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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1913
Page
5
The Ticklemouse tale follows a fairy guiding Davy into a sleeping world. A tear drop forms an ocean where a ship sails with the tiny sailor singing while another voice hints at longing for a missing Tommy near a lonely shoreline.
A perilous voyage ends as a mother awaits her runaway son Tommy. A fairy gathers a tear of longing and promises to send a signal to guide him home. The scene shifts from storm to calm as the ship sails toward reunion and hopeful tidings.
Des Moines reports a flurry of bills. The house rejected a partisan judge nomination plan, sending it to the senate for a substitute. Other measures address wild birds protections, salaries for game wardens, deer capture, highway funding changes, and railroad crossings as the senate weighs workingmen’s compensation reforms.
An early 20th century advertorial touts a double strength ointment from a druggist to remove freckles and improve complexion. It claims rapid fading of freckled marks within days with a money back guarantee.
A column of wordplay questions asks why curtailing noisy words and beheading parts yield common items, followed by why addition of one vexes a soldier, a dog like a clockmakers safe, and a noisy cook. It also notes degrees between good and bad with a between clue, then provides yesterday’s answer set. An ad touts Bromolinee as a cold cure.
La Porte City Progress Review reports Waterloo will build a new union station with equal funding from the Chicago Rock Island Pacific and the Chicago Great Western. The $150,000 project will be on the west side, with construction starting July 1 and completion expected by year’s end. The improvement aims to relieve poor depot facilities and accommodate Waterloo’s growth.
Real estate dealers claim a coming summer boom in Waterloo as a new acre concept spreads. They foresee suburban lots rising from 400 to 600 dollars and predict rapid sales to newlyweds and near Benedict buyers. Unmarried men also invest, using installment plans as a savings tool while the business district plans push residents outward.
An advertisement touts Weyott’s Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a natural solution to gray hair, claiming instant darkening, dandruff relief, and scalp soothing benefits. The spot highlights easy application with a sponge or brush, night use, and a showroom claim from a local druggist in downtown.
Reverend L W Bock of Waterloo elected delegate to the general board of missions at Ackley Iowa as the annual town conference opens with Bishop Breyfogel presiding. Rev Goetz from Dubuque delivers sermon One Greater Than the Temple. Missionary fundraising set a record as ministers and lay delegates gather for discussions and appointments.
Harper’s Weekly notes that in parts of India mosquitoes swarm whenever violin music begins. The insects gather around the player in clouds, hindering hand movements during performance.
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