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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1927
Page
13
Six weeks after groundhog lore, Iowa awakens to springlike calm with mild days and rain. People anticipate baseball and swimming outings as youths revive games and families tackle chores. The season brings renewed hope and focus on sports, chores, and love amid a general cheer for spring.
Rosalie Jones, described as a businesswoman, vows love and support in marriage to Senator Clarence Dill in Washington. The ceremony reportedly avoids traditional obedience language as London reports possible hurdles for golfer Glenna Collett who aims for the British women's title this year.
Prisoners in the city jail have attempted self harm amid bootleg liquor shortages. Chief Frank Smith notes many prior suicide attempts, with Frank Bachelor of Grand Forks among the latest failed case after a knife was taken from him. Poor quality bootleg liquor blamed for inmates’ personal crises.
Philadelphia teachers and specialists use mirrors in three clinics and classrooms to help foreign born children and others with speech defects. Dr Gladys G Ide notes that mirrors let students study lip movements to imitate correct sounds, addressing pronunciation gaps not learned by listening alone.
Martin Kellerlain of 09 Grant Avenue has been ill at Presbyterian hospital and was removed to his home today after treatment.
Read Today's Offer promotes Dave's Mentha Pepsin as a pleasant up building elixir for indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims the product strengthens the stomach so users can eat anything without misery, boasting wide sale and a guarantee by Robert Drug Co and druggists.
H W D Tooley trepresario of Tooley Opera company presents Bohemian Girl in astigh auditorium tonight as a benefit for the high school band and orchestra. Miss Keitha Ward soprano is a young artist with remarkable range and warmth. The production starts at 7 o clock and will be in English. The plot unfolds in Bohemia with gypsies royalty and a kidnapped girl central to the tale.
Howard Garner, a young man befriended by Fred Decker, member of the Mt. Vernon township board of supervisors, is in the county jail charged with stealing hens and hogs.
An advertisement touts Allenrhu as the greatest rheumatic remedy. It claims quick action by targeting polyphone deposits and drawing impurities out of the body, with dramatic relief in severe cases and many new followers. It cites Robert Drug Co as endorsing the remedy.
A youth held on $590 bail for larceny of poultry and hogs. He had stayed at the Decker home for chores in exchange for board. Poultry and hogs valued at $200 disappeared, leading Supervisor Decker to notify Short H. T. Wagner. The sheriff arrested Garner yesterday afternoon and a municipal court hearing will be held on the return of County Attorney FE.OW. Edwards who is out of the city.
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