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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1912
Page
3
An advertisement touts Pape's Uipepsin as a quick cure for indigestion and stomach misery. It promises relief within five minutes, a pleasant taste, and improved appetite, suggesting long term use to avoid laxatives or pills for constipation.
Notices list district leaders for neighborhood Bible classes with addresses and secretary cards urged for attendance reporting. Also mentions YW gymnasium meetings and local ads including butter prices and human interest items about President Taft and a Welsh pony returning home.
Lewis H Bell foreman at Chamberlain Machine Works and Waterloo resident for years died Sunday morning at Presbyterian hospital after an appendicitis operation. He was 38 and left widow Nancy Durenbaugh and four children. Funeral Tuesday at Calvary Evangelical church with burial in Brandon Creek.
Denise Pollowed, once Pearl Thurston of Waterloo, dies after appendicitis surgery. Mrs c bue Laugh rty, formerly Miss Pearl Thurston, passes away amid funeral rites at hospital in Des Moines. The report notes longtime associations and local obituaries without graphic detail.
A new perennial clover variety native to Tillamook County Oregon has been identified. It thrives year round, yields ample feed, and remains unfazed by frost or winter conditions. Samples were sent to Washington for evaluation by agronomist J M Westgate. Pennsylvania began natural gas production in 1882 and became a major supplier in the U.S.
The Waterloo engagement features Thomas Jefferson in Rip Van Winkle at a Friday matinee. The production, praised as a lasting American classic, is presented with emphasis on its long run and enduring appeal.
Rosaline A Bennett Woodbury, a Mt Vernon township resident, died Christmas morning in Fonda Ta at age 84 from paralysis. She was born March 11 1827 in New York and moved with family to Calhoun County later. Survived by six children in Iowa and Vermont. funeral at Lakey cemetery near Muddy Calhoun County. The notice notes a family Christmas reunion prior to her death and cites a cough remedy commercial insert.
An answer in S Flolmes vs Farmers Mutual Insurance Association claims F S Robinson did not own the home described and the policy is void. The answer accuses Robinson of burning the house near Janesville with malicious intent to collect the insurance. Robinson is imprisoned for arson and his wife confessed to the crime.
The Iowa State Bank of Waterloo Iowa will hold its annual meeting at the banking house on Tuesday afternoon January 9 1912 at 330 oclock for the election of directors and other business. Cashier GEO N GARRET TSON. milk Ge at fA branches.
Mr. James Black invited the Brotherhood men and their friends to a social at his home 120 Independence Avenue next Wednesday evening at eight. The program will feature song and recitation.
A Morris Motor Car Company self starting Cadillac was shown yesterday before Libby Bros cigar store. The car sat outside all night and could not start until gasoline vaporized after warming jackets. Demonstration led to a successful start and the car will be on exhibit in Libby's reading and smoking room for the rest of the week.
A small Sunday morning fire at the Dresselhuis residence in northwest Parkersburg drew the volunteer fire department after the fire whistle rang. No injuries reported as crews investigated the incident and determined the cause.
A clothesline upstairs broke and clothes fell against a hot stovepipe in the MrCoy house near George Wrights, starting a blaze. Only a few clothes were damaged with no further injuries or property loss reported.
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