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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1924
Page
5
City leader endorses local manufacturing growth urging residents to invest at home. Officials cite rising Waterloo buying power and a community pledge to support local industry to sustain the city’s economic future.
Dr J R Mackinney pastor of First Presbyterian church urges moral and financial support for Waterloo's industrial push. He cites Moses telling Israel to go forward and calls for continued effort to develop home industries, making Waterloo a hub of activity. Main Street businessman Edmund Rausch of Paul Davis Dry Goods backs the drive.
The article notes Rev C J Askins, then pastor at Waterloo First Baptist, initiating plans for a new church edifice at Baltimore and Fourth Streets. After moving to Petsburg Kansas, successor Rev El Williamson continued the project, with the cornerstone ceremony marking progress on the new house of worship.
If you are thin and scrawny and would like to gain weight the ad offers a Free sample of Tlilten's Vitamins. It requests only your name and address and provides a return address in Kansas City Missouri.
A Sunday ceremony marked the laying of the cornerstone at the church with Rev. Mr. Asking presiding over the service and a column in the Monday issue detailing the event.
A local budget item shows the view church project estimated at $50 009, outlining the planned expenditure and funding context.
An ad touts Bleachadent Combination a fast three minute teeth whitening treatment. It claims mild safe ingredients remove surface stains without enamel damage and that daily use prevents new stains, urging readers to buy at local dealers.
Mrs Thorwald Olsen of 16 West Sixth Street endorses Favorite Prescription as a tonic for expectant mothers. The ad, claiming widespread benefits, urges readers to start the prescription now and notes availability in tablet or liquid form. It directs readers to Dr. Pierce in Buffalo for advice or a 10 cent trial offer.
An advertisement targets freckled readers promising a free trial of Othine double strength to remove freckles. It claims a money back guarantee if it fails and notes likely quick results with minimal use, urging purchases from any druggist.
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