Westminster community notices and club gatherings listed
Tuesday and Wednesday schedules show Deborah chapter Myra Lumry and many church and social clubs including Sacred Heart ladies and Philathea class along with wedding and anniversary announcements and a dinner engagement for Miss Appleton and L. D. Nelson. Community groups meet at East Side Crochet club Pond Lily Crochet club Brothers and several missionary societies at local churches with varied times and venues.
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Deborah Chapter
Westminster
Ild
Myra Lumry
Bob
Firat Pii
J. H. Fitzrald
Sacred Heart
Dan Yoch
T. E. Harrington
I Acconomia Club
C. J. Shaw
East Side
N. B. Spelding
Stitch and Chatter Club
Gendall
Center Street
Pond Lily
G.J . Robbing
Matt Parrott
Ned Lin
Vern Busmardner
Jolly Dozen
Mrs. George
Ogsdon
Ladies’ Aid Society of Bt
Courier patterns and coupon for fashion department
The notice instructs sending a coupon with 10 cents per pattern to the Fashion Department Evening Courier Waterloo to obtain the courier up-to-date pattern designs with seams. Orders are filled quickly and should arrive within ten days of sending the order.
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Fashion Department
Evening Courier
Waterloo
Business Girls Hold Meeting in Waterloo Club Rooms
The Business Girls club in Waterloo met at the YWC A rooms despite bad weather. New members were welcomed and plans for future work discussed. Fire department leaders A A Dunham and Captain Armstrong demonstrated palmoter aid and discussed fire prevention. A sleigh ride is planned for next Thursday evening with invites to all business girls.
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Business Girls of Water-loo
Business Girls’ Club
A. A. Dunham
Armstrong
City Fire Department
Dunham
Business Giria’ Club
Madge Cruikshank
Leon Democrats Oppose Mrs. Smith for Postmaster
Des Moines reports Leon Democrats plan protests against the confirmation of Mrs. Caroline Young Smith as postmaster. They claim she does not reside in Leon and formerly ran on a Republican ticket in Polk County, though her family remains long-time Leon residents. The appointment came on the recommendation of Judge Wade Marshal Reed and Chairman Reynolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Leon
Caroline Young Smith
Senate
Polk County
Wade
Marshal Reed
Reynolds
Parisian Sage Hair Treatment Promises Beauty
An ad touts Parisian Sage as a perfumed liquid that nourishes roots, stops itching, and removes dandruff. It claims to make hair long, soft, fluffy, and radiant with proper use, available from Wangler Bros. Co. and drug counters.
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Wangler Bros. Co
Waterloo Faces Third Company for 53rd Regiment
Captain George Wellein of Company B I N G says if a new Waterloo company is not organized within six months, the Fifty third regiment may be mustered out under the new law. Waterloo would then join Cedar Falls and Black Hawk county in a four company battalion, with armory remodeling as a key cost factor.
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George Wellein
Wilitiama
Wauker
Wellein
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Black Hawk County
Country Cousin Becomes Cosmopolitan In Dances And Dress
The Evening Chit Chat notes how country cousins shift from rural quaintness to cosmopolitan tastes through fashion magazines and travel. The piece cites a ranch girl whose gowns come from magazine designs and a city education via lectures and catalogs.
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Yesteryear
New York
Meredith Likely to Accept Iowa Democratic Committeeman Post
E T Meredith says he will accept the Iowa Democratic national committeeman role if offered upon Judge Wade's retirement from the committee to join the federal bench after Judge McPherson's death. He telegraphed from Palm Beach announcing willingness and said he would be in Washington by Wednesday.
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Dea Moines
E. T. Meredith
Iowa
Martin J. Wade
Iowa City
McPherson
Meredith
Palm Beach
Fla
Tes Moines
National Committee
Washington
Cure Your Cold in a Few Hours and Feel Fine
An old advertisement touts Paper Cold Compound as a fast relief remedy. It claims Relief comes instantly with doses every two hours, easing stuffed nose headaches feverishness and sore throat, with a 20 cent price at drug stores and a note to obtain the genuine product.
Political maneuver hints at committee appointment in Iowa
Ready to advance him as committeeman observers expect little opposition. The national committee may back a Wade aligned plan following Justice Wade’s federal bench appointment to Iowa appealing to the Democratic faction displeased with Wade's control. The note ends with a local sales line from Wang Miller Shoe Co and a Great Clearance Sale tease.
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Ready
National Committee
Judya Wahde
Democratic Party
Wade
Iowa
Wang & Miller Shoe Co
Cadyartisa
Obituary of Marion W. Gipe longtime Spring Creek settler
Marion W. Gipe of La Porte City died at 11 30 am January 20 after a two year illness. One of Spring Creek township’s first settlers he lived there most of his life except for years in Waterloo as city marshal and Chautauqua park caretaker. He served as city marshal six years and deputy sheriff two. He married Emeline Scroggins in 1875, with two children Elmer C. and Clayton M. From a later marriage to Sarah Williams he had Zoe and John Earl. Funeral at Pleasant Hill church with Rev. Hoover and Rev. Scott. burial Sawyer cemetery. He was known as a courageous Inn officer and a man of powerful physique.
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Marion W. Gipe
la Porte City
Spring Creek Township
Waterloo
Chautauqua Park
Spring Creek
Oregon
Mr. Gipe
Emeline Scroggins
Elmer C
Albany
Ore
Clayton M
Cody
Wyo
Ma .Gi
Gipe
War Costs by Great Powers. Berlin Vorwaerts figures
A Berlin Vorwaerts study via Associated Press cites daily and total WWI military outlays for Britain, France, Russia, Belgium, Serbia, and Japan up to Jan 1 1915. It notes German and Austro-Hungarian costs at about 21 million daily, totaling roughly 3.15 billion by Jan 1, with France’s 1914 outlay around 1.417 billion including aid to Belgium and Balkan nations.
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Hague
Associated Press
Berlin
Great Britain
Germany
Belgium
Serbia
Greece
Montenegro
Widespread Drug Abuse Among Waterloo Youths Prompts Move For Stricter Laws
In Waterloo, 150 to 200 boys and young men are alleged to be addicted to habit forming drugs including morphine and cocaine. Frank Griffith, 28, arraigned for larceny, testified before Justice Walter French that he obtained morphine from Dr. Sidney Smith’s office and was bonded to the grand jury. A move in the state legislature seeks harsher controls on morphine shipments to curb the drug trade and aid law enforcement.
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Waterloo
Walter French
Frank Griffith
Sidney Smith
French
Grand Jury
Knonville
Griffith
Omaha
Delatone Hair Removal Method Promises Smooth Skin
Quick beauty tip suggests mixing water with delatone powder to form a paste. Apply to facial hair for 2 to 3 minutes then rub off and wash skin to remove residue. Warns to ensure the product is delatone to avoid skin issues.
Fragmentary Retort Discourses Open New Bantering Point
A fragment from The Retort Discourses shows a snatched exchange with Milas Pert, noting one idea and praising mental development. The Philadelphia Ledger quotes the dialogue in a terse, period-voice style.
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Milas
Philadelphia Ledger
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Philathea Clase
Central Christan Church
Florence Stines
Mt. Auburn
Josephine Thornton
Thomas Thornton
Buckingham
Joseph Steanhey
Father Samson
Chicago
T. F. ‘Thornton
Greaney
W. Everett Taylor
Randolph Street
E. L.johnson
Leland Avenue
First Congregational Women's Missionary Society
Women’s Missionary Society of
United Presbyterian Church
Young Women’s Missionary Society of
First Baptist Church
Mabel Heller
Della Hughbanks
Heller
Fifth Street West
G@ I. G. CLUB
G.I. G. Club
Rowena Weller
Berth Avenue
Longfellow
J. H. Weller
Ione Trask
Giem
Happy Hour Club
James Graham
Prospect Hills
Oliver Stevenson
8. B. Reed
Victrola Music
First Presbyterian
First Presbyterian Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
B. H. Byvank
Ladies’ Aid Society of
First M. 5
Pettie
Ladies
Westminster Presbyterian Church
M. B. Needlework Club
Alfred Longley
E. B. Smith
Los Angeles
H. W. Brown
Ae Monday Club
Howard Sweeney
Monday Club
R. G. Wang
Golub
Debe
Over Town
Mrs. Smith
Sere Renae
Tae Ewan En Ene
Pheer
53Rd Reg
T, I.N.G
Ruth Cameron
Nosh
Knis Ghipye
Fetey
Bridge Street
Justice Court
Knoxville
O'Bleness
Cresrance
Taevertizamant
Kohl’s
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