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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1924
Page
7
Dallas and Fort Worth voices at the American Dental Association event argue that public schools are the key to teaching mouth health. They say schools should provide health education, with hygienists training to work in schools and help build healthier futures.
Waterloo residents responded generously as 32 Hoy Scouts collected nearly half a carload of old clothing for the Near East. Eight trucks provided by local businesses assisted in gathering garments to clothe a hundred or more sufferers, with removal planned to Omaha and shipment to the Near East on December 9. Mrs. F M Shores thanked the community for the strong support.
Chrysanthemums led attention at the Mid- West Horticultural exposition with bouquets and pots gaining praise. Florists from many towns competed. judges awarded first prizes across numerous chrysanthemum, cyclamen, and floral arrangement classes in Cedar Falls, Davenport, Des Moines, and nearby locales.
Local items note phone ads and errands. Anna Adrian recovers from a fall at 21 Premont Street, while Miss Martha Schalla visits from Los Angeles. Boy Scout troops occupy Kamp Kiwanis cabin. a Joe LaFier radio program airs tonight. Waterloo Public Library board meets. city onlookers hear a student tenor perform. A municipal case against Margaret Collina proceeds. theft reported from Robert Drugstore. Lincoln Circle bazar, Sunshine Rebekah Lodge supper, and Mantle Burns Gift Shop ads appear.
Goldfield Nevada once thrived on gold speculation with 1406 residents in 1908. Two fires within a year left charred ruins except for the five story Goldfield hotel. Post office and bank occupy remaining ground floor spaces as residents hold out hope for a comeback.
William Makinster, 84, a Civil War veteran and former standard bearer for Robert Anderson post, died at 6:30 a.m. at his son’s home in Cedar Falls. Born March 1840 in New York, he enlisted in 1861 and served three years with Company A, Fifteenth Iowa Infantry. Survived by three sons and a daughter. wife died in 1916. Funeral arrangements pending at O’Kane & Towne.
Missoula Montana November 11. Between 200 and 300 buffalo on the Montana national bison range west of Kera must be slain this fall. Frank Roge the superintendent announces a census last summer showed 700 buffalo 500 elk 88 mountain sheep and 100 deer on the range and an inspection of the grasses convinced the superintendent.
Chicago. John Peoples, a prohibition agent, sues Herman Pronger for Alienation of Affections seeking 250000. The suit claims Peoples and Pronger were rivals for the same woman before Peoples married her. They allegedly agreed to court the girl until one won and then end the other’s pursuit. After marriage, Pronger allegedly enticed Peoples’ wife to run away with him.
East High selects eight students for the annual home declamatory contest in oratorical and dramatic divisions. Judges include drama instructor Mike Carolyn McFarlane. Tryouts for humorous speakers proceed after school.
C A Morris manager of Morris Motor company was re elected vice president of the Iowa Automotive Merchants association at the Des Moines convention. W E Wissler was named president and Floyd Rankin treasurer. About 2000 dealers attended, including a dozen from Waterloo. Ralph Faxon and Col Glenn S Haynes spoke on chamber of commerce and good roads efforts.
Freeman H Bloodgood prominent southern California real estate figure and first real estate commissioner chairs the legislative committee of the state association of realtors. He notes the word realtor is protected nationwide by the national association and emphasizes oversight of its use.
Berkeley, Nov 14 Dr William B Herma UC parasitology professor returned from the South Seas with notes on Fanning Island natives who were shown mirrors their first. They often failed to recognize themselves and counted their reflections strange to them. He saw signs of ancient Polynesian occupancy and mingling of Malay and American Indian traits with no contact with Africans. London Nov 14 The British railway ministry reports 743 killed and 23 240 injured in 1924 incidents compared with 728 killed and 19 462 injured in 1923.
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