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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1911
Page
10
The advertisement promotes a Great Parasol Sale with one third off the entire stock of fancy parasols and a special discount on all black parasols. The readable text emphasizes limited stock and aggressive pricing, aiming to attract shoppers with bold savings.
Advertises Onyx Silk Hose priced at 1.25 dollars and Lace Lisle Hose at 50 cents. Men’s Pure Silk Socks and Fancy Ribbon offered, with the note of a Great Jewelry Sale. Indicates discounted prices and store events.
The Clio club entertained at a Saturday evening party with a 5 to 6 social hour and a two course dinner. Mrs J Hi Moore received a solid silver fork. Guests sat at three prettily decorated tables with sweet peas. next gathering at Mrs Frank Asquith’s home on Commercial street.
Suel Knight Rindge married Miss Agnes Hall in Los Angeles. As a wedding gift he presented a necklace of five strands of matched pearls valued at $60,000. The necklace was assembled over three years by a New York house of jewelers and shipped by special messenger to Los Angeles.
Nic serves the church and its congregation along with the Sunday school program, emphasizing shared faith activities and community outreach within the locality.
Rev G B Shoemaker led the First M E church service in Linden yesterday in the pastor absence. His sermon titled Building Character contrasted life building with church building from foundation to completion. He urged following the Bible pattern for a perfectly built character and noted the Linden church has grown rapidly since its organization.
The infant Eleanor Louise Baumbach was baptized at Christ Episcopal church on Sunday. The Baumbachs, recent movers from Chicago, reside in the rectory on Fourth Street east. Present were L Baumbach Sr of Rock Island and Rev. G W Hinkle led the service and preached on The Broad Mindedness of Christianity. Vestry meeting and choir rehearsal scheduled for Thursday evening at the rector’s home and church.
I B Balcomb occupied the Logan Avenue Evangelical church pulpit Sunday, both morning and evening, in Rev J G Wyatt's absence. The morning address, titled Training for Service, urged that all possess talents, these talents can develop through training, and definite training yields the largest results, among other points.
A report on a gathering emphasizing the central theme that training Sunday school teachers should win more souls for Christ using modern methods. The evening address on Leadership highlighted qualities: ability to stand alone, habit of planning large projects, a clear vision, connection to necessary power, and executive skill to match opportunity. The speaker urged the church to lead boldly for Waterloo and beyond.
Washington July 17 The senate opened another week of debate on the Canadian reciprocity bill with a vote set for next Saturday. The day’s calendar contained only the bill and no speeches were scheduled as the house planned to be idle until Wednesday.
Kipling’s tale inspires a real life switch engine moment in Waterloo where Great Western Auto Co. used a test car to haul four freight cars in a hurry. An automobile moved two thousand pounds per car, requiring a man on the lines to prevent wheel slip as cars were swapped at the loading switch. The Independent Repair Auto Co. of Waterloo acts as local sales agent for Great Western Automobiles.
The Peavey Grain company falls under a Chicago bankers committee after the return of President Heffelfinger and M. Lane of Peavey in Minneapolis. Banks provided small additional advances to stabilize accounts as creditors’ committees were discharged and transfers to other brokerages completed. Frank Wetmore of First National Bank stated the situation is unchanged and the bank will not incur a loss.
Rev Charles F Aked denies a New York press paragraph claiming he criticized New York people. He states the telegram dated San Francisco July 27 was misused and expresses gratitude to New York, calling the paragraph a shaver invention.
President Taft sent to the Senate nominations including William Wemple Jr of New York for the post of assistant attorney general. The brief list also mentions a California nominee named Debria commise in the same transmission.
Paris July 17. John W Gates, the American financier who arrived in this city, passed a comfortable night and continues to gain slowly. Lieut. Go. Thomas H. Rees, U S army, is noted in dispatches.
Rev H G Beeman spoke at Walnut Street Baptist Church on choosing America as the ideal birthplace. He contrasted birthplaces in the United States with persecuted lands, extolling the Mississippi Valley and a small town as favored, and urged rebirth for eternal life. One conversion followed the sermon.
Mrs El Dietz and children express grateful appreciation for sympathy shown by neighbors, lodge and church members during the sickness and death of their husband and father.
The family of 8 Glaus thanks neighbors and friends for sympathy and kindness in their loss. Special appreciation to the Odd Fellows of Cedar Falls and Waterloo for their aid. Mrs S Glaus and family.
Chicago reports Dr. Patrick G. O'Donnell presenting a film based aura device at Mercy hospital. He and invited physicians observed a luminous aura surround dying subjects, claiming the aura departed as death occurred. He says aura width varies by gender and disease location aids diagnosis and may extend life in cancer cases.
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