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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1911
Page
10
Glencoe's Bopeep is a nationwide household name for butter production and show yard success. With Dairy Maid of Pinehurst and Je Detta of Pinehurst, she yields about $2,000 in milk annually and dominates the circuit when entered in fairs.
Buffalo reports a pessimistic view from F R Flynn of Fredonia who says if he could speak for all grape growers, half the crop would be destroyed to raise prices. He argues small producers suffer less and cross purposes prevent profitability in grape growing.
A promotional piece argues raw milk dangers and urges giving children pasteurized milk. It touts sanitary dairies, inspected cows, testing, copper vacuum processing, and evaporation of two thirds of water. It claims Van Camp's milk equals Swiss standards, costs less than wagon milk, and saves the family money.
Mrs T J Adams of Columbus Kansas writes that Foley Honey and Tar Compound cured her children's coughs and colds after years of illness. The product is recommended and substitutes are refused. Sold by J K Jofer and Son.
Marietta’s Waterloo boy, part of the Marietta Trio, a comedy sketch The Actress in the Country, has finished a long Calgary engagement with Sherman Comedy Co. He will rest briefly at home before the troupe heads to Chicago to begin a tour through the Tony circuit.
Carrie Trefz of Rockwell City dies after six weeks with typhoid fever in Waterloo. Her sister Mrs Charles Stickman, a bride of eleven weeks, died a month earlier of the same disease. Another sister Mrs George Rollins is ill in Waterloo, with two brothers in North Dakota. Miss Tress worked at William Galloway offices. She would have been twenty three tomorrow. Funeral held in Rockwell City with burial beside sister.
The Y M C A has rapidly expanded across nearly a thousand American communities. It reports a treasury buildup and broad work in its branches, reflecting diverse nationalities from Syrians and Poles to Native Americans. In five years it spent about ninety million dollars on new buildings costing forty thousand to five hundred thousand each.
Capudine claims to quicken relief for headaches caused by heat cold grip feverishness and stomach troubles. It markets itself as a universal remedy restoring normal conditions with a pleasant liquid form and immediate action.
An old style ad urges men and women to avoid gray hair as a sign of age. It promotes Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a simple inexpensive treatment that reddens hair, removes dandruff, promotes growth, and relieves scalp itching. Sold by druggists for fifty cents per bottle, with H W Taggart listing address at 537 Commercial St.
Revival meetings in La Porte City proceed with growing interest and attendance. The two week extension is announced as meetings continue for two more weeks with Sunday offerings totaling around $1,000 for tabernacle costs. Converts exceed 126, with Rev. H. J. Stevens leading the campaign each evening.
A food inspector report to Commissioner Barnes reveals widespread weight and measure fraud in Iowa retail stores. Of twenty-nine scales examined, nearly all showed tampering to favor dealers, with dials bent to read ahead by one to two ounces. Some stores used false bottom measures, causing underweight deliveries such as a half bushel potato measure seven pounds light.
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