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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1912
Page
10
Des Moines reports on how hugging a woman without consent could be treated as assault and battery under Iowa law. The article explains penalties vary with consent, objecting by the woman, and possible jail time, up to harsher charges if violence is alleged.
Advice on eye beauty including eyelash care and brow growth using simple home recipes. A glycerin based cream for the face, beta quinol for eyebrows, and a skin care routine aim to brighten eyes, thicken brows, and soften hands with affordable drugstore ingredients.
Readlyn residents record a series of visits and travels including Buffalo Bill show in Oelwein. Names mentioned include Mayer Judas Neimer Fangmeier Ronan Stoffregan Laird Vanderwalker Diekman Weitnauer Consedine Flanagan Poock Rotan Diekman Booth Kraft Winegar Stoke, plus a council bid for sidewalk awarded to Herman Meyer.
Mrs M E Becker of Independence visited her brother in Janesville for a week and returned home Monday. Postmaster Howe took days off to Rockford and Chicago. Grain is turning out well and many locals note busy farm work. A picnic and funeral arrangements are reported among residents, with several visitors from Chicago Waterloo and Nebraska and farm trades noted.
Shell Rock visits and family news fill a busy column. Frank Pitcher of Devils Lake visits Wheeler and Leaven families while Mrs H R Brown visits her sister Mrs Gee in Belting, Wisconsin. Several residents travel, attend funerals, or relocate as shown by brief items about Nashua defeat, Trinidad funeral, and Emmett Towne family moves.
July 20 farm notes report oats yielding 60 bushels per acre and wheat 20 to 3 bushels with good quality. A water wagon accident injures the Eagle Center road threshing crew driver Harry Smucker. Alvin Glessner and Warren Blough visit Tama Indian reservation and Des Moines. Linyd Miller couple welcomed a baby boy. Larkin club held its first annual picnic at Black Hawk creek.
An advertisement warns against depilatories claimed to remove superfluous hair, condemning unsafe products and praising DeMiracle as a trusted, non poisonous depilatory. The notice offers proof, refunds, and free booklet from The DeMiracle Chemical Company in New York.
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