Meetings Planned to Improve Iowa Secondary Roads
A Waterloo conference on November 24 will gather state officials and county representatives to draft a secondary highway bill. The commission seeks suggestions to supplement the primary road program funded by a $100,000,000 bond issue, aiming to simplify township road control and fund construction and maintenance across Iowa.
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Iowa
Waterloo
Louis H. Cook
General Assembly
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Commission
Burlington
Ottumwa
Creston
Mason City
Boards of Supervisors
Cook
State Highway Commission
County ‘Boards of Supervisors
Illinois Prisoner To Be Questioned On Iowa Burglaries
Geneseo and New Hampton report Claude W. Howard 22 of New Hampton as admitting burglaries in several houses and possibly tied to local crimes. Sheriff Clarence Upham travels to Geneseo to question him as officers note a string of similar burglaries across nearby counties with no clear clues yet. A pigeon show in Armes opens featuring 700 birds including racing homers led by Julius J. Klepke of Eldora.
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Courier Special Service
New Hampton
Clarence ‘Upham
Geneseo
Claude W. Howard
Howard
Armes
U.9
Iowa
Julius J. Klepke
Eldora
Fanciers’ Association
Leper Who Scared Officials Is Returned Home
John Early known as Old John, a leper who repeatedly escaped federal custody, has been rested and sent home to North Carolina. Health officials say his disease is halted and he is free to live in the mountains, ending years of chase from detention farms and hiding in various locations.
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Washington D. C
INS
Old John" Early
North Carolina
Old John
U. S. Pubiic Health Service
Early
Carrville
Washington
Tryton
N. C
John Bell 97 Dies at Dewar Farm Home
John Bell, 97, died at 10:25 a m at his farm home near Dewar from age related complications. Survived by three sons John E. Bell Fred Bell and Thomas Bell at home, three grandchildren and one great grandchild. Wife Sarah Lintner died 1927 and son William H. Bell died 1926. Born July 3 1831 in the east, he moved to Iowa early and lived there ever since.
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John Bell
Dewar
John E. Bell
Mulberry Street
Telfred Bell
Chicago
Thomas Bell
Sarah Lintner
William H. Bell
Mr. Bell
East
Iowa
East High Nativity Pageant by Music Groups
East High and Junior High musical groups will stage The Nativity Christmas pageant this year under Miss Grace Ullemeyer supervision. The exact date is pending, likely Sunday afternoon December 23. Boys and girls glee clubs and the combined orchestras will perform with no admission fee and past crowds may exceed seating capacity at the East High auditorium.
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Grace Ullemeyer
East’ High
Waterloo Man Advancing in Motion Picture Work
Ames Ia Nov 19 Robert L Stilson formerly of Waterloo is now in motion picture work at Long Beach Cal He graduated from Iowa State college last summer in agricultural economics and was active in dramatics while in school serving on the production staff of Simeon The First Year and The Romantic Young Lady His honors included Kappa Sigma National Collegiate Players and Alpha Zeta membership.
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Courier Special Service
Ames
Robert L. Stilson
Waterloo
Long Beach
Cal
Iowa State College
Simeon
Kappa Sigma
National Collegiate Players
Honorary Dramatic Society
Alpha Zeta
Clarksville Youth Dies in Illinois Accident
Forrest Rambo 19 of Clarksville Ia killed in a crash at Forrest Illinois while en route to Kentucky. Brother in law Loren Lee severely injured. Rambo's parents and Lee's family await updates as Illinois authorities investigate.
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Courier
Clarksville
Forrest Rambo
Kentucky
Forrest
J. V. Rambo
Rambo
Loren Lee
Louisville
Charles City
Lee
Tlinois
Waterloo Student Forester Leads Iowa State Orchestra
Ames Iowa Nov 19 Carl Moessner from Waterloo returns to Iowa State College for his junior forestry year. He plays trombone in the Concert Band and the Iowa State College Trumpeters and directs church orchestras. He summered in Hayden Lake Idaho forestry camp and mapped in Michigan. After graduation he plans government forestry work and music.
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Courier Special Service
Ames
Carl Moessner
C. A. Moessner
Black Hawk Road
Waterloo
Iowa State College
Moessner
Forestry Department
Iowa State Collge
Collegiate Methodist Church
First Baptist Church
Hayden Lake
Idaho
Michigan
Government Forestry Service
Chicago
INS
Williams
Arthur Prezenda
Arthur
Boy dies in hunting accident near Story City
Lemund Pevestors aged 17 died in Story City Iowa after being shot by his own gun during a hunting incident Saturday. He tried to use the firearm as a club to break up a fight between dogs, authorities reported.
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Story City
Lemund Pevestors
Pevestors
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Advertised Cure
A reader from Lindside West Virginia praises Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, saying it cured a severe racking cough after other medicines failed. The testimonial notes rapid relief after about half a bottle and states the product is sold everywhere.
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A. H. McDaniel
Lindside
W. Va
Foley
President Coolidge Lauds Dictionary of American Biography
President Coolidge sent a letter praising the Dictionary of American Biography as a vital project. The dinner at the Hotel Roosevelt marked the first volume’s publication, with Adolph S. Ochs of the New York Times applauded for underwriting the work.
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President Coolidge
Dictionary of American Biography
New York
Hotel Roosevelt
Coolidge
American Council of Learned Societies
Joseph P. Chamberlain
Adolph Ss. Ochs
Ochs
New York Times
Finance firm intervener in seizure of liquor car case
Charles M. Drew doing business as Local Finance Company filed a petition as intervener in Iowa state action to confiscate a Studebaker touring car 1925 model seized October 5 at the Dairy Cattle Congress grounds with liquor. The intervener claims $320.87 remains due under the conditional sales contract. Officers could not locate current possession. intervener says no knowledge the car was used illegally.
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Charles M. Drew
Minneapolis
Iowa
Studebaker
Edna J. Conway
Dairy Cattle Congress
Lquor
Intervener
Snow Renewed Snowbound Waterloo Struck by Fresh Flurries
Brisk snow flurries fell over Waterloo and surrounding area as a new blizzard followed a weekend storm. About 100 telephone circuits were down in the city, but repairs restored service by morning. Wires and poles suffered heavy damage from the wet snow, with over a thousand poles reported down in Iowa. Railroads faced delays but tracked service resumed. four auto collisions were reported to police.
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Waterloo
Iowa
A. J. Weigel
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Jesup
Independence
Western Union
Chicago
Great Western Railways
Oclwein
Pimples and blotches vanish with D D D antiseptic
An advertisement promotes Dr Dennis' D D D antiseptic liquid claiming to clear pimples eczema rashes and blemishes. It promises quick relief from itching with a 35 cent bottle and money back guarantee available at drug stores or D D D Laboratory Batavia Illinois.
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Dennis
D.D.D. Laboratory
Batavia
Illinois
Women Suffer Backache and Leg Pains Seek Quick Relief
Advertises Cystex as a non narcotic remedy for backache leg pains bladder weakness and kidney function issues. Claims 48 hour test and money back guarantee with safe ingredients listed. Priced at 60 cents and sold by large drug stores promising fast relief and improved sleep and energy.
Increase Your Weight 5 Pounds in 30 Days
Advert reads McCoy's Tablets promise to add at least five pounds in 30 days with an ironclad guarantee. It cites a thin woman who gained 10 pounds in 22 days and offers refunds if the target is not met after four sixty cent boxes or two one dollar boxes. Distributed by Mc Coy's Laboratories via Robert Drug Co and C. J. Miller.
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McCoy
McCoy's
Robert Drug Co
C. J. Miller
McCoy’s Laboratories, Inc
Hawthorne Pupils Fund Juvenile Magazine Subscriptions
Hawthorne school pupils saved their pennies during Good Book week and turned over 7.61 dollars to Malerkeo public library to buy subscriptions to juvenile magazines for the children at the state juvenile home in Toledo Ohio. The campaign supports reading for the youngsters in the Toledo area.
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Hawthorne School
Malerkeo Public Library
Toledo
Waterloo residents donate five new books to library drive
Five brand new books were donated by Waterloo citizens over the weekend. Those wishing to give books for home use are asked to notify the library.
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Mise Theresa Feyereisen
Hibararian
Waterloo
Bus and car collision injures twenty two near Paw Paw
A Chicago Detroit bus and an automobile collided about twenty miles east of Paw Paw Michigan injuring twenty two people seven seriously yesterday.
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Kalamazoo, Mich
Chicago-Detroit
Paw Paw Yesters
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