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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1920
Page
3
Readable society notes describe a YWCA Christmas party for junior girls from east and west schools with games, storytelling, and a tree from Friendship clubs. It lists upcoming meetings and talks by staff and guests, plus wedding anniversaries and local club events.
In a crowded department store, Ruth Campron recalls a casual chat about gifts for fathers. A girl jokes about the common necktie present and the recurring Get-Him-a-Necktie attitude as shoppers discuss holiday generosity and family choices.
In Paris on November 8 1920 Edna Kent Forbes notes Frenchwomen favor rest over late dinners. They nap or sleep late dine early with a mid day long rest improving complexion and energy. Afternoon tea is rare outside the Ritz as fashionables gather there.
The writer argues that the key to maintaining youth and appeal is the ability to relax during work. Women can pause for laughter and talk amid hard tasks, a spirit praised as essential for enduring labor. Readers are invited to send questions to Miss Forbes, with stamped self addressed envelopes for quicker replies.
A burglar broke the front display case at Scane's clothing shop at 2 a m and took six silk skirts after a previous night theft of nine silk shirts. George H. Gilley pursued but the thief vanished. Earlier, multiple home entry attempts and a broken screen door were reported on nearby streets with no arrests.
The notice corrects a Saturday report asserting Mrs. Nick Wagner was a divorcee when she married in February. It states her first husband died. It also cites statistics showing native born with native parents have lower mortality than foreign born or native born of foreign parents.
Deputy teams in Iowa cover two counties each year to locate delinquents who should file tax returns. They inspect salaries rents interest and premiums with banks and county offices, ensuring payment schedules. Final 1920 tax due Dec 15 with quarterly payments. statements issued monthly to allow two weeks for payment.
Black Hawk County joins Iowa and the nation in selling Christmas seals to combat tuberculosis and other diseases. Proceeds finance a county health program, coordinate organizations, extend services, and educate the public, aiming for wide distribution in schools and communities. A note on phonographs teaching parrots to talk ends the item.
Miss Ethel Brown supervisor of domestic science in the west schools was cut and bruised but not seriously injured when the automobile she rode in struck a car at the curb and overturned. Her companion W R Mitchell was driving and uninjured. Mitchell’s car struck the curbside vehicle in the 400 block of Locust street with dimmed lights. Flying glass cut Miss Brown’s face and hands. The top and fenders were crushed. Miss Brown attended to her duties at the school today despite the accident.
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