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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1910
Page
5
Word missing in several ads. first person to submit the word and firm ad name to the Missing Word Editor at the Courier wins one dollar. Submit in a sealed envelope with name and address. no phone answers. Entries due before 9 a.m. on weekday after publication. winners named. Courier staff not eligible.
The article discusses observing Christmas Monday due to Christmas falling on Sunday. It notes clerks prefer Sunday and Monday rest, questions whether Saturday or Monday will be the legal holiday, and mentions Waterloo business men favor Monday to avoid crowded Saturday shopping and pre holiday bustle. Kentucky Coke and related terms appear as a partial mention.
Fred Olds, elevator boy in the Lafayette building, tracked daily patronage of the building. With about 240 occupants in 100 offices, the Ufting de vice carried 2 376 people in a single day from 7 45 a m to 8 15 p m on a Thursday with no special event drawing crowds.
A Waterloo column lists church names with addresses and service times. It notes First Church of Christ Scientist at 421 Jefferson with Sunday 10 45 am and other meetings, plus Christ Episcopal, Universalist, Catholic and Unitarian options, and Bible student groups. Also mentions a fundraising dance by Shores Fuel & Transfer Co. and plans for a new church building with visiting clerics.
The remodeled Presbyterian church at Jesup will be dedicated tomorrow with a day of religious rejoicing. Citizens of the town prepared for the special event, marking a full year since the project began.
Melchoir Court and the Tribe of Ben Hur plan a monster benefit dance at Soash Hall on Friday evening December 16 to raise funds for needy members. Proceeds will support relief and charitable needs within the group.
Telegrams from Rio Janeiro dated December 10 claim crews of most Brazilian Navy ships have revolted once more. Also noted is a benefit dance and a local厥 event by the Tribe of Ben Har at Lough Hall on Friday evening December 16, 1920.
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