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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1915
Page
12
Informal notice lists department submission times and contact numbers as 3430 for office and 3407 for residence, indicating where items should be sent and who to call for deadlines. The fragment reflects society or personals notices and departmental brevity.
Friday evening social listings include Hand Shaking at First Presbyterian home of Mr and Mrs James Graham. Kewple Klub led by Miss Gladys Storm. Grant Chautauqua Circle with Mrs C Cadwallader. Congregational choir picnic at Byrnes Park. Mrs F L Marquis class of First M E Church at Rev J D Johnson home. Loyal Stars of Calvary Evangelical Church with Miss Florence Stallman.
Mrs Eva M Abrams and daughter Eva visit Stockton Illinois for a month. Dr C G N Shane and family plan a weekend in Jesup to see Dr Shane’s mother. Miss Bernice Daley of Chicago and Miss Ethel Crownover of Oelwein visit Highland hosts the Rechtfertigs. A large group of Mt Hope church aid society ladies tour Parkersburg to see former member Mrs Conrad Roth. Various Waterloo residents plan travel in Minnesota and Denver for vacations and visits, with numerous local hosts and rehearsals noted.
To obtain the up-to-date Courier pattern of accompanying design, fill out the coupon and send it to Fashion Department Evening Courier Waterloo. Closing 10 cents for each pattern. Patterns allow seats. Orders billed ASAP but should reach you in ten days after sending in your order.
The Presbyterian Hospital auxiliary announces a marked year with membership rising from 119 to 586, a net gain of 467. Funds deposited total 3,621.26, with 682.40 raised and 125.72 spent. Donations included linens, pillows, dishes, flowers, fruit, groceries, and linen upgrades. A brotherhood auxiliary recently formed sold memberships for 3 each to boost support for next year.
Waterloo shoppers flocked to a magnet for bargains as merchants offered deep discounts. Heavy traffic on morning trains and interurban lines required extra cars and staff to handle crowds, with many firms adding salespeople to cope. The successful dollar day is set to recur two to three times yearly.
Washington dispatch reports W. J. Bryan greeting newspapermen at his home after returning from a horseback ride. He described chopping a tree as eighteen inches thick as his chief exercise and discussed his appeal to the American People. He framed the activity as part of his daily routine and described his woods outing.
St Marks Episcopal church in the west city district seeks a rector after completing the new building at Fourth and Penver streets. Bishop Longley of New Moirx will assist in rector selection at a reunion on Tuesday June 16. Several ministers have visited Waterloo and met members, with a rector expected soon.
Mrs Janet McKensie Hill editor of the Hosta Cooking School Aagasine presents a nut cake recipe she calls one of the best all around cake recipes. The method promises simple, reliable results that will appeal to every housewife seeking an easy to bake cake.
Gustav Stahl a former German soldier who claimed he saw four guns on the Lusitania the night before departure from New York was arrested on perjury charges. He posted ten thousand dollars bail and was sent to the Tombs after appearing before the federal grand jury in a probe of a Hamburg-America conspiracy.
Boston reports that after sailing May 8 on the Bohemian, 107 young Americans arrived back on the steamer today. Many who stayed in England joined the British army and some were asked to enlist, though no force was used.
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