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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1913
Page
3
Letta Dixon Burgess writes from Kissimmee Florida about wintering in the land of sunshine. She paints a vivid picture of Lake Tohopekaliga orange groves and waterways with boats trains and steamers. She notes orange harvest prices grape fruit strawberries and local flora fauna and comments on Seminole history and new south growth.
A vintage advertisement argues Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets thoroughly digest food, claiming the tablets digest 8 000 grains of food and enable the user to eat freely. It touts improved digestion, vigor, and clear thinking as benefits, urging readers to buy for 5 or 6 cent tex.
Mrs George Miller recovers well after serious operation at St Francis Hospital in Waterloo. E M Smith sale Wednesday drew good prices. Weather marked by stormy patterns including the season’s worst blizzard Saturday. James Maynard, Mr and Mrs Charles Hesse, and O W Cummings spent time in Waterloo. Mrs Carl Schaefer improving after illness. Will Miller moved to Tom Glenny farm. Jacob Snyder family moved near Osage. Ida Maroney visited Waterloo. John Gill steadily improving after illness. Mel Thompson bought a new car. Dave Boyer farewell party. the couple moving to a Dunkerton area farm. George Linn family moved to Waterloo. Phil Trost visited St Francis Hospital. Paul Steffens moved to a Raymond area farm.
Clarksville residents recall a busy weekend with visits from Chicago Cedar Falls and Milwaukee while a severe windstorm damaged the electric light plant stack and a heavy snowstorm followed. The town saw wind chills below zero and several locals travel to Greene Waterloo and Milwaukee for events and family matters.
Des Moines March 5 Special The house committee on the suppression of intemperance will tonight at 7 hold a public hearing on the Shankland bill to grant saloon licenses by vote rather than petition Delegations from Waterloo Ottumwa and other Iowa cities will be here to support and protest against the bill The hearing is expected to last well into the night
The Bureau of Railway Economics reports that in 1912 railways in the United States did not see profits rise faster than expenses during a period of traffic growth. Total operating revenues include freight, passenger, mail and express, and miscellaneous receipts, while operating income is what remains after all expenses are paid.
A 19th or early 20th century patent medicine pitch promising relief from bad stomach headaches and bilious conditions. It touts Dr W S Burkhart's Vegetable Compound as a universal spring remedy and offers a money back guarantee. The supplier, Dr W S Burkhart of Cherry Hill Square Cincinnati Ohio, promises prepaid delivery and a free trial.
The text notes rentals, interest on bonds, appropriations for betterments, improvements, pew construction and dividends. East railways earned $1,521 per mile more in receipts than 1941, yet operating income rose only $240. Southern railways gained $492 per mile but showed a $109 per mile operating loss. Western railways increased income by $226 per mile, offsetting a similar prior-year loss. If only the last half of 1912 is considered, the situation remains unfavorable as rising expenses outpaced receipts despite mounting traffic.
Co F Fowler sends the Courier a San Antonio Express excerpt describing a severe hail storm that struck a large Texas district a week ago, causing estimated damage between 50000 and 75000 dollars. Some homes lost roofs and windows, and flower gardens and greenery were destroyed. In Kingsland hail lay up to a foot deep, with drifted depths of three feet in places, and the storm resembled a cyclone in intensity.
Sioux City Jan 5 Accused of stealing his wife away from her parents home at the point of a revolver and carrying her away for a five mile drive at night with no protection but the night clothes she had on when he dragged her from her bed. Stewart Fleege of Sioux City is in jail at Burbank S C His wife left him recently and was staying with her child at the home of her father J T O Connor Fleege it is charged appeared there and took her away by force.
An old style rug muff can be fitted with a silk novelty pillow bed to keep warmer. Early orders will be fitted promptly. P. C. Jones, furrier.
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