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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1912
Page
7
The Paul Davis Store plans to open a large Shoe Department in the Annex and a Millinery Department on the fourth floor around August 1st. Management promises extensive, fashionable stock, skilled managers, and full store remodeling to provide liberal guarantees and customer satisfaction.
Miss Avon Jameson hosted six young ladies at a Maple street slumber party in honor of Miss Dorothy Pobles guest of Miss Bessie Seaman. The group later traveled to Cedar Falls for breakfast at Cedar Heights and a visit to Foote farm with Miss Hope Foote joining for the remainder of the outing.
A prolonged downpour drenched Waterloo and surrounding farms for over twenty four hours, boosting July rainfall to about six inches and easing drought in many parts. Temperatures hovered near 60 to 63 degrees as residents dealt with wet feet, damp clothing, and relief from the dry spell in some areas.
Miss Jeannette Bates Shilliam known as Etta Shilliam married E. B. Barnard of Chicago yesterday in Wheaton. They will reside at Sheridan Park hotel, Chicago, visiting the Shilliam home in two weeks. The bride, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Shilliam, is a Waterloo East graduate and has music and pipe organ training, later teaching in Waterloo and Chicago. Barnard is a Chicago businessman in the drug trade.
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