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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1913
Page
3
An advertisement touts Pepe's Cold Compound as a guaranteed remedy for colds and grippe. It claims the severe cold will break after two hour dosing, with three consecutive doses, and promises relief from headache fever sneezing and nasal congestion. The 25 cent package is said to contain no quinine and to act gently with no after effects.
The Grinnell college glee club arrived in Waterloo at 9 25 this morning to host hospitality from First Congregational Church members. They will perform an evening concert after a luncheon in hosts homes and a city tour. The group is acclaimed as one of the country’s top glee clubs and hopes for a crowded program.
Advertisement promises a free home treatment for chronic catarrh and invites readers to send their name and coupon to receive the cure at no cost. The copy emphasizes quick results and asserts the remedy cures the cause, with a self funded guarantee.
Washington Jan 2 Col Goethals chief engineer of the Panama Canal says he will operate the canal on a merit basis, arranging a permanent zone government and water operations without political favoritism. He arrived with President Taft to discuss appointment plans, insisting he would pick the best men regardless of politics and resist changes that would hinder completion of the canal project.
A Waterloo section reports five arrests on New Year’s Day including two drunks and traffic violators. Grover Studebaker faced a disorderly conduct charge but was released when the complaint failed to appear. Officers received praise at a year end roll call with Chief Leighton and Judge Meyers commending the force.
The Majestic theatre hosts a star lineup with the Bonsetti Troupe and European athletes as crowd capacity signals a record week. Eddie Heron Madge Douglass and Will M. Gressy appear with Jimmie Pinkerton's First Case. Also Queenlizabeth at Crystal theatre and dissolution notice for Carson Zimmerman grocery firm.
A special prayer service is planned for 7 30 tonight at First M E Church in preparation for revival meetings by Waterloo West churches. The revival runs from next Sunday evening through January with Evangelist EB W Bell of Carbondale IL in charge and help from multiple churches.
Mary Dunn will sue the city for 500 dollars. Notice shows she was injured in a fall in front of the Sindlinger Ice Cream Co. building on the evening of November 2, 1912. Her ankle was badly lacerated causing suffering.
A local marriage license lists Walter O. Abrams of Newton and Ethel M. Dryden of Cedar Falls as a couple, with ages 25 and 23 respectively. The notice also names John O. Colvin of New Hartford and Florence M. Harter of New Hartford as associated parties in the proceedings.
Chicago reports Hazel Johnson spent three years traveling across the country by freight, sleeping rough or in hotels when possible. The account notes her journeys and circumstances, highlighting a life lived on the move and the challenges of long train rides.
A 23 year old woman Hazel clashed with Detective Michael Connors after she boarded a Chicago and Northwestern box car seeking to visit her mother. She claimed long travels by rail and no molestation, yet was charged with disorderly conduct amid a free country claim.
Spokane Washington January 3 Farmers of Washington and Idaho join through the Farmers Education and Cooperative Union to study rural cremation systems. The move aims to coordinate agricultural communities and share best practices.
A 25 cent ad extols Knowlton's Danderine as the solution for heavy, soft hair free of dandruff. It claims quick fullness and gloss within minutes and real hair regrowth after about two weeks, urging trials at drugstores.
L C Crow cites France and Germany where farmers borrow at 3 or 4 percent through cooperation and urges legislatures to appropriate funds for study. He notes American rates at 6 percent with equal security. Mr and Mrs C B Huston depart for Chicago on a business and pleasure trip.
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