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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1913
Page
9
The Fortnightly club met at Mr. and Mrs. Emmons Johnson on South street with papers on Shakespeare by Mrs. J. D. Easton and Mrs. Maxwell Case. Songs from Shakespeare were performed, followed by a discussion led by Dr. G. Hardy Clark and Mr. Johnson. The next meeting on Jan 7 will be an open forum for the public.
Delicate summary of multiple neighborhood groups meeting at private residences. Pansy Embroidery Club and Circle No 3 Grace MEB Ladies Aid Society feature sewing, visiting, two course lunches, and musical programs. Thimble Bee by Royal Neighbors includes holiday decorations and solos. Kensington chapter Eastern Star holds informal readings and a picnic supper followed by initiation of five candidates. Needle Craft Club and Idlewild Club report informal gatherings with sewing, light fare, and next meetings announced. C C Club hosted by Miss Jula Fowler closes the excerpt.
Courier form offers up-to-date fabric patterns with seam allowances. Send ten cents per pattern to the Fashion Department at Evening Courier Waterloo. Orders filled promptly, ship ten days after sending.
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Park avenue east hosts informal gatherings with sewing and music as members share luncheon served by Mrs. George Fowler's mother. The next meeting will be with Miss Mildred Rector. Women from St. Pauls M E church review the year and Home guard work. Circle No 4 hosts Ladies Aid on Independence Avenue with social hour and refreshments. The Informal club held a dance at Pythian temple with 45 members and Mahanna-Ogle Orchestra. New Year party planned. Mrs. Louis Vollenweider celebrated birthday with a surprise party and gift. Union Congregational Ladies Aid organizes Christmas lunch and officer elections. Hawthorne School seventh graders plan a 7:30 Christmas program. Cecilian Society Dance at Biks Hall on January 14 invites parishioners.
County board members and Architect J. G. Ralston visit Primghar in O'Brien county tonight to inspect a similar county hospital. The O'Brien county project cost $30,000, with Lauritzen & Wasson of Waterloo as builders and Ralston as designer. Work on the proposed Black Hawk county hospital is planned to start next summer.
Judge Platt dismisses delinquency suit against QO Miller, noting contract with K K Moore was an option not a sale. The opinion stresses Miller’s honesty and suggests the deed and notes were explained truthfully. It also mentions potential double taxation concerns and cites good faith avoidance as non fraudulent. A local Sons of the American Revolution meeting at 631 Third Ave West with Austin Burt and S A Wentworth as guests is announced for Friday evening.
James Archibald of Waterloo aged 21 and Jeanette Carpenter of Dunkerton aged 18 publish a license to wed indicating their intention to marry. The notice records their names ages and hometowns as an official public record.
Washington D C Dec 18 District Attorney Van Wagenen has been asked by the department of justice to resign. A representative was sent to request his stepping out amid long running friction over duties and policies. The Iowa delegation notes the successor choice may rest between Frank OConnor New Hampton and Maurice OConnor Fort Dodge.
Foreigners in New York City sent 496,898 money orders totaling 7,775,000 dollars to relatives abroad. This surpasses last year by 68,000 orders and 1,256,000 dollars. Britain received 2,000,000, Italy 1,667,000, Russia about 800,000, with sixteen other nations sharing the remainder, Liberia among them at 1,069 dollars.
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