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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1912
Page
10
The Crusaders or Jerusalem Delivered will be shown at the Majestic theatre next Monday afternoon and evening July 15 for the benefit of the Iowa Children’s Home Society in Des Moines. The film features 3,000 actors and 500 horses with admission 15 and 10 cents.
A note from the management of the Majestic theatre states that all proceeds from a forthcoming event will be given to the Iowa Children’s Home. Also included are local notices about marriages and health remedies and a promotion for Brady Wear Pictures distributed by the Waterloo Evening Courier.
Waterloo wins the bid to host the Iowa State Pharmaceutical Association annual convention in July in the Factory city. Delegates from Waterloo, Eldon, Ogden and other cities attended in Sioux City where the event drew 500 plus. organizers expect 700 to 800 visitors. Officers elected include President Frank Shine and vice presidents Joe Todd W L Tol den and C C Cunningham. The meeting featured athletic events at Riverside Park and a proposal to make members pay convention expenses was defeated.
Auto patrol traced a motorcycle speeder last night on Logan avenue. A. B. Vogel pleaded guilty in police court to speeding beyond the fifteen mile limit and was fined three dollars after detectives Morris and Mc Sweeney recorded higher speeds. Earlier, Fred Brien, two years old, was arrested for disorderly conduct after accosting a farmer at Rock Island station and attempting to sell an agricultural journal with fountain pens as premiums. He pleaded guilty and the case was continued for sentence pending court investigation. Chief E A Leighton denounced solicitors accused of grafters for pressuring victims in depots and pool halls, including alleged attempts to pass bad checks and pick pockets yesterday. The solicitor is said to have come from Aurora, Illinois.
Sudden death of Mrs Floyd Ballhagen of New Hartford shocks local residents. Funeral services will be held at the Baptist church Thursday at 2 p.m. Interment follows at Finchford. Also notes Edna Smith of Waterloo visiting at the Christ Petersen home amid general health cautions and advertisements for Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound.
The passage describes home beauty tips including a dry shampoo made from powdered orbs roat, delatone paste to remove unwanted hair, Pyroxin for lashes and brows, and a magatone and witch hazel complexion beautifier to soften and smooth the skin. It advocates daily massaging for soft velvety skin.
Farmers in the vicinity are busy harvesting haying and preparations are underway as teachers plan to attend the Butler County Normal Institute in Clarksville from July 15 to 22. Miss Mabel Petersen and her brother returned yesterday from a visit with friends at Sinclair Iowa.
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