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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1914
Page
5
A monkey in a forest dresses like humans by making clothes with stolen fabric. He sews with a thorn and a tree needle, but his tail causes trouble. The other monkeys scorn him, and he learns that clothes cannot change a monkey into a man. He returns to his natural self and is forgiven.
A Baltimore woman reports relief from severe cramps and irregularities after regular use of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the remedy with restoring health and notes she has been medicine free for six months. The ad emphasizes safety, roots and berries ingredients, and confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
The Chicago Great Western railroad company won a federal court jury verdict against Waterloo Cedar Falls Union Mill for 1493.22 in damages after a wheat shipment dispute. The case arose from milling decisions after Cedar Falls mill fire and freight rate disagreement.
Real estate transfers show multiple parcels sold in 1920s Iowa towns. Transfers include Guy KF Whiteams to C O Grenen in Grand View Place for 1 dollar. Samuel Canning to BE Enevoldsen for Curtis sub division of Mill Square in Hudson for 4000 dollars. William F E Ratcliff to Delia Sher ratt part of Wt Ab Auditor Main bow's plat Noss Waterloo for 1 dollar. Reed to August Peters for parts of lots 9 block 3 Lusch's addition Waterloo for 4490 dollars. W P Gruhn to B Dubbert lot 8 block 16 Normal addition Cedar Falls for 150 dollars.
Marsh and Vogte of this city placed in the Cedar Rapids annual chicken show this week. Marsh won fifth on pullet, seventh on cockerel, and eighth on hen. Vogte took first on cockerel and pullet and second on buckaret.
England's National Union of Women's Suffragan Societies vows persistent constitutional push in 1914 led by a Feb council and a mass meeting at Albert Hall. They cite gains in labor support, local councils, and church backing, with international progress in Iceland, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and other nations boosting the suffrage movement.
Charles City Commercial club chartered a special train to Cresco next Tuesday with about two hundred business men leaving work to attend the Cresco Commercial club meeting on the proposed extension of the Charles City Western. In Newhampton the train will be met by fifty boosters from Elma interested in supporting the extension.
At a Charles City Commercial Club meeting a campaign was planned to raise 75000 dollars more endowment for the Charles City college. The college already has strong buildings and 166000 dollars in endowment but needs expansion to maintain prestige.
Notice describes repair services for wheels springs wagons buggies and related items not plows with saw filing and general repair work offered by Detwiler and Heffner at 4173 West Fifth Street seeking business.
Berlin reports reveal socialists move finance and savings toward cooperative structures while unions hold significant capital. Findings show deposits, cooperatives, and government reserves tied to workers. Separate notes discuss tariff effects on exports to the United States and rising aviation funding.
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