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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1913
Page
3
The store touts its leading Silk stock and large sales volume to offer low prices on Kimona Silks Tub Silks Crepe Faille Sublimes Madame Butterfly Marquisette Embroidered Voiles Crepe de Chine Pussy Willow Taffeta and overstocked New York fabrics. Lot 2 includes 24 27 and 36 inch stripe Serge Dress Silks Glace Taffetas Persians worth up to 1 35 a yard tomorrow.
Trial records in Cedar Falls reveal C J E Murphy accused of burglary after drinking eight pin fizzes at Waterloo and Cedar Falls bars. Witnesses claim he entered an implement office to retrieve a pump catalog while intoxicated, with defense arguing lack of intent due to intoxication. Additional witnesses testify to Murphy's character and drinking behavior as proceedings continue.
An orchardist in Colorado has patented an electric motor designed to gently vibrate fruit trees. The vibration aims to move sap toward buds and blossoms, strengthening them against frost and improving early-season resilience.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip questions a proposed auticlothing league as a Chicago editor jokes about Dresa doing more harm than sa loons. An English publication offers a guinea for a personal proposal, while the editor’s bar gain hunting is noted in a provocative reference.
The Iowa senate committees heard rail company representatives argue for a bill prohibiting trespassing on railway rights of way citing safety. Lawmakers also discussed a $100,000 plan to create four convict farms with land, housing, and guards, contrasting Spaulding’s centralized farm. House votes consider seven million in appropriations with about 1.3 million planned for the next biennium. Additionally two bills target itinerant sales by requiring peddlers’ licenses and restricting certain advertised “fire” or stock sales without proof of stock origin.
An advertisement touts Dr Burkharts Vegetable Compound as a cure for headache sour stomach and bilious blood. It promises a prepaid 80 day treatment for 25 to 26 cents with a money back guarantee if not cured. It notes wide use in the US and Europe and provides address for a free trial treatment.
A new parcel post system has boosted Waterloo laundry business since its launch last New Year. Travelers’ dirty linen and clothing arrive by mail to be cleaned and held for pickup by the owner upon arrival. Laundry owners and travelers alike gain from faster service and less hassle, with daily shipments to local hotels becoming common.
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