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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 09, 1913

Page

10

Ladd Urges State Authority to Regulate Patent Medicines

North Dakota chemists hear Prof BE Ladd advocate a state licensing commission for patent and proprietary medicines with compulsory analyses and advertising review. He notes Britain and U.S. lag in curbing quacks and urges annual licenses, while public trust in druggists grows. J R Chittick and Sen A C Wilson discuss statutes, itinerant licenses, and education over new laws.

Druggiste BE. F. Ladd Argo Food and Drug Commissioner North Dakota Ladd America England Prof. Ladd Food and Drug J. R. Chittick State Pure Food and Drug Department Chittick State Pharmacy Commission Atate Sev? Sion

Sunstroke blamed for farmer James Grider's death

Dubuque county farmer James T. Grider of Julien area died by his own hand, hanging in his barn Tuesday morning after suffering a sunstroke on July 4. He left home about 9 o'clock and was found by his wife at 10:20. Life was extinct upon discovery.

Dubuque James T. Grider Julien

Huerta names Gamboa as La Barra successor

Mexico City July 9 Provisional President Huerta named Frederico Gamboa to fill the foreign affairs portfolio after Francisco de la Barra resigned yesterday Gamboa formerly served as public secretary for foreign affairs during the Diaz era under Mariscal and Creel It was generally expected he would accept the post

Mexico City Huerta Frederico Gamboa Francisco de la Barra Senor Gamboa Ignacio Mariscal Enrique C. Creel Porfirio Diaz

Rain Soaker Deluged Winthrop Area Tonight

A Winthrop resident reports a soaking rain last night affecting the Winthrop area. The storm extended to Chicago and most parts of Illinois and eastern Iowa, with rain noted in multiple locales.

Winthrop Buchanan County Chicago Ilinois Towa

Labor Day Picnics Planned by Waterloo Unions

News Notes of North Waterloo reports two Labor Day picnics in Waterloo on September 1. The Central Labor body will hold events at Electric Park with early gates and athletic contests. Carpenters and other unions may use Cedar River Park and Cedar bathing beach, with a union delegate arranging access. Evening pyrotechnics cap the program.

Waterloo Central Letty Electric Park Carpenters Cedar River Park Cedar Bathing Neach

Back From Convention and Wedding Trip Items

Brakeman Floyd Love and his bride returned from a wedding trip through the east visiting relatives in Indiana. They will live on Iowa street in a Rechtfertig flat. Love works on the east end of the Illinois Central and survived a gasoline explosion at Independence earlier. Engineer Teddy Tollefson also returned from Washington D C after attending the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen annual convention as a delegate from the focal lodge, traveling with Mrs. Tollefson. the trip lasted thirty days.

Floyd Love Bride Mr. Love Indiana Iowa Street Independence Teddy Tollefson Washington, D. C The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen Mr. Tollefson Focal Lodge Tollefson

Railway Shop Bulletin: Pay Day Set for July 21

Master Mechanic F. W. Taylor posts that shop rolls will be paid July 21 and every employee must appear in person for his check as per company rules. Engineer Riley and Passenger No. 16 crew reported for duty this morning. Locomotive 1085, under repair, had a trial run on the east end today by Engineer Troutman and Fireman Jensen.

Riley F. W. Taylor Troutman Jensen

Union PigkId Postponed A Year In Waterloo Picnic

The Waterloo machinists union cancels its annual Labor Day celebration and picnic at Hacker's Island due to fewer donors and higher costs. Donors from Oelwein Charles City Cedar Rapids and other Iowa cities were to participate. Mr and Mrs T C Jackson and children Dorothy and Robert from Shenandoah visit Waterloo relatives on Washington street while he attends the druggists convention.

Machinists Oelwein Charles City Cedar Rapids Waterloo Iowa Hacker's Island Cedar River T. C. Jackson Dorothy Robert Shenandoah Mrs. Jackson F. M. Traphagen Washington Street Mr. Jackson Druggian

Black Hawk Boy Builds Second Largest Iowa Drug Store

George H. Boysen of Cedar Rapids, born in Cedar Falls, heads a drug store with 32 on payroll, claiming the second largest in Iowa. He is active in advertising and pharmaceutical circles, ex-president of Cedar Rapids Ad Men, and part of a convention in town. New ownership may occur by March 1, 1914, with church construction at Sixth and Wellington streets. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Wheeler and Miss Maria Wheeler of Fredericksburg and Miss Ethel Walton of Colorado Springs.

Black Hawk County George H. Boysen Cedar Rapids Mr. Boysen Cedar Falls City Waterloo Business College Iowa City Boysen Iowa Cedar Rapides Ad Men’s Club Ad Club Iowa Pharmaceutical Association Sixth Wellington Streets Southeran F. C. Wheeler Maria Wheeler Fredericksburg D. E. Smith Third Street Misa Ethel Walton Colorado Springs Colo Smith

Transfer of church property at Sixth and South Street

A transfer occurred today involving the corner property occupied by the First Brethren church. The site on Sixth and South Street is now transferred to the Danish Evangelical Lutheran St Ansgar's church.

Sixth and South Street First Brethren Church St. Ansgar's Church

Northwestern Land & Investment Co Incorporated to Develop Hagerman and Downing Additions

Articles filed for Northwestern Land & Investment Co to develop Hagerman Addition and Downing Place with a $260,000 capitalization. Based at 3003 Fourth Street West, the firm plans to handle Hagerman and Downing properties and other real estate, negotiate loans for home builders, with W. W. Majors of Ottumwa, John H. Janney, and Ira J. Hoover as incorporators and George Janney managing sales. Four Waterlooans are building homes on land sold by the company: William Pickelman, A Olson, A C Pines, and W B Smith.

Northwestern Land & Investment Co Court House Hagerman Addition Downing Place Hagerman and Downing Hagerman and Downing Place Fourth Street West W. W. Majors Ottumwa John H. Janney Ira J. Hoover George Janney Hagerman’s William Pickelman A. ©. Olson A.’ Cc. Pines W. B. Smith

Hazy Balloon Weather Readings Spark Heatoutcry on Street

A Fourth and Lafayette thermometer showed 112 degrees in the shade causing panic and frantic thirst. Onlookers, including Matt O’Keefe and a janitor, rushed for ice and soda as a doctor was called. The weather stick’s status remains unclear after the dramatic scene.

Fourth Lafayette Matt O'Keefe Mnaide Matt

Pfanschmidt Sentenced to Die for Quadruple Slaying

Ray Pfanschmidt, 21, was condemned in Adams county circuit court to be hanged on Saturday October 18 for killing his father, mother, sister, and schoolteacher friend Emma Kaempen. Judge Guy Williams pronounced the sentence. Prosecution by Rolland Wagner drew nationwide attention.

Quincy Ill Ray Pfanschmidt Emma Kaempen Guy Williams Adams County Rolland Wagner Quincy, IL Waterloo Herman T. Wagner Police Department Wagner

Also Mentioned on This Page

State Druggists Association Wilson Mutual Insurance Association al Falkenhainer Association Cedar Rapide Milo John Clinton N. F. Reed A. C. Wilson Insurance Association Rans Commission Gamboa LA Barra Sea Crna Berkley Cambries Lonsdale Nainsook Lonsdale Cambric Flannelettes Cretonnes Chintz Silkelines North Waterloo UNION BRATE Black Hawk Boy G. H. Boysen Hager Man and Downing Properties Mercury
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