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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1914
Page
8
The Davenport Democrat prints Rev. Frank Cole's letter describing a park holdup near Old Faithful. He details the robber’s commands, the crowd of about 125 travelers, valuables taken, and the robber’s calm efficiency as officers and drivers watched.
A simple waste cleaner devised at Illinois Central shops saves railroad costs. Foreman BF M Fuller supervised the invention, now widely adopted despite lacking patent protection. The device uses heated oil to clean waste, separating dirt and allowing easy removal, with reports of savings and rapid adoption across lines. Also notes railroad officials’ recent inspection trip and a remark on wartime worker desertions.
The program committee announces the Fall Style Show will include a prominent dancing team performing tango hesitations maxixe and other popular dances. Until signed agreements are reached agencies will be contacted but only acts with superior talent will be used. A Chicago trip may precede final arrangements for securing acts.
An old advertisement touts Foley Cathartic Tablets as a fast laxative to relieve liver, constipation, and cleanses without cramping. A Texas resident, New Oldham in Wimberly, claims they are the best laxative ever used and replace calomel. Also promotes Crown Flour at $1.80 delivered by Litle Flour and Feed Co.
Des Moines Aug 6 Iowa weighs workmen's compensation law against New York's similar scheme. New York faces discrimination smoke over married men and employment tests, while Iowa seeks to trim administration costs. Other items note chiropractic practice legality, rising living costs, custodial farm district planning, and a Solon stock remedy dispute in Johnson County Court.
Council Bluffs school board approves medical inspection for the district after a year of consideration. A committee recommends an appropriation not to exceed 4000 dollars and asks full board cooperation with the physician to craft the final procedure plan.
Davenport farmer Hoffman admitted shooting his father in law during a Monay night clash at the Green Tree road home compound. County Attorney Vollmer prepared first degree murder information as authorities describe Hoffman’s actions and injuries from the fatal exchange while Sheriff Eckhardt and deputies secured the scene.
Des Moines reports war has stopped all further Rock Island yard improvements for this year at Most Des Moines. East Twenty-Sixth and Thirtieth Streets viaducts plan approved by city engineering, superstructure contracts in place, yard work delayed pending financial outcomes. Western lines expect a postwar boom to fund advances next year. Receivership talk centers on holding company, not the railway.
Keokuk August 8. Steel barge 11 of Alabama New Orleans Transportation shows inland river freight potential on a New Orleans to St Paul voyage. The 240 by 42 foot snub-nosed craft, carrying 1100 tons of coffee sugar and lumber, halted for terminal talks led by the mayor and council. James E. Edmonds of New Orleans advocates river terminals to unlock river trade worth over 3100,000 daily.
McGregor Aug 6 The new $75,000 pontoon for the east river channel between Prairie du Chien and North McGregor will be installed this week. The war department grants the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway short term channel closure for three or four days to position the boat. The old pontoon’s power boat will operate the new structure temporarily, with boiler and machinery moved during the navigation closed season next winter.
Sheriff Hennessey and a farm posse search Hazel Green township around the Hugh O Leary farm for a reportedly deranged man seen by the O Leary family in recent days. Details of appearance are unavailable as authorities press the manhunt.
Pella August 6 Sjonke Stuersman and George Van Buren residents of Holland ordered to return to the Netherlands to take up arms after receiving cables from the minister of war. Several other Hollanders in the vicinity have also received similar messages indicating compulsory service.
Thousands suffer eye troubles from unknown remedies and high eye specialist fees. A simple one tablet Optona mixed in water used as an eye bath promises clean eyes sharp vision and relief from inflammation. Several reports claim wearers discard glasses after weeks. safe for all ages and available at A W Schuneman & Co or any druggist.
Sir Thomas Lipton formally withdraws from the forthcoming international cup yacht races after Britain’s war declaration cancels the contest. The withdrawal aligns with previous statements that he would not race if Bog land went to war, and implies American defense contenders Vanite and Rego vitte will soon be retired from competition.
Wakefield's Blackberry Balsam advertises cure for bowel troubles without cases of Diarrhoea Dysentery Cholera Infantum or Summer Complaint failing to give relief. It boasts six years of successful cures after other remedies and doctors failed. 35 bottles sold for $1.00 each nationwide.
A fragment cites a statement about “an appropriation he set for us” from the Louisville Courier Journal, indicating a funding decision or allocation referenced by sources in a local context. The brief line hints at a negotiated or assigned budget matter related to the speaker.
An old pamphlet-style ad claims thin people can gain five to eight pounds in two weeks by using Surger with meals and a weekly Sargel tablet. It touts turning eaten fats into fat producing nourishment and promises guaranteed weight increase with small risk and low cost, available at local pharmacies.
A historic medical ad claims daily meat causes uric acid harming kidneys. It promotes four ounces of Rad Salts mixed in water as a kidney purifier and urine neutralizer, priced cheaply and sold by H. W. Taggart.
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