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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1914
Page
7
In a sunlit room a collection of toys endures quiet misery while a long absence of the Little Boy leaves them motionless and bored. At last the boy returns, revives the room, and the toys leap into action, relishing the return of their playful chaos.
Glamour pitches Parisian Sage as the cure for dull brittle hair and dandruff. It claims scalp nourishment roots strength and final growth with one application. Sold in fifty cent bottles at drug and toilet counters by Waneler Bros Co with a money back guarantee.
Miss Dorothy Ingersoll of Waterloo visited her sister Mrs J W Chestnut who recently had an operation at Mercy hospital. Various locals and visitors are noted including Miss Anna Baker Nashua and Miss May Mettendorf Dubuque as guests of Miss Mary Jordan. Several residents move or travel, with notes on visits to Waterloo Readlyn Denver Chicago and Eagle Grove.
A Ruth Cameron column laments that routine talk repeats obvious remarks and avoids thinking. It contrasts banal dinner-table exchanges with intelligent conversation and argues thoughtful discourse benefits a child’s upbringing and society, noting both educated and lower classes fall into auto pilot chatter.
Davenport resident Mrs. Oliver describes a forced hospital admission and an operation they hoped to avoid. She credits Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy with dramatic relief after starting treatment in Miami Florida. The letter touts the product as a cure for stomach liver and intestinal issues and urges readers to seek it through local stores with a free book offered by the chemist in Chicago.
A crudely written note arrived this morning, full of misspellings yet rich with ideas. The writer’s plain speech carries more vitality than many college professors, suggesting thoughtful discourse can outlive polished rhetoric.
Vice President Marshall shows off a vest given by Mirza Allkull Khan of the Persian legation. He calls the 200 year old pattern very pretty though a bit loud. He notes a famous vest once worn by Tim Woodruff for comparison.
An advertisement extols Vinci as a guaranteed blood purifier and builder of strength. It touts a mix of cod liver oil and iron to enrich the blood and improve digestion, citing Mrs. Helen Wingate of St. Louis and offering a money-back guarantee if it fails. It mentions distributors Wangler Bros Co and C J Miller of Waterloo Iowa.
A gentleman from Persia compliments a vest described as handmade and fine. The narrator notes seeing women in pretty colors and mentions a tailor’s praise of a dresslike vest, with colors including purple, green, gray and mother-of-pearl tones cited by Mr. Marshall.
An advertisement touts ethininedouble strength as a guaranteed remedy for freckles. By applying an ounce from a druggist nightly, even dark freckles may fade while lighter ones vanish, with money back guarantee if not effective.
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