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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1915
Page
1
Society notes announce item submissions by morning to the Office phone and to residence at 3497 Black. The note sets contact details for personal notices and social items.
Social calendar notes a Wednesday evening wed ding rehearsal for Miss Naomi Cushout and Wm E Little of Colorado Springs, with events at Sans Souci hotel and various club circles. follow as a brisk roundup of receptions, dinners, and neighborhood gatherings featuring Waterloo residents and visiting guests.
A vintage line touts A Hen's Cough Balsam for cough relief sold in drug stores. It claims the preparation has been sold for over half a century and priced at one dollar per bottle.
An ad promises rapid hair darkening with Q-Ran Color Restorer for scalp and hair. It claims roots are treated, gray hair becomes soft dark, while preventing itching and shedding. Available at Hansen & Pletcher's Drug Store in Waterloo and local suppliers.
Members of various local groups, including the Brotherhood of First Baptist church and Lydia Society, gathered for banquets and meetings. New members Robbing, Mrs Gladstone, and Mrs Sege were welcomed. Mrs S Greenberg donated crocheted jewels for European relief. prizes were awarded to several residents.
Mrs Claude Bennett hosted the Tuesday Crochet club with sewing, Lilian Garrabrant and Mrs Bennett provided music, lunch by Marguerite Giffen, Grace Little, and Luan Garrabrant. Jolly Band entertained by Mrs GC Holbrook with Bernice Callas as guest, lunch by Pearl Holbrook, piano by Jeanette Holbrook. Picnic honors Miss Hazel Ely by 35 telephone company operators at Byrnes park. Ely to marry Joe DuVall. silver teaspoons gifted. Entre Nous club held at Mrs Oscar M Brown with luncheon by Alvina Fauer and Alice Brown. Crescent club meeting postponed one week. Alumni banquet of Our Lady of Victory academy in DO IL V auditorium Thurs evening June 7. Art club picnic postponed indefinitely.
A well attended Clio club gathering was held yesterday afternoon with Mrs J G Ralston present. Visitors included Mrs W G Moor of Springfield former member, visiting Mrs Edward Larson, plus Mrs George Wilson and Mrs Sam Rule as guests. The hostess insisted on refreshments.
Iowa City June 9 Frank J Bitner is named new mayor of Solon by the town council to serve until April 1926 when a new election will be held He succeeds Charles W Wolf jailed in Johnson County for shooting Fran Kergel editor of the Solon Economist Bitner, a long time Solon council member, was unanimously chosen Kregel’s condition worsens Pneumonia feared after Dr W H Donovan of Iowa City operated to remove pus from the wound.
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