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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1913
Page
10
Advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a harmless candy tasting remedy for indigestion sour stomach and heartburn. Claims relief in five minutes and digestion of all food with no need for laxatives or liver pills, urging readers to get the product immediately.
Prof. A A Burger of Black Hawk county urges farmers to begin selecting seed corn this fall and store it for spring use. He warns delays may cause faulty ears and reduce next year’s crop while announcing an upcoming educational campaign to prove his points. The County Crop association remains committed to field work continuity despite his resignation talks.
Ida Grove Iowa September 10 The five year old son of Mr and Mrs A S Jacobson who recently moved to the town has suffered a string of misfortunes since arriving There was a tragedy when a fish hook was jerked through his eye while fishing in a creek and more trouble followed as he climbed onto a coal load driven by A A
An ad promotes Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy to darken gray hair naturally. It claims quick results with few applications, using a ready-made preparation sold for about 50 cents a bottle, available via drug stores and sold by H. W. Taggart.
The Union Mill company works the dam during low water while district court convenes with Judge Wilson. The Riley Spangler murder trial extends through the week. Death of Mrs. Lewis Lichty. mayor and family receive sympathy. Notices on Gene E. Swank, Mose Frank, C A Uastingsa, and John C. Lusch. Fire destroys a threshing machine on Cedar Falls farm. A thief steals a Parker breech loader from R Russell’s barn. Deacon Wright’s groc ery robbed of $6 to $8 and cigars. Courter gains more subscribers daily.
Items from a bygone issue recount onion harvest prices at $1 per bushel and social news like marriages and long awaited family visits. It notes law enforcement actions against liquor violators, fines of 50 dollars, and a contract to lay 4000 feet of cement walk around the east side high school.
A farmer Rousch warned against leaving the wagon until reaching the boy’s home but he dropped off and was crushed under the wagon’s rear wheels loaded with coal. The boy sustained multiple rib injuries and recovery is unlikely. Real estate transfers follow with numerous Waterloo Cedar Falls parcels and minor sums.
Des Moines Sept 10 Railroads in Iowa have largely fulfilled the headlight law passed by the last general assembly according to N G Ketchum state railroad commissioner The new rule requires a headlight with sufficient candle power to reveal a man sized object at 1100 feet in clear weather The statute calls for ten percent of locomotives equipped within ninety days of effect and another ten percent for each subsequent thirty days Though the ninety day period ends Oct 4 more than the required number are already equipped according to Commissioner Ketchum
Sioux City In Sept 10 Mrs Willis Sedgwick of Sioux City named by William H Anderson superintendent of the Anti Saloon League to oppose the Daughters of the American Revolution at their next convention. She is alleged to challenge the action endorsing the army canteen and claims the resolution was smuggled through.
CG Wackett receives letter from his son Cyril aboard the U S warship Pittsburgh near Guaymas Mexico. The letter includes a copy of a plea handed to federalists by constitutionalists urging desertion. An airship carried the message while bombs were dropped to support the attack on an enemy boat.
Mrs C J Martin of Boone Mill Virginia reports five years of stomach distress easing after taking three bottles of Chamberlains Tablets. She now weighs 168 pounds and says she can eat freely and feels better than in ten years. Advertises Chamberlains Tablets as available at dealers.
Gen Grenville M Dodge of Council Bluffs aged 82 has fully recovered from a serious prostate operation in Rochester Minnesota. He returned last night in a private car to his home and remains one of the few surviving major generals of the Civil War.
Washington September 10 President Wilsons life history from infancy to imperial power is the theme Sec retary Daniels is writing in his spare time. The manuscript is nearly completed and will be an intimate biography of the president arrangements with an eastern publishing house to publish the book
An automobile carrying Mr and Mrs Jess Schoboe and Miss Clarice Oelke county recorder fell from a bridge one mile north of Audubon into a stream twenty five feet below Monday night Mrs Schoboe suffered internal injuries and a broken leg Miss Oelke sustained a crushed shoulder and grave internal injuries keeping her condition unstable
A testimonial from Gebhart of Oriole Ta credits Chamberlains Cholera Diarrhoea Remedy with curing diarrhoea after one dose and suggests two doses for relief. The ad states the product is sold by all dealers and implies quick recovery.
Fred Buby buys Henry Warneke 120 acre farm five miles south of Tripoli at 160 dollars per acre. Mr. and Mrs. John Warner and son William return from Wisconsin. The Fane Gorrell Stuck company stage The World and a Woman at the opera house. Mrs. Muchlenhaup buys south town property and will move this fall. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hagenon a girl Sept. 2. New water tank arrives to be erected this week. Bridge work progresses. Winhoff and Meier return from Minnesota fishing trip. Rettle in charge of harness shop. Clarence Arneman visits from Sumner. Sager family visit from Waverly. Services at St. Peter's Church next Sunday. Rev. Kiernan to preach. Henry Vankner and Mary Zander wed Aug. 14 in a quiet ceremony. Helen Ladd arrives from Des Moines to teach in the public school. twelfth grade added. Tripoli ball team defeats Sumner 5 to 1. Henry Schmidt birthday celebrated. Waverly Live Fair set for Sept. 15 to 19. Redeman couple return from ten days in Minnesota. Missionary feast at St. Peter's church well attended.
Des Moines Iowa based The Homestead company seeks a limited number of first class traveling subscription men with good references to cover ten states. No experience needed. Earn 200 dollars per month in some cases. Travel and see the world while making money. Write with bank references to The Homestead Des Moines Iowa.
Fort Dodge Iowa September 10 State Senator Frederic Larrabee of this city urges an investigation of the Decorah branch roadbed of the Rock Island railroad after a wreck near Maynard on September 1 killed four and injured two. He also campaigns for inspection of all Rock Island branch lines in Iowa. A letter from railroad commissioner N S Ket lhum is cited.
Wet bays received a report from railroad authorities on a wreck involving Senator Larrabee. The board sought a more complete review and investigation. Larrabee was uninjured but the incident raised pressure for action and an inspection trip was discussed for the near future.
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