Libel action started against British liner over liquor and narcotics
United Press reports in New York that the Royal Mail Steamship Net, valued at 3 million dollars, faces a libel action in U S district court after seizure by treasury and customs agents for violations of prohibition narcotics and customs laws. The government may seek up to 3 million dollars bond for release and hopes to revoke privileges for foreign ships amid alleged large scale bootlegging and collusion among liners.
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United Press New York
Hoer Ordain
Royal Mat
Thea
United States District Court
Treasury Department
Customs
U. S
William Hayward
Hayward
Washington
United States
Col. Hayward
Y W C A Executive Board Names Committees for Year
The Y W C A executive board met last evening at the association rooms to appoint committees for the year. Resignations of Mrs. C W Kirkpatrick and Miss Maud Dudley were accepted and Mrs. Charlotte Cassidy Howe and Mrs R O Hutchison elected to complete unfinished terms. New chairmen include Mrs J H Easley house furnishing, Mrs J E Sedgwick building, Mrs S B Eddy membership, Mrs George Huntley finance, Mrs W H Howrey health education, Mrs H L Witchfield education, Mrs C H Abba social, Mrs W W Lytle religious education, Mrs J A McManus secretarial, Mrs W H Beverstock nominating, Mrs J R Howard room registry, Mrs H S Bunnell cafeteria. BD P Gaylor named correspondent secretary. three chairmen remain to be appointed. Girls Reserve and Health Education chairs will join Waterloo Federation committee on playground taxation. National biennial convention April 20 to May 7 discussed. a board member and Miss Aimee Fapundus will attend as delegates. Sedgwick traveled to Sioux City to inspect the association plant and equipment needs.
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Association
C. W. Kirkpatrick
Maud Dudley
Charlotte Cassidy Howe
R. O. Hutchison
J. H. Easley
Waterloo Federation of Women's Organizations
Aimee Fapundus
Sedgwick
Sioux City
Motorcar Dealers Plan Industrial Exhibit Tonight
Motor dealers staging Fourth and Franklin Auto show designate tonight as Industrial Night. Waterloo manufacturing concerns and families receive invitations. Lectures cover stripped and inverted chassis, fundamental parts display, and educational films from Northeast Electric Company Rochester. Presentations include starter generator functioning and Colorado mountain driving films.
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Waterloo
Northeast Electric Company
Rochester
Colorado
ake@n
Snowstorm Due Tonight Promised By Weather Bureau
The Weather Bureau indicates a snowstorm probable tonight after days of forewarning. Little temperature change expected. Spring delayed, scarce early signs. This month has been cloudy and cold with brief pleasant intervals. Yesterday ranged 39 to 23. Miss Agnes Bertoleon, Minneapolis, a meat cutter, noted for knife and cleaver handling expertise.
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Agnes Bertoleon
Minneapolis
Waterloo clerks and church leaders in Iowa news brief
Russell L. DeGon was re elected secretary of the Waterloo Retail Merchants association continuing since 1519. Rev Hlmer Nelson Owen of St Pauls Des Moines will conduct services at St Marks at 730 pm. George J Kreiman filed nomination for bailiff. Md Sheffield pleaded guilty to illegal liquor possession fined 100 dollars and 20 costs. Mrs Frances Parrott, widow of Matt Parrott founder, is seriously ill at 418 Third Street. Woman's auxiliary of St Marks met. Miss Mary Horton spoke on China work and Indian mission box. Miss Caroline Johnsons vocal broadcast from Chicago praised by friends. Special scalp treatments offered at Rose's Beauty Shoppe.
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Russell L. DeGon
Waterloo Retail Merchants’ Association
Hlmer Nelson Owen
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Des ‘Moines
Iowa
St Mark’s Church
George J
Kreiman
Kreinian
Bailliff
Ce Md Sheffield
Frances Parrott
Hird Street
Chrch
China
Indian Mission Box
S. ‘T. Lewis Prasiajet
Caroline .Johnson
B. L. Johnson
Chicago
Miss Johnson
Edgewater Beach
Rose's
Bridge St
Independent oil dealers push back on state gasoline plans
In Iowa March 13 the Independent oil and gas dealers urged the state departmental affairs committee to oppose the Cessne amendment to code bill No. 14. They argued a state backed move to run gasoline would squeeze small retailers, hamper competition, and allow Standard Oil to match prices. Dealers cited margins and profits needed to stay in business, with promises of specific per gallon gains from state involvement.
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Mreast
Wes Moinas
Iowa
Executive Council
FL Vehicle
Dubuque
IOWA Trapping Season Nears End Amid Scarce Fur
The trapping season closes Saturday, March 15, as mink and muskrat, the main fur bearers, are nearly eradicated by pelts demand. Skunks and raccoons grow scarce due to woodland loss and rising hunters, with naturalists noting agriculture benefits from skunk predation. The piece laments ecosystem imbalance caused by white settlement.
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Iown
Evenside
Starch number of Success magazine to be distributed
Gates Business college issues a March number of Success magazine focused on future preparation. Ten thousand copies will be sent to northern Iowa and South Dakota towns and other states for high school seniors. The issue recounts records by Gates graduates including Jennie Bird Jessie Becker Tra joey Glasener Frank Mount and Mabel Luhman.
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Gates Business College
Iiowa
South Dakota
Gates
Jennie Bird
Jessie M.becker
Two Battlers Back for Reds Manager Job in Miami
Hendricks, longtime St Louis Cardinals executive and pennant winner, named manager of the Cincinnati Reds after Pat Moran’s death in Florida. William A. Brady, famed New York theatrical manager, heads Producing Managers Association, opposing an Actors Equity closed shop demand.
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Hendricks
St. Lows Cardinals
Cincinnati Reds
Florida
Pat Moran
William Aa. Brady
New York
Producing Managers’ Association
Actors’ Equity Association
Gates Business course shapes Marty Limbert's career
Waterloo North Star owner Marty Limbert featured as Gates Business course helps mold his career. Cirls of the evens side win 15 to 12 over odds on YY. M. G. A. floor in a spirited game. Jboys' rivals the evens lose 4 to 16. Midyear commencement tomorrow at First Evangelical Church for 20 students. Rev Clinton EF Smith to give invocation. Mary Horner VP to present diplomas and Bruce I Gates president to award certificates.
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Gates
Marty Limbert
Waterloo North Star Rampant
Evens
First Evangelical Ghureh
Clinton EF. Smith
Thureh
Mary
First Day Drive Raises 7737 50 for Masonic Temple
Waterloo Masons announce $7737.50 in pledges on opening day of a $160000 campaign to finish the East Wark and Mulberry temple. Special gifts include 1795 from Masons. more fundraising progress expected as captain reports continue. Bruce Gatoe spoke to 240 campaign workers at a dinner outlining the temple as civil improvement and Waterlo’s future benefit.
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Waterloo
Champaign
East Wark
Mulberry
Milddlawast
Funda Gol
Tadiy
Gol
Cen
Farnah
Masonic Temple Tonselie
Bruce Gatoe
Nigit
Yle
Uo Civte Agsul
Waterlos Mason SA
Cebagan
F C Young Seriously Ill From Pneumonia
F C Young janitor and member of Moore-Young construction company was critically ill with pneumonia after Sunday onset. Velma Luyer daughter of O Ray of 403 Cottage Street was severely bitten by a dog while passing 419 Mansion Street. injury described as painful. Police notified. Sergt H J Tarney ordered the dog owner to chain it.
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Rog. Young
Moore-Young
Gentinu
Litto
Velma
Ray
Cottaze Street
Mansion Street
Tarney
JEKYLL HYDE FILM CENSORED IN SAMOA
A censored screening of Robert Louis Stevenson classic Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde occurred in Bathabrt Western or British Samoa on March 13. The show admitted Chinese and other inhabitants but barred Samoans. The note ends with Rudyard Kipling mentioned as a rector at St Andrews.
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Jekyll-Hyde
American Samoa
British Samoa
New Students Enroll in Orange Township School
Fragmented OCR recalls March enrollment at Orange Township School with mentions of new students and local families including Meyers, Miller, and Weaver. Notes various weekend activities, a dig by Dan Myers, and a funeral reference to Mayers town, with scattered names and places.
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Orange
Orange Book
Dan Myere
Guy Millee
Javennort
Gleyd
Tha Weth Manet Frame
Jeloyid
Hong
Rokinesa
Welker
J. Conatyyban
Father
Mayers Town
Niece of Tiehty on Rail Journey Across U S
SVilam Lichty and HW RR Schrock are identified as relatives in a brief report. The woman, described as a niece of Mr Tiehty, had been in California and is now en route to Pennsylvania.
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Svilam Lichty
HW. RR. Schrock Homo
Mr. Tiehty
California
Pennsylvania
Fat That Shows Soon Disappears And Pills That Work
An advertisement touts Mannola Prescription Tablet against fat noting their lethargic effect and harmlessness. It claims tablets erase fat after meals and bedtime and urges readers to buy a box, or order direct from Marmoth Co. Detroit Michigan for one dollar.
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Newsn
Marmoth Co
Woodward Ave
Datrait
Mich
Piles Cure Claim and Internal Cause Explained
The notice describes internal piles caused by stagnation of blood in the lower bowel and promotes an internal tablet Hem- icid by Wangler Bros. claimed to banish piles by normalizing blood circulation. It asserts safe, lasting relief without surgery and urges readers to try the home treatment.
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Taonhardt
Wangler Bros
The Easiest Way To End Dandruff Ad Claim
An advertisement claims a simple remedy to dissolve dandruff using about four ounces of plain liquid argon applied at night to moisten the scalp. It promises complete dandruff removal after a few uses and hair improvements, noting the product is available at drug stores.
Healing Cream Promises Instant Relief for Stuffed Noses
A vintage advertisement touts Bly's Cream Balm as a cure for head colds and catarrh. It claims to clear nasal passages instantly, ease inflammation, and restore easy breathing with a large tube sold at Uig stores.
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Bly
Uig
Olive Tablets offer gentle relief for bad breath
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets act on bowels and liver to purify the system without calomel side effects. The sugar coated, vegetable formula is touted to freshen breath, with a nightly dose of one or two tablets for a week and a 30 cent price.
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Carter
Old Recipe to Darken Hair Stirs Back Natural Color
An old time blend of Sage and Sulphur, improved with extra ingredients, is sold as Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound. Used daily with a sponge, it darkens gray hair evenly, making hair look thicker shinier and years younger.
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Wyeth
Home made cough medicine touted as reliable remedy
An old home made cough syrup recipe using Pinex pine extract promises quick relief for severe coughs throat tickle and chest colds. It describes mixing 2% ounces of Pinex with sugar syrup or molasses honey or corn syrup to make a pint. The ad guarantees satisfaction or money back from The Pinex Co Wayne Ind.
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The
Pinex Co
Wayne, Ind
Bringing Up Father Cough Remedy Ad Sample
An advertisement extols Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a family cough remedy for fathers. It claims quick relief at first signs of cough, cold, or hoarseness and notes the product is safe, pleasant, and widely sold. The ad mentions two opiates and that it has served three generations.
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Foley
Dr. Chicago spectalist visits for chronic illness ad
An advertiser touts a Chicago specialist who treats difficult chronic conditions and promises improved health and happiness for thousands. The message claims a large practice and frequent success in nervous disorders, inviting readers to attend a visit or advertisement event.
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Chicago
Gets-It Ends Your Corns for Local Buyers
Sold in this city by Robert Drug Co. Gets-It marketed as a quick corn relief product with local distribution and consumer availability noted in the brief item.
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Robert Drug Co
Red Pepper Rub Promises Quick Rheumatic Pain Relief
Advertises Bowles Red Pepper Rub as instant heat to relieve rheumatism lumbago and backache. Claims three minute warming of sore spots improves blood flow and dissolves congestion. Warns to buy genuine Bowles red pepper rub at drug stores for immediate relief.
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Y.W.C. A
Weather Bureau
Buchanan
Glussex
OWL
Masonic Temple
F.C. Young
DGG
University of St. Andrews
Rudyard “Kipling
Uni
Nell Pyramid
Pyramid Drug Company
Pyramid Hldg
Marahell
Suimmock
Tlaseurvardierts
Anade
Gary
Cary Che
Tetay
Tiana
Twin City
Barber College
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Minneapolis, Minn
Mustarck
Iives Owl
White Owl
Aiver al
Jing
Monty Hack
E. Lawrence & Co
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