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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1917
Page
5
Cedar Falls notes detail social visits, travels, illnesses, and local events. Guests include A N Pettit of Dundee Florida and Miss Eva Ekstan, with military traffic from Fort Snelling and Camp Dodge. Lounges, church events, obituaries, and marriages pepper the column with names and places across Cedar Falls and nearby towns.
The region saw many relatives traveling for visits and reunions. Mrs. Charles Carters visited Salt Lake City with their daughter, Mose Ward went to Terre Haute by family illness, and Fred Hinders sought Mayo Clinic examination. Several residents joined a family reunion in Conrad, while others traveled to visit kin or attend events in Des Moines and Cedar Falls.
Waverly and area residents report returns from vacations and visits to Cedar Rapids Minneapolis Brookings and Ellodan. Iva Rust Jef leaves for Chicago for nurse training at Wesley hospital. Burton B. Sweet returns home from Washington for a few days on business. Ladies guild of St Andrews Episcopal to hold an ice cream sociable on Rev Cole's lawn.
A girl born Saturday Aug 16 to Mr and Mrs J P Wagner of Jewell IA at the home of the father’s parents, Mr and Mrs L B Ross. Wagner to stay three weeks. Mrs Rugens Waldin and her son from Platte SD visit L B Ripley. Mr and Mrs W H Indra return to Maquoketa after a month with relatives. Mrs C F Sharper travels to Cumberland WI to join husband.
Elma Raybourne plays a society girl who breaks with a brilliant inventor. an explosion on her father’s yacht leads to a desert island ordeal with Micah Steele, played by Milton Sills. The Crystal also features Douglas Fairbanks in Down to Earth at Plaza Theatre with his signature stunts and adventures.
Residents visit relatives and discuss soldiers conditions at Fort Des Moines and Camp Dodge. Etta Poe of San Francisco and Simmett Chambers of Hampton are noted among visitors. Mrs Fred Green tours millinery stores for fall and describes soldiers as a fine, clean cut pageant of American manhood.
Eagle Center August 22 Rev James Taken departed Thursday to Elkader to take charge of his new parish. Mr and Mrs John Seible celebrate their golden wedding anniversary at their Eagle Center home. Peter Trainor delivering corn at Waterloo at 195 per bushel. Mrs Peter Kerch and children and Mrs Mike Peires returned from New Spraska Friday. Homer Lumbus visited his wife at the hospital Monday. Threshing is nearly finished in this vicinity. Mr and Mrs Wm Schneider are the parents of a boy born Sunday August 12. Mr Peter Weber of Harper is visiting John Weber and family.
Mrs Lydia Avery of Pringier visits relatives in Otterville. Mr and Mrs D A Bowers and Miss Leota visit in Tipton with Mrs Bowers brother. About 73 attend Embroidery circle picnic last Thursday. Ben Gissel family called to Oelwe by death of Mrs Gissel cousin. Albert Zenft,
Clarksville notes a family visit as Mrs. A Smith and two children from Cedar Rapids spend time with Mr and Mrs A C Wilcox and parents. Mrs Smith suffered heat exhaustion while digging potatoes on Monday forenoon but is improving. Linnie Neal of Crocker Missouri has arrived.
A vintage beauty note prescribes mixing fresh lemon juice with three ounces of Orchard White to create a skin lotion. Strain to remove pulp, shake in a bottle, and apply daily to bleach and brighten skin. Distributed through druggists and grocers, with Orchard White branded Edward Hesiy Co Cincinnati.
Petrograd August 22 Minister of Education Manutlof orders sweeping Cyrillic reforms abolishing the specific Russian letter vat the Greek heta one form of t and the bard sign after consonants. The move elicits mixed reactions with children and utilitarians praising efficiency while Leonid Andreyeff laments loss of classic form and atmosphere, fearing altered diction.
A testimonial letter from Mrs. George E Nayor of Marysville Pennsylvania praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from cramps and irregular periods. The notice urges young women with menstrual and digestive complaints to try the remedy and write for confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts.
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