Local Newsgirls Sell Papers for Charity at Waterloo Event
Virginia Evans leads a group of nearly fifty newsgirls selling Courier and Reporter papers next Friday afternoon to fund a Santa Claus for needy children. The Hanky Panky troupe will perform at The Waterloo that evening, with a 2:20 pm free show outside the Courier building where girls will also sell papers for prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Fellows' Fund
Kris Kringle
Virginia Evans
Courier
Waterloo
Hanky Panky Theatrical Company
A. J. Lusty
the Waterloo
Courier Building
Commercial Street
Park Avenue
Courier and Reporter Press
Quick painless way to remove hairy growth ad
An advertisement promises a simple method to remove hair using powdered delatone paste applied to the skin for about two minutes then rubbed off. It claims all hair disappears and warns buyers to ensure the product is in an original package.
Kidney Health: Salts Claim Relief for Sluggish Kidneys
Wakeful backache and dull kidney pain blamed on heavy meat meals and uric acid. A remedy, four ounces of rad Salts dissolved in water daily before breakfast, touted to cleanse sluggish kidneys and ease bladder irritation, with Jad Salts marketed as inexpensive and safe. Sale by H. W. Taggart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Taggart
Order for artillery horses sought by William Holland
William Holland has secured an order for 7 600 artillery horses to be delivered within two months. He has shipped from Waterloo nearly 300 head in the past three days. Regular inspection is held at Live Stock Stables every Friday and Saturday. Horses must be 5 to 9 years old, 1150 to 1400 pounds, sound with good bone and wind, colors allowed except light greys. Prices range 125 to 176 pounds per head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Holland
Waterloo
Danish Bethlehem Ladies' Aid meeting in Cedar Falls
Brief notes of events in Cedar Falls report the Danish Bethlehem Ladies' Aid to meet in the gymnasium at 2 PM. Rev Herwig to speak, Y M C A delegation visiting, and various local meetings planned. Also mentions obituaries, estate matters, and social events around Cedar Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Bethlehem Ladies’ Aid Society
W. N Hostrop
Bethlshem
Herwig
Tyler
Minn
New York
Denmark
America
Ela
Bethlehem Church
College Gymnasium
C. M. Wynkoop
Daniel Merner
Portland
Hillside Cemetery Association
Bozarth
College Street
Lafalots
A. E. Lunn
M. A. Gillam
Cedar Heights
George Hemstreet
Gillam
Hemstreet
Waterloo
J. W. Knickerbocker
More Flour for Starving Belgians
Contributions to the Union Mills relief drive for Belgian famine arrived yesterday and this morning from Judge Franklin C. Platt Watseloo Mrs Lucy Silliman and others. Extra heavy flour sacks are expected today to protect the long shipload on land and sea. A letter from S F Consigny Des Moines Iowa Millers club secretary praises the mill for donating 60 barrels of flour. If public support continues at current levels another carload will reach Belgium’s starving people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lin Ffour
Union Mih Co
Franklin C. Platt
Watseloo
Lucy Silliman
Anna Severin
Reading Circle
Cedar Falls
W. J. Peddicord
F. Consigny
Des Moines
Iowa Millers’ Club
Belstum
High School Girls Course Forms Gym Classes
Miss Esther Goodenough urged high school girls to form gym classes in the city. Sessions will be at 4 PM each Thursday at the YWCA, running to June. Participation requires joining the YW with a nominal fee: fifteen and under aged junior girls pay fifty cents, seniors pay $1, plus a $1 course fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Goodenough
W. Co. A
Wast High
Y. W
Filing rush on county records as war tax changes take effect
The county recorder reports a last day rush for legal filings with 74 instruments, 53 deeds, before the wartime tax rules end. Deeds must state actual dollar consideration and tax scales with amounts, prompting a notable surge likened to March, amid December holdovers and the Plaza Theatre Co. incorporation. Trials unfold in state v Cameron with seduction charges, and a cafe gas meter theft leaves a suspect in custody, with limited cooperation from Orville Evans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Plummer
County Recorder
Theatre Incorporated
Plaza Theatre Co
J. E. Bryant
Benefit Program by OLV Alumni at Academy Auditorium
Our Lady of Victory alumni present a benefit entertainment tomorrow evening at the academy auditorium to fund a new library for the school. Prominent amateur and professional artists will perform, with piano selections including Coronado by Miss Florenca and other musical and literary numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Lady of Victory
Academy Auditorium
Ax Library
Coronado
Florenca
Testimonial for Swamp-Root Kidney Remedy by Chas Sheldon
A 1909 testimonial from Chas Sheldon of McGraw New York describes severe kidney pain and backache relief after using Swamp-Root. He praises the product, states gratitude, and notes he recommended it to others. A justice of the peace confirms the oath. The notice invites orders and a booklet from Kilmer & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. I
Sheldon
McGraw
N.Y
R. C. Gleason
Justice of the Peace
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Altho
Courier and Reporter
J. R. Macartney
Universalist Church
Redhat
Cheney
Garfield Worsted
Higes
Toile du Nord
ITS
Victrola
Doily News
D. N. Hurd
Evening Courier
Cedar Falls Drug Co
Fourth
Main Streets
Lawn City
West Twelfth Street
J. W. Kern
W. H. Horton
Bert Archer
W. 5. Bowen
Webster City
James W. Collar
Tremont Street
Mary L. Collar
Calvin M. Collar
Rudolph Berger
Black Hawk County
Faye Bacon
Third Street
J. Graver
Cleve van Dyke
Miami
Ariz
J. H. van Dyke
Washington, D. C
New York City
J. N. Sweet
Hiblerville
Roscoe Gage
New Hartford
Fairview C
C. S. Ford
Lois W. Trubbell
Ames
Cutler
Book and Needle Club
Hod. Chase
Nas Ty
T. C. Stephenson
Iowa Fund
Albert Wolffe
Margaret Oliver
W.S. Brown
Armory
Caledonia Society
Waterloo Order of Sons
Joe St. George
Black Hawk County Fair
Cotton Theatre
Carolyn Staley
al Ay
George W. Clark
Wilte
Europe
Cameron
State
G. H
EB. H. McCoy
Edwards,Longley, Ransier & Smith
Fatet
Miss Lowney
Condex Caprioting
Misnes Lucile Bruner
Celeste Miller
Water Street
Orville Evans
O.L.V
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Dr. Kilmer, &Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Waterloo Evening Courier
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