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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1920
Page
12
George H. Twaddle, resident news representative for Cedar Falls Daily News, is listed as the contact for Waterloo Evening Courier and Daily Reporter with office at 111 West Forts and telephone details provided, hours 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to ? a.m.
Cedar Falls faces a third sugar shortage in three months as jobbers fail to supply retailers. Local merchants expect relief soon via wire shipments and limit allocations once available. Prices may reach about 25 cents a pound when markets reopen.
Anson T Hukill urges Waterloo residents to fill and mail census coupons to ensure proper enumeration for January 1 1920. The supervisor notes it is everyone business to confirm they were counted and employers should verify worker visits by enumerators with foremen’s help.
Mary Raymond widow of B. Raymond was found dead in bed at her daughter Mrs John Rule’s home in Hampton Iowa on January 7. The report notes her prominence in the area.
Saturday notes from La Porte City report a junior high basketball game where La Porte City teams faced Waterloo Y.M.C.A. Seniors won 24 to 14 while junior girls lost 28 to 32. A Traer boys game was delayed by a late arrival. Iris Temple of the Pythian Sisters installing officers for the year noted by Mrs. Brust and others as social hour followed. Local remarks mention residents traveling to St Petersburg and Tampa for relocation plans, while guests and relatives visit from Sheldon, Waterloo, and Lincoln with routine community updates.
A vintage ad touts Pape's Cold Compound for colds with a regimen of doses every two hours until three taken. It claims rapid relief of congestion headache fever sneezing and stiffness with no quinine and only a few cents at drug stores.
An advertisement urges readers who had the grip to consider lasting weakness after fever and influenza. It promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy to restore blood, relieve lingering symptoms, and prevent relapses. Readers are asked to request a free booklet and can buy pills at drugstores or by mail for 60 cents per box.
A Andrews Indiana resident Mrs. Thomas Beeching asserts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the best for breaking up winter colds and stubborn coughs. She notes her husband repeatedly catches cold yet will take this medicine.
Prominent business and professional figures push a modern North Iowa hospital to serve over a million people with a 400000 dollar, 100 bed facility. The plan includes wards, operating rooms, clinics, X ray, pathology, maternity, nurse training, and support services as a mercy institution. Readers urged to join and request details via coupon.
Jan 27 report from Lys Churts Madson Iowa notes the Farmers Institute scheduled for Tuesday through Thursday has been postponed because of smallpox and influenza. The piece also mentions income tax forms and other local notices in a bulleted, mixed-article format.
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