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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1911
Page
9
Promote gentle bowel action without harsh laxatives. Edwards Olive Tablets offer a mild, non griping method to restore natural movement, advertised by the Olive Tablet Company of Columbus Ohio. Box prices are 10c and 25c with claims of no pain in use.
Dramatic scenes at St Pauls Methodist church as Evangelist ER Forsythe leads a four and a half week revival. Converts exceed 200 with 18 making starts at men’s meeting and at evening service. Free will offerings raise about 425 dollars. A striking scene has a young man vow to quit tobacco and a woman reconcile with a estranged friend. The event ends with prayers, testimonies, and strong support from local workers and youth.
The Red Cross Christmas seal campaign spreads nationwide with 300000 more seals ordered as 1,000,000 initial seals sell out. A state Tuberculosis effort offers per capita awards of 25 dollars for 20000+ population cities and 15 dollars for 5000 to 20000, all must fund tuberculosis work. Aretas E. Kepford, state lecturer, urges maximum participation.
At A J Shonts trial on a disorderly conduct charge neighbors testified to alleged cruelty at 318 Irving Street. His wife described repeated abuse, pawned jewelry, and loss of resources for herself and 7 year old daughter. He received thirty days in jail in lieu of a 100 dollar fine, with wife and child support arranged by Associated Charities. He was kept in a single cell for security as mental strain was noted.
Yetter and Waters showcase their full seasonal lines in the White Front store windows at the head of Bridge on Commercial street. The Christmas gift selection is heavily highlighted, with the window display regarded as a notable sight of the jetty season.
In Cloverdale Iowa EF J Harding as tenant farmed 190 acres and sent fourteen loads of barley and a timothy seed load valued at 1652.12 dollars to the elevator company. He also earned about 2000 dollars from hay and pasturage beyond rent for the year.
A speaker claims over ten years he earned 320000 from a rented property and shows timothy, checks, and affidavits to prove his report is true. He asserts his word is as good as a government bond and that even the skeptical will accept his figures.
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