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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1912
Page
4
The ad promotes room size rugs and carpets at season prices including 27 by 54 Axminster and Velvet rugs from 2.00 values, with a weekend sale continuing tomorrow on guaranteed vacuum sweepers for 1 year at 1.59 and 5.00, plus ladies dresses, cloaks, furs, and new velvet dresses advertised as limited time offers.
Cyraus Townsend Brady's The West Wind is a Wyoming adventure with a half-breed kidnap and tribal warfare scenes. L. Frank Baum debuts Sky Island as a new junior fantasy continuing Sea Fairies and Oz connections with familiar characters. Florence Olmstead's Mrs Ell and Policy Ann follows a large Eli clan in comedic family trials and romance. Caroline Lockhart's The Lady Doc centers on a Waterloo physician accused of abortion and a murder trial amid western town life. Hubert Howe Bancroft's The New Pacific critiques Panama Canal-era western policy in a bold new volume.
Florence Nightingale’s 1862 hospital blueprint mirrors today’s wards with service rooms and convalescent spaces. Dr W B Muss notes contemporary hospitals use steel, white enamel, and windowed design to maximize sunlight and fresh air as key disease deterrents.
The passage questions the worthiness and truth of the statement with a specimen of style. It argues that international jealousy and goodwill based on self-interest have influenced nations and individuals, criticizing the loud national honor as a veil for inequity. The text praises the book as valuable and literary, a companion to Retrospection reviewed recently.
A historical overview describes the hospital's transformation from a simple clean facility to a modern, technologically equipped center. It notes the shift from bedside diagnosis to integrated departments, including pathology, bacteriology, physical therapy, dietetics, and aseptic operating rooms, with extensive medical machinery and diagnostic tools.
Chicago November 14 Figures show higher cost of living cited by surface car employees as reason for wage increase. Amalgamated Association president W D Mahon presented price data from August 1909 and August 1912 for meats and groceries, noting most items rose since 1911 and most by over 10 percent.
Eve in Eden is restless as Galveston News notes there is little to gossip about beyond snake tracks under the apple tree. The line hints at a humorous take on the biblical tale without graphic detail.
A Lowell Massachusetts police sergeant urges high fitness and abstention from alcohol and narcotics while citing Father John’s Medicine as relief for a decade long lung cold. He keeps a bottle for strength and health and recommends others obtain it via Carleton & Hovey Company with a dollar for a large bottle.
Water loo Courier distributes The Standard Illustrated Book of Facts covering today and history with hundreds of color plates including a full page engraving of world railroad terminals. The book is not sold in stores, can be inspected at our office, and requires six coupons plus a small promotion expense. It complements a $4.00 Dictionary distributed to a million readers in ten months by publishers.
Cincinnati dispatch reports the Hamilton County official count shows Congressman Nicholas Longworth was defeated in Ohio's first district by Democrat Stanley Bowdle by 97 votes. Also noted, Miss Maude Popp returned from Independence after visiting Mrs. Charles Fiester.
Philadelphia dated report says James McCrea resigned as president of the Pennsylvania railroad effective January 1. Samuel Rea, longtime vice president, was elected to succeed him at a board meeting, with Clement A. Griscom’s death triggering the replacement on the board.
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