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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1913
Page
6
Cedar Falls subscribers are urged to report any irregularities in delivery to Clarence Wynkoop, business agent, at 123 Main St. The notice appears in Cedar Falls Daily News with J. G. Packard credited as correspondent.
W E Frederickson survives a wreck near Cole Iowa with a broken collarbone three ribs fractured and internal injuries. He is expected to return home in Cedar Falls when movable. Community notes report several local residents moving homes and new ventures in Cedar Falls Waterloo Des Moines and neighboring areas.
In Cedar Falls Ja Aug the city water pumping station delivers about 50 000 gallons daily equaling roughly 100 gallons per resident prompting the water committee to target a twenty five percent reduction. The town shows no signs of drought as the report notes abundant supply. The item follows other local notes on pheasants Cedar Falls people in Canada and a funeral service.
Cedar Falls Iowa Aug 12 T H Gaffeney cashier at Citizens gas office left for vacation He plans to inspect the big dam at Keokuk before returning M C Christopherson will fill his desk in the office during absence.
Des Moines reports Highland Park college appoints Dr. Arthur Ellsworth Bennett of Upset Iowa Fayette as dean of the liberal arts and professor. Bennett served thirteen years as dean of education at Upper Iowa University and chairs the State Teachers Association executive committee. He previously led the New Mexico normal school for three years and earned degrees from Kansas State Normal, New York University, with post graduate work at a New York institue of oratory. He is a prominent lecturer in institute and Chautauqua circuits.
Waterloo’s business and civic groups push ticket sales for Pain’s fireworks display with Waterloo People’s Night on Monday. Ladies visit every home to sell $1,000 worth of tickets and meet guarantees by Town Criers and local merchants for the event week.
Mrs. Paul Picard Jr. married two weeks after a bet on a Giants Pirates game ends in doubt as she plans immediate divorce. Blue eyed, fair haired Stella Griffin says Picard returns home drunk nightly and boasts of affairs. Picard family is wealthy of French descent.
Advertises Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a high grade family medicine for coughs colds croup asthma hoarseness and throat and lung troubles. Claims no opiates and quality across all druggists.
A distressing broadcast from Oelwein Iowa pleads for the return of Lizzie Huppertz a 14 year old girl missing from home. The mother declares she cannot bear the strain and urges any information to aid in locating Lizzie promptly.
Dayton Ohio voters decide today on adopting a city charter that transfers executive power to an appointed city manager while the commission acts as a legislative board. The plan, similar to Sumter and in Springfield also set for August, removes mayoral veto and limit on manager tenure.
Attorney General Cosson leads a state and federal pursuit after Lizzie, who ran away with piano maker Frank Meyer last June. Meyer is lodged at the Huppertz home in Oelwein. Photos of the pair will appear in major papers and the War Cry. Mrs. Huppertz remains seriously ill as authorities conduct the broadest search to locate them.
A vintage advertisement proclaims the enduring value of Aunt Mary's Vinegar, promising consistent flavor and household reliability. The copy highlights trusted use and familiar branding to attract long-time customers.
St Louis physician reports Monroe Rodgers a twelve year old boy underwent a silver tube drainage procedure near the heart to remove a threatening foreign substance. The operation required removing a rib to access the heart area, with the patient admitted July five for a stone bruise and later developing breathing trouble and facial discoloration as doctors pursued the treatment.
A foreign substance near the heart enlarged the pericardium to three times normal size. An X-ray showed the condition and indicated that only surgery could save the boy, highlighting an urgent medical crisis.
Wallace Wills, a young worker at the Rock Island freight house, was crushed when a heavy radiator toppled onto both feet. He was treated at a physician’s office and then moved to Presbyterian hospital where one toe had to be amputated.
The Town Tattler reports a sensational obesity cure through eating botanium jujubes a few times daily. The candy supposedly uses a rock-dwelling vegetable extract to disperse fat and promises relief without gym or dieting. Drug stores note growing, though limited, popularity of the remedy already in the United States.
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