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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1915
Page
16
Cedar Falls moves to form a Y M C A with visiting clergy active in city churches and St Ansgar Waterloo services. A large Cedar Falls turnout heard Parson describe the Washington plan prioritizing a strong secretary and community sports program over a large building.
Miss Milli cent Warriner of Des Moines visits Cedar Falls friends. Mrs. M. A. Bowen recovers after surgery in Cedar Rapids. Prof. Perrine of Iowa State Teachers College awarded $300 Michigan fellowship for PhD studies. Henry Turner Bailey to lecture April 29 en route to Panama Pacific exposition. Miss Anne Jones of Ida Grove visits Cedar Falls. Miss Betty Jontzon of Chicago spends week with Jensen family. Tuesday club hosts Bertha Martin reading. Music instructors to Mt. Vernon for Cornell College May music festival. Census canvass nears completion. Mrs. Sterling to visit. Rev. and Mrs. Caldwell return from Canada. Mrs. Manful regains strength after surgery. Mrs. Connell to Newton. Petterson and Oll welcomed a daughter. Herman Oll family celebrate birth.
Danish church convention opens in Cedar Falls at Bethlehem church with delegates and visitors from multiple towns. Speakers include Rev. Johan Raye, Rev. A. Ravn, Rev. I. C. Strandskov, Rev. N. C. Strandskov, Mrs. J. Jorgensen, and Rev. A. Faber. services run through Saturday and Sunday with holy communion Sunday morning led by Rev. J. Jorgensen.
Frank Putnam, long-time editor and municipal expert, endorses Waterloo adopting the city manager plan. He cites German roots of the system, its efficiency, and corporate practice of appointing an capable manager to curb politics. He also comments on prohibition, Japan relations, and critiques Wilson Administration policy on cotton contraband affecting southern industries.
The Waterloo Woman's Fields sociological and educational department will host Rev. H. L. Haywood of Webster City at Westminster Church Saturday at 3 p.m. His talk "Feminism" aims to offer a male perspective on the timely question. The gathering is open to all, with musical numbers from department members enhancing the program.
Treasurer Burbank reports county warrants cashed totaling $20 200 58 from April 1 to April 7 across funds including County road County poor widows relief soldiers relief court expense and domestic animal aid.
Health teacher cites worms as a leading killer of young children and claims Quaker Herb Extract expels worms in many cases. Anecdotes from Denison and Wichita families describe dramatic worm passage and recovery after use. Priced at four dollars for six bottles, the remedy is sold at Model Pharmacy Cedar Falls and Cedar Falls Drug.
Real estate transfers listed by Black Hatwk Co. Abstract Co. show William Marting to Fred Huck for land in sec 15 87 11 at $900 and Huck to Marting for similar parcels at $1,000. Transfers include Margaret Wynne to Michael McReever, J D Borgia to John Mosley in Waterloo holdings, and multiple small parcels in Garrison and Dean, Grand View Place, and Gallo way additions. Several properties are listed at $1.
A vintage advertisement touts Wreth's Sare and Sulphur as a simple, effective hair darkening treatment. It claims natural, even color, a glossy look, and dandruff relief, with application by brushing through one strand at a time and results by morning. Sold by T. W. Taggart.
The notice discusses thinness risks and the need for more body mass to resist disease. It claims physicians and chemists have solved weight gain by 4% hypo-nuclane tablets, with increases in weight seen over several months, sold in sealed packages. It reads as an advertisement style health tip from a period newspaper.
An ad discusses a double strength product said to fade freckles quickly. It touts rapid results with morning application and claims even stubborn freckles fade while red spots vanish, urging readers to seek the stronger remedy.
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