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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1917
Page
10
Cedar Falls Feb 15 residents hear social religious and civic notes including Mrs George S Peebles hosting the Owls at 716 Main Street and a farewell for Master Raymond Weart as he moves to Marshalltown. Several local marriages visits and club events are reported with updates on hospital and meeting attendance.
Exhibit cars forming part of a special train will arrive in Waterloo from Cedar Rapids over the W C F N. The train, loaded with milking machines lighting plants water systems model barns silos farm equipment dairy feeds testing apparatus and milk utensils, will travel 19 days visiting every Iowa town on the Chicago Northwestern line. Dairy experts E S Eshel and J P Eves of Waterloo will accompany the party.
Mrs Ellen Stirm born Oct 21 1881 near Shady Grove died after a long illness at a farm home south of Fairbank. She moved to La Porte City at 16, married Dan G Stirm in 1689, had eight children, four sons and three daughters surviving with her husband. Survived by her parents Andrew and Mrs Bishop, three sisters, six brothers and several friends. Funeral Friday at her parents home conducted by Rev Wood with burial in West View cemetery.
An old advertisement promises to cure dandruff by applying four ounces of liquid argon at night to moisten the scalp. It claims rapid results by morning and complete destruction after several applications, plus relief from itching and shinier hair, urging readers to buy liquid arvon at drugg stores.
Farmers and Waterloo property owners see vacant lots as possible farm plots for a new home verdon club. H Dodge of Jesup offers two city lots while B O Mason adds 206 River View lots. Secretary George H Willems says many more bids are expected as committees seek land for farming effort.
A terse notice requests vacant lots for the Vacant Lot Farming club. It seeks help returning to George Williams at Leavitt and Johnson Trust Co and mentions ownership details, names, and address basics for lot use.
At 3 p m Sunday the Methodist church in this city held the funeral for Alvin Showers who died from a hay wagon fall last Friday. He was 89, born in Stevenson County IMS, married 11 years to Fearl Rank, leaving a daughter, his mother Mrs C B Showers of Grangeville Ill, six brothers Dan Winslow Til Frank Olin Warren and two sisters Mrs Ed Rudy of Orangeville Mrs Edith Hofmeister Juda Wis Peter and Fred of this city. Rev A W Henke officiated and burial was in West View cemetery. The mother could not attend due to ill health. A Sabbath class at Presbyterian church named Whit-So-Byer will meet monthly for socials. The group formed last Friday at C G C McCoy home with about 44 in attendance. Emily Porter of era Was an out of town guest. The event followed a brief business session and luncheon.
There is more Catarrh to this section of the country than all other diseases put together and until recently was deemed incurable. Vella Catarrh Cure by F. H. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio is promoted as the only constitutional cure taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. They offer one hundred dollars for any case that fails to cure and invite requests for circulars and testimonials. Address F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Sold by druggists. Take half amit y for constipation.
Local social notes recount visits by Miss Mabel McGill and Ralph Poles with families in Waterton and Waterloo. Hat Ports City high school teams split results at Trenec and Hudson. Center Point girls fall to their opponents. Church group at the Methodist Good Chess guild enjoyed music readings and a two course luncheon hosted by Mrs Elizabeth Hummel.
A. Brust recovers from illness while a nurse surviving dust days after. The Lotus club met Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Fred Halbfuss hosting and entertainment provided by members. A new member was voted in as the group adjourned for refreshments. later, a hospital visit noted and a return home described amid unclear lines.
An advertisement touts Fruitola and Traxo as cures for chronic stomach trouble. It claims users feel ten years younger, with compounds from Monticello labs and sales at Waterloo stores. A physician’s prescription is not necessary, and a pamphlet from Pine Laboratories is offered.
A fragmented report notes Mrs Moyle and Mr Moyle attending events in Minneapolis and Waterleo. A D A organization meeting in Waterleo is referenced with Moyle on the program for reading duties.
A gentleman recounts reading a 1912 newspaper prescription for a tonic to treat nervousness, weakness, melancholia, indigestion and backache. The author claims the remedy revived him and others, urging local druggists to fit it for customers.
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