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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1912
Page
5
A promotional notice touts a new asthma cure that supposedly works in any climate, age, or occupation and promises to end wheezing and paroxysms without patients paying. It targets long standing or recent cases and invites readers to mail a coupon for a free trial.
Forty participants joined editors and writers from the Evening Course and guests from the business sphere to compose a complete scoop at Edward J. Corton's residence on Western Avenue. The draft lead and subheads were created, then the twelve and thirty point type ready for the press, with plans for a continued installment.
Giles Leversee installed telephone service at home last week. A three pound son was born to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Cook last week. Fred Timion and Elvina Nelson wed at J Buffords residence with justice Joseph Brown officiating Friday. Chas Leversee hosted a turkey dinner Sunday for guests Mrs Wyth her daughter Kate and granddaughter Dorothy Wyth from Cedar Falls. Mrs Austin Deversee and her companion and Mrs McCall and daughter from New York were visiting for several days.
A traveling man extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as essential for journeys describing their stomach aiding action. The ad notes tablets resist digestive fluids and carry on digestion like a healthy stomach and are sold by all druggists for 50 cents.
George Sands purchased Mrs. C Beaty s house and twenty acres in Finchford. Jesse March and family plan a Minnesota visit to see their daughter. Chester Corwin was kicked in the throat by a colt last Saturday. condition is very serious. Charles Rabe of Waverly visited relatives here Sunday. 5 D Newell and Ancil Cagsaday parties visited the Ed Holland home near Shell Rock. John Howe family and others visited Mrs Baker near Janesville. Pearl Page visiting sister Mrs D Townson. Mr and Mrs B T George on sick list.
The second concert of the organ series drew a good crowd at Grace M. E. Church. Mr. Runkel played the echo organ with audience praise and the Ladies' Double Quartet contributed several pleasing selections under Miss Martha Musgett and others. Mrs. C Dean McCall's solo was well received and the complete program featured compositions by Dubois Lux Scott Buck Offenbach Handel Johnston Alden Faure Kierulf Mendelssohn and others performed by Mr. Runkel and the quartet.
Andrew Wilson to H D Baker sells lot and block 6 Johnsons addition Waterloo for 4 50 Home Park Land Investment Co in Margaret Gardiner buys lot 1 block 1 Home Park second edition Waering $300 Carrie E Park sells to Geo R Gillpatrick lot 17 block 12 Linden Place Waterloo 550 Linda BR White sells to Christopher Hill Bucknell Ind in 36-89-13 2900 Myrtle FL Gamere sells lot 10 block 11 Home Park second edition Waterloo 27 R N Cowin sells to Gordon A Ailes lot 16 Clock 4 East Park Place Waterloo 3 Minnie M Murphy Jo R 1 P Ry Ga land in 188-13 3402
Advertisement notes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as a pleasant and mild remedy for stomach disorders in children. Sold by all dealers.
Polk County will use voting machines for the November 6 election. Auditor Harry E. Frase says extra machines will be rushed to congested precincts if needed and party levers may be removed so voters press buttons for each candidate. He urges voters to familiarize themselves with ballots to avoid delays.
Tripoli residents and guests are noted in a sequence of brief reports. Names include H C Moeller and Mrs Notdorf at Water loo callers, court attendees Fred Duecker Louis Schwartz and others, travelers Wm Rourke Cedar Rapids visitors, and Anna FrankHn visiting Topeka. Also listed are weddings, anniversaries, and canners meeting attendance in Des Moines with numerous local names.
Waterloo township voters are directed to cast ballots at Hine Felter's Livery Stables located at the corner of Park Avenue and Jefferson Street.
An advertisement claims a Mexico discovered plant named Diabetes Herb cures diabetes rapidly by lowering sugar and restoring vigor. It offers a 50 cent package, a free diet booklet, and a 25 cent reply with two postage stamps, mailed from Ames Chemipals at Box 349 Whitney Point NY.
A promising wash named D. B. D. Prescription claims instantaneous itch relief for eczema. The ad offers a 60 cent trial and a no pay guarantee with a first dollar bottle, urging readers to try WANGLER BROS.
An advertisement urges older adults to use Syrup of Figs as a gentle natural aid for liver and bowel activity. It warns against laxatives and bowel washes, praising figs senna and aromatics, and instructs buyers to request the full name Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna from the California Fig Syrup Company.
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