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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1914
Page
8
Tumblers peas per dozen offer special values in footwear. Women boots new toes and heels in all sizes, paired at low prices. Nurse shoes rubber soled with plain toes or tip, under one dollar. Felt slippers comfortable and durable at nine cents and ninety eight. Men’s shoes regular grades two dollars and eight cents tomorrow. Buy Halloween favors here tomorrow.
Cedar Falls society circles report Mrs Benedict visiting her daughter Mrs B F Gerkin for a week. Mr and Mrs George McCowan plan a Chicago trip with daughter Miss Bess McCowan who attends a nursing course. Miss Eudala Savage and Miss Patterson visited Kirksville teachers college and returned. Numerous local events include Halloween parties, a high school football game with Ackley, and a faculty dinner at the Seertoys with a five course turkey meal and social gathering on the campus.
Charles City high school junior class abandons asking parents for spending money. They plan a Junior Fall Labor Day with an employment bureau and a telephone to notify one of 30 students for tasks from housework to candy making.
Chief of Police Leighton ordered patrolmen to tighten enforcement at roll call, faulting officers for allowing crimes and promising a department shakeup. He cites widespread speeding by motor vehicle operators and few arrests, with several traffic violators appearing in police court. Also notes a new central high school under construction at Eleventh Street and Florida Avenue NW costing 1.2 million dollars.
An advertisement warns buyers to insist on the genuine Realinol resinol in the blue package to avoid unsafe substitutes. It claims doctors prescribe Realinol, urges purchasing only the original product from druggists, and offers a free family sample by writing to Dept. 41-R, Realinol, Baltimore, MD.
Des Moines reports Congress member S F Prouty and a small group of patriots helped head off a large raid on the U S Treasury. They thwarted a cotton loan scheme tied to a 500 million dollar cotton purchase plan and a later 225 million loan idea, keeping quorum rules and filibustering to defeat the measures.
A vintage health ad promotes Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets as a liver and bowel tonic. It claims inactivity of bowels and liver causes sickness and dark rings, pimples, and dull eyes. The olive colored tablets are sold by JAN druggists for 1¢ or 25¢ per box through The Olive Tablet Company in Columbus, Ohio.
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