Father John’s Medicine Named After Rev Father O'Brien
In Lowell Massachusetts fifty years ago Rev Father John O'Brien prescribed a remedy that led parishioners to name it Father John’s Medicine. It claims to cure colds heal throat and lungs and strengthen the body with a $25 000 charity guarantee if the claim is false. Requests for a large bottle should be sent with one dollar to Carleton Bovey Company Lowell Massachusetts.
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Father John O'Brien
Lowell
Mass
Father John
Carleton
Bovey Company
Insulting unsigned letter to Waterloo hotel landlord
Frank Ke Carpenter, landlord of the Carpenter hotel, received an anonymous insulting letter by mail. It carried a Courier clipping about his brother in Cedar Falls and liquor laws, signed Water loo Courier but not from the Courier office. Carpenter will assist investigators. he opposes legalized liquor traffic and seeks the author’s identity.
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Frank KE. Carpenter
Carpenter Hotel
Carpenter
Cedar Falls
Waterloo Courier
Post Office
Washington
Taft
Supreme Court
Col. Roosevelt
Abandonment of Machines Rept. Sparks County Budget Debate
The Black Hawk county election expense neared $4,000 with total costs of $3,964.98 as auditors tally items including $777.28 for printing ballots for 32 precincts. Extra ballots and longer board sessions boosted primary and general election costs, nearing an overall $8,000 in election Purposes this year.
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Black Hawk County
Auditor's Office
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Boards of Registration
Rev Lanham Takes Charge At Northminster Church
Rev Edwin W Lanham has taken charge of Northminster Presbyterian for winter months. The church, a Westminster branch, has been without a pastor and foresees a flourishing season with a large Sunday school. Lanham, known in Waterloo, has pastored in First Presbyterian and lectured on chautauqua platforms. He currently represents Equitable Life Insurance. He will lecture on Does it Pay Sunday evening.
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Edwin W. Lanham
Northminster
Miss Bertha Shutts to Give Piano Recital at First Presbyterian
Waterloo native Miss Bertha Kathleen Shutts of the Grinnell School of Music will appear in a piano recital at the First Presbyterian church next Wednesday evening marking her Waterloo debut since study in Berlin with Josef Shev double n e. Praised by Shevinne as a top pupil and lauded in the Minneapolis Journal for refined technique and poised artistry, Shutts is sister to Mrs. J F Simpson and once played with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra under Emil Oberhoffer. Her return recital follows two years abroad and earlier acclaim for delicate touch, legato, and authoritative Chopin and Franck works.
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Bertha Kathleen Shutts
Grinnell School of Music
First Presbyterian Church
Waterloo
Josef Shevinne
Berlin
Shevinne
Miss Shutts
J. F. Simpson
Bertha Shutts
Cesar Franck
May Prosecute In Brown Case In Waterton
Gladys Brown a fourteen year old runaway girl was apprehended at South Wend Indiana and returned to Waterton with a relative who pursued her. Investigations by relatives broadly hint that a certain party may face prosecution.
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Gladys Brown
South Wend
Indiana
Waterton
Inventor of Ties Visits Waterloo
J. R. Campbell and his brother Dr FL Re Campbell completed a trip to Waterloo and returned home to Monona La. Campbell is the inventor of the steel railway tie and joint, aiming to simplify construction and boost efficiency in railway work.
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J. R. Campbell
FL Re | Campbell
West Hlevendh Streen
Monone
Campbell
Bait Was Good in Buying Suspicious Mining Stock
A Detroit Free Press note recalls a buyer who trusted a salesman with mahogany office furniture and a fancy rug, explaining how he ended up purchasing a worthless mining stock amid flashy boasts and tall talk.
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India Office
Detroit Free Press
City in Brief Adverts and Local Happenings
Eye strain relief through a new glasses pair. Mrs. John Bickner spends the weekend in Waverly. Zell Williams returns from La Porte City after theatrical work. The White Ribboners plan First Baptist services tomorrow evening at 7516. Fowler Co sues J F Booth for 187 on promissory note. Health authorities release 26 diphtheria carriers from quarantine as germs disappear. Mr. and Mrs. J C Parent travel to Tulsa for holidays with relatives. Hazel Bond returns from Cosmopolitan Chicago dramatic studies. Mr. and Mrs. I C Bruns and others depart for Chicago for business and leisure. Rev John Bunyan Smith officiates at N T Daily funeral in Shell Rock. Sheriff Shores probes Wo 4 1 I N condemnation case near Prairie. Park Commissioner Tucker and friends go camping at Wapsie. Mrs J I Liger visits Independence. Guests attend a well attended dinner on Wellington Street hosted by Angeline Tavie with a five course meal and music.
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John Bickner
Waverly
Zell Williams
la Porte City
First Baptist Church
J. C. Parent
Tulsa
Okla
Mr. Parent
H.W. Parent
Fred J. Tucker
Wapsie
Liger
Independence
Mra
Joie Tennant
Roo
Graves
Aw 7
Clark
Wellington Street
Smolus
Eqruati
Fortesa
Hazel Quod
Where Do You Dwell and Where Do You Live
A reflective piece questions where a person truly inhabits their world. It contrasts physical homes with inner spaces, urging readers to expand their horizons beyond town and routine. It cites Beecher, Holmes, and Forbes Robertson while exploring metaphorical cells of life.
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QO. W.holmes
Bchiller
Beecher
Forbes-Robertson
Nazareth
Tarsus
Deans
Holden Talks on Harvester Plan at Conservation Congress
Professor Holden, linked to the International Harvester project, outlined a vast agricultural program with 42,000 workers and $4,044,004, to educate farmers and promote better farming. He emphasized US focus first, plans to introduce alfalfa into the corn belt, starting in Minnesota and the Dakotas, and noted possible international outreach after initial work domestically.
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Minneapolis
Noe Ua
Holden
Dawa
Corntralia
Cyrus HH. McCoradck
Clarence S. Bank
The
International Harvester Company
Chisago
Professor Holden
McCormick
Mr. Funk
Dow
eYhey
Chicago
Bureau
Conservation Congress
United States
Minnesota
Dakotas
Barber Shops Seek Fact Book to Settle Disputes
A note urges barber shops and other public places to obtain the Standard Book of Facts. It highlights statistical tables on ports exports immigration world populations and a four thousand year history chronology. The volume also covers modern commerce and by products valuable to businessmen.
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Waterloo
Bravery of Life Saver Rewarded in Washington Nevada
Eight years after a Missouri river rescue, Berman Victor of Omaha Nebraska was officially honored when the Treasury Secretary awarded him a Medal of Honor. In December 1904, three children playing near the riverbank fell in. Victor saved two of them from drowning.
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Washington
Nev
Berman Victor
Omaha
Missouri
Mae, Wough
Treasury Department
Wiha
Victor
Mass Meeting Promotes Temperance Debate in Waterloo
Men and women of Nate plan a mass meeting tomorrow evening at Waterlo theatre to address the temperance question. Rev McCollum Jones will preside at Hapnat church, with Dr Liebig of Marshalltown delivering the main address on temperance from a charitable view. Miss Tina Martin and Dorothy Holmes will sing a duet, Blanche Gould to sing solo, and special music is listed.
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Business Mets Temperance Association
Waterloo
Bennett
Rockford
William Roach
Mascatine
Loinberman
Waterina
Kite McCollum Jones
Universalist Chorch
Liebig
Marshalltown
Holiness Mission Organizes Sunday School at Waterloo
A Sunday school is organized at the Waterloo Holiness mission with services at 2:30 Sunday afternoon, 8:30 evening meeting, and 7:46 preaching. Revival meetings will run for three weeks. All unenrolled children are urged to attend. The mission meets in the league room of the former First M E church at Fifth and Jefferson. Mrs Lenna Levi leads song and Rev F B Gowland preaches.
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Waterloo
Flist M. EB
Fifth and
Jefferson Stream
Lenna Levi
F. B. Gowland
Two Alarms From Business District Reported
Firemen answered two calls in the business district during the night. The Schiel hardware store had a chimney blaze with minimal damage. Behind the Fowler company buildings, smoldering cinders sparked a small fire that was quickly put out with no loss.
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Schiel Hardware Store
Los
Fowler Company
Por Sale My Restaurant in Marshalltown Iowa
Long established ten year dine house seeks buyer due to retirement. Owner E J Robb reports good trade and steady patronage in Marshalltown Iowa. Property and furnishings available for transfer to new operator ready to continue local service.
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E. J. Robb
Marshalltown
Iowa
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