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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1910
Page
1
An advertisement touts Sunny Monday laundry soap as a white soap with no rosin. It promises higher efficiency, claiming one bar lasts as long as two bars of ordinary soap and urges buyers to choose Sunny Monday for real economy on laundry.
Waterlo clubs announce Bowman as their new second baseman after negotiations by Manager Rayle. Bowman, last season with Enid in the Western Association, hit .292 in 103 games with 114 hits, 63 runs, and 34 stolen bases. He led the league in fielding with 242 putouts, 246 assists and 21 errors for a .959 fielding percentage.
Nearly 110 boys engaged in healthful sport as Y M C A teams vie for position. Odell’s squad sits bottom while Eby’s group surges ahead, with four teams bunched for third. Last night results show Team 3 beat Team 1 5 to 2, Team 6 beat Team 5 11 to 5, and Team 4 defeated Team 7 16 to ?
Dan Leary, former Is lamders catcher, is reported sold to the Davenport Baseball association and will manage that team next season. The deal's exact consideration is undisclosed though rumors place about 500 dollars from the Pretacus treasury. Leary, famed for managerial savvy and fighting spirit, beat rival Billy Fox of Omaha for the job. No written application was ever submitted by Leary for Islanders’ manager.
A Toledo firm asserts trust in F J Cheney over 15 years of dealings, claiming he is honorable in all business and capable of fulfilling obligations. The ad promotes Fall’s Catarrh Cure, taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces, offered at 75 cents per bottle through druggists and distributors.
The article notes Dan will join the Davenport team next season, hoping to ease long standing tensions between Islander and Davenport clubs. Fans wish him success, aiming to keep Pretzels behind in standings while maintaining sportsmanship. Also mentions Foley's Honey and Tar as a cough remedy.
In Cass county Iowa a will contest seeks to invalidate the estate plan of P. T. Safford claiming he was under opiate influence when he died and that John McDowell exerted undue influence. Mary A. Stafford and her children seek a division of more than $150,000, asserting the will undervalues the estate and that Stafford was promised a share in exchange for their divorce.
Joseph A Whitacre of the Marshalltown Times Republican announces a forthcoming four volume theater encyclopedia. After eight years of research he claims the work rivals any in scope with 40 000 to 45 000 subjects including biographical sketches of actors and dramatists and histories of principal plays with original casts and dates.
The Waterloo city council debated licens ing charges for transient peddlers and set a $5 fee per carload of produce, with opponents urging lower prices and even abolition of licenses. A $1,500 saloon license proposal was tabled, and other actions included appointing a civil service board, considering a city sealer role, and authorizing changes to polling and street operations.
An advertisement from M Mayer of Rochester New York urges readers to treat kidney trouble. It describes a back pain, fatigue, irregular kidney action, and claims Foley Kidney Pills revived the writer, ending with the assurance the user is cured and stronger than in years. The text notes the product is sold by all druggists.
Witnesses saw a large policeman sprinting down Commercial Street shortly after 9 PM, following an incident at the tabernacle. The escape appeared to involve a chase with unclear details and no immediate injuries reported.
Claims that a new kidney cure works for kidney and bladder trouble and rheumatism. Advertises free 24 hour trial package of Dr Derbys Kidney Pills available at any drug store.
Advertisement asserts Pape's Cold Compound cures grippe and colds after three doses taken over two years, touts no quinine, cites three years of research and cost, and promises rapid relief from neuralgia, headache, nasal congestion, fever, and sore throat for 26 cents.
A tense scene unfolds as officers suspect a planned incident up the street. A small, squeaky-voiced woman asks about a policeman at the tabernacle, noting that a running figure had sparked their talk about religion moments earlier.
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