Syrup of Figs Advertises Safe Constipation Relief
An old-fashioned ad urges mothers to use Syrup of Figs to cleanse a sick child’s stomach and bowels. It claims coated tongues, listlessness, and poor appetite signal constipation and promises gentle, effective relief in hours. The copy touts figs, senna, and aromatics as harmless and tasty, with full directions on the package and a request to ask for the California Fig Syrup Co. product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enna
California Fig Syrup Co
Gray Hairs Quick Remedy Offers Youthful Color
A brief ad notes gray hairs age one’s look and suggests Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a simple cure. It claims sage restores color, improves scalp health, reduces dandruff, and promotes growth after a few uses. Sold by druggists for fifty cents with a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyeth
H. W. Taggart
Commercial Street
Gold Dust cleans fast for floors doors and woodwork
Advertises Gold Dust as a superior cleanser that cleans the hardest parts with little scrubbing. Claims the product does the work, making wash tasks like floors doors and woodwork look like new. Emphasizes ease and superiority over soap or other cleansers.
Cummins Seizes Delegations in Iowa Convention Battle
Des Moines Apr 15 Senator A B Cummins gained control of the party convention by winning solid delegations from Muscatine and Cherokee counties. Estimates show Taft leading in total delegates, but Cummins supporters claim the four delegates at large will be instructed for him. The fight narrows to the Cedar Rapids convention with 1,481 accredited delegates and 741 votes needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Muscatine
Cherokee
A. B. Cummins
Briar
Iowa
John T. Adame
Dubuque
Taft
Cummins
Roosevelt
Pottawattamle
Franklin
Dallas
Pottawattamie
Mr.Briar
Benator Cummins
Rock Island
Why He Was Tate and Chamberlains Tablets Sale
A light exchange centers on a man delaying returning home. He explains his friend Smithson noted stomach trouble as the reason for the delay and the suggestion that he take Chamberlain’s Tablets. The tablet recommendation is presented as the practical remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tate
Smithson
Chamberlain
The Girl and the Tramp at Waterloo Amid Amusing Revels
The play The Girl and the Tramp comes to Waterloo with matinee and night shows on Saturday delivering a heart story of a supposed wrong to a loving husband and a happy ending. Also Monte Carlo Girls Burlesque Company promises a lively engagement on Wednesday April 17 featuring Welsh and Fen with Myrtle Clark leading a bold patter act and striking costumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlos Inskesp
Monte Carlo
Waterloo
Welsh
Fen
Myrtle Clark
Le Moyne Repeats Success in East with Every Woman
Mrs. Sarah Le Moyne repeats last season’s success in the East with her role in Every Woman. The play offers her ample opportunities to display her art and charm audiences anew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah le Moyne
Kubelik to Open New York Tour at Hippodrome
World renowned violinist Jan Kubelik begins his farewell American tour with a season opening in New York City at the Hippodrome from October 15 to 22, 1911. He has already performed in major U.S. cities and plans tours for the Canadian northwest, Pacific coast, southwest and south through April 1912 before sailing to South America. Tonight he appears at the Waterloo theatre.
Barn burned as horse cremated after storm strikes Greene farm
During a heavy rain and electric storm on Saturday evening lightning struck Samuel McRoberts barn near the race track in Greene. The building and its contents including hay and feed were destroyed and the family horse was cremated in the blaze.
Captain Mumma Rejoins Regiment From Iowa University
A Washington dispatch reports Captain M C Mumma, University of Iowa military science instructor, will be relieved from duty there and return to his Second Cavalry regiment in the regular army. Known as a crack revolver shot, he was an important witness in the McCaskill trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
M. C. Mumma
University of Iowa
United States Army
Mumma
Second Cavalry
McCaskill
Fairbank Notes From Spring Visit And Local News
Fairbank items recount Irwin Moore returning from Freeport and others transacting business in Independence. Residents move to farms near town while Will Leonard surveys Texas. A Catholic mission invites public attendance. A. A. Trebon opens a furniture store in Dunkerton with undertaker goods. Rev C A Peddicord returns from Dubuque. Mrs Blake’s health concerns the community. A mission address by Rev Oscar Huddleston resonates. Daisy Leibie heads to Manitoba. Epworth League social raises funds. Rain through Saturday impacts farm work. Local happenings, travel, and church notes fill Tuesday’s column.
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Fairbank
Irwin Moore
Freeport
H. G. Phelps
Independence
P. Wolgamot
Will Leonard
Texas
Louisiana
Frank Daniels
Oclwein
Mr. Werrick
Myrtle Jardee
Leatha
Maynard
Cora
Loban
Captain Webb
L. J. Kane
Hibbing
Mina
Golding Ward
C. E. Blake
Methodist Church
Joe Collishaw
Dunkerton
Frank Ward
Methodist
Oscar Huddleston
Philippine Islands
Ife
Porter Gallup
Sanborn
Cedar Rapids
Daisy Leibie
Manitoba
Epworth League
Peddlecrd
Memorable proposal for Sherman law supplement
The Merchants' Association of New York asks Congress to add a supplementary anti trust law while keeping the Sherman Act intact. It aims to remove uncertainties and make enforcement workable. Key points demand six citizens to request actions, speedy adjudication, and no retroactive penalties for acts before decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Merchants’ Association of New York
Congress
Court furnishings for federal court shipped to Waterloo
Postmaster W. R. Law reports the balance of federal court room furnishings including the judge and clerk desks, platform, trailing and gate, and benches were shipped from Richmond Indiana last Friday. The consignment should reach Waterloo late this week and be installed for the first federal court term opening May 14. Offices are furnished and rugs laid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Law
Federal Court Room
Richmond
Ind
Waterloo
Federal Court
New I. C. Train Brings No Mail
Contrary to expectations the Illinois Central train from Chicago did not deliver earlier eastern mail to Waterloo. A notice had said a pouch would be delivered, but the next day it was corrected to say no pouch would be delivered at this station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois Central
Waterloo
Real estate transfers in La Porte, Cedar Falls and Waterloo
Real estate transfers filed by Black Hawk Co Abstract Co. show Levi Behr selling part of lot 1 block 1 Bishop's Addition La Porte City for 700 dollars to Edward E Treim. Daisy Marquis sells lot 53 Tondro Pray Boone's Addition Cedar Falls for 1 dollar to D W Clayton. Jacob W Hartman sells lots 9 Assessor Lelands Plat No 1 Waterloo for 1 dollar to James H Peek. Martha Ullrich sells land in 29 32 33 90 14 to Eliza Miller for 1 dollar. Alonzo P Sharp sells part of lot 11 block 18 Westfield for 1 dollar to Wm Sharp. Greenfield Building Co sells lot 2 block 10 Greenfield for 1 dollar to Frances D Walker. The James Gardiner Company also listed for real estate rentals and insurance.
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Black Hawk Co. Abstract Co
Levi Behr
Edward E. Treim
Bishop’s
la Porte City
Daisy Marquis
D. W. Clayton
Tondro Pray & Boone’s
Cedar Falls
Jacob W. Hartman
James H. Peek
Assensor Leland
Waterloo
Martha Ullrich
Eliza Miller
Alonzo P. Sharp
Wm. Sharp
Westfield
Cyclone Strikes Two Iowa Towns Near Boone
A Saturday afternoon cyclone hit Coal Valley and Moingona, ten miles southwest of Boone Iowa. Reports say extensive damage with Charlies Ford’s house carried a quarter mile and left as debris. Wires down, poles broken, timber felled. few details available.
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Boone
Coal Valley
Moingona
Charlies Ford
Quasqueton Railroad Progress Near June Target
Rapid progress is expected on the new railroad with grading gangs and a steam shovel at work near Kiene. The Foley crew operates on the east side of the Frank Adams farm as weather cooperates, making car service to Quasqueton likely by early June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Foley
Kiene
Crade
Foley
Frank Adams
Quasqueton
New Trains on Maiden Trips Between Chicago and Waterloo
The Illinois Central added two local trains on a maiden run, No. 8 eastbound at 8 p.m. and No. 7 westbound at 7:55 a.m., increasing service to five daily trains each direction. Train No. 8 arrived on time from Omaha. No. 7 from the east arrived twenty minutes late, featuring diner, sleeper, four coaches, and four baggage cars, drawn by engine 1088 and handled by Conductor W N Barr.
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Illinois Central
Chicago
Waterloo
Omaha
W. N Barr
F. J. Jenness
Local Notes From Rockford and Surrounding Towns
Mrs S R Moore visited her daughter Hazel in Waterloo as Hazel attends school there. Mrs Hatch suffers a serious time from inflammatory rheumatism. Attorney Campbell of Charles City was a Rockford caller. Grace Moore attended her mother Mrs McElroy's funeral then returned to Waterloo. John Johnson endures blood poisoning. Mr and Mrs C F Hayes visited Estherville. W A Sparks went to Waterloo. J H Hemphill of Shellsburg was a Rockford caller. Will Wilke of Gray Eagle Minnesota visited the Allens. C E Mitchell sold his residence to Prof W S Stanton and plans a modern cottage on an adjoining lot. CG S Moore S W Crowell and John Edmunds travelled to Charles City for a lawsuit. Mrs R W Sleeter visited Dr Alford in Waterloo.
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Rockford
S. R. Moore
Hazel
Waterloo
Hatch
Attorney Campbell
Charles City
Grace Moore
McElroy
John Johnson
C. F. Hayes
Estherville
W. A. Sparks
J. H. Hemphill
Shellsburg
Will Wilke
Gray Eagle, Minn
D. Allen
C. E. Mitchell
W. 8. Stanton
Mitchell
CG. S. Moore
W. Crowell
John Edmunds
R. W. Sleeter
Dr. Alford
Go Northwest in April
This April travel notice highlights the Canadian Northwest and Montana as prime for agricultural activity with vast preparations for grain and flax. It notes rising land values and bustling settlement, citing 200,000 settlers last year and low settler fares from 19.94 to 22.94 dollars available every Tuesday in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Northwest
Montana
Water loo Com'T Agent P A Schnell Cleary M G W
P A Schnell and Cleary named commercial agent for the Chicago Great Western at Waterloo Ta. Phone 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Great Western
M, Schnell
P. A., Oy J, Cleary
Com't
Waterloo
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Henderson Drug Co
Red Cross Drug Co
Dougt
Senator
Mks
Akral Cowell
Sherman Law
NEW York Merchants
Abs'n
I. C
Greenfield Building Co
Frances D. Walker
Greenfield
James Gardiner Company
Carl June
Mellin
Sidney J. Wood
Lancaster St
Leominster
Mellova Foodco
Mas
Lininger & Barclay
West Fifth and
Jefferson Streets
Carl
Katherine Beringer
J. W. Bouldin
M. D
Mies
Mabel Ettinger
Studie
Wee
Pi Food
Calumet
Dee Calumet
The
Waterloo Decorating Co
West Fifth Street
AIR House Cleaning CO
Lime Street
Blackstone
State House
Black Hawk Coffee & Spice Co
Joans
Iowa Securities Company
Commercial National Bank
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