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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1911
Page
1
Sporting News notes Abe Attell has held the featherweight title so long that old timers cannot recall a time without him. The article emphasizes his continued speed and difficulty in disposing of challengers as he dominates the division.
About 28 college football experts including rule makers urge radical rule changes before next season. They push for seven yard first downs or four downs to gain ten, or return to a three yard first down. Weekend games at Cambridge and Philadelphia show flaws with the new rules.
In Chief Inquiries at Chieien on November 28 Minnesota sits atop the Western Conference. Debates swirl over the second place between Wisconsin and Chicago as each side claims superiority. Cardinal followers weigh Wisconsin’s 6 to 2 victory over Minnesota against Chicago’s 3 to 0 win over Wisconsin.
East and West high schools prepare for the Thanksgiving Day game on Ford Field in the east Bath area. Both squads show confidence and the West aims to upset East despite East’s weight advantage. Officials include Ball as referee.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a legal or court note with names like E. J. Starr and Hnesman Atkins, plus initials M C G A and Iowa. No clear action, date, or outcome is discernible.
The piece surveys league expansion and crowd capacity in New York Boston and Detroit with 220000 daily capacity. It notes Chase resigning as Highlanders manager and Chase and Lajoie hailed as great players. It mentions Rube Marquard balking at theater money, Popken’s Texas league offer, and Doyle steering a San Antonio pitcher. Indiana horse figures set records. Gardner to Vancouver as boxing director. and an oil tank stadium game in Bakersfield with Standard Oil and Kern River offices.
Basketball games in the Y league featured captains Hal Versum and Divehy guiding teams No 6 and No 1 to wins over Nos 3 and 2 with a close finish. High school pupils and junior classes formed teams as Osmer Taffner led the green squad and Kenry Nauman the red. juniors await captaincy. Tonight the Y team faces Watering Business College. Thanksgiving night pits Waterloo and Tubuke associations in a key coaching clash. Foley’s Honey and Tar is advertised as a cold remedy.
The Tex department invites children and families to visit the Big White Store where toy aisles are arranged in fairy-like displays. New toy designs emphasize practical instruction, and all departments offer attractive prices and improved sales facilities for the season.
City council debates abolishing the fire whistle after a Waterlaw board petition lists eleven harms including crowding, traffic delays, public unrest, and danger to property. Fire chief advocates abolition while some aldermen fear added costs. decision referred to fire committee. Markets Close Dec. 1 and skating rink, water commissioner appointment, and pawn broker license also noted.
W J Comfort known as Chummy Comfort, oldest Sioux City post office carrier, will marry his brother’s widow Laura Comfort in Cedar Rapids. He will take vacation after the ceremony and return to work early next year. Comfort has served 21 years in the government postal service, most recently delivering mail in Smith's Villa.
An article questions the genuineness of Hoe editions and the rise in book prices while urging readers to beware counterfeits. It notes a library sale where the Guttenberg Bible set a $40,000 record and mentions the Waterloo Evening Courier promoting Webster's New Standard Dictionary Illustrated to educate households and encourage purchases via a coupon.
Interne Merle Call has consulted over 2000 students on typhoid vaccination after a public warning to students. Vaccine stocks ran dry yesterday and many waited for more supply from the east. No new cases have been reported since Sunday and those vaccinated are recovering well with no fear of spread.
An advertisement promotes Capudine as a universal headache remedy addressing headaches caused by heat cold grip stomach issues and nervous conditions. It claims Capudine cures colds and grippe with feverishness aches and nervousness fading as normal conditions return. The liquid remedy is described as easy to take and acts immediately available in 10c 25c and 50c sizes at drug stores.
An old advertisement touts Musterole as fast acting relief for sore throats bronchitis croup asthma and many pains. It claims superiority to mustard plasters does not blister and can prevent pneumonia. Sold by druggists with a 25c jar option or four jars by mail for 25c. The Musterole Company Cleveland Ohio.
An advertisement urges men and women to treat gray or lifeless hair with Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy. It claims to restore natural color, remove dandruff, and refresh dry hair. Sold by druggists for fifty cents a bottle. listed address H W Taggart 537 Commercial St.
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