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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1911
Page
3
A personal tale from Ottumwa Iowa recalls decades of eczema and hair loss followed by a claimed cure through a blood purifier, SS S gentle and Swift Specific Co. of Atlanta advertised as the permanent remedy. The piece presents medical rationale against salves and promotes book offers.
Sam Nelson returned home from a trip through Oklahoma with plans to buy land at Jang. The Cedar Falls band movement stalls but locals expect it to become a North Waterloo staple. Mrs Earl Pe plans a visit to Albert Lea St Paul and Minot. Emma Behrens visits Cedar Falls relatives and will return home tomorrow. Wade Werner has signed to act as backstop for the Waterloo Cubs on Sundays and holidays.
Mr and Mrs Bert Stroud and their daughter Violet performed at the Crorstal theater in the first half of the week. Acclaimed musicians, they delivered a clever act that delighted audiences. Personal friends in Waterloo in the theatrical profession regret their abbreviated stay.
Waterloo Town Criers discussed sending 15 to 20 members in uniform on a special train to the Associated Advertising Clubs of America national convention in Boston the first week in August. Funding ideas included citywide sale donations and member self payments, with a plan to distribute 10,000 four color books for convention promotion.
The Crystal theatre closes the week with Bert Von Klein and Grace Gibson from Motor Girl and Mim e World presenting original songs and Apache dance with their own scenery. Weston and Young perform a humor sketch titled A Modern Flotation. Juggling Nelson offers a premier juggling act. Curtiss and La Van present Dew and original acro dancing. Lord and Meek billed as Novelty Little Big People perform burlesque and parody. The show promises Crystal standard entertainment.
Manager A J Busby promises the biggest and best bill yet in Amusements. Tonight features the Three Rambler Sisters direct from eastern cities, hailed as top notches. Other acts include Dobes and Bere, Carrol Drew, Musical Mitchells, and Chas Hay, with every act a headliner.
The latest offering of greater vaudeville and lovers of bis style entertainment invites patrons to attend the theatre during the last three days of the week for a lively finale.
A compact aphorism argues rights end where others begin, noting a figure who treads on a neighbor's ground when asserting their own. The piece reflects on boundaries between individual liberty and communal respect.
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