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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1913
Page
13
Reports from Mexico City on May 24 describe General Huerta growing restless with civil duties and considering resigning to lead campaigns. Rebels now outnumber government troops, raising doubts over peace and shaping a decisive, money-influenced struggle.
Manchester Iowa May 24 Super intendent J R Inman after seven years at the helm of the Manchester schools and re elected with a pay raise declined another year He plans to enter Columbia University for graduate work The board has many job applicants The Oakland Cemetery association and a Waterloo mausoleum firm plan a large Mausoleum at Manchester Cemetery this season if crypts sell.
The Swift Specific Co laboratory claims pimples can spread virulent blood diseases from public contact. It promotes 8 8 blood purifier as a vegetable remedy, touting its superiority over minerals and offering free literature from The Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta Georgia.
A new Black Hawk county weed law requires landowners to destroy noxious growths from July 15 to August 15 or face township crews and taxes. Quack grass, Canada thistle, dock, plantain, and other weeds are banned. Fines up to 100 dollars may be imposed for negligence.
The Sorrell company presents Me and My Gal at the Waterloo theatre for its final performance tonight after two days of packed houses. The show has repeated its prior success and attracts larger crowds with 10 cent prices. early arrival recommended for best seats.
A family doctor notes many women seek relief for female trouble but improve after kidney and bladder treatment. He recommends Foley Kidney Pills as the best and safest medicine for such times, praising their tonic action and quick results. For sale by druggists.
A. Adelphi of the Illinois Central railroad designed a combined axle track and grip to shift axles weighing 1,800 to 2,000 pounds up to 18 inches, enabling one man to perform the job safely. The two wheel cart style uses a heavy beam with tongs to move items, easing strain and removing manual handling dangers. The Illinois Central will add all steel sleeping cars in mid June for the Waterloo to Sioux City run, Pullman built, with other routes already receiving cars. The line currently uses its heaviest motive power on the Waterloo Fort Dodge segment. Smoke Franklin Cigars.
A four day engagement starts Sunday at the Majestic with Minnie Palmer’s Running for Congress. The show blends vaudeville acts and a chorus, with brisk humor and pretty scenery praised by critics in Chicago Detroit Milwaukee and Nashville. Foley Kidney Pills advertised for kidney and bladder relief in the same notice.
Dr Hardy Clark, opposed to cigarette smoking, visited the local recruiting office to verify a Courier report linking smoking to new navy recruit rejections. He spoke to East High School students on the topic and plans to address Chau tauqua sessions this summer. he also has letters from superintendents praising his anti smoking efforts.
Waterloo plans to send its citizens to the famed Clear Lake resort as a curtailed Chautauqua scheme unfolds. The season offers weekly Chautauqua features including Detective W J Burns and Madame Schumann Heinke n with safe beaches for bathers and ample boating and fishing.
Management of the Oaks hotel will be under the direction of F C Williams of Kansas City this year. HH N Halvorgen is sending free pamphlets about Lake area attractions and compiling a mailing list for future outreach. A resident of Auburn New York recovered from kidney and bladder trouble using Foley Kidney Pills, reporting a permanent cure after one year.
Washington May 24 Senator Sherman of Travis introduces in the senate a bill for presidential preference primaries and for government supervision of national conventions. The Sherman measure aims to curb national committee power and place delegate contests under state authorities with appeals to the convention. The bill authorizes the interior secretary to designate the convention city if the call is not issued.
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