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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1912
Page
3
Advertises Pape's Diapepsin as a fast acting remedy for indigestion and stomach misery. Claims relief in five minutes, prevents sour belching, gas, nausea, and a heavy stomach feeling, with a consumption of undigested food and bad breath. Describes symptoms and urges asking a pharmacist for a case.
The melodrama Madame X will be shown at the Waterloo on Friday with a strong Paris origin and an acclaimed New York run. Henry W. Savage is praised for selecting and staging material as successful as The Merry Willow, bringing a notable cast and exact production, mirroring the Broadway presentation.
The Iowa Insurance Department announced warrants for arrest of officers of the National Mutual Church Insurance Association of Chicago for operating in Iowa without authorization. The agency seeks to purge unapproved mail order insurers and prevent church property losses. The National Mutual Church Insurance Association claims church authority but lacks Iowa approval. An agent was soliciting business in the state.
Des Moines Polk County residents plan to form the Cummins Club under the labor framework. Local organizers announce the club aims to unite workers and discuss shared interests in the community.
The Olive Tablet Company promotes Olive Tablets as a safe alternative to calomel for liver support. Dr F M Edwards claims the tablets tone the liver, clear impurities, and improve spirits, with small oil colored pills sold from Columbus Ohio.
Polk county organizers plan to push for a Cummins backed national convention in Des Moines. They seek the Polk gathering as first in the state and aim to persuade Cummins to attend from Washington amid campaign efforts.
Joseph Sullivan has been on the sick list the past week. Frank Kinney’s friends learn he has improved enough to be up. Miss Allie Bunce visited home for Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. I. B. Schable of Waterloo stayed with Mr. and Mrs. J. Seeman. Miss Mable Schulte visited Jesup friends Friday and Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Bonnell called on Jesup friends Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Kenner attended Independence Friday. Mrs. James Laugh entertained at dinner. Tay Mamie Mount spent the week with Rowley friends. James Duddy of Roundup, Mont. departed after a two weeks visit with his sister. Nellie Bunne enjoyed dancing with friends. Mr. and Mrs. Laird entertained the Cinnebel at their home Saturday evening. Anniversary celebrations at the home of Wayne Loon Sunday. Mrs. Pearwistel to Hopkinton Wellness to a daughter. The article also discusses wage debates among carpenters and proposed wage scales.
The case Adel Catlin versus the WoC FO and No railway seeks $2000 for injuries from a fall on Webster Street. An amended petition alleges the car failed to safely stop at the waiting station, causing Catlin to be thrown to the ground and fracture an arm after attempting to alight as the conductor did not call the streets.
The NIWA Insurance Company and The Iowa Life Insurance Company held a dinner for about twenty general agents and Tocal representatives. The event featured an internal program with witty toastmaster POA Ferguson and talks on insurance prospects for the coming year. Two agents, A. Long and ELOW Lanham, announced moves to Waterlas and Cedar Rulis.
Mrs. English, a coffee expert, will demonstrate the Germmn American line of coffees at the S. H. Pinkerton store on Fourth Street West every day for the remainder of the week. The public is cordially invited.
Anna Eva Fay will perform at the Majestic theater in Waterloo all of next week starting February 5. The article notes she is a refined, entertaining illusionist who inspires with magical tricks and thoughts about a future where thoughts travel brain to brain. Dinner at Brethren Church on Fifth and South streets Thursday, price from 220 to 1.
YMCA notes describe a Fort Dodge trip to face Knights of Columbus with Waterlog players facing a new challenge. Coach Lee reshuffles the lineup for a scrappier test as Liehity Armstrong Raunt Mandt Martachron and Eby are listed for duty. A Junior A water polo match vs Marshall Town follows with aquatic events and a 25 cent admission.
Dr. F Connor of Reinbeck Iowa will sell 84 acres formerly owned by S W Hicks near Hicks Station February 6 during the Wm. Glasner sale. The well fenced productive farm has a cement house and heavy black soil. Down payment $508, $5,000 may stay on the farm for 1 year at 4½ percent, balance due by March 1 1912. A $50 purchaser prize is offered.
The undersigned refuse to pay any debts contracted by Miss Phebe Haynes, now Mrs. Morris Jensen, of Cedar Walls. Signatories include ANNA HAYNES and MRS. A. BARROWS.
In the suit of W H Phelps against BE L Zimmerman and Clayton Haymond the jury faced a single ballot and twenty minutes to return a verdict for 112.50 to the plaintiff but Haymond’s tender of 1206 in court liquidated the claim. Phelps sued for 625 alleging one half crop proceeds from Haymond on Spring Creek farm land. Haymond rented 42 1 2 acres for half the crop while Haymond owed 3 per acre cash rent for 37 1 2 acres. Jury ruled for Haymond. costs fall to Phelps as the amount is less than the legal tender.
An old advertisement urges readers to use Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy to restore natural hair color, prevent grayness before sixty five, and reduce dandruff. It touts Sage, Sulphur, and Barden Segoe as key components and claims visible results in days with a fifty cent bottle from a druggist.
Mayor J. R. Rector urges raising Waterloo mayoral pay from 1200 to 1800 or 2000 annually. He emphasizes the raise would apply to the next mayor and notes council action at a recent session did not address the mayoral stipend.
The Loyal Order of Moose calls a Thursday evening meeting on February 1 to urge every member to attend. Deputy National Organizer F W Budrow is in town to lead a membership drive, with a charter opened by special dispensation and dues reduced from 10.00 to 5.66. Water loo Lodge L O O M.
The United Doctors promote a comprehensive system claiming to identify and remove the root causes of aches and pains. They advertise curing piles rectal troubles and various male and female disorders, with many lingering diseases of the blood skin heart liver stomach kidney rheumatism and constipation treated. Consultation is free at 210 Marsh Place Building.
Mrs A McGill of Jonesboro Arkansas writes of a complete health breakdown cured by Cardus praising it as the greatest medicine for women specific ailments and headaches. The Chattanooga Medicine Co invites readers to request a 1A page home treatment booklet and special instructions.
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