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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1911
Page
3
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a universal remedy for liver stomach and bowel misery. It promises fast relief from headaches dizziness and indigestion, urges timely use, and notes a 10 cent box provides months of health and happiness for adults and children alike.
Edward H. Farrar Jr., son of the American Bar Association's president, was shot dead near Magnolia Street in New Orleans by two unidentified highwaymen. The assailants fled the scene. merchandise details from N. J. Herktry noted.
Pupils in all grade buildings conducted fire drills with rapid egress shown as one and a half minutes. Exits without wraps would take about three minutes. An art exhibit is planned in the West High building from January 41 to February 4, with proceeds funding new pictures for rooms.
An ad touts Pinex cough syrup as superior and cost effective, offering homemade sugar syrup mixings, a pint dosage, and relief within hours. It highlights Pinex as a concentrated Norway pine extract, claims broad use for throat issues, hoarseness, and whooping cough, and promises money back satisfaction.
The county expects higher costs for aged and ill poor relief amid weak business, factory cutbacks, and contagious diseases. A board bill nears 490 for medical care and hospital expenses as the Overseer of the Poor plans frugal aid, with quarantines strict and public functions suspended to limit outbreak.
Bailey and Austin star in The Top O Th World with the original company and seventy performers. The Morgan Stock Company presents a week of drama with vaudeville between acts including Arnoldo's leopards, and ladies join free Monday with 30 cent tickets before 6 pm. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound touted as a trusted cough and cold remedy by local testimonials.
Letters from readers cheerfully praise Webster's New Illustrated Dictionary distributed nationwide. Postmistress Annie M. Carothers notes display of her copy and endorsement, while clerks process mail orders from customers who saw dictionaries already spread across states. The Evening Courier urges readers to clip coupons, send 22 cents and address to the Dictionary Department.
Eddie Young a featherweight from San Jose announces he will enter the ministry and later become an evangelist. He vows religion needs men who can put a kick in it and plans to address the Young Men's Christian Association on Saturday before heading to Chicago to study at the Moody Evangelical Institute.
At First Presbyterian church tonight members will hear a letter read by Dr. Herbert W Reherd written in Italy at the start of hostilities with Turker. Acting pastor Dr. Robert C Westenberg, who has also been in Italy, will add explanations. The service prepares for the annual missionary service on Sunday.
Dell Vincent, once G. Bert Rodney, a Manchester native who acted with the North Bros. Stock Company, shot his wife during a Wichita boarding house incident and then killed himself. Relatives report wife slightly to recover. Vincent died from the act. Jealousy over wife’s stage love scenes and recent appendicitis surgery are cited as factors.
The Brotherhood of the First Presbyterian Church invites attenders to a Sunday evening sermon series led by Pastor Dr. Robert G.C. Westenberg. The topic centers on the theme of Man detailing a man’s will, bank account, business, inner thoughts, and fixed purpose.
Trreeley Jan 2 reports a city wide outbreak with schools closed and public gatherings banned. First death occurs Saturday night when a five year old girl from the Lang family dies. both parents fall ill in critical condition as city officials act to contain spread.
William Galloway invites friends to skip engagements on November 15 for a complimentary dinner to editors and publishers of farm papers and magazines used by his company. The gathering promises unusual entertainment and a barrel of fun with leaders in agricultural publishing attendance.
A Jeffersonville man reports his wife’s success with TIZ after two treatments she could walk downstairs one foot at a time for the first time in five years. The ad claims TIZ draws out poisonous exudations from sore feet and promises rapid relief. Sold by Walter Luther Dodge & Co. Chicago for 25 cents a box.
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