Community society notes and club gatherings list
Numerous readings of meetings and social events across Waterloo area groups. Elaboration includes Mary Melrose chapter DAR programs, Five Hundred clubs, wedding announcements, engagements, and church circles with hosts, locations, and dates. Major figures include Miss Thierman and Miss Beal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thierman
Calvary Evangelical Church
Hall
Deborah Chapter
Westminster Guild
William Jenks
D-E-B-T Five Hundred Club
Glen Tibbitts
Ladies’ Aid Society of
East Park Presbyterian Ccurch
J. 8. Dewhirst
Young Woman's Missionary Society of
United Presbyterian Church
Harriett Lytle
Young
Columbia Circle
Library West
J.T. Allen
A. B. Hallowell
de Korest
Carnegie Circle
Marathon
Sallanjis
B.C. Litchfield
Gladys Peddicord
Plasaea
Jon Chautauqua
Albania
Grant Circle
Courier Patterns Advertises Girl's Dress Pattern
Courier patterns offer an up to date design with coupons sent to the Fashion Department of Evening Courier Waterloo, enclosing 10 cents per pattern. Fits four sizes 10 12 and 14 years and requires 3 yards of 36 inch fabric for an 8 year size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fashion Department
Evening Courier
Waterloo
City and State BES He ee ne ee ae Bee ee wee ee tee ee Bae eet
City and State BES reports a brief note with scattered letters and unclear details. The fragmentary text hints at a locally sourced item but lacks readable names, dates, or events to outline a concrete summary.
Men Duel to Death in Boat for Woman in San Francisco
In San Francisco an open boat duel on January 13 ended with Edward Starrs and John Reilly dying in a knife fight over a woman. Both men, about 39, were close friends until the dispute over the woman led to the fatal confrontation in the bay near Point San Pedro. The woman’s identity is unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Edward Starrs
John Reilly
Point San Pedro
Starrs
Paint Without Oil A L Rice Proposes Powerpaint Trial
A. L. Rice of Adams New York unveils Powerpaint a dry powder paint that uses cold water to form a weatherproof durable coating. It adheres to wood stone brick and walls and costs about a quarter of oil paint. Send for a free trial kit by writing to Mr A L Rice Manufacturers 7 Worth St Adams NY and receive instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Rice
Adams, N. Y
Dope Habit Scourge Warns Waterloo Readers
A Waterloo report details a sharp rise in drug use among young men with morphine and cocaine, many tied to a traveling dealer from the Twin Cities. Patients are sent to Knoxville for treatment, and officials warn of hard cures and moral decay among boys and even some girls and women. The piece cites unsafe needle use, addiction’s swift harm, and calls for a public crusade to curb the drug trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Hospital
Knoxville
O’blenes
Waterloo
Twin Cities
Knox~ville Hospital
Tax This Year Will Be 1913 Increase and County Contributions
The 1913 property valuation in Black Hawk County totaled 63 907 156 with a tax table value of 15 976 789. The county will contribute 7 088 35 for Capitol Extension 15 076 70 for Soldiers Memorial Hall and 31 053 57 for the New County Home while tax changes are calculated under County Auditor Rainbow and Miss Alda Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rainbow
Executive Council
Cedar Falls
Capitol
Soldiers’ Memorial Hall
Sears
Alda Clark
Black Hawk County
Ry Pb
Telephone and Telegraph
Parisian Sage hair tonic advert promises quick scalp relief
An advertisement touts Parisian Sage as a fast acting hair tonic that cools the scalp, removes dandruff, and makes hair soft glossy and thick. It claims to stop itching after one application, freshen the hair, and is sold in fifty cent bottles by Wangler Dros Co and drug counters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wangler Dros. Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lydia
David Stevenson
B. M. K. Club
E. H. McCoy
B. of
L. E
Engineers
wMrs
F. F
Strayer
Idlewild ‘Club
Lafe Shannon
Cedar Hive
Seash Hall
Westminster Presbyterian Church
T. G. Taylor
C. Walters
B. B. OL
John T. Riordan
Wellington
King's Daughters
M. EH
Randolph Street
New Arcade Hall
Fourth Street West
Co. C. C
Laurene Rose
Argyle Street
Auf Diederschen Club
Charlotte Walker
Hammond Avenue
Soash Hall
Mary Melrose
Troyd Chamberlain
Melrose
Lincoln
Washington
J. M. Hileman
Wellington Street
Chamberlain
Adelaide Hungerford
Daughters of the American Revolution
Marjorie Chamberlain
Columbus
H. W. Sigworth
Miss Hungerford
L. L. Brooks
Park Avenue
West
Independence Avenue
W. M. Keagy
John Good
Roy Simnard
CG. C. Calkins
Kate Kelly
Roy Sinnard
Franklin Street
M. Beal
Berth Avenue
Laverne Beal
Emmett J. Covell
Miss Beal
M. M. Beal
West High
Waterloo Conservatory of Music
Fine Arts Club
Delta Nu Delta Society
W.A. Covell
Janesville
Wis
R. B. Montague
Ansel Humphreys
Vine Street
F. T. Montague
Lincoln, Sr
Montague
Will Highmey
D. Ainslee
Henry Haubert
Will
Third Avenue West
A. G. Outhouse
Ellen Stone Mission Band
Della O'Neill
K. of P. Hall
Ischgabibble Club
Gladys Aukerman
Mra. C. H. Harker
Modale
Aukerman
M. M. Aukerman
George Kennedy
Freda Layman
Beppier Avenue
Nina Herron
Baltimore Street
P. C. Club
P. C
Colonial
B. F. Harrison
F. W. Powers
A. E. Harris
Fourth Street
George de Wald
Almond Street
City Bachelor Girls Club
Emma Gardner
Clara Cooper
City Bachelor
South Street
Eleanor Cowlishaw
Cutler Street
M. B. Club
Baraca
Walnut Street Baptiste Church
T. A. McManus
B. J. Howrey
Julian Toulus
Thomas McManus
Tford Barnard
Frank Gratton
UW. T. Fisher
Emma Bast
Henry Schiller
Springfield
Minn
Wathean
H. Mueller
First Lutheran Church
Imma Bast
Stewart
George Lichty
Misa Lichty
Charles Stewart
Thiermanx
Dorcas
Myrtle Cox
Quincy Street
Bock
Emmanuel Evangelical Church
West Side
H. W. Flint
Bayard ‘Street
GC. C. Cox
W. E. Debe
Third Pavenue West
Luverne Beal
Toric Lense
aEan
Wirs. S
Johnson
Bridge St
Burch’s
Nter
A.L. Rico
Manut'y
Adame
Saar Ears
Young Coal CO
Office
Bug
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