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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1915
Page
10
Des Moines February reports labor unions framing to push free text books and wage laws while opposing harmful measures. Advocates support special shot firers in mines for safety and seek rail yard pay reform, equal protection for female labor, and restrictions on child employment, plus brake on loan sharks and grade crossing regulations.
Despite Sunday’s stormy weather a large audience attended the dedication of the new $75,000 Methodist church. After Bishop Quayle’s sermon, 56 minutes raised funds at $1,000 per minute, with $19,000 already on hand, completing the total needed to finish the building. The Evening Courier and Reporter notes broad readership in Waterloo.
Des Moines February 3 The appropriations committee urged a bill to provide 76000 dollars to aid Iowa exhibitors at the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. A special governor appointed commission would oversee the funds, with itemized allocations to ease disputes among exhibitors and possible state audit by the executive council. The plan follows prior exposition practices and aims to avoid controversy. The house temperance committee sent the repeal of the mulet law to subcommittee for secret-ballot consideration, with roll call possible. The bill on state control of electrical lines would require the railroad board to set standards for all electric infrastructure within 90 days, enforce rules, appoint inspectors, and validate city ordinances or face 1000 dollar fines. Upcoming cases include Cedar Rapids union depot, Calmar, Algona, and branch-line disputes. Fort Madison warden Sanders reports progress on manufacturing state motor trucks.
Almost everyone knows that Sage Tea and Sulphur, properly compounded, restores natural color and lustre to faded or gray hair while stopping dandruff and itching. Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy is sold at drugstores in a large bottle for about 50 cents. One uses a sponge or brush to apply it strand by strand, and by morning gray hair darkens, thickens, and becomes abundant. For sale by H W Taggart.
A builder describes progress on a standardized car with most parts complete except the frame. He notes the cost differences between English and American models, mentions purchasing 50 to 100 units, and says the design has early approval from an international association committee of motor car architects.
A Clinton county committee failed to persuade Dr J Gibson to alter foot and mouth quarantine. They urged shrinking the five mile zone to adjacent farms with armed guards to enforce isolation. State officials rejected the idea and no legislative move to challenge federal quarantine authority was planned.
Mr and Mrs Fred C Bailay celebrated their golden wedding yesterday. They were married in Randall township Wisconsin February 1 1865 and moved to Rockford Illinois in 1872. In 1890 they came to Charles City and have resided there since. Mr Bailay was born in Cambridge England and came to Almerton with his parents in 1800.
Washington Feb 3 32 years as a federal Internal Revenue agent have left Rep Sam Kirkpatrick of Iowa ready to return to the moonshine chase after he retires from the house on March 4. An ex Civil War soldier with impaired eyesight and bullets, he will seek work with distillers hunters again in 1916 if defeated in the primary this summer. He settled in Iowa after volunteers were mustered out and lived in Olumwna before his 1880 appointment to the revenue service.
Des Moines reports the banklog department issuing its annual call for statements from state and savings banks on groundhog day February 2, when banks are expected to submit their most optimistic reports. Real estate transfers include Laura B. Diva to Benjamin Lowenmeyer Waterloo and other parcels, with several entries listing owners, lots, blocks, and amounts. scattered city notes mention Cedar River Park, West Park Additions, and transfers in Waterloo. A stray line references a North Rather Light Cans mountain scene and Mrs. Fletcher pursuing the Democratic nomination and elections, ending with shopping in the city.
A shopper asks for a candelabra as an official guide directs her to canned goods two counters to the right. The scene unfolds with a tall, weary walker slowly navigating the aisle in a languid, elegant manner.
The advertisement explains that a child's happiness depends on regular bowels and promotes Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild, pleasant tasting laxative safe for children. It claims no opiate or habit forming properties and invites a free trial by writing to Dr. W. B. Caldwell in Monticello.
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