West High Commencement Planned With Elaborate Exercises
West High School prepares a 37th annual commencement program led by Rev. W H Beachler. The schedule includes class day May 26, senior play May 27, and graduation May 28 at First Methodist Church, with numerous class items and a full program in between.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West High School
West Waterloo
Pythian Temple
W. H. Beachler
First Brethren Church
First Congregational
West High
Waterloo
First Methodist
Diabetes myths cure by liver focus and a patented remedy
Ancient health ad claims diabetes is digestive, urges liver focus. Promotes a so called potent blood medicine to stimulate liver vessels, promises relief from dropsy jaundice malaria and spleen issues. Advertises Swift Specifics Co remedy for sale at drug stores via mail order from Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift Epecifis Co
Swift Didg
Atlanta
Empl oy es Offer to Aid Illinois Central Workers
A large group of Illinois Central clerks engineers conductors and others offer to donate one or more days pay to help repair tornado and flood damage. Vice President W L Park declines but praises the selfless gesture calling it unparalleled in railroad history. Also mentions a Auburn New York man who cured kidney bladder trouble with Foley Kidney Pills.
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Dubuque, In
Omaha
South
W. L. Park
Park
Thafr Company
Auburn
New York
J. A. Farmer
Excelsior Article of Manufacture Details 1911 Output
Washington May 13 bulletin from the Census Bureau outlines excelsior production in 1911. It notes the material’s 50 year history since 1860 and that over 85 million feet of forest material are needed yearly, with Iowa consuming 5,524 cords to make 4,732 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
E. Dana Durand
Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce
W. M. Steuart
America
Iowa
Frost Ravages Maryland Truck Crops Amid Two-Night Freeze
Reports across Maryland indicate heavy damage from the latest frost to truck farms. Tomatoes suffer the worst losses, with all vegetables damaged and early peaches also affected across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Baltimore
Military arrests in Nogales over ammo theft plot
Nogales Arizona May 13 military authorities arrested city marshal Cat Wright bartender Jack Williams and two private soldiers over a plot to steal ammunition from the cavalry camp and railway warehouse for sale to insurgent Sonora state troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nogales
Ariz
Cat Wright
Jack Williams
Sonora
Waterloo to Welcomes Two New Factories
Waterloo directors discuss two manufacturing firms seeking sites in the city. Committees review applications, citing Waterloo’s shipping access and growing reputation as key reasons for potential factory growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Chamberof Commerce
Ten Cent Show Delights Waterloo Theatregoers
Manager Busby brings Gorrell Stock Company to Waterloo with The Whirlpool, a two bill weekly program. Seats are 10 cents with no reservations, encouraging early arrivals. The company promises quality performances in a city that may never again enjoy such a bargain.
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Waterloo Theatre
Busby
Gorrell
Whirlpool
Waterloo
Thousands of goats for mutton drive Kansas City market
Kansas City, May 18. At the stock yards 1000 goats from Texas, three carloads, sold at 5.10 dollars per hundred pounds. The season has just begun as Kansas City handles more goats than any U S market. Bulk supply runs April to June with final disposition mutton. Goat meat current price 2 to 3 cents a pound cheaper than mutton. fat goats up about 2 dollars per hundred pounds from last year.
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Kansas City
Texas
United States
Free entry for wood pulp and paper to port decided
The customs court ruled that European nations may import wood pulp and paper free of duty unless their most favored nations status affected by Canada’s free entry privileges under the Canadian reciprocity agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Customs Court
United States
Canada
Cuticura Cited In Home Eczema Cure Narrative
A 1912 Wisconsin letter from Mrs. Laurence Richt details her son’s yearlong hand eczema and relief after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment twice daily for six months. The testimonial also touts Cuticura products for skin and scalp conditions and invites free samples through Cuticura, Dept. T, Boston.
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Abbotsford Wis
Laurence Richt
Akin Tronk
Dept. T
Boston
Table of pounds for various produce under new weight law
Dubuque May 13. Deputy State Food Inspector C Ottosen warns dealers to sell commodities by weight as required by the new pure food law now in effect. The notice lists items and their required weight per bushel or part thereof, with penalties for violations, emphasizing hucksters grocers and farmers must comply.
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Dubuque
C. Ottosen
Des Moines
Kaffir Orn Y
Cee Any Ltd
Seasonal Produce Prices Listing From Osage Market
An OCR readout shows a long catalog of produce items with scattered prices and notes. Items include peaches, pears, peas green and dried, popcorn, potatoes, quinces, turnips, walnuts, wheat, and root crops. The text resembles a historical price list or market directory with fragmented pricing and descriptors.
Resolutions on the Death of William H. Hattery
Sid Anderson Post honors William H. Hattery a longtime G A R member and civic leader from Waterloo. The resolutions note his three years in the Forty Second Ohio Infantry and his faithful service, extend sympathy to his wife and family, and direct copies for records, the family, and local press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sid Anderson
Robert Anderson
Grand Army of the Republic
William H. Hattery
Waterloo
William M. Hattery
O. A. Forty- Second Ohio Infantry
Dept. of Iowa
Iatterly
D. Becker
L. H. Bronson
John Averill
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
The advertisement urges women to trust Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, claiming it cures many female suffering. It notes extensive testimonial letters published nationwide and promises new endorsements yearly to convince readers of the medicine's claimed benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
United States
Read What These Women Say
Testimonial letters praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from monthly agony, displacement pain, and weakness. Readers from Bluffton Ohio and Pentwater Michigan report improvement after using the remedy, with assurances of confidential female guidance from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Massachusetts.
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Knovs
Bluffton
Ohio
Lydia KE
Piikham
Lydia UI
Pinkham
Lydia I. Pinkham
Pentwater
Mich
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Arrox Dantina
R.F. D
Pentwater, Mich
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Eniors
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Clarence Myers
Margaret Brandhorst
Dixie Kid
Boys' Glee! Club
Spencer
Warner
Glass Prophecy
Marie Whiteman
Harry Swan
Esther Knittle
Nellie Berthh
Spencer Warner
Charles Shirey
Max Miller
Bluir—Hoff Good
Velma Kays
Elmer Hersch
Miriam Miller
William Brayton
Mildred Mattern
Alice Miller
Hazel Morris
Herald
Parker Lichty
Vera Rock
Sir Charles Marlow
Milo Miller
Young Marlow
Pressey Frank
Hardcastle
Verne Drew
Tony Lumpkin
Nelson Sly
Hastings
Robert Frehse
Stingo
Landlord
Harold Nes
Diggory
Simon—Leo Huntingdon
Ralph—Le Roy Woodruff
Roger—Hoff Good
Mat Muggins
le Roy Woodruff
Tom Twist
Leo Huntingdon
Jack Slang
Kenneth Curtis
Aminadab
Clarence Walker
Jeremy—Harold Nesbit
Miss Hardcastle
Jessie Cohn
Miss Neville
Gladys Ogan
Marion Walker
Donizetti
Sailor Boy
Lard
Barcarolle-Offenbach
Philomel Chorus
Louies Miller
Pretty Rose
Marzials
Barbara Campbell
Marguerite Waters
Anna McCreary
Bullard
Boys' Glee Club
Dorothy Wil
Carleton Sias
Courier
Aootot Road
Illinois Central
Parks
OF Commerce
Watrloo
Fame—Committees
Foley
Honda
Jem
Glacier National Park
Glaczt Park
Indiana
W. M. Romine
Seventh Street
Lowa
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Lydia E.pinkham
Lafayette Street
Waverly
Geo, Hunt
Bremer Ave
Hotel Radisson
Minneapolis
Kilerman & Gindt Aid Eat
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