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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1917
Page
5
The article argues liberty bonds act as cash and bank security, urging citizens not to expect quick resale. It explains banks use bonds to back loans, and government aims to place bonds among common people, with markets existing in big cities and specialty firms. It compares bonds to grain markets to illustrate possible short-term gluts.
Photoplay programs at Waterloo first class theatres rise five cents after Nov. 1. Government taxes push admission up and force theatre operators to choose between higher prices or closing. One cent tax on every 1 cent ticket, two cents on 15 cent tickets. Additional per foot taxes hit raw and finished film, boosting production costs. Waterloo programs of 6000 to 8000 feet face sizable tax impact and about 50 percent rise in picture prices.
Mount Vernon township location of the county home and hospital for the incurable insane reports a potato harvest of between 800 and 900 bushels. Steward Glen Mor rig notes the crop reduces county purchasing needs and could bring about $1,200 if sold. Also, nearly 100 bushels of onions were produced on a small tract for home and hospital use.
Miss Georgian Quigley of Des Moines will head the Iowa Rebekah Assembly as sole nominee at the state session and be installed in December. She succeeds Mrs. Effie Graham. Other officers named include Margaret Schecter Marshalltown vice president Prudence Warner Moulton Emma Miller Cherokee Nannie Buckley Menlo Nellie Russell Newton Elizabeth Matheny Keokuk Annie Anagst Davenport Effie Hicks Elwood Hattie Hiatt Webster City Dora Kling Sioux City Mary Pierre Dubuque Arminta Kelly Newton. Effie Graham elected advisory board member.
A rapid remedy ad touts Pape's Diapepsia for indigestion gas and upset stomach. It claims fast relief from acidity, dyspepsia, and gastritis, promotes neutralizing excess acid, and urges keeping a large fifty cent case at home for instant aid.
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