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Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 10, 1929

Page

19

Pantages Faces More Trouble In Charges

Los Angeles October 10 The state plans further efforts to prove millionaire showman Alexander Pantages sought to coerce false testimony in the Eunice Pringle assault case. Prosecution will call three former theater employees including Tillie Russo Roy Keene and William Jobelman to attest Pantages ordered lies and witness interference. Jay Sheridan of San Diego also claims Pantages sought to procure witnesses to discredit Pringle. The defense questions Sheridan’s motives amid accusations of revenge against the district attorney’s office.

Los Angeles Cal Oct Alexander Pantages Aod Eunice Pringle Pas Baron Filts Pantages Base Tre Théatrica Miss Tillie Pringle Roy Keene Fitts Jay Sheridan San Diego Thenaire Sheridan

Husking Contest for Grundy Will Be Held Oct. 30

Grundy Center Iowa October 10 The annual county corn husking contest will take place Wednesday October 30 at the M L Johnson farm four miles southwest of here Entries will be limited to 10 with six already registered The entrants included Ben Grimmius Elka Hendricks Roy Prutsner Nevin Johnson Jo a and Leto Grimmius

Courier Grundy Center ML L. Johnson Here Ta Dzte Ben Grimmius Elka Hendricks Roy Prutsner Nevin Johnson Joa Leto Grimmius

No Job for 11 Years But Is a Father of 30

Nottingham England Oct 10 William Robinson, 61, has been unemployed since 1919. He has thirty children from two marriages, twenty four by his first wife and six by his second. He was gassed in the war and has been on the industrial disability list since discharge.

Nottingham England Willam Robinson Robinson

Palmer Dynasty May Again Rule Midwest Society

Chicago October 10 The Palmer dynasty of Mrs Potter Palmer may rule Midwest society again as Bertha Palmer, debutante last season, is poised to become social czar. Edits, leadership shifts, and a projected 25 million dollar apartment site loom as the Palmers relocate from the Lake Shore Drive mansion once central to prairie society.

Chicago Potter Palmer Midwest Bertha Palmer Switzerland BEC Edith Rockefeller McCormick Althe Louisville Yankee Palmers

Birthday honors spurned by Knut Hamsun writer

Ola October 10 The seven tieth birthday of Knut Hamsun famed Norwegian author celebrated in literary circles across Europe but he retired to a secluded spot near Oslo to avoid congratulation or interviews. The Norwegian Authors Association offered a silver loving cup which he refused to accept to remain under obligation to nobody. Hamsun's fame largely rests on Growth of the Soil, one of last year's best sellers. Grange elects today Marshalltown Iowa October 10 Election of officers will close.

Ola Knut Hamsun Europe Oslo Association of Hamsun

Clown Chosen as Best Man at Blackpool Wedding

In Blackpool England the Rev F B Freshwater and Miss Barbara M Cuthbertson wed with a clown as best man and a troupe of dancing girls as maids of honor. A dance band played as police kept the church clear and hundreds were barred from the crowded ceremony. The vicar, St Stephen’s church, also serves as local chaplain of the Actor's Church union.

Blackpool Eng F. B. Freshwater St. Stephen's Church Barbara M. Cuthbertson Freshwater Actor's Church Union

Cardinals Get More Pay in Rome

Vatican City reports that the 25 cardinals residing permanently in Rome have had their annual stipend raised to 100000 lire. This compares with a prewar stipend of 20000 gold lire, about 4000 dollars, reflecting a significant increase in compensation for the senior clergy.

Vatican City Rome

Waterloo ministers affiliate with federal council

Waterloo ministers body votes to affiliate with the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. Dr Parkes Cadman of Brooklyn’s Central Congregational Church named president. W P McCormick of Westminster Presbyterian elected president. O M Yorey to be replaced as former head. Harris and Shaffer elected to key posts. Committees to be announced.

Waterloo Minister In Federal Council of “Churches of Christ In America Parkes Cadman Gentral Congregational Church Brooklyn P. McCormick Westminster Presbyterian Church Waterloo Association 0. M. Yorey First Evangelical Church Lew G. Harris Central Christian Church J. P. Shaffer St. Paul's M. E. Church Inler

Kidney health remedy suggests Jad Salts cure

An advertisement claims backache and kidney discomfort stem from dietary acids that overwork and paralyze kidneys. It prescribes four ounces of Jad Salts daily in water before breakfast to stimulate sluggish kidneys, neutralize system acids, and relieve bladder irritation, plus drinking lots of water.

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