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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1915
Page
14
Madigan in Clarksville holds four commissions and a $1600 salary and wants to retire. He has sold his newspaper and theatre and may enter the movie business if freed from duties. Locals disagree on a successor, keeping him at desk through the Wilson era. He praises newspaper advertising as key to growth and profit.
Berlin reports the executive committee of the National Liberal Party met at the Reichstag and adopted resolutions calling for extending Germanys frontiers east west and overseas to deter attacks and compensate for sacrifices, aiming for a victorious peace.
Marguerite Clark returns with Conway Tearle and a strong supporting cast in Seven Sisters at the Plaza for a final showing today. The Paramount comedy delivers wholesome fun and youthful buoyancy, a Clark hallmark. Tomorrow and Thursday on screen Victor Moore stars in Chiming Fadden, expected to be a top entertainment.
The Waterloo Evening Courier and Reporter announces distribution of Emily Holt etiquette encyclopedia to readers. The work serves as a social guide, helping owners avoid errors and learn correct procedures, with the aim of boosting confidence in social dealings. The paper reaches about 6,500 Waterloo homes, distributing one copy per home each evening.
A septuagenarian birthday celebration drew 34 family members to worship, dinner, and a farm gathering. Attendees included ten children and fourteen grandchildren from across Nebraska and Iowa, who presented a silver Victrln to honor CG Refshauge.
Marius fiblin Holm, 22, died after a fork handle pierced his body while unloading straw from a threshing site. He fell about 15 feet onto a loose straw pile near his father M J Holm's home north of town. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 1 o clock at the father's home with burial in Oakhill cemetery.
Uncle Billy Marquis recalls how in 1855 his father David Marquis and four sons left Indiana with livestock and emigrant wagons to found a new home in the west. They stopped at Austin Minnesota where land was claimed, found grass white with frost in June, and moved south along the Cedar River to buy 800 acres near Denver Bremer County, Iowa.
In Kansas Missouri and Indian Territory a man and his son rode a light wagon in a roving fit across the summer. They recall an early frost on Sept 1 that killed forty acres of corn after a late planting. Women’s suffrage debate marks Catherine Yourt’s 101st birthday with a provocative wish that women never vote.
Washington reports 8,000,000 able bodied men in the United States pledged to European nations, per Labor Department figures. The naturalization bureau lists 14,000,600 foreign-born persons who have not yet become citizens, reflecting sizable immigrant populations and citizenship status nationwide.
An advertisement extols S. 8. S. Greatest Blood Remedy as a purifying tonic for blood and skin diseases. It asserts the product cleanses impurities, cures eruptions, and improves vitality, urging readers to buy 8 S. Co in Atlanta, Ga. for authentic relief.
About 2,600,000 of the people are named as Germans and Austrians among those mentioned. The remaining 4,400,000 are said to owe allegiance to the entente allies.
An old beauty note promotes a home hair removal method using a small package of delatone mixed with powder and water. The mixture is applied to the hairy surface for about two minutes then rinsed off, claiming all hair will vanish with no harm or inconvenience. The ad urges buying real delatone.
An advertisement promotes a facial preparation dissolving spurmax in hot water with gly cerin for clearer skin and fewer blemishes. It claims the formula smooths the complexion, resists rubbing off like powder, and helps remove tan and freckles. It also offers a cheap canthrox based shampoo mixed in hot water for thick lather, cooling action, and fast drying hair with a bright luster.
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