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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1919
Page
10
A modular advice column discusses hand appearance and beauty routines. It covers shaping hands through care, sleeve choices to alter hand perception, jewelry like rings, and selecting fabrics. It also includes Q A on washing gray silk poplin and reducing weight gradually with diet adjustments.
Fashion indicates jewels that match or complement tailored outfits are increasingly worn by ultra fashionable women. Tailored jewels in silver gold or platinum with semiprecious stones and enamels are showcased on Fifth Avenue as daytime accessories. Examples include smoked amber disks and ovals, red coral, pink jade, lapis lazuli, jasper, catseye, and agates paired with turquoise or blue green enamel. A shopper repurposed two old necklaces into a longer beaded strand alternating pearl and coral beads with a gold clasp.
First Baptist Division No. 2 led by Mrs. J. L. Van Schoyck will gather in church parlors Thursday afternoon with supper served at the close of the meeting.
N. O. Monger formerly of Waterloo now of Arroyo Grande California voices support for Iowa road funding. He cites a California election where a 40 million dollar bond was approved six to one, bringing total bonds authorized to 73 million. He notes California already has hundreds of miles of paved highways.
A narrator argues that true friendship rests on placing character above circumstances. Delays in correspondence test trust, but one friend’s patient stance proves he remains reliable despite uncertainty. The piece weighs how to judge others and the duty to extend trust unless proven otherwise.
Munger describes a 250 mile one day trip on paved routes, praising a proposed coastal road system and contrasting Iowa’s debates on road spending. He notes opposition in some counties to miles of paving and urges action, referencing Black Hawk county and Whitney road.
A historical note credits 1835 Newton for a vacuum milk condensation process and 1885 Horlick in Racine Wisconsin for drying milk with malted grain extract, creating Malted Milk. It highlights its nutritive value, digestibility, ease of preparation, and climate stability as an ideal food from infancy to old age, urging Horlick's and avoiding imitations.
Waterloo prepares to host a war camp community service with a secretary and local committee. A budget will cover salaries, office costs, and equipment, running until the last local serviceman is mustered out, possibly June 1920 or later. Leaders from Des Moines and Kansas City outlined a plan to integrate soldiers with civilians and aid with government insurances and Red Cross collaboration.
A group of about twenty cars touring Pershing Highway was delayed by rain while passing Waterloo yesterday afternoon. The party planned to reach Waterloo at 1 p m for a visit to factory districts and city parks but weather caused late arrivals and extended travel.
A late 18th century debt tale surfaces in a grand funding bill. Edwin G Foster of Waterloo is linked to a curiosity loan certificate, claiming receipt of $200 from Nehemiah Hubbard in 1780 with 6 percent annual interest. The bill proposes paying the principal and accrued interest, creating a historic financial footnote.
Los Angeles reports a post mortem on Freda Lesser shows no evidence she was pregnant, contradicting Harry New Jr's claim. Coroner Calvin Hartwell released findings after autopsy conducted by A F Wagner. context mentions women in law.
Coroner Hartwell announces microscopic tests will be made after a late attempt to influence the post mortem. The inquiry into the girl's death grows tenser as Mrs. Alice Lesser threatens self harm and is guarded. Yesterday New was formally charged with murder in the first degree.
Sergeant RJ Burk of the Waterloo police joined Lieut. Milo Miller for a half hour flight in a Miller-Serers plane, becoming the first local officer to be taken aloft. Chief Weilvin plans further sky rides for officials as the department evaluates the airborne asset.
The Greater Waterloo organization reports nearly 100 new members gained yesterday as more than half of 26 three man teams have yet to report. Under Arthur Hussmann as chairman, the drive aims to surpass 250 memberships before the campaign ends despite some committees not finishing their work yesterday.
G B Witt may receive a Carnegie hero medal for rescuing 12 year old Wayne Wilson from drowning in the river near the dam. The act was witnessed by many and brought to the Carnegie Hero Foundation, with further information requested by Secretary W J Peddicord. Purchase Fruit Store. Herman Weinberg Morris Golofsky buy interests in Independent Fruit in Ginfioany's at 117 Ninth Street.
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