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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1920
Page
11
Harry Stratton, who nearly died from drinking wood alcohol, has recovered enough to leave Mercy hospital and appeared in police court to plead guilty to intoxication. He was sentenced to 30 days in the county jail.
Orange township plans a May 27 commencement for thirteen graduates with 82 percent of the class completing four years. Hazel Trent is salutatorian as the baccalaureate address is delivered by Dr John Bunyi van Smith at the township church. The program includes a class play and a community picnic set for May 28. preparations note students, parents and local clergy.
Students from multiple classes will perform songs and orange band selections at the school event. Grade pageants, a pull game, sports activities, and an 8 lecture on community building are planned. Huntington versus Well Mans ring appears in sports notes. A court ruling states consent of a majority of block property owners and city council is unnecessary if the building’s value has not declined by 40 percent.
Fred Gould, 62, and Erma McGill of Burton wed Jan 28 after decades apart. Once schoolday sweethearts, parental opposition split them, reunions spurred a quick ceremony. Gould filed for divorce this week claiming his wife left March 5 and he has had no contact. he has three minor children from a prior marriage.
A health advert promotes refined cocoanut oil shampoo as gentler for the scalp than alkali heavy preparations. Moisten hair, rub in one to two teaspoonfuls, produce a rich lather, rinse to remove dust and oil, leaving hair soft and manageable. Available at drug stores, inexpensive and long lasting.
Fragmented text discusses onions causing more fear than any subject, mentions glyphic tours on ancient odoliaks and land of the Pharmohs, with reference to Egyptian beliefs and a snow hog. Details are unclear and repetitive.
The article warns that overwork, overeating, drinking, and neglect harm the kidneys leading to nervousness, congestion, headaches, backache, and lumbago. It describes frequent urination and dark foul urine with burning and painful spurts, sometimes causing hysteria.
An advertisement touts a kidney medicine claimed to regulate and neutralize organ fermentation, labeled as the greatest remedy for kidney relief. It notes availability at all druggists.
In spring time use Hood's Sarsaparilla praised as pure safe and effective with claims of aiding scrofula eczema rheumatism and digestive issues. The ad notes physician prescription origin and wide contemporary use by doctors plus mentions Hood's Pills as a laxative option.
A fragment notes onions as the oldest aristocratic vegetable and widely used, contrasting their popularity with the Irish potato in China. It mentions a for sale ad in the Courier and a remark about an able but effective salesman.
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