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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1925
Page
12
Des Moines, Sept 18 The town supreme court labor intensifies with 486 cases pending in the docket and a two month schedule to hear disputed matters. Rehearings add to the burden as dozens of volumes of pleadings and testimony flood the chambers. The strain mirrors a trend of older justices dying or retiring after long service.
Temperature records show a late September high of 93 degrees was logged yesterday afternoon at the U S Weather Bureau. The prior late September record stood at 97 degrees set on September 21, 1891, marking a notable deviation in recent heat observations.
The air ministry will fit four metal nosecaps to the dirigible R-83, replacing fabric on the nose to bear strain during flight and mast mooring. After investigating its April break away, the forward section was dismantled and about 60 feet rebuilt with 2,000 feet of duralumin lattice girders.
Tama county will be well represented at the national Legion convention to be held in Omaha early in October. Harry Longpost No. 157 Montour has arranged a special war train to carry 50 men to and from Omaha and will provide sleeping accommodation during the gathering.
Charles City Iowa September 18 Special Fishing and hunting licenses show weak demand this season with only 415 licenses recorded by county recorders through July 1, far below typical years.
A vintage sale notice describes Saturday specials including Wagner waffle irons at $1.47, bath powder, paper towels, soap chips, micro aluminum sauce pans, scouring bars, soap, floor wax, and house paints. It highlights a free trial washer and a new neckwear collection on the main and fifth floors with multiple prices.
A list of household items with prices includes Lax Soap Flakes 27¢ for 3 packages, Coleo Soap 93g bundles, Bayer's Aspirin 12 tablets per box, Bitch's Lemon Cream, Thermos and Universal Lunch Kits, Squibb's Milk of Magnesia 0.39, Bay Rum 8 oz, Derma Viva Powder 33 OB, and other toiletries. It appears as a shopper notice from a historical catalog or newspaper insert, with mixed readability and garbled text fragment SALT MAK FLOOR.
Whitman Wonder Box offers a kid friendly package with assorted treats. Martha Washington Candies priced at 14 for a box and 1 and 2 pound boxes. Salt Water Taffy assorted flavors available by the pound. Jumbo Licorice Jelly Beans offered at a price per pound. Main Floor display.
Discover a wide trimming section featuring fur braids in black brown gray and tan with silk accents. Coney fur in multiple colors, reversible fur trims, fix trimmings in Moline Sealine imitation blue fox chinchilla amber fox and more. Silk bands laces fringes and novel corsages complete the selection.
Readable items list includes Morton's Salt various sizes Grape Nuts Arm and Hammer Sal Soda Borax and Virginia Sweet Pancake Flour packages. Mentions 20 Mule Team Borax 10 ounce and one pound packages with small price figures. Basement tag present.
George Wish, a We r istow farmer, was acquitted by a jury in district court at Waverly on an assault charge. George Walsh and H I Searle were indicted for assaulting George Smith and Llewell Hewitt more than a year ago. The case had been thrown out and reindicted, with trial held last week.
Three men James Eirp G P Abernathy and John O Donnell pleaded guilty to bootlegging before Judge J W Willett in Toledo Iowa Each received fines of 500 dollars and costs plus six months hard labor in the county jail for the offenses The report also notes a prior arrest and a related vehicle bond surrender plus a historical line about the first White House reception by Mrs John Adams in 1801
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