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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1911
Page
10
An advertisement claims a $3.50 recipe can cure weak kidneys and alleviate headaches, back pain, muscle weakness, and sleeplessness. It offers a free copy by mail from Dr. A. E. Robinson in Detroit, promising quick relief with home remedies.
Five Dubuque residents received black hand letters demanding funds. A bomb exploded at George Mulholland’s home after he ignored a demand to deposit money. Local police traced letters to Landon F. Taylor and accomplices, using decoys near a brick wall hideout. No money was paid and Taylor evaded capture despite surveillance.
Advertises Foles's Kidney Remedy Liquid as effective for acute and chronic kidney and bladder issues. Endorsed as a tonic for the elderly with reconstructive benefits and lasting comfort. Sold by J. K. Joder & Son.
Real estate firm C M Allen Company reports success from Courier ads. On September 6 they listed town farms at good prices and have since sold four farms to buyers including an Illinois man. Inquiries continue from outside the state, suggesting wide reach of the Courier.
News of the death of Stephen E. Babcock brother of Col. C. H. Babcock. formerly head of the Studebaker insurance and real estate department in South Bend Indiana. He left a widow Ava Kauffman two daughters Mildred and Marian survivors in Waterloo South Bend Denver and Milwaukee. He died shortly after his father. Born in Milwaukee May 5 1880 marriage Denver. He served with Studebaker for twenty three years.
W. F. Edwards of 1414 Fourth Street West sends sales notes to the Courier about a new vegetable called grape-tomatoes. A Charles City dispatch dated September 14 described fruit growing in clusters on vines like standard tomatoes. When ripe the cherries turn yellow and taste exactly like tomatoes.
The Waterloo theater showcases The Squaw Man this Saturday with matinee and night performances, praised for its Americanism, virility, love story, and clean humor. Also building on upcoming shows The Rosary Madame Sherry and The Three Twins headline as well as The Cow and the Moon musical extravaganza with striking costumes and stage effects.
A vivid description depicts a Pullman palace sleep ing car as a moving replica of a new model. The scene contrasts its silent voyage with an approaching locomotive, whose distant speck of light grows to a massive engine, its wheels grinding and steam hissing for a highly realistic effect.
Crowds gather at the Crystal in Waterloo as locals enter a Christmas contest for a fully equipped $1,000 automobile. Manager J Joly Jones Jr promotes daily exhibitions in the foyer, with boosted theatre crowds and vaudeville acts from the Orpheum circuit drawing strong business.
Funeral services for Frank A. Traphagen will be held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home of his parents 22 Washington Street conducted by Rev E A Valiant pastor of the First Baptist church. Interment will be in the mausoleum in Fairview. Witness Mrs J H Stevens of Little Rock Ark cannot attend due to injuries from an accident.
Mrs. Kittie Timmons files for divorce from J. F. Timmons alleging a quiet life ruined by fault finding and rude conduct. She says he sleeps in church, insults clerks, curses at times, and has become careless in appearance since marriage. Diarrhoea ad ends ad text unrelated to case.
Colfax California January 16. Robert G Fowler will start his ocean to ocean flight at 5 a.m. Monday once missing parts arrive. He aims to resume the journey with the time gained since Tuesday's accident.
Baldwin Iowa Sept 16 Hoover proprietor of the Baldwin hotel jumped from a car to retrieve a hat and was struck by a following machine. He was taken to a Maquoketa hospital badly injured and was not expected to survive. 1250 ORDERED TO STRIKE Delware Lackawanna & Western foremen and section lands workers ordered to strike by A B Lowe president of the maintenance of way employees at 6 this evening.
A veteran of the War of 61, Frank S. Winters, credits Miller's Dyspepsia Tablets with finally conquering years of chronic dyspepsia. He says climate and the tablets cured him after a long, near-fatal struggle and recommends the product, noting price options and a sample box offer.
Evangelist Hey Taylor held week long meetings in Sioux Center. Citizens opposed his sermons and tactics, tearing down his tent on two nights and cutting guy ropes on a third. He received a shower of rotten eggs and fled the town seeking protection from the governor.
Official publication notes Waterloo city council will hold a meeting on October 9 1911 at 7 30 p m to decide a proposed resolution of necessity for constructing main sewers along Western avenue Ankeny Street St Albans Street Cutler Street Hoover Street and related alleys with 10 to 12 inch diameters and vitrified sewer pipe plans prepared by the city engineer and cost paid upon completion via sewer certificates against abutting property parcels.
A promotional piece extols confidence as key to business and medicine. It highlights the United Doctors in Marsh Place, praising honesty, patient care, and successful treatment, including Fred Needham of Rural Route six, Muncie, Ind., who reports relief from epilepsy after treatment begun April 1911.
The city of Waterloo Iowa requires a contractor to furnish bond equal to one third of sewer project cost with approved surety to guarantee proper construction and faithful performance. The sewers are ordered upon motion of the city council without petition. Dated September 16 1911. J R Rector Mayor. Attest R C Thompson City Clerk.
Property owners abutting East Fourth Street from Parker to Donald in Waterloo Iowa are notified a plat and schedule for curb and gutter costs is filed with the city clerk. Objections to the street improvements or any errors must be written and filed within twenty days after September 16 1911. City Clerk R C Thompson signs.
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