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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1913
Page
5
A flooded burrow and muddy landscape frame Jack Rabbit s visit to Mr Fox at the House On the Hill. They discuss a promised tale about a hen and rooster who chase foolish riches, and a diver dog at a Cedar River park bathing day.
An elderly advertisement uses stark warnings about poverty among working women to promote Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy. The copy targets wage earners and mothers in offices, factories, stores, and kitchens, urging women to seek the product.
Chicago reports Mrs. Arrow Whitbeck and relatives seek a pardon for Walter Whitbeck who was convicted in Fayette county Iowa for his father’s murder. A handwritten confession purportedly by Jessie Miller, now missing, is cited as new evidence. Attorneys say the letter could exonerate Whitbeck and prompt Iowa officials to grant clemency.
Patrons along Highland and Vicinity faced inconvenience as the new streetcar routing went into effect last Saturday. The line now runs from Highland via Independence Avenue and Lane Street to Fowler, crossing Franklin at Tenth, then to Lafayette, shortening the terminals by about four blocks to improve schedule reliability.
The Black Hawk County board enacts a County Road Cash Fund to receive road levies from 1912 and earlier, with transfers to the fund and no separate tax account. A bridge at Finchford is reviewed with a new approach recommended. A resolution of necessity authorizes a concrete bridge in Barclay Two with a public hearing set for August 12, 1913, and notices published. The board also considers installing an automatic telephone system in the courthouse and purchasing a metal case for the county clerk, with claims approved in the county fund.
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