The End of the Old Fashioned Barn in Waterloo
A long retrospective recalls the decline of the private barn as new building permits drop and garages prevail. It notes farm barns still exist for dairy needs, but urban and rural youth miss old sport in haylofts, barn dances, husking bees, and barn raisings, while motor cars replace horse power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Mahnke
Black Hawk County
Black Hawk Creek
William Whitney
Falls Avenue
Whitney
Waterloo
Hood's Sarsaparilla ad promises chronic catarrh relief
An advertisement claims chronic catarrh stems from impure blood and poor digestion. It promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla to purify blood and Hood's Pills to aid bowels, asserting thousands helped and urging immediate purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Waterloo man breaks both arms in fall at Fredericksburg
Gall. Klock of 315 South Barclay Street fractured both arms Thursday afternoon when he fell from a stepladder while helping American Legion men decorate a hall for Armistice day. The right arm was broken in three places and the left sprained and fractured once. Kiock, an insurance representative, was in Fredericksburg on business and awaiting an appointment when the accident occurred. He returned home to his wife and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gall. Klock
South
Barclay Street
American Legion
Fredericksburg
Kiock
Fredericksberg
Legion
Mrs John Kober Sr Dies In Tama County At 66
Mrs John Kober 66 longtime Traer area resident dies at her home northeast of Traer after an illness lasting four years She was born to Robert and Grace Granger 1834 she and her husband raised 13 children 11 survive The obituary notes she was a charter member of the Congregational church of Traer established before the town’s settlement
Olive Tablets Offer Gentle Constipation Relief
Dr Edwards 17 years medical practice promotes Olive Tablets as a calomel substitute. These sugar coated olive colored pills use a vegetable laxative to gently stimulate bowels and liver without griping. One or two tablets at bedtime reportedly ease dark mouths bad breath dull headaches torpid liver and constipation. 15 and 30 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards
Dr. Edwards
Milks Emulsion touted as remedy for stomach and bowel trouble
An advertisement-style account from Mrs. Hattie Sharps of Keokuk Iowa praises Milks Emulsion for long lasting stomach and bowel relief after multiple operations. The pitch claims quick, lasting benefit, appetite boost, and improved flesh with a money back guarantee. Sold by druggists with prices 75c and 1.56 per bottle. Terre Haute Indiana company name listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Sharps
Ridge St
Keokuk
Terre Haute
Ind
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Baroty
John Kober
Tama CO
Reo
Middle States
Alaska
South Africa
California
Atlantic States
Newark
N. J
Lansing
Plas
Sutcliffe-Reo Auto Company
Commercial Street
Hees
Reo Motor Car Company
Michigan
Brunswick Christmas Club
Brunswick
Cheney
Columbia
Leath's
East
Fourth Street
Wayne Electric
Universal
East Fifth Street Hardware CO
Maron Mason
Ohio
Stove Pipe
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Beauty Drake
Martha W
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