New Method for Checking Sales in Food Regulations
A four card system to audit sugar and flour purchases will be explained to Waterloo grocers at Commercial Club rooms on Wednesday. Consumers sign the card when buying these items and grocers verify dates. The back lists regulations and penalties, and a substitutes list. The plan, approved by State Food Administrator Deems, aims to curb hoarding in Black Hawk county.
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Waterloo Commercial Club
Parrott
Fam
Black Hawk County
F. Deems
Hen Lays Double Egg Then Dies
Columbus Ohio March 20 Here is one case of exaggerated ego that was fatal. William Plock mourns the loss of a Plymouth Rock hen that died after achieving three double eggs in three weeks. Last week she laid a fourth, then expired. The eggs were literally double with one shell inside the other. One egg is with Professor Dana of Ohio State University.
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Columbus
William Plock
Hoover
Dana
Ohio State University
Sharper Who Fleeced Towan Dies in Pen
Joliet March 20 J Marion Miller a Chicago attorney serving a sentence for operating a confidence game died in the penitentiary of pneumonia. Miller and his sister Lodvina Miller were convicted of fleecing Sentimental Tommy Foulkes of Danbury Ind a wealthy landowner and bachelor. Foulkes visited Chicago met Miss Miller proposed marriage and she sought deed of Iowa property before the ceremony Miller appealed to Gov Lowden for a pardon but was denied.
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Iowa
Miller
Lowden
Hustler Recognized and Rewarded in Local Salesmen League
Paul Austin Jones of 1124 Fourth Street West was named one of six Waterloo boys elected to the Curtis league for salesmen. At 15, he has sold Saturday Evening Posts for three years. The league honors efficiency and school standing, with rewards including local YMCA membership. Paul is the third Waterloo boy to join the league.
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Paul Austin Jones
Fourth Street West
Lown Bors
Curtis League
Paul
Waterloo
Former sea captain conducts revival at Cedar Heights Church
Captain A R OBrien, a former seaman, will lead a series of revival meetings at Cedar Heights Community Church starting Wednesday at 7 30 p m daily except Saturdays. Services run through Easter Sunday and the public is welcome. Advertising notice for Wang Miller Shoe Co. included.
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Cedar Heights Church
A. R. O'Brien
Cedar Heights
Big Wild Night for Dows Citizen
A Dows event titled D. O K. K. ceremonial at a K. P. ball featured a desert shrine theme with candidates and caravan escorts. The procession paused to pick up H. M. Johnson of Dows Indiana after a Illinois Central train wreck delayed his arrival. Johnson barely escaped injury and joined the long journey after a banquet preceding the candidate initiation.
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D. O K
No Spring Vacation for West Students
Swisher was re elected president of the West board of education at a Tuesday meeting. Austin Burt was elected president pro tem to preside when Swisher is absent. B B Wilson and Rev W A Peterson were inducted as new board members. The board rejected spring vacation at West High except for two days for teachers to attend a Cedar Rapids convention. J G Ralston, architect, instructed to prepare plans for a new Kingsley school in Prospect Place.
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B. EF. Swisher
West Board of Education
Austin Burt
Swisher
B. B. Wilson
W. A. Peterson
West High
Cedar Rapids
J. G. Ralston
Kingsley School
Prospect Place
Medal for Service Honors Aetna Agent Green
An unusual award from Aetna Life Insurance honors C. F. Green for 21 years of accident and health coverage in the district. The heavy gold medal, 2.5 inches in diameter, bears a Buckley portrait on one side and the inscription praising Royal and efficient service in 1917 premium collection campaign on the other.
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C. F. Green
Aetna Life Insurance Company
G. F. Green
D ELY Democrat Named For Second District Congress
Davenport Iowa March 20 D Ely Democrat drafted for congressional nomination in the Second district papers circulated that day every county represented at the conference his unanimous choice. Campbell inspires folk Liberty loan talk Cedar Heights Community center last night large audience responsive to his patriotic statements urging liberal subscriptions to the bond issue.
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Davenport
D'Ely
Mr. Ely
Campbell
Macy Campbell
Cedar Heights
Peel Off Calluses With The Fingers
A Cincinnati advertisement promotes Freezone as a remedy to lift calluses with the fingers. The drug loosens dead skin so it peels away, costing only a few cents per quarter ounce and claiming to remove every corn or callus without scarring or infection. The skin beneath reportedly remains pink and healthy after removal.
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Cincinnati Authority
Watch Your Step at Waterloo Theatre Next Saturday
The Irving Berlin musical Watch Your Step comes to Waterloo Theatre next Saturday. It follows an eccentric’s will worth 2,000,000 and rival suitors for a Quaker maid and an English dancing master. The show features original stage settings and a striking second act opera scene.
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Irving Berlin
the Waterloo
New York
Waterloo Theatre
Cure for skin eruption with Cuticura products
Miss Pearl Anderson of Medford Minnesota reports a severe skin eruption that itched and festered into red blotches resembling boils. After trying Cuticura Soap and Ointment from a free sample, she bought more and was healed. Local ad notes Cuticura Soap 25c and Ointment 25c to 50c.
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Pearl Anderson
Medford
Minn
Cusieura
Dept. KR
Boston
Vaudeville at Majestic Opens With Dancing Girls of the World
Vaudeville show at Majestic features nine dancing girls in Dancing Girls of the World with a strong supporting bill. The act includes Harry Keane and company in The Unexpected, The Doher in nonsense, Benny Harrison in The Mail Quarriers, Glockers jugglers, and the ninth episode of The Hidden Hand. Also shown is Two-Gun Man in The Barwain starring W S Mart and produced by Thomas H Ince, billed to depart from usual photoplay.
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Ralph Dunbar
Majestic Threatre
Harry Keane
Company
the Doher
Benny Harrison
Mail Quarriers
Glockers
W. S. Mart
Ure
Thomas H. Ince
Alimony the sensational divorce drain at Preac Theatre
A fragmentary review praises a film featuring a corrupt man and a dramatic wartime era theme. It notes a striking portrayal of a villain and claims the picture demonstrates the spirit of true Americanism through bold characterization. The piece hints at a Yale connection and underscores the divorce broker plot as a focal sensational element.
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Ifin Co
Yale
Crystal Theatre Presents Low Me Charm at Plaga
Dorothy Dalton leads the cast in Low Me at the Plaga theatre with an ensemble including Hike William Conklin, Jack Holt and Stephen Mee Kim. The western tale centers on Mata Madison a wife who wins her husband’s heart amid surrounding intrigue and jealousy.
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Dorothy Daalton
Dorothy Dual
Fon Wir
New Brurels
Plaga Theatre
Riday
Swendid Eaat
Hike Wdlian Conklin
Daek Holt
Stebert Mee Kim
Mata Madison
Fright Family Heads to Plaza Theatre in Odd Tale
A disjointed note highlights a strange situation around a work titled Love Me, with references to a Plaza Theatre and an unusual authorial approach. The fragment hints at odd family dynamics and a puzzling literary setup involving a novel and its public presentation.
Wife Strangled Over Domestic Strain in Milwaukee Home
Milwaukee authorities recount Morris Fye's confession on a coroner's jury stand. He testified he strangled his wife Pawline after years of perceived depressive influence since their 1914 marriage. He blamed lack of companionship and constant displeasure as motives in the fatal act.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Morris Fye
Pawline
Bye Wadlly
Fragmentary obituary note on a woman's linguistic struggles
The text recalls a non English speaking woman whose speech and manner were mocked, describing humiliation and lack of conversation. It mentions she longed for better life and expresses affection for their daughter Pauline, aged about two.
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Bva
Pauline
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F. Ray Comstock
William Eliott
Leona Thompson
Gertrude Waixel
Edward Forbes
Charles Knowlden
T. D. Leary
W. Fredericks
Hileen Powers
Helen du Bois
James E. Rome
Mariam Hibbing
Bobby Hale
Laura Wells
Mary Pickford
Dorothy Dalton
Berlin
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Giatce
Ana
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