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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1912
Page
10
The Great Rush for New Silk Dress Goods and Trimmings has led us to hire extra help. Waterloo’s most inviting merchandise is showcased to illustrate our rapidly growing business and invites inspection and comparison at all times.
Wool dress goods sale features 97 inch black and colored Messalines priced at 1.00 value shown. Also plain and fancy suitings in the 1.50 yard range offered Monday at 1.96 per yard.
Waterloo shoppers are invited to view a comprehensive spring display featuring Kid and Fabrice gloves, Laster gowns, corsage bouquets, coats, waist sets, ribbon novelties, and imported items. Dennison Goods Demonstration draws crowds, with Easter flowers and decorations on sale and orders welcome.
Exclusive imported jewelry novelties offered only in Waterloo feature new neck chains Lavelleres rings tortoise shell goods sash pins beauty pins buckles barrettes back combs oriental beat chains cloisonne novelties buttons pins hat and bonnet pins with department boasting lower prices than standard jewelry stores and inviting comparisons.
The new hand bags introduce a fresh shape and suit any costume. Lace and lingerie bags gain approval from fashion houses with a varied assortment now on display.
Leather novelties for tourists feature many new ideas including soft folding car slippers drinking cups money belts garters toilet and manicure cages portfolios magazine covers card cases bill books collar and cuff cases and leather files for both ladies and men.
A Monday sale advertises embroidery items with 45 inch flouncings and corset cover embroideries priced around 1.98 to 3.00. Wash goods include Serpentine Crepe and Zephyr Ginghams with prices listed in cents, highlighting crinkle seersuckers at 16 cents.
A long list of local social events and club gatherings is described, including Waffle suppers by the Ladies' Ald society of the First Presbyterian Church, various chapter meetings, dances by the Kika Dancing club, and a string of luncheons, receptions, and public social functions across Waterloo venues. The piece also notes talks by Reverend Effie McCollum Jones on the Passion Play at Oberammergau and a joint G.A.R. hall meeting by Robert Anderson post and Lincoln circle.
In Davenport Iowa on March 23 Carl Brown of Waterloo welterweight champion of the middle west was substituted for Jesse Slaymaker of Albany against Gus Tappas Montreal Greek in a finishing wrestling match set for Rock Island next Thursday Slaymaker injured his arm in a boat accident with Shorty Gamble of Burlington last Thursday and may be unfit for the bout
Frank W. Edwards of Kingsley joins the law firm formerly Sacer Sweet Sager to form Sager Sweet Edwards. The Waterloo office opens at 211 1 2 Fourth Street East in the Security Savings Bank building. Edwards, a Cornell College and University of Michigan Law School graduate, has built a lucrative Kingsley practice and moved his family to Waterloo.
A compact listing of basement sale items including 27 inch percale sheets, Le Staple apron ginghams, wide sheetings and pillow tubings, all offered at a variety of small prices with a one fifth off discount noted.
Waterloo clerks, stenographers and office girls are invited to join a 1912 membership contest running March 25 to April 2. Points reward one for a dollar membership, five for a thirty five sustaining membership. Teams may recruit from all city classes, with cards issued by Monday afternoon. Chairwoman Mrs N F Fisher leads the membership committee aiming to match or exceed last year’s strong numbers despite doubts from larger associations.
H. T. Wagner is an honest, capable and energetic young man. He deserves your vote for city auditor.
March 22 in St Louis Daniel Callahan was arrested and indicted for attempting to rob Bremen postoffice four years ago. He faces arraignment before U S District Judge D P Prer and is linked to robberies totaling 200 900 dollars in other cities. Callahan admits identity but stays silent. He will be tried on the same indictment as William Rastus James Sheridan and Martin Thorsen, already convicted and sent to Fort Leavenworth.
Traffic on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad was delayed for hours by a landslide near Fort Madison Iowa. About a hundred feet of track were covered with earth nearly ten feet deep, after thaw weather washed soil from overhanging bluffs.
A lecturer at the First M E Church spoke Monday on The Worlds Battle Ground outlining the global struggle and its impact on faith and daily life.
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