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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1912
Page
12
A historic store offers Easter promotions with a large selection of imported novelties. The Irish Lace Makers Demonstration begins April first. Watch for the new wall paper department opening on the fourth floor while carpet and house furnishing departments entice shoppers. A special set of discontinued Royal Society Package Embroideries closes at half price.
Demonstration events available all week offer free lessons in flower making. Ladies and children invited to attend. Orders are requested for Faster Kavors Place Cards and Decorations.
The Courier of Fifty Years Ago reports S D DeTray opens a barber shop near the Sherman house. It notes a 50 cent tobacco tax and a severe snow storm that blocks rail travel. Island No 10 is claimed by forces, with guns and transports. Other items discuss schools, K G C treason warnings, and Donelson casualties.
Daniel Fox aged 98 was the honored guest at a five generation reunion at his son A L Fox’s home 1026 Bertha Avenue Lake Mills IA. Forty relatives attended as the patriarch nears his centennial while family weddings anniversaries and a new student joined the day.
The Brotherhood of American Yeoman announces lease of a lodge room in the new P. Building on Commercial Street. Meetings will be held the second, fourth and fifth Friday evenings as before. This Friday they host a social in the new location with refreshments served.
Mr. C. G. Al M Devendorf returns from Wilkes Barre Pa to accept the general secretarial duties of the VY Ml tA and will start June 1. The Waterlo board of trustees is to meet next Tuesday and will consider successors. Devendorf has served as general secretary for four years building up the association and preserving its charter and finances. He and Mrs. Devendorf are active in church and association work and will move with their four children to a new environment.
The report lists out of town attendees including Mrs. A. M. Baker and two children from Westchester Washington county, Mrs. Robert Maillie and four children, EK. A. Fox and wife with four children of Oelwein, O. A. Fox of Fairbank, and Mr and Mrs. RK. Fox with their daughter and husband and granddaughter from Westgate.
Short items report Carl R. Davis’s Manchester trip on business. Waterton lodge plans a Masonic meeting to work on the degree. John F. Heath, a granite salesman, recovers from typhoid. Karl Brumble released after smallpox quarantine. Ivan E. Welch and Lena R. Wood wed yesterday at 3:30 PM. Fred Wight appointed division passenger agent for Chicago Great Western at Red Wing. Treasurer Bentley reports tax payments rush before April 1. Elklets plan a special installation meeting Wednesday at Elks Hall. Robert Daniels travels from Minneapolis to Idaho to resume government work. Mrs. W. A. Slippy improves after illness. Maude Slippy returns to Cornell College after vacation.
Get in early for Easter gloves with new kid and fabric styles. Shop now to avoid the last minute rush and inspect the latest designs ready for inspection.
Acting Chief Herman T. Wagner received a communication from Gary Indiana police seeking relatives of Christ Knudson killed March 19 by a crane fall in Gary steel mills. Knudson, about 23, 5'11", 170 pounds, Danish, had lived near Estherville previously, with family from a farm two and a half miles out. The letter asks help locating his parents or kin. Also note Mr and Mrs Edward C Andrews married last Thursday in Estherville and are visiting his mother at 615 Washington Street.
An old advertisement touts Danderine hair cleanse promising transformed hair in minutes. It claims removal of dust oil and dandruff while improving scalp health leading to new hair growth over weeks. The ad urges a 25 cent purchase and repeat use for fuller hair.
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