Society items for the department due by a.m.
A society notice informs that items for the department must be submitted by morning. It lists office phone 3330 and residence phone 3497 Blick for contact.
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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1915
Page
9
A society notice informs that items for the department must be submitted by morning. It lists office phone 3330 and residence phone 3497 Blick for contact.
Tuesday Afternoon events include Huchre Club led by Mrs. J W Krapfel Riverside Dive Club with Mrs August Schoel Pansy Embroidery Club led by Mrs W A McFarlane Jolly Circle with Mrs IL Trnis U S Daughters led by Mrs Fred K Busby Card and Needle Club led by Mrs Ralph Hummel Tuesday Evening features N B I Ladies and husbands dinner at 7 at the home of Mrs C E Griffin
A flurry of visitors and home gatherings fill Waterloo and surrounding towns. Miss Pearl Heath and Fay Muth spend a weekend at Dodges Point Clear Lake with Ms son City friends while Mrs J L Zeerup and her New York City guest visit Zeerups in Waterloo. Various locals make trips to Jesup Memphis Keokuk Iowa City and Minneapolis. A bridge party, Sunday dinner, church picnic and moonlight outing mark the social calendar with engagements and recitals noted.
Casper runs a country tavern and turns away a stormbound traveler for lack of pay. A magical feast reveals the traveler is a Force testing his generosity, transforming bread to pig and wine to riches, then back to meager fare. Lisbeth's mercy contrasts Casper's stern refusal. He awakens to normalcy, unsettled by the vision.
Instructs readers to mail a coupon to the Fashion Department of Evening Courier in Waterloo with 10 cents per pattern to obtain up-to-date Courier design patterns. Warns patterns enable scams. Orders to be filed promptly and should arrive within ten days after sending.
Three Pickford siblings will be shown today and tomorrow at the Plaza in Fanchon the Cricket. Mary and Lottie are noted stars with Famous Players and Flying A, while Jack Pickford appears in the same film. The program includes The Darkening Trail with W S Hart, and a one reel comedy.
City council may delay jitney ordinance at tonight's meeting as committee reviews models from other cities. Injunctions against enforcing route provisions loom large, with several opposed to routing that blocks streets with 15 minute streetcar service. Jurisdiction also faces a surge in taxis replacing former jitneys and transfers of saloon licenses on the agenda.
In Waterloo the transfer of fourteen or sixteen incurably insane patients to the new county home and hospital is described. Saloons had operated under bartender names due to nonresident proprietors. The transfers involve W D Strayer McSn inney C tr Williams and others, with preparations for bringing inmates to Independence.
City council records show Councilman Jack Caseheer will not attend this evening's meeting, having departed to Excelsior Springs for a vacation. The absence affects discussions planned for the session.
San Francisco June 28 An address by Dr Henry B Hemenway of Yanston IA before the American Academy of Medicine examined The Transportation of Consumptives He found travel by consumptives is not highly dangerous and that segregation or federal restriction would be impracticable unless the nuisance were real He noted most tuberculosis cases occur in childhood and adult travelers are common and that train crews do not show higher consumptive rates than freight handlers
Four people and a nearby veterinarian near Waterloo contracted illness from an infected cow. Paul Koontz, six miles north of Waterloo, and A Z McKeller were among those treated as farm workers and doctors battled the illness. Dr George A Scott fell ill but later recovered. all patients were reported improving after weeks of care.
A prospective Waterloo Chautauqua venture gains support and fears of losing the lakeside grounds loom large. A. J. Edwards is named trustee to handle the stock sale with proceeds to him. If not closed the valuable property may be broken into building lots near the car line by the river. The movement draws business leaders to back the new association and subscription drives proceed at remaining events.
Carl Bock of Cedar Falls suffered serious cuts and bruises when an automobile driven by E. Jolson struck his motorcycle near Electric Park Saturday evening. He was taken to Cedar Falls hospital and, though in considerable pain, the injury is not believed to include internal damage. Advertisement for Palm Beach footwear by Wang & Miller.
Vacation Bulletin No 4 outlines a planned trip to New York or Boston via Montreal and the Thousand Island scenery along the St Lawrence. An opposite route goes through Philadelphia and Washington DC with stops between Detroit Cleveland Buffalo or Boston and New York City. It highlights rain or water line options, 60 day limit, liberal stopovers, and appealing Great Lakes boat cruises from Chicago in July or August with low rates including meals and berth.
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