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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1913
Page
5
County board rejects bids for the big detention hospital as exceeding appropriation limits. New reduced plans will be drawn, lowering cost. Tax equalization work halted because Waterloo assessments are not ready. Saloon mulct tax refunds debated. twenty six saloons seek 167.50 each totaling 4855. City may have already spent most funds. board questions refund authority.
Town Criers prepare a special Illinois Central train with 112 passengers to ride to Baltimore for the national convention of ads. Waterloo boosters will wear town crier outfits with bells and pennants, while electric signs announce the parade.
Cedar Rapids Iowa June 3 A strong effort is to be made to defeat the saloons in securing a renewal of their mule peti tions when they again are circulated Rev B J Lockwood pastor of the First Methodist church spoke on Moral Inertia or Moral Enthusiasm With Some Reference to Salons Young Men Officers of the Law and Newspapers In a sermon Sunday evening It was a continuation of a sermon from a week earlier in which he cited the sentencing of three young men to the inebriate hospital as a basis for his remarks Special prices on refrigerators People s Furniture Co TOR Lafay ette St
Local Greek leader Peter Mavrelis estimates about 200 Waterloo Greeks went to fight Turks in the Balkans with roughly 40 expected dead. Names confirmed include Gust Zomboles aged 23 and Angel Ageletos aged 30, both unmarried. Bodies were buried in Greek cemeteries or on battlefields. Many men were factory and railroad workers with limited combat experience. Some returned home hoping to bring wives later, while others await Bulgarian moves in the conflict.
A promotional notice touts 38 8 as a miracle cure for skin diseases and blood trouble including eczema lupus and psoriasis. It claims direct action in the blood, relief through liver and lung processing, and offers free personal advice from The Swift Specific Co of Atlanta.
The Philosopher of Folly warns that sharp humor reveals illusions both ours and others and suggests a pause to curb excess satire. The remark reflects a call for restraint in wit and perspective amid public discourse.
By late June Mars Venus Saturn and Jupiter glow as morning stars while Foley's Honey and Tar Compound is advertised as the star medicine for coughs croup and whooping cough. The ad claims a June cold need not develop into bronchitis if taken and notes it is sold by all druggists.
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