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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1925
Page
2
Bristow and Clarksville communities share weekend visits and health updates. Residents report visitors from Waterloo Allison Waverly and Mason City. church events, school plans, smallpox vaccination drives, and a Masons Eastern Star installation mark local activity.
Gilbertville area social notes include a St. Marys hall card party led by Mrs. Will Shares and 4 2% Won favors for high seam. Reports on guests visiting Cedar Rapids town and Des Moines meetings, church services, and several local residents’ health and travel news. The piece lists families visiting, bank stockholders re elected, and community events across towns like Jesup and Waterloo.
Local notices detail residents switching homes and farms around Janesville Iowa including Millie Webster visiting Frances Tift in McIntire and George Russell moving to Ballou farm east of town. I O O F lodge installs officers. Eastern Star holds ceremonies with about 50 attending and new officers sworn in.
The Sunday school board of the Mi. FL octures met in the home of Rev. and Mrs. Z. F. Elwick for annual elections. Officers chosen include King superintendent W J Wey wrestling superintendent Vivian Weibel secretary Jot Hiartar assistant secretary and Edna Finch treasurer. Librarians include Clifford Richards Beland Ford and Richard Gorman with Prof. J. H. Williams as chorister. The WW. R. CC. held their installation in the Hot P hall with Bre. P. 1X. Reshkemmer installing. Officers named: Mrs. Joe Miller president Mrs. Nell Pitzgereld senior vice president Mrs. MacNamsr junior vice president Mrs. Lierothy Nourse treasurer Mrs. Fannie Cochine chaplain Mrs. Margaret Harmer conductor Mrs. Carrie Weibel guard and Mrs. Anna Cur.
An old advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentler substitute for calomel. It promises clearer skin and improved mood by cleansing the liver and bowels, urging one or two nightly doses for a week and noting prices of 15 and 20 cents.
Mrs. John Miller known as Anna Huran and daughter of RC Buran of Boyden died Friday evening after malignant illness. She lived in Yorkton Saskatchewan with her husband and daughter and had sought treatment at a sanitarium. She is survived by husband, daughter, parents, a brother and sister Mabel. Funeral was Monday at Loyden Air and Birs.
Jan 14 report notes the Orange Mothers Club meeting at the King home on Thursday. Local updates include Mrs. W. D. Strayer entertaining the Bert Strayer family, a Bakersfield injury to E. M. Smith from a bull attack, and several teaching and community events in Orange.
Musterole is described as easy to apply and effective in preventing colds from turning into flu or pneumonia. The white mustard ointment is advertised for sore throat chest colds rheumatism stiff neck bronchitis and more with a milder Childrens version available. Sizes range from 450 and 3.00 for jars tubes and hospital sizes.
Cedar Falls records show material for the men’s grand slam on the college campus, sand hauling from Island park and John Mommer pig crossing the river, brick and tile contracts awarded to Rockford firm, with initial arrivals of cement. Cedar Falls National Bank stockholders reelect directors and officers. Cedar Falls Trust reorganizes as Cedar Falls National Bank with J. W. Leavitt now secretary and treasurer. Iowa Light & Power Co to install electric service for ten Red Ball gate farms. insurance adjuster to meet Friday for Boslough garage loss. Cedar Falls High School expects about 30 pupils to avoid semester tests. annual property assessment underway. Calvary Revival services well attended.
The advertisement claims Tanlac restores vigor to elderly men and women in their seventies and eighties. It describes Tanlac as a natural tonic that cleanses poisons from blood, stimulates the liver, improves digestion, and is harmless to adults. It also promotes Tanlac Weedable Pills for constipation.
The pastor Rev J D Winding assisted by Rev P C Nelson state evangelist leads well attended meetings at the school and will likely move to the church for another week. The annual meeting of the First Congregational Church is set for Wednesday evening January 21 at the church parlors. Mrs Hans C Christofferson departs for Extra Texas tomorrow to attend her parents golden wedding anniversary next Sunday.
An advertisement touts Zemo as a remedy for pimples blackheads eczema and ringworm claiming clear healthy skin. It promotes a penetrating antiseptic liquid with a trial bottle priced at 3 cents and a large size at $1.00 plus Zemo soap for 25 cents available at all druggists.
Stop catarrh and open nostrils with Ely's Cream Balm. A fragrant antiseptic cream applied in the nostrils soothes inflamed mucous and clears the head, promising instant relief from nasal congestion and headaches.
A Karnak promotional piece touts the medicine as a vegetable remedy easing stomach, liver, and kidney disorders. It attributes health benefits to improved digestion, notes nationwide popularity, and urges readers to buy Karnak and Karnak Pills from listed chemists and druggists.
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