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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1918
Page
14
A long-running column invites reader questions on hunting and shooting. This piece outlines pistol and revolver basics, course structure, and ballistics, noting how practice links to marksmanship. It details lesson content from arm types to sights and future topics.
The Waterloo cinema schedule features The Invader with Al Gorrell in the final season appearance, The Man from Broadway with George Cohan comedy, and a burlesque featuring Monte Carlo Girls. Majestic Theatre offers vaudeville with Raines and Goodrich, Olympia Nesval animal act, Dont Lie to Mamma, and more. Trouble makers at Palace star Jane and Katharine Léé in Troublemakers with a western city setting and a faded romance subplot.
Palace Theatre presents Elsie Ferguson in Hosa of the World at Crystal today and tomorrow with its artistic appeal and moral tale of Rosa mond who seeks happiness after marriage and loss. Rimrock Jones starring Wallace Reid opens at Plaza today and Saturday with scenes ranging from rough frontier life to New York society.
A Cincinnati authority endorses Freezone to remove corns and calluses. A tiny amount applied directly to the corn stops soreness, softens the area, and allows painless removal with the root. The product costs little and is said not to irritate surrounding skin.
Wallace Reid stars in Rimrock Jones, a copper miner tale with Ann Little as Mary Fortune the deaf stenographer. Supporting players include Charles Ogle, Guy Oliver, Ernest Joy, and George Kuwa in a lively Paramount program at the Plaza Theatre.
A California beach setting frames a Waterloo theatre night show where Mr and Mrs Tommie Robbins and Mr and Mrs Harry Miller stage a farce about divorcing and trading mates. The women plot to jealous husbands while the men counterplan, backed by a witty orchestra and standout performances by Gladys Lockwood as Letty Robbins and Jean Temple as the nosy neighbor.
A promotional notice touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female troubles. Letters from Mrs Arthur Lawson of Athol Massachusetts and Mrs H Ross Kamm of San Francisco California claim relief from weakness pain and nervous symptoms after using the product. Readers are invited to seek written advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
An 75 year old Waterloo resident says five doctors gave up on him yet Mayr's Wonderful Remedy relieved stomach trouble after ten days without food. The notice promotes the product as a simple preparation that clears catarrhal mucus and inflammation in the digestive tract and offers a money refund. Wangler Bros., Sievers Drug Co., and Hansen & Hansen are named distributors.
Jack Pollard and Cobart Cavanaugh provided first class comedy while Una Fleming dazzled as a specialty dancer. The sixteen song numbers included two standout tunes, and the pleasant show closed with the audience reluctant to say goodbye to Letty.
The ad touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a safe, long trusted blood purifier and general tonic for weak and run-down people of all ages. It claims over forty years of success, pleasant taste, aids digestion, and supplies rich red blood for health, urging immediate use.
Warning signs of aging and rheumatic pain indicate kidney trouble. Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules, imported from Haarlem, Holland, have long been a remedy for kidney and bladder ailments. Available in three box sizes at druggists.
An advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable liver bowel remedy to improve skin color appetite and energy. It compares them to calomel noting no dangerous after effects and urges nightly use with two price points and broad druggist availability.
Moda McMillan transfers to Martha A A, Mills Uy, with details on lot and tract dimensions including specific blocks and parcels. Burk A Dill conveys to UR A Aust, describing lot measurements and adjacent streets. Greens Wag and Cant Derk Meniumder list entries for Greenfield Ash and Waterloo area properties with amounts noted.
A garbled excerpt mentions a Mrs Bacorm Sew and a van dike line. The text is incomplete and unclear, offering fragmented phrases about thinking, darkness, and a possible reference to a judge or stately figure. No coherent event or outcome can be derived from the legible portions.
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