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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1921
Page
13
A head on collision near the Cedar Heights boathouse left nine involved yet all occupants escaped injury. An eyewitness described the impact as a blast that rattled nearby homes. The father and baby rode in one overturned car while five others were in the second. The scene drew local officials but no names were released.
Davenport March 10 The wage stalemate between the quad-city master builders and building trades unions looms as contracts and wages expire April 1. Contractors had expected no wage increase next season and trades had anticipated no reduction, awaiting wage talks in Chicago Des Moines and nearby.
A letter from Homer Michigan blacksmith Jacob Lyon claims complete relief from chronic piles after using an internal treatment. The ad promotes a free trial by mail, urging readers to request the method without payment and to act today.
North Iowa residents including a young businesswoman leading by walking five miles daily plus teachers and athletes in Garner engage in morning hikes and basketball travel. Prof Robert H Garfield conducts McFadden method classes in Garner high school with over 40 men and 30 women twice weekly, linking body culture to wider national push for formal physical training.
Charles Greeley Abbott, astro-physicist, asks Congress for six miles of mountain road an wireless phone and a water reservoir to support days atop a desert Arizona peak. He hopes the sun energy studies will improve US weather forecasting and align with similar South American efforts.
Maquoketa Iowa March 10 a highwayman near Charlotte demanded money. When Charles Parr of Charlotte said he had only 25 cents the robber hurled rocks at him in frustration.
Afians scientists moved solar observing gear from Mount Wilson to Harquahala to avoid cloudy Californias. Two men work on a 5,600 foot peak with a boy helper cooking and maintaining gear, relying on light telegraph orders to a distant grocer and a desert guide for supplies as weather favors clear skies.
An advertisement warns against alkali shampoos that dry the scalp and damage hair. It promotes Mal sified cocoanut oil shampoo as pure grease free, cheap, and effective for cleaning, rinsing easily, removing dust and dandruff, leaving hair soft and manageable.
Reports from hearings show a committee, lacking economy virus in its system, turning down a $25,000 item. The peer must endure austere conditions of the past as the issue moves forward.
Mr Abbott notes isolation and scarce water with only 39 gallons weekly from a burro delivery. A proposal urges Congress to fund a 600 gallon reservoir, a road, and a wireless telephone to connect 17 miles to town and sustain a livable settlement. The scientist argues $25 000 suffices for these improvements and urges congressional enthusiasm.
A rural school social will be held tomorrow evening at School No. 7 in East Waterloo township. The event includes a stock center and a four box social with lunch boxes auctioned by Howar McDougal. School children will perform and addresses will be given by A A Burger and Miss Clara Sutter. Ladies should bring baskets for two and receipts support school purposes.
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