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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1913
Page
8
Town society page lists a full slate of meetings and social events for Wednesday and tonight. Fraternity and church groups meet at various halls and parlors, with teas, bridge parties, picnics, sewing circles, and a farewell for Mrs Van Eman. Guests from out of town attend M B Needlework Club and Cedar Inn camp entertainment.
Courier patterns offer up to date designs with seam allowances. Fill the coupon and send ten cents per pattern to the Fashion Department Evening Courier Waterloo for prompt processing. Orders are filled as soon as possible and within ten days after receipt.
An annual social for Westminster Presbyterian Sunday School members will be held Wednesday from 3 to 10:30 pm, weather permitting on the church lawn or in the parlors. Highlights include a musical program and children’s amusements, with younger members attending in the afternoon and others in the evening. Houseboat party with Middy Club members and chaperone Mrs. M J Sutton sails above Cedar Falls for ten days of boating and picnics.
Ruth Cameron muses on Abraham Lincoln and the idea of common folks. She contrasts guests at a summer house, praising everyday people who value simple pleasures and genuine neighborliness over pretentious display.
A joint Bible study committee session at the YWCA parlors will plan a Bible institute similar to Waterloo’s event held last year. Efforts aim to attract Dr. Frank N. Palmer of Winona Lake for a mid September two week study with church and city ministers’ cooperation. The Waterloo group also reports members attending Lake Geneva Conference with several officers and delegates present. The Membership Committee, chaired by Mrs. F. S. Pettit, met to review renewals and outline a September membership drive.
Waterloo merchants prepare for Amusement Week with a special window display by C M Berkley and J Wiss & Sons showing steel shears scissors and razors. C B Kelley will operate the panoramic display and a moving machine arrives later this week to showcase the goods.
The Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias in Iowa meets in Des Moines today and tomorrow with routine business. Fewer than four of Helmet lodge’s fifteen delegates expected. Dr. F W Porterfield and J B Rose attend as delegates. The Pythian Sisters also convene. Mrs J H Moore and Mrs F Seales attend, joined by Miss Mary Horner a past grand chief.
The Black Hawk National Bank shows cash available increasing to over $400,000 and an additional $49,000 in circulation since the last statement. It continues to loan to reasonable needs of customers while maintaining due balances. Total assets footings reach $1,861,194.96.
Fred Meelain, instructor in mathematics and coach of the local football team, sustained an ankle injury while tearing a tent at a Winterset tournament. He returned to the city last evening and can walk only with a cane.
Local strawberry specialist F. O. Wildhagen announced plans to harvest 400 to 500 quarts of fine strawberries and reported 24,000 gladiola bulbs thriving at his home. Dry weather slight as yet spared serious damage. produce promises to be large and sweet with good market showings for tomatoes corn and other greens.
Local news notes individuals visiting Waterloo from Cedar Rapids Omaha and Chicago. Marriage of John Moss and Helen House. travelers from Terre Haute and Minnesota. Farm sales near La Porte City. watermelon king John Johnson expects a bumper melon harvest mid‑September.
An old beauty ad touts a method to remove "soiled skin" via a nightly wax-based treatment and a morning wash. It asserts the process cleanses without makeup, gradually reveals a whiter complexion, and warns against cosmetics as unnecessary.
Corner High and Mirade reads as a brief local notice about an event or sale. Names and details are incomplete, but the fragment suggests a scheduled activity in the area.
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