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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1915
Page
6
The Courier recalls crowds filling streets as Lee s surrender reached the town on April 19. Fireworks bells cannons and torches marked joy with Commercial Street illuminated and a German tailor briefly threatened for not lighting. A Taxing night with 2000 purg.
Items from the 1875 edition note C Brubacher building a new office, Ward selling 30 cattle and $4000 stock, vines misreported as killed, possible grape crop prospects, Seeding delayed by weather, Miss Anna H Perry wed Samuel Hull of Marshalltown, Rumor about Cressy of Des Moines untrue, Brown moves to IC depot trainmaster post, ice cream season set for next Saturday, Humorous civic scene with a speech from W4 CW HL Hartman and an audience misadventure on a box.
Twenty years ago on Wednesday April 2 1895 Dr E E Munger and Miss Edith Johnston wed by Dr J C Stevenson. H D Haffa married Miss Florence Bates at the bride’s home Monday. Census signals Waterloo nearing 10000 residents as cattle sales and local business plans unfold.
Elder George B. R. McNay, pastor of the Seventh Day Adventists in Waterloo for two years, departs for Cape Town to undertake missionary work in Africa with his wife and three children. He will study local languages at Plumstead before beginning his duties.
Miss Margaret C. Myers congratulated H. C. Moeler of Storm Lake on his victory in the recent election for superintendent. She pledged to support his administration, praised the school system, and urged teachers and patrons to remain loyal and continue their hard work. Myers expressed disappointment at not serving a second term but affirmed dedication to uplift the schools.
London April 14 British government to purchase the Wilhelmina cargo loaded with foodstuffs for Germany detained since February at Falmouth. Counsel for cargo owners said the case is settled with compensation for anticipated German profits and losses.
An advertisement notes Royal Doulton Potteries of Burslem England will display Thursday and Friday of next week. Orders placed now will be sent to the factory and arrive in the United States around December. Brown Crockery Co. promotes the offer.
A concise review lauds Larned's narrative of world history as unusually seamless across seventy centuries. It praises the clear, vigorous prose and the way each nation's story flows into the next, from ancient Bernt to modern Mexico, maintaining steady interest throughout.
An advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for head aches liver and bowel cleansing. It promises relief from constipation biliousness and sour stomach by a single nightly dose and warns buyers to demand the genuine product from the California Fig Syrup Company, noting counterfeit syrups in the city.
This piece argues that facts form part of mankind’s vast progress from savagery to ethical ideals, praising the work’s reach across five volumes and urging readers to clip the daily certificate before supplies run out. It lists multiple real estate transfers in Waterloo and nearby areas, followed by a Chicago weather forecast noting unsettled but generally fair conditions with warmer temperatures in the southeast and central portions.
Personal testimonial from B L Marshall of Vinci praising Vinol for curing years of stomach trouble and weakness. Advertisement notes Vinol tones fatigued nerves of the stomach, builds strength, with Wangler Bros. Co and J Miller as distributors in Shreveport and Waterloo and at leading drug stores.
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