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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1920
Page
8
Maris Elizabeth Holmes wed O F Roth in Waterloo with small ceremony. Nettleton-Woodruff and Green-Woollert unions announced. Community picnics, Sons of Veterans gathering, and club events listed among social notices. mixed personal anecdotes and reflections on strength and social fatigue appear in the column.
Edna Kent Forbes outlines home methods for temporary removal of facial hair. Techniques include tweezing, hydrogen peroxide antiseptic rinse, pumice stone exfoliation, and a hydrogen peroxide ammonia bleach. She notes these actions offer about two weeks of facial smoothness but no permanent solution beyond an electric needle.
A column contends that different people have varying kinds of strength. It cites a semi invalid neighbor who can travel to her daughter's and perform outside tasks but not church duties, and contrasts it with another who handles housework while a sister works in a shop, arguing self deceit and fatigue arise from mismatched expectations.
Miss Ethel Lawless of Waterloo abandons an emerging operatic path to return to quiet hometown life and take a secretary and stenographer post for Mayor N. W. Frisbie, starting August 23. Former deputy city clerk A. H E. Johnson recalls her prior role and recent resignation from the Robin Hogan Opera company. A contract for the upcoming season was declined.
The Northwestern College Girls Glee club from Naperville Ui will give a concert at First Evangelical church at 7 p m. Twelve young women tour the west for nine weeks under the auspices of the churchs young womens missionary society. The girls perform at Cedar Falls tonight.
E M Jenkins led Shores bloodhounds toward Brewster Minnesota after a murder case call though no details were given on why the dogs were needed. Mrs Demmiel and others returned from a two week motor trip to Duluth and Lake Itasca reporting long dust and sparse rain in Minnesota. Marriages listed include George Penn with Glara Jenkins Waterloo and Bernice Wiorlex Cedar Rapids among others. Cultivation of natives taught at Athens by Cecropa Tika HG.
Doughnuts and doughboys clashed on the Illinois Central platform this morning as company M left Cedar Rapids for the national guard encampment at Storm Lake. Three men were ordered to be found and sent to camp, while Gov Harding plans an inspection and a field meet at the camp with Major Geiger.
Mr and Mrs George Henry Weiner of 4902 Newell welcomed a daughter named Jean Elisabeth on August 2. Mr and Mrs Daniel Tucker Jones of East Waterloo welcomed a daughter Cath ating on July 5. Mr and Mrs George W Paras of 105 Madison welcomed a son named Nicholas George on August (dates and spellings as read).
Anna Mathews an 80 year old colored woman pleaded guilty at federal arraignment before J B Dempster to selling liquor and was bound over to the federal grand jury with bond set at 300 dollars. Earlier she pleaded guilty in municipal court to operating a disorderly house and sentence withheld pending federal disposition. The raid at 108 Linn wMet followed a Christmas weekend operation by Chief H H Young and Federal Officer W D Sims, seizing moonshine and arresting seven men and one woman among the inmates.
Federal employee Frank Klagus of Valparaiso Indiana owns three historic documents to which he holds ownership. The records detail the provenance and dates of creation, reflecting archival significance and potential public interest.
Neocy France Aug 9 M Pettit says he used from Pacalon Pay to rival Oberammergau opening a nine year effort. The production features 16 scenes from birth to resurrection with professional actors and religious tableaux. Runs daily Sundays until mid October with matinee and afternoon shows.
Peverill and John Ildebrand, Apache troop leaders, declined an offer of 1 500 from an eastern historical society. The note cites Jefferson to Washington and midwest territorial reports, including northwest territory and Mississippi navigation. The documents, in Jefferson's handwriting, are bulky and legible despite ink damage.
Waterloo council Boy Scouts meet at Iowa State park near Lamont with 43 scouts around a campfire listening to Rev. Sherman Clarksville discuss the meaning of the twelfth law a scout is reverent. Ray L Short scout executive and Miss Colby nurse spoke on scouting and first aid. A large chicken dinner followed and the camp is divided into three troops led by Keith Anderson and LeRoy.
To obtain up-to-date patterns send the coupon with 15 cents per pattern to the Fashion Department of the Waterloo Evening Courier. Patterns allow for seams and orders are filled as soon as possible, reaching readers about ten days after sending in the order.
Aug. 8 Paris reports French officials say documents seized by state agents in the Sarre valley detail a German plan to wage agitation and propaganda to undermine regional administration. The cache, linked to The Weimar propaganda bureau, allegedly funded with 5,100,000 marks and tied to the current strike in the Sarre area.
Flames sweep the Joliet Illinois penitentiary main shop and a second chair factory unit as convict firefighters and two Joliet fire companies battle the blaze. No disturbance reported. inmates moved to cells amid ongoing efforts to contain the fire.
A voluntary bankruptcy petition has been filed against Ponzi in Boston Massachusetts. The case chronicles debt obligations and creditor claims as proceedings begin in court. Authorities name the filing party and outline automatic stay and future actions.
Federal court action filed against Charley Ponzi by Charles Cantwell James Farnald and Larry Farwah seeking relief with a total claim of 750 and an order from Bank Commissioner Joseph C Allen halting further checks on Charlea Ponzi and related accounts at Hanover Trust Company.
The federal Census Bureau seeks a standard for spelling Black Hawk in records. A letter from Samuel Rogers, director, to Fred Pettit, clerk of courts, requests guidance as state returns show two words while federal uses one. The Courier notes local township reference to arterial particles of organization in Black Hawk Township.
W Seatiner of Hardin county was arraigned before United States Commissioner J B Demputer on a bootlegging charge. He, in custody of deputy U S marshal Mr Healy from Cedar Rapids, was bound over to the grand jury and released under bonds of 1000 dollars.
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