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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1914
Page
12
Community notes list residents visiting or traveling to nearby towns including Jesse, Jesup, Dubuque, Waterloo, Cedar Rapids and Lenox. Social visits span family, friends and business trips. Court term dates are noted and bankruptcy creditor meetings scheduled with initial dividends reported.
A dramatic newspaper ad touts Optona as a free prescription to restore vision and end eye strain. It claims readers can discard glasses after using a two ounce bottle diluted in water for eye baths two to four times daily, with quick relief and reduced inflammation.
Ben Spearman, colored, was arraigned before Judge Meyers on a larceny charge. The case was continued until this evening when the prosecuting witness will be present. Spearman allegedly stole two suitcases from another colored man. He was arrested in Chicago and released after returning the suitcases. William Phelps, 17, was held for passing a worthless check at the Metropole hotel but the proprietor decided not to prosecute.
A bank president reports that this Saturday the bank cashed 4% checks issued by various shops and ten workingmen. The past Saturdays already saw many workingmen’s checks cashed, but the recent rise drew attention beyond routine monitoring.
A Waterloo firm named Waterloo Dainty Co introduces a frozen dainty sold as a penny each. Four wagons operate in downtown Waterloo with plans for more. The product, a cross between ice cream and sherbet, has found quick sale.
On Wednesday evening at the First Methodist church the Men's club will hold its annual meeting to elect officers. Discussion will cover inviting Christine Miller, the noted contralto, who has drawn warm receptions in this city on two prior occasions, to make a return engagement.
Public notice confirms plans for Grace Lester a waitress at the Hummel hotel and Arthur Wharder a barber in the Black Hawk Bank building to marry soon. The couple do not reveal a date, and Grace’s parents live in Mason City. Also noted is a five day shoe sale by Wang and Miller and a relocation of Dr W R Cothern to Lafayette Building suite 407-9.
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