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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1929
Page
10
Waterloo's August end cash balance stood at 311 922.84 with total indebtedness deferring from 3 302.88 to 1 568.19 in operating funds. Monthly changes show $23 193.13 cash decrease, $2 808.43 debt increase as taxation money remains unrealized.
Matt N Parrott son of Mrs Anna Parrott 415 Second Street East Des Moines recent graduate of the Hohen schuh Garpenter College of Embalming joined the faculty with the fall term opening He will teach the principles and practice of embalming directing class management and student work in post mortems and practical embalm ing After graduation he did special work at the Collier School of Embalming in New York
Doris Tanner seventeen of Shell Rock is in Sartori hospital in danger after an automobile her family rode in was struck by a Rock Island train at Third and Town crossing. She has a perforated lung and four broken ribs. brother Richard three and mother Mrs Walter Tanner plus Genevieve seven were bruised but not seriously hurt. Car wreck occurred just before the train, the auto drivers not seen by the crew. Thief took a pocketbook from another car at Waterloo plant parking, as two unidentified men near the car were spotted by witnesses.
A field report presents a police voice promoting Nujol as a health aid. The Medical Chief states it is not medicine, but a natural substance aiding regular function and poison removal. The ad urges readers to start Nujol today, available at drugstores in sealed packages.
The 1929 edition of Scout Weeks at Camp Ingawants reports a record 610 scout weeks, up 110 from 1928. District centers including New Hampton Grundy Center Decorah and Waterloo contributed to the total with Journey totals and merit badge statistics. The period Aug 5 to Aug 5 saw 88 merit badges awarded as the week of July 15 produced 11 promotions from tenderfoot to second class.
The old Madison Square Garden leaseholder refuses re new annual spring lease citing ethical issues from Tex Rickard era circuses and prize fights. William Carey of the new garden says if that is his story they will stick to it.
Report notes 816 in favor and 1,347 against an issue related to a 2.5 million dollar bond plan. The measure would nearly complete funding for a toad system project as part of city improvements.
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