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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1912
Page
10
An advertisement touts Yooth's Gage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a low cost cure for gray or thinning hair. It claims rapid restoration of natural color, removal of dandruff, and stronger, healthier hair, citing garden sage and sulfur as key ingredients. H. W. Taggart is listed as agent.
Walter Smock, 16, son of Mr and Mrs Alec Smock near Greeley South Dakota, was bitten on the hand by a rattlesnake while attempting to pull it from a crevice near Elk creek. He lies in critical condition with poison in his system though some recovery is hoped as doctors treat him. Local hunts for rattlers and the infested Elk creek area are noted.
A mixed local report notes land sale near Tripoli at 120 acres priced $118 an acre to William Mahlstead, Ruth Smith travels to Evanston for physical culture and music study, and community events including Uncle Tom's Cabin show, fair week trains, and a church supper. Visits span Dubuque Elgin Chicago Defiance and Waterloo with several residents attending or passing through. Local injuries, factory activity, and social visits round out a snapshot of town life.
Parkersburg notes list residents visiting relatives in Kesley Madison Waterloo and Cedar Falls. Several locals travel to Minnesota Iowa and Wisconsin for study work and visits. A Grundy county fair winner Mrs Mahanke takes 25 first prizes and eight seconds in fancywork. Funeral for R. M. Enloe held in New Hartford with local attendees. Nora Jones named Spokane bank teller, a rare role for a woman locally.
The October 1912 term of the Butler County District Court will convene October 14 with Judge C. H. Kelley presiding. A long list of trial jurors was drawn for the term and summoned to appear October 15 at 10 a.m. Also notes on local schooling, land sale, students, and community events.
Dr. K Ewalt aged 73 and his wife 39 welcome a five pound girl, their eighteenth child, making a total of twenty five children for Ewalt and Ellen Penrose. The couple’s age gap and multiple marriages contribute to the large brood as relatives visit nearby towns and travel for health, business, and family matters.
Mrs Lena Lynch Snow and baby from Calhoun county visited relatives. Mrs Maria Besh stayed with daughter Mrs A W Bell. Ansil Woore welcomed a girl. Dickey family funeral in La Porte. Fred Knapp buying Minnesota farm to move next spring. Hillside Cemetery group to meet Oct 3. Miller and Kesley bought two Shetland ponies from Reuben Ford. Ford showed fifteen Shetlands at Waverly fair. Mrs Julius Westphal visiting Cedar Falls. Ernest Sage critically ill. Burr Lynch and son Reuben in Minnesota on business. Claude Chapin rents A Brodie farm. Frank Rivenburg closing sale Oct 10 then move to Cedar Falls. L Ostrander building silo. Mr and Mrs W L Rundtes visited Clarksville. Jacobaccompanied them with F W Jacob.
Clarksville Sept 24: Clyde Newton visits his Dumont hotel parents. Neals move to Clearwater Fla for bookkeeper job. Kelloggs of Cedar Falls visit H W Kitchen. Poseal weekend with Witt family. Elizabeth and Harvey Waugh visit Waterloo. Lucy Rambo to Trent S C to see Fred and family. Isadora Shepard returns home from Waverly. Plin Hurn visits Greene relatives. Vern Bashford returns from Waterloo. H Weinberg wins sewing machine at Hammel store. Mary Neal visits Phill ia McRoberts at Shelf Rock. Gen Ray works at Waverly beet sugar factory. Mrs W F Eiden visiting Fred's family in Howard Idaho and will see Iroquoian friends. Ewing returns to Minneapolis after visit with Treanfritz parents. R Marshall of Waterloo visits.
In Ida Grove Iowa on Monday afternoon five year old Charles and three year old Catherine Brown died after playing in a barn started by their own activities and could not escape. Their mother Mrs Al Brown witnessed the tragedy as the barn burned and the father was away in town.
A chemist produced Meritel Pile Remedy for internal and external use, claimed to be effective and a boon to humanity. Henderson Drug Co. Red Cross Drug Co. are listed in association with the product.
An old fashioned remedy touts Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative that cleanses the stomach liver and bowels without gripe. It claims children accept its taste and warns to demand the genuine product from California Fig Syrup Company, avoiding substitutes.
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