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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1921
Page
2
The second annual vocations conference heads to Waterloo with Miss Maria Leonard of Coe College among speakers. Local groups gather for M. B. A. Frolics, Royal Neighbors delegates return from Cedar Rapids, and many clubs host lectures, plays, teas, and dances for St Patrick's Day observances and community outreach.
Mrs. W. A. Firman hosted the Friendship club No. 23 with a large local attendance. Guests included Mrs. Q. A. Ostrander and son Harrin, Mrs. Anna Ellis, Mrs. William Jae lien, Mrs. Joe Mier, Mrs. Emm Chenier, and M endall Nelson Chicago, who contributed music with Mrs. Walker Cherokes. Entertainment featured several local women and Mr. Firman. picnic supper followed, decor reflected St. Patrick and shamrocks were given.
Edna Bent Forbes discusses fat versus thin bodies noting the old proverb about meat and poison. She argues digestion, not intake, determines weight, and explains that overweight women may fear food while underweight women with large appetites can gain when eating less as the digestive system rests and assimilates better. She cites common sayings and practical observations.
Ruth Cameron reflecting on a novel where a wife is faithful but cold and a husband is loyal and caring aside from infidelity. A reader suggests a striking view: he kept all vows except one while she kept none. The passage contrasts virtue and fault in marriage.
A letter discusses infidelity and mercy weighing sins by unhappiness rather than a single fault. The fragment shifts to a fantasy about Blue Brownies, a witch, and a lake quest for a key and a blue bean, with Petro stealing a bean and transforming with a bead of magic. A note reports Mr. MacDonough’s precautionary appendix operation after an acute attack.
The Blue Brownies help Petro vanish into a blue form after a ritual. The leader proclaims Petro now one of them and demands obedience as the Brownies recount their origin. They speak of a hidden cave beneath the old Blue Witch and her lost treasure.
E F MacDonough general secretary of the Greater Waterloo association was operated on for appendicitis at St Francis hospital at 8 a m He is reported to be recovering from the effects and the operation was described as very successful by the operating surgeon Despite the initial severity of the illness the patient is improving day by day
Waterloo grocers report women called today after last week’s Courier item on canned goods prices. Telephone inquiries surged as buyers seek confirmation and sales show a marked rise. The in-between season sees low home stocks and no fresh produce yet, making canned goods reasonably priced.
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