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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1912
Page
3
An early beauty advice column by Valeska Suratt offers home remedies and formulas for facial care, skin whitening, wrinkle reduction, hair regrowth, and scentless toners. The piece outlines simple mixtures, application tips, and drugstore ingredients meant to produce a pearly complexion and youthful appearance.
Marshalltown reports a model camp built by youths featuring multiple tents with living, dining, and sleeping units. A combined cook and dining area, parlor with a piano, screened openings, and a telephone line extend from the city line, delivering goods daily. The camp includes a family group and several couples, with comfortable amenities for outdoor life.
In Cedar Rapids a minister named Walter, en route to an eastern city, fell while reaching an upper sleeper berth. He used crutches after the accident, and his injury disrupted his travel as he planned to preach on Sunday in Eastan.
Fragmentary OCR describes beverages and powder mixes. Mentions Wiscovery and Pos makers, vacuum packing, tins, hot water preparation, and a palatable beverage involving tea or spiced powder. Text is unclear and garbled with missing words and punctuation.
Mikugun Ta reports the honeymoon of Mr and Mrs Mark Hogan of Anamosa was interrupted by illness after their arrival. The couple married recently and are staying in the city while Mrs Hogan is treated for a sudden illness noted after their wedding.
A well known local couple from Dubuque stopped for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Becker before resuming their planned journey to the east. The young bride has been confined to bed since last Friday.
P M Michaels of Waterloo championed an employers liability and workmen compensation act giving state jurisdiction over damage schedules and a state employer and employee funded pool. He urged adopting federal oversight of labor unions and Sherman anti trust application to unions, noting the issue as a major one for Iowa lawmakers.
Onawa Iowa July Bryan spoke on the republican and Democratic national conventions at the Chautauqua Sunday afternoon. A large delegation greeted him at the train and he rode by auto to County Attorney John Anderson’s residence where he was entertained. Dr. Jank W. Ginsaulis spoke in the evening with two concerts by the Artists company. A housewife health ad urged daily outdoor activity and Chamberlain's Tablets for digestion, sold by all dealers.
Mrs C Cadwalader outlines garden care including sowing fall crops like beans lettuce and radishes, timing for turnips, and three garden inspections for premiums. She warns against letting weeds dominate, explains weed seed risk, and notes an aphid root louse issue in asters with lime soil treatment.
The notice urges immediate treatment of plant roots to stop aphis before they damage the crops. It also advertises dog muzzles for sale at Bob Apfel's store.
A magazine column by Mme. D'MILLE offers cosmetic tips to maintain a girlish complexion. It advises gentle face massage, hair washing and dry shampooing, and introduces simple depilatory and lash enhancing methods using period preparations like magatone and delatane with pyroxin. It also suggests eyebrow shaping through brushing.
The New York World factually critiques depilatories and warns against superfluous hair cures. It highlights DeMiracle as reviewed by a World representative, noting independent endorsements, widespread use, and cautions against fakes. The piece urges consumers to seek proven, nonpoisonous solutions and recalls six decades of misleading claims. The advertisement details may include offer for a trial bottle and free booklet.
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