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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1929
Page
16
Washington dispatch reports the Bureau of Public Roads urges better cooperation among town county and city authorities to improve road construction and maintenance. It cites only about 1 in 3 counties with competent programs and notes many lack organization and adequate funding for proper supervision.
Clarksville Missouri clerk Johan Veldman of Wygle grocery misses duty due to severe basal hemorrhages after influenza. Rallies after operation. Also reported Anna May Kelly daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack Kelly recovering from an appendectomy performed Thursday.
Essex introduces The Challenger, a 1929 model with no major body changes but notable engine upgrades. Power rises 24 percent through larger bore, higher lift, engineered spark plug layout, heat treated aluminum pistons, and refined oiling. New bearings reduce friction, with rubber-mounted engine and balanced crankshaft enhancing performance and reducing vibration.
Lee Engle a World War veteran has been taken to Deaconess hospital in Marshalltown for treatment of a bone infection. A scarlet fever quarantine is set at the home of William Rowden, with Dorothy ill. Sunday school board officers for the M B church include Julius Bruene as superintendent and A H Steffa as assistant, Harold Gethman secretary, Irving Freese treasurer, and others in various roles.
The Iowa Engineering Society met in Des Moines with Dean Anson Marston of Iowa State College delivering the principal address. The gathering focused on engineering progress and education inside the state.
Judge G. W. Wood plans a July or August 30 day camping tour from Boise for 10 boys. The group will include a physician, photographer, guides, cooks, wranglers, and a saddle horse each. Boys will learn campcraft, woodcraft, sanitation and photography in an isolated part of Idaho.
The article warns that the flu period can outlast the epidemic and cause complications in the vulnerable. It recommends limiting stomach irritation from toxins, using Vicks VapoRub externally, and a teatime regimen of laxative, hot lemonade, warm towels, vigorous chest rub, and a poultice-like skin treatment to ease symptoms.
In Manchester Ta on June 30 Mias Nella Speck an employee of Coffea Dam was severely scalded in an incident at a local cafe. Details are limited but a report lists her as the injured party and notes the hospital treatment. Investigations are expected to determine cause and responsibility.
The incident occurred when a housemaid carrying a boiler of hot water collided with a swinging door as another worker opened it unexpectedly. The boiler overturned, scalding her, and she is now at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Speck. The note mentions how motor routes trace old Indian trails used by wildlife.
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