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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1914
Page
9
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast cure for gas heartburn indigestion and stomach upset. It promises relief within five minutes and claims a fifty cent case feeds the whole family prevents sour burps belching and nausea, urging readers to buy at the drugstore.
Marshalstown reports six grand jury indictments last week four public indictments involve illegal liquor sales Enoch C McKnight Henry Jensen and Bill Brunnell named McKnight indicted for nuisance Jensen and Brunnell for hootlegging Brunnell faces two counts while McKnight and Jensen are on bond Brunnell jailed preliminary hearing started but not completed Floyd Smith not indicted in the Hackenberry street car robbery case, the grand jury did not report on that matter and prosecutors dropped the robbery charge against him.
Ottumwa reports 8 year old Carl Eilers of 802 North Moore Street was struck Saturday by a touring car at Court and Main. Witnesses and owner George Clair, foreman at the plant, say Clair did not see the boy until impact and stopped after the left front wheel passed over the abdomen. Clair aided at hospital and offered cooperation to physicians and the boy’s parents.
A simple method claims to remove dandruff by dissolving it with four ounces of liquid arvon from a drugstore. Apply at night, moisten the scalp, and rub in. By morning most dandruff may vanish and several more applications are said to fully destroy traces, stop itching, and leave hair fluffy and glossy.
Billy Pig struggles over a new cap on the way home from town trying on a green and a red cap. The red cap wins as Billy fears people will judge him for white skin. He finally wears the red cap but loses it during a frantic chase with the Bruin family. He returns home frightened and hungry while his mother scolds but consoles him. Copyright 1924. Tomorrow’s story teased. Meeting of creditors notices bankruptcy filing by Black & Garrabrant jewelers with first meeting at 9 AM on Nov 9.
A cap tangled in a tree and a hungry bear family converge on Billy Pig. He clambers up to rescue it as Mrs Bruin watches, the cubs vying for the hat with the oldest cub insisting on being first. The cap eventually falls, and the bears scramble for it.
Ames Nov 2 Iowa farmers who pride themselves upon their ability to produce money hogs will be regulated to a back seat by their sons says EB C Bishop director of the Iowa Boys and Girls Relub The contest offers prize trips to Chicago for 22 boys who feed the best balanced rations and raise the most market hogs in three divisions one two and ten pigs The results show modern pork production benefits and spark envy among some successful breeders as their sons excel in the study and care of hogs
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets present a mild effective laxative as a substitute for calomel with rapid liver relief. The ads claim no tooth damage and faster correction of constipation and dullness, urging use for headaches and heaviness. Available at 5 and 7 cents per tablet via The Clive Tablet Company Columbus Ohio.
Estherville reports a wave of incendiary fires blamed on arsonists or thrill seekers. Over two weeks four separate blazes struck homes and businesses including sites on North Seventh Street Lincoln Street near the depot and South Ninth Street. Police and mayor vow strict vigilance as investigations continue and suspects remain at large.
A series of fires reported around the town includes a barn blaze behind the L Irwin property, one at Gardston hotel area, and multiple rear outbuildings near Petersen grocery and Lincoln Street Masonic block. Firefighters extinguished most before major damage. Yeht Jones feed store burned Thursday night and Mahburn and Anderson furniture store rear fire suspected linked to earlier incidents.
A chaotic note lists stockyard quarantines and disease fears as Chicago shuts shipments of cattle and sheep for slaughter. It mentions Iowa pension grants and a dramatic five passenger hold up on the Santa Fe line, with officials citing foot and mouth disease controls at Chicago’s stockyards and related rail precautions.
Two masked men boarded the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe train during a stop in California and relieved passengers of valuables before leaping from the platform as the train began moving again. Police pursued but details remain scant.
J H Lepper, president of the Iowa Jewelers association, reports a clever crook operating in bows parts is moving through Osceola and may appear in Manon City. The smooth thief visits jewelers, places a small deposit on a valuable watch, then unloads a watch he knows the merchant lacks in stock, leaving with a $20 to $25 timepiece. The merchant never sees the customer again. The confidence scam spreads over a wide gullible region.
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