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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1914
Page
18
In Dubuque on April 10 the jury selection began for Mrs. Dara Brazzell charged with murdering her husband Charles Brazzell. Prosecutors present six witnesses linking her to the crime and to her abrupt departure from the city after the body was found.
April 10 Muscatine city council approved creating a river park commission to push a 250000 dollar Muscatine river front project. A sea wall along the harbor and reclamation of several hundred acres are planned with a levee like Davenport’s. Bond funding is considered but no local taxes expected. reclaimed land to generate rent and support leases for trackage and depots.
E L Marriage, longtime auditor of Hardin County, resigns to become City Manager of Town Falls under the new city government. Salary $1500 first year. He will oversee hiring, clerk duties, street work, and all city operations under mayor and four councilors. Marriage, Iowa Falls native, departs a respected county official and plans to move to Iowa Falls immediately.
An old advertisement touts 8 grain hypo-nuciane tablets as a home treatment to increase weight and improve color. It claims red noses and pink cheeks as well as 10 to 30 pounds gain after several months. Consult a physician or druggist for details.
An ad touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy for 560 cents, claiming natural darkening of gray hair, reduced dandruff, and less hair loss. It instructs applying with a sponge or brush, with results by morning and after subsequent uses. Sold by H. W. Taggart.
Meritol White Liniment is a preparation that gives satisfaction where a pain killer and healer is needed. Red Cross Drug Co. and Henderson Drug Co. endorse its use as a trusted remedy.
Town reports sellers of worthless fisheye coral charms claimed to ward off rabies. State Bacteriologist Henry Albert denounces the fraud and warns prosecutions if caught. Local labs cite delays in Pasteur treatment as a problem after cases from Council Bluffs arrive, including a boy bitten six weeks ago and a 3 year old boy delayed three weeks.
Des Moines April 10 Dissension over the division of the home missions fund arose at the Iowa board of Presbyterian home missions meeting. The dispute will be taken before the state synod in October at Council Bluffs. Opponents argue the present system is inequitable as each church pays 50 cents annually, about $25,000 a year, with ten presbyteries seeking portions of the fund. They propose 80 percent to home mission work and 20 percent to state and national work, while funding allocations are cut to fit totals.
Dubuque April 19 the last of eight steel barges built by the Dubuque Boat and Boiler works was launched yesterday. Each 900 feet long and of steel construction. They are for the Kansas City engineering office and will be used on the Missouri River in improvement work. The eight will move to Kansas City in two weeks.
Des Moines report states Dr. Chas i Purmort who resigned as state superintendent of home missions will not retire from church work. He will pursue another line of church activity, continue in his current post until the synod meets in October, with no intention to retire.
Des Moines on April 10 reports over 900 people are expected to attend a merchants gathering in June. The event draws business leaders and vendors from the region.
John Cunningham of Dubuque, secretary of the Iowa Retail Merchants Association, arranged for the state convention to be held at the Auditorium for three days starting June 16. Federal judges Smith McPherson, Walter J. Smith, and John C. Pollock will preside as the federal court opens Thursday morning. A key injunction suit challenges a criminal sterilization law from the Thirty fifth General Assembly, filed by Rudolph Davis of Fort Madison. Davis’s case is set for Tuesday with future action possibly involving George H. W. Malley, a Galesburg doctor accused of violating the Mann Act by transporting a woman into Burlington for immoral purposes.
Boone April 10 Rev Otis L Spurgeon will leave Denver on Saturday for his Des Moines home, according to family. he is recovering well and in very favorable condition.
Des Moines reports Bowman, who resigned as president of the state university, has resumed the post of secretary at the Carnegie Foundation in New York with a higher salary. Charles H. Clarke confirms Bowman has his old position again.
Mason City April 10 Henry S Florence and wife observed their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Florence, who arrived in Mason City in 1856, is said to be the oldest living resident of the town. The golden celebration drew a large attendance.
Miss Sophronia Lowe of Rockport Massachusetts had not spoken since Thanksgiving due to a throat illness. After discovering the tenant in the other half of her house was a man she screamed and immediately began speaking loudly again. Norway enjoys a clothespin industry boom.
Chester Jenking was born in Oregon Alabama June 22 2840. He served from May 1861 to February 1865, married Laura Jones October 14 1876, and had eight children. He moved to Judson IA in 1911 and died April 8 1914. Funeral held April 9 at M B church with Rev Jamieson and others officiating. Burial in Fairview cemetery.
The article extols a scarce collection titled Kart Songs, praising four hundred top motion songs chosen by music lovers. It urges readers who already own the Heck to share the opportunity, noting demand surpassed supply and stressing the book as a daily, lasting home treasure despite the sold-out status.
A claim describes dissolving dandruff with four ounces of liquid arven applied at night and massaged into the scalp. By morning most dandruff disappears with repeated applications, and itching stops as hair becomes fluffy glossy and soft.
The notice warns that the wm book of cong copies will be exhausted by tomorrow night and advises readers to clip the certificate elsewhere in the paper to avoid disappointment. It emphasizes the urgency and impact on certificateholders.
Petersboro N Y April 10 a new world record by a Guernsey cow at Cassatt farm Hoswyn Pa producing 1 000 609 pounds of butter fat in a year surpassing the prior 1 069 pound dairy figure. The cow yielded 19 689 58 pounds of milk in the year with state and government inspectors certifying the record.
Washington DC April 10 An drew Carnegie came to town yesterday to oppose a Mississippi river bridge at Keokuk. He and Theodore Glilman, attorney for Carnegie Bridge, met with Chairman Adamson of the Interstate Commerce Commission to fight the bill for the new Keokuk bridge, arguing the existing Carnegie bridge should not lose its long time monopoly despite Keokuk business backing the project for better railroad facilities.
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