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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1925
Page
3
A cluttered collage from Waterloo Evching Courier includes advertising boilerplate, mailing rates, and scattered national news notes. It references court and criminal notes from Diagonal Iowa, forestry policy trends, and weather observations tied to seasonal shopping periods.
Senate leaders prepare to push changes to the 1920 transportation act amid a clash over long and short haul rates. Idaho's Senator Gooding leads the drive, arguing inland towns pay higher costs while coast-to-coast routes favor railroads and water terminals.
Community nature column offers quirky Q A on edible swans snakes and household curiosities. The piece promises answers in the next Nature Notes and features fragmentary discussions on local flora and fauna and odd observations.
Dr. William Brady advises maintaining higher indoor humidity and moderate temperatures to aid old people during coal shortages. He notes 70 degrees with 35 percent humidity as comfortable, warns against excessive dryness, and urges daily walks to boost metabolism. He cites oxygen and hydration as key, and answers reader questions on peanuts and milk for athletes.
Waterloo items note biweekly dances at Union hall and a dusting wish for the M M Central Railroad waiting room. John P Farley of Dubuque travels to St Paul. Grace M E church holds Union Thanksgiving with a $30 relief collection for grasshopper stricken counties. Archbishop Hennessy confirms 356 Catholics in Chickasaw county.
Forties years back on Wednesday December 2 1885 J W Harvey sold lots 3 4 and 5 with some exception to Martin Matter of Parkersburg. The property included large houses. The turkey shoot at R B Ball’s range drew interest with over 1200 dollars in reported value. Reverend Richard Gurten preached Thanksgiving union service at First Baptist Church and Mrs Belva Lockwood lectured at Ta Porte City. Mrs Lockwood and others visited afterward. Barnum show party from Tana county returned visiting sister Mrs. Ja W W Ed list.
A partial recalls arrests, lawsuits, and local incidents. McWilliams confessed to slaughtering a will and freeing children at Hemigopth farm. he was sent to the criminal insane department at Anamosa. James M. Bankson began damage suits of 2506 each. Twelve Waterloo keepers were noted. A cloth tear left a victim with a wrist and hip injury. Dr. Daniel Shepardson, a wheel chair evangelist, died in Waterloo after revival services. Fred Jr. Wray left for Washington to serve as a page in Congress. Dell Sumner also headed to the capital. Local engineers and firms, including Smith Lichty & Hillman Co and Patersburg practice, are mentioned in shifting notices at Jefferson and Fourth streets.
In a tale from Howard R. Garis the duck Jimmie Wibblewobble trudges from the hollow stump school in a glum mood. Uncle Wiggily visits the duck pen and learns the Lady Mouse Teacher has assigned a letter as a composition.
Jimmie and Uncle Wiggily explore fields for corn while evading a rat and a farmer’s gun. They gather two ears of corn and return home, where Jimmie writes a letter about his adventures and near misses. The Lady Mouse Teacher praises his composition as the best in class.
A reader letter argues Prohibition is a major blessing and should be enforced nationwide. It criticizes opponents, cites banking, merchant, and railroad gains from prohibition, and urges local officials to enforce laws with public support. The writer labels drinkers and advocates for enforcement despite foreign interference and political resistance.
The Webster City Freeman Journal notes 80 acres northeast of Webster at 200 dollars per acre with minimal improvements as a basis for valuing good farms, while 175 dollars is suggested for lesser land. The Storm Lake Pilot-Tribune urges lower white flour use to aid farmers, and the Manson Journal argues the issue is farmers' ability to pay existing credit rather than securing more credit.
In a striking showing Wirga executed a criss cross on the ica A erkes leading to a touchdown. The scene contrasted with a later image of a bale of currency Red stored yesterday in his ice tongs.
An advertising snippet touts Creomulsion as a two fold remedy that soothes inflamed membranes and hinders germ growth for persistent coughs colds bronchitis and related respiratory issues. It claims high medical authorities back creosote as an effective heal agent with a money back guarantee if relief is not seen after following directions.
Emma Withers of Belmont North Carolina reports a severe flu lingering cough and poor appetite. After trying specialists with little relief she used Milks Emulsion and recovered appetite digestion and strength, noting easy consumption and promise of refund if unsatisfied. Sold by druggists nationwide.
Abe Martin narrates a land sale saga where a country club site passes through a chain of buyers from a farmer to a retired worker, fueling a local labor shortage in Plovidy and prompting questions about where the money went as a horse burial tale lingers.
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