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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1916
Page
14
A long list of Waterloo area gatherings showcases women’s clubs, teas, and socials at churches and homes. Highlights include the Mothers in Linden M S advocating suffrage, G L G class picnic at First Baptist, and numerous hostess roles, decorations, luncheons, and entertainments observed across multiple neighborhoods.
In Berlin on March 83, Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg secured a victory for conciliatory policy toward neutrals as the Reichstag crisis over the submarine issue ended. Leaders from all parties praised the chancellor's secret-session explanation, and the Progressive Liberal party moved to delay measures hindering his dealings with America and neutrals. A bake sale by the ladies of St. Mark's Episcopal Church is listed in the advertisement.
A gathering of past presidents and educators discussed standards in education at the First Congregational meeting. Speakers criticized overformal schooling and urged reforms toward church-based guidance, with emphasis on training, personality, and work as core elements of learning.
Announcement from New York that Miss Gordon, 26, an orphan daughter of late General J. S. Gordon, will wed Dr Crazy T. Grauyson, Wilson's physician. The ceremony may occur in New York or Washington within two months, with President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson planning to attend. Miss Gordon and Mrs. Wilson were close friends before either entered the White House.
New timecard takes effect next Sunday April 2 on the Witness Cantera line. Key changes include the westbound No 1d departure for Omaha Sioux City and Sioux Falls, ten minute intervals beginning around 6 40 a.m. More details follow in the timetable.
An unreadable OCR item describes departures numbered No 16 Eastbound at 1230 and No 1h and No 2k trains with altered routes to Stanx Malls and Challengo. Details are garbled but indicate shortened travel time and transfers, timing around noon.
Old style drug ad promotes California Syrup of Figs as a laxative for children and adults. Claims its formula cleanses stomachs, relieves fever and irritability, and ends constipation within hours. Warns against counterfeit brands and urges buying the genuine bottle from the California Fig Syrup Company at 60 cents.
The Clipper westbound will be shortened by five minutes from Dubuque, arriving at 7:24 instead of 7:30 due to terminal conditions in Central Station Chicago affecting No. 16.
An advertisement extols Gets-It as the supreme corn remedy, attacking imitators like Cats-It. It claims rapid, painless action, no tools needed, and lasting results. Available at 250 per bottle or by mail from BL Lawrence & Co., Chicago, Illinois.
The Evening Courier Fashion Department advertises up-to-date Courier patterns with a 10 cent price per pattern. Orders to Waterloo deliverable in ten days, featuring a Ladies' Combination Corset Cover and Drawers in six bust sizes from 24 to 44 inches, requiring 3 yards of 36 inch material for a medium size.
Drugist B. W. Schuneman of the Schuneman Drug Co. in Waterloo commends Tanlac as a universal remedy. He asserts it has brought relief to families from stomach, kidney, liver, and rheumatic ailments and praises Tanlac’s proven reliability and customer satisfaction.
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