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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1913
Page
12
An old advertisement urges Cascarets for biliousness headaches sour stomach and constipation. It promises a morning relief with a 10 cent box and notes children also need gentle cleansing for readable bowel and liver balance.
Janesville Iowa January 7 special the Black Hawk County Crop Improvement association spawns a Holstein Cattle Breeders association to promote herd improvement and advertising for Iowa dairymen. Eighteen dairymen attended with sixteen charter members and officers named for the new group to draft a constitution and plan a January 11 meeting in Janesville.
Mrs. W. J. Cleland of Kingsley Michigan reports a thirteen month old baby developed a severe cheek eruption that spread to the eye and nostrils. After using Cuticura Soap and Cut Cura Ointment the sores soothed and healed within days with no recurrence. Sample offers and product ads follow.
Waverly Iowa January 7 Pioneer banker and stock raiser W R Bowman died after a weeklong illness in Independence where he had visited friends. He was a brother of J H Bowman and helped breed fine stock in Iowa. Survived by his wife and two daughters. Funeral Wednesday at the Episcopal church. Also notes X N B Marsh 71 years ill in Waverly and a brief ad for Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound.
Des Moines Iowa January 7. Polk County supervisors accuse police officials of police fee graft costing the county 2000 to 3000 dollars yearly. They seek to cut costs in prosecuting crimes while noting officers paid by the city also draw 125 per day from the county as witnesses. The board cites a ten year old ruling barring double pay for officers serving as witnesses.
Senator Kenyon introduced three measures in Congress to curb graft and franking abuse. One requires the Agriculture Secretary to report seed costs. another caps mail costs for political campaigns. the third examines mail usage by parties. Kenyon touts savings and criticizes free seeds and excess franking. He plans to force a vote on the liquor bill and notes Panama trip reflections. A Foley Honey and Tar ad appears and local opera news follows with a new production at the Waterloo, led by Miss Sechelt and Mr Gates.
Waterloo theatre hosts the play White Sister for a single Friday showing January 10. The production brings two years in New York and London, with a metropolitan cast and scenery aligned to the original New York run.
Advertisement promotes RA20 savings on reading matter and urges subscriptions to The Iowa Townstead and The Homestead. It touts farm papers as essential, highlights combined rates at 3.50 per year, and invites agents to inquire via James M. Pierce in Des Moines Iowa.
Mrs. Dodson sought a resolution approving the 1911 accountings of the recorder before the board of supervisors. The accountant reported overpayments to deputies, failure to file quarterly reports, and lingering indebtedness to the treasury. She paid $32.22 interest and $2,062.50 in fees at the treasurer’s office. the board took no action and laid the matter over.
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