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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1911
Page
2
Waterloo residents praise the Cedar River as a popular night boating and picnicking spot. They urge cleaner shores, condemn buried clam remains, and urge proper disposal of trash to preserve access and beauty for all.
The notice warns against a rumored threat from tin milk cans spreading typhoid and diphtheria. It urges readers to abolish tin milk cans, meet the dairyman with hot water bottle, and recall the Cleveland crusade promoting public awareness despite scant evidence.
In Independence Iowa a merged Democrat insurgent bloc forces the finance committee to report the wool bill by July 10, provoking standpatter fears of tariff cuts and Marsden-era corruption. The piece mocks older political factions and signals rising public pressure on a fragile wool industry.
In Webster City Freeman-Tribune the note that President Taft is a million votes stronger than a year ago today stands out. Des Moines Register teases a Washington movement for a fathers day with a symbol a red rose. The Philadelphia Inquirer is cited with the phrase rose plain enough for the printer.
A compilation of brief opinions and notes from the Sioux City Tribune and Dubuque Telegraph Herald. Lafe Young attacks Canadian reciprocity politics while readers are warned about living long through proper living, and Cedar Rapids Gazette laments garbage dumping near Des Moines area with calls for future bans and municipal crematories.
Marshalltown Times-Republican contests Chicago Tribune claim about Iowa newspaper editors favoring Canadian reciprocity. Des Moines Capital notes the dispute over editorial sentiment amid cross-border trade debate.
The poll cites 245 nonresponses and notes Marshalltown and Council Bluffs papers were not polled. It suggests why Canadian reciprocity faced a slim email majority while the Tribune reports 246 responses in its own poll.
Detroit gives concessions to attract factories, vacating a street and naming a boulevard for a new acquisition. The St. Louis plant sought an alley bridge but was denied. Detroit argues such measures aid community growth and expansion if reasonable.
A Des Moines dispatch notes a claim of paper bag cooking in the east, traced to English science. The piece recalls tramp printers using paper on stoves to fry eggs, and suggests a roadside culture might know similar tricks.
A reflective essay compares dwelling on a garden view versus a dump to how people view life. It argues that interpreting others’ motives fairly requires seeing the good more than the bad, as in stories of grief, honesty, and charity. The piece warns that cynicism comes from focusing on negativity.
Mrs. B. G. Whiting of 366 Willow St Akron Ohio describes severe kidney trouble with backaches dizziness and eye floaters. After taking Foley Kidney Pills as directed her headaches faded eyesight cleared and she regained strength.
The piece critiques Aldrichs Reserve association concept a centralized banking scheme with a three tier local branch and central board structure arguing the log like organization could be manipulated by banks and businessmen It questions expansionary currency powers potential for loopholes and warns about elites like Aldrich Lodge and Carnegie shaping such a system while stressing caution over centralizing control.
Col Lafe Young surveys republican and independent papers in town on the Canadian reciprocity agreement. He reports 148 papers oppose reciprocity to 143 in favor, with The Tribune poll showing more against and many respondents not answering. The Town editor disputes The Tribune's poll but this paper defends editorial honesty and notes strong reciprocity sentiment among supporters.
Republican editors and voters in Iowa favor Canadian reciprocity. The esteemed Des Moines Capital editor may take comfort in a small poll, though it cannot erase his failed Senate bid and the souring of his usually sweet disposition.
Notice offers a two story residence with a large attic and a good barn on a 75 foot by 200 foot lot. Property in Cedar Falls Iowa. L H Severin indicates a sacrifice price and easy terms for quick sale.
Washington June 24 Dr Erwin F Smith chief pathologist says cancer is a germ disease based on plant tumor studies He asserts cancer is not a germ disease since no germ has been found yet claims plant tumors are due to a parasite verified by microscope observations in vegetables
Foley Kidney Pills contain ingredients said to regulate and strengthen kidney and bladder action and invite readers to try them themselves.
Charles City Iowa June 24 special report says Russell Blunt was knocked from a merry-go-round while a man was being ejected. He suffered a broken collar bone and his father reported his condition this afternoon.
The report notes damages totaling $25 assessed to the manager after a dispute.
Real estate transfers listed by Black Hawk Co. Abstract Co include C P Bailey to R C Bailey in La Porte City for 1 dollar, R C Bailey to C P Bailey in Wasson’s addition Waterloo for 1 dollar, Montague to William Cadwell in Waterloo for 3000 dollars, John G Bickley to Frank J Fowler in Waterloo for multiple blocks and lots totaling one dollar, EB W Kendall to Lewis Miller in Water loo for 1250 dollars, Myra A Filkins to H B Boles Cedar Falls for 4600 dollars, B A French to Neltie T Wray Waterton for 1 dollar, Olive M Decker to Anna M Decker Waterloo for 300 dollars, Anzeletta B Newton to C E Frederick in 22-89-13 for 700 dollars, William White to Marsh Place Co East Waterloo for 1 dollar.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo as a constitutional treatment for catarrh, claiming extensive local disease history and offering a $1000 prize for cures. It notes internal dosing, direct action on blood and mucous surfaces, and urges readers to secure circulars and testimonials.
In Waynesville North Carolina F R Huffman praises Thedford's Black-Draught for curing indigestion and symptoms he mistook for heart trouble. The ad promotes this vegetable liver remedy as a trusted digestive aid used for 70 years, priced 25 cents.
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