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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1914
Page
1
An old advertisement urges mothers to use California Fig Syrup for sick babies and children. It promotes a safe laxative given as a teaspoonful to ease feverish discomfort, listing symptoms like poor sleep and stomach distress. The copy warns to demand genuine California Fig Syrup from the California Fig Syrup Company and to beware counterfeits.
Des Moines reports Iowa railroads must spend heavily to adapt to widespread automobile use. Plans cover about 70 hazardous grade crossings with underpasses and regraded roads. Costs run 7500 to 8000 dollars per crossing, with some over 10000 for under-crossings. Public funding split with counties and counties begin improvements, while next year expected to accelerate work. Also notes flaws in Iowa school law inquiries into the Prall case at Emmetsburg and related resignations of teachers and officials.
A boy aged 18, associated with a strong Knight of Columbus line, faces a religious question and a reprimand at What Cheer over teaching views opposed by a local priest. In Adel County a commemorative event marks the county’s origin with a monument and speeches by Senator Cummins and Governor Clarke, followed by a community round of festivities and pumpkin pie. Also reporting a drowning: Leon, 11, son of Mr and Mrs Buimers of Marshalltown, drowned after falling into the Iowa River. a companion on shore could not aid in time. body not recovered.
Rev F W Sipipson of Shenandoah Iowa told a federated missionary audience there are eight open houses of prostitution in Shenandoah. He tied Sabbath desecration to Sunday dinners and auto parties as devices of the devil, stirring strong reaction among attendees. Shenandoah aims to crown itself with many churches in southwestern Iowa.
Muscatine faces political clash as Mayor Kern pushes a police department probe while Chief Hoffman supporters warn of retaliation. The police board has instructed the mayor to pursue the inquiry and obtain testimony for the attorney general, signaling a tense showdown amid charges against the police administration.
Ravenport district court breaks will of George Carrier, wealthy McCausland stockman valued at 206000 dollars. The 2000 acre farm goes to the children, with legal challenges noted as the estate is partitioned among heirs.
Parkersburg Oct 19 Special A Parkersburg youth named Witte Huisenga was found dead in the railroad yards at Boone Sunday morning He with several other boys was on his way to Ames where he attends school this being his last year The boy was about 30 years old and his father and step mother are residents of Parkersburg The father left last night for the Beenie of the accident and the remains will be taken to Sibley to be laid beside his mother.
London reports Britain will pursue Lincoln style volunteer conscription to build a vast force. A cabinet minister said enlistment will continue as needed, aiming for the greatest volunteer army, with German taunts countered by official counts of a large organized force in the British Isles and Dominion flows. Also note the French authors expel German members Humperdinck Nauptmann Sundermann Siegfried and Wagner. Plus Black Hawk county land transfers listed.
London dispatch reports from Austrian sources that Austria-Hungary and Italy near a settlement on neutral status, with potential territorial concessions. The Stockholm correspondent cites talks expected to conclude soon, shaping regional alignments amid wartime diplomacy.
A princess named Good loses her mother and faces a scheming stepmother who hires a green dwarf and an old witch to remove her. The queen lures Good to a forest then to a hidden castle where the dwarf befriends her as she learns her rooms and attendants. tomorrow continues the tale as Princess Good befriends the dwarf.
The proposal states Austria-Hungary would cede the Trentine district in the Tyrol to Italy in exchange for maintaining Italian neutrality. It would grant a permanent Italian presence in Avlona the seaport of Agrialic, including Trent city within the ceded area.
Paris reports detailing German artillery use during bombardment and assaults, noting heavy powder consumption and relentless bombardment in ongoing offensives.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast, safe remedy for indigestion, claiming relief from heartburn belching gas and stomach distress within minutes. It urges families to keep a fifty cent package at home for quick stomach relief day or night.
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