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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1929
Page
18
Delegates at the state Red Cross convention in Des Moines report many veterans require hospitalization each year. Government hospitals are expanding, yet demand outpaces capacity with a peak expected around 1947. A new unit at Knoxville will add hundreds of beds, but waits remain long. The Veterans Bureau mails hundreds of men to contract hospitals.
Nurses from Presbyterian hospital traveled back to Waterloo today after attending the twenty-fifth annual Iowa State Nurses association convention in Marshalltown and visiting the Tama Indian Tubercular hospital. Attendees included Miss Margaret Mastain and several staff, with 412 people at the Marshalltown banquet. Also reported, Frank Mahnke was arrested on a wife desertion warrant, accused of leaving his wife and five children destitute.
Louisville girl Lenor Mayes wrote to Becker-Chapman post during the national American Legion convention parade in Louisville Kentucky asking for an ear of corn from Iowa’s tall corn state. She enclosed a quarter, and the post responded with a jar of corn, ending the tale of a lonesome Louisville friend.
Matt Haag purchased the McManus residence on Hidera street from Hudson Lumber Co. He will take possession in December. The report notes no announced consideration. Also, Boris Hermansen harvested corn from a 13 acre field, averaging 60 to 60 bushels, and reserved cattle from Texas and Minnesota for feeding nearby.
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