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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1915
Page
9
A dense social calendar from Waterloo highlights church groups clubs and civic events. Activities include fine arts at the Waterloo Woman's Club, Deborah chapter meetings and card and needle club gatherings, and numerous lodge and hive affairs with dinners dances and Valentine themes. Wedded yesterday and various entertainments round out a busy community diary.
To obtain up-to-date Courier patterns, fill the coupon and mail to Fashion Department, Evening Courier, Waterloo, enclosing 10 cents per pattern. Patterns include seam allowances. Orders filled promptly and should arrive within ten days after sending.
Allen's Cough Balsam can be purchased at drug stores in 50 cent and one dollar bottle sizes with a quarter dollar option noted. The ad claims long standing efficacy against throat irritation and promotes the product as bold for over half a century.
An advertisement claims Hyomei, a eucalyptus oil vapor inhaled via a rubber device, can kill catarrh germs in the nose and throat, relieve symptoms within minutes, and supposedly cure the disease with a guarantee from Wangler Bros. Co. and other local druggists in Waterloo Iowa. The copy warns against expectorant remedies and emphasizes an inexpen sive price with a money back guarantee.
Yesterday at the Majestic crowds enjoyed a program featuring Martha Russell and Patrick Calhoun in Types of Stage Land along with Duncan Holt Lewis Kessler Beekman Anderson and Dr Royal Raceford performing electric sensational feats and comedy. The event ends tonight with The Four Seasons in a singing novelty Kenny Hollis Frear Baggett Frear George Dixon Bernard and Myers and the famous jaunts and Journeys pictures scheduled as a second feature.
A man describes years of weak digestion and poor appetite, saying Vinci cured his stomach trouble. The advertisement claims Vinal tones nerves of the stomach and restores strength, with Wangler Bros and C J Miller listed as distributors in multiple locations.
Philadelphia reports that leaders of the 6 million International Lumber and Development fraud, exposed by The North American, have won Supreme Court affirmation and face imprisonment. John R. Markley, Isaiah B. Miller, Charles M. McMahon, William J. Armstrong Jr., and Col. A. G. Stewart receive prison terms and fines. EL A. Merrill, indicted in 1912, faces trial in March after fleeing to Mexico and returning to testify.
The Waterloo theatre hosts a preview of High Jinks with The Round-Up adapted from Fonquet. Shen Camp delivers rapid gun play and a two hundred thirty pound comic stars as Slim Hoover. The show promises continuous stage laughter and crowds at every performance.
Max Trugman pleaded guilty to concealing brass and junk in a Reck Island freight car and received a $100 fine with the sentence suspended on good behavior. Wolner pleaded not guilty and his case was continued after a Tuesday arraignment.
American residents in Waterloo witnessed a rare Greek Orthodox ceremony, the second of its kind here, at Eagle Hall on Sunday at 3 AM. Bride Chrysanthy Hane aiglanuke and groom George Tsardoutlas led the rites before about one hundred guests, including twenty five Americans, with a bonuoteous feast following. The groom holds a stake in a billiard hall and shoeshining parlor at 306 Fourth Street West, while the bride resides in Waterloo and has brothers Gus and John running a pogball and shoeshine business.
Tomorrow at 8 oclock enrollment for the normal institute begins in the Manual training building. C P Colegrove will lecture on Building the Foundation for an Education followed by J D McGlade on Five Fundamental Factors of the Teacher's Personality. OC A Fullerton will provide music and round tables for teachers. Afternoon session 1 15. Meyerholz to feature The Teacher for the Twentieth Century. Large enrollment expected. Great Clearance Sale Wang and Miller Shoe Co.
The final Waterloo Commercial club minstrel show drew a large audience and the Jo Bren Producing Company event is a solid financial investment. Net proceeds will go to the Waterloo Commercial club and Associated Charities, though accounting is incomplete due to unsold tickets and two anonymous letters.
A promotional note asserts many women long for children but face curable infertility. It claims Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound restored health for unnamed women and invites readers to write for testimonials.
A series of testimonial quotes from women in diverse U.S. towns endorsing Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for pregnancy, childbirth preparation, and recovery, highlighting personal health improvements and gratitude toward the remedy.
Pape's Diapepsin offers quick, pleasant stomach relief for sour, upset stomachs and heartburn. The ad claims it dissolves indigestion, gas and corrective discomfort in minutes, urging readers to buy a 50 cent box from any drug store.
Snow and drifts slowed railroad traffic with Great Western and Ullhois Central trains hours late but conditions improve. Alber Lon branch finally near schedule as twenty four hour outage ends. Telephones restoring, roads slick, Waterloo streets still deep in snow. warning of more snow from an east wind. Wang Miller Shoe Co advertises special.
West High coaches groom the squad for Friday night’s game at the Y gym against Waverly. The second team opens at 7 48 with a curtain raiser while the first team plays at 8 30. Booster attendance expected. practice continues tonight. a game with Black Hawk bank team is hoped.
Don’t use soap on hair. Plain unmultiplied coconut oil cleanses without alkali, is cheap, and lasts months. Wet hair, rub in a teaspoon, creates rich lather, cleanses thoroughly, rinses easily, leaves hair soft and bright. It removes dust dirt and dandruff.
Adam Barnes, held on a gegrancy charge and moved to St Francis hospital, remains in serious condition with pneumonia and officials fear for his recovery. Relatives are being sought while the wife location shifts from Cedar Rapids to Des Moines. JACENSED TO WED lists Dayton Ohio Fern Smith Grundy Center Nicholas Frost Jesup Catherine Wertz Raymond. The Evening Courier and Reporter circulates widely in Waterloo.
Yesterday the county attorney filed for an injunction against Cooney White and Fred Kamimayer to restrain illegal liquor sales. Kamimayer owns the building where these sales are alleged. The hearing is set for 9 AM next Monday.
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