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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 03, 1911

Page

8

Hudson Citizens Celebrate Fourth With Oration at Raymond Tomorrow

Hudson IA July 3 Special Citizens will celebrate Independence Day with a full day program in Raymond including a band concert at 8 30 a m an invocation and reading of the Declaration by Rev W P Thompson an oration by Hon J C Murtagh of Waterloo street parade base ball and a monster fireworks display Interspersed events include races tug of war motorcycle races wrestling and a baying bowery dance with prizes for best decorated vehicle and best driving horse and span Raymond IA is hosting the event with additional games and amusements for all ages

Studson Hudson W. P. Thompson B. F. Swisher Waterloo Aresist Carl Brown John Rosier la Porte City Waterloo Indians Raymond J. C. Murtagh Gilbertville Raymond Nine Eagle Center

Miller's Dyspepsia Tablets Promise Quick Relief

Last day to trial Miller's Dyspepsia Tablets offered free at the drug store. A candy like tablet dissolves in the stomach, soothing inflamed tissues and stimulating gastric glands to prevent fermentation and gas. Regular use aims to restore appetite, nutrition, and peaceful nights.

Miller

Favorable Outcome of Long Fast in Kirksville

Kirksville Missouri July 4 Mrs Sarah Powell wife of a local grocer and Holiness church preacher has completed a thirty day fast reducing her weight from 346 pounds to 306. She plans another fast to further drop to 200 pounds while preserving health.

Kirksville Sarah Powell Powell Holiness Church

Cohan’s Summer Girl Advice From a Showman

New York July 3 George M Cohan advises men how to treat the summer girl in order to win her. He says be light and cheerful with brisk talk and avoid overromantic displays. Do not utter grand sentiments and if apart use the telephone instead of notes to avoid trouble the next morning.

New York George M. Cohan George

Opposition 10 Penny Postage Targeted by Chicago Labor

Chicago federation of labor denounces penny postage as big business policy. Postmaster Hitchcock’s administration overworked clerks without pay, doubled districts hurting mail service, and railroad compensation for mail transport unchanged. Union claims wage cuts of 100 to 200 yearly without hearing. Oscar F. Nelson introduces resolution. A penny postal league of mail order business men backs the scheme. Claimed 1,300 clerks in Chicago rail postal union ready to act next year.

Chicago Chicago Federation of Labor Hitchcock Oscar F. Nelson Postoffice

Pastor and family begin month long vacation trip

Rev J G Walz and his wife with three sons left the city this morning for a vacation trip in their E M F auto. They will visit Ashland Ohio first, then Pittsburg Pa, Lisbon Clinton and Sterling Illinois. The congregation has granted him a five Sunday vacation in appreciation of his work.

J. G. Walz City Ashland Ohio Pittsburg

Plot to free Enright targets jury bribers in Chicago

Chicago July 3. With the Mossy Enright murder trial a week away State's Attorney Wayman and Inspector Hunt have traced possible jury bribers. Bribers seek directory data used to pick jurors, approaching associates of jury office workers to learn the prospective pool. If successful, they gain a line on jurors likely to be drawn.

Chicago Maurice (Mossy) Enright Vincent Altman Wayman Nicholas Hunt Commissioners’ Office

Farmers to Build Road in a Day

Ottawa Kansas July 3 A thousand men and as many teams with road scrapers graders and drags will attempt to build a forty five mile dirt road from Ottawa to Lebo in one day July 11. The project aims for a fully crowned ditched and rolled road and later macadamizing across the length. A six mile north extension may also be built to connect Topeka with the new Santa Fe trail.

Ottawa Kan Franklin Osage Coffey Sunup Lebo Topeka

Fire Wipes Out Wisconsin Town West Salem Blaze Devastates Main District

A Saturday fire in West Salem Wisconsin destroyed much of the business district and two lumber yards, inflicting about 350000 dollars in losses. The home area was saved by La Crosse fire crews on a special train. The blaze began in Sanders and Cullman yard then spread to F I Delles yard near the edge of town. Main stores hotels and offices burned. depots were saved after a fierce effort. Mrs John Groner led the Central station telegraph duty sending alerts to La Crosse Bangor and nearby points for aid.

la Crosse Wis West Salem Here Sanders and Cullman Company Bangor

Boston girl puzzled by Sedgwick farmer milking mystery

A Kansas City Journal note recalls a Boston girl observing a Sedgwick county farmer milk a cow. She adjusts her glasses and remarks that everything seems clear except she cannot grasp how you turn it off. The line hints at an odd, humorous moment in rural life.

Kansas City Journal Boston Sedgwick County

Patriotism in Religion and Other Faith Sermons

Waterlo o ministers deliver patriotic sermons across several churches. Dr. Robert C. Westenberg, acting pastor, praises liberty, warns against ward bosses and immigrants manipulation, and notes silk flags for worshippers. Other pastors cover Our Country, Divine Appointment, Gettysburg reflections, and The Destiny of a Nation with choir music, battlefield stories, and prayers for peace.

Robert C. Westenberg Lr. Reherd Westenberg Waterloo Dr. Westenberg Gettysburg Beeman First Continental Congress Independence Robert Grimes First United Brethren Church R. E. Graves Graves Nellie Ruvane John Blim Bernice Manning Vera Coates

Freedom and Dominion Among Racial Faiths and Language

A fragment asserts that true liberty arises where the religion of Ching and the dominion of English speakers coexist, promising a community of freedom wherever both are found.

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