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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1912
Page
10
Local shop advertises fall fabrics and trims with reduced prices. Embroideries offered at up to 39 cents per yard, lace and Torchon laces discounted, cotton blankets and batting on sale, men’s and boys’ undergarments featured with low pricing, and ladies’ summer vests heavily promoted.
Weather fronts calm crop outlook while wheat and corn trade mixed. Chicago market news notes limited trading as harvest prospects shape prices. St. Louis and Kansas City livestock receipts and prices show cattle and hogs firming, with varying futures and cash bids across regions including Omaha and Sioux Falls.
The Majestic Theatre in Waterloo will open Aug 26 with five acts of first class vaudeville, booked by Western Vaudeville Managers Association at 10 20 and 30 cents. Other Iowa houses open the following week. Prices aim to keep entertainment affordable for large families and budget-minded patrons. Waterloo markets follow with local commodity prices and social notes.
A cottage near Cedar River park housed six pretty stenographers who rented for 10.50 a week. After a moonlit party they fled, claiming pests at the dwelling. The owner sued for rent and a jury trial was set for this afternoon to decide the dispute.
New Orleans, Aug. 13. Geo M Sweeger, wanted in California for alleged parole violation from Folsom prison, is under arrest here. Sweeger declares he would rather die than return to prison.
The Y M C A will close during the week of August 19 for interior repairs and redecorating. All rooms will be overhauled and new shower baths may be installed while the boys attend annual camp five miles south of Waverly. The facility will reopen August 26 with a membership campaign.
An advertisement promotes Foley Kidney Pills as healing and strengthening for backache rheumatism weak back and kidney bladder irregularities. It claims no harmful drugs and notes bottles come in two sealed sizes with the genuine yellow package from H. W. Taggart.
Delegates from the Waterloo order of the Royal Ar renum will travel to Charles City tomorrow afternoon to install a grand lodge order. Interest is high with many prospective candidates expected, signaling a potentially strong lodge. Parents should ensure school children receive Brady War Pictures with text matter supplied in the sixteen Water World stations via the Evening Courier.
Society notes record a C L club picnic at Electric Park with Miss Mate Case of Pasadena visiting sister Mrs F R Fisher. They enjoyed an informal afternoon, then the customary birthday observances. Next Monday evening the ladies will assist Mrs J W Rinker at her Chautauqua park cottage.
Rev. George V. Reichel of Columbus addresses Waterloo churches on civic reform issues and returns to speak tomorrow at 7:45 PM at Westminster Presbyterian Church on "The Crimes of a White Slave Cadet." Reichel serves as legislative and field secretary for the American Civic Reform union.
The Waterlooo White Sox, a new east side baseball club managed by Tony Webster, seeks strong opponents for a game next Sunday. Prospective teams should contact Webster at box 441, Station A. A. S. tones of Lee Pharmacy Chico Cal. endorses Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound as a non narcotic cough remedy.
List of marriage licenses issued listing Floyd L Henry of La Porte City Dollie Harmon of La Porte City Harvey A Smith of Webster City Orta I Cowgill of Waterloo Safe G Martin of Waterloo and Elizabeth A Felix of Waterloo with respective amounts and locations.
Robert W. Herter of Lawrenceville Missouri says kidney trouble plagued him for two years. He tried three kinds of kidney pills without relief, then used Foley Kidney Pills and after three bottles achieved a permanent cure. He recommends them to everybody.
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