Business Girls in Enthusiastic Meet in Waterloo
The Business Girls club of Waterloo grew with many new members at a YMCA meeting attended by about 100 women from diverse local industries. The event mixed social games and performances with a talk by president Finis Cobb outlining the club’s aims to boost business efficiency and networking, with support pledged by leading local men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business Girls’ Club of
Waterloo
Business Girls’ Club
Ruth Robinson
Sylvia McKineter
Zila Whicker
Dorothy Davis
Finis Cobb
Business Girls' Club
Clara
Dora Borchers
Dolha Walker
Mabel Robertson
Anna Repp
Mae Howard
Agatha Watts
Nellie Housder
Florence Pfeffer
Madge Cruikshank
Misses Borders
Hunger Cry at Midnight Hour Demands Food Relief
A fragmentary report notes a midnight hunger plea with the phrase I'm hungry give me something to eat and references a repeal of that demand. Further details are unclear in the snippet.
Kilmer's Swamp Root Brought Relief After Years of Kidney Trouble
Rosa Mitchell of Labadieville Louisiana reports five years of kidney pain and futile medical advice before trying Kilmer's Swamp Root. After six bottles her health improved, stomach pain eased, limbs no longer ached, and she appears well. The affidavit was sworn in February 1914.
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Dr. Kilmer
Rosa Mitchell
Labadieville
Letter Promotes Swamp Root by Dr Kilmer Co
An advertisement urges readers to send ten cents to Dr Kilmer & Co of Binghamton for a sample bottle of Swamp Root and a booklet about kidneys and bladder. It claims the sample will convince anyone and asks to mention the Waterloo Evening Courier. Regular bottle sizes, fifty cents to one dollar, sold at drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Nilmer & Co
Binghamton U
Waterloo Evening Courier
Russians Sink Turkish Vessels in Black Sea Action
Sebastopol dispatches report Russian torpedo boats entered Sinapa Bay on the Black Sea and sank a Turkish steamer named Georges along with three other vessels. All crews were saved. No engagement date given. News considered trustworthy.
Family Burns Home on Mekhi Street in Waterloo
Roy Avery and his wife with three children awoke as flames engulfed their two room home at 615 Mekhi Street. They escaped to neighbors J. G. Crone at 428 Schley Street as firefighters arrived at 1:46 a.m. The roof and walls were gutted. no insurance coverage or firm damage estimate. The property sits on ground owned by Waterloo Gasoline Engine Co. Neighbors aid family amid tight finances and factory layoffs.
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Roy Avery
Mekhi
J. G. Crone
Schley
Avery
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company
Iowa
Death of Arthur Ronan nine year old
Arthur Ronan aged nine died yesterday afternoon around 4 o clock at his parents home, Mr and Mrs Thomas Ronan of 511 Second Street East. Cause listed as a complication of diseases after a period of illness. Survived by parents, two sisters Florence and Katherine, and brother Leo. Funeral from St Josephs Catholic Church Wednesday at 9 30 am with burial at Calvary Cemetery.
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Arthur Ronan
Thomas Ronan
Florence
Katherine
Leo
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Calvary Cemetery
Royal J. Donelson
Walnut Street Baptist Church
John Bunyan Smith
Elmwood Cemetery
Knowlton's Dandering Dandruff Cure Ad
An old advertisement promotes Knowlton's Dandering for dandruff itchy scalp and falling hair. It claims one application doubles beauty, dissolves dandruff, and restores lustrous heavy hair, urging purchase at drug stores or toilet counters for 25 or 2 5 cents.
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Knowlton
Dorcas Brazzell Granted New Trial
In Des Moines the Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Dorcas Brazzell, convicted of second degree murder. The reversal cites improper jury instructions favoring direct evidence and improper character testimony, noting the case involved only circumstantial evidence. Brazzell was accused of killing her husband, a Dubuque street car conductor, after suspecting infidelity. She found him slain at their home after visiting relatives in Eldora.
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Des Moines
Supreme Court
Dorcas Urazzell
Dorcas Brazzell
Dubuque
Sunday School League Opens Season Tonight
The Waterloo Sunday School Athletic League opens its basketball schedule at the Y.M.C.A. tonight with two games. The intermediate division features Walnut Street Baptist against First Presbyterian churches, while the senior division pits teams from the same churches. Wednesday will see inter mediate and senior teams from First Baptist and First M.B. contesting for honors. Other entrants include First Brethren Grace M.E. and First Congregational.
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Waterloo Sunday School Athletic League
Y. M. Cla
Walnut
Street Baptist
First Presbyterian
First Baptist Church
First M. B
First Brethren
Grace M. E
Vwirst Congregational
Efficient alert workers sought for modern business
An advertisement urges fit healthy men and women to stay in trim, avoid disease, and use Foley Cathartic Tablets. The Waterloo Commercial club election date is in flux with several date changes. latest bulletin sets Thursday evening January 21. Brigadier Robert Dubbin and wife will conduct Salvation Army services in Waterloo on weekend. The Big Brother mission holds its annual meeting January 27 at Sycamore Street hall.
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Waterloo Commercial Club
Dubbin
Robert Dublin
Des Moin
Salvation Army Hall
Waterloo
Ini Tu4 Sycamore Streat
DANGER IN DELAY Kidney troubles warning in Waterloo ad
A Waterloo advertisement warns of kidney disease dangers and urges support for Voat's Kidney pills. It cites Mrs M Bartlett of Ankeny Street and a Civil War veteran who benefited from Pan's Kidney Pills and Dean's Kidney Pills, with price details and dealer advice.
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Bright
Voat
Waterloo
M. Bartlett
City in Brief Highlights Cedar Rapids Visitors and Events
Cedar Rapids figures in a city brief with notes on visitors and local happenings. Canby Minn resident E C Carpenter and architect Wm L Peddicord came to town on business. Cedar Rapids notables JT Will Runkle and C R Conn visited Waterloo. Amos Vogt placed second at the national poultry show in Chicago. Dr. Margaret Clark lectured in Iowa City on Social Hygiene. social events include Lend-a-Hand class hosting at Walnut Street Baptist and Aloha club luncheon in Gedar Falls. Local travel includes George Dunham returning from Chicago after surgery. J W Petersen traveling to Durant after visiting his sons. Miss Florence Pavertti hosting Walnut Street Baptist group. Samuel Knowles visiting his son Louis B Knowles trainmaster for the W. C., KF and N lines. Oregon-born Allen W Bogen, Chicago organist, guest of Dr J B Brinkman. Mrs J H Peters hosted Hesitation club. Miss Florence Burt visiting old hospital associates. Pythian Glee club rehearsed under Scott Prowell. Ben Wise and family visiting Cedar Falls relatives. community reminders of social and cultural events.
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C. E. Carpenter
Canby
Minnis
Wm. L. Peddicord
JT. Will Runkle
C. R. Conn
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Amos Vogt
Chicago
Allen W. Bogen
J. B. Brinkman
Bogen
J. H. Peters
Hesitation Cluir
Wellington Apartments
Piney Pinex cough remedy advertisement
A vintage advert touts 214 ounces of Piney Pinex as a quick relief cough syrup. It claims near instant relief, helps bronchitis and whooping cough, and offers a money back guarantee. Instructions describe diluting Pinex with sugar syrup to make a full pint for family use.
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Pinex Co
Peddicord attends Millers club meeting in Des Moines
Des Moines hosts W J Peddicord manager Union Mill Co as Charles Petersen of Red Oak heads a Des Moines business trip with plans to visit Minnesota. A large Knights of Pythias turnout and district convention planning for Waterloo Feb 22 are noted along with obituaries and a cough remedy testimonial from Barnegat.
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W. J. Peddicord
Union Mill Co
Des Moines
Millers’ Club
Charles Petersen
Red Oak
Waterloo
Minnesota
Hows
Albert
Arthur Petersen
Knights of Pythias
Esquire
of Pythian Sisters
Grundy
Butler
Bremer
Black Hawk
Marble Rock
Rockford
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William McBain
BlackHawk
McBain
MeeBain
McHain
Vaid
J Wn Hungerys
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. I
Feneral
Tomy
Pitriouiv
Unis
Parcel Post
Guchauran
George F. Dunham
J. W. Petersen
Durant
Alvert
Jack Greenwood
Milwaukee
J. B. Hidenout
Commercial Street
A. A. Lynn
B. L. Metber
R. Puckett
Margaret Clark
Iowa City
State University
Florence Pavertti
Alta Vista Avenue
Samuel Knowles
Seattle
Wash
Louis B. Knowles
Aloha Club
Gedar Falls
J. P. Jones
Highth Street
Joe King
Florence Burt
Presbyterian Hospital
Hh. F. Stevenson
Pine Street
Pythian Glee Club
Helmet Lodge
Scott Prowell
Lowa
C. A. Wise
Cedar Falls
Ben Wise
Wyoming
Cascade
Will Wise
Falan-Bollman
East Fourth and Water Streets
Thibekas Briadei di Nectar Eos
Lonsdale
Donelson
Collins
Barnegat
N. J
Faley
D.D. D
I Eanes
D. Laboratories
2Ho
Bbc
Wangler Bros
Macbeth
Snakeville
Vwssanv
Fiddler Ison
Cozy Theatre
Selig
Sohacon Trust CO
Waterloo Savings Bank
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