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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1912
Page
12
Affected individual details long illness with skin issues and multiple doctors. After trying Cuticura remedies including Cuticura Soap and Ointment, symptoms ease leading to relief and improved comfort. Ad advises samples and a booklet via Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. in Boston.
Advertisement asserts Meritol Snow White Liniment provides universal relief where a pain killer and healer are needed. Claims no better liniment at any price. Henderson Drug Co and Red Cross Drug Store are exclusive agents.
Professor Horchem of Dubuque presented the Park Life plan to teachers at the high school in the manual training building. He envisions a suburban city farm for boys to learn by doing, keeping them occupied and safe away from city temptations. The conference included sessions on first year college challenges and the value of agriculture in schools, with several educators outlining practical, hands on approaches.
Prof. F. F. Churchill presented a paper on Methods and Devices in Teaching Public School Music. He argued music education can revive monotone instruction by applying practical teaching techniques and engaging devices to improve classroom outcomes.
An OTC advertisement touts Root Juice as a cure for belching indigestion headaches and weak kidneys. It claims liver blood and bowel cleansing and a week of treatment will renew vitality. Sold at The Henderson Drug Co and other drug stores with directions.
F L Mahannah notes rural Iowa schools will soon see higher teacher standards as 42 normal training schools were created last year and 600 prospective teachers enrolled. The coming year may add 50 more schools with state funds, while many rural teachers lack professional instruction. Discussion in the superintendents and principals section also covered tuition issues led by W J Griffith of Waverly.
Cedar Rapids student Miss Etta Bardwell presented on high school physiology aims while Miss Maude Merritt and Prof. Getchell offered points on chemistry teaching. Discussion covered moving pictures in schools, praising educational value but condemning unsanitary theaters and harmful depictions, with calls for censorship and future reliance if entertainment replaces text banks.
The conference featured papers on teaching methods with speakers from Mason City, Oelwein, and Waukon. Arthur Brogue substituted for H M Gilmore, Supt A T Hukill discussed teaching English in grades, Della Roberts and C Tr Pye addressed the boy problem and pupil backwardness. The notice ends with an ad for Foley's Honey and Tar Compound.
Bank clearings in Waterloo for the week ending Thursday March 28 1912 totaled 1 274 793 70 with daily receipts 303 876 05 318 017 35 and 234 375 39 for Friday Saturday and Thursday respectively. Real estate instruments recorded in the same week include 65 deeds worth 69 085 61 24 mortgages 61 175 00 20 chattel mortgages 5 bills of sale 1 422 60. Total recorded to date 1614 comparing with 1823 last year a decrease of 209.
An automobile owner can save by purchasing motor oil in barrels rather than cans. Barrels provide cost efficiency, easy delivery, and space saving storage, with no oil deterioration over time. Dealers report rising barrel sales as motorists seek better protection for engines and higher car resale value. The ad endorses Polarine from Standard Oil and urges buying good oil by the barrel, noting the Waterloo Evening Courier subscriber offer and the farmer magazine Corn.
A Waterloo territory advertisement entices readers to subscribe to the Waterloo Evening Courier The Iowa Homestead and the Corn monthly for three papers a year at 3.10 dollars if mailed and paid in advance. The offer targets farmers and promises bone news paper leading farm paper and a valuable monthly.
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