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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1911
Page
3
The Waterloo Business College touts its program with endorsements from executives and professionals. Local business leaders and attorneys praise the school for producing office-ready graduates and dependable shorthand and typing skills, noting alumni filling key roles in firms and public offices. Fall term opens September 5 with inquiries invited.
Arguments on dissolving a temporary injunction against lowering express rates were heard by Judge Smith McPherson. Attorneys for the state and for express firms debated legality and profits, noting 1909 figures and a $80.37 profit on a Waterloo shipment versus a $75.37 projection under the proposed rate.
Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy is advertised as the best hair remedy, claimed to remove dandruff strengthen hair restore vitality and gradually restore gray hair. Druggists report rising daily sales and special agent H W Tagwart of 637 Commercial Street recommends and sells it at fifty cents a bottle.
Clinton Louisiana August 29 thieves entered Nammany Nelsons clothing store on the main street and stole about 75 dollars worth of clothing placing it in two suitcases They escaped openly as passersby went to work One thief climbed a comrade to reach the show window and another opened the money drawer during the theft.
Charles City Iowa August 29 William Kuech former Charles City grocery operator who sold out to Toepfer Guthardt and moved to Waterloo will relocate to Plainfield to run a general store. He recently visited Charles City and plans to start at once, trading his Waterloo store for a residence there. The Plainfield area is described as a strong trading point with good surrounding territory.
Patrolman Warshaw heard screams and saw twenty rats loose in Delancey and Chrystie streets as two men failed to recapture them. Join Kief, a rat catcher, and Joseph Fogerage faced stern charges while bystanders, mainly women, demanded action. Fogerage, an anti vivisectionist, admitted to freeing the animals bound for a medical college. magistrates fined him one dollar.
Reports from Las Palmas state 500 Spanish soldiers may embark tomorrow aboard the transport Admirals Lobo to occupy Sainte Croix la Mineuro on the Moroccan coast south of Agadir. The move, if confirmed, could further complicate the Moroccan crisis linked to Franco-German diplomacy in Madrid and Berlin. Kidney remedy Foley Kidney Remedy promoted as a universal cure by J. Wk, Joder & Son.
Ottawa reports show Canadian election clash over reciprocity with the United States. Leaders such as Laurier and Borden tour Ontario and Quebec while premiers Whitney McBride Hazen oppose reciprocity. Claims of American offers to drive a stampede alarm farmers, with Liberal denials and Taft annexation fears shaping the stump speeches.
A Streator Illinois man long crippled by kidney and bladder troubles reports rapid recovery after using Foley Kidney Pills. He left work for illness, returned soon and feels healthier than before. The ad endorses the tonic relief and benefits for workers.
Boston reports that women's feet are getting bigger, with No 2 shoes almost vanished. Shoe manufacturers and dealers at a national fair say today’s women have larger feet than those of a generation ago, due to increased athletics and longer days on their feet. The typical size now runs four to five, versus three to five twenty years ago.
Daniel W. Shoemaker of Luzerne, 78, was instantly killed when the Omaha special struck him while he walked on the track near Luzerne. He was a longtime Luzerne resident and former schoolteacher, leaving eight children across Luzerne, Marengo, Blairstown, and Chelsea. The crash occurred after he stepped from an east bound freight to avoid a west bound fast passenger train.
Miss Annie Woods colored daughter of Mrs. J Surrell of Waverly died of tuberculosis at the Surrells home southwest of Waverly last Saturday morning. Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist church. burial in Waverly cemetery. Born May 3, 1872 in Clark County Missouri she never married and spent the last fifteen years in Marshalltown. Her health declined after returning home last spring to rest.
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