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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1912
Page
1
A testimonial from Mrs. Mary O'Donnell of Lander Wyo describes years of kidney and bladder pain ending after using Swamp Root. She reports improved sleep, no pain, and renewed health after three bottles, urging others to try the remedy.
An advertisement requests readers send to Kilmer Co in Binghameron N Y for a brochure on kidney health and bladder care. It urges mentioning the Courier’s regular fifty cent and one dollar home remedies available at drug stores.
Promoters stage a wrestling card offering all gate receipts as a side purse with Meher Nejatt and Alex Munroe favored for the main events. Carl Brown, Waterloo welterweight champion, faces challenges from Samuelson of Springfield, and Brondell may meet Brown again after recent weigh in.
Billy Papke the middleweight champion leaves his three week stay in Springs Arkansas to return to Los Angeles around March 1. He plans to rejoin his original manager Tor Jones as his pilot and undertakes training while his lightweight counterpart Ad Wolsast is listed as ill.
Tripoli residents report moves and leases including Kanter relocating Chris Sommer objects to the springs and a Canning Company shift to the old Moeler aid Carstensen office. A literary course event titled The Old Maids Convention is planned at Moehling building with 13 and 20 cent prices.
President Murphy denies tampering with Giants mascot Charles Victory Punst while McCraw accuses Faust of holdout attempts. Players like Mordecai Brown and Jim Delehanty face career tensions, with Tinker active in vaudeville and boxers Whitney and Attell lined up for mid February bouts. Minor leagues plan shorter schedules as wage cuts bite the sport.
Bloomington correspondent reports Rock Island club preliminarily favors Pete Lister as manager for next season while clouds Stark is unlikely as manager. Lister brings top training and proven hitting, with a meeting set to decide the matter amid other boxing and baseball notes from New York to San Jose.
Frank Sanders of Des Moines has been buying horses in the area. Miss Carrie Radman of Geneseo spent Sunday at the Ed Strohecker home. John W. Harrington sold his driving team to Harry Romer. Mrs A D Sawyer visited the Ald society in Geneseo at Mrs Andrew Spear’s home last week. Mrs Jack Driscoll and son Oktey of La Porte visited Grandma Harrington’s family. Mail carrier Ralph Meyers missed his route Thursday due to storm. Grandma Endicott has been poorly. Mr and Mrs Alfred Stanky and family visited relatives in Van Horn.
Returning home the first of the week Joe Kavalier takes a short vacation visiting relatives in Belle Plaine. Mr and Mrs Otis McCall called to La Porte Monday due to Mrs McCall’s mother’s pneumonia. Elsie Hayward Lee visits relatives here this week. Public will pay 19 cents a pound for butter. Bread without spread may be next. J W Harrington was a business caller in Waterloo this week.
This week brings a change to the management of Kimball's Ideal laundry. Mr. O. Teineld, treasurer and manager for three years, has sold his stock to Wimball interests and resigned. He moves with his family to Clarion Pennsylvania to pursue dairy farming, taking four Jersey cattle. George M. Strain, president of Kimball corporations, moves to Waterlon to supervise the local plant. Strain is a seasoned laundryman formerly manager of the Kimball laundry in Omaha for ten years and is active in trade associations.
Sam Chazen and Chas Tiiker of Waterloo open a second hand clothing store at 622 Water Street in the new block on Water and Fifth Streets. They offer show repairing and invite public patronage and confidence.
Senator Frank J. Cannon, visiting Cedar Rapids en route to Mt. Vernon, discusses Mormon influence in national affairs. He argues Taft likely to be renominated, Roosevelt could trigger Bryan. Cannon warns third-term talk is unpopular and notes Mormon wealth growing through corporate ventures, mining, and transportation.
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine as a worldwide cold and grip remedy. It urges readers to call for the full name and look for the signature E. W. Grove, priced at 23 cents.
William Hume of Saltenat Saskatchewan writes to L A Leckington about a brutal cold spell. He notes 62 below zero, daily frostbite injuries, deaths, widespread grain spoilage, shortages, and railway car shortages hindering transport. He recalls a Masonic funeral for Mr Neilly and mentions a daughter’s pending teaching qualification.
A Columbus Ohio Olive Tablet ad touts olive leaf extract tablets as a bowel tonic. It claims Dr F M Edwards of Portsmouth Ohio perfected the vegetable compound to aid digestion and vitality, selling 10¢ and 26¢ box sizes. The Olive Tablet Company backs the product with physician endorsement.
A 19 year old was jailed for disorderly conduct after a disturbance at a Waterloo dance hall. City leaders launch an inquiry into alleged youth presence at amusement venues and indecent language, prompting a plan for wholesale arrests if needed, including managers and staff. Little Marjorie asks her mother if they drown someone at church during baptisms.
A Maine family details a four month old with eczema that spread to the face hands and arms by sixteen months. After using Head's Sarsaparilla the child fully recovered and grew healthy. The advertisement urges readers to get Head's Sarsaparilla in liquid or chocolate tablet form.
An advertisement claims Make-Man Tablets strengthen nerves and blood, offering a free full-size box with no obligation to try. It urges readers to send a coupon to Make-Man Bldg Chicago and lists doctors and distributors to request a sample or purchase.
An old remedy promotes Sage Tea for darkening hair with added sulfur in Wreth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy. Claims include restoring color, reducing dandruff, and treating itchy scalp. Advertises a fifty cent bottle from druggists with money-back guarantee. H. W. Taggart.
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