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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1917
Page
5
Cedar Falls daily subscribers should report any delivery failures to Cedar Falls Drug Co Agent Fourth and Mall Streets. Wide range Lawn City notes cover social religious and civic events with updates on meetings, entertainments, weddings and local officials activities in Cedar Falls and nearby towns.
In Cedar Falls long serving bank president Wise resigns after more than fifty years of service. He led Citizens Savings Bank since 1898 and held roles in the Cedar Falls Building & Loan Association and other local firms. Hastrop to become new president, with Wise planning retirement around February 20.
A fractured meeting of the National Popular Government league heard Leo Lee of Oklahoma condemn southern disenfranchisement while urging broader anti corruption action. The gathering faced sharp debate as resolutions targeted practices in Indiana and Illinois, and southern leaders struggled to dismiss the proposal. The event also noted local incidents including a fire at G C M Browns residence and upcoming marriages and business deals in Cedar Falls.
The Twin City Ministerial association held its semi monthly meeting at Cedar Walls. Plans for a Sunday school rally on the first Sunday in March were laid under the State Sunday School association. A simultaneous Waterloo revival campaign was set for early March with committees reporting strong prospects. Principal speaker was A. A. H. Speer, Cedar Falls superintendent, who spoke on Religion in the Day School.
Central Labor union officers condemned changes to school geographies amid talk of free textbooks and wartime map updates. They warned postponing openings and shifting maps would waste money and soon be outdated by events in Europe. West board discusses book changes as legislature looms and costs rise for parents.
An advertisement touts freezone as a cheap, easy remedy for all corns and calluses. It claims instant soreness relief when applied to tender skin and asserts removal of corns by shrinking them until they peel away. The ad warns buyers to seek genuine bottles in the sealed wood case and beware of imitations.
Black Hawk county will send a large delegation to the second annual mid winter convention of the State Dairy association in Ames on February 1. More than 1,000 dairymen and farmers are expected. An interesting program includes addresses by Professor L. Larsen from Brookings and Professor I. W. Humphrey of the University of Wisconsin.
H. M. Murphy of Waukon reports that the convention will be held in conjunction with the annual farmers short course and agricultural exports from all parts of the country will be present.
A brief antique poem fragment depicts a woman under mistletoe with a smile but lacking warmth toward the speaker. The speaker blends admiration with distant longing, noting her fair appearance and an implied barrier to romance.
Mrs. Kattie Johnson of Towanda Pa reports recovery from weakness headaches indigestion and chest pains after using Viral a constitutional tonic wine with beef cod liver peptones iron manganese peptonates and glycerophosphates sold by Wangler Bros Co Waterloo IA and other drug stores.
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