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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1913
Page
3
A fragment lists multiple toy dolls with varied prices for tomorrow including 59c, 1.25, and 1.75 for different doll sizes. It also advertises men's fibre silk socks, ladies vests, crochet items, silk handkerchiefs, and bath robes in a broad holiday display with low prices and assorted colors.
Cedar Falls Iowa December 16 special The Teachers College will close Tuesday noon for the holidays and reopen January 6. Twelve literary societies plan Christmas tree exercises Friday and Saturday with gifts for members. The training school children hold a Christmas tree Tuesday morning. The Choral society will sing the Messiah Sunday evening. History and government depart ments move to the new training school building during vacation. CLARK MASON NUPTIALS HELD AT CEDAR PASS
Denver Dewar reports Chas and May Follett visiting Storm Lake Iowa and many locals visiting kin or buying farming gear. A Des Moines campaign rally and withdrawal plan dominate civic news while theater notes praise the Majestic show.
Cedar Falls residents share holiday plans with relatives and updates on illness, travel, and community groups. Mrs Donald Ferguson and family visit from St Paul, Irene Piper ill with typhoid, campus faculty Helen Packard headed home from Billings, Miss Packard teaches at Polytechnic. Community meetings include Darners group, Congregational Brotherhood, and Art League events with speakers and programs.
A Detroit based Protone flesh builder advertises a 60 cent package claiming daily weight gain of one pound. The notice promises free sample offers to mail in stamps and outlines a guaranteed, money back policy not available. It lists Waterloo distributors and local agents.
The Essex club names Arthur Wood as president and Harry Jean as secretary and treasurer. The group, a young business men social organization, has fitted up a suite of rooms in the Gilkey building.
Hiram D. Burghdus, a Civil War veteran, was found dead in bed at his son-in-law L. D. McLoud’s residence 1996 Third Street West. He reportedly suffered heart disease. a physician arrived after the death was evident. Survived by daughter Mrs. McLoud and three sons John of Trenton Missouri Clarence of Spokane Washington gid Thershel at Summon da. Funeral plans not yet made.
The Weatherill family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness during illness and at the death of their father TW Weatherill. They especially appreciate those who visited their home and offered help and sympathy.
Des Moines Iowa December 16 drys publish photos of petition pages they claim show forgery and signature errors in a new saloon petition. They issue notices to signers urging withdrawal and promising a copy of their signature will be compared with photographed copies at temperance headquarters to ease verification.
The Wilson Bros are two clever young men whose stories songs and antics have many people laughing. Har ry Brooks Co presents The Old Minstrel Man which will also bring hearty amusement and help audiences rest easy after the show.
All plans are completed for tonight’s banquet at the Pythian temple under the Town Criers' club advertising section. Three prominent speakers will deliver addresses and a program is promised to be attractive in every respect.
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