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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 19, 1912

Page

12

St Patrick Party Celebrations Highlight Soiree News

Miss Joretta Winterbottom hosts a St Patrick party for fourteen school friends at Town street home with green decorations music and a guessing contest won by Henrietta Taylor and Warren Norton. Mrs George Kistner marked sixty ninth birthday with forty two relatives at A W Kistner home. Dancing party by Ben Hur ladies drill team at Soash hall featured costumes and a forthcoming masque. Various clubs hosted lunches programs and meetings across the community with guests and local hostesses.

ST. Patrick Joretta Winterbotham Town Street Henrietta Taylor Warren Norton Tribe of Ben Hur St. Patrick’s Soash Hall

Courier patterns and local club notes in Wa terloo evening paper

Coupon orders for Courier patterns priced at ten cents each will be filled in about ten days by the Fashion Department. Miss Laura Colburn hosts a gathering as Dr J O Stevenson discusses The Future of America and the Monroe Doctrine role with Central America. Chester Bennett hosts T H B club at his Eleventh Street East home with games and refreshments as members pledge to vote the Good Government Ticket.

W. W. Miller M. B. Needlework Club Park Avenue East Warren Hellen E. L. Johnson H. M. Reed C. L. Club Irene Kentzelman Logan Avenue Herman Miller E. Perkins Madame Nordica Janette Kentzelman Lulu Dunbar Emma Boynton Florence Lowe S. E. Perkins Ogurez Club Grace Rodamar South Street Lillian Rodamar Mollie LaTier Eleventh Street F. &. McElhinney Monday Franklin Street Neil Jackson Virden Avenue Katherine Friend F. L Eickelberg Bvennual Evangelical Howard Bauernfeind Lafayette Street Fashion Department Wa- Terloo Evening Courier Wa- Terloqoo Laura Colburn J. O. Stevenson America Stevenson Central America T. H. B. Club Chester Bennett Eleventh Street East J. L. Bennett

Diamonds as an Investment from Asquith’s Jewelry

Advertising copy promotes diamonds as a secure investment that increase in value yearly. It claims diamonds convey prosperity and can be sold easily for cash, with an elegant selection sold under Asquith's guarantee. Diamond rings range from seven fifty to four hundred fifty dollars.

Asquith

Early Waterloo resident William Emerson dies in Nebraska

William Emerson, longtime Waterloo and Cedar Falls Union Mill participant and North Bend miller for nine years, died after a brief illness at his Nebraska home. Survived by widow, five sons and one daughter, he was the last of his immediate family. His body will return to Waterloo for burial with services set for Thursday.

Waterloo William Emerson Cedar Fas Cedar Falls H. B. Beekly Mr. Emerson Richard Holmes

Concert Tonight at Congregational Church

Miss Matilda Son soprano assisted by Miss Irene Malmin reader Miss Neva Bentley accompanist and H H Henley organist present a concert at the First Congregational under the Ladies Industrial society. The program has drawn praise from Minneapolis audiences and is expected to be highly enjoyable.

Matilda Son Irene Malmin Neva Bentley H. H H. Henley First Congregational Church Ladies’ Industrial Society Minneapolis

Thompson Ticket Strongest in Field

The Conservative ticket presents a public‑minded slate for Waterloo, opposing private business bias. It claims a clean record and growing support, with straw polls showing an overwhelming Conservative lead and endorsement of Thompson by the city's strongest organization.

Thompson Waterloo East West Side French Citizens Theexpense

New Location For Jewelry Store John Geertsen Opens Downtown

John Geertsen the jeweler is now at 511 Commercial Street after moving from Fourth Street West yesterday. The store shares space with a Singer sewing machine display and offers a larger, better lit quarters with a new line of goods. Geertsen invites old and new customers to visit the new location.

John Geertsen Commercial Street Fourth Street Geersten Singer Geertsen

Jones Black for alderman across Waterloo East Side

Townwide support backs Jones Black and allied candidates for alderman at large. Crystal Parent Plour priced at $1.4 per sack. Kor snie available through all grocers.

Crystal Parent Plour

Tax Ferret Gone in Black Hawk County After April First

Judge Benjamin McCoy ends a years long tax ferret contract and leaves Black Hawk County after April 1. The legislature ended the practice in Iowa, replacing it with a flat $3 per $1,000 assessment on mortgages, liens and estates. Supporters say the reform will halt outflow and keep taxes home.

Benjamin McCoy Black Hawk County Towa

Sermon Series On The City To Be Repeated

Rev. W. B. Sandford of Westminster Presbyterian will repeat his City lectures for wider church audiences. He will speak on consecutive Wednesdays at East Park Presbyterian and Thursdays at Northminster Presbyterian, beginning this week with the first talk delivered last Sunday.

W. B. Sandford Westminster Presbyterian Church East Park Presbyterian Church Northminster Presbyterian Church

Widow Susan Felton Opts for Statutory Distributive Share

In the estate of Nicholas Felton, widow Susan Felton filed in probate court to refuse the will’s provisions and elect to take her distributive share under the statutes. The Felton family lived for years near Washburn, with a note about an Evening Courier wanted.

Nicholas Felton Susan Felton Washburn

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