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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 16, 1921

Page

9

ILIFF RAIDS OMEDREW ON OP EWES LIQUOR

Bailiff Sweitzer and Deputy Peek raided the Sorenson home business at 514 Hon Street finding homebrew beer wine and five five gallon jugs of beer in a hidden floor. Four five gallon jugs and ten quart bottles. A truckload of liquor was seized and Sorenson held on liquor nuisance charges.

Fist Sorenson John XII Sweitzer Theodore Peek Frank Dennison Hon Street Listy Haele Bay Christ Sorenson Ben Mr. Sorenson Sherif Wagner Sorenson W- R. French Sorenson Place

Morgans to Conduct Dances at Forum Hall

Lou Morgans former leader of Sixty-eighth regiment band organizes an orchestra and leases Forum Hall for Friday and Saturday shows starting tomorrow night. He brings several Accordion Ark members for an eight piece group featuring Morgans and Crouse on piano Clyde Curry trombone Rob Wheeler saxophone and ribnet Jack Courney drum Ray Ximan bass and Harry Whalen trumpet.

Lou Morgans Sixty-eighth Regiment Forum Mr. Morgans Fev Accordion Ark Morgans Crouseich Clyde Curry Tromme Rob Wheeler Jack Courney Ray Ximan Harry Whalen

Jollification Meet Friday Night At Association Building

Members of the M C A both old and new will gather at the association building Friday at 6 p.m. for a member jollification to celebrate a recent successful membership drive. A six block dinner will precede a 6:30 p.m. program featuring the Clifford Foote trio with music, readings, watercolor paintings, and original one act plays, arranged through the Western Lyceum bureau.

Clifford Foote Hich Lyceunt Bureau

Ground broken for Shriners Hospital in Minneapolis

Ground for the Shriners Hospital for crippled children in Minneapolis was to be broken at 1 p m today forty five days after site selection. Ernest Bruts imperial potentate would use a folded shovel to break ground. Zuhrah temple Minneapolis led the ceremony. Masons and farmers from across the country attended the event. Six hospitals are to be built by the Shriners next year, with the first to open in St Louis.

Shriners Minneapolis Ernest Brutts Imperial Potentate Zuhrah Temple Adt I. Louis

Water-Saturated Blocks Buckle on Fifth Street

Workmen remove large creosoted paving blocks on Fifth street between the bridge and Sycamore as melt water swelled the wood blocks two feet above the surface. Snow and rain caused bulging, with tarvia applied to ice paving lacking time to seal the rocks, leaving persistent seepage.

Fifth Street Bridge Sycamore Street

Relief Fund Campaign Pushes Individual Gifts in Waterloo

The Waterloo Relief and Employment commission reports improving support as private donations rise for aid to the jobless through winter. Several citizens including Fred Wray and J R Anders contributing, with broader avenues being pursued via the Greater Waterloo association and Waterloo Evening Courier. The employment committee meets at 11:30 pm to review progress and plan for future needs.

Waterloo Relief and Employment Commission Waterloo Fred Wray J. R. Anders J. R. ‘Bunyan H. Reuppl Searee M._Carpenter George Wey Thevaret Carrige G. Menges Mar Roy W. Winton Forbese W Newsum L. Sarvay Wilber Sifert Otto L. iRaspe Commission Greater Waterloo Association Waterloo Evening Courier C. D. Cass

Salvation Army assigns twelve men to jobs this morning

Twelve men were dispatched to work by the Salvation Army today, with one couple sent to a farm for two weeks. An employee will earn $2 a day plus board for himself and wife, milking two cows and caring for stock. Headquarters logged 23 visitors and eight calls about second hand clothing. Three overcoats and other garments were distributed. Coal requests have lessened in the warm spell. Short Coal Co donated two tons for needy families. Funds appeal total reached 3375.68 dollars. Tomorrow at noon six workers will canvass Rath Packing Co employees for contributions. A complete daily record is kept at headquarters of calls, placements, clothing, receipts, and communications.

Salvation Army Short Coal Company Army Rath Packing Company

Marriage Licenses Granted in La Forte and Waterloo

Ray E. Border of La Forte City and Bazel M. Robb of La Porte City receive marriage licenses with T. S. Slager noted in Waterloo records. Olive Goodman of Waterloo also listed. In Arctic aid news, Captain Donald B. MacMillan plans to distribute dozens of American dolls to Greenland children.

Ray E. Border la Forte City Bazel M. Robb la Porte City T. S. Slager Waterloo Olive Goodman Donald B. MacMillan Arctic Greenland

Grand Jury Probes Waterloo Vice Scandal Expands

The grand jury in Waterloo intensifies its investigation into local vice as witnesses are subpoenaed. Special Prosecutor E H McCoy receives new leads while reform supporters back the probe and public sentiment may influence a forthcoming movie election.

Wirt P. Hoxie Civil Service Board McCoy E. H. McCoy Grand Jury Waterloo Black Hawk County Aea Middlewest Grand ‘Jury

Cascarets Laxative Ad Claims Quick Night Bowels

An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a candy like laxative that cleanses the bowels overnight. It promises relief from dizzy headches colds biliousness indigestion and upset stomach and notes children love the product while stressing no harsh stimulation.

Puritanical pressure and Sunday theatre sentiment rise

The article notes anger at blue laws and Sabbath closing as Puritanical agencies in the city prepare a reaction. It mentions a forthcoming special election to gauge public opinion on Sunday theaters and predicts the crusade may intensify public sentiment and provoke further action.

Foreign Impressarios to Attend Chicago Livestock Exposition

Foreign ambassadors to the United States plan to attend the 1921 International Livestock Exposition at Union Stockyards Chicago from November 26 to December. Canadian ministers of agriculture Mexico and several South American delegates will participate, with Secretary Wallace also expected to attend to meet livestock growers and discuss economical production and quality improvement.

Union Stockyards Chicago United States Mexico Washington Wallace Jerry” Rusk Wisconsin

Cambrai Hero Heads to Colorado Sanitarium After Illness

Carl Lee of Osage, a Cambrai hero with the Distinguished Service Cross and Croix de Guerre, was removed from a train by Red Cross ambulance and taken to Ellis hospital for treatment. He resumes his journey to Pueblo Colo to enter a sanitarium. Lee, from Norway, earned high honors for singlehandedly capturing a German trench with a machine gun and 12 prisoners while with Company D, Thirteenth Division, serving with the British near Cambrai.

Carl Lee Osage Cambrai France Red Cross Ellis Hotel Ben C. Everall Veterans Bureau Lee Pueblo Colo Young Lee Co. D. Thirtieth Norway

Weather forecast and coastal uprising in 1822

Professor Hoar predicts weather from November 15 to 17 warmer then rain on the 17 to 18 with a 13 degree reading, a cold wave on the 20 to 21 bringing cold and blustery conditions and snow squalls. Meanwhile more pirates reach Davoa Mindanao driving the Barobos into the hills.

Hoar Davoa Mindanao Philippine Islands

Noose Promised for Farm Bidders

Des Moines reports Attorney General Gibson receiving details of a property foreclosure sale near Boyden Sioux County for Albert Smith. At the Orange City term Judge Hutchinson oversaw the case, the renter owed 800 dollars back rent, and the sheriff found hanging dummy effigies on barns with messages targeting bidders and foreclosures. The sale drew hundreds of spectators, with the first cow bids starting at one cent.

Bes Moines Gibson Sioux County Boyden Orange City Hutchinson Albert Smith

Outsider Bid Sparks Mob Before Auction Resumes

A bid of fifty dollars ignited a mob of a dozen or more men who attacked the bidder and others with a rope. The sheriff and deputy escorted the intended victim away. The sale resumed and the property sold for two thirds of its appraised value. Warrants issued, and several men will explain their interference with court orders and officer duties. A note adds the claim that the fastest locomotive ever was built in 1593.

Dyspepsia Nemesis and Stuart's Tablets Ad

An old advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a remedy for indigestion. It claims the tablets provide an alkaline effect, allow foods like pie and pork without distress, and promote comfort. The ad notes a box costs 60 cents and urges regular use to prevent or relieve attacks.

Stuart

Unique specimen older than diamond found in Waterloo autopsy notes

The report mentions B. 1H. Clark of Dubuque exhuming a fragment during an excavation with his sisters in Waterloo. Clark, 77, a former educator and county superintendent, owns a corundum fragment described as the hardest known substance plus a note about General Custer and abstinence. It also recounts a tasting of ice cream by Joe Jable and three sons near Uniontown Maryland, who ate 61 dishes in a first sitting with counts 15 for the boys and 16 for dat.

Clark Dubuque Waterloo Mace Waynesburg A. B. Cummins Custer Joe Jable Uniontown

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