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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1911
Page
1
The ad proclaims Pape's Cold Compound will break a severe cold and end grippe misery after two hour dosing, with three doses total. It claims quick relief from neuralgia, headache, feverishness, and nasal symptoms, noting three years of research and a fifty thousand dollar cost, and that no quinine is used.
Abe Attell the featherweight champion calls on Ad Wolgast the lightweight champion to name terms for a bout to suit himself. Attell predicts an easy win and recalls their previous ten round no decision at Naud Junction Cal nearly two years ago where Attell impressed. He is touring the country fighting two or three bouts weekly with opponents of various weights and has fought widely for fourteen years.
The column notes several player moves and rumors across teams. Jake Daubert earns praise as a premier first baseman while Cincinnati seeks to offload Lew Moren. Dave Altizer may handle short, Hal Chase faces criticism, Chan nell heads to Indianapolis, Bresnahan vows to catch all Cardinal games, and Magee plays basketball against club wishes. Tinker buys a Yamhill fruit farm near Sullivan and Griffith’s Chicago link is noted.
H. L. Hedges will retain majority control of the St Louis Browns and name Bobby Wallace as manager this week. Wallace, then at Millvale Pennsylvania, is believed to be Hedges choice after suspending Jack O Connor. The sale to a St Louis syndicate headed by Manny Hodgman the Ewing brothers and Ben Adkins was declared off. The first payment on 66 percent stock was made, a second was due but a stormy meeting led to an extension.
In Waterloo this evening West high faces Cedar Rapids high in a fast championship opener on the gym floor. The Cedar Rapids squad will be the opponent with the contest set to start in the manual training hall, as Waterloo aims to seize an early advantage.
Boston reports that in one month the Boston baseball team will start travel for spring training and the opening of the American League season. President Taylor estimates each member will average about 8,500 miles, the longest trip ever for a major league club, spanning coast to coast and back.
Players will convene at headquarters in Boston on February 17 then travel to New York on February 18. They depart New York for Chicago on February 20 by special train bound for the coast, marking the start of the playing season.
Mary C. Abbott of Wolfeboro New Hampshire reports a bad rheumatic episode linked to uric acid not cleared by kidneys. She cites three days of Foley Kidney Pills relief restoring movement and easing bone pains. J K Doder & Son endorses the medicine.
Waterloo theater hosts Lillian Russell in her new production In Search of a Sinner by Charlotte Thompson at the Syndicate theater next week Breckenridge Stock Co opens with Nebraska and vaudeville while Louis Mann stars in The Cheater in Waterloo on Wednesday January 18 plans include a free lady admission with 30 cent tickets and big audience expectations across the schedule
Since departing the metropolis, Mr Main attracts attention with a string of supporters including the esteemed Madame Mathilde Cottrelly and Misses Emily Ann Wellman and Jessie Carter. They have shared honors with Mr Main in recent performances.
North Waterloo and Railroads notes from the local plants report Adams of this city in Cherokee this week inspecting stay bolts on Cherokee engines and visiting Council Bluffs before returning. Several workers including Barger Wise, Danny Goodman, and new machinists Ben Faust and Edward Hirst are mentioned with absences, illnesses, and a biennial office cleaning altering visitor access.
London police faced ridicule after being trapped outside a bedroom by a bull dog guarding a dead master. Police spent five hours attempting to enter before a doctor used poisoned meat through a door hole to kill the animal and allow entry. The incident follows a recent battle against anarchists and highlights ongoing police tensions.
Albany January 13 police seek identity of a five year old boy found dead in a swamp near Schenectady. The body bears acid stains. authorities suspect murder by kidnapping and say carbolic acid was forced down the throat. A half empty bottle with an Albany druggist label was found nearby. clothing shows no identifying marks. Evidence suggests the victim came from a comfortable, possibly wealthy background. A separate ad endorses Foley’s Honey and Tar as a reliable cough medicine with a testimonial from Mrs. Charles Kline of Easton, Pa.
Reverend Dr Rollitt of Minneapolis will speak at Christ Episcopal Church Sunday night on the churchs missionary work. He is noted as an able and interesting speaker who has visited the Waterloo parish before and is welcomed again by all.
The quarterly meeting services at the Free M. E. church at Douglas and Mobile streets begin tonight and run through Sunday. District Elder W. W. Vincent of Knoxville will assist Pastor Rov. E. V. Miller. All are invited to attend.
LaPorte City Farmers Co operative Exchange held its first annual stockholders meeting at Salmon's opera house on a Wednesday afternoon. The nine month old venture reported a net profit of 1819.09 dollars and declared a 27.5 percent dividend to eighty three stockholders holding 142 shares each. Officers were elected by acclamation after a board vote, with Kaiser as president and Miles as treasurer. Fifty eight new shares were sold.
Baltimore January 13 Johns Hopkins Hospital plans a pioneering ward for nervous disease treatment through psychoanalysis or soul analysis. Dr Trigant Burrow will lead experiments in sleep dream analysis to unify conscious and subconscious personalities. Adele Meyer helped establish the department. A separate notice reports Harry Limbert, a Weisge case factory bookkeeper, fracturing his foot at the Y gym and staying home at 316 Washington Street.
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