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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1911
Page
3
An advertisement extols Wyreth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Kenned y as a daily dressing to restore gray or faded hair to natural color. It claims to prevent dandruff, strengthen thinning hair, and promote growth, selling at fifty cents a bottle via Hf. W. Taggart at 437 Commercial St.
The Civic Department of the Woman's Club unanimously endorses the Courier editorial on garbage disposal and urges Congress to investigate dairy disease to curb tuberenta. Mrs. W L Johnson heads the department. Dr. Margaret V Clark abroad. Papers compare incineration and reduction methods and describe Richmond Staten Island plant as model for Waterloo.
Mason City notes the puzzling vanishing of KBOD Graham a ten year furniture dealer. His wife offers a 350 reward for information after he left home with 5000 in cash and later traveled to Nora Springs Meerserve y where he claimed authorship of The Man from Mars. Authorities investigate possible foul play or mental derangement.
Postmaster W R Law in Waterloo reports a federal court setup for the city. A telegram from J K Taylor seeks a list of required property to equip the second floor. desks railings carpets and more. Judge Henry T Reed notes the first term begins on the second Tuesday in May and a deputy clerk and possibly a federal grand jury must be appointed. County designations for the Waterloo district are not yet decided.
Yesterday's services at the First Methodist Episcopal church honored men with a united program. Daniel Sloan spoke on Making a Man at 10 AM and Rev W F Spry led a men’s sermon at 11. Prof C D Colgrave outlined the three essentials of a man as sand sympathy and sense. Prof Ralph Hix gave a large organ recital featuring wedding music, with free recitals at 7:10 PM each Sunday for about 30 minutes.
An advertisement touts Diapepain as a remedy for indigestion and stomach disorders. It claims the product digests meals, prevents fermentation and gas, stops belching and nausea, and offers quick relief within minutes. A 50 cent bottle from a druggist is recommended.
Billy Sunday set a new convert record in Wichita Kansas on Friday night as his Amusements sermon drew crowds. About 6000 attended with 3000 turned away. the event prompted calls to abandon cards theaters and dancing.
Des Moines Register reports Mr. Irving Richman, Iowa historian, talked with several city literary societies over the past two days. He writes on California's Spanish occupation and early records, earning national scholarly regard. His current project covers Jean Frémont and promises a substantial work.
In the Fremont period a patient investigator shows promise of a work equal to history and literature. Mr Richman, in a small western city distant from libraries, pursues a task recognized by national scholarship and could secure a high place among notable American historical writers with twenty five years ahead. Names include James J Bruce cedar falls Ellen Hansen Waterloo Albert Nelson cedar Falls and faura Lauritsen cedar Seene.
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