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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1912
Page
5
A fragmented grocery advertisement lists numerous items by the bag can and unit with prices, including sugar beans soap fruit canned goods and cleaning products. The reader is urged to telephone orders early and note delivery twice daily on each river bank with a promise to save cash.
Miss Florence Ward head of the Iowa State Teachers College kindergarten depart ment sails April 6 from Boston on the Cretic for Rome to study Maria Montessori systems. She will visit Houses of Childhood in Rome Paris London and Berne to assess practicability for American children. Accompanying her is Miss Cora Bunn of Waterloo. They expect to return by June 18 for summer session.
Chicago and St Louis market notes show receipts for hogs cattle and sheep today with steady to lower bids. Hogs 5 to 10 cents lower with prime to $6.52 1/2. cattle slow, price declines on steers and butcher stock. lambs firm with western lambs at about $7.40. sheep strong. Also CASH WHEAT and stock quotes from Chicago and New York with bids around $1.02 to $1.08 for wheat and mixed grain prices.
In Oskaloosa Iowa the Sixth district Republican convention adopted resolutions instructing delegates to Chicago to vote for the renomination of William Howard Taft. J C Mabray of Albia chaired. J A Davitt and Ellsworth Rominger likely to be delegates.
Members of the Ladies Auxiliary to the O. H. C. stage a four act farce titled College Days to raise funds for furnishing a hospital room at Fran scan hospital. Manager J Jally Jones secured the Crystal Theatre for practice and show with cast including Marcus Aurelius Gaskill Harold Mandeville Arthur Fowler Bullock Eggleston Lawrence Scott Percy Wilkins Olaf Nielsen Brown Harry Joyce Gilbert Shelley Edward McFarlane and others. A piano sale at FLO Evans Piano Co promises big savings with a forthcoming announcement.
A Waterloo high school concert in the manual training auditorium drew a full audience of pupils, parents, and residents. Numbers received hearty applause with several encores. The third grade girls sang Grown Up Land and the second grade wore Japanese costumes. the evening showcased the orchestra. Credit goes to Scott B Prowell, in charge of high school music, and Miss Bessie Churchill, head of grade music. Proceeds from the event were substantial.
A crowded city brief notes multiple local items. W. Brownlee left for Los Angeles. K. C. T. M. meets Friday night. Cedar Rapids and Chattanooga visits cited. baseball pitcher Hollenbeck heads to Chattanooga for Southern league tryouts. Rose Kratzer returns from Millerburg and Chicago. Dr. Isom called to Independence. G A R post meets Friday. weddings, house moves, and smallpox quarantine updates appear. auto company activities and a Star Foundry order from Melbourne are noted. temperature readings and March forecast conclude.
An evening gathering of the Galloway Girls Club introduced new president Miss Norah Smith and newly elected officers Miss Ada Hats and Miss Loita Cowlishaw, succeeding former president Miss Agnes Nehtyen. entertainment featured a stereopticon showing Egypt by Roy W. 1 Relling.
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