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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1919
Page
12
Fragmentary OCR reads like a political snapshot with scattered names and figures. Mentions include labor, Socialist and Republican themes, elections, and legal notices tied to a Chicago context, with references to figures like Hughes and various party dynamics in 1916 era.
Myron W Millard of 203 Williston avenue is a 31 year old in a wheel chair after arthritis ossified his joints from age 13. Despite paralysis he remains mentally active and runs a magazine business begun in 1909, drawing strength from friends and clergy. His life reflects grit and cheerful endurance amid chronic pain.
Grundy Center Iowa Nov 15 Mrs Frank Gemelhardt died in an Iowa City hospital where she was treated She was a bride of under two months from Mass ville Mass near which the groom was in camp The couple met while working for George Frost near Grundy Center A burial followed in Grundy Center Also dying was Mrs Wagner age 93 at the Fred Petersen home near Reinbeck She had lived around Reinbeck for 50 years Her husband died 30 years ago A four year old son of Mr and Mrs Dick Niehaus southeast of Reinbeck died after a weeklong illness The daughter who came to live with Mr and Mrs Roy Maehn near Dike lived only a few hours Funeral services were held Joshua Sliffer near Conbrad fell ill suddenly was hospitalized in Marshalltown died Wednesday His nephews Irving and Harry Cakerica attended the funeral George Creer of Montana married Reinbeck resident Marie Göhrt at the M E parsonage They will farm near Steinbeck George Masselink family packing for Edgerton Minnesota to farm nearby Several marriage licenses issued Lena Buss and Mann Mennen near Applegate also Alfred Wheeler of Dunkerton and Flora Hagberg of Grundy Center.
Cecil O Gripe faced charges of carrying concealed weapons after a late Thursday afternoon appearance before Justice of the Peace Thomas M Barrett. He waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to district court on bonds set at 360 dollars for the possession of a revolver described as a big smoke Wagon.
Clarksville reports corn husking results with yields from 1 to 40 bushels per acre. Damage from a windstorm reduced about a third of the crop and made husking harder. A 60 acre field yielded 26 bushels per acre, another 60 acres hit 40 bushels. Husking payments noted and local farm work updates included.
Vinton Iowa November 1 19 XX Miss Leone Fry and Glenn Jones surprised friends by eloping to Waterloo where they were married in Hotel Mussell Lamson by Reverend Court. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Fry a popular young woman.
An advertisement suggests Chamberlain's Tablets ease a bad taste and dull fatigue after waking. They promise an agreeable bowel movement and aid stomach cleansing and digestion improvement.
Sloan's Liniment promotes quick relief from aches and pains including sore joints back and weather-related muscle stiffness. It markets itself as a penetrant that requires no rubbing and leaves no skin stains, with three sizes priced at 25c 50c and 1.40.
An old advertisement assures that laxatives provide only temporary relief. It praises Chamberlains Tablets for permanent relief, stating they move the bowels improve the appetite and strengthen digestion when directions are followed.
Forty winters and forty summers have rolled away since power sons first took the prescription for Number 40 For The Blood. Number 9 is compounded from ingredients listed in the U S Dispensatory for glandular diseases blood troubles mercurial and lead poisoning scrofula rheumatism catarrh constitutional liver and stomach ailments. Sores ulcers and scrofulous swellings that resisted other treatments disappear as if by magic. Sold by Wangler Bros Co and other druggists.
An old advertisement warns that nasal catarrh is a widespread disease inflaming the mucous membranes and aggravated by cold and weather shifts. It claims blood impurity as the cause, may lead to lung impairment, and urges Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills as cures, touting family satisfaction across generations.
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