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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1913
Page
5
The Waterloo presents Uncle Josh Perkins tonight amid a lively lineup featuring Polly of the Circus and a strong slate of new spe cialties. The program also highlights The Divorce Question and The Old Homestead as enduring crowd pleasers with a rich season of rural drama and operetta.
Fri Polly of the 4 and Kitty Gordon play to crowded Waterloo audience with endorsements from New York to Chicago and Boston. Gordon, educated pianist daughter of Colonel George Gordon, studied in Dresden and gained early recognition during royal court observations. The piece notes her rise and the show’s reception.
The Iowa Homestead promotes farm earnings via knowledge from the paper, priced at $3.60 per year for both papers. Subscriptions can be ordered through this office. Publisher James M. Pierce invites capable farmer agents with liberal incentives, write for details at Des Moines Iowa.
Grundy Center Iowa hosts a Good Roads meeting on February 4 with a banquet funded by local businessmen. Principal speakers include O. K. hulp of West Bend and S. W. DeWolf of Reinbeck. Illinois coal price Saint Louis Lump listed for furnaces and heaters by Bum & Co.
Vinton Iowa February special notes several local business changes including Glenn A. Port purchasing Parson Port jewelry interest, A G Adan selling his grocery to L A Douglas, and a major new 25 foot electric sign at Brown Electrical. Also reported are meat producers officers, birthday and Fathers Day notices, and anniversary remembrances along with brief social and travel mentions.
Philadelphia March 31 1913 New Publications began in 1912 at about five a day per census figures in the American Newspaper Annual and Directory, with 1686 as a base. 1650 ceased, net increase 36 split roughly US and Canada. Industry shows large daily growth, strong publishing and printing sector, ten year output value up 86 percent. Newspapers now about 360 million yearly income, ads two thirds. Directory lists 24 381 publications in 11 629 towns. 2 633 daily, 17 285 weekly, 3 069 monthly. Thousands of associations publish varied lists from religion to sociology. Big coal sale offered by Harman Coal Co Phone 405.
The Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago offers a three year course for young women aged 19 to 30 and includes pediatric and adult nursing along with high school education. Benefits include a short probation and salary after the second month. The program requires Illinois law work hours to use the 996 RN degree. Write to Principal of Training School, 725 Fullerton Ave., Chicago, Ill.
Des Moines report notes Representative Charles W. Miller plans to force a house vote on an interracial marriage bill. Miller refuses indefinite postponement and secures signatures from Griffin and Sidney to reconsider the measure, aiming to bring the issue before the full chamber despite judiciary committee resistance.
Des Moines reports the house committee on municipal corporations voted to report the Sherman bill favorably. The measure would allow all Iowa cities of 5 000 or more to adopt the commission form of government, notably benefiting Grinnell. The committee on the suppression of intemperance scheduled a hearing for Representative Koontz on the five mile limit bill, and discussed a daylight closing law already reported.
New York investigator Samuel H. London testifies before the Curran committee that a slave market for women exists in a Clinton Street back room where bidders inspect women before purchase. He cites high earnings for white slaves in the United States and details how traffickers lure and abduct women, using shopping centers and sweatshops as recruitment sites.London argues the nation must act to end commercialized vice and expose police or political protection of traffickers.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a gentle overnight remedy for stomach liver and intestinal issues. It claims bilious headaches bad tastes yellow skin and tired eyes improve by morning. The 10 cent box is advertised as safe for children and non grippy or harsh, with a pleasant taste.
Suffering from colds and catarrh can find instant relief by applying Ely's Cream Balm to the nostrils. The remedy cleanses, heals, and antisepticly reaches the nasal passages, restoring taste and smell and improving hearing. It strengthens tissues to prevent recurrence and can cure a cold in a day. 50 cent bottle recommended with agent H. W. Tagegart listed.
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