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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1911
Page
3
An old farm remedy ad promises rapid relief from grippe and severe cold. It touts a 25 cent package of Pape's Cold Compound, claiming three hourly doses clear headache, feverishness, nasal congestion, and rheumatic pains after the first dose, and asserts quinine is ineffective for colds.
A committee of fifty reports substantial progress selling lots in Hagerman and Downing Places to fund a Gladstone hotel at the corner of Fifth and Jefferson streets in Waterloo west. Enthusiasm rises as financing nears certainty with nearby property owners planning further development, including a $40,000 office building on Commercial street if the hotel is built.
Cedar Rapids Iowa reports a turkey famine for Thanksgiving as a disease called plackhead kills young fowl. Farmers say few are raising birds this year, and Center Point suppliers are unavailable, forcing residents to consider veal cutlets or pot roast.
Cedar Rapids Iowa November 4. Faculty probes into a sorority banquet dance after disobeying the college ban on dancing. Some Younger Set men reportedly rented a hall and invited Coe College coeds to a party that became a dance, with several attendees called before the carpet and suspensions possible.
An advertisement touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a ready-to-use color restorer and scalp tonic superior to traditional sage tea. It claims the product preserves color, slows gray, and offers a money-back guarantee. Sold for fifty cents a bottle by Wintt & W. Taggart at 537 Commercial St.
A 1911 letter from Constantinople notes war rumors as Italy and Turkey clash over Tripoli. It assesses Turkey as poorly governed, Mideast tensions, and the potential impact on Europe. It praises Christian education and four key college efforts by Presbyterians and Congregationalists in Beirut, Smyrna, and Istanbul, shaping future Turkish leaders.
Fred Duehren of Atchison Kansas reports kidney and bladder trouble with severe back pain that worsened under heavy mail loads. Since starting Foley Kidney Pills he says the trouble is gone and he feels sound as ever, according to the source.
Clear Lake on November 4 reports no cabbage king yet though potato and corn kings exist. D. H. Culver plans to apply for the title, aiming to crown a local cabbage champion.
The farmer reports an acre and a half of cabbage yielded about 10,000 heads averaging eight pounds each. He supplied the local and Mason City markets, storing the rest in a 14 by 48 by 8 root house with 6,000 cabbages wrapped and shelved for spring sale. He notes cabbages are profitable and easy to grow.
The Iowa Tank and Silo company of this city has taken over the entire Friedemann Harrow plant at Waverly Iowa and will continue manufacturing the well known flexible and reversible steel harrows. This relates to their Iowa silos and silo fixtures.
The notice dated Tuesday November 7 offers a $31.50 donation with no obligation, praising the Rock Island Orchards & Gardens ten acre farms. It states inspectors may buy one or more Hitle farms after inspection, with liability on the purchaser if not satisfied. The tone argues fairness and urges careful study of the proposition.
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