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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1911
Page
3
Underwood presents Model No 4 and 5 for standard correspondence with 10 inch carriage and 8 inch line width. Model No 3 provides wider carriage options from 12 to 26 inches for specialized reports. Banks railroads insurers accountants and corporations widely use Model No 3. Underwood claims leading sales as “The Machine You Will Eventually Buy.”
Sioux City report says 400 American heirs seek part of General Wertz fortune now held by the Netherlands government. A Davenport convention around August will appoint delegates to file claims, with proofs and possibly U.S. State Department involvement. Names and birthplaces of many Wertz descendants listed from Ottumwa to Chicago and beyond.
A dated advertisement touts Miller's Dyspepsia Tablets promising rapid, thorough relief from indigestion. It claims meals become enjoyable without gas or discomfort after a few days of use, with a 25 cent box or a free trial vial offered at drug stores.
Al Duffy from Rockford plans to sue Charles City and Rockford officials for 10000 after a hypnotism stunt went wrong. A 17 or 18 year old helper slept in a storefront window while Duffy claimed payment disputes and local anger erupted, leading to arrests threats and a kangaroo court moment.
Dr W L Van Metre of Tiniton Ja has leased office rooms in Manchester formerly used by Doctors Bradley and Sherman and Dr W M Bradley and will practice medicine in the city.
The 14 year old son of Ate and Mrs. John Cole near Volesburg was bitten by a rattlesnake on July 20. Physicians treated him for hours to remove poison and feared for his life, but he showed signs of recovery by day’s end.
Luther Burbank releases a pamphlet denouncing United States Department of Agriculture officials as ignorant and narrow minded. He claims his spineless cactus is a major agricultural advance and mocks the federal effort to find similarly spineless opuntia, stating none exists beyond his Santa Rosa grounds.
Waverly Iowa July reports Geo W Dunham a painter, aged 60, died Monday night after a sickness last week. Sister Mrs Mary Grinis of Wheaton arranged burial in Harlington Cemetery with expenses covered. funeral planned for Thursday afternoon. Unclear relatives. Dunham had small funds and no apparent other property.
Eben Davis age 80 dies from injuries after a wagon strap broke near Bridgewater. He and his hermit brother Thomas lived quietly, educated and wealthy in earlier years, with the county selling their lands for support. Eben was a former surveyor in the Rocky Mountain district and later county surveyor in Adair County. The brothers, once Boston residents, never married and cherished rare books until death leaves the survivor alone.
Chicago speech claims a countrywide arson ring with a Kansas City base and operatives in major cities. State Fire Marshal Boyle cites cooperation among Illinois Kentucky Tennessee and Ohio marshals, notes two convictions, and urges stronger fire protection modeled on European cities.
The correspondence school of theology plans to offer distance courses with authorized capital of 59000. The Rev. S. G. Ayers of Drew Theological Seminary serves as president. The venture aims to educate ministers and others via mailed instruction and to publish books and pamphlets.
Real estate transfers record deeds from Roger Leavitt trustee to Meta E Shook for lot 4 black 5 Manson's 2nd addition Waterloo priced at 200. Leavitt Johnson Trust Co. to Theodore Fritschel for lot 7 block 3 Hagerman Place Waterloo price 250. Matthew Stewart to Leon Kopel land in 35-90-11 valued 2700. R EB Stewart to Leon Kopel land in 35 and 36-90-11 price 17180. H W Grout to Bessie Brers Boehmler lot 12 block 11 Litchfield addition Waterloo price 1. WR Law to W F Tommeyr part of lot 3 block 36 original plat West Waterloo price 1.
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