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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1912
Page
4
An old advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a universal female cure for biliousness headaches constipation and nervousness claiming it cleanses the stomach and bowels without distress. It urges buying the genuine California Fig Syrup and warns against imitations. Nearby notes mention church services visits a wedding shower and social visits in Independence.
Irving Fisher of Yale, speaking to the National Conservation Congress in Indianapolis, highlights newspapers, insurance firms, and the federal government as key health guardians. He champions Sweden style vital statistics collection to advance public health, noting Sweden's long life expectancy and low mortality across all ages as a model.
A speaker argues for a national department of health or labor with life conservation, establishing vital statistics like Sweden. He cites four key preventable deaths daily, highlights seven main causes, and notes rising public health attention across party platforms. He contrasts Titanic sea losses with far greater land deaths and urges action by press, insurers, and government.
Farmers visit Shady Grove kinfolk and Cedar Rapids relatives while others reunite with kin in Cherokee Waterline and Winthrop. Cattle purchases in Omaha. a girl born Sept 24 to Mr and Mrs Agnet Sasse. Irene Scott visits Winthrop. DeMil and Von Dibble repair the dam. Mill operation discussed. Walter Smith family from Waterloo over Sunday.
J. W. Copeland of Dayton Ohio buys a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for his boy who has a cold. Before the bottle is used the boy is well. The ad asks if paying a five dollar doctor’s bill isn’t better. For sale by all dealers.
Parkersburg residents share visits and travels as Miss Lulu Pederson heads to Rochester and Mrs. Herman Muller recovers from surgery. Families welcome out of town guests, while local business updates note the Electric Light Company installing a triplex pump and Snodgrass Clothing replacing gas with electric fixtures. Community members attend funerals, move to new jobs, and telecom roles shift as A K Smith resigns with C G Smith slated to take over.
Dr F M Edwards of Ohio promotes Olive Tablets as a non calomel laxative and liver tonic. After 17 years of testing he claims the sugar coated olive oil tablets cleanse the bowels and liver without calomel’s after effects, benefiting his patients and others.
A sequence of brief items notes people moving or traveling to Chicago for study or work, weddings in Dubuque, and visits in Waterloo and Parkersburg. Mentions: Frank Wallbaum, Richard Clark, Helen Edwards, Ming Colthurst, Mrs Emerson Taylor, H Johnson, Louis Scherling, Lulu Marty, Ethel and Ruth Conn, Clifford Watking, Curtis Becker, M W Warner, Ethel, Porcupine family, B L Miller, Dr Overfield, Ole Niehuis, Goodknecht building moving picture show, Wm Mahanke, Mrs Mahanke, Mrs P H Brogan of Wilson Pa praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy.
Mt Auburn, Oct 2. Mrs. E. B. Farmer of Vinton visited today. Residents and visitors from Vinton and La Porte City attended church and events here last week. The roster includes Misses Helen and Marvel Huppert, Mr. and Mrs. Chas Lee, Evelyn Netzley of Manheim, Pa, and G. Gingrich. Visitors from Hazleton, Riddles, Ore., and Rowley shared time with locals, with several residents hosting relatives and friends during the week. Carl Delfs left Thursday evening for recent engagements.
A stream of visitors and departures fills the week as Omaha plans a visit to his son Dr Claus sie. Mrs Clit Dunston of Vinton stops by Appleton home. Jim Jenke and Chester Calkins Jr visit Waterloo. Venice Gott visits Cedar Rapids. Joppa Jenks stays with sister Mrs M C Helms in Sheldon Rock. several calls in Vinton Cedar Rapids Waterloo La Porte City and Can ada. deaths include John Hauberg who died after arriving from Montana. Milfred Gingrich seriously ill. funeral for a child at Chas Alberts home. multiple trips and illnesses noted among Appleton, Gingrich, and St Clair families.
A play titled The Ranchman is in the works with the date still to be announced. The production aims for a forthcoming staging, with details to come.
A week’s social and farming notes from Eagle Center and nearby Waterloo recount visits engagement notices hog cholera losses, farm tasks, and community greetings. Names include Mrs Jacob Schaefer Miss Maggie Frost Edward Schaefer J B Schaefer Mr and Mrs Bert Gregory plus several residents and visitors. A Christensen sale and a 35th birthday celebration are noted.
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