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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1912
Page
11
A. B. Lovejoy delivers a Fortnightly club talk on court overwork and delays. The speaker argues for more judges or restricted appeals to lighten the supreme court’s load and speed disposition of cases.
A Stockport Iowa hardware merchant testifies that after a dreadful rectal ailment he was cured by Dr Clement in Des Moines. He praises the doctor as honest and skilled and urges others with piles to seek treatment without delay. The notice extols Clement’s method, warns of rectal diseases, and invites inquiries at his Des Moines office.
The passage argues that reforming public sentiment and eliminating emotional sensationalism in the press and courts will strengthen criminal justice. It urges sober public opinion to replace sentimentality in juries, promising fewer unjust criticisms and greater confidence in the integrity of the courts.
Abstracted deed notices list transfers across Cedar Falls Waterloo and surrounding areas. Names include Gerda Warman Ava Logan N C Nelson Frank Eighmey Geo B McWilliams David Horner C R Rector H C Martin Waterloo Cedar Falls & Northern Railway Co Minerva Beyer Clayton Smith Calumet addition Calumet Waterloo Pleasant View and Calumet areas with prices ranging from 1 to 800 dollars. An advertisement notes Hino Ribbon raisins 0 cents package at H Kightey’s.
Washington announces Vilhjalmur Stefansson plans a three year Arctic expedition starting June 1913 from San Francisco or Seattle to search for a continent believed to exist in polar regions. He recently stirred science by reporting blonde Eskimos at Coronation Gulf.
Des Moines reports that the state Moose headquarters received and spent nearly $15,000. A statement to the state central committee lists subscriptions to the foundation fund and funds from the Progressive National Committee totaling $10,000, with several large items in October and November. Pinchot Munsey McCormick and others contributed to the Bull Moose campaign fund.
Hiram J. Slifer, formerly central manager at CQ WL. OR. R., has opened a consulting railroad engineer office at 425-27 South La Salle street in Chicago. He brings wide experience from engineering and operating roles on railroads in the United States, Mexico and the Isthmus of Panama and will advise on complex engineering problems for corporations.
Local advertisement notes a soap priced at 25 cents with a playful typo and a quirky sale line. It signals a promotional item from a merchant named Righmoey's and hints at a small town shopping page.
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