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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1912
Page
10
Officers of the Sons of Veterans and Auxiliary were hosted by Mr and Mrs R Brown at a 7 pm dinner in the G A R hall. Twenty set to a large table with a full course menu as a combined business session followed where Rev W F Spry joined as full member. Plans were laid for Memorial Day activities.
The Sunset club gathered at Mrs J D Colling's Clay street residence for a St Patrick themed afternoon with emblems, shamrocks and pipes on place cards, two course repast, and piano selections by Misses Dunham and Collins. Future gathering to be hosted by Mrs Ida Couey.
An advice piece promotes mercolized wax as a nightly skin treatment to remove blemishes and dead skin, claiming it reveals a natural, healthy complexion. The ad-style text urges readers to replace powders with this method and promises noticeable results by morning.
Several social events and club meetings are described including the Even Dozen club gathering hosted by Mrs W S Hoxle on Walnut Street with needlework and refreshment. W C C F No 405 met at K C hall with a talk on The Life of St Anthony and a social hour. Loyal Yoke Bearers held supper and business session at Central Church of Christ to support the flower fund. Daisy Maine visiting from Des Moines will attend a St Patrick five hundred party at a Franklin Street home.
Contractors anticipate a busy year as many voters support building funds and bond issues in city school elections. Major projects may include public buildings and improvements, with private owners also pushing for construction. Colds and germ diseases are warned dangers, with Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy promoted for sale.
Advertises a special mail offer for Waterloo readers: three publications The Watertoo Evening Courier, The Iowa Homestead, and the monthly Comm from Waterloo for $3.10, or a one year bundle for $5.10. Open to all Waterloo Evening Courier subscribers. Also notes Corn magazine, devoted to farming, aims to boost soil fertility for farmer profits. Isabel Garghill Beecher appears slated to speak tonight at First M. E. Church.
In Davenport Indiana on March 13 two cars collided head on in fog fifteen miles northeast of Davenport. About twenty passengers were bruised and shaken. Miss Ray Barnes, a Rettendorf teacher, suffered head injuries. Two women named as city police matrons will begin duties after March 16 and plans exist to modify City Hall to provide matron quarters.
Principal C W Cline announced the Waterloo East Senior Class honors at Wednesday assembly. The 40 graduates include 22 boys and 24 girls with top averages from 95 21 32 to 84 11 16. Salutatory by Sam Kiser and other honors listed. many students named for commencement program roles. Champlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets advertised at the end.
Waterloo honors Lou Goodyear in Dry Goods Reporter Chicago for window display work at Paul Davis Dry Goods now in Los Angeles. Article lauds his gift for backgrounds drapery and color harmony, with examples and photos. notes his training and quotes his view on artistry aiding trade.
School board members met yesterday at the Teving hotel to discuss building the Greenfield school. Attending were Sof Watersidge, Prof. AL T. iHukill, Carlton Sias, W. Campbell, G. T. Wilson, O. Tarmson, J. Kingsler, and all but Austin Burt and Prof. Northey who were detained. The board will meet Monday at the Tenvitt & Johnson National bank to organize and start the new year. Township caucus set for East Waterlog voters at Waterloo city hall March 18 7:30 p.m. Ken B Penney chairman.
H A Maine and C A Morris staged a friendly wrestling exhibition at the east side fire station last evening. Maine weighed 173 pounds, Morris 154. first fall in four minutes favored Maine, second fall longer as both weakened. Barney Oldfield joined the bout, but both competitors were carried to beds for rub downs. The aut dealer won the purse. Maine plans to reclaim it when he builds a new garage. A Chamberlain remedy ad follows.
Evangelist and Mrs Forsythe led a week of revival at the tabernacle drawing large crowds. The morning sermon on The Fellowship of His Sufferings moved many to renew or begin loyalty to Christ. A Booze address challenged men on saloon harm to boys. Women heard a second sermon. eight adults sought to rededicate. The week ends with strong forecasts of further sermons and community events.
Horace Dewey of Cedar Falls protests public markets allow hucksters to buy produce cheaply after closing and sell as fresh next day. He argues producers face direct competition and the principle is wrong. Gardeners near Cedar Falls support markets but oppose hucksters. Waterloo market boosts trick gardening and spurred large investments in garden plots and fruit plants.
Miss Margery Park winner of the humorous declamatory contest at North High will travel to Oelwein Friday to take part in the district contest. Miss Varber and Mrs L K Bark will accompany her. Murphy, 23, of 502 West Second Street, is released from quarantine after diphtheria.
In Janesville on Saturday Blanche Stiles hosted a gathering with Nev Nichols delivering a lecture on Lands of Sacred Story and preaching at the M E church Sunday. Oscar Vierce and Agnes Boomer wed at J G Boomer’s home with about fifty attendees. Boomer, a longtime teacher, and Pierce, an exemplary young man, plan a wedding trip then settle on a farm east of Waverly. Floyd Johnston began work Monday.
Advice on preserving kitchen sponges. Rinse after use, boil weekly in water with Gold Dust washing powder, then rinse in clear warm waters. Wash-cloths should be boiled in Gold Dust suds, thoroughly rinsed, sun-dried, and ironed. Thin linen crash cloths are preferred to heavy ones.
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