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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1912
Page
4
A long list of campus and community groups hold social events and meetings Friday and Friday afternoon. The Fortnightly club exchange papers at the public library west while many churches and lodges host receptions, dances, and initiations. Other groups plan dinners, picnics, and sewing for charity at various church parlors and clubrooms.
To obtain the courier up to date pattern of accompanying design, fill out the coupon and send it to Fashion Department Waterloeo Evening Courier with 10 vents for each pattern. Patterns allow teams. All orders filled as soon as possible, but should reach you in ten days after sending in your order.
The column lists a vocal solo by Little Allene Hosteter and songs by Schultz, Mann, Irene Knapp, and Virginia Platt. Hostesses Laura Cutler and Ira J. A. Utter served refreshments after the program. Upcoming events include a Home Baking Sale by First Baptist Church at A. H. Pinkerton store.
Members accepted into a club with sewing and music as Florence Chilcote and Mrs Cunningham performed. Easter decorations set the tone for a two course tea. meetings to reconvene at Mrs Thilgens on Fourth Street. Also reports a Walnut Street Baptist Sunday school sewing gathering with picnic lunch and two week return visit. Ra Gra Ka club hosted by Grace Bailey with initiations and music. Farewell reception for Rev and Mrs Bauernfeind at Emanuel Church. Knuf Kirk party at the Majestic theatre with a two course repast and planned future meeting location unknown.
Postal orders across the nation broke a daily record at the Waterloo post office with 1,238 blue slips cashed. The prior mark was 586. orders came from every state except Rhode Island and New Hampshire, plus Alaska, the canal zone, Hawaii, and the Philippine Islands.
Waterloo officials have received no further advices about the train carrying Colonel Roosevelt through the city en route to Minneapolis. It is believed the eminent presidential candidate will occupy the train and pass the city soon.
A home beauty preparation claims saxolite powder dissolved in witch hazel applied to face neck and hands tightens skin and reduces wrinkles and folds. The article promises immediate results and notes continued use can make a person look five to ten years younger.
If reverses come there is no collateral easily turned into cash though diamonds rise in value each year.
A special train may be assembled at Cedar Rapids and sent north if No 68 runs late. Mr Roosevelt is due in Minneapolis by 6 pm, with arrival in Waterloo around 10 pm, suggesting he may travel on the regular or a special train depending on delays.
An advertisement urges women to slim down by Marmola Prescription Tablets, selling a large case for seventy five cents. It promises rapid loss of excess fat, claims safety and harmless use, and cites the Marmola Company Detroit as the source.
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