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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1922
Page
10
Des Moines reports record entries for the Iowa state fair across all departments. More than 1700 cattle entered exceed barn capacity. swine pavilion will overflow. entries in agricultural horticultural and dairy divisions are unusually high. Opening days approach with prep underway and a full program starting August 25.
The grounds are being cleaned up with no new buildings this year. Caretakers focus on grounds upkeep as roads are oiled and free camp grounds opened. All buildings undergoing fresh decoration.
The park is planned to become a community center with a large natural amphitheater. Landscape artists have enhanced the area, making it an attractive spot that showcases the region’s natural beauty.
A five acre beauty spot in Audubon center was dedicated for public use and enjoyment. The park was donated by A H Edwards, a public spirited lifetime resident who helped instigate and inspire the park's organization.
Members of Union Congregational will host an apple pie carnival Wednesday evening at James Howell residence 1842 Jefferson Street.Entertainment includes a fruit dessert tasting and a special performance by Peet of Columbus at EK. Chol Sweay invitation.
An advertisement touts a lemon and Orchard White lotion claimed to whiten skin and treat freckles sunburn and tan without irritation. It also promotes a Calonite powder blackhead treatment that dissolves large and small blackheads by applying to a hot wet sponge, leaving pores clean. the text emphasizes this as a simple safe method.
In Creston on Aug 18 residents of nearby communities work in spare time gathering timber for stove wood amid fears coal prices will rise this winter. Wood sells for five to seven dollars as locals anticipate shortages. In Rimmoetaburg a 13 year old, Difford Randall, died after being crushed between a wagon and a tree while loading bundles, dying two hours later.
Ad promotes Cuticura products including Clear Your Skin and Restore Your Hair with Bumpila Exch Free by Mall. Includes address fragment Catlours Laboratories, Maiden, and pricing notes for soap bars. Text is fragmented but markets Cuticura Soap for skin and hair care.
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