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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1915
Page
10
Gelwein Aug 3 fire at Chicago Great Western Railroad storage room in Oelwein destroys a two story building and its immense stock of railroad appliances. Loss estimated at 75000 dollars. Fire discovered about 646 pm. departments fought for over an hour. Only brick walls remain. Employes had left by 6 pm.
Port Dodge August 3 A kerosene lantern carried by night watchman ALe Johnson at the Iowa Paint Manufacturing company near a benzine leak caused an explosion and blaze destroying the factory with a 35000 loss half insured. Johnson burned about face and hands and the Pyroline Fireproof Paint company losses run about 13000.
Mason City August 3 a happy faced old gentleman Paul Thoms of Lime Springs yesterday celebrated his one hundredth birthday. He is active and in fine health and holds the highest esteem. Mayor D H Thomas paused his duties to mark the day as neighbors and friends gathered at his home at 3 pm. Children adore him and he welcomes little tots on his knee. He is an avid reader with a retentive mind and recalls events from early life and progress in all fields. Grandpa Thoms expects to live many more years.
Uremia results from waste circulation. Foley Kidney Pills aid kidneys in removing waste matter that causes rheumatism and pain. They relieve stiff joints and sore muscles. Sold by all druggists everywhere.
Waterloo Rotary members shared humorous origin tales at noon, listing 68 attendees and detailing how each earned their first money or coin. Names and nicknames covered varied jobs from cow driving to pop corn stands, book reading, and more, in a lively reminiscence.
Keokuk August 3 Miss Charlotte Mary Fagan 19 daughter of Mr and Mrs James M Eagan of 1610 Orleans was fatally injured in an automobile accident on the Lake Shore boulevard at 10 o clock Sunday She was crushed under a heavy automobile and died at Graham hospital at 10 30 that night The car owned by Marty Rein skidded and overturned Rein was thrown out injured Roy Rein drove the car with Miss Florence Ward and Miss Madeline Hanbert as other occupants All others suffered bruises and cuts
A double menu will be served today at the Grand theater. Irving Cummings stars in The Diamond From the Sky with Lottie Pickford Eugenie Fora William Russell and Georges Periniat. The eighth episode delays end today with the ninth installment. Tomorrow and Thursday Margarita Fisher appears in The Girl From His Town in the stellar title role of a much heralded mutual masterpiece.
An editorial notes President Wilson’s critique that schools cram irrelevant facts and fail to teach practical etiquette. It argues education should form character and social behavior, urging readers to study etiquette beyond classroom lessons and promoting a Courier offer for an etiquette encyclopedia.
Independence August 3 Burgess Young dies from injuries after a Illinois Central train collision with his car Sunday. He was about 28 years old, son of the late Fred Young, lifelong Independence resident and a patrolman by trade. He leaves a widow and three children, his mother and two sisters Jessie and Eisie Young. Other car occupants were slightly injured but expected to recover.
Powerful picture sermons were shown yesterday at the Plaza and will be repeated today when the events of the Eastland tragedy are projected on the screen. Also Mary Pickford and John Mason appear in The Dawn of a Tomorrow and Tim the Penman respectively with an initial screen appearance slated for Wednesday and Thursday.
An early 20th century sales pitch proclaims thousands of homes use a famed family remedy for stomach liver kidney and bowel issues. It claims widespread relief through a universal cure for an array of digestive and organ ailments.
Berens are praised as reliable correctives for indigestion dullness and biliousness. The ad urges trying Beecham's Pills to cleanse the system purify the blood tone the stomach stimulate the liver and regulate the bowels and notes many rely on them.
The Kreeh family estate, a Denver property held for about 50 years, will pass to Otter Halls on August 14 as the settlement proceeds. Original owner C. Kreeh died ten years ago, his widow a year since. Sirs. 7. HE. Burk oversees preliminaries for the estate.
The Citizens Gas and Electric Company plans its annual picnic for employees and families at Cedar River Park on Thursday August 12 weather permitting. Secretary J L Maynard will organize the outing and expects strong attendance after 328 revelers joined last year in the group photo area.
The Palaces' stage offers Walker Whiteside in The Molting Pot a drama of racial unity presented as a musical vision by Jewish and Russian Christian characters. The plot follows a young Jew banished from Klahinefi who finds love in America with a Russian Christian girl, then renounces her. The production features a symphony fusion and a moonlit reunion amid refugee themes.
A discussion praising a standard text book on good manners. The book is described as thoroughly treated, richly illustrated, and suitable for libraries. It notes how proper manners boost confidence and how invitations invite criticism, urging preparation according to ethics to gain complimentary remarks.
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