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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1929

Page

14

Five Sacred Heart students injured in night crash near St Francis

Grace Barnes and Mary Boemecke among four girls from Sacred Heart high school hurt when a sedan with seven passengers veered off the road two miles east of St Francis hospital. Driver Olive Boemecke suffered a forehead cut. Thelma Hasbrook contused around the eye. Anna Markle Helen McCartney and Genevieve Rice uninjured. The car struck a ditch after the group had attended a junior senior banquet at Hotel Russell Lamson. Mary Boemecke is a junior. others are seniors.

Grace Barnes Willgate Ayehub Mary Boemecke Third Street West St. Francis, Hospital Sacred Heart High School St. Francis Hospital Olive Boemecke Hotel Russell-Lamson

Morgan to address Reinbeck Legion on Memorial Day

Rev J Richmond Morgan pastor of First Congregational church will be the principal speaker at Reinbeck Memorial day services on Thursday May 30. The American Legion post at Reinbeck extended the formal invitation this week for him to give the main address. Butler bankers meet in Allison Iowa May 16 the county bankers association gathered at the State Bank of Allison on Wednesday afternoon.

J. Richmond Morgan First Congregational Church Reinbeck Mr. Morgan American Legion Post Butler Bankers Allison County Bankers’ Association State Bank of

Attack Validity of Volstead Law in Sioux City Case

In Sioux City, Iowa, Marie Bevington appeals her liquor sale conviction arguing the Volstead Act is void due to a Supreme Court ruling that parts of the old internal revenue laws were repealed by prohibition enforcement and later reenacted by the Willis Campbell law. Her Cedar Rapids attorney Rhinehart argues the penalties were automatically repealed.

St. Paul Minn United States Circuit Court of Appeals Marie Bevington Sioux City

District Attorney Joins Government Case In Northern Iowa

The United States district attorney for northern Iowa appears for the government in a central case. The official participates in federal proceedings alongside prosecutors, signaling a major government effort in the district.

United States Iowa

Taylor County Approves Bonds for Highway Paving

Taylor County voters approved a 750000 road bond issue for Primary No. 3 paving, with 2408 yes to 1094 no, across southern Iowa. Bedford favored 864 to 62, Blockton opposed 75 to 110. Bonds pass as Taylor County joins Ringgold in southern tier approvals and funds No. 49 and No. 148 projects.

Bedford Iowa Taylor County Ringgold County Lenox Adams County Missouri Blockton

City voters again face an $800,000 bond issue fate

The item recalls last November when the public rejected an $800,000 bond proposal, signaling continued fiscal tension. Local officials push for approval amid debates over school, road, or public works funding and projected long term benefits.

Veishea Parade Draws 32 Floats at Iowa State College

Ames Iowa May 17 The Veishea parade is the highlight of the celebration at Iowa State College. Thirty two floats entered represent various fraternities sororities and organizations. A silver trophy will be awarded to the winner.

Ames U.r—T Iowa State College

Miss Lorraine Gutz Crowned Queen of the May

Lorraine Gutz of Pomeroy was crowned Queen of the May in a campus pageant held yesterday afternoon. The senior home economics student had been chosen by college co-eds in last winter’s vote, though the result was kept secret until yesterday.

Lorraine Gutz Pomeroy

Buroker Buys Share in Allison Garage

Levi Buroker purchases half interest in the Dalley garage in Allison Iowa on May 17. Buroker, long employed there, acquires the stake from Dalley.

Buroker Allison Garage

Night Enon Flies 199 Miles Per Hour

New York reports a dramatic aviation feat as Donald Johnson, an air mail pilot, travels from Richmond to New York in 8 minutes at about 190 miles per hour amid a south wind. The usual trip time exceeds three hours, highlighting an extraordinary flight during a windy night.

New York New

490 Descte Meats and Poultry Special Sunday Dinner

Ads from 490 Descte Meats and Poultry advertise morning hours from 7:30 to 10:30 with specials like Little Pig Loin Roasts and Corn Fattened Beef products. Loin end roasts priced around 26 cents per pound, rib end 23 cents, ground beef 23 cents per pound, and milk fed veal round steak at 40 cents. The note references basement location and display text are partly garbled.

Fresh Candies Promote Assorted Treats On Main Floor

A local candy shop offers Rex Bittersweets vanilla flavor and Rex Butterscotch chewy confections priced at 58¢ per pound. Poguequet Pops come in clusters of five for 10¢ and Pecan Nut Meats are freshly cracked in large halves at 78¢ per pound on the Main Floor.

Bunte Pound Rex Rex

Stationery Specials Offer in Old Province Town

A local ad promotes stationery bargains including a box of 72 large single sheets, parchment paper, 50 envelopes to Fateh, and a value flat five sheet stock for Saturday sales.

Provincetown Fateh

Odd Lot of Herbs Drugs and Toiletries Listed

A fragmented catalog item lists various medicines and beauty products including Warner's Sodium Phosphate, Fitch's Dandruff Remover Shampon, Unguentine, Buyer's Aspirin tablets, Aqua Velva After Shaving Lotion, Agarol moth-proofing compound, and Radio Girl Perfume. Prices are garbled with fractions and cents, suggesting a miscellaneous retail or stock entry.

Warner Fitch Unguentine

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