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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1912
Page
11
An old advertisement promotes Cascarets as a gentle, overnight cleanse for bilious headaches and digestive issues. It claims bile buildup causes yellow skin and headaches, touts a 10 cent box, and says children like the taste and it never gripes.
This leading specialty offers 25 years of study and treatment for nervous debility, sexual disorders, and diseases of men and women. It promises personal, confidential examination, with quick relief and cures for conditions from catarrh and asthma to impotency, sterility, and female disorders.
The Chicago Coliseum hosts the two week United States Land Show starting November 23, highlighting agricultural abundance from all states. Exhibits cover reclamation projects, plant and weather bureaus, dry farming, forestry, good roads, and a Blackfoot Indian village with dances. Jerry Moore, 14, will discuss his 228 bushel acre corn record while a Mammy cakes demo and regional food displays entice visitors. Commercial groups nationwide attend to showcase land, industry, and opportunities.
Two testimonials from Missouri and Illinois women describe severe menstrual pain and weakness. They credit Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with relieving symptoms, avoiding surgery, and restoring health, allowing normal activities and daily tasks.
Des Moines November 16. Iowa Good Roads association executive committee backs immediate drive for permanent highways funded by the auto tax under a state highway commission. A December convention will craft a bill for the next legislature, with broad county representation and cooperation from road groups.
The show, originally launched in 1909 by the Chicago Tribune, has again been brought under the Tribune’s control. The shift marks a return to the publication’s oversight of the production phases, reinforcing its role in directing the event.
Freeport Ill Nov 16 Joe Bord a full blood Cherokee from the Tama reservation is jailed on elopement charges with the wife of John Davenport a principal Tama Indian. They took her daughter to Sterling where Bord was later arrested. The Indian agent orders further arrest for removing Indians from the reservation. Mrs Davenport and her child to be returned to Tama.
In Garrell Ja on November 16 a death of a county supervisor candidate before the election creates a legal dispute. Republican A. A. Patten seeks to contest the canvass while Democrat W. C. Sehrick died the night before voting, leaving Patten as the only living nominee. Courts must decide if the election stands or if action is required.
Des Moines reports the grand jury will indict six or more in the transfer teamsters strike. C. E. Curtiss and Steve Carpenter appeared before jurors with witnesses including Charles Haradon and Albert Latta. The probe covers events from the first fracas at West Eighth and Walnut to the broader strike situation over the past week.
An advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm as a fast, safe remedy for catarrh and head colds. Applied to nostrils or throat, it allegedly relieves heat and pain, restores taste and hearing, and eases discharge. Claims include hay fever relief with instant, lasting results and a 50 cent bottle often curing.
Washington November 1. Attorneys for shippers and commercial groups, Iowa rail commission and attorney general presented at a hearing before the interstate commerce commission on Iowa rate cases. The session closed with the commission asking sharp questions about Mississippi River and interior Iowa disparities, hinting the burden of proof shifts to railroads to justify rates.
Ames Ia Nov 16 Special Teachers may prepare at Iowa State college in a six week summer session from June 6 to July 24 devoted to home economics and agriculture. Dean Curtiss notes growing demand and shortage of qualified instructors. The program follows a successful pilot last year and aims to aid public schools and smaller colleges.
Iowa State College will showcase a training team for the Intercollegiate Judging Contest at the International Live Stock Show in Chicago. The team includes KS, Girson, J. Q. Wise, J. W. Betowat, Roo Metford, and Ray Gatewood with Harry Woyte as alternate. The selection follows a lengthy contest, with the winning group also placing second at the Kansas City Royal show last month.
Sehwab joins the team as six new men commence a fourteen day training period. They will visit several livestock breeding establishments in the state to observe operations and gain practical experience for the upcoming contest.
An old advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as the best medicine for coughs colds croup bronchitis and throat and lung affections. It urges parents and adults to remember the product name and not accept substitutes.
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