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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1911
Page
1
A local business touts its stock as the best in the city with new, dry, bright goods. It pledges prompt delivery and no holdovers, while aiming for consistent prices with quality compared to competitors.
A Waterloo chamber of commerce event drew in many to socialize at the club rooms. Topics centered on an upcoming Friday dinner promoting a statewide "Made in Iowa" movement to encourage Iowans to buy locally produced goods and support Iowa factories. The evening featured music and refreshments with no formal program.
An advertisement touts three grain hypo nuciane lets claiming to greatly increase red blood cells, improve complexion and flesh, and aid digestion. It urges self administration from apothecary shops.
An advertisement touts Blackburns Pain Away Filla as an instant relief option for headaches and menstrual discomfort. It markets fast action and suggests everyday use for women's ailments.
The concept of Made in Town has received full and free endorsement wherever understood, signaling broad support for local production and identity.
Postmaster W R Law reports official notice from Washington approving Sunday closing in all first and second class offices. Waterloo acceptance introduces two new rules: mail in Sunday boxes by full box rental with carrier delivery on ten weekdays, and 10 cent special delivery for Sunday letters. Peterson Bros 221 W 4th advertise framing.
Brown, a New York manufacturer, was awarded 1500 damages by the local police after he and an English employee were arrested on a baseless abduction charge linked to aiding girls seeking to exit an improper theater contract. The English worker received nothing. American Views supported Brown.
Burlington La March 14 a wave of disappearances linked to a death at the Burlington hotel on March 18 prompts Coroner Prugh to seek the man who died by his own hand. Reports of J Reed missing spread from Galesburg Davenport Fort Madison Bryan Omaha Galena Canton but no claimant is found for the morgue body.
The eighteenth annual Des Moines conference of the United Evangelical church opened in Marshalltown with Rev. A P Swengel presiding. Waterloo pastor I G Walz was elected secretary with assistants J B Meloy D C Busenberg C H Stauffacher and Charles Pickford named. The issue notes cattle affected by hydrophobia in nearby Dike and warns of dog-borne infection and the need for a state veterinary exam.
Notice from C M Berkley announcing the sale of his business to The Berkley Hardware Company and requesting immediate settlement of all outstanding accounts at 202 West 4th Street Waterloos Ia. He states the accounts should be closed without delay due to the cost of carrying them.
A committee of English peers educators and church figures begins a protest campaign against novels from reputable publishers. They condemn works that are not indecent by strict standards yet morally debasing with open vice and lewdness justified. They call for stronger law to curb circulation.
Des Moines dispatch reports Jefferson county suffragists urged their representative Chas Fulton to fast track a bill to allow voting on bonds to fund county hospitals. Other measures include frost proof cab glass for railroads, extended life certificates for teachers, and state aid for normal training in high schools.
La Porte City notes the Triem family Mr EB Triem Mrs Ruth and Ralph will relocate to Waterloo soon. Mr Triem buys into C B Frederick company jewelry firm. he has 22 years in La Porte City business. The family leaves a valued community role in church and city affairs.
J F Busey and family express gratitude to friends for flowers and kindness after the loss of a wife and mother.
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