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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1914
Page
10
George Washington returned to Mount Vernon after the Revolutionary War and embraced private life yet quietly steered the new nation. He urged a union under a central government, led the Constitutional Convention, and became the first U S president. He died December 12, 1799, after a long service to country and state.
A long promo claims youthful vitality comes from keeping liver and bowels active. Dr Edwards Olive Tablets, a vegetable compound with olive oil, are marketed as a gentle, effective alternative to calomel. Sold by the Olive Tablet Company in Columbus, Ohio, 10¢ and 25¢ per box. All druggists.
Fort Dodge Iowa February 23 Uncele Abe Bargar of Lehigh a pal of Abraham Lincoln in his boyhood days has just celebrated his ninety eighth birthday and bids fair to live to be a centenarian. He has lived seventy two years in Iowa born in Perry county Indiana and until he was fourteen lived seven miles from Lincoln then a raw country boy who would rise to greatness He arrived in Webster county sixty years ago and has remained there
Fragmentary text mentions Mr Bargar casting the first yacht for Martin Van Buren and involvement with a president team Pargus. It then notes a lagatlean figure and Lincoln's rise to election. The source is incomplete and contains garbled names and actions.
The secretary of afitte issued data noting 24 thousand files not yet routed to department. 600 plates have been fired anticipating growth in car ownership this year from about 10 thousand to a larger total. New registrations suggest the target will be reached. The average automobile tax is expected to drop from around 10 to between 9 and 14 due to more less expensive cars.
A warning style article urges readers to protect eye health and avoid reliance on eyeglasses. It promotes Optona tablets dissolved in water for eye baths used two to four times daily, claiming rapid clearing of inflammation and potential prevention of blindness. The piece casts eyeglasses as crutches and presents the remedy as simple and harmless, urging immediate action.
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