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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1912
Page
8
A detailed digest of church bodies in Waterloo with pastors and addresses. Adventist to Universalist listings include service times, church locations, residencies, and notes on choirs, Sunday schools, prayer meetings, and special events.
Linden July 20 regular services announced. Local visits and family news fill the town briefs. Cora and Ethel Thompson of Decorah Iowa guests at W Peterson home. James Hunt of Waverly visits C A Hunt on Lafayette street. Various residents noted with short trips and illnesses mentioned. Brady War Pictures coupon promotion ends with page 8 offer.
Gloucester, July 20 Dr A Pratt Andrew former assistant secretary of the treasury renews charges against Secretary MacVeagh. He asks President Taft to publish a description of conditions in the treasury department written by a high official ten weeks before his resignation. He adds letters he has not seen do not counter his statements about MacVeagh’s temperamental infirmities.
J C Norris commander of Water loo camp Sons of Veterans and division organizer for Town lies seriously ill at his home 20 Riehl street. He also works as a motor man on the Waverly branch of the W C N railway. In this advertisement a wife is urged to seek outdoor life for health and beauty and Chamberlain's Tablets are recommended. Brownlee's advertises discounted men and ladies oxford shoes and pumps in limited lots at 2.48 and 1.08.
A theological reflection on Mark 4 and Matthew 13, contrasting the mustard seed and leaven parables with the coming kingdom. It discusses the mystery of the kingdom, growth of the church as the body, and warns against false teaching and unintended corruptions within the church age.
Sermon exhorting the Christian view of God as Father to all peoples. The speaker contrasts fear and atheism with a personal, accessible God, cites Lincoln and a grand earthly journey, and ends with reflections on prayer answered through divine omnipotence and mercy.
To obtain the Courier Up-to-date pattern of accompanying esign, fill out the coupon and send it to Fashion Department, Waterloo Evening Courier, Waterloo, incl using 19 cents for each pattern. Orders filled as soon as possible, but should reach you in ten days after sending.
James Massey of La Porte pays $10 for drunkenness and resisting an officer. Hans Stacker, 60, a Reinbeck farmer, is warned to lay off liquor after telling of rheumatism pain and declaring life has no charm. He is released to return home to a dry town, promising reform. O F Teeter pleads not guilty to throwing dirt. fined $5 with suspension. Dysentery notice touts Chamberlain's remedy as curative.
The West Waterloo union church services are moved indoors to the First Congregational Church at 4 o clock tomorrow afternoon instead of the park. Rev W F Spry of the First M E B church will deliver the evening sermon.
M B Newton of Des Moines and Mrs Eleie Hanson of Waterloo pleaded guilty to lewdness before Justice Crossett and were sentenced to six months in the county jail with the term suspended on the condition they leave Iowa City. They were arrested in a vacant house yard by Officers Gilpin and Turner.
Grace M E church announces the first regular Grace Sunday school meeting in the new church. Classes will be assigned to rooms with ample space and attractive, convenient facilities for all beginners to adults. Officers urge full attendance to assist in arrangements.
A note directs readers to see the coupon on page 8 for information about school children supplied in the sixteen sections now being issued by the Wa week.
The civil service examination announced for forest clerk on August 14 will also cover field clerk vacancies in the reclamation service and other branches paying $60 to $125 monthly. The test is open to male and female applicants over 18, but forest clerk positions are limited to eligible males aged 18 to 40.
Readers warned against shiny streaked complexions urge using Mercorized wax applied at night and washed in the morning to brighten skin without makeup. A cold cream alternative is recommended, and a saxolite witch hazel blend is cited as a skin tightening bath that leaves no trace.
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