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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1912
Page
6
Local store advertises Easter accessories including new gloves neckwear hosiery ribbons and perfumes to enhance holiday outfits. Shoppers encouraged to visit for seasonal selections and limited-time specials.
The Dennison Demonstration continues all this week with free instruction for ladies and children in flower making daily. See window display of special flowers on sale this week and complete stocks of Dennison goods including paper napkins luncheon sets flower outfits crepe and tissue papers favors place cards candle shades center pieces garlands.
Cedar Falls Iowa April 3 1912 entry lists agent at 209 Franklin Street Cedar Falls and telephone 226 Red public notice in Waterloo Evening Courier format with general Cedar Falls locality and date.
Flooding isolates Washington and Mt Vernon townships with roads cut and bridges damaged. Farmers hitch teams to reach Cedar Falls via Illinois Central tracks while horses are led over planked bridges. Beaver Valley fences suffer widespread damage and a horses several head are moved to dealers. Mothers' council brings Prof James Speed for lectures at Cedar Falls College. Supt Bruce Francis is re-elected head of Cedar Falls schools with a higher salary.
The YWCA membership contest ends with stenographers ahead. Stenographers 523 regular plus 49 sustaining members totaling 572. clerks 172 regular and 18 sustaining. Overall 695 regular and 49 sustaining members, with $1015 pledged. Goal remains 2000 members as canvassing continues under chair Mrs Flatter.
Tremont Street remains the city’s worst thoroughfare as crews lay gas mains before paving and water gas and sewer lines installed last fall cause deep frost and mud. A horse trotted into the unstable ground, hampered by ongoing street work and ballast from streetcar projects. The Cedar Falls Civic Improvement League convened in session chaired by Mrs. H W Johnson with talks on rest rooms and playgrounds and music by Orpha Wilson.
Officials indicate they will organize a meeting soon to coordinate logistics and outline a plan for a forthcoming gathering. No specific date or location is provided in the readable text.
Mrs C A Balnett and daughters Mrs H B Plumb and Miss Helene Balnett join Misses Jessie Jeanne Manson and Mrs J T Coolidge in Chicago then Boston before sailing April 8 for Rome Italy. Also present are Miss Marjorie Marsh Jesup Miss Florence Ward Cedar Falls and Miss Cora Tiny Waterloo with Mrs Macomber Des Moines in charge.
The Bryant Asphalt Co. seeks injunction to halt asphalt paving, alleging irreparable damage from contract award to Horrabin after council increased asphalt quantity. City officials vow vigorous action to resolve quickly. Also, Charles H. Plummer seeks another term as Black Hawk County recorder, praised for handling real estate records.
Seth Nichols, a sailor, claimed to investigators that he killed Dr Felon Knabe at Indian in Portamouth. Police noted Nichols was far from the crime scene on April 3 in Pensacola Fii.
Oct. 23 last Nichols was on the United States cruiser Dixie the day of the murder a Dixie commander wirelessed from the gulf that the confession is untrue In Boston officials say Nichols who claimed to have killed Dr Helen Knabesh Indianapolis for 1500 had lived in the city and is wanted for burglary two weeks after his six month marriage
The Busy Bee class of the Dewar M E church in Dewar Iowa for the past quarter shows ages 3 to 8 with average attendance ten. four. Members Emert Follett Lawrence Helple Theodore Heiple and Milton Weidman attended every Sunday. They contributed 1.63 for pastor support 1.97 for Sunday school and 0.40 for sick friend flowers. Booster clubs held a meeting at Marlo Thorp home with two new members. Booster girls plan a penny social at Follett's hall Friday April 5 inviting all.
A college girl sprained her ankle Saturday evening while returning from the freshman banquet where she chaired the social committee. Miss Gladyce Noggle, daughter of Mr and Mrs C N Noggle, attends Northwestern university Evanston.
Wealthy fruit grower W Balch defies San Jose scale spraying orders. He fights state entomologist, blocks entry with a shotgun, and r severes 5,600 trees, netting about 10,000 yearly, as courts uphold spraying mandate.
A fragment lists marriage licenses issued to individuals in Chicago and La Porte, naming Jacob L. Nelson Lena O Thompson Henry C Wills and Ruth Jane Riley with locations and marital status details.
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