Campaign to raise funds for European children begins
A national drive plans to raise 33 million dollars to aid starving European children. The effort is directed by Herbert Hoover with cooperation from the American Relief Administration and several allied organizations. The Red Cross notes recent aid including shoes for Poland and relief for Greek refugees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Herbert C. Hoover
Lafe Young
Des Moines
Iowa
American Relief Administration
American Friends Service Committee
Knights of Columbus. Y. M
Federated Council of the Churches of Christ
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Peace Times
H. B. Crowper
Waterloo
Poland
Montenegro
Budapest
Dalmatia
Weights Must Be Correctly Shown in Sale of Food
City inspector C. W. Strickler leads a campaign against short weights and misrepresented measures in food sales. Reports detail a peddler sold 45 pounds of potatoes per bushel and a butcher charged for 22 pounds of pork roast while customers ordered three pounds. Strickler urges public cooperation and enforcement, noting marked packaging requirements for apples and other produce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Strickler
Strickler
County funds drained. warrants marked unpaid for lack of funds
Warrants drawn on three county funds are stamped not paid for want of funds by county treasurer W. J. Bur bank. Bridge warrants incur 5 percent interest until paid. Road fund, insane fund, and county fund show varied balances with salary warrants promised to be met through January. Insane fund near five thousand dollars in the red due to patient care costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Burbank
Independence
Anna Mathias Faces Liquor Nuisance Trial
Anna Mathias, colored, stands trial in Judge G W Wood's division on a liquor nuisance charge. The state alleges sale and liquor seizure during an officers’ search of 108 Linn Street last August. Defense counsel is C J Rudolph. prosecution by E J Wenner and Hal H Mosier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Mathias
G. W. Wood
District Court
Linn Street
C. J. Rudolph
E. J. Wenner
Hal H. Mosier
Legion Members Emphasize Need for Waterloo Clubrooms
Becker-Chapman post of the American Legion plans final clubroom arrangements at a Friday 7:30 p.m. meeting in Memorial hall with Waterloo business men and Greater Waterloo Association. J. N. Jacobsen states the goal is to show city officials the necessity of Legion clubrooms to keep veterans united and aligns with efforts seen in nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becker-Chapman Post
American Legion
Waterloo
Memorial Hall
J. N. Jacobsen
Greater Waterloo Association
Mr. Jacobsen
Colored Attorney Files Suit Over Restaurant Refusal
I S A graduate Mitton F Fields, a young colored attorney born in St. Louis and raised in Iowa, sues a restaurant for denying him refreshments. He earned a University of Iowa law degree in 1918, served 14 months overseas, studied at Inner Temple in London for five months, and now practices law locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitton
F. Fields
Mr. Field
St.Louis
Iowa
Law School
University of Iowa
Infantry
France
England
Fields
Inner Temple
Inns of Court
London
Council of Legal Education
Blake Odgers
Iowa Seeks 6000 Huskers for Corn Harvest
An announcement by A. L. Crick state labor commissioner calls for 6000 men to husk Iowa corn. A compiled table lists county by county needs and pay, with Webster County needing 485 workers and Calhoun 379, while Black Hawk shows only 15 huskers.
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A. L
Iown
Hudson youths join U S Army in Waterloo
James L. Gibson Grant B. Smith and Rodney A Baldwin all of Hudson Ia left Waterloo for Des Moines to take final exams for entrance to the Sixteenth field artillery Fourth division at Camp Lewis Wash They enlisted at the Waterloo recruiting office This brings to 20 the number of men received into the army from the local office in the past month Lieut Col H F Sykes recruiting officer Des Moines will arrive in Waterloo tonight on an inspection tour of state stations and depart for Cedar Rapids tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Gibson
Grant B. Smith
Rodney A Baldwin
Hudson
Waterloo
Des Moines
Sixteenth Field Artilery
Camp Lewis
Wash
H. F. Sykes
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo Players Return From Ames Mini Tour
Waterloo Players who staged several one act plays to open the Little Theatre season in Ames returned Sunday. All but Mrs J Ridenour who remained in Des Moines for a day. In Ames they were hosted at lunch with guests Mrs B Wilson Schmidt and Mrs Galen Tilden in attendance.
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Waterloo Players
Little Theatre
Ames
J. @. Ridenour
Des Moines
B. Wilson Schmidt
State Federation of Music Clubs
Galen Tilden
Iowa Federation of Woman's Clubs
Radium Pad Promises Health Amid Radio-Active Claims
An advertisement promotes a Radium Appliance Co. device worn as a radio active solar pad to treat numerous ailments. It claims continuous radio activity improves circulation, removes impurities, and restores tissues, offering trial at low cost with risk free promise. Based in Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Degnen
Radium Appliance Co
Bradisbury Bidg
Los Angeles
Calif
City Firemen Eyes Group Life Insurance Plan
City firemen plan $1 000 group life insurance for about 300 men and possibly as many policemen. The program, unanimous at a fire fighters union meeting, costs $1.16 per month per thousand and requires city approval but no city obligation to pay premiums. All city employees are eligible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Association of Fire Fighters
Bremen
Substituted Articles Filed for Greater Waterloo Association
Substituted articles of incorporation filed today by C. V. Simmons president and E. F. McDonough secretary establish a 50 year corporate life for the Greater Waterloo Association with a 20 member board. The object is to promote civic and community interests encourage commerce and industry and to acquire and disseminate industrial and scientific statistics and information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Waterloo Association
C. V. Simmons
E. F. McDonough
Navy Reserve Cruise Offered to United States Reservists
An order from W. A. Inemes invites a limited number of Navy Reserve personnel in the district to join the Atlantic Fleet cruise to southern waters aboard the U S ship Delaware. Departuring Boston January 2 1921 the voyage lasts four months with expenses paid after enrollment and regular pay. Three recruits were enlisted locally Walter McClain Frank Burgess and Frank Kantener.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
W. A. iNemes
U. S
Delaware
Boston
Mass
Maddog scare ends with dog gone in garage report
A mad dog scare sent two armed officers to 421 Home Park Boulevard yesterday evening. Dr. R E Russell relay reported a raving animal in his garage blocking an exit. Officers found the dog had escaped by the time they reached the scene and filed the official note: Dog gone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Park Boulevard
R. E. Russell
Births and Marriages Reported for November
During November, 79 births were reported to the clerk of courts and 61 marriage licenses were issued for the month from that office. No death data available here as undertakers report directly to Des Moines vital statistics registrar.
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Registrar of Vital Statistics
Des Moines
Standard 611 employee to gain company shares after January
The 25,000 employee of the Standard 611 company of Indiana may become a shareholder with company aid after Jan. 1. W. H. Stewart, chairman of directors, announced. In Buzzards Bay Charles Garland renounced a one million dollar legacy from James And Boston, claiming moral rights were denied by a system that starves thousands. Paris reports the Academy of Science awarded Janssen medal to physicist William W. Coblentz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Standard 611
Indiana
W. H. Stewart
Buzzards Bay
Mass
Charles Garland
James
Boston
Christ
Paris
Academy of Science
William W. Coblentz
Homemade Pinex Syrup Cures Coughs Fast At Home
A simple home made cough syrup combines 24 ounces Pinex with a pint of sugar syrup honey molasses or corn syrup to create a potent remedy said to relieve coughs quickly. The ad claims it treats bronchitis croup hoarseness and asthma better than store bought formulas and promises satisfaction or refund.
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Pinex Co
T. Wayne, Ind
Disclosures of Massacres Reported by Canadian Observer
A signed AP statement from a Canadian observer in Manchuria alleges massacres by Japanese troops in Chien Tao. The report discusses investigations into earth and star ray discoveries and notes advertising as always news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
States Bureau of Standards
J Tokio
Manchuria
Associated Press
Chien Tao
Pearls and health claim tied to skin color habit
A fragment describes pearls causing a sick yellow skin tone as outward signs of illness and suggests prevention by wearing pearls next to the skin. The note attributes the claim to experts and frames pearls as a protective measure against illness.
Advertisements Bring World Goods To Your Door
The text extols advertisements as a precise index of what people buy sell wear eat and do It urges readers to form a habit of reading ads regularly to learn how the world is accomplishing things and by whom It frames ads as a broad guide to opportunities and choices across society.
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Quccor European Childlife
the Courier
Legion
Suing Restaurant
U. S. Army
Radium
City Firemen
Greater Waterloo Ass
Navy
Grace Ament Messer
Charles Wiskow
Rosity
Roya Cook Book
Royal Educational Department
Man
Royal Bardig Powder
Fulton Stroet
New York City
Jersey
Shifsgard
W. S. Bakery
Sinnard
West Pinkerton
Star Grocery
Rath Payne & Reynolds
Sunnyside
Town Dairy
Laura Williams
Atlas Grocery
Krank Sproi Stoner & Axtell
Boston Cash Market
E Grocery
Athenas Grocery
C. Malven Homerdins
J. H. Siegel Quality Grocery
Kautauqua
Park Road
Button Ave
Samberg Ely Webster Grocery
Bridge Street
Pint
Jiffy Dessert Co
Waukesha, Wis
Toby Hobson
Cambridge
Hobson
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