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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1929
Page
7
Waterloians of all ages are urged to join a printed cutup contest by the Courier offering 200 in cash prizes. Day by day through the week readers paste and name the cutups from Mon to Sat, starting with No 1 and continuing with No 2. Sixteen more await.
Editors and publishers from northeastern Iowa, members of the Iowa Press association, plan a district conference in Waterloo during Dairy Cattle Congress week on Friday Oct 4. G L Caswell Ames director notes a noon luncheon business session followed by an evening Dairy Cattle Congress show visit.
A Waterloo Konjola marketing piece features Mrs. Lillian Dawson of Raymond IA praising Konjola for rheumatism relief. The Konjola Man at Wangler Brothers Drug Store on East Fourth St touts the medicine as a fast acting, alcohol free remedy with no announced risks, inviting public inquiries with no obligation.
A 1910s write up explains how Waterloo streetcar fare tokens, from Cedar Rapids and other cities, circulate. Conductors cannot tell token from dime by ear. monthly token reconciliations redistribute surplus tokens to origin cities, balancing exchanges token for token.
Cedar Rapids reports that tokens value six and a quarter cents, yielding 1.25 for the local company. J B Knowles, auditor of the W O Q F NM, said most foreign tokens come from town cities, but occasionally a stray token from a distant metropolis reaches a Waterloo fare box.
Des Moines reports the quarterly conference of superintendents of state institutions focused on the eugenics law passed by the last legislature. Rev Charles Snyder led the discussion as a board of eugenics including heads of institutions and the medical director considered sterilization cases. Appeals may go to district court or the supreme court. Other talks covered a paper by O M Roberts and a juvenile home report by Mrs Mary Dugan.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a reference to Dr George Doni head of a state hospital at Cherokes and a Nashua man named Fred Kep. The text is incomplete and difficult to interpret.
The Inn at Lake Shore sees managerial change as Mercy Hospital staffer covers treatment of a Gail duct infection. Former manager retired two weeks ago and Mrs. William Schultz takes over overseeing operations.
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