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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1911
Page
3
The inexpensive Pinex cough syrup claims instant relief for stubborn coughs and even whooping cough and croup. A 400 cent bottle mixed with sugar syrup yields a pint for family use, with five minute prep and a guaranteed satisfaction or money back.
An advertisement touts Dr Shailender as a leading expert in a wide range of diseases from catarrh to consumption and nervous debility. It claims rapid, certain cures, hospital experience, and specialized treatments for bladder female organs and various sexual health issues.
The advertisement touts Mertto]s Cough Remedy as the best cure for croup and a preventive when given at the first sign of a croupy cough. It claims widespread use in thousands of homes and lists Henderson Drug Co. and Red Cross Drug Co. as sellers.
Obituary notes Joseph Mueller aged about 41 a Waterlin resident formerly of Cheveland Ohio and Iowa died Sunday morning from pneumonia at his home 315 Sumner Street He was born in Alsace Lorraine on February 22 1881 and leaves a widow five children Frank Louis Tile Anna and Bernard two sisters and a brother also surviving Funeral services will be held at St Marys Catholic Church with burial in Calvary cemetery Also noted is the death of infant Robert William Johnson son of Mr and Mrs G Johnson born August 4 1941 who died Sunday at the home of his maternal grandparents 902 Mulberry Street Funeral services were held at the Johnson home and interment in Fairview cemetery An advertisement praises Foley s Honey and Tar Compound for croup relief from H W Casselman Canton New York and H W Taggart.
William F Borchers a respected Waterlon resident and longtime pattern maker at Waterlon Gasoline Engine Company died at 338 Vine Street Saturday evening from old age. Funeral services were held today at 1:20 PM from the late home and at 2 PM from Emmanuel Lutheran Church with Rev Theodore Wolfram in charge. Burial followed in Fairview cemetery. Born in Germany in 1837 he came to Waterlon in 1882, survived by wife Henrietta and four children William Borchers Jr. of St Louis Fred Borchers a local dentist A Borchers a Chicago teacher and Adele who resides at home.
The Waterloo theatre showcases Mildred a stage adaptation of the popular novel on New Year’s Day with matinee and night performances. Audiences familiar with the book will find the drama well suited to the stage and highly appealing as a holiday attraction.
Kilmer Notten, a Nashua resident, jailed on a robbery charge after spending Christmas with friends and alcohol. Witnesses say Andy Bean lost about 40 dollars, with Notten accused. Bean claims Notten received the money for safekeeping. Notten is the son of Mr and Mrs James Noten. In a separate incident Mrs D A Watkins slipped on an icy walk returning from Baptist church exercises breaking her wrist and forearm. Also a Courier ad notes an old furniture piece for sale.
A Christmas party for the Central Church of Christ Junior Society drew 41 guests to Miss Anna Kistner’s Third Avenue West home. Eggs were packed as gifts for the pastor and wife, with officers elected for the Junior C. E. and gifts distributed from a decorated tree.
In Baltimore Maryland on December 26 a mob seized King Davis a black man accused of killing Frederick A Schwab a white man in Fairfield Anne Arundel county. Davis was dragged from the Brooklyn jail and killed with hatchets after guards failed to stop the mob. The shooting followed a pool room dispute in which Schwab brothers clashed with Davis and Frederick Schwab was mortally wounded. Davis claimed self defense saying Schwab struck him.
John Vincent of Sworereville hid $40 in a shotgun barrel at his boarding house fearing loss. A boarder loaded the gun and fired at a barking dog, wounding it as it leaped the fence. Vincent now searches for the dog hoping to recover some of the money.
Postmaster W. R. Law reports heavy crowds at stations A and 1 in North Waterloo during Christmas mail distribution. About 1,500 people lined up at station A and a steady flow at the federal building as clerks and carriers processed mail. Officials praise staff for overtime effort and cooperation amid hard weather and a heavy holiday load. Waterlooo, Ia.
James J. Gallagher, serving twelve years for shooting Mayor Gaynor, is reportedly to be transferred from Trenton Penitentiary to the New Jersey State Hospital for the Insane. Doctors may declare him incurably insane due to paresis, with doctors noting delusions and the inability to stay focused on the original crime.
The Waterloo Traveling men will hold their eighteenth annual banquet at Pythian temple Thursday at 6 30 PM. Over 460 men, including 200 tickets sold to local manufacturers and wholesalers, are expected with invited guests from nonmembers. Hon Martin J Wade and Senator W S Kenyon may attend.
Chicago, December 26. Two mothers mourn as a 15 year old heiress Violet Buehler remains missing since November 25. Police say they are no closer to answers amid abduction or elopement theories and the girl’s fate after a supposed trip to Racine remains unknown. An odd classified ad for fuel appears at the end.
Enthusiastic crowd filled Logan Avenue United Evangelical on Christmas night as the Sunday school staged a surprise program. Classes carried gifts of flour cornmeal canned fruit and groceries to bless the poor, the pastor received a liberal purse, and an offering for home missions neared $50.
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