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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1913
Page
3
Witty Wishingmouse, Davy, and Dorfy travel by air to a tropical boss dentist island. The Ticklemouse guides them through swimmable seas to a shark ridden shore where Willy undergoes a tooth fix. A flying fish trick outwits the shark and restores a snowy white smile.
Ames Iowa April 19 farmers urged organized clubs to boost production soil fertility and marketing. A twelve family club meeting monthly would inspect farm and home topics invite outside speakers and use pocket libraries. State college extension offers forms bulletins and speakers.
Irregularity and backache stories from St. James Missouri and Dixon Iowa praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Women credit relief from cramps headaches and regularity with the product and urge others to try it. A confidential letter service from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. offers guidance from a female reader.
A collection of riddles and word puzzles with fragmented hints and answers. Riddle topics include color based first clues, engraving from straining, a dog tail tip, a sentence gap fill, and a riddle about a rounded landform. Answers hint at wordplay and phonetic twists.
A youth identified as George Webster Rickart, eighteen, consumed gas after a dinner party at his home. He had attended amateur theatricals and left a note to John implying long friendship and regret before attempting suicide.
The piece argues dairy farming must expand to meet rising demand as population grows from 38 million in 1875 to 95 million today. Cows double since 1875, butter prices rise, and imports lag while exports decline, signaling the need for greater and better dairy production domestically.
St Louis April 19 The mayor of Waterloo Ta has been invited to appoint five delegates from that city to the fourth American Peace congress to meet May 1 2 and 3 in St Louis with representatives from at least nineteen nations of the hemisphere. Delegates from the United States Canada Mexico Argentina Bolivia Chile Colombia have been named or promised in official correspondence.
Miss Lina Moore and Ruth Kryan of West High gather about 500 classical allusions to prove Greek and Latin are utilitarian in public schooling. Exhibits drawn from newspapers, magazines and literature highlight architecture, art, advertising names, and mythological references shaping modern life.
The American Peace Society presented figures at a St Louis peace meeting showing global war and weapon costs near two billion dollars, enough to fund five Panama canals. It argued arbitration would cut armaments and free millions in the United States for agricultural, waterway, industrial, and other public improvements.
Linden April 19 notices report funeral attendance for Moses Chase civil war veteran uncle of Mr. Berry. Health updates include Mrs. Crummna convalescing, Henry Call improving, and W W Brooks baby Earl with pneumonia. M Scholl seriously ill from blood poisoning. Mrs. Zuehlke gaining strength after St Francis hospital operation. An advertisement extols Chamberlain's Tablets for digestion.
In Spencecr on April 19 the court took up whether the dying statements of the alleged victim in a criminal operation could be admitted by the state against Rev. Roy A. Hawkes of Rossie who was indicted on a related charge.
Dr. G S Nordstrom testified he attended Lydia Morris on July 6 1912 finding her with a very high fever and serious condition. The defense objected to dying declarations but the judge upheld the indictment. Mrs William Morris described Lydia's illness and care at home and the trip to the doctor.
An old advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a remedy for lingering coughs and consumption. It includes a testimonial from E. D. Rountree of Stillmore Georgia praising a prior bout with Lagrippe and claiming complete cure.
Topeka reports Kansas college girls in Young Women’s Christian associations list the ideal man. Height 5 ft 11 in, weight 159 lb, chest 40 expanded 34 contracted, waist 30.5 in. Qualities include good appearance, courtesy, sportsmanship, reverence for the aged, and no smoking or drinking.
An advertisement extols 8 S. S. as a pure vegetable infusion that circulates the bloodstream within minutes. It claims to cleanse blood impurities, dissolve acid accumulations in joints, and ease rheumatic pains without stomach distress. The Swift Specific Co offers bottles at $1.00 and expert advice via mail from Atlanta.
The article notes women selecting partners by contrasts in size and looks. Tall girls favored short men and plump girls preferred tall, lean suitors. Standards included appearance and a surprising emphasis on a good front rather than handsomeness, with cooking ability not always first.
Mothers whose children are weak and run down should remember Father John’s Medicine as a pure wholesome tonic and builder free from alcohol or dangerous drugs. Thousands of mothers give it to their children when they weaken. If unavailable from your druggist, write Carleton & Hovey, Lowell, Mass., enclosing one dollar for a large size bottle express prepaid.
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