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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1914
Page
11
A stray kitten named Tim discovers a safe place under steps and a cook who feeds him milk and mice. He learns purring, enjoys a warm bed, and is kept by the household after proving his skill at catching mice. The narrative blends Tim’s street survival with a hopeful domestic turn.
In Des Moines discussions start on pledging lawmakers for a state appropriation to the San Francisco exhibition building nearing completion. Last session rejected the plan due to management issues and missteps. Expectation is a two thirds vote will pass next time with improved presentation and a $100000 request. Ralph Bolton to handle legislative efforts during the session. Also reports on bread packaging questions raised by the attorney general and state dairy commissioner.
Des Moines reports that Mulet petitions of consent will be circulated for signatures in seven Iowa counties within weeks. The Iowa Anti-Saloon League organizes to resist renewal petitions for saloon operation in Clay Bremer Chickasaw Jackson Clinton Crawford and Clayton counties. League canvassers will check petitions for legal sufficiency.
Ames on November 21 Henry Witkingon aged longtime head janitor at Iowa State College was killed when the auto truck he was driving overturned and ran over him. A well known campus figure to thousands of alumni and students.
Mr and Mrs Fred Gravey and Iona August and George of Lake Surick TIL attended Fred Wittkon's funeral in Tripoli and returned home last Friday. Mr and Mrs Peter Mahlstead are the parents of a girl born Nov 11. Chas Guhiow and Wm Mahlstead.
Mt Auburn Iowa area notes visits from Cedar Rapids Vinton and other towns. Obituary reports Thelma Bower died at age 10 from spinal meningitis near Mt Auburn. She was born Oct 7 1904 near Watkins and died Nov 13 1914, survived by parents three sisters a brother and grandparents.
A Mrs Josis Han of Shamrock Missouri reports severe health decline including backaches and nervous spells before using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier. She claims restored energy sleep appetite and relief from pains and fears, noting happier home life and renewed strength. She invites readers to seek confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 p m from Christies church, conducted by Rev Fisher. Interment was in Mt Auburn cemetery.
In Aplington Friday afternoon pupils held a basketball game followed by supper at the town hall to raise funds for the playground. A Baptist church Ladies Mutual Benefit sale and supper is set for Thanksgiving Day at the town hall. Schildkret's Hungarian orchestra will perform Friday evening. About 80 percent of local corn is in the crib as pneumonia cases recover. Geo Van Gerpen and family returned to Harteburg as Geo recovers. the LC stockyards along the route are being disinfected and whitewashed to curb hog cholera.
Real estate transfers filed by Black Hawk County Abstract Co include Berend to Katherine Berend in Riverview Add Waterloo for $1.00 and Ralph Berteh to Mary Berteh with multiple lots in Hillside and Bickler additions, also for $1.00. Lewis H. Lines to Ralph Storm covers Rainbow's plat of Bickler's add vacated in Waterloo for $1.00.
The advertisement touts 8.8.8 as a vegetable blood purifier that acts in three minutes, cleansing impurities from blood and skin. It claims to aid joints glands and mucous surfaces, stimulate digestion and circulation, and rapidly form new tissue for healthier skin. Free advice and a product bottle offered by Swift Specific Co in Atlanta.
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