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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1920
Page
12
Waterloo and surrounding areas readied for the new school year as 240 teachers gather to resume classes. Cafeteria service will start opening day at east high and junior high, and the Francis Grout school in Highland will delay opening with a public date to be announced.
Two Cedar Rapids youths, Orvall A. Letts and William Pepin, claimed to be in Waterloo for restaurant work but ran out of money and tried to sell a brass ring with a glass setting to an agent and a fountain pen to a cigar store. They were arrested at 12:20 am and released after no evidence contradicted their story. A second arrest at 11:30 pm saw Clarence Clendenhan jailed for intoxication.
Thieves stole tires worth 200 from Overland salesroom in Vinton. The mayor sought bloodhounds from Waterloo but no scent matched. County board advertises bridges and culverts bids amid many applications. Elsie Davin announced engagement to P O Gunlerson of Elginia. State examiners review county books, reported in good shape. Millinery makers sought at Woods Millinery. Mrs Bankson praises Chamberlain's Tablets for indigestion and liver relief.
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female illness claiming it restores health for women deemed unfit for marriage. It touts a healthier, more intelligent family of the future and notes large use of roots and herbs in the remedy.
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