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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1914
Page
8
A 10 cent Cascarerts box is advertised to cleanse the stomach and remove sour undigested food, take excess bile from the liver, and purge bowel waste. It claims Cascarets work while you sleep and will clarify the head, sweeten the stomach, and regulate bowels for months, urging use for children as well.
In Vinton on Sunday a rally at the Methodist church launched a drive to erect a new church. Pledges exceed 20000 with hopes to raise 10000 more after which plans will be made. The old building is dated and repairs inadequate. William Stewart was fined 19 and costs for larceny after stealing corn nearby. Mr and Mrs Jas Mitchell travel to Miana Fla for the winter. Property transfers listed include several parcels in Cedar Falls Waterloo and Watertown with small sums.
Dr. J H Kellogg of Battle Creek Sanitarium warns coffee causes stomach issues and accelerated aging due to tannic acid and caffeine. He notes caffeine as a nerve poison, with effects resembling alcohol and potential damage to thyroid and kidneys, advising against coffee for those with arterial hardening or high blood pressure. He also urges parents to avoid it for children while touting instant coffee as a hospital staple.
Des Moines reports 22 Iowa counties received more railroad taxes than due under a new distribution method. The legislature may order back payments dating five years, correcting inequities where counties along Burlington and Northwestern routes overpaid or underpaid.
Attorneys for Des Moines filed a resistance in the supreme court against a restraining order to stop Billy Sunday from constructing a tabernacle behind the Auditorium. Hearing held before Justice Gaynor with a decision expected today.
Investigators from four Northwestern Milwaukee Great Western and MO St. rail lines pursue four escaped individuals. Detectives conduct the investigation across multiple rail corridors as authorities coordinate.
A $25,000 blaze destroyed the CLA Pyle lumber yard at Seventh Avenue and Thirteenth Street in Marion. Firefighters saved the G W Luts Mentzer residence and the public library. Winds were calm and rain aided containment. incendiary origin suspected due to a prior yard fire in Fairfield.
Des Moines October 13. A E Kepford state tuberculosis lecturer proposes a voluntary charity tax on luxuries. Individuals would act as their own tax collectors and pass a portion of the cost to charity. He cites looming hard winter and rising needs of the poor and says revenue could ease suffering of children and women. Each person should turn in the proceeds promptly.
Commissioner Urick recommends inspecting buildings for safety and revising fire escape laws to be more workable. He emphasizes safety as a universal watchword and links sanitation and ventilation to worker accident rates, noting growing recognition of these factors.
New London reports the season's first new corn arriving at local elevators on Saturday. It sold for 55 cents per bushel and is described as good quality and weight. Farmers on poorer lands may see better yields this season as recent heavy rains boost pastures and revive streams and wells.
Saturday raid by detectives from four railways and officers from Marshalltown and Tama arrested seventeen men and recovered a large quantity of stolen goods. The gang used cars to board trains and ditch thieves outside Tama, with clothing and shoes found at the Clifton Hotel annex.
Council Bluffs, Oct. 13 Capt J H Clark aged 74 shot and killed himself Sunday night at the home of his son George G Clark on Glenn Avenue. Despondency over his wife’s death and threatened blindness triggered the act. Survived by PH Clark business manager of the Nonpareil and four daughters. Clark was a pioneer of the state, living in Greene county Jefferson and Fairfield in earlier years.
Article urges states to expand ventilation and sanitary standards in factories with competent inspectors to study air quality and worker safety. Calls for a safety commission, stronger fire escape rules, and consolidation of departments, plus better enforcement and hearing-based standards. Also notes local rainfall and Universalist church events.
Letters from five women describe relief from pains in the side back and nervous symptoms after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. They claim avoidance of operations and improved health with the tonic praised by several named individuals across Maine North Carolina Pa Indiana Ontario and Ohio.
An old advert praises a lemon juice and lithia tonic called Jad Salts for flushing clogged kidneys. It claims daily four ounce doses before breakfast restore kidney function, neutralize uric acid, and prevent bladder disorders, touting a local druggist as seller.
An old advertising snippet promotes a home treatment for undesirable hairs. It claims a single application will banish hairs using a dough paste of delatane powder and water, applied, then washed off. cautions about using real dilitone and warns of possible disappointment.
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