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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1919
Page
11
Cedar Falls residents discuss bonding 16 county for good roads to be voted on June 3. The May 15 pre election talk show notes enthusiasm for passage by a wide margin. Other items include staff honors for the Wear Service Corps and a May 26 discharge ceremony with badge gifts from captured German cannons.
Michigan machinist Lauren E B Phieger reports stomach trouble relief after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. He describes years of pain, sleeplessness, and left side ache, then improved digestion, sleep, and weight after half a box, urging others to try. Available from Dr Williams Medicine Co Sche nectady NY. 50 cents per box, six for $2.50.
Sergt H D Denny chronicles B Company life in World War I noting a college graduate nicknamed Hank who chased history and danger. Amid Lorraine and Champagne bombardments Hank limps back with a bloody face and foiled ambitions, a glimpse of grit and comic relief in brutal front lines.
A Waterloo man named John J. Jones, enlisted with Company B then transferred to the Rainbows, was wounded and sent home. He reported being shot in the rear south, went to a hospital, and was not allowed to return to the front. He never saw a German. Fellow Company B men arriving home today confirmed his identity and noted he was last heard to be in Des Moines after being wounded.
R M Gunn a large landowner in Eagle township offers gravel from a 4% pit on his land to surface the Eagle Center road. He returned from the south and asked County Auditor J A Francis to prepare petition for signatures from farmers along the 6 mile road extending from Orange township to the Tama line. The project follows petitions already received for graveling six miles in Orange by the trench system per Iowa highway commission. If Eagle township residents act, the county board will consider graveling a 12 mile stretch south of Waterloo toward Traer.
Liberty Cleaners offers ladies' suits cleaned and pressed for 1.50 dollars at 623 La Fayette. Phone 205.
Marshalltown Iowa May 15 A farmhand Earl Jarboe 27 was injected with anti rabies serum after a hog he was bitten by Saturday was diagnosed with rabies The sow died the same day and another hog from the same Arkansas herd showed similar symptoms before dying Tuesday Dr R M Allen reported sending the first sow’s brain for analysis and a report followed by officials confirming the outbreak
Campaign-style notice promotes Zemo for eczema blotches ringworm and rashes. It claims instant relief from itching, cleansing and soothing the skin, with rapid healing. Available at drug stores for 35c or 1.00 for extra large bottle from The E. W. Rose Co. Cleveland Ohio.
Tue report notes a rabies case with infection by biting only. Dr. Allen says infection spreads only via a bite and two dogs died likely after being bitten before shipment. The patient Jarboe began serum treatment early. Chosio believes no danger from hydrophobia remains.
An old advertisement advises readers with hearing loss or head noises to buy Parmint double strength, mix with hot water and sugar, and take a tablespoon four times daily for quick relief. It claims nostrils open, breathing eases, and mucus stops dripping into the throat.
When stiffness and soreness affect muscles and joints, massage the affected area with Chamberlains ointment to relieve pain aid rest and sleep.
Fragmentary ad announces serum treatment and remedies for pains or heat ache. Mentions Try Phelps' Gladsea and location 516 Jefferies. No clear event or names beyond products and address.
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