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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1912
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR shows multiple Minnesota towns and prices such as Walker Lindstrom Opakis Dorset Greenland Bald Eagle and amounts like 15.95 9.94 13.10. The text lacks context, but presents a sequence of place names with numeric values.
The east public market drew thousands as honey, corn, apples, peaches and potatoes sold briskly. Two boys with a flower wagon drew attention while a Canton contractor praised Foley Kidney Pills after relief from kidney trouble. Charles Herman sold honey at 40 cents a quart and 1.25 a ten-pound pail with a 10 cent bottle return. Edward Rich’s honey wagon struggled to keep up with demand. D C Bybee touted kidney relief after a long illness and headaches.
The city of Waterloo Iowa announces a filed plat and schedule detailing the cost of grading paving curbing and guttering along Fourth Street and adjacent Cedar River areas on both river sides from specified rail lines to street lines. Objections or corrections must be in writing to the city clerk within 20 days after August 1 1912.
The Ringling Brothers circus brings a multimillion dollar menagerie to Waterloo on Wednesday August 14 with hundreds of new animals sourced from wild habitats. Lecturers explain animal life while the giant show features a Joan of Arc tableau with 1,200 performers, 600 horses, 300 dancers, and extensive scenery.
The Crocker family of English Gypsies appears this season with Ringling Brothers' circus. Their wild tilting is a major equestrian feature, a novelty to American audiences. They wear traditional Gypsy costumes and comprise a picturesque group of men and women. Meantime, The Iowa Homestead advertises farm knowledge and subscription offers.
A Iowa state university registrar table shows 675 agricultural families sent children to college last year, followed by 404 merchant families. The data ranks other occupations, noting 408 employee fathers and 269 professional or teaching fathers, with 308 employees in the laboring class and 32 contractors and 24 manufacturers among employers.
An advertisement states that a common ailment among workers is lame back. It recommends applying Chamberlain's ointment twice daily and massaging the area thoroughly at each use for quick relief. Sold by all dealers.
Effective Sunday August 4, the Waterloo departure time shifts from 6 35 to 6 30 a m. The car will connect with C G W train No 6 to the west at Waverly. C M Cheney G FL P A.
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