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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1917
Page
7
Iowa secretary of state W. S. Allen urges restoring annual license plates after the 1915-16 three year system. He cites revenue drops from 1915 16 to 1916 17, warns many owners won’t pay, and says the old system should be brought back to prevent state losses.
Des Moines Iowa veterans offices push a 50000 appropriation to cover round trip travel for Iowa veterans who fought at Vicksburg to attend the peace jubilee October 16 to 19. Col D J Palmer of Stoyngton, ex G A B chief, told the committee a list of eligible veterans will be compiled and not more than 1000 will go. The plan uses state funds to pay fares about 45 each while the federal grant of 150000 covers southern battlefield expenses.
Shenandoah January 31 report: an 11 year old girl, wed four months, becomes a widow when Henry Shipe, 19, dies after a week of pneumonia. She was formerly Miss Ferrel Ingraham. He was a baker. He leaves father C. W. Shipe and three married sisters, including Mrs. John B. Mentzer Jr. of Shenandoah.
In Des Moines on January 31 Mrs. Elien Rourke a woman state factory inspector backs a bill limiting women to 9 hours of work per week. She argues an 8 hour day is too radical and would burden restaurant employers while noting Iowa lacks any women’s work hour restrictions. Representatives from local women’s clubs will attend the committee hearing on the bill.
Washington wires report war's harsh toll as many fashionably groomed women now show gray streaks. A leading hairdresser warns German dyes are inferior or harmful, urging clients to let time show. Principals at noble schools enforce modest grooming to teach thrift amid restless debutantes.
Honolulu January 31 a girl calling herself Dawn Moore and Dorothy Arnold was arrested on arriving from Hilo aboard the Great Northern and held for investigation. She posted 5000 on the Great Northern preliminary to a suit for damages against the steamship line. The stewardess said the girl claimed to be Dorothy Arnold who vanished from New York in 1910 and said she was taken to Shanghai by an married man, but police found no resemblance to the missing woman and the girl refused to discuss the matter.
Clarinda January trial centers on Guy Brent accused of embezzling bank funds. Cross-examination challenges his claim that money invested in Canada land and in-bank funds were loans from his aunt and mother, with a note and deposits used as support.
At the annual business men's banquet the Elks club announced Montgomery Ward & Co of Chicago has completed plans to construct a paper mill in Fort Madison this year with an estimated cost around a quarter million dollars. Ground has been purchased buildings contracted for and machinery ordered to manufacture straw board and straw paper for the Chicago mail order house.
Berlin January thirty one Dr Schaefer a noted school physician in the Pankow district reports a notable improvement in the dental condition of hundreds of school children since the war He attributes the drop in dental issues to better food with less candy and sweets a reduced meat intake and higher mead consumption amid wartime hardship.
London reports an air war loss analysis showing 20 machines wrecked per enemy destroyed. The estimate puts British material losses at about 4,000 aircraft worth 29 million dollars in six months, French losses similar, and German losses around 13,220 aircraft totaling about 49 million dollars. The assessment notes possible lower German flying activity.
The ten foot base smokestack at Slawthorne School was toppled yesterday afternoon, ending the building’s era of service to hundreds of students educated there for four decades. Crews used controlled excavation and a fire in the ten foot use to crumble hot bricks, guiding the stack into the planned void and prepared to remove it.
A New York sale of autographs features a Poe letter to Sarah Josepha Hale dated May 31 1844. Poe discusses keeping open 10 pages for an article for The Opal and notes his anxious need to be a contributor. The document fetched 200 dollars at auction, with PL. W. Madigan buying it yesterday for 20 cents.
London reports a national economy exhibit urging women to save labor, fuel, and soap by slimming wardrobe and laundering less. Duke of Connaught patronizes the booth promoting practical attire and minimal laundering for war efficiency. The appeal targets society women for wasting time and resources on starched frills and delicate fabrics.
Berlin magistrates approve a rule to use half rye flour and 40 percent white flour plus barley in bread, aiming to relieve shortages. Protests claim the measure raises cost and undermines slicing, while officials deny wide impact on rations and deny planned cut in YOU grittta. Military letters report hunger and price spikes in a German prisoner camp and Petrograd, warning of famine if war continues.
Albany, Jan. 31 The bean is to be investigated. Senator Knight proposed an $8,500 appropriation to study bean production costs and feasibility. He praised beans as wholesome and urged boosting domestic cultivation to ease living costs. A separate bill by Senator Charles W. Wicks addressed skim milk sales in New York City.
Viris IL reports the archives division has gathered over 7,000 blocks of documents for historians of the wars. A final classification covers 5,000 subjects to aid future historians in locating the exact operations. The army generated 26 million written documents since the war began, with a cavalry division alone supplying 368,000 reports and statistics in two years. These stats are said to be used by enemies of bureaucratic methods to foment rebellion.
Organizations seeking to keep down the infant mortality rate denounce investigation committees as biased and untrustworthy. They argue that data collection and reporting are skewed, calling for independent oversight and transparent methods to ensure accurate public health assessment.
Lawrence Bull, an American Ambulance Corps member, faced a $25 minimum fine after his father pleaded guilty for him in a New York traffic court. The incident arose from speeding on Riverside Drive while Bull served in France, with a warrant noted as issued.
The thanks of Mrs Hzoward Mc Cann, Mrs James McCann and family extend gratitude to friends for kindness during the illness and death of Howard McCann and for floral remembrances. We also thank neighbors and friends for acts of kindness shown to us during our mother and sister’s illness and death.
The legal action centers on Dr. J. S. Ridenour claiming $50,000 for injuries from a switch drain incident on Feb 5. Witnesses describe the crash and dispute whether the doctor or the railroad train caused the damage. The judge adjourned briefly as a witness fainted during cross examination.
Omaha, Neb Jan 84 The county retail druggists association seeks a law to bar liquor sales by pharmacists after May 1 1917 when prohibition starts. Prof OBrien Creighton college of pharmacy notes 30 Omaha saloon keepers have asked registered pharmacists to work in drug stores after closures. Wholesale houses report saloon men seeking drug store ventures as about 250 saloons operate in Omaha.
Iermannstadt, Transylvania, near the Roumanian border, has surged from obscurity to prominence as a wartime way station for officers and troops. The town, German in character, now buzzes with activity, rising prices, revived electric service, and a bustling, modernized Broadway as merchants adjust to peacetime demand and opportunistic shoppers.
Jena Germany Jan 31 The city of Kahla has introduced a tax on cats Beginning January first each family keeping one cat beyond the kitten stage must pay two cents tax For a second cat a tax of a dollar and a half is imposed and for a third cat or more the tax is three dollars Lignite to wed list of names and cities follows in the notice including William Anderson Stella McMilllen Charles D Perry Marie S Trusty Jacob A Vogardus Marion Fullbright Nicholas A Contas Lottie E Milligan
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