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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1921
Page
4
Society items show a 3 20 p m time instead of 2 30 p m for a Wan seat announcement. Rev W Beachler to speak. Mrs Hi E Baungartner hosted a course chicken dinner at her home with music and dancing. Mrs G Lingelbach will hostess next week.
Miss Genevieve Wilhelm daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Wilhelm of 1017 Mulberry street and Joseph Weiden son of William Weiden Gilbertville Ia were married today at 9 am at St Josephs Catholic church with Very Rev E J Slattery officiating The ceremony featured Mendelssohn and Wagner music and was attended by close relatives. Afterward the couple and guests shared breakfast at Black's The newlyweds will reside with the bride’s parents until March and then live on a farm near Gilbertville.
Edna Kent Forbes discusses eyebrow and eyelash tonics using vegetable oils as nourishment and advises simple home remedies. She answers readers’ questions, notes cautions about mineral oil products, and suggests olive or castor oils. The column also recounts Grace Church's meeting with Dr. Anderson on Robbing the Devil's THY, urging personal commitment to God and warning against secret sin.
A column reflects on wakefulness in the night and how darkness exposes fears and priorities. It contrasts midnights’ sharp self doubt with morning’s rebalancing glow, urging balance between night’s honesty and day’s optimism.
Waterloo is listed as a stop on a statewide educational campaign led by P P Claxton, touring March 16 to 26 across Iowa. The program emphasizes national and state educational aims, with talks by Claxton, Hugh Magill, Gov Kendall, Lt Gen Hamill, and others, visiting Sioux City, Cherokee, Fort Dodge, Mason City, Waterloo and Dubuque.
A January milk report from city inspector J. P. Eves notes eighteen dairies in Waterloo, highlighting the dairy sector’s growth after Prohibition era shifts. The article frames milk and butter production as rising alongside the notion of cows as beverage makers, contrasting with the term brewery and stressing industry advancement despite changes in public drink legislation.
Judge Sanborn granted 12 Iowa railroads an injunction blocking the Iowa railroad commissioners the commerce counsel and Attorney General from interfering with the intrastate passenger rate of 3.6 cents per mile which took effect yesterday The court also enjoined enforcement of the 2 cent fare law pending a final decision at St Louis set for February 12.
Des Moines February 2 The attorney general’s office changed front stating an appeal would be taken from Judge Dawley’s Saturday decision validating the pardon granted to Brest Rathbun by former Gov Harding. Rathbun, now serving a 10 year term for perjury after release from a life term at Anamosa for criminal assault, will have the appeal heard in the state supreme court within a few days.
West High junior dramatic students announce the comedy drama Along Came Nancy to be staged in the West High auditorium on March 1. Miss Dorothy Seifert directs. dance and song specialties are included with a large cast led by Nancy S and Mildred Hunter Porgy among others.
Frank Allen and Arthur Mains report a Pubite patriotic program and pageant set for February 71 at West High. The Chrestomathian Sophomore society will manage the event with the G A R members as honored guests.
Mortuary JObrenighi died in a wreck on the Illinois Central Railway Sunday morning and will be buried in Fairview tomorrow with funeral services at Calvary Evangelical church at 2 p.m. Short prayers at the home precede the service. 1718 Fourth Street East at 1:30 p.m. Rev. I. L. Baum will officiate. Miller Kayne, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Kayne, will have services at Petersens Chapel at 10 a.m. tomorrow. burial in Orange Cemetery. Mrs. W. T. Wood’s services tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. at 628 Parker Street, burial in Fairview. Ira Mabie’s funeral is tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. at Hileman & Gindt chapel. burial in Fairview. Acetic acid is being manufactured from coconut shells in Cerlon.
The groundhog emerged at noon, saw its shadow on the snow, and returned to its hole for six more weeks of winter. Observers note the sun appeared briefly as clouds parted, undermining hopes of an early spring in a season marked by a mild winter.
The passage reflects a wish for the groundhog to have peaceful dreams and a light sleep as a forecast for six weeks. It notes that newspaper advertising can be started or stopped overnight and prepared between days to meet sudden developments and achieve immediate results.
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