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Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 28, 1926

Page

12

No Aysteria In Dry Law Birth Days Mars

Mason City Iowa Oct 28 Opponents of prohibition who declare adoption of the dry laws was accomplished during a hysteria following the war Mrs Ida Br Smith state president told delegates to the annual convention of temperance workers here last night. She recalled the movement started in 1808 state laws 1851 1876 and the national constitutional amendment in 1917. She praised eightieth amendment support and noted benefits and causes of enforcement failures due to politics and appointive power.

Mason City Women’s Christ Temperance Union Ida BR. Smith Temperance Workers

Halloween Party At Y M C A For Boys

Ghosts prowl at the Y M C A tonight for the annual Halloween party for the boys division. The event starts at 7 30 with tickets costing five cents each. Plans for a first winter camp at Morris Isle are set for December 27 to 31 using Cedar Lodge for sleeping quarters and mess hall with twenty five steel spring cots and mattresses.

Morris Isle Cedar Lodge

Lodge Sign-Up Opens First 25 Fellows for Camp Win

Paul Foot Smith, Iowa football star and former Y camp leader, alongside Don M. Gary, will return for the camp win. The Craft club of the boys division orders its year start Monday night with Milton Feleing guiding. Members will work on Christmas gifts. In Fairfield Indiana, Charles Evan Patten, 72, was killed Oct 28 stepping in front of a Rock Island passenger train.

Paul “Foot Smith Iowa Don M. Gary Milton Feleing Fairfield Charles Evan Patten

California Fig Syrup Adverts For Child Laxative Use

A vintage advertisement promotes California Fig Syrup as a gentle laxative for sick or constipated children and adults. It claims to cleanse the liver and bowels, ease feverish symptoms, and restore playfulness, warning to avoid counterfeit syrups and to ensure the product is made by the California Fig Syrup Company.

California California Fig Syrup Company

S S S the World's Best Blood Medicine for Skin Health

An advertisement extols S. S. S as a century old blood purifier and skin remedy. It claims skin disorders stem from impure blood, promises clearer complexions, firmer flesh, and restored vitality. The copy urges women to start treatment now and notes S. S. S is available in larger size bottles at drug stores.

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Aysteria Dry Law Mars Smith Hallowe'en Ness W.stst Russell "Lamson BuRcHs Fourth St Bolivia Rayon Misses Bay
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