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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1913
Page
3
An old newspaper ad promotes Cascarets as a nightly laxative and stomach regulator. It claims to cleanse the stomach, remove sour food, reduce bile, and prevent constipation with a 1 cent box, noting it suits both adults and children and won’t gripe.
Independence Iowa March 31 John Busby a weather prophet warns of a predicted equinoctial storm and blizzard between March 20 and 25. He urges people to seek shelter in cycl es cages and describes tornadoes as deadly storms driven by electricity. He claims the plan et Saturn rules April and cites the Titanic Oma ha floods and railroad disasters as examples.
James McCrea longtime president of the Pennsylvania Railroad died at his Narberth home after a two day decline. The Philadelphia suburb death followed a period of illness with Brights disease listed as the cause.
Mrs. HLF Sulzberger reports a long battle with a baby’s severe head to body skin eruption believed to be eczema. After trying various treatments with little help, she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment with nightly applications and daily cleansing, leading to a complete recovery.
Raymond Ashley, a Waterloo Business College student, receives a letter from Brookville Indiana detailing his mother Elizabeth Ashley and a sister's escape from rising floodwaters. The family endured hunger and debris while rescued by a boat. most furniture lost but home stayed anchored. The message also notes widespread flood destruction across the Miami valley.
School superintendent A. M. Dornan is re-elected by the Vinton public schools board for another year. Isaac N. Auld, longtime Benton County resident and newspaper man, dies at Chamberlain Sanatorium in Oacoma, S. D. Dr. McCall plans medical practice in Vinton with offices in the Traer building. Mrs. P. M. Simms nears recovery from major surgery. husband Mr. Simms will return. An advertisement promotes Foley Kidney Pills with a testimonial.
Extra No. 16 northbound freight on the Cedar Rapids branch derailed seven cars after a truck under a loaded car broke near Tiyan Iowa. Beer and grain coal cars left the track, several hundred feet of track demoralized. No injuries reported as repairs allowed the evening train to resume to Manchester.
Milton Wilson, longtime Greene resident and Butler County pioneer born in 1826 in Niagara County New York, died Monday after months of illness at his home aged 101. Survived by five sons and four daughters, his wife Adeline Freer preceded him. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. under the Masonic order.
Crowds numbered in the thousands view tornado ruins in Council Bluffs and Omaha. Militia and regular troops kept order as spectators snapped photos and sought souvenirs for relief funds. A Beatrice guard unit quarters in a damaged Nash home as towns rally for flood victims with a charity theatre fund drive.
The Waterloo presents Minerva Coverdale with Raymond Hitchcock in The Red Widow, plus Werba and Luescher's Over the River starring Eddie Foy. Also on the bill are Der Lintagspring by the New York German Theatre and The Confession, a Broadway sensation about the Catholic church.
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