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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1920
Page
3
Waterloo and nearby hosts held a D A R dinner with 92 members and guests. Delegates were named for the state meeting in Clinton. Multiple clubs held meetings, programs, and entertainments at Mrs. Kennedy and other hosts, with music, book reviews, and civic reports featured.
Edna Kent Forbes offers advice for both fat and thin readers. Calorie lists guide fattening foods like olive oil and malted milk while suggesting bread with butter, cocoa over tea, and ample sleep. Readers ask about baths, weight norms, facial redness, and home remedies for sweating.
Tomorrow many churches in Waterloo will hold services at varied times across Advent season venues including Klitner Chapel Park Avenue and Walnut Street. Pastors listed include J. Agkins W. Wy Ewing and Rev. V. Ford with hours 2:30 pm 4 pm and 8 pm and multiple Sunday school times, prayer meetings, and youth activities across churches on Walnut Maple and Fifth Streets.
A reflective piece on starting the day poorly and the spiral of delays. The author notes that late rising leads to wasted time, chained by the urge to steal minutes from sleep and then rush, causing more delays and疲ke. The text highlights the proverb haste makes waste and the loss of productivity.
A reflective note on a lost hour and a ruined day. The narrator laments wasted time from morning to night caused by chasing an hour already gone. The piece warns against reclaiming time by sacrificing sleep and cautions that repeating the same mistake proves foolish.
Evangelistic services arranged as part of the centenary plan to reach 1,000,000 souls will be held at the First Methodist Episcopal church beginning next week. Dr. Frank Willard Court will preach with music by a chorus choir directed by George K. Turner.
Rev G H Stauffacher of Cedar Rapids presiding elder leads final quarterly meeting of the conference year at Logan Avenue church. Sermons scheduled for both evenings.
Meetings at Mission Hall this week include W C T U Monday St Pauls M E Church Tuesday Union Congregational Church Wednesday prayer and bible study Friday The Gideons Saturday talk to boys by George P Clark Sunday There is a daily prayer service at 1220 p m
An editorial warns that high fashion demand for furs, especially muskrat skins used as Alaska seal substitutes, endangers muskrats across the Mississippi Valley. It notes price surges, aggressive trapping, and calls for stricter laws to protect fur bearing animals and preserve natural beauty.
A Sunday 5 p m service at Westminster Presbyterian features a largely Runkel and associates program. Mr Runkel and Mrs Beal lead vocal solos with instrumental pieces by Miss Maybell Mack, Miss Cowles, and Ethel Lawless. The program includes Bach Gounou, Berens and Hanar works with violin, cello, piano, and organ accompaniment.
Pastor Ray Clyde J. Askins of the First Baptist Church outlines a double series for Sunday services. The morning topic is The Twilight Call, and the evening message is Today Thou Shalt Be With Me in Paradise. For March 24 the sermons focus on Conquering Faith and the third utterance from the cross.
A church notes that the fourth and fifth utterances from the cross will be discussed this Sunday with the sixth and last topic set for the final sermons.
Bishop C J Kephart D D from Kansas City will preach Sunday evening at Graves Memorial United Brethren church. The speech will promote united enlistment and the interchurch world movement as its central themes. Dr William F Cronk, Des.
Maines district superintendent of the church will speak at the service. The evening program includes special music.
To obtain up-to-date patterns for accompanying design, fill out the coupon and send to Fashion Department, Evening Courier, Waterloo, enclosing 10 cents for each pattern. Patterns allow for seams. All orders filled as soon as possible, but should reach you in ten days after sending.
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