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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1915
Page
1
A crowded schedule of meetings and parties fills Waterloo social life. Essays on Tuesday and Saturday include euchre and tea for Des Moines visitor Elizabeth Perkins, birthday celebrations for Jeffery James, and a host of clubs from Daughters of the King to Dorcas Society planning suppers, games, and charitable events.
A group discusses favorite rereadings like Cranford and Pride and Prejudice and asks what books readers revisit for people more than plot. Letters cover friendship, visitors, and a return to old titles as a comfort and reflection on how literature touches character.
Quick relief for colds coughs asthma bronchitis and throat troubles. Bottle sizes 5c 50c and 1.00 at all druggists. Keep a bottle in the house for prompt aid.
Courier patterns offer up-to-date designs with seam allowances. Send the coupon and enclose 10 cents per pattern to the Fashion Department Evening Courier Waterloo. All orders are filled as soon as possible but expect about ten days after sending the order.
Waterloo residents at 424 Jefferson street mark sixty years of marriage. born in Shamokin Dam Pa they married there in 1834 and 1826 respectively. settled in Waterloo in 1870, he a blacksmith and wagonmaker retired six years ago. family reunion gathered relatives and friends for a celebratory dinner and telegrams of congratulations arrived from Omaha.
Waterloo will host Miss Elizabeth Perkins of Des Moines, a leading suffrage worker, with an afternoon tea from 3 to 5 p m at the Y W C A and a public address that evening in the Y W C A parlors. Music by Miss Maria Evarts, a Waterloo soprano, and remarks by local suffrage organizers accompany the visit.
The funeral for Miss Anna Snider will be held Tuesday at 14 welock at Walnut Street Baptist Church with Rev J B Smith officiating. Interment will be in Fairview Cemetery. She lived in Waterloo sixteen years after moving from Des Moines where born. She endured long illness and sought treatment in Des Moines Rochester and elsewhere. The family thanks friends for support and offerings.
Percy Manning was held by Justice Preach to the grand jury Saturday afternoon on a charge of receiving stolen property and was released on $800 bonds. Clem Murphy, arrested with Manning, was not held but faced a charge of deceiving an officer. he pled guilty but the case was postponed this week and he was released on $25 bonds. The roofing courier and reporter is read in nearly every Waterloo home.
The Waterloo Woman's Club held an open meeting at Westminster Church with a wide turnout. The program featured studies of western poets Riley Field King and Miller led by Miss Ethel Zartman and Miss Fae Vaughn. Mrs. Bragdon presided, dues were noted, and a May deadline set for treasurer payments.
Des Moines reports that temperance workers push for a new bill to bar druggists from selling liquor. The Brockway proposal would let only permit holders sell alcohol, with safeguards added by the committee on suppression of intemperance.
A proposed measure would allow druggists to sell liquor only with physician prescriptions filed to the county auditor, with duplicates sent by physicians. It would treat possession of intoxicants or excess alcohol without permits as prima facie evidence of illegal sale, allow cancelation of pharmacist permits for improper sales, and revoke state board certificates after a second conviction. The bill, defeated in the Senate last session, may be revived amid temperance support.
Ice broke its anchorage above the dam at 4 15 PM freeing the river section. The Cedar river channel above Mullan avenue bridge cleared during the day. A gorge formed about one hundred feet below the bridge as large ice cakes plunged over the dam.
After days of weakening ice along the Cedar River due to warm temperatures and spring rains, water levels are rising. Snow and ice melted, soil absorbs moisture, and streams run high with forecasts of higher water as warm gray rain continues to fall across the drainage territory.
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