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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1925

Page

11

Isabella Roster Ceremonial Adds 50 Members in Waterloo

The Isabella Ceremonial at Knights of Columbus hall Sunday initiated 50 new members. A banquet followed at Hotel Russell-Lamson for 200 guests with officer presence led by Mrs. J. G. B. Bruner. Mary Kilflee and Mildred Sullivan performed, as did Miss Maynie Hgan and others from Webster City and Charles City.

Castile Ciress Isabella Knights of Columbus Russell-Lamson J. G B. Bruner Waterloo J.J. Sullivan Washington Sullivan Maynie Hgan J. E. O'Keefe A. A. Hoffmann A. J

Director Arrives to Assign Parts in Princess Bonnie

F A Thomas of New York City will direct Princess Bonnie a musical comedy staged by First Presbyterian church members at East High school auditorium March 11. All principals and choruses meet at 7:30 this evening for definite assignment of parts. Production will include more than 125 persons.

F. A. Thomas New York City

Pre Easter Services at Y W C A Begin Wednesday Noon

Miss Doris Krueger will preside at the first pre Easter service sponsored by business girls of the Y W C A in the association building at 12 25 Wednesday p m Mrs O W Kirkpatrick will lead the devotional part and Miss Mildred Gleason will have charge of the music Meetings will be conducted regularly each Wednesday noon and will be discussed in time for girls to return to their places of occupation before 1 o'clock

Doris Krueger Business Girls of the Y. WC. A Association W. Kirkpatrick Mildred Gleason

Church News Details Monthly Meeting and Social Activities

Deborah society plans a Wednesday afternoon meeting at First M E parlors with sewing during the social hour. Hostesses include Mrs. W A Puterbaugh and others. Waterloo mate quartet to sing at East High auditorium Wednesday evening during the presentation of Builders Bridges. Walnut Street Baptist orchestra provides more music. Play by Truman De Roame is produced with Walnut Street Baptist church Fidelis class B Y P A and the choir backing. Daughters of Plymouth hold an all day session Wednesday at Mrs A Z Weigel home with a picnic lunch. Mrs D B Henderson hosts St Pauls Home Missionary society Tuesday evening at 7 45.

Deborah Society M. E W. A. Puterbaugh J. c. Hartman J. H. Lamson 8. E. Newell Ada LeValler Waterloo Mate Henry Iblings Harry McCowen Charles Felsing H. Tei Wagner Daughters of Plymouth A. Z. Weigel D. B. Henderson Home Missionary Society of St. Paul's Methodist Church

Side Talks on Self and Fatigue Through Mirror Reflection

A reflective piece explores how constant closeness to one person, even a spouse or best friend, leads to fatigue and a desire for change. It describes the sense of self, mirror imagery, and asks whether nervous fatigue stems from too much companionship with oneself. It suggests remedies: more work, more love, more service.

U. P. Church to Stage Missionary Pageant in March

The United Presbyterian church will present a missionary pageant titled Waeta and Folks in Our Fields Abroad on March 15. The cast exceeds 50 people and training is led by Miss Sailfe Dickey, a former United Presbyterian missionary to India now dedicated to this effort. Pythian Sisters will host a dance after the regular meeting at 7:30 p.m., with music by a five piece orchestra. all Sisters and friends are invited.

Waeta United Presbyterian Church Miss Sailfe Dickey United Presbyterian India

Club Notes Kensington Duty Tells of Home Event

Mrs. Charles Kabler will entertain the Kensington duty in her home at 2 p.m. Tuesday.

Charles Kabler Kensington

East High Speakers Schedule Rival Meets This Week

East High debaters and declaimers prepare for predistrict and district events with West High at Jesup. Sidney Ayvetsky Ruth Gary and LeRoy Markham debate Teachers College High Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the East High assembly room. Declammers Austin Marlow Frances Stotts Eneatha Kenyon travel to Janesville Friday for combined contests. Subdistrict winners advance to the district meet with hopes of state titles. West High declaimers also face Jesup Brandon and Mount Auburn at Jesup Friday night in a predistrict clash.

East High Teachers College High Janesville Sidney Ayvetsky Ruth Gary LeRoy Markham Teachers High East High School George Heath Mildred Chaplins Arlene Murphy Cedar Falls Austin Marlow Frances , Stotts Eneatha Kenyon Finchford West High Jesup Brandon Mount Auburn

Macartney Sermon Return From Hospital Service

Dr J R Macartney, after twenty days in Presbyterian hospital for rest, filled his pulpit at First Presbyterian Church yesterday morning. He spoke with oldtime vigor. In the evening Dr Darling of Westminster Presbyterian preached, sharing the 7:30 service as vesper duties allowed. Both services drew large audiences.

J. R. Macartney Presbyterian Hospital First Presbyterian

Unsettled Weekend Weather Turns Warmer Soon

Unsettled conditions linger tonight and Tuesday with warmer temperatures forecast by the state weather bureau. A cloudy weekend brought light showers and a low peak. Saturday reached 43 above and Sunday 5 degrees above zero as temps fluctuated.

State Weather Bureau Mercury

Negro Melodies Sung at First M E Church Service

Last evening the First Methodist Episcopal church filled for a monthly song service led by C Albert Scho lin. The choir performed Negro melodies and Dr J Arthur Young gave a talk on The Spirit of the Negro praising religious tunes born from hardship and noting the white race has not produced such melodies.

First Methodist Episcopal Church C. Albert Scholin J. Arthur Young Young

Mother Faces Charges of Child Abandonment

Mrs Trovisa Swanner was brought from Nes Moines this morning by deputy sheriff to await hearing on a charge of child abandonment. She had her youngest child with her as four older children were sent to the town state home some time ago. Probation officer Anlivered them to the institution. county funds covered care during that period.

Trovisa Swanner Nes Moines Marennerite Sant Denuty Sherif Mra Swaneer Devennort

Burlington First M. E. Church Reopens After 35000 Renovation

Dr Bren and former pastor Hurlburt preached the evening service at the rebuilt Burlington First M. E. Church, drawing about 1200 in attendance. The church, rebuilt under Rev W H Speney, cost 35000 and has 1300 members. Bishop Keeney opened the day with a sermon.

R. & Hurlburt M. E. Church Waterloo Burlington W. H. Speney If. T. Keeney

Hair tonic formula sparks reader questions and updates

The author reiterates and refines pilocarpine hair tonic recipes, noting an antiseptic odor, simplified formulas, and the return of detergent. Instructions include scalp massage, avoiding hot irons, and guidance on adjusting ingredients for dandruff and color. The writer offers to send a pilocarpine tonic formula to an anxious reader.

Wales

Funeral Services for Mrs P R Howell Held in La Porte City

Funeral services for Mrs. P R Howell were conducted at the M I Church in La Porte City on Sunday afternoon. She died on her fifty ninth birthday after long illness. Burial followed in her former town of Tocsin Indiana. She was born Emma Davison February 20 1866 and married to Mr. Howell in 1887. She and her husband cared for an orphan boy and moved to La Porte City nine years ago. She is survived by her husband four brothers and two sisters.

la Porte City P. R. Howell M. I G. C Tocsin Ind Arf Howell Robert Howell John Rebecca Davison Spring Creek Township Trowell Birs Moses Joseph Henry George Davison Yocsin Sarcha Sowards Mary Davis Peru

Miss Virginia Koeneke Spends Weekend in Waterloo

Local note confirms Miss Virginia Koeneke spent the weekend with relatives in Waterloo alongside Miss Marie Watters of the Girl Reserve. Firemen made two chimney runs with no damage. A medic case was reported stolen from a car and found in a post office lobby. Mrs. Snyder’s death is announced, she leaves a husband and two daughters. A burglary at P J Murray’s home yields clothes and an ivory brush. Upcoming church suppers listed at Flist Church and St Mark's Church.

Virginia Koeneke Waterloo Marie Watters W. CG. A New Hartford E. J. Dunkelberg Tom Morris Fowler Street Peter Snyder Savanna Til

Burns Fatal in Lamp Explosion in Missouri Valley

Council Bluffs Iowa Feb 23 Mrs Ben Sigler 30 of Missouri Valley died in a hospital last night from burns suffered when a lamp exploded Friday burning oil over her clothing She leaves a husband a farmer and two children.

Council Bluffs Ben Sigler Missouri Valley

Former Iowan Judge Gemmel in Stokes Case

Judge W. M. Gemmel of Chicago, presiding in the sensational Stokes case, is identified as a former Floyd county resident. He once led Rockford schools, then moved to Chicago to practice law and served as an early Chicago municipal judge before becoming a circuit court judge.

Charles City W. M. Gemmel Chicago Stokes Floyd County Rockford Gemmel

Y M C A Plans Third Consecutive Statewide Drive

Y M C A aims to inaugurate a third consecutive statewide membership drive next October. Preliminary advertising starts this spring with a projected 20 percent membership increase by November 3, 1925. Judson J. McKim of Cincinnati Y M C A will visit Waterloo in two weeks to address Rotary and Y’s Men's clubs.

S. A. Cohagen Des Moines Cohagan Judson J. McKim Cincinnati Y. M. C. A

Buck's Booterie Opens in New Waterloo Location

Buck's Booterie announces its formal opening Tuesday at 520 Commercial Street Waterloo. The store will stay open until 9 p m to accommodate patrons. Front remodeled with a modern vestibule. interior renovated. Proprietor W C Buck heads the venture with Wilbur Sitert and Russell Ritter, the latter a newcomer to Waterloo.

Buck's Booterie Commercial Street W. C.buck Wilbur $. Sitertrand Russell Ritter Waterloo

Farewell Sermons Mark Rev Allison at Central Christian Church

Rev G Allison bid farewell to the Central Christian Church after delivering two four sermon series titled The Prayer We Pray and Cornerstones of Character. He outlined evolution versus God in the Lord's Prayer and warned against taking glory unto oneself, noting biblical examples like Moses and Peter. He concluded that despite human faults the kingdom has come and will reach completion when Christ is enthroned.

C. ¥. Allison Central Christian Church Mr. Allison God Moses Promised Land Peter Christ Judas Mr Allison

Pioneer of Butler Dies at Clarksville

Edward Franklin Shaw born March 24, 1850 in Henry county Indiana died at 2 a m yesterday in Clarksville Iowa His funeral will be at his daughter Mrs W Hoffman home at 2 p m Tuesday Rev Burton L Nay Cedar Falls officiating Burial will be in Lynnoon cemetery He married Lottie Pope Sept 23 1875 and they had two daughters Mrs Huffman and Mrs Oscar Murphy of Waverly plus two sisters Mrs Laura Dye Los Angeles and Mrs Lafe Wamsley Clarksville He was a Baptist church member 35 years and a retired farmer who moved to Clarksville twelve years ago

Clarksville Eedward Franklin Shaw Henry County Ind W. Hoffman Burton L. Nay Cedar Falls Lynnoons Cemetery Lottie Pope Huffman Oscar Murphy Waverly Laura Dye Los Angeles Cal Lafe Wamsley Jaurvivee Shaw Tthe Baptist Church Town Clanksville

Post Office Workers Annual Banquet at Waterloo

Employes of the Waterloo post office held their annual banquet Saturday night at Bishop's West cafeteria. Ralph Hoxie of the Rotary club and Ray C. Eggert spoke. The program included a guitar solo by Mrs E T Nelson, a clog dance by Miss Alfreda Gordon, piano solo by Elmer Mulvey, a novelty song by Hassell Howe, ventriloquism by Ralph Martin and William Mann, and a toast by J J Wyeth. The evening ended with cards and dancing.

Waterloo Post Office Bishop's West Ralph Hoxie Rotary Club Ray C. Eggert Colo E. T. Nelson Alfreda Gordon Elmer Mulvey Hassell- Howe Ralph Martin William Mann Doc George J. J. Wyeth

Daily Cross Word Puzzle Clues and Grid Snapshot

A scrambled clue list from a Friday style crossword. It mentions weekdays elude behold a Hebrew nickname for man a held of granular snow a floating ice mass mirth printer s measure intrigue legal rate of interest bustle frozen water act of reaching a destination silk and wool fabric rustic numbered cells and abbreviations plus hints like week day tab and area. The final line notes answer will appear tomorrow and hints Saturday.

Arius West Indies

Junior Cross Word Puzzle Running Across

Puzzle prompts ask for two across words and two down words from a vintage puzzle. Clues reference artist location, a bird, country synonym, and a quoted missing word. The passage also includes a contact line for Katherine Robbins of Chicago offering help to clubs planning to celebrate the week.

Katherine K. Robbins Iingleside Chicago Lanning

Waterloo Evening Courier Pattern Offer

Water loo Evening Courier advertises patterns with design specifics and sizes 34-36 to 46-48 inch busts. It notes materials like batiste and satin may be used and promises delivery within ten days after order. patterns cost 15 cents and include postage details. A medium pattern needs about 27 3 yards of 36 inch fabric. Order by mail with payment or stamps.

Reepair Waterloo Batiste

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