Poll tax disputes prompt street labor payments in Waterloo
In Waterloo unemployment drives poll tax payments back to street work at 1.25 dollars per day while some seek to satisfy city claims by labor. The city clerk reports about 4,500 notices issued. second notices warn penalties after November 1. About 1,500 men aged 21 to 45 are yet to settle with the store, 900 of whom have received second notices. A new cash-only poll tax law, enacted by the last general assembly, does not apply to this year’s collection as it took effect July 4.
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Wat ‘Erloo
Clork
General Assembly
Boys' Bible Classes Start Promising At Y M C A
First of the boys bible study classes held at the Y M C A Monday and Tuesday evenings. A bean supper was served by the mothers' committee. Forty five boys attended last night and twenty Monday night. The sessions coincide with the gym class eliminating extra trips to the building. Two Halloween social committees met to plan the event with refreshments and original ideas promised for the next Tuesday night sociable.
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Hallowe'en Sociable
Furnished Father of Seven Needy Children Seeks Work
Five men were sent to jobs by the Army today after a Salvation Army worker found a destitute father of seven. The mother described eating only dry crusts until a farm job near Waterloo provided relief. The family’s condition has improved with prompt aid after a year without work. Prayer meeting for the second district at First Brethren evangelistic today at 10 am at Mrs. Cora Clough’s home.
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Moymer
Salvation Army
Waterloo
First Brethren Evangelistic
Carn ‘Aign
Cora Clough
Trant Avenue
Yorktown Victory Anniversary Remembered in American History
The piece recalls the Yorktown victory of October 19, 1781 and its central role in securing American independence. It contrasts U S celebration norms with British reactions and notes Washingtons surrender of Cornwallis and the allied French forces at Yorktown.
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Yorktown
France
America
Washington,d. C
Washington
Lord Cornwallis
Lafayette
von Steuben
Lincoln
Count Rochambeau
Gount de Grasse
Berty
Democracy
Great Britain
London
George
House of Commons
California Fig Syrup Ad Claims Safe Child Laxative
A vintage advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a mild liver and bowel cleanser for sick or listless children. It promises rapid relief from constipation with a tasty, fruity flavor and urges mothers to ask druggists for genuine bottles labeled California Fig Syrup.
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California
The Invisible Fear at Palace Theatre
Estelle Evans, former Iowa and Waterloo resident and long-time public school teacher, appears in The Invisible Fear now playing at the Palace Theatre. Evans, once a skeptic of film, now stars in major productions and shares top billing with Anita Stewart. The Garden Theatre continues Quo Vadis, a highly successful and unusual motion picture attracting church leaders and gospel ministers among its patrons.
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Iowa
Waterloo
Anita
Garden Theatre
Gahrden Theatre
Strand Theatre Ends Week With Multiple Screenings
The Strand presents an eclectic program headlined by Miles Minter in Her Winning Way Clyde Cook stars in The Toreador and Soviet Russia In Pathe News Organist J A Webb performs Remember the Home The program also features Copies of the Day and Tomorrow Winds Hawley from The Affairs of Anatol plus Ler Face Valve and a new Roulart release at Bard's Waterloo theatre Bert Smith's Haytime Wonders offer Are You An EXE a George M Cohan farce comedy to close the showcase.
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Miles Minter
Clyde Cook
Russia
Pathe News
J. A. Webb
Hawley
Bard's Waterloo
Bert Smith
George M. Cohan
The Last Door and Crystal Theatre Showings
The Waterloo Theatre features a clean comedy about a son-in-law facing a visit from his father-in-law in a farce filled with mistaken alibis and family hijinks. The Crystal presents Eugene OBrien in The Magnet, hailed as his career highlight, plus Norton and Kane as Crystal De Luxe entertainers. Ince's Mother O’ Mins opens Friday for three days as a sequel to The Old Nest.
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Elka
Inslaw
Eli
Tate
Aries
Kix
O'Brien
Norton
Kane
Crystal Theatre
Ten Day Pepsodent Teeth Cleaning Test
A promotional coupon invites a ten day test of a new teeth cleaning method marketed as fighting dental film. It argues old brushing fails, cites benefits of Pepsodent toothpaste and offers a free tube from a druggist. It explains how Pepsodent increases saliva flow and neutralizes acids to protect teeth.
Pepsodent Promises New Era in Teeth Cleaning
An advertising pitch claims an ideal diet and Pepsodent daily use deliver five great benefits not found in old methods. It targets smokers and children, notes film and starch staining, and asserts quick, visible whitening. Readers are urged to send a D-Day Tube coupon to try the toothpaste.
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