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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1910
Page
1
Sunny Monday laundry soap works equally well in hard or soft water and in cold or hot water. The product is white and resin free, featuring a dirt starter that saves time and reduces wear on clothes.
A quarrel over switching associations brings criminal libel suits against the Quincy paper and its directors. The piece attacks rival papers as pirates while debates about baseball color lines, league realignments, and big-money moves unfold. Wresting plans, player trades, and agent suits surface as sport and law collide in a crowded National scene.
Detroit pursues two Minneapolis players Jimmy Williams and Gavry Cravath amid draft disputes as Minneapolis fights to keep its stars. Ollie Pickering, a veteran outfielder, receives an unconditional release to pursue free agency or a minor league posting. Pickering, 21-year career spanning clubs, is praised for defense and long service with the American Association.
Ad claims a $100 reward for an incurable case of catarrh not cured by Halry Catarrh Cure. Testimonies from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo and Watersy, RIMan de Marvin, wholesale druggists. Catarrh cure is sold at 75 cents per bottle with testimonials available locally.
Ottumwa baseball officials secured Ted Egan to manage the Ottumwa Speed Bars for two years. Lincoln Western league club offered him a better salary after watching his success. President Lynch of Ottumwa confirms the contract, while Florida based discussions consider John House eligibility with a winter meeting to decide. House’s reinstatement could bring him to Ottumwa.
Connie Collins proposes a six club semiprofessional league for northern central Iowa with Mason City Webster City either Carroll or Iowa Falls plus Fort Dodge Marshalltown and Boone. Games would be Fri Sat Sun to cut travel and salaries. Some towns lack league play but have fast pro clubs in past. Public reaction to be gauged with letters. nostalgia references to boxing photos appear at end.
Northern Iowa sportsmen voice indignation over Wall Irke drainage plans. They claim the executive council failed to notify opponents of the hearing date, hindering rights arguments. Wall Lake, a key remote wild fowl and fishing site, faces elimination allegedly for speculative land deals.
New York reports Lil Artha Johnson launches another fad as brain photography captures public attention. The latest print shows an automobile, a chicken, and a few other items, reflecting a whimsical craze following prior media exposure.
Mrs D Gilkeson of Youngstown Ohio shares advice from experience about a child’s severe cold and cough. After trying Foley’s Froney and Tar the throat inflammation eased with one dose and one bottle cleared the illness. She keeps Foley’s Honey and Tar on hand and warns against substitutes. Also mentions Cook Stove Egg Coat by J B Young Co.
South Bend records show Charles W. Hall of Benton Harbor probate of 1908 will granting 1000 acres of timber land on Brimstone Creek Tennessee to Colonel Roosevelt. The 1908 will later amended by codicil on Dec 23 taking back the bequest and giving it to Hall's brother.
Contagious blood diseases are described as permeating the system with varied symptoms from mouth ulcers to skin eruptions. The text warns against mineral tonics and promotes S S S as a purely vegetable cure that purifies the blood and restores health, offering free home treatment information from The Swift Specific Co. at Atlanta.
The advertisement promotes Pape's Cold Compound as the best and harmless cure for colds and grippe. It claims relief within the first dose and asserts no other medicine cures as quickly. It notes a 25 cent package and that quinine is ineffective after three years of research.
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