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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1920
Page
1
In Dubuque July 3 citizens and officials debate a proposed city ordinance by City Attorney Czizek calling all men ages 21 to 45 to two days of street work annually or pay a 3 one dollar tax. Critics call it unconstitutional and impracticable while supporters urge revenue and fairness.
Dysart Iowa July six miles northwest of town Mr and Mrs Lloyd Grimsey are erecting a splendid home costing about $25,000 with 12 rooms on a hill near crossroads. The red brown brick residence features oak finish modern conveniences and a cement basement. The Grimseys own 985 acres of black Iowa loam and annually send eight carloads of hogs and cattle to market. They plan a large barn soon.
A Denison couple eloped and surfaced in Omaha where Omaha detectives say they were interrupted by officers during a kiss at a hotel. The stalled wedding license resulted from two witnesses not arriving, though relatives plan to travel to Omaha to marry Albert Wailds, 19, and Olae Hansen, 18, both high school students.
July 3 report states Bevington, recently declared insane and confined at Cherokee state hospital, is released to a relative's custody. Guardian H. A. Hess gains court permission to rescind large real estate contracts at Le Mars and Hawarden made before his commitment. Bevington was central to the Midland Packing Company turmoil, a $3,000,000 Sioux City concern now under receivers.
Sioux City postoffice has been elevated to first class status and postmaster J F Kerberg will earn 6000 annually, up from 4000. The office ranks among the top five busiest in the United States, with receipts over 706600 last fiscal year.
La Porte City features a roundup of visits from Miss Mable English and Mrs Anderson of Fargo to West Main Street, Jo an Nichols returning from Duluth, and trips from Cedar Rapids to visit relatives. Dr T Paige joins briefly, with Harolds and others planning visits. Em manuala Evangelical church holds a quarterly meeting led by Roy Bock. James Cummins returns home after University of Minnesota arts studies with noted theater club involvement. Pastime theatre announces Sunday film series starting with Mothers of Liberty to offer uplifting yet entertaining fare for locals.
Sioux City hotels largely comply with the new housing law as of July 3 but two hotels were found in violation for failing to furnish fresh sheets and pillow slips to each arriving guest. Officials announced the action and potential penalties for noncompliance.
Strong medicines are unnecessary for a weak stomach. Rich red blood aids digestion and a tonic for the stomach should not be sought without benefiting the whole body. Try Dr Williams Pink Pills, from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY. Booklet What to Eat and How to Eat mailed free. Pink Pills available at 50 cents per box or through your local druggist.
W L L Horning of Des Moines as deputy state hotel inspector oversees western Iowa including 62 counties. He notes clean sheet violations are hard to detect without his probe and that hotel proprietors will be prosecuted if evidence is found. Two Sioux City men were arraigned in Justice Broullette's court. Seventeen insanitary mattresses found by the inspector at a cheap lodging house were confiscated and destroyed.
Roy Derand, a Sioux City man, shot his wife Thursday and then killed himself over suspected infidelity with a Mexican man. The wife survived and may recover.
Waterloo expects 50 000 residents within four years says Jake Levingston manager of Hotel Rus sell Lamson. He asserts the city is already on a growth path and confident Waterloo will become a major center. He emphasizes unwavering optimism as the community’s driving force.
The speaker notes Iowa as the best town and predicts a population of 50,000 in four years while mentioning Mr Levingston who, born in Texas, now makes Iowa his permanent home after 18 years in Denver. A separate report describes a Canadian powder mill explosion sending nitroglycerin shattering panes along a train crossing the Alcide river bridge over a mile away.
An old advertisement touts Charabarlenys medicine for colic and diarrhoea claiming it always wins good opinion and praise from users. It urges readers to try the remedy when needed.
Mrs Henry Jewett of Clark Mills New York writes of two years suffering a severe summer complaint and immediate relief after taking Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy. The note urges families to keep this remedy at hand for colic and diarrhoea.
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