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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1928
Page
7
Machinery and equipment have arrived in Allison to start paving No. 17. Work will take about five months with crews beginning at Shell Race Junction and proceeding west four miles then to Bristow, then east to close the gap to Allison and onward to Bristow. Birthday dinner honors Miss Ruth Smith at Mrs. H. G. Carter’s home with several attendees.
A Sunlite gelatine dessert advertisement promotes Sunlite Jelk with fruit aromas, firm texture, and mint flavor. It urges comparison with other gels, notes multiple fruit flavors, and mentions a mold offer and grocer availability.
Fort Dodge Iowa March 23 seventy one years ago a mass meeting formed an expedition to Spirit Lake to bury dead and rescue survivors. Vigilante leaders sought vengeance on those responsible and a 100 man force was raised across Fort Dodge Webster City and Emmet County. The march began with 26 men under Captain Johnson pushing toward the lakes to bury corpses and assist refugees while enduring hardship.
A 1920s style advertisement urges readers to quit caffein for thirty days and switch to Postum made from roasted whole wheat and bran. It promises immediate comfort from the beverage heat and notes later caffeine side effects like sleeplessness and nervousness, claiming Postum won’t cause these. It promotes Instant Postum and Postum Cereal as ready options.
Fragments from an 1840s frontier tragedy describe the snowbound aftermath and a disputed massacre. One tale links Henry Lott to vengeance after a whisky dispute, with the Lott family allegedly eliminating members of a local tribe in 1846 and later harming others, though details remain unclear.
A disputed account recalls an Indian boy escaping and seeking justice after an outrage. Inkpadutah pursued Lott for years, then attacked whites at Spirit Lake in revenge. The story, tied to pioneer times, remains unconfirmed but reflects harsh frontier justice narratives. In Iowa City, Charles Morrison, 23, faces arraignment for breaking and entering after a 1 a.m. home invasion linked by women at Abraham Hillman’s residence. police say he confessed.
Old Time Sale of Home Medicines lists numerous low prices on tonics, aspirin, rubbing alcohol, syrups, Castoria, Camphor products, and household goods. Items include Puretest and Bayer brands with prices from 18c to 7.98 for large tools and sundries. The notice emphasizes limited sale days and low costs for common health and cleaning supplies.
Catalog lists hair preparations with prices: Arcon Liquid Watkins Shampoo at 31.00 per unit, Watkins Shampoo 0.37, Lucky Tiger Tonics at 1.00 and .79, 50 cent Petroleum Hair Rub at 0.30.
A dated list catalogs various sale prices for items such as cigarette lighter fluid blue bird alarm clocks pipe flush plaster larvex spray moth deterrent dextro altitude dryco baby food and Congress playing cards with prices ranging from fifty cents to under two dollars.
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