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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1911
Page
6
The ad lists Women’s 33.00 shoes at 2.25 and men’s 2.50 work and dress shoes at 1.95. Styles include gun metal patent Colt, button or blucher options. The prices reflect a promotional catalog entry for footwear.
Lamson Bros report from Chicago markets shows hogs opened five cents lower with mixed grades trading 7.75 to 8.10 and closed six cents lower. cattle markets steady with Beeves 6.85 to 7.00. stockers and calves varied. sheep market opened steady with native and western lambs around 4.75 to 6.55, yearlings about 4.75 to 5.80, cash wheats and corns listed with by the exchange. New York and St Louis closes included. New York stocks and Waterloo markets noted. local religious meeting announced with free admission.
Last evening St Marys Catholic church was crowded as Passionist Father Charles spoke on Marriage. He warned against hastily entered nuptials and urged couples to know each other deeply. He advised Catholics marry Catholics to safeguard faith and noted the divorce issue. He will speak again.
An old article argues eczema is a skin disease, not blood related, and promotes Meritol Eczema Remedy. It claims most patients have no other ailments and credits the American Drug and Press Association with formulating the remedy. Senderson Drug Co. sells it in Waterloo.
Sheriff Grimes cites Chief Dinneen about four suspects Dan O'Brien G H Mortensen Bob Brady and Joe Gordon held in Sigourney on charges of burglarizing stores and cracking safes. Dinneen recalls arresting three in Fort Dodge in 1906 for merchandise car burglaries with 5000 cigars recovered. Authorities expect to use his prior arrests to aid prosecutions.
Waterloo residents increasingly praise the new lighting on the Fifth Street bridge. A west side resident crossing nightly notes she had never crossed after dark before the lighting, and many say the span is now preferred to others, though Fourth Street remains popular.
Reports indicate the Chicago Great Western plans a standard sleeper from Waterloo direct to California to serve growing tourist traffic. The first sleeper could start January 11, with operations potentially weekly if patronage justifies it.
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