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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1915
Page
12
A reader argues country life offers superior education and opportunities for boys, urging improved rural schools and local training. He praises the Iowa State Agricultural College and notes independence, fresh farm goods, and liberty for farmers versus urban workers.
West High built a large first half lead in Cedar Falls and defeated the Cedar Falls Tigers by 18 to 12. The west team showed stronger defense and improved offense, with both teams playing the full game.
In a British colonial port the South Atlantic Squadron bands a concert on the plaza. An American girl and a red jacket lieutenant move to the fore as The Sun Shines Bright on My Old Kentucky Home fills the night, provoking tears and a sense of home. The piece notes Foster classics in The Courier’s rare collection.
A wartime moral and health pitch extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic and alterative. It claims to strengthen digestion and liver function, purify blood, and rejuvenate organs to aid recovery for soldiers and civilians facing hardships. The ad stresses alcohol and narcotic free preparation from forest plant roots and barks.
W H Holmes of Decorah Iowa reports a strong endorsement of Meritol Pile Remedy for years of piles and hemorrhoids. He says relief came after half the package and he would not trade the cure for a thousand dollars. Price one dollar through Red Cross Drug Co Henderson Drug Co Waterloo Iowa.
The article recounts Erasmus D. Adams born Maine December 31 151d later living in Arizona. It covers his family moving from Iowa to Black Hawk County and Cedar Falls area with land claims near Dry Run Cedar River. It notes the first white child born in the county and tracks his descendants and later family events including deaths and interment at Oakland cemetery.
Mary Robinson Thirt, longtime Delaware resident, died at her daughter’s home north of the city after fifty years in the county. Funeral services were held Thursday. Mary Trabinson, born December 47, 1827 in Ireland, and her husband, the late Joho, are noted in this obituary fragment.
Manchester February 13. The KK. P. lodge of this city will stage two minstrel performances at Central Opera House next week on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. This marks the third year of the lodge minstrel events with continued patronage.
An advertisement touts Pape'n Cold Compound as fast relief for a bad cold or grippe. It claims to clear nasal congestion, stop runny nose and sneezing, relieve headache and feverishness, and that three doses at two hour intervals suffice. It notes availability at 25 cents in central drug stores and warns against substitutes.
Immense crowds filled the opera house area causing heating shortcomings while Kessler's China Studio at 224 Lafayette Building issued instructions to Max for sale events on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday mornings with mentions of crown four, highest patent, and lowest price by Lytle Flour & Feed Co.
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