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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1911
Page
8
A full blizzard hits with heavy snow after 1.25 inches of rain, lowering temperatures to freezing. May 1, 1911 records show mild previous day, forecasts of minor damage to vegetation, and notes April rainfall at 3.62 inches with 1.63 inches falling Saturday and Sunday. Weather observer R. B. Slippy cites record highs of 76 and lows of 13 for the closed month.
Yesterday services at the First Baptist featured Dr. Henry Williams speaking on The Larger Visions and Rev. E A Valiant addressing Tuberculosis as life as a divine temple. He urged care of the body as God’s dwelling and noted physical culture can be as devout as prayer. The organ was rebuilt for the occasion with Mrs J A Pinkerton directing music and Mr Barbour singing two solos.
The Theodore Thomas Orchestra returns for a Cedar Falls festival May 17 and 18 featuring fifty musicians six soloists and a college chorus in a music lovers feast.
Waterloo resident Mrs Lang Jane Garnsey sister of the late A T Weatherwax died after a week of pneumonia at her daughter's home 324 Allen Street She was born January 29 1834 in New York state married Ezra Garnsey and moved to Waterloo Her funeral was held Monday at 2 30 pm at her home Rev M G Munn officiated Burial followed in Fairview cemetery
Notable speakers gather for a public mass meeting at the Evangelical church in Cedar Falls on May 2. The event promotes a proposed Old People’s Home to be built on the Pfeiffer estate site in Idar Falls. Bishop Spreng and other dignitaries will address the plan and a building committee is expected to be formed.
J E Bates travels to study worship methods at Christian church and Walnut Street Baptists. He will report findings to the Epworth League after completing the visiting tour.
A relayed report describes a gathering at the county jail where Deputy Al Raymond was asked to open cell doors so prisoners could join in the corridor. He refused, citing risk of enclosure. inmates including women remained on the second floor yet heard songs prayers and exhortations.
George Wolverton, a tool dresser and blacksmith in the Milwaukee Central shops, plans retirement after twenty years in Waterloo. Others note layoffs, travels, visits, and family moves as workers like James Campbell, J H Horsley, and W H Synders depart or return.
The Cotton theatre in Cedar Falls is leased to 60 out of town partners for two months and will host vaudeville shows with Thursday program changes. Prices remain standard and the library system relocates 29,900 volumes to a new building amid wet weather. Miss Rachel Haight of Lebanon, Pa will be Horarian at the Travler’s college, and prominent Cedar Falls residents Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Snyder return from travels.
A one pound object on Earth would weigh twenty seven and a half pounds on the Sun due to the Sun’s stronger gravity. This figure highlights the vast gravitational difference between Earth and the Sun.
A new rheumatism powder remedy from the American Drug and Press Association claims a special formula by its chemists. Meritol Rheumatism Powders are marketed as easy to take and certain in results. Recommended by physicians and users, offered by Henderson Drug Co. as local representatives.
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