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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1911
Page
3
The note advises travelers to carry candies and a box of safety matches in their bag. It mentions a steamer wreck where a passenger saved valuables by using a small candle when lights failed. It also suggests carrying two pens since hotel pens are often poor in quality.
A vintage advertisement touts Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy to banish gray hair and dandruff while promoting hair growth and scalp health. The note praises quick results, simple use, and a price of fifty cents per bottle, sold by druggists including H. Ow. Taggart at 527 Commercial Street.
Linden Ghurgh dedication events outline Nov 1 to 6 with church improvements including a new furnace, 12 by 12 outside entrance, Epworth league room, and 10 by 16 foot porch. First anniversary social on Nov 2 welcomes signers of incorporation. Dedication sermon by Rev. T M Evans at 10:30 on Nov 6. large community program planned.
G C Harlbute of Clay township filed for 147 dollars with the county auditor for the loss of 24 sheep killed by dogs. The flock was driven into a creek and drowned, leaving 21 carcasses recovered. He plans to retire from the sheep industry after this事件.
Robert B. Raines, banker of Independence and former Porte City resident, attended the finance committee meeting last Sunday for the Stephens parity free will offering. He recalled his youth in Porte City and noted few old residents remain. His father was a Methodist preacher who moved the family by wagon many years ago.
Grand Chapter of Order of the Eastern Star closes a two day session at Grand Opera House in Dubuque. Officers elected include Grand Matron Mrs. Josephine Hobson Albia and Grand Patron J. J. Rose Waterloo. Recitals by Paul Davis and Miss Gladys Wiley noted. Supreme Court upholds city water and light taxes on railroads within corporate limits, expanding tax base for towns like Town and Council Bluffs.
Mrs Hannah Kaster a pioneer woman of Delaware County Iowa died at her daughter Mrs W J Davis home in Manchester on Tuesday Funeral services were held at the Davis home and at the Baptist church in Delaware with interment in the local cemetery Born April 7 1843 in McHenry County Illinois she came to Delaware County as a young girl and lived a long life of local prominence
An advertisement promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a safe calomel substitute that cleanses the system and improves breath. It claims gentle action on bowels and liver, no griping, and lists Portsmouth and Columbus Ohio as production sites with prices 10¢ and 2¢.
The Gladstone hotel committee met at Northwestern Land and Investment offices to advance quick sale plans for Hagerman and Downing lots. A list of probable buyers is being prepared and sales will wait until the system is fully understood, with completion expected in a few days after abolition began.
In New Traven Connecticut on October 27 a sleeping car passenger gave his berth to an elderly woman. He then inherits $114,006 from an estate, changing his plans and highlighting a notable act of generosity.
Ordinary coach leaves $111000 to Ernest W Marlowe. Miss Helen Amelia Marsh who aided him through college and law school died last week leaving her fortune to Marlowe. Cherlea J Porter of Chicago is cut out with $1900 as nearest relative.
J Hi Heverly connected with subsistence department of the Panama canal construction, visited his cousin Dr S F Heverly in the city with his wife. Heverly said about 86,000 workers are employed there, only 12,000 Americans, fifty nationalities present, canal ships hoped by 1913 with full completion next year. They plan a vacation in Center Point Iowa before returning to Cristobal.
Representatives of a condensed milk company hosted a reception for city grocerymen last evening at the Waterloo club. A. Stitz organized a luncheon and the early part of the evening was informal and enjoyable. About 60 grocerymen and clerks attended.
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