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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1919
Page
9
Sioux City physicians welcomed a government ruling easing liquor sales for medical use though some worry about potential abuse by quacks. Drug firms report compliance, while most doctors insist liquor purchases remain tightly limited to legitimate illnesses. botched enforcement and bootlegging decline as prior bond demands lift.
McGregor Iowa November 12 The Henry Keene familyMr Keene wife and sons George and Virgil bade farewell to friends and set sail down the Mississippi toward the sunny south Their launch with old design and houseboats tied around it forms a floating homestead with a farmyard aboard including geese chickens ducks seven rabbits and four goats as they chase a winter in the south while the north awaits a rougher ride for ice and fiscal grumbles.
In Fayette Iowa on November 12 a dormitory elevator used for baggage overload. Three girls entered the car and it crashed to the first floor. Doctors attended the injured including Marian Peckham of Ossian who suffered two broken ankles.
Miss Gladys Klotsback had both bones broken in one leg and Miss dual Fawcett suffered a broken rib. The young ladies were fortunate in not sustaining more serious injuries. All possible care is being given, with hopes for rapid recovery.
Davenport police report a 50 gallon barrel of real whisky stolen from a local cellar. With whisky at about 15 dollars a quart, thieves fled with liquor valued near 3000 dollars after rolling the barrel from the cellar during the past few weeks.
Birth notices show a daughter Janette Mae to Mr and Mrs Clarence Iverenn at 310 Maunthorne on November 3. A son Jack Richard to Mr and Mrs Carl Cecil Wise at 247 Hammond on November 1. Florice Maxine, a daughter, to Mr and Mrs Arthur Chu at 423 Jeferson No 16. This is the sixth child for the Chu family.
Davenport Iowa November 12 An unusual incident reveals harsh labor conditions as a 15 year old part time student at Davenport high school earned 48 dollars weekly in unskilled factory work. Teachers at the high school lacked formal training but were required to instruct the student, while the boy avoided grammar school. The piece notes economic pressures on families and compares teacher salaries to the pupil’s earnings. It references a meeting of the County Parent-Teacher association and discusses the education system and local labor realities.
A simple home remedy promises to dissolve dandruff by nightly scalp Massage with four ounces of plain liquid arvon. Apply to moisten and rub in, then remove flakes by morning. Repeats of four or five applications claim complete removal and improved scalp feel and gloss. Sold as an inexpensive advertisement product.
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