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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1914
Page
14
Ruth Cameron argues that close family life breeds tension as strong affection coexists with irritation. She urges more personal space and separate rooms to reduce hostile love, noting privacy and respect improve harmony among housemates.
A Business Men's Temperance committee led by J. S. Tuthill Walde Brown and J. E. Bragdon met at the W E A yesterday to arrange for ex Governor Patterson of Tennessee to speak on temperance at the Waterloo theatre Sunday March 8 at 2 30 pm. Walnut Street Baptist church orchestra and the Midget quartet of Linden Avenue M E B church will provide music.
The Business Men's Temperance association will preside over a Sunday evening meeting at 7 30 at Calvary Evangelical church to discuss the saloon question.
A vintage ad touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets for clearing skin by cleansing blood, bowels, and liver. It claims the vegetable formula is gentler than calomel, prevents dark tastes and bad breath, and improves mood and appearance. Available in 0c and 240 per box from The Olive Tablet Company in Columbus and druggists.
Speakers include E. C. Crandall Jobo Bilm W. H H Broun and J W Arbuckle with music by Walnut Street Baptist church orchestra. Mr and Mrs E C Crandall to sing. Public invited to attend this association meeting as with all prior gatherings the saloon question will be discussed.
Waterloo's Waterloo Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1, formed April 2 1861, now has only three survivors H D Williams George P Beck and S M Hoff after the death of George R Crittenden. The active ranks once totaled forty with members including R W Chapman T Wiley C K White and many others.
M B Neff, returning from a business trip to Kahoka Clark County Missouri, found a ten foot snow drift in places from a severe storm. The only railroad through the county stood still for forty eight hours forcing Neff to hire a sleigh ride with nephew Herbert Ehrhart to reach an alternate line.
Rev James A Lewis of muiaca Minnesota writes the Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has been a welcome guest in our home for years I highly recommend it for colds coughs and croup. Give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a trial and you will find it very effective and continue to use it. For sale by all dealers.
Job advertisement seeking steady work for machine men wood and iron machinists assemblers and warehouse staff and common laborers. Apply at AE Litchfield Mfg. Co. on Monday morning between 8 and 10 o clock. Do not apply before.
Articles of incorporation filed for a new hotel company to build a modern $215,000 hotel on the old Commercial house site in Muscatine. All stock in the enterprise has been sold, and construction will proceed rapidly with a opening expected early in 1915.
An advertisement touts four ounces of liquid arvon to dissolve and destroy dandruff. It promises relief from itching and flakes by morning with repeated use, claiming hair will become silky, fluffy, and lustrous. The copy notes arvon is inexpensive and available at drug stores.
At the Majestic yesterday a full house applauded a strong program. The Grace Ayer Trio substituted for Charles Benningtos, with Arthur Turrelly opening and continuing the week. Tracey and Rose performed a lively Two Sheer Up Girls act while Willard Hutchinson and Co offered Leap Year Leap. Cooper and Robinson drew laughs as the top colored act. The Fair Co-Hds closed, and newsreel footage showed John Mercelluis’s Labor Day Parade fire companies in Waterloo.
West Liberty Iowa February 27 a brood sow owned by Fred Tharp former assistant postmaster achieved a remarkable hunger strike lasting fourteen days with no water and only a few grains of corn. The sow disappeared from Norris Wilson’s farm shelter then reappeared wedged under the crib floor before being freed and found to be weakened but alive.
A reader argues that alcohol corrupts all involved from production to aftermath, condemning the beverage as the source of crime and ruin and urging abolition or strict limits. The letter emphasizes moral decay from start to finish and calls for public action.
A broad ethical critique links alcohol to distress from poverty and crime. The piece cites wrecks on both banks of a stream of death and laments the blights of insanity, poverty, and neglect. Real estate transfers list several Waterloo properties and minor shifts, while Dr. F C Liffring announces office relocation from 407 Lafayette Building to 022 Black Building.
Dr. H. D. Smith seeks Republican nomination papers for circulation among voters as county coroner in the upcoming Primary election. He is joined by H. F. Kistner in the brief notice of candidacy.
An advertisement extols Hyomei as a rapid relief remedy for colds cold symptoms and catarrh. It claims quick action within five minutes with its antiseptic oil inhaled through the air while promising lasting benefits and a money back guarantee from Waneglet Bros. Co. for the $1.00 complete cut kit.
Thomas Ti. Lewis of 1102 West Second Street Ottumwa Iowa reports fast relief after first dose of Mayr Wonder Stomach Remedy. He praises its effect on stomach troubles and lauds its broad success in the United States. The ad warns of imitators and directs readers to local druggists Wangler Bros. Co. J. K. Joder & Son for more information.
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