Melon growers seek arrest of petty thieves in Black Hawk county
Melon growers John D. Johnson and C. O. Gardner of Black Hawk county plan heroic measures to protect crops from marauders. Johnson reports 17 suspects caught in recent days, with cars from Waterloo involved. They call for warrants with aid from local lawmen to halt theft and vandalism amid a halved crop and bad weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Johnson
C. O. Gardner
Black Hawk County
Johnson
Raymond Road
Gardner
la Porte Road
Ed Abel
la Porte City
H. T. Wagner
Waterloo
Johnson and Gardner
City Collegians Return as Campus Exodus Begins
West High alumni and other students prepare to resume college and university study across the Midwest. Names include Alice Rodamar Cora Busby Donald Grange Lowell Walker Mary Biegenson Janet Knox Sam Sherman Edwin Moore Jr at Drake Edwin Green Walter Roy Porter at Iowa Helen Wixson heading to Hannibal Helen Swisher to Mt Holyoke East High graduates and others have credits sent away to Wisconsin Grinnell Cornell Indiana Iowa State Teachers and Presbyterian Hospital training noted Margaret Bowell Grinnell final year Margaret Harvey nurses training at Presbyterian hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Grinnell’ College
Grinnell
Tay
Alice
Ro‘damar
Cora’ Mae, Busby
Donald Grange
Lowell Walker
Mary Biegenson
Janet Knox
Sam Sherman
University ‘61
Wisconsin
Edwin Moore, Jr
Drake University
Des Moines
Edwin Green
Walter
Graham
Roy Porter
University of Iowa
Helen ‘Wixson
Hannibal
Helen’ Swisher
Will
Mt. Holyoke
South Hadley
Mass
East
Fred J
Miller
Miriam ‘Boysen
John Bickley
Robert Drake
University of Wisconsin
Margaret Ellis
Ruth Elis
Moody “Bible. Institute
Ralph Jameson
James Nauman
Paul Whiteford
Cornell College
Lawrence Taylor
University of Indiana
Orville Meisch
Dean Larrabee
Thomas Carpenter
Frederick Morse
Harold Johnson
Iowa
State Teachers College
Wendell Benjamin
Margaret Jean Bowell
Margaret
Harvey
Nurses Training School
Presbyterian Hospital
Twin brothers buried a week apart in illinois infantile paralysis
Funeral services for James LeRoy Martin 1 year old son of Mr and Mrs Charles L Martin were held at 1 p m yesterday at Elmwood cemetery Rev W O Chisholm officiated. James LeRoy died at 6 p m Saturday of infantile paralysis a week after his twin Thomas Lawrence Martin died of the same disease. They were buried side by side. James born June 23 1920 in Waterloo attended Emerson school and United Presbyterian Sunday school He is survived by his parents and one sister Marion.
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James LeRoy Martin
Charles Il. Martin
First ‘Street
West
Elmwood Cemetery
W. O. Chisholm
First United Presbyterian Church
James LeRoy
Thomas Lawrence Martin
Elmwood
James
Waterloo
Emerson School
United Presbyterian Sunday School
Marion
New residents and movers in Waterloo city list
Twenty four newcomers appear in Waterloo Retail Merchants Association records for the last week. Eighteen households depart the city. New residents include Pierce at 326 Cutler Swanson at 530 Lime Mathias at 922 Logan Kerr at 1524 Second West Houghton at 129 Barclay South Nation at 721 Seventh West Randall at 1218 Third West and Nanny at 2380 Lafayette among others.
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E. H. Horwell
Eleventh
Joseph Smith
Lafayette
G. E. McCoy
C. M. Rubendall
Brockwell Arms Apartments
W.A. Goings
Fred Spear
Franklin
Fred Heber
George W. McChane
Broadway
F. J. Menges
Almond
H. M. Boveland
Logan
Olive M. Smith
Williston
F. Chaplin
Baltimore
Waterloo Retail Merchants Association
Co. R. Pierce
Cutler
Ed Swanson
Lime
Anton Mathias
H. M. Kerr
Second
H.R. Houghton
Barclay South
J. L. Nation
Seventh West
H. E. Randall
Third West
Max Bredow
Elsie Swan
Park West
Moses Nanny
A. B. Crosa
Neveton
Edna Beck
Lafayetta
Lineman Killed by Fall on Live Wire
Nevada Sept 12 Glen Belcher lineman for the Iowa Railway and Light Corp was electrocuted when he fell from a pole and struck a 2300 volt live wire He was a World War veteran who served in Company I Second Iowa Infantry and trained with the Thirty fourth division at Camp Cody New Mexico Later he was stationed at the plant and died from the accident
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Nevada
Glen Belcher
Iowa Railway & Light Corporation
Belcher
Iowa Infantry
Camp Cody
N. M
THIS WOMAN FOUND RELIEF IN A LITTLE TOWN
In a Midwestern town a discouraged woman named Mrs. Daugherty suffered four months of poor health unable to work or socialize. A leaflet from other women praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound prompted her to try it. After three bottles she found relief, has continued with eleven bottles, and now feels like a different woman. She recommends the product to others and will answer inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle West
Mrs
Aits
Daacgherty
Orchard Ave
Muscatine
Iowa
Soldier stationed at Fort 61 Okla with 109th Mortar Battery
The man was stationed at Fort 61, Oklahoma, with the One Hundred and Ninth Trench Mortar battery and served overseas with the unit. He was married.
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Fort 61
Okla
One Hundred and Ninth Trench Mortar
Marmola Pills Promise Slimming With Safe Results
A vintage advertisement extols Marmola prescription tablets as a modern weight loss solution. Claims of 20 years use and millions of boxes, with a gland element said to turn food into energy. Each box priced at $1, urging four tablets daily until weight normalizes.
New Pepsodent claims dramatic teeth whitening
An advertisement touts Pepsodent as a film removing toothpaste that lightens dull teeth, brightens gums, and delivers a clear gleam with daily use. It promises a quick, noticeable difference and offers a 10 day tube trial by mail or larger tubes at drug stores. The copy warns poor brushing leaves a murky film inviting bacteria and tartar linked to pyorrhea.
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Melon Growers Ball
Raymord
la Porte Roads
MR. and
Mrs. Newcomer
Lydia E. Pinkham
Edelson’s
Carl Bickley
Pioneer Bank
Papsadent
S. Wabash Ave
Chicago
Entz Cafe
First National Bank
Cadillac
Law- Morris Motor Car Co
Fifth ST
Ishly
Fisher Custom Creations
Ceneral Motors
Roper
Iowa Public Service Co
Cedar Falls
Rover
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