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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1914
Page
7
A white kitten named Pussy Puss defies manners and hides from a buzzing bee by climbing into a clock. The clock strikes loudly, frightens her, and she sustains a paw injury before her mother frees her. An advertisement for Foley Kidney Pills follows, praising their remedy for kidney and rheumatism issues.
Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker, head of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, hailed the twelfth biennial as the greatest in federation history. More than 670 clubs joined in two years as delegates debated endowment gifts and a proposed suffrage resolution amid protests from Texas ally Mrs. J C Terrell and a strong suffragist chair.
The Town Criers travel delegation leaves tomorrow at 2 20 p m via Illinois Central, arrives Chicago 10 10 p m, transfers steel equipment to Grand Trunk for Detroit, departs 11 05 p m. Harry E B Kiegleer leads arrangements and plans to accompany. Fred Austin will depart with the party. expected group around thirty. Route includes Grand Trunk to Portland Boston and Maine to Boston Baltimore and Ohio to New York Philadelphia Rock Island to Waterloo arriving midnight July 3.
The Robert Anderson Relief corps No 1a offers heartfelt sympathy for the family of Mrs Hattie Scarbrough noting her Christian life and faith carried her through illness. The committee Mrs Julia Kerr Mrs Lottie Duke Mrs Eliza Mention extend condolences and speak of eternal rest. Also an ad promotes Foley Kidney Pills for rheumatism and invites readers to read page 34 of Saturday Evening Test.
Waverly events include Fathers Day at the Baptist church and a Kensington society gathering. A wedding at St Pauls Lutheran Church unites Anna Fischer and Rev J Felger, with reception and plans for future moves to Chicago Fort Wayne and Baltimore. Mourning and travel details noted for local residents.
A Fourth Street bridge crowd watched Twere Alford ride a boat over the dam and through the lower rounds though partner Deacon Cowin declined at the last moment. The feat came after a safety debate about river water levels and the dangers of dam shooting. Foley Kidney Pills ad follows.
Advice on skincare for summer using creams powders and rouges. Recommends compact non greasy preparations, daily cleansing, and a night cream with saxolite baths to prevent sagging and wrinkling. Mentions cost and drugstore availability.
The Ghitage Tribune reports a Jack Taylor believed to be the defense witness in the Person murder trial is missing. A Waterloo background shows a man named Jack Taylor lived there years ago but left for unknown destination. The search fails to locate him while a different Taylor is noted as a suicide victim’s relative. Labor groups aid Person’s defense as other local notices appear.
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