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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1912
Page
3
A Des Moines publication runs a Republicans of state commentary provoking wide public response and sharp questions about party stance and leadership. The piece draws reactions from readers and political observers across local and state circles.
Des Moines area reports and editorials discuss political strategy of progressives and Republicans in Iowa. Profiles Byron Farrell, a self-made Wentworth businessman and former Waterloo student, whose rise from janitor to machinery dealer inspires local youth.
A Mexico plant named Diabetes Herb is advertised as a simple cure for diabetes claiming rapid relief of cravings and sugar levels within a week. The ad offers 50 cents for a package and a free diet booklet, with mail orders to Ames Chemical Co. in Whitney Point New York.
A daily occurrence of testimonials praises Dr Clement a popular rectal and rupture specialist in Des Moines Iowa. Patients from farmers to ministers credit his treatment for cures of piles fissures abscess and ruptures with offices on Fifth and Locust streets and Margianit Building.
Beginning next Sunday the Broadway Limited will run daily twenty hours from Chicago to New York on the Pennsylvania Lines, replacing the Pennsylvania Special. The Pan Handle Limited departs Chicago at 12 20 p m for New York arriving 1 20 p m. The Over Night Express to Pittsburgh leaves Chicago at 7 p m arriving 8 30 a m. An afternoon train to Dayton and Springfield leaves Chicago at 12 20 p m arriving Dayton 8 p m Springfield 9 15 p m.
An advertisement asserts bromine quinine removes the cause of colds under the slogan HRO MO QUININE. It directs readers to look for the signature at B. W. GROVE on 25ec.
William Ball longtime Delaware County resident dies after weeks of illness at his home in Delaware. A early Sunday fire at Charles Barry farm southwest of town destroys a horse barn cattle sheds hog house and other buildings. Barry loses four valuable horses hay grain and most farm machinery in the blaze with an estimated loss of 3500 to 4000. Plans are being drawn to remodel the First National Bank building in Manchester.
University of Iowa scholars announce the Iowa Applied History Series to aid lawmakers and officials with plain historical data. Volume one covers road administration tax reform employers liability workmen compensation urban utilities primary elections and anti corruption. First booklet on Iowa road legislation by John B Brindley is now available. The notice also plugs Chamberlains Tablets for healthy appetite.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle laxative alternative to calomel. It warns against harsh medicines and claims the product eases constipation in older adults without pain, offering two box prices and branding by The Olive Tablet Company of Columbus, Ohio.
Des Moines report tells of Joseph Parker once from Blair who after losing both legs in an accident a year ago sells pencils on the street to raise funds for artificial limbs. He sought a street work permit from Chief J. W. Jenney and was granted three days to earn money for a first payment on new limbs.
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