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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1909
Page
1
Mrs Fannie Rogers of Pages Mills Ohio credits Cardus with curing severe illness and female troubles after doctors offered only temporary relief. She reports rapid improvement after starting Cardui and urges others to try the medicine, noting it is gentle and curative with no known harm.
Billy Sunday wrapped up a Cedar Rapids revival with an eloquent sermon on Christian homes. The service featured a large choir, a poignant plea for purer homes, and a closing prayer asking divine blessing on Cedar Rapids and its residents. Delegations from Marion and Shellsburg attended, with 300 seats filled.
A historical advertisement touts Pyramid Pile Cure with hundreds of testimonials claiming cure of piles. It offers a free trial package by mail to address readers and requests name and address on a coupon to be sent to the Pyramid Drug Company in Marshall Michigan.
A crowded revival at the Methodist church of Marzard drew a large audience with nearly a hundred people seated apart from others. Twelve visiting ministers attended the platform including Rev J R Beauy Rev J Smith Rev J Jones of Marion Rev C Brown of Shellsburg Rev R E Gray of Lisbon Rev W F Spry of Vin ton Rev J J Earstiner of Jefferson Rev J S Corker of Winterset Rev Charles Purmort of Des Moines Evangelist Charles C Hurd of Milwaukee and Evangelist George Bennard of Albion Mich. The two last names recently concluded a successful revival at Marzard church.
Marble Rock items outline visits and dinners at the Shepardson home for Mr. and Mrs. Rohrer of San Diego. The week records multiple deaths including Clyde Showerman and Clyde Hugget with services led by Rev. Inman and Rev. Chambers, and funeral details for Clyda Showerman.
Mrs E W Van Vieck returns home from Park Rapids Minnesota while Miss Bess Shoemaker visits Toledo Ohio. Mrs M E Collins and daughter Eunice plan Tacoma Washington after two months with Mrs Will West. E H Ressler broke jaw from a horse mishap. Mrs WA Stricker of Aurelia visits her mother Mrs E I BUsser. Thomas Gill returns to R I station duties from Clarksgrove Minnesota. George and ER Shoemaker and wives visit from Waterloo. Rev J H Mullen returns improved health from Waterloo. William Sewell and wife stay in Waterloo with daughters. Rev Shoemaker and wife plan two week visit to Rogerville Tennessee. Mrs Shoemaker home there in youth. Pastor absent. Rev Graham of Waterloo will fill pulpit. Mrs W F Brown resumes duties with Mrs W C Hune at Fort Dodge. Mrs Minnie Williams Shoptagh and Vera from Cherokee visit Shell Rock.
Cedar Falls society items report upcoming marriages including Misa Caroline Bjerre and Nels Olsen, a Halloween dance by the Monday Evening club, church services, and visits from residents and relatives. It notes a May festival decision, a Thomas Orchestra possibility, recent marriages, patient updates from Dr. E. B. Jones, and staff movements at Corn Belt Telephone and the State University.
Rev and Mrs Bodenham visited Waterloo Wednesday. A Baptist ladies thimble bee at Mrs T F Glenny’s yielded a savory noon dinner and pleasant sewing. Word came of W F Hamilton and wife welcoming a pound boy. Several locals traveled, visitors from Doon and Minnesota noted, and a 26th anniversary tribute to Rev H Stuers featured speeches and gifts at the Brethren church.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Hollen of Tama marked their sixty sixth anniversary. The couple settled in Tama county in 1852, owned the land where Tama city now sits, and Mr. Hollen served as Tama's first postmaster.
The article explains causes of stomach gas including swallowing, digestion, mucous changes, regurgitation, and morbid growth. It recommends willow charcoal lozenges as a reliable remedy to absorb gases, reduce odors, and cleanse the digestive tract, advertising Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges from F A Stuart Co. with a 25 cent price and free trial offer.
Roy Dowse Carpenter and Miss Augusta Fuller wed October 20 at the bride’s father’s home in West Union. The ceremony was by Rev. P. McClure of Council Bluffs with about fifty relatives present and a buffet supper. The couple will reside in Okmulgee after December 1.
An 19th century advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional disease and cannot be cured by local applications. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally, asserting it heals by acting on the blood and mucous membranes, and notes it is a legitimate prescription by a renowned doctor. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Washington reports the American Federation of Labor committee on industrial education considering night schools for poor children alongside day schools. Advocates seek vocational schools within state systems and supplemental night instruction funded publicly. Final recommendations await the AFL convention in Toronto on November 8.
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