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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1915
Page
7
The Iowa conference of Seventh Day Adventists passed resolutions asserting civil and religious freedom, opposing Sunday laws and broader censorship, endorsing national prohibition, and thanking local entities for support at the camp meeting. Speakers included Frank J. Ethemey and James Graham addressing workers at the Y M C A.
Ad promotes S. S. S. a blood purifier to clear skin disorders such as eczema pimples acne rheumatism rash fever blisters and blood eruptions. Claims the skin is the main outlet for wastes and urges buying Swift’s Specific Co product from Atlanta Georgia with a circular on obtaining free advice.
Fifty wild cattle aided Italian forces by stampeding a high barbed wire barrier. As bombs exploded, the cattle attacked the entanglement, breaking the obstacle within minutes and allowing Italians to seize the summit of Monte Corso, scattering Austrian defenders.
Cologne dispatch reports Bulgarian and Romanian reluctance to join the Allies in war against Berlin. Romania rejected the Entente’s first offer as unsatisfactory. Bulgaria, after pursuing Macedonian claims, appears to align with Romania’s stance as the opportunity to seize Macedonia looms.
C D Becker joined the Waterloo Masons on a Cedar Rapids trip with return planned Friday. W L Pedicord attends Plainfield business on the new school house. Waterloo bankers met for a luncheon at the Russell Lamson hotel. Mrs Eliza Munion ill at St Francis hospital with slim hope. Miss Glaydis Pedicort travels to Decatur Indiana to visit friends. Iota Heath funeral at St Josephs church with burial at Calvary. Miss Anna Krause visits GCC Kohagen family in Charles City. Frank Smith family of Chradran Neb on week visit with J H Griffith. then to Mitchell South Dakota. Philathea class at Central Christian plans a picnic and officer election at Byrnes Park. George Rausch to Chicago for Stage meet 100 and 200 yard dashes. L D Fairburn improving after days in Presbyterian hospital. Busby Posting promotes national ad men’s convention in Chicago for June 2024 with posters in Marshalltown Dubuque and Quincy. Epworth Seminary Concerts troupe to Linden Methodist church tomorrow night. Dr S F Heverly dentist listed. Letter from Moothart: Web Moothart drowned at Puyallup Wash. body recovered for Waterloo burial after fishing trip through Seattle and California plans.
Delaware county supervisors approve a $60,000 county hospital with a special election set for Sept 2 1916 to ask voters for a one half mill tax for hospital construction. Senator Tirrill offers a gifted site seen as ideal, with county residents urged to support the measure amid strong committee backing. The piece also notes St Xavier’s commencement and a health advertisement for Foley Kidney Pills.
The Waterloo Savings Bank held its annual meeting yesterday and re elected officers including Ammon Johnson as president E L Johnson as vice president Carleton Sias as vice president W C Logan as cashier J J Miller as assistant cashier R V Cable and W L Bartling as tellers Richard G Holmes as publicity Kenneth L Bragdon Wayne Smith and Josephine Schneider as bookkeepers A J Edwards Franklin C Platt and J M N La Barre as directors. The regular five percent semi annual dividend was declared and $10000 was transferred from undivided profits to surplus. The bank now reports $100000 capital $25000 surplus and $20000 undivided profits. The reports show growth and plans to move Learg itt Johnson Trust company staff to the third floor with an elevator and extended vault to improve customer service with two new cages in the lobby.
Sufferers from indigestion should note that gas in the stomach signals excessive acidity. Fermentation causes distension, headaches, heart interference, and poisoned blood. Doctors prescribe a teaspoon of pure bisulated magnesia after meals to neutralize acid and stop fermentation, available as powder or tablets from druggists.
London reports Reginald J Watteford a young Canadian sublieutenant in the Royal Navy used his aeroplane to sink a Zeppelin over Ghent Belgium. The craft exploded burning a roof and ground at an orphanage killing twenty eight crew and eighteen orphans. British bombs also set fire to a German warship shed near Elivere north of Brussels.
Typhoid fever sweeps Asia Minor as troops and civilians in Constantinople suffer. Seventy five physicians have died. Coal shortages threaten waterworks and flour mills, risking bread shortages. German families are evacuating the Turkish capital.
William G. Edens of Chicago will arrive at 8 am and spend the day in Waterloo. He will address the Town Criers' club at Pythian temple on getting there and coming back. The event promises a smoker, songs by singers, and brief talks by local members.
A letter to Kissel Motor Car from M B Crozier of Cedar Rapids recounts a May journey started from Marshalltown in an All Year Car with chains on all wheels. He describes touring west, pooling advice about staying, and notes the top and rattle claims did not develop after 3,500 miles.
Miss Alice Stone Slackwell of New York addressed the National Woman Suffrage Association conference in Chicago, faulting militants for provoking politicians who mix the two groups. She argued progress in the South and that enfranchisement must follow the same selective principles as men. Mrs Medill McCormick outlined her congressional committee’s work.
An advertisement touts a delatone paste as a hair removing solution for women. It claims painless use with a pete mix of powdered delatone and water applied for 2 to 4 minutes, then washed away to leave skin hair free. The copy urges customers to ensure real delatone for best results.
Mrs. Mary Edgington a former Whierloo resident was buried at Cedar Rapids after dying Saturday night from heart trouble following a short illness. She had been living with her daughter Mrs Charles.
Mrs Edgington, who had lived with McKinnon since leaving Waterloo, is survived by her husband WD Edgington and children Mrs Charles Thadcliffe and A Badgington of Waterloo, Mrs Frank Hutt, Mrs Rose Stein of Peoria, and Mrs Chas McKinnon of Cedar Rapids. She was 60 and had heart trouble. The text also notes a note on Liechtenstein wheat transit and its small agriculture-based populace.
The principality of Lichtenstein, nominally sovereign yet bound by treaties and a customs union with Austria Hungary, declares its neutrality in the war. Switzerland is noted as the conduit for the proclamation via Paris in June.
For forty years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has been advertised as the solution for women suffering from backaches headaches nervousness and low mood. The remedy is described as a simple herbal preparation that addresses the root cause and restores the body to normal health.
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