnerman Charles Lena

Rail Situation is Unique Says Banker Powers

Dr. W W Powers returned from Pittsburgh to warn that U S railroads face an unprecedented crunch with both freight and passenger traffic exceeding capacity. He cited Chicago shortages, 85 percent car allocations, and efforts to reclaim cars, plus ahead reservations and trains yielding track to livestock and coal, causing hours of delays.

United States W W. Powers Pittsburgh Chicago Dr. Powers

Woman's flirtation sparks fatal shooting in Waukegan feud

William Paul shot and killed Lou South, a resident of North Chicago, after refusing to end his flirtation with his brother's wife. A feud erupts as guards protect the jail awaiting trial. Authorities report tensions rise amid cross-town accusations and a potential attack on the North Chicago jail.

Waukegan Lil Wiliam Paul Lou South North Chicago H Itm Smith Ina Po- Hee Bia Wifs Wauke Ben Paul Smith Fy Keing William Orpet Marion Lambart Sharif Griffin Jin Skrovanos Crpete Tony Sapaigakis

Stock Prices Today at New York Exchange

Special wire reports show mixed closes for urge of U.S. stocks in New York trading. Entries include American Sugar American Car and Foundry and others with varied percentages and prices, reflecting a fluctuating market on January 14.

New York American Car and Foundry Amer Oan Locomotive Volte Ansconda Copper Atchison Pteer Tees Ee Beldwin Baltimore and Ohio Bathleham Steel Brooklyn Rapid Transit Canadian Pacific Chesapeaks Ohio St. PL Fudd Escues Colorado Corn Crucibie Breez Erie Tee General Moccuria Vilinole Central

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