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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1920
Page
4
Waterloo bankers blame idle capital tied up in government securities and a spending boom for high prices. Financial figures urge saving and restricting expenditures, arguing the postwar surge in demand and war debt fuels inflation, with calls to cut government outlays and boost production while consuming less.
Judge Henry T. Reed granted a temporary injunction halting Attorney General Haveer and Woodbury County Receiver Johnson from acting under a county court order in the Midland Packing Co case. The dispute centers on federal versus state jurisdiction after equity actions involving alleged fraud in stock sales and a prior Woodbury County filing. A merits hearing is set for May 25.
Davenport obituary reports Dr. Thomas D. Starbuck a prominent Davenport physician died at Mercy hospital after a two week illness. Cause was blood poisoning from a diseased tooth extraction. He was 48, practiced 17 years, survived by his widow.
A treatise arguing skin diseases originate in the blood and cannot be cured by surface remedies. It promotes Swift’s S. S. S. blood purifier as the solution, urging readers to mail in case histories to the company’s medical adviser.
Rev Clinton F Smith of First Evangelical spoke at the twenty eighth annual Black Hawk County Sunday School association convention in Des Moines. He traced the Sunday school’s origins to Robert Raikes and highlighted its mission to teach win and train for Christ. The program included remarks by QO G Herbrecht and Mrs W C Nubn on youth work and living teachers, with Elizabeth Dean and Rev W H Beachler slated to speak tonight as meetings run through Thursday.
A. J. Caldwell, a pioneer and prominent county resident, died after a seven week battle with sleeping sickness. Physicians were baffled by his decline as he grew weaker and unable to take nourishment, leading to his burial on Monday.
Des Moines May 12 The Iowa State Federation of Labor backs the Republican ticket with Col S W Brooke Sart as U S senator and N A Kendall or F E Moore for governor. Other endorsed posts include J M Wilson or John Hammill for lieutenant governor Walter C Romay for secretary of state Ben J Gibson for attorney general F J Allen for state auditor H H Most for treasurer. The slate was prepared by a committee formed at the June Sioux City convention and reported in March.
Henry Mummers a Wellsburg area farmer told police he gave Harley Beasley a ride Sunday night. Beasley, wanted for the Webster City murder of his wife and children, matched the description and headed toward Waterloo. He jumped from the car and vanished across a field, aligning with a Dike marshal’s theory that Beasley stole a car at that location.
Tripoli Iowa May 12 contract awarded for a new creamery to F A Repholz at a cost of 15760 dollars. The building will measure 34 by 72 feet with a 24 by 14 foot annex, located south of the old creamery. Money to loan on improved Waterloo city property and farms at liberal rates through Waterloo Bank and Trust Company.
Secretary of Agriculture B T Meredith appeals to business leaders and students to help harvests by offering summer labor. He notes farm labor is 15 percent under last year and only about 72 percent of normal, risking reduced food production. urged mobilization of available manpower from schools and cities.
Delaware county sees record-low candidate numbers with only one nominee per office except sheriff where J J Pentony runs as the sole Democrat. Current Republicans filed nomination papers. Edgewood Knights of Pythias invites Manchester for third-degree work. court cases set for May 17 and 24. Diamond Dyes ad endorses no risk dye products and guarantees.
Miss Edith A. McDonald of Clarksville and George B. Fentiman of Stilwater Oklahoma married at 10 a.m. today at the home of the bride’s sister Mrs E A Duke 1502 Washington street. The ceremony was conducted by Dr Frank W Court pastor of First M E Church. They will reside in Clarksville.
B E Clement president Texas Grain Dealers Assn and five state committee chair told the Illinois Grain Dealers Assn in Decatur on May 12 that fixing the wheat price by the food administration during the war was confiscatory and discriminatory.
Clement urged grain men to seek legislation that would reimburse them for losses incurred, arguing a government repayment program is necessary to aid those affected.
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