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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1911
Page
28
The Waterloo Woman's Club shows growth across literary and fine arts departments with over 200 members and new circles. Fortnightly club expands, four Chautauqua circles form, and a Friday Study club begins while civic and sociological efforts push garden, playground, and public improvement programs.
The Fortnightly club in Waterloo is the oldest literary circle open to men and women. Founded about twenty years ago at the Learht home with charter members including Emmons Johnson and Rev. J. G. Stevenson, it has grown to about 140 members. This year the study theme is Outlines of American History with a strong run of papers and discussions.
The Waterloo Live Stock Commission Co reports a 12 percent dividend signaling strong management. Past year sales exceeded half a million dollars with the market ranking as the fifth largest horse auction in America. The firm, incorporated with 20 000 dollars paid up capital, opens its 1912 sales on January 5th and 6th under President Sedewick Secretary Stewart Treasurer Rodamar and General Manager Holland, inviting buyers and sellers from the United States and Canada.
During the presidency of J. S. Tuthill last year officers included President Attorney A. B. Lovejoy and Secretary Miss Hianche E. Edwards. Four Circles with over 50 readers advance literary culture under Mrs C Cadwallader who has promoted the Waterloo Chautauqua union efforts. Circles meet in afternoon and evening with topics on American government and literature and a reading journey in South America. Circle secretaries include Mrs J T Allen Columbia and Mrs W Leon Belt Grant plus Mrs Edward Larsen Franklin and Mrs F C Platt Carnegie. Westminster Literary, formed a decade ago by First Presbyterian church members, studies Norway and Sweden with 25 members led by President Miss Mary Coughtry and Secretary Miss Ella White.
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