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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1911
Page
1
A Chicago woman testimonial praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing fe male weakness and stomach trouble after a clerk refused a substitute. The ad touts thirty years of use and urges other women to choose the product over inferior substitutes, noting many local success stories.
Illinois Central Railway announces a 1911 program totaling about 4.5 million dollars for new track, engines, passenger cars, mail cars, and refrigerator cars. Major work includes a second track to New Orleans, track and grade work from McComb City to New Orleans, and new signaling at Harahan. A clergy fare reduction debate for Chicago to New York also looms, with possible abolition by April 30.
April 13 notes from Littleton report measles illness of Reyr De Mill and visits by Mrs August Sasse to Independence and the Merril family. Birth announced and several carload cattle shipments to Chicago areas. Family moves and health concerns among residents are listed with names and places.
Community mourns Mary Eikenberry age 75 at Greene Brethren church funeral. Lyman Horr, Marble Rock resident, dies at 79 after months of illness. Grace Maxom, 16, found dead in bed from heart failure. shock to family. Several Marble Rock residents visit Waterloo for Ben Hur performance and other trips. high school plans an entertainment at the opera house.
A Windfall Indiana family credits Dr Miles Nervine and Nerve and Liver Pills with curing their child of four years of fits starting at age nineteen. The letter cites three doctors unable to help, notes three years free of spells, and endorses the medicines for nervous diseases.
Woorhies is reported by the C. Ney W railroad company to inspect bridges south of town. Geo Erby visited Waterloo this week. J F Slifegard spent Sunday at Waterloo with friends. Louis Johnson returned Tuesday from the Windy City. Mayor Mike Daven was away all week. Constable Lonergan conducted business in town.
A preliminary census on Dubuque manufacturing shows no change in the number of establishments between 1904 and 1909. Total value of products rose 66 percent to 15,376,000 with increases across materials cost, capital, wages, and employment.
A preliminary Census of Manufactures summary for Sioux City Iowa reports 1909 gains over 1904 in all items. Notable rises include 167 percent in materials costs and 164 percent in product value with 136 establishments in 1909 up from 106 in 1904.
A past article advises dusting both sides of windows with a dry soft cloth, cleaning corners with a cloth-wrapped stick, using warm suds of Gold Dust powder, wiping with a nearly dry cloth, and polishing with a chamois. Do not wash when sun shines. Mirrors follow the same method with whitening powder polishing.
An 1909 to 1964 comparison reveals 154 percent growth with $37,424,000 and $14,761,000 figures and an average establishment value around $275,000 in 1909. The text notes value of products, work on materials, and salaries totaling $104,000 with 60,000 in material costs and 221,000 in product value. Mr and Mrs Elmer Gipe travel from Montana to Albany Oregon as he begins practice as a chiropractor after relocation.
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