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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1920
Page
6
Sugar production near Waverly Iowa shows a busy plant with beets arriving rapidly at the Iowa Sugar Company. Large warehouse stocks await shipment while cranes handle carloads for night unloading. Local growers report a satisfactory crop with high sugar content and families offered wholesale sugar at implied member-based allotments.
The state board of health reports diphtheria approaching epidemic levels in Ottumwa Dubuque Albia Des Moines Sioux City Waterloo Fort Dodge Charles City with spread to other towns. Ottumwa requests and receives state aid. disease shows minimal panic due to careful isolation and treatment.
The Chicago Great Western train formerly arriving from Chicago at 8 16 a m to Sycamore street and at 9 26 a m to Union will after 22 81 a m next Sunday reach Sycamore at 7 11 a m and Union at 7 21 a m Water Ho officials say the run now ends at Kansas City It will instead continue to Kansas City From Fort Leavenworth the South end train arriving at Sycamore at 9 58 a m from Union at 9 48 a m keeps its time and no change was made to its schedule
A concise for sale notice appears in the Courier under the heading For Sale Adt. The item markets covert value with minimal details, hinting at a tool or service being offered by a discreet vendor. Local readers are invited to inquire for further information and terms.
A three year old, illness lasting three months, was treated by four doctors who could not diagnose or help. After starting Milk's Emulsion, the child improved rapidly. Mrs. Willis S of Pitts, Texas, endorses the product, stating it restored health and strength, with a money back guarantee and prices at ten and a half dollars per bottle.
A report from the daily production division extension department of Ione State college summarizes cattle exhibit findings at the Cattle Congress. The display shows dairy herd progress from Arbernsey sires to demonstrate pure bred dairy results, with records of milk production, butterfat, and feeding profits across 16 cows, noting improvements and losses under different feeds and selective breeding.
The report notes cows culled during the year averaged about 154 pounds of butterfat per cow, while the remainder of the herd produced about 240 pounds per cow. This reflects the study's assessment of milk fat yields across the herd during the season.
Seerley will address the Father Son Banquet at the church parlor tomorrow after a light banquet. Miss Minole Zeuch reads and George I ink presents a poem. A. Cohan will speak on winter duties as railway layoffs hit Rock Island lines.
Lert Jones died suddenly Saturday at a local hospital after an operation in Rochester last week. His wife had returned home when the morose nurse left the room briefly, and the death occurred during that short absence.
An old advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as immediate relief for colds. It claims six hours to three doses, clears nasal passages, relieves head pain, feverishness, and sneezing, tastes nice, contains no quinine, and costs only a few cents at drug stores.
A report from Vienna notes a rising emigration of Jews to Palestine across central and eastern Europe. The Palestine Migration Office aims to regulate entry for about 17,000 peerage-class emigrants next year, with selection by the Zionist organization. Preference goes to strong, Hebrew-speaking youths with shipyard or naval work experience and knowledge of Hebrew.
A passage notes new openings for employment in Palestine and describes a feature of the pro movement including girls from well-to-do families who join as land girls. They devote themselves to the new Palestine and assist with domestic arrangements in Jewish colonies.
Cedar Falls reports the Iowa board of education will ask for a $787,500 yearly budget for the Teachers' College to support its work in the next biennial cycle. The item is part of the education budget proposals for the upcoming assembly. A separate note mentions local dispatches about railway agents and a city incident involving James Monford.
Mason City Iowa November 11 doctors said Mrs C H Wilson shot by her husband Monday afternoon in their rooming house on South Federal avenue has only a small chance for life. Her intestines an examination showed a gravely injured condition with uncertain prospects for recovery.
The damaged text describes an advertisement urging readers to cut out a slip and mail it to Foley & Co. at 2825 Sheffield Ave Chicago for a trial package of Foley remedies. It mentions products for coughs, colds, rheumatism and digestion and promises a mail response with samples.
Football is nearly as popular in Burne as in the western nations. The natives play the game unpolished, kicking and shooting goals with bare feet, showcasing a raw local passion for the sport.
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