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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1919
Page
11
Ottumwa schedules street cars, electric light and power service will be curtailed and steam reduced to conserve the week’s supply. Ottumwa Railway and Light Co. and smaller towns in the county cut schedules. Comfield and a nearby town have followed suit with reduced services.
A wrestling recount shows Beau trailing after a 19 minute Jackknife hold, then mounting a comeback to win the next fall in five minutes with a scissors hold and the final fall in 17 minutes using the same hold.
An advertisement touts Pyramid Pile Treatment for itching bleeding and protruding piles. It urges readers to send for a free trial or visit a druggist for a 60 cent box and to fill out a coupon.
The aluminum containers for registration cards arrived from the Secretary of State but no cards. county treasurer W. J. Urbank says registrations cannot begin. First shipment included one container. 5,100 more arriving soon. The treasurer’s office has plates and application blanks but awaits registration cards.
Tony Bucklin, former Waterloo Postal Telegraph manager now with Milwaukee railroad at Bozburg Wash, writes to QO. H. Weeneny about two years in France with the American Expeditionary Forces. He came home as captain after starting as a lieutenant and earned honorable mention in orders on three occasions for gallantry. Bucklin learned telegraphy under Sweeney while acting as Postal Telegraph manager. Ottumwa wrestles Alex Ban wins two of three falls over Roy Woffer of Minneapolis.
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