Thirty Years of Backache Stopped by Root Juice Cure
A doctor from Fort Wayne touts Root Juice as a cure for long running backaches and kidney trouble. He cites personal relief after a 35 year ordeal and urges sufferers to try the treatment, noting quick results and warning against substitutes. The remedy is sold by Henderson Drug Co. and other drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jno. W. Barry
Brandriff St
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Henderson Drug Co
Drugaista
Roosevelt for President: Call to Waterloo Voters
John C. Busby of Independence Iowa urges Waterloo voters to back Col. Theodore Roosevelt in November 1912. He praises Roosevelt for San Juan Hill leadership, anti monopoly stance, and peace treaty efforts, promising a “square deal” and good times with good crops if Roosevelt is elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courier
Col. Roosevelt
Republican Party
San Juan Hill
Huesta
Japan
Waterloo
Cal
Roosevelt
Denver Celebrates a Decade of Marriage and Local Happenings
Denver hosts a tenth wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. John Stumme. J. W. Schumacher and family visited Waverly. A Thursday dance drew a good crowd. Notable locals include Chas and Louie Diekman, noted fishermen, and Mrs. John Schoof visiting son John in Waverly. Several moved or shopped in Waterloo and Waverly. new Regal car arrived with Herman Wehling. Electric lights spread across town. Henry J. Neverman and John Stumme each bought autos. W. T. Y. Pratt moved to Waverly. Various visits, parties, and birthdays mark a busy week with tiling work at Mrs. Henry Dickman’s cellar and mumps illness in Floyd, Indiana. The town’s social calendar features dances, birthdays, and neighborhood arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Stumme
J. W. Schumacher
Waverly
Chas
Louie Diekman
Denver
John Schoof
John
Herman Wehling
Waterloo
Regal
Denvers
H. J. Neverman
Henry Hopple
W. TY. Pratt
Rosa
George Janke
Chicago
Minnie Seheveer
Fred Steege
Hazel Robinson
Sarah Doepke
Fred Seegers
Henry Dickman
John Heminghaus
Beck
Henry Hue
Laura
John Heideman
Floyd
John Kehe
Art Ford
Schwartz
Germany
Charles
Fredkins
Minnie Dins
Henry Parrott
Leta A. Meyer
John F. Schoot
J. G. Riedesel
Thimble Bee
Anna Meyers
Anna Russell
Tillie Burke
Cora Hageman
John Sass
George Smith
Dora
Chas Kehe
C. Clausing
Henry Mobling
Fred Br
Dewar Roosters Meet at Hess Home in April Gathering
In Dewar on April 16 the Dewar Roosters gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hess for a combined business and social meeting. The evening featured musical numbers by Mr and Mrs P Smith and their two sons followed by a three course repast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewar
Dewar Roosters
Ed. Hess
P. Smith
The Kitchen Floor Cleaning With Gold Dust Powder
The article notes housekeepers prefer unpainted kitchen floors but can keep them white with a weekly wash using warm water and a tablespoon of Gold Dust washing powder. It claims stains embedded in wood fade quickly and that the powder also cleans stone steps and woodwork.
Delaware county man’s will challenged in Los Angeles court
Mrs. Lida Corbin of Delhi, Iowa, through attorney Col. H. J. Peters, seeks to break the late Henry Gleason’s will. Gleason, once a Delaware County resident, grew wealthy in mining in the West. The petition alleges undue influence and drugs used to secure a second marriage to a much younger woman, who inherited a $50,000 estate. Col. Peters, now ninety, plans a new trial and has issued a notable legal argument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Lida Corbin
Delhi
H. J. Peters
Sait
Los Angeles
Henry Gleason
Col. Peters
Delaware County
Henry B. Gleason
Far West
West
Gleason
Opera House site set near Tripoli bank and town hall
In Tripoli on April 16 the Opera House association bought lots west of the Tripoli State Bank owned by H W Bockhouse for a new opera house. The east part facing the alley was sold to CG A Stewart for immediate building. The town will move the town hall onto a thirty foot strip west of that, freeing space on the west corner for the opera house construction once plans are finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Opera House Association
Tripoli State Bank
H. W. Bockhouse
CG. A. Stewart
A. M. Furrow
Wessington Springs
Furrow
Louise Wilharm
A. G. Kampmeier
Iowa City
Henry Koch
Westgate
W. H. Notdorf
Tucota
Dubuque
A. C. Hildebrandt
John Fink
Sadie Jahnke
Carrie Kehe
Denver
Len Lewis
Waterloo
Minerva Hattendorf
Rev
Wunderlich
Annette Tokman
Henry Moeller
Henry Martens
Chris. Winning
Hildebrandt
Hale's
F. Keeper
Fenton
Nick Goodenbour
C. A. Lewis
Ben
Joule Neuendorf
Irene Fergeman
Laura Selck
Walter
Zatha Madden
Summer
Mike Goodenbour
Elsie Oltrogge
Waverly
Littleton Social Notes and Local Visits Apr
In Littleton and nearby towns residents shared visits and news. Rebecca McGlaughtin visited relatives, E E Arnold and son toured Waterloo, and T B Durham with Chas Emerson shopped in Independence. Elmer Stevenson visited Jesup friends, Gardiner family welcomed a daughter born April 7, Rev Loback saw friends, Mabel Cochran to East Perry teaching spring term, and proofs corrected about Maloney. Frances Lewis and Walter Howard were briefly on the sick list. Orley and Ralph Rantz visited Chas McGlaughlin. Sherman Hayward of Chicago listed in local notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Cochran
Fairbank
East Perry
Miss Maloney
Lewis Frances
Walter Howard
Aick
Mesdames Orley
Ralph Rantz
Chas. McGlaughlin
Sherman Hayward
Chicago
Nature's Creation book on tuberculosis offered free
Interest grows in Nature's Creation as a new book claims to aid cure and prevention of tuberculosis and related conditions. The pamphlet includes photox and testimonials and asks readers to send postal requests to M. B. Hyman at 436 Utica Building, Des Moines, Iowa. It specifies the product is not a patent medicine and not sold in drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
M. B. Hyman
Utica Building
Des Moines
Iowa
Local notes from Independence and surrounding towns
Community happenings include visits by the Stoddards and Van Ettens, a Waterloo horse sale where Frank Rehberg sold a fine driving team, and local pupils and workers named for the season. Churches hosted sermons by Rev Phelps and missionary Rev Eisenfelter. J L Onlay shipped hogs to Chicago. Hayward considers a spring front upright. Horns convert west store to an implement shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. R. Hayward
Guy Stoddard
Chas. Pratt
Wm. Buttera
Waterloo
Frank Rehberg
Earl Wilson
Geo
Rehberg
Clyde Wilson
Nick Hess
Arnold Zummack
Clint Hults
Glen van Etten
Independence
C. EB
Manross
van Etten
West
Mr. Horn
Gus Horn and Sons
Rev. Phelps
Presbyterian Church
Eisenfelter
Philippines
M. E. Church
J. L. Onlay
Chicago
Harvey Hayes
D. H. Hayes
Mooreville farming rush as seeding nears finish
April 14 Mooreville notes farmers are in the fields with seeding to be finished this week. Local residents include A. J. Meeker and W. H. Smith visiting La Porte. Miss Bessie Aschenbrenner helps Mrs. Hayward in Dysart. Grandma McIntyre ill. Cortney Sawyer returns to Dysart for spring term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mooreville
A. J. Meeker
W. H. Smith
la Porte
Bessie Aschenbrenner
Dy~sart
O. J. Hayward
R. Burgess
Waterloo
Grandma McIntyre
Mabel Harrington
Vinton
Cortney Sawyer
Dysart
Joel Hayward
Hear Dysart
Joe Kavalier
John Reed
Sua Porte City
Big Creek
Marriage Unites Ruth Riley and Henry Wills in La Porte
In La Porte a marriage unites Ruth Jane Riley and Henry Wills both of the community. The wedding occurred at the M E parsonage with Rev. Rogers officiating. The groom, a mason by trade, and the bride, a former Mooreville girl, have begun housekeeping in the south part of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Porte
Ruth Jane Riley
Henry Wills
M. EB. Parsonage
Rogers
Wills
Mooreville
Joe Randabaugh
Geneseo
A. J. Meeker
Willig Hickelberger
Indiana
O. J. Hayward
Frank Bickelberger
W. H. Smith
Grandpa Harrington
Mary
O. J. Smith
Dysart
Snyder
Hazel Turner
Otis McCall
Pete McIntyre
Mr. McIntyre
Office Girl Helps Herself To 1500 Dollars
Dr R E H Hag lgetty a prominent dentist in Dubuque was robbed of 1500 in paper bills by his office girl Mil dred Key. After helping search the office for the missing money she became confused and was found with fourteen 100 dollar bills and two 50 dollar bills. The dentist discharged her and chose not to prosecute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
R. E H. Haglgetty
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