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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1910
Page
4
Reports from Council Bluffs Iowa December describe farmers in Avoca area refusing access to farms for a deer drive. Farmers argue deer forage mainly in wooded pastures with cattle present, while some locals foresee legal steps to stop any raid for venison or hides during a potential hunt.
The Cedar Falls Record defends Billy Sunday, praising his methods and results. Waterloo’s newspapers provided generous, fair coverage of sermons and meetings, while readers contributed freely to a large donation. The piece lauds Waterloo’s transformation and civic spirit during Sunday’s campaign.
An advertisement touts Meritol products as pure and meritorious selected by the association directors and endorsed by leading physicians, druggists and newspaper men nationwide. The Henderson Drug Co. is named as the focal member and sole representative in the area. Ask for Meritul goods.
The article extols a six week campaign aimed at curbing unrighteousness in Waterloos, highlighting Sunday gatherings as inspiring and calling the city’s effort the best investment it ever made in uplifting the community.
Dr. Frederick A. Cook of Brooklyn will return on the steamship George Washington due Thursday evening. He has not been in the city since vanishing after submitting his polar records to the University of Copenhagen over a year ago.
Editorial notes anger at a legislative crime allowing pay to ignore laws, linking it to statewide population decline and rising crime in Iowa. It laments winking officials, divorce cases, and increase in murderers while calling for repeal of the “mulet” law and stronger protection for citizens. Signed by Sara C. Wilbur, Littleton, Iowa.
John D Rockefeller completes a ten year effort with a final gift of 10 million dollars to the University of Chicago. The annual installments will total about 5 million to be paid starting January 1. Rockefeller says future support should come from many donors and resigns from the university board along with his son and Fred T Gates. Nearly 7 million more had been donated previously, with funds to be managed by Chicago and the western community.
Washington December 21 Justice White was elected to the United States Senate as a Democrat to succeed James B. Foustis and took his seat in March 1891. A tale says Cleveland offered him the Supreme Court in 1894 after a breakfast quarrel over the sugar schedule. White, a bachelor then, later married Mrs. Virginia Montgomery Kent, the widow of a rich lawyer, and memory of Miss Montgomery kept him a bachelor for twenty five years.
London December 20 General Booth head of the Salvation Army will soon undergo an operation for cataract on his left eye. He already lost sight in his right eye after a prior cataract operation. He has not seen for a long time and now hopes the new operation will restore left eye vision.
Clarion December 21 reports O. J. Pardun is hailed as national corn champion. From a single acre he produced 101 1/2 bushels, a yield that may not be surpassed in the state.
Pardun laments not competing for best acre after a home 24 acre plot yielded 2,270 bushels at 95 1 2 bushels per acre and total harvest reached about 3,500 bushels. He spends much time testing seed corn and adheres to scientific principles.
Real estate transfers listed by Black Hawk Co Abstract Co include Emma B Pettit transferring land in 12-39-74 to Curtis Ford for 1 dollar. Multiple Waterloo properties change hands including Frank J Fowler to James H Rickert for part of lot 9 block A Lane and Fowlers addition, and several transfers involving The Waterloo Dredging Co and surrounding tracts. Other transfers include John G Bickley to John F E O Keefe, Carrie E Fox to Dora O Keefe, Highland Improvement Co to J E and Dora O Keefe, and several Westfield, Maple Leaf, and Cedar river bed parcels with prices ranging from 1 to 2,972 dollars.
A grateful mother details a severe infant skin eruption on her son's head and body. After trying physicians and various remedies, she uses Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent and reports rapid healing with new hair growth. Includes testimonials and an offer for the Cuticura booklet.
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