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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1919
Page
14
Washington May 3 The Internal Revenue Bureau receives complaints about retailers charging more than the tax on luxuries with the new 10 percent levy applying only to the excess over a set amount. Most errors appear accidental as clerks misread the law. Clerks face fines up to 1000 dollars and a year in jail for willful overcharges.
Historical note states that cake, ice cream in buckets, and medicinal preparations sold at fountains are not subject to tax. The phrasing implies a tax exemption for these goods in certain contexts or periods.
Frances B Holstein of Urbana won a bronze Carnegie hero medal for saving Benjamin W Soper a Crasey Indiana clergyman from a rattlesnake bite in Cocoanut Grove Florida on Feb 18 1918. She sucked venom from his wound for about five minutes while he resisted. The incident was recounted in a Pittsburgh dispatch detailing 15 hero awards.
Airplane Merite by Lieut Milo Miller of Waterloo will feature at the Waverly Chautauqua season beginning June 18 1824 local promoters G I Lockhart St Paul report. A class of 30 was confirmed at St Pauls Lutheran church Sunday. The infant son of Mr and Mrs August Prottengeler died Monday with funeral services at St Pauls cemetery.
Building permits show W. M. Widmann at 424 Florence applying for remodeling estimated at 3900 dollars and Nick Nielsen listed for modeling work at an unspecified address with a 500 dollar estimate.
Real estate transfers in Black Hawk County led by Charles Sisglaff to Janes Corson and others in Waterloo with various parcels. Community repair notices mention W. Knoop and Mether Rentals plus several addresses and businesses in Waterloo area.
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