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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1913
Page
9
The WA TERLOO EVENING COURIER Fashion Department asks customers to mail a coupon with 10 cents per pattern. Patterns suit teams and orders are filled promptly, aiming for delivery within ten days after submission.
An admirer sent an unwrapped dishpan by parcel post to a newly married couple in Pennsylvania. Stamps were placed on the pan’s side, another package held a hot flatiron with heat felt through the wrap, and a clerk handled a traveling bag filled with clothes with stamps on the bag.
The advertisement touts Olivilo Soap as the most popular toilet soap for cleanliness and scalp care. It offers four trial products including San Toy fragrance and perfume, with a miniature package sent prepaid for stamps, from Chicago makers of San Toy products.
Miss Leila ONeill leaves for University of Iowa studies in Iowa City. Miss Rachael Wood travels to Freeport Illinois to visit relatives for two weeks. Mr and Mrs Cal Kingsley move into a new bungalow on Kingbard Hill. Mr and Mrs James Anderson welcome a baby boy at 1 2 pounds. Mr and Mrs John Engleman relocate to 1020 Wellington street Cedar Falls after 15 years away. Thos Donnelly ill with pneumonia at 723 South street. Chautauqua park Bible class led by Miss Eva Lichty meets Thursday at 10 with Mrs Kirk Stewart. Central Church of Christ holds annual meeting and officer elections this evening at Fourth and South. Mr and Mrs Claude Beightol of Grand Oklahoma visiting at 1249 Columbia street with Mrs Beightol’s parents. Dick Burtner Co led by Councilman J D Burtner to open a new store about Feb 1 in Century building basement. Store will offer footwear and gentlemen’s furnishings. Mrs Gorge Lichty and daughter Jeanne depart for California visiting daughter Mrs Charles Stewart in San Francisco then join Mrs Burton and Mrs Leonard in Los Angeles for remainder of winter.
A list details new enrollees for the term at Waterloo Business College including John C Brumbsac Edwin Zilmer Henry C Johnson Benjamin Helden Glenn Reed Louis Bierman and many others from Waterloo Dows Cherokee Hampton Fairbank Cedar Falls and surrounding towns. The roster includes students in Commercial Course Stenotypy Scenographic Course and related programs.
Two clubs in New York lower reading expenses. One club charges 25 cents monthly from women and shares top magazines sent to a hospital. The other offers new books at the same price per member and uses a lottery to distribute titles, with each member receiving one book.
A reader notices that top US manufacturers such as Packard Peerless Pierce-Arrow Winton Franklin and Lozier now produce six cylinder models. Sixes are praised for flexibility and smooth power, with gasoline use not higher than large fours. The writer notes only two firms moved back to fours and urges buyers to consider the six cylinder option before assuming decline. Waterloo Auto & Supply Co. advertises services.
Washington January 7 The money trust investigating committee led by Samuel Untermyer met in executive session to plan a partial interim report for submission before March 4. The panel may suspend hearings for two to three months to gather evidence and seek continuation from the incoming Congress.
General markets brief notes snow in towns tonight and a cloudy east tomorrow with warmer conditions in the west. Chicago reports wheat scoring a notable move as of January 7 with market news continuing to unfold across exchanges.
Kansas City Missouri January 7 receipts for cattle reach 11 000 with the market opening steady. Native steers southern steers and cows and heifers shown with varied prices. Hogs receipts 16 000 with market steady to 5 cents lower and bulk sales around 2 2. Sheep receipts 7 000 with market opening 10 cents higher. Omaha Nebraska January 7 cattle receipts 6 000 opening steady to 10 cents lower with natives cows and feeders and western steers listed along with prices.
Musterole ointment is advertised as quick relief for back pain rheumatic aches and muscle soreness. The ad claims it soothes chest and throat issues and lists various ailments. it notes sizes and price and urges purchase from druggists or mail order from Musterole Company.
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