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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1909
Page
3
Archibald Oklahoma man Joe Moorbeld credits Cardui with ending his wife’s monthly cramps after years of suffering. He claims one bottle cured her, improving her health and bringing a healthy baby. Cardui is marketed as a women’s remedy with over 50 years of success and sold nationwide.
Gold Dust offers a fast cut from drudgery by shaking into dishwater to remove grease and dirt. It digs into cracks and corners to purify and drive out hidden germs. It sterilizes as well as cleans and saves time, leaving dishes spotless, white, wholesome, and sanitary.
Fire in Grundy Center started in G W Morrison barn behind the post office and spread to the Methodist parsonage property and other structures. Firefighters, though badly scorched, prevented total loss with water from the standpipe while several storefronts and the Morrison home suffered damage.
Fearing riot and bloodshed at the mayoralty election Gary practically under martial law. Governor Marshall instructed Sheriff Thomas Grant of Lake county to swear in 200 deputies.
Public endorsement from Mrs William Starr of Waterloo Iowa praising Doans Kidney Pills for kidney trouble relief and complete recovery after two boxes sold nationwide by Foote Farber-3filburn Co Buffalo NY as sole US agents Remember the name Doans Kidney Pills and take no other
Baltimore reports August Stanka, 3, hugged his wife Augustine during their 25th wedding anniversary celebration. The intense embraces caused her ribs to break. She had him arrested. he remains jailed awaiting hearing while she nurses injuries.
Hartford recounts a Windsor Locks scene where Patrick F. O Connor, a Pittsburg Pirates fan, dashingly runs home after a doctor announces a boy and a girl born to Pat and Patsy in a playful world championship tale set after the game.
A Milwaukee Road special train carrying 390000 dollars worth of silk left Tacoma with right of way over others in a race to New York against a Northern Pacific train that left Seattle 21 hours earlier carrying 960000 dollars in silk. The race ties two ocean freighters the Oanta and the Tacoma Maru. Milwaukee hopes to win by prioritizing speed despite NP’s lead.
Washington reports Colonel Theodore Roosevelt is expected to head a new African hunters association to be formed in New York City. The plan emerged after a Union Club banquet where notable big game hunters met, led by Dr Ramon Guiteras as the driving force behind the African Campfire club. Attendees included Bass Livingston Seaman, Edgar Bronson, Bayard Dominick, Henry Sampson Jr, Herbert Litchfield, John A. Bradley, and Royal Phelps Carrail, among others.
Waterloo plans an automobile ride for YMCA boys teachers and workers attending the state YMCA conference. Cars are to assemble at East High School at 2:45 PM Saturday for a city tour ending at the ball park to watch the football game between the fast and weet high schools.
Horace Coulson born Oct 29 1845 in Tully New York dies suddenly at his Jesup Iowa home after a long heart trouble. He was respected and active in Odd Fellowship Rebekahs and local lodges. Funeral services were held at his home and church with M B and Presbyterian ministers and lodge members conducting final rites at the cemetery.
Northome Minnesota, Nov 3. Nels Olson, new husband of Essa Parker, is found dead in woods seven miles west of town with a bullet wound and a 33 caliber revolver in his hand. He apparently killed himself after a brief marriage dating from last Tuesday. Olson, about 30, had planned to move with his wife to a farm in Wright county. The tragedy shakes Mrs Olson who cannot explain the motive behind her husband's act, and authorities deem him mentally unbalanced.
The fragment describes a hard-working man who was in good health and never known to drink. It offers limited details beyond noting his robust condition and temperate habits.
New York November 3 Cardinal Gibbons replies to the National League for the Civic Education of Women expressing sympathy for the league’s aims but opposing woman suffrage calling it the death blow to domestic life. Senator Elihu Roat also sends regrets and praises the association’s work.
Seattle, Nov. 3. Samuel Stewart, 38, under arrest, described how he killed his 5-year-old playmate Fred Bestaman during a long family feud. He said the Stewart boy stood the child against the wall and fired, then bragged to his father. The two men grappled over the corpse as Bestaman's father tried to intervene. neighbors separated them to avert further violence.
Chicago reports regrouping of Iowa freight rates likely after a rehearing of a Corn Belt Meat Producers' association complaint. Testimony concluded before the Interstate Commerce Commission. final arguments will be heard in Washington in December. Railroads proposed a fresh regrouping plan dividing Iowa into 10 groups with rates from 19 to 283 1/2 seats per 100 pounds of livestock.
Arthur Johnson alias J A Harris found guilty of burglarizing Dr J H Smiths home on May 18 in Cedar Rapids Iowa. Judge Treichler in Marion district court sentenced him yesterday for an indeterminate term up to twenty years at Fort Madison penitentiary. Harris, 29, stated his true name and offered no remarks. A follow-up charge of burglary with a dangerous weapon was read, and his attorney moved for a continuance.
The report notes a jury verdict limiting a defendant to twenty years after an eight warrant was issued. Heirs showed little concern when the warrant was read aloud at arraignment, maintaining a steadfast, unyielding countenance amid the proceedings.
Tragedy struck the South Dakota Educational association gathering at Lead when Alfred J. Voeltz a young book agent and Madison native died after a ore car toppled him and he was buried in rock in the Homestake mine. Voeltz represented the South Dakota Journal of Education and was touring with sightseers. He died at the hospital minutes later.
An explainer on slow digestion ties it to indoor work, nervous temperament, and poor meal timing. It promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure, claiming they digest 3600 grains of food per grain of active ingredient, tone glands, and speed gastric emptying. Purchase is urged at five cents with a free sample offer.
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