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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 08, 1912

Page

5

Lydia E Pinkham's Remedy Leads Women Away From Surgery

In Peoria and Jessup Pennsylvania women recount severe illness after childbirth and chronic inflammation. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and related products, both Christina Reed and Joseph A Lyxon report relief and avoidance of operation. The ad promotes the remedy as a top choice for female ailments before surgical options.

Peoria Iil Lydia E. Pinkham Christina Reed Mound &T Penria, HL Jessup Joseph A Lyxon

Pots and Pans Shine With Gold Dust Cleaning Claim

An old promotional blurb extols Gold Dust as the best cleaner for pots, pans, and kettles. It says the product removes grease and dirt, cleans deeply to remove germs, and makes surfaces gleam like new while cutting cleaning time in half and reducing labor.

Wife murderer's suicide ends Cedar Rapids manhunt

Cedar Rapids, Oct 8 A farmer Frank Novak who killed his wife Friday returned to the family farm and, confronted by deputy sheriffs, killed himself with a shotgun blast. Officers found he had only one cartridge left and likely used the same weapon on his wife. Novak died in the hay loft of the Novak farm near Fairfix while two deputies waited nearby. The body was moved to Barta undertaking rooms as authorities investigated the crime and attempted escape.

Cedar Rapids Frank Novak Cherry Valley Mornig Novak Barta Undertaking Rooms Efort Tom Craldwell Clint Baylor Caldwall Caldwell Meunhouse Carl King Barta Undertaking Roomng Iowa City State University Bowles Hanson Geason State Teachers’ College Iowa Cornell Normal Gilliland Patterson van Lackum Gunderson Carberry Brueckner Trickey Parsons MecGinn‘s Penningroth Kirk

Town Griers in Opening Meeting of Iowa Group

Town Criers club held an opening meeting at Pythian temple with a dinner and business session. Woodworth Clain urged city men to advertise local advantages, while reports from Dallas trip and Good Roads plan dominated the agenda alongside street decor for the cattle congress and a revised organizational plan aimed at broader city-wide cooperation.

K. of P Town Criers Pythian Temple Woodworth Clain Davenport Locomotive Works Greater FL A. Ferguson Good Roads Committee Treaary Come Man Town Criers’ Club Reort

Candy campaign seeks Mahaska county clerk ballot

J C Milligan, Democratic candidate for Mahaska county clerk, plans a candy and chewing gum outreach to win votes. He spent 600 on sweets, ordered 10 000 candy packages with his campaign note, and distributes them across the county at festivals and events. Children, women, and many men receive treats while Milligan promotes his bid.

J. C. Milligan Mahaska County Milligan Oskaloosa

Kewton Plage Sold for Three Story Business Block

The undertaking firm of Hileman and Gindt buys the M. L. Newton property on Mulberry street between Fourth and Fifth with plans for a reinforced concrete three story building. They recently sold a Fourth street brick building to Lore Alford for 30000, doubling investment in four years. Plans start soon, construction not before April 1, 1913, with possession then. The first floor serves undertaking business and includes reception parlor chapel casket showroom and morgue. Upper two floors to be modern flats. Expenditure projected between 40000 and 50000.

Hileman & Gindt M. L. Newton Mulberry Street Fourth Fifth Streets Fourth Street Lore Alford

Union of Brandon districts declared illegal

In a Buchanan county district court ruling Judge Franklin C. Platt voided the Brandon Jefferson Center Bear Creek and Prospect Hill consolidation election held last year by one vote. The four districts must revert to their own schools, ending a yearlong consolidated system opened recently. The court stayed ouster of current officials until November 1 amid wide attention and bitter contest.

Independence. In District Court Franklin C. Platt Brandon Jefferson Center Bear Creek Prospect Hill Platt Buchanan County

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