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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1913
Page
8
Coupon to Fashion Department at Waterlooo Evening Courier in Waterlo, send with 10 cents per pattern. Patterns allow for seam. Orders filled quickly but should reach within ten days after sending.
Cedar Falls notes report Mrs. J. H. Hanna recovering from a hand injury after a fall on ice in Waterloo. Local visits include Lewis Yockstick of Cedar Rapids and Waterloo attendees on business. Theater crowds filled the Grand with two earlier shows sold out. Socials and visits dominate, with plans to New Orleans and several other Southern points.
The Teachers College basketball team lost to Cornell 28 to 23 in Mount Vernon Saturday night. The game was fast with both sides playing well. A return match is anticipated with the Teachers College hoping to even the series.
Tom Mann, a colored tent inhabitant, arrested for alleged illegal sale of intoxicating liquors. He waived examination, held to grand jury on $200 bail, and jailed after failing to post bail. Local officials have eyed a rough joint near the Rock Island freight house. The piece also notes a cement factory near opening and a grip illness report in Cedar Falls.
The week features church officer elections and suppers at King's Daughters and the First Brethren, plus social gatherings at First Baptist, Congregational, and First Presbyterian churches. Various clubs meet including Clio, Book and Needlework, Happy Hour, Entre Nous, and miscellaneous groups with hostesses and addresses noted.
Mrs Mills hosts social afternoon on Allen Street with Miss Gindya Martin and Miss Dyer assisting. The C C Club meets at Miss Laurene Rose’s on Argyle Street with a luncheon served by Miss Tesla and Miss Dolores Schroeder. A literary society forms at East High with officers led by Ernest Koepke and Erwin Sage. charter members listed. Ladies’ Air Society of East Park Presbyterian reports a successful baking sale at Waterloo Fur.
The report describes a successful sale run by Mrs. H. W Clasen and Mrs. M. Nemecek, a card party hosted by the Pythians at the Pythian Temple Wednesday evening, and a class supper for Mrs. James Black's Sunday school group at First Presbyterian church. The Entre Nous club plans a Tuesday meeting at Mrs. Frank Obele’s home. Mrs. H. W Hayden hosted twelve for an auction bridge gathering on Washington street.
Mrs Theodore Menges led with top score at a social event. The hostess provided light refreshments. Miss Susanna WW Weare of Sioux City, known in Episcopal circles, bequeathed 316000 for church aid. Funds allocated include five hundred for the Town Episcopate and 1000 to St Katharine's School Davenport.
The record lists St Thomas School in Sioux City All Saints School in Sioux Falls Sioux City W CLA and St Augustine’s School in North Carolina as named institutions in regional coverage.
A girl was born January 17 to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stewart in San Francisco. The child is named Jean Mary in honor of the aunt, Jean Lichty. Mrs. George E. Lichty and Miss Jean were present at the Stewart home.
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