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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1914
Page
10
The baseball team organized among Great Western freight house employees received passes for a Sunday game against the Freight House men in Des Moines.
A vintage ad touts Snow Mellow whipped cream as a versatile dessert enhancer. It promises 28 original recipes and a free patented beater with each box, selling at 23 cents and offering direct sales and grocer delivery through Frank & Hotten and several distributors in Chicago.
The Waterloo Y M C A board reduced membership and admission fees for youths and adults, adding locker and gym class surcharges, while appointing committee chairs for finance boys work membership physical social religious educational building supplies purchasing and auditing and employer roles. A booster letter campaign urges city voters to support a bigger broader better Y M C A for the sake of the boys.
Waverly residents were mentioned in a roundup of local movements. C A Nelson traveled to Minneapolis for a dairy show while A T Lee and wife of Des Moines plan a visit to F A Lee’s home. Miss Ethel Chandler visited Waterloo and Miss Miriam Hoover heads to Chicago University for summer study.
An advertisement promotes liquid argon as a dandruff cure. It claims nightly scalp application dissolves dandruff, stops itching, and leaves hair silky and lustrous after a few treatments. It mentions squidarvon as the product, priced cheaply.
Yesterday several residents planned brief visits with kin. Contractors E and F Knapp went to ByThe Sask to build a lat ter. Otto Bredow takes two weeks off from the State Bank and will visit Chicago with family. Winnie Eldridge returns to Ames for summer. Harriet Bye returns home from 18.1. C. duties for vacation. Chas Holm and family visited Waverly this week. Mrs H Wolt and Mrs Z W Laedy travel to Harl Dickinson home in Oskaloosa. Ladies Foreign Missionary society of the M E church enjoyed a gathering hosted by Mrs Winnie Oldridge. Edna Eveland leaves for Cedar Falls Monday to teach public school music.
The Ellis Drug Co transfers all store stock and fixtures to Fred Merriau as trustee for creditors for $1. The trustee, aided by a competent manager, may convey the stock if deemed expedient and the creditors are to be paid in full.
Store in the Ellie hotel block at Sycamore and Fifth streets reports strong business. CG G. Holden serves as president and J. C. Payne as secretary. Several well-known merchants are cited among its supporters and patrons.
A Sick nun from the Convent of St. Anne Sanford Florida credits Eckman’s Alterative with curing throat trouble and recurring coughs after doctors advised operation. She reports tissue passing after four to five bottles and full recovery in ten months. The text promotes the remedy as effective for bronchial and throat ailments and urges contacting Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia for a booklet.
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