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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1916
Page
2
Fragmentary text mentions Wal, Miche, and Hitt with unclear context and injuries. Reading indicates possible notes on a story lineup or local event, but details are indiscernible. Further context needed to identify people, places, and actions for a coherent card.
A dense society page lists numerous Valentine gatherings across apartments, clubs, and church groups including Miss Yook Mace Dunkelberg, Miss Blanche Edwards, Miss Anna Geyer, and Mrs. Ri Adams. Events span from charity and social evenings to birthday celebrations for Mr. Miller, with entertainments in homes, halls, and churches, reflecting a bustling town calendar of social and philanthropic activities.
A detailed YWCA vespers program is set for tomorrow at 4 pm to launch Jubilee Month events. Mrs T A McManus will preside with readings, solos by Miss Nineen Davis, and talks on What the Association Means to Me. Hostesses will be from the First Brethren Sunday School class.
Honorable John R. Lynch, noted statesman and orator, will visit Waterloo to deliver a Lincoln Day address at the African M E church in the afternoon. He will discuss Reconstruction, a topic he has written about, and will be guest of honor at a banquet hosted by men of the church on Monday evening.
Mrs. Elias Stewart, former Illinois Suffrage leader, urged about 120 women at the Woman's Club to join the campaign. She cited Los Angeles results, Chicago aldermanic turnout, and said voting empowers women as citizens and mothers. Dr Effie McCellim Jones and Mrs H A Boggs led and urged active effort.
Nev A A Myers founder of the Lincoln Memorial university at Cumberland Gap will be in the city tomorrow. He will speak in the morning at Union Congregational Church and in the evening at the Bis Brother mission. In the afternoon at 2 oclock he will speak at Mount Hope M E church in Bennington township eight miles northeast of the city. Services at this church changed to 2 o'clock preceded by Sunday school at 1 o'clock.
New York reports Colonel Roosevelt sailed for the West Indies yesterday amid a war of words with War Secretary Garrison. He dismissed a reporter's question about life hunting there, quipping you don’t whale in the Trachies, and praised Waterloo readers who take the Courier. Want ads bring satisfactory results.
A short business directing was held followed by a social tire with tea served by a committee including Mesdames George W. Maurin, W. W. Merah, O. J. Fullerton, and Misses Charlolie and Elizabeth Muni. Before departing, Baye pledged interest in the suffrage movement and to aid in campaign work.
Baptist morning sermon by Ray L. Co Moore titled No Man Carreth for My Soul with afternoon services to married couples. evening sermon The Difference between Moralkky and Cliclattantty. Evangelistic meetings every evening next week. Services at Central Christian and joint services with First Church at Park Avenue and Jefferson Street with Rev L Moore preaching. St. Mark's Episcopal morning theme Spectral Providence evening Man's Higher Sphere of Being. Episcopal Church Our Sanctuary sermon. Union Congregational Rev A A Myers will speak in the evening at Cumberland Gap Va with W A Peterson of the Big Brother mission also speaking. First Methodist regular morning service evening In and About Jerusalem. Grace Methodist Episcopal morning Our Greatest Citizen evening Child Life of the World with stereoticon slides showing children in China and other lands. Universalist morning True Endeavors Test evening Lincoln the Leader. Free Methodist quarterly meeting Rev D G Eddy preaches tonight and Sunday morning with Lovelcast and Lord's Supper. Church of the Brethren Rev BE N Baker of Wichita Kansas preaches Sunday morning. Linden Methodist Lincoln Freedman's aid service morning The Weak Man who Thought He Was Strong evening. First Presbyterian morning There was a man called of God named Abraham Lincoln evening Rider and the White Horse. First Congregational morning The Question of Sanballat evening The Pace of the World is Slow. Graves Memorial morning Power of the Middle Rank evening Stereoscopic slides on America progress.
Rev. John Wesley Folland of First Methodist Church Cedar Falls will read Ralph Connor's Black Rock at Grace Methodist Club next Friday evening. Known as a reader and impersonator his performance is highly regarded. Proceeds support Linden MLE church and its mission under whose auspices the event is held.
A vintage advertisement touts Pane's Cold Compound as fast relief for stuffed nose headache and nasal congestion. It promises two hour dosing every two hours for three doses, claims to open airways and relieve feverish symptoms, with a 25 cent price and endorsement to accept no substitute.
Hoy b Moora of Central Christian church led a large gathering at the Seangellade building urging that true peace comes only when one is right with God not just in church. He warned that family harmony suffers when sacred matters are ignored and announced cottage prayer meetings replacing afternoon sessions next week with several evening services and child care arrangements.
An old style advertisement explains that aging slows digestion and bowel activity. It argues for gentle natural tonics, presenting Cascarets as a safe daily aid costing 10 cents a box. It compares bowel function to muscles and emphasizes non harsh treatment for seniors.
Mon McClure leads a Sunday 7:45 p m Gospel Hall sermon on The Coming of the Lord with his people for Jew deliverance from the Great Tribulation. Weeknight hour studies cover The Millennium and Jerusalem’s future role as a world port. all welcome.
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