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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1911
Page
1
General sporting notes discuss disputes over Three League incidents in Chicago. Leaders from Springfield express anger at Waterloo actions, talk of compromised gains, and plans for the season amid calls for money and influence. The piece references a Dubuque and Waterloo clash, a 140-game schedule, and injunctions against Waterloo.
Three-I league fight over Waterloo ouster persists as committee to present facts before Judge Cooper. Waterloo plans potential damages or new league formation if injunction fails. West High tops Marshalltown 30 to 20 in boys game. girls win 41 to 5 with Harriett MacEachron starring.
An old style ad announces Electric Studio at 17 Sycamore Street across from the post office offering postcards finished while you wait 3 for 25 cents and 75 cents per dozen. Manager C W Girlach promotes moonlit photography and notes a weekly dance at the AOUW hall each Saturday night.
The annual meeting of the Black Hawk County Fish and Game Protective Association elected officers for the coming year. President J. Hartman, Vice President W. F. Reusch, Secretary R. N. Cowhin, Treasurer W. Kohl. Directors include F. S. Jessup, N. Van Vleck, EB. M. Storm, Charles Hummel, and Dr. F. W. Mead. A committee will seek legislative fish and game action from the next legislature, with expenses covered by the association.
L McConnell from Elmilra New York writes to praise Foley's Kidney Remedy. She used five bottles for kidney trouble and reports it worked effectively and proved to be the most reliable kidney medicine she has taken. J K Toder & Son notes accompany the testimonial.
Chicago Jan 7 The world's champion Jack Johnson is poised to accept $25,000 to fight in Paris with the Wagram club naming the referee. Al Lippe in Paris with Harry Lewis sent the offer. Hol Smith holds Johnson's share of the purse. The battle would be twenty five rounds in April or May. Johnson plans to sail for Basia mid March after touring the West.
Humboldt Iowa January 7 Evening Press reports a quiet wedding on January 11 at 6 pm in Humboldt. Frank Alvin Gotch famed wrestler will wed Miss Gladyd Oestrich, both locals, with Gotch entering a brief life alliance just as his career keeps him in the public eye. Gotch, 33, owns 1200 acres near Humboldt and a home on the farm and in town. He has spent much of the past decade touring the country as a professional wrestler.
Abstract from Des Moines typhoid outbreak notes Raccoon River as probable infection source. Water from the private supply shows high bacterial counts. most cases stem from city water use, with no evidence of milkborne transmission. Valley Junction and nearby sewer discharges implicated. conditions in 1910 favored pollution.
Washington Jan 7 Taft struggles to win Iowa and western Republicans over ship subsidy support. Despite his push, GOP opponents remain cold and the plan looks unlikely this session. With Democrats in control of the House, no subsidy legislation would pass.
President Taft refused clemency for W B Harlan former Iowa manager of a Florida Alabama based lumber and turpentine concern convicted of conspiracy to violate peonage law aiding the import of foreign workers The sentence includes eighteen months imprisonment and a $5000 fine Advocates including Senator Cummins pressed for commutation citing wealth and influence and the need to deter peonage operations through strong penalties The case arose from the company s efforts to recruit laborers from New York and Europe and transport them to Savannah and the plant Harlan previously resided in Iowa and is related to a brother and other political figures.
Charles Kline of Easton Pennsylvania and J K Joder Sons endorse Foley's Honey and Tar alleging it cures coughs and relieves throat irritation. The product is praised for soothing cold symptoms and being a dependable household remedy.
An explosion at 6:55 am destroyed the east side power plant of Minneapolis General Electric, seriously injuring two men and blanketing the city in darkness. Five substations were knocked out, shuttering factory power and forcing stores and hotels to light with candles while newspapers switched to hand presses before power was restored.
An advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh, a constitutional disease, by a internal treatment that affects blood and mucous membranes. The firm offers one hundred dollars for any failure to cure and invites testimonials, noting availability through druggists.
A promotional notice touts Papes Diapepsin as instant relief for indigestion gas and heartburn. It claims five minute cures and urges readers to ask their druggist to purchase the remedy, promising all stomach misery ends with one dose.
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