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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1912
Page
9
Three years of research cost over fifty thousand dollars yield Pape s Cold Compound. It contains no quinine and claims to end the grippe and severe colds when taken every two hours for three doses. It relieves headache stuffed nose fever sneezing sore throat and rheumatic twinges with a 25 cent package sold by any druggist.
West High School assembly room hosts a Forum Literary Society program featuring papers on Samuel Clemens life and works, readings from Innocents Abroad, Tom Sawyer, and Short Stories, plus music, debate on simplified spelling, monologue, farce, and choir pieces. Cast includes Nutt, Woods, Rarick, Barnes, Slydenburgh, Hess, Mattern, Shaffner and others from Readlyn, Waterloo, and nearby towns.
La Porte City notes celebrate E M Ashley eighth fourth birthday with family dinner at Peter's boarding house and bouquets from W R C. A wedding unites Wes tina Hopper and Albert William Benard at Sacred Heart church followed by a noon repast. Lotus and Ladies circle events, millinery moves, and local visits fill the social column.
A detailed home remedy combines one pint sugar syrup with 214 ounces of Pinex in a pint bottle to create a cough syrup. It claims fast relief within 24 hours, helps bronchial issues, throat tickle, and whooping cough, and offers a money back guarantee.
Fiske O'Hara headlines a Celtic tone Irish play Love's Young Dream by Theodore Burt Sayre at Waterloo tonight with an excellent company. Also scheduled is Young Buffalo at Waterloo Saturday with Cal Callahan as Owdy King in a well reviewed western cowboys tale, famed for strong scenery and twelve capable performers.
Tomorrow Waterloo lodge members plan Moose day at the Princess theatre with 3000 feet of moving pictures from Detroit’s national convention. F W Burdow, national organizer, arranged the showing and will present scenes including the Night Pageant of the Loyal Order of Moose. Over 12,000 Moose will be depicted with floats and historic representations.
Washington february news reports Theodore Roosevelt will enter the presidential race and stay to the finish. Medill McCormick heads Roosevelt headquarters in Washington with support from prominent politicians. Roosevelt allies deny backing La Follette and plan to build a progressive ticket. Delegations seek a Roosevelt platform while Governor Johnson of California to back the nomination.
An epidemic of coughing sweeps the town hitting old and young, with children and the elderly most affected. Foler’s Honey and Tar Compound is pitched as a quick safe cure for coughs and colds, claimed to contain no opiates. The note also promotes a Petroit Moose convention movie show at the Princess Theatre on Friday February 16.
An advertisement extols Cascarets as essential for keeping Bowels Liver and Stomach clean and pure. It claims Cascarets cleanse the stomach remove undigested food and foul gases reduce bile and waste, promising overnight relief and nightly action. Encourages family use including children.
REA transfers list numerous property deals in Waterloo and Dunkerton. Mansel X Guyer sells to Edw A Tie bert. J H Groat to A J floffer in Lhrenfielddition. Joseph P Albrecht to De Carpenter in Pleasant View. Waterloo Chautauqua Institute to J A Foote in Cedar River park. Frank Smith to A Foote in East Waterloo. Cedi Valley Development Co to Bere Graxzulis in Pleasant View. Lejah B Kerr to Mary J Kerr in West Waterloo. Mary J Kerr to BR N Cowin in West Waterloo. Totals include several hundreds to thousands in dollars and dates unspecified.
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