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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 16, 1914

Page

11

Students Feast and Speak at Waterloo Business College Lauquet

Waterloo Business College students plan their first annual lauquet at Walnut Street Baptist Church on Wednesday. All current students and former students with families are invited to attend as two sides Odds and Evens compete in short features and name emblems. Judges include A W Peterson J A Townsley and Harry Shaw.

Waterloo Business College Walnut Street Baptist Church Miss Bigelow

Saloons Work Destruction Warns Waterloo Meeting

Citizens of Waterloo were urged to oppose saloons as they drain funds from schools churches and homes. Speakers Reed Park Litchfield Arbuckle told a large crowd at the Logan Avenue evangelical church that temperance efforts must continue. Music by St Paul Methodist orchestra and Linden Avenue quartet energized the gathering. next Sunday another meeting at Linden Avenue M E church will feature Waide Brown Blim Tuthil Bragdon.

Waterloo Business Men’s Temperance Association Logan Avenue Evangelical Reed L. E. Park H. L. Litchfield J. W. Arbuckle St. Paul Methodist Church Linden Avenue Methodist Church Temperance Forces Linden Avenue M. E Waide Brown John Blim J. §. Tuthil J. B. Bragdon

Real Estate Firm Moves to New Office Location

After fourteen years in the Russell-Lamson building the firm relocates to 53 Black Hawk Bank building. H. W. Hammond Real Estate and Insurance announces the move in a brief office advertisement.

Russell-Lamson Black Hawk Bank H. W Hammond

Farmers to form corn clubs of boys in county race

Prominent farmers signed an agreement at the Irving hotel dining room to organize boys corn clubs for a Leavitt & Johnson National Bank corn raising contest offering prizes totaling 1300 dollars. Speakers included H A Smucker and J F Sedgwick as Black Hawk County Crop Improvement members attended the meeting.

Irving Hotel Leavitt & Johnson National Bank Hilton Brothers H. A. Smucker Otho Thomas Ed. F. Stokes R. W. Lichty Aubrey Lyon A. G. Larson A. H. Broadhurst G. F. Johnson J. J. Holmes A. N. Wilson C. P. Bley Charles Wainbaugh Peter Peterson M. L. Bowman O. H. Holmes Ira Finch George Pashby C. G. Mosley W Mearst Black Hawk County Crop Improvement Association Mscussion A. A. Burger J. F. Sedgwick

The Perfect Baby Of The Future Simple Method

The advertisement extols Mother's Friend as a universal external remedy for expectant mothers. It claims to ease nausea pain and nervousness, expand muscles and tendons, and influence future generation traits. The product is priced at $1.00 a bottle and offered by Neadfield Regulator Co at 2k Tamar Village, Atlanta, Ga.

Neadfield Regulator Co Tamar Vldg

Near tragedy as mother rescues child from fire

In Quumwa Iowa on February 16 Mrs W L Wilson rushed upstairs to save her four year old Marjorie from a fire. She lost consciousness in thick smoke but firemen pulled her out alive. The child died in the blaze. the building was saved.

Quumwa W. L. Wilson Marjorie Wilson Wilson

Jail Delivery Sparks Manhunt in Clarion

Jack Lee of Eagle Grove and Peter Roe Beck of Woollstork broke out of the county jail Saturday night. Two bars were sawed away and the fugitives vanished after guards heard singing. Bloodhounds tracked them but they remain at large as Sheriff Leonard, injured in a Rock Island freight incident while pursuing the escapees, leads a late night posse.

Clarion Jack Lee Eagle Grove Peter Roebeck Woollstork Leonard Rock Island

Miss Amelia Emmons Dies at 78 in Des Moines Home

Miss Amelia Emmons longtime First M E church member in Waterloo died Friday morning at Des Moines Old People's home she helped found aged 78. She was well known and had many friends. A sister in Waterloo survives her.

Miss Emmons Amelia Emmons First M. ‘Be Waterloo Old People’s Home Des Moines

Patterson to Speak on Temperance at Waterloo Theatre

Directors of the Y M C A met yesterday and arranged for ex Goveror Patterson of Tennessee to speak in Waterloo on Sunday March 8 at 2 20 PM in the theatre. Purley Parker national secretary of the Anti Saloon League will give a women oriented address at 2 20 PM in a city church yet to be chosen.

Business Men’s Temperance Association Patterson Tennessee Waterloo Purley Paker Anti-Saloon League

Cottage Prayer Meetings and Church Social Schedule

First MLE church announces cottage prayer meetings tomorrow at 10 a.m. at six homes including Mrs Burt 122% Commercial street and Mrs Reaney 320 Denver street. A King’s Daughters social is at the church Wednesday with an all day Women’s societies meeting at 10:40 a.m. A picnic lunch follows. Evangelistic services continue this week starting Tuesday evening.

M. Burt Commercial Street T. Reaney Denver Street Barclay Hammond Avenue C. W. Bruner Second L. Sarvey Randolph] Street W. 5 Spry Randolph Street King's Daughters

Surprise Party Honors Miss Calista Hurley

L S club members surprised Miss Calista Hurley at her home 784 Mullan Avenue West on her birthday anniversary. About a dozen attended with games and music. Coretta Emmett sang and Hilda Striegl played. Refreshments were served by Gertrude Murley and Agnes Brennan. A sleigh ride was planned for Wednesday evening.

L. S Calista Hurley Mullan Avenue West Coretta Emmett Hilda Striegl Gertrude Murley Agnes Brennan

County home near Keosauqua burned. 60 inmates rescued

Keosauqua Iowa February 16 fire wrecked the county home near here. The structure valued at sixty thousand dollars was completely destroyed. All inmates, sixty in number and described as insane and feeble minded, were saved and removed to safety.

Keosauqua

Bevan's Fine Old Ratio At East Water School Program

Bevan's fine old ratio at in district East Water low township features sixteen boys and one girl in a school program led by Miss Sa Maroney. The event showcased boys speaking and singing, with box sales raising 440 for the school’s benefit as women and district figures added support to the program.

New East Waterlow Township Sa Maroney William 4 Bevan King Oye Eonlanget

Iowa Gunman Harvey Lee Captured in San Quentin

Harvey Lee, famed Iowa gunman, captured at Oakland January 5 and sent to San Quentin. He gained notoriety for daring escapes and burglaries in Iowa and beyond. The Iowa Bankers Association had circulated his mug with a reward, while warden statements suggested possible early release on good behavior in 1916.

Fort Madison Bo Duryvey Lee Iowa Gare San Quentin California Woolden Sanders Lee Marion Linn County Cedar Rapids Mort Madison Ahonta Jowa Mankers'’ Association Yees Sanders Les Oakland Iowa Bankers’ Association

Retrenchment Platform for City Mayor C. Phifer

Friends push C. Phifer toward mayoralty on retrenchment platform. Phifer signals need to cut city expenditures and lowers the city tax rate as a primary goal.

Friends of

British Vessel Tritonia Returns to Port Leaking Badly

The British steamer Tritonia, which left Glasgow on Feb 9 for Mobile, reports it is returning leaking badly after severe gale damage. She has 9 feet of water in hold No 1 and is 137 miles west of Malin Head as of today.

Glasgow Tritonia Mobile Toda Malin Head

Union Meeting At Grace M E Church Wednesday

Grace M E Church circles schedule a union meeting Wednesday at 2 30 p m at the church. Rev Wilbur L Clapp occupied the pulpit yesterday at First Presbyterian Church and spoke at several conferences in Dubuque Newton Des Moines. He leaves for Lamont to speak at a joint Methodist and Baptist gathering.

Grace M. E. Church First Presbyterian Church Wilbur L. Clapp

Town Talk A Busy Local Notes Roundup

Henry Frank returns from Chicago on business. Miss Liggit Welus visits Greene with her sisters. Mrs Kelley recovering after surgery. A newborn weighs seven pounds at Chestnut Street home. Carleton Bias improving after blood poisoning scare. The Thusons visit from Council Bluffs. Clam O’Toourke recovers after operation. Maccabee club meeting postponed due to a death. Rank brothers clerk G. B. Tarked mourns niece. Yerkes family visits from Denver. Heller injured on job. recovering. Mrs Hansen hospitalized after kidney surgery. Good roads meeting postponed. road officers may be paid. Architect Ralston hired for Cedar Falls residence. Various local church and club notices and upcoming events.

Wwllen Chestnut Street Carleton Bias

Y W C A Vesper Service Highlighted by Music and Talk

Miss Rachel Jones presided at the Y W C A vesper service in the Y M C A building. The Walnut Street Baptist church orchestra, a girls chorus and quartette provided special music under MMM Elmo Bateman. Rev F Q Beenased led prayers and Rev John Wesley Hotland gave the address, featuring Ralph Connor's Black Rock and character portrayals. Two

Rachel Jones Walnut Street Baptist Church Elmo Bateman F. Q Ralph Connor

Market News Row From The New York Stock Exchange

Fragmented OCR lists stock names and exchanges, including United States Steel Amalgamated Copper and Central Missouri Power, with scattered venue references. The garbled text reads like a market brief noting trades and listings across several companies and exchanges in New York and beyond.

NEW Vor Sroks New York Creela Atelisan Arena Brooklyn Rapid Praresdt United States Steel Commmon United Bavtes Steel Amalgamated Capner Central Mixsouri Pawiti Comtrale Anueandi Greay Northern

Fragmented Late Advertisements Sweep Local Market

A jumbled page of late night want ads lists homes for sale or rent, items for sale including furniture and appliances, and notices from local businesses. Entries mention Gibson Pros, storage, and a broad array of commodities with scattered prices and contact details amid typographical oddities.

Fairmont West Virginia students honor age designated leader

In Fairmont, West Virginia, a prominent citizen is named as a class leader for both junior and senior years. The designation, called the claps gpontor, designates a leader for the era while customary titles differ. The event, tied to the school’s history and local traditions, reflects long-standing practices in student governance and recognition.

Fairmont Vinh Sehout Ue Edity Usial Chase Sonal

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