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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1925
Page
5
Minnesota Governor Theodore Christianson told the National Conference that government expenditures have surged from 1913 to 1923 with total taxes reaching over seven and a half billion dollars. He blamed weak executive power in states where governors cannot force retrenchment after budgets pass.
Gov Chris tanson lists payroll overloads and political hiring as factors driving high taxes. He cites a vast bureaucracy with 2.7 million public workers and 0.7 million pensioners plus a peacetime army of 3.4 million officials. The annual cost is 8.8 billion dollars, about half of total nationwide taxes.
New York October 27 The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations adopted a resolution condemning immodesty in dress especially among women at synagogues. The Catholic Church stance against scantily clad women entering churches was praised. Other resolutions criticized abuse of sacramental wine privileges and urged immigration law amendments to admit minors orphans and aged parents supported by relatives here.
In Ta., the first court history here grants alimony in a divorce. HL Hale was ordered to pay his wife $1,250 alimony after the divorce proceedings.
More than 300 bankers from Cerro Gordo and six surrounding counties gather in Mason City for a conference under the Top State Bankers' Association. Local clearing house hosts a noon luncheon for visitors.
A blaze at August Widdel farm near St Franeighas hospital totaled two structures and 200 chickens and 156 bushels of corn. Firemen battled flames at 11 50 am and saved other buildings while insu rance coverage is noted.
An advertisement claims dissolving dandruff with four ounces of plain liquid uren applied at night will remove all flakes by morning with repeated use. It promises relief from itching and shinier hair, and notes liquid arvon is available at drug stores for this four ounce supply.
Firefighters responded to a blaze at the Superior Drauss foundry on West Eleventh Street at 6 20 p m caused by defective wiring. The blaze damaged part of the floor and the east wall of the frame building with estimated losses around 71 dollars and a note urging insurance.
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a tonic for the weak and rundown. It claims the product restored strength and health, urging readers to obtain tablets or liquid from a local drugstore and to seek free medical advice from Dr. Pierce in Buffalo, New York.
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