Contempt rumor swirls around Waterloo city auditor case
City auditor M F Cox copied grand jury minutes from the park board indictments and a Hacker case file. Indictments against two park board members were returned in 1916 and are under court control. Cox copied testimony in the clerk of courts files. future access to the records will be restricted. McClinton and Hacker face charges for furnishing horses for park works amid denials of wrongdoing.
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M. F. Cox
State Auditor’s Office
Waterloo
Brand
Frank Cage
du. Stanton
Fred S. Pettit
Cox
Cage
Mr. Stanton
F. J. Hacker
Park Board
GO. C. McClinton
Mr. Macker
Waled
J. T. Sullivan
Maesars
Hacker
McClinton
Park Commissioner
Am Municipal
Pig Raising Clubs to Be Fostered Here
W R Berry of Iowa State college is in the city to promote pig raising club work. He conferred with Supt. A. E. Hukill county gardening chair J. W. Rath Rath Packing president Mayor W. R. Law and council members to seek amendment of city ordinances allowing swine raising on the outskirts. No plan to encourage pig clubs in dense city areas.
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W_R. Berry
Iowa State College
Car Shortage Still Hampers Iowa Farmers
Des Moines report from Washington on the car shortage affecting Iowa farm products and livestock. Hoover and Rep Ramseyer discuss delays, with a New Sharon complaint noting 40 cars needed and five delivered. Hoover says he is doing his best to secure cars from the Railroad Administration amid fears farmers may cut crops. Antioch Baptist briefs note Rev S Bates to preach this evening with public welcome.
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Des Moines
Washington
Iowa
Hoover
Hamseyer
Towa
Ramseyer
New Sharon
Antioch Baptist
S. Bates
Town and Nebraska Association
Antioch Baptist Church
Nan's Letter Home from Wartime London and Countryside
A reader describes wartime London life with chickenpox quarantine, scarce medicines, and overworked doctors, then moves to Tunbridge Wells communal kitchens. She notes affordable meals from government approved recipes, open kitchens, and the mix of civilians, officers families, and landladies sharing food and space amid war.
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London
Sis
Serbia
Italy
Queen’s Road
Mingland
Food Control Committee
Tunbridge Wells
War savings drive keeps Waterloo youths in pledge cards
The Service League faces a tight stretch to meet Waterloo's quota as bond sales ease and efforts shift to high tension canvassing. Postmen boost thrift stamp uptake, while the Employer's Protective Association plans a factory district meeting to expand participation. Five month old Severa C. Miller is noted as a child subscriber at 1112 Argyle Street.
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Quievude
Service League
Waterloo
League
M. E. Kelly
Sam
Argyle Street
W. W. Miller
War Bond Investment From Small Coin Collection
An account recalls relatives and friends collecting pennies nickels and dimes totalling just over four dollars. The funds were used to buy a five dollar war bond, purchased in one lump sum for investment.
Independence High School Boy Heads to Washington
The Independence student, slated to attend Washington High School, plans to join a classmate group and receive a diploma. Family notes show travel for duties tied to the adjutant general’s office while other seniors prepare for graduation and relocation.
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Independence
Washington
Leatar Fawcett
Washington, DC
Batunday
Adj
McCain
Clave
Milt Newman Iis
Cry
Vinston
Kenney
Marewell
Floyd O'Brien
Fifty More Jurors Drawn for Service
An additional panel of 60 jurors was selected yesterday after many potential jurors requested excusal. Names listed include Waterloo Tirignas, Gee Glave, Burnett, Arch 3 Krown and others. The notice appears with weather figures for March and past records from Buchanan Optical.
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Vantrenen
Servien
Wits
Slorraw
Krown
Pas YY Moors
J. Trumbull
W. Kips
Grown
Wiilinang Atsuor
Tinghiin
W. A. Hoy
Harry FE
Ullmann Wo
Kiron
Gor Willams
HL. Bruns
HH. Jones
William Ackies
Colar Vial
Getting-Well Stage of Grip Promoted by Johns Medicine
An old advertisement touts Johns Medicine as the solution for grip recovery. It claims the medicine builds up the body with pure nourishment and without opium or poisonous drugs. The text asserts it prevents future attacks by strengthening organs and combating lingering poisons from grip.
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John
Thenohn
Doctor Advertisement for Dr BSchuallenberger
An advertisement notes Dr BSchuallenberger a specialist in aedronic nervous and special diseases based in Waterloo with a Saturday event at Hotel Russell-Lamson on March Dth 212th, inviting visits by potential patients.
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Bschuallenberger
Waterloo
Russell-Lamson
Is Your Family Free From Colds
An old remedy claims to relieve cold and cough symptoms quickly for all ages, with language urging purchase from druggists at fifty cents. It promotes Dr. King's New Life Pills for an active liver and digestive relief, priced at 25 cents.
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Sloan
Self Cured Sailor Avoids Fatal Operation
A famed captain after years at sea faced a dire medical choice. He endured failed treatments and braces before learning a life saving method of self cure, ending a long bedridden period and avoiding surgery.
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Collings
Truss
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