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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1927
Page
6
Charles C. MacKay city clerk urged official publication of pheasant season dates in county papers to reduce confusion. He noted nine day season reported by game warden offices conflicts with new three day dates, causing hunters to misread opening days across counties. Black Hawk county three day opening: Friday Oct 21 through Saturday Oct 22 and Saturday Oct 29.
Oskaloosa, Oct. 18. Leland Larson, 25, died after a rifle discharged while he was removing a cartridge from the weapon. He was rushed to Mercy Hospital but died from a wound near the heart. The accident occurred during a squirrel hunting trip.
Miss Helen McDowell has been appointed fifth grade teacher at Washington School to succeed Miss Ethel Howard. Howard, a graduate of Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls, with additional education work at the University of Iowa, resigns. McDowell comes here from Hampton.
In the office of County Superintendent A E B Jewett Brown explained that the association supervises school baseball basketball football track meets and other athletic contests of a competitive nature. Any disputes are settled by a board of control. Wives of members were guests of the evening. Prior to the program at the courthouse a dinner was enjoyed at Black's tearconi.
An old fashioned home remedy advertisement touts Pinex cough syrup as the most dependable cure for bronchitis hoarseness and winter coughs. It claims rapid relief within 24 hours and offers a one pint family supply with honey as an alternative. The ad notes the product contains genuine Norway pine extract and guaiacol and promises money back satisfaction.
Nearly 4,000 essays were submitted for a fire prevention contest sponsored by the Greater Waterloo association and the Waterloo Insurance association. Ninety-one essays were selected for prize competition. Final judging by a six-member committee will finish this week with $40 in two equal prizes for East and West school pupils. Participating schools include St Marys, Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran, Emerson, John Fiske, Hawthorne, Roosevelt, Alcott, Lafayette, Lincoln, Whitier, Kingsley, Sloane Wallace, West Junior High, Grant, Washington, Central and McKinley. Half of the 2,000 home inspection blanks distributed have been returned.
Ten scholarships for Iowa State College at Ames were awarded by the Illinois Central company to farmer boys showing interest in scientific agriculture. Recipients named in a bulletin today include Quentin Jordan O'Brien county Soren Pederson Buena Vista James Edgar Heath Woodbury Arthur W Chaulant Webster Keith Doolittle Hamilton Ralph W Patten Buchanan C Clifford Brady Dubuque Oscar Nelson Monona Clarence Powell Crawford and John W Ingels Linn. No applications from Black Hawk.
Two mint venders equipped with so called amusement devices were seized after a raid by state agents at 1310 Sycamore Street and Waterloo pool hall. The court ordered forfeiture and destruction by Judge George J. Sager. Officers found $1.10 in nickels and several dollars in checks.
This notice advertises a stove sale offering every type of heater and range at significant savings, inviting customers to settle winter heating problems economically.
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