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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1912
Page
3
Dr Edwards promotes Olive Tablets as a vegetable-based liver remedy that avoids calomel’s after effects. The copy claims everyday use for cleanliness, constipation, bad breath, and headaches, noting a nightly dose and a long discovery by Dr Edwards.
Primaries open under ideal weather as voters in Waterloo and Black Hawk County participate in contests for sheriff and other offices. Leading Sheriff candidates are F. M. Shores and David I. Tenderson with strong rail and central county support. Senator Kenyon expected to lead in the race, while governorship remains unsettled with Perry Holden, George Clarke, and Senator Proudfoot in the mix.
An elderly promotional note extols Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a time-tested herbal remedy for female ailments. It claims the product was originally made from roots and herbs for women by Lydia E. Pinkham of Lynn, Massachusetts, and has served as a benefactor to American women for nearly forty years.
At Sagamore Hill a Roosevelt campaign council outlined a plan to organize Roosevelt delegates nationwide and send state executive committees to Chicago ahead of the convention. Roosevelt signaled possible support for Senator Root if wiser for supporters to save their fire for tougher contests and indicated he might attend Chicago if needed to lead the fight.
Claude Swanson Allen was sentenced to fifteen years in Virginia state prison for killing Judge Thornton L. Massie in the Hillsville tragedy. After two hours, the jury reached its verdict. He faces a second trial for the death of Sheriff Webb, with a motion to move the case to July term to be argued July 1.
Mrs. FE A Leighton wife of the city police chief will take her son Harold Leighton to Rochester Minnesota tonight for examination by hospital surgeons regarding his shoulder which is reported in serious condition after several minor accidents in recent months.
Washington June 3 The bureau of insular affairs has completed the selection of over 300 American teachers for service in the Philippine Islands. These young men and women come from top universities, colleges and normal schools nationwide and were chosen from a larger eligible list than ever before. The effort follows eleven years of American education in the islands and officials say the insular service offers an excellent opportunity for honest, energetic, well educated individuals to render substantial service for the government and themselves.
Railway rule changes replace day green flags with daylight lamps at train ends. Lamps visible in day and night reduce broken globes and theft risk, improving economy and safety for rail operations.
Father Lenihan, recently appointed by Archbishop Keane of Dubuque as pastor of Sacred Heart parish, celebrated his first Mass in Waterloo at 10 30 Sunday. He delivered a salutatory sermon, noted his short notice, urged unity to pay down church debt, and praised Father Hanley’s successor. The choir’s music heightened the service.
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