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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 14, 1923

Page

11

Glass Night At West High For 1923 Graduates

Glass night at west high auditorium on Friday May 25 opens commencement festivities for the 1923 class. The program includes speeches songs poems and a one act play with students Ruth Doerfler and others. Graduation exercises follow June 1 with processional invocation and class song.

West High Dette Gracey Oley Iss Filna Christiansen Bors Cowell Dorothy Bickley Margery Corey Phil 1 Glass Dorothy Clasen Helen Hadish America Ruth Doerfler Jilse Caroline Cascaden Herman J Ohne Josephie Lumry W. H. Beachler First Congregational Church Josephine Lum Fred J. Cheme Ann Folk Salter Densmore Ave Cadman Philomel Diplomus Josephine Lumry

Mike Thrasher Held for Having a Still

Mike Thrasher of Waterloo was arrested at 5 p.m. Saturday by Deputy Sheriff A. Robinson at a tinshop where a still was being repaired. Thrasher said a man from four miles southeast of the city entrusted the contraption to him for repairs. He was held for investigation.

Mike Thrasher Waterloo A. Robinson Thrasher

Pentecostal Program at Central Christian Church

Pentecostal week observed at Central Christian church with Rev. C. V. Allison leading daily services at 7 45 p m except Saturday The announced subjects include Our Only Gift to God A Voice That Lures or Leads a Lighted Pathway Now Christ s Last Command Pentecost Then and Now Hypocrites on Sunday morning and evening

Central Christian Church C. V. Allison

Advertising and Publicity Through the Ages

ABE MARTIN muses on progress in advertising, noting vast spending across newspapers, billboards, magazines and circulars. He recalls old small ads and the shift to vivid, catchy pitches, with a playful tale of merchants and pruness and the rise of publicity in modern life.

White Way Marking Nears Davenport Completion

The White Way Highway association plans to finish marking the Omaha to Davenport route within days. Less than 60 miles linger near Davenport, funded by county subscriptions. The D-L-D route will take the number seven across Nebraska using the same Iowa style markings. Grinnell College to confer degrees on 108 graduates, 63 women and 45 men, with three BA recipients also earning BA in Music as the seventy seventh anniversary ceremony nears.

Cleopatra Madame Recamier Ambrose Selam New York Holtzer National Newspaper Service Des Moines White Way Highway Association Omaha Davenport Alex Fitznaugh Nebraska Grinnell Grinnell College ATL

Pictures and Songs for Mothers Day at Piret Church

Pictures and songs honoring mothers filled the Piret Congregational church last evening. The main auditorium and balcony were crowded as a two reel film on Abraham Lincoln’s babyhood played under improvised setup. Dr. Fred J. Clark moderated with light humor as brief interruptions occurred during Tom Lincoln’s scenes. The program highlighted Nancy Lincoln, famed as Lincoln’s mother, and noted the father’s illiteracy in contrast to the family’s virtues.

Piret Congregational Church Abraham Lincoln Fred J. Clark Mathin Dr. Clark Tom Lincoln Abe Nancy Fants Lincoln

Vacuum Shield rupture expert at Waterloo hotel appearance

E. J. Meinhardt, Chicago rupture expert, will demonstrate The Vacuum Shield at Russell Lamgon Hotel Waterloo on Saturday May 19. He promises rapid contraction and relief in all rupture cases with guaranteed results and warns against old style trusses. Demonstrations free 10 AM to 4 PM for all who call.

E. J. Meinhardt Chicago Russell-Lamgon Waterloo Meinhardt Molnhardi

Musical Program and Sermon Highlight Sacred Event

A religious gathering featured a film showing with an orchestra led by Mrs Jane Walla performing selections and a program of solo numbers. The choir presented pieces including Mother Machree Absent My Indebty Wonderful Mother Line Chimney Corner and others. Mrs Taff and Mrs Jack Patterson accompanied on piano while Ruth Bassett assisted with a vocal solo. Dr Clark delivered a morning talk on Hates and the Secularization of Modern Life.

Jane Walla Mother Machree F. J. Clark Mra. A. 4 Miderson Br. Burton Gotshall Arthur I. Jury

Railroad Men Welcome in Church Hospitality

Dr R P Muualburl, pastor, notes railroad workers attended a service at First Church in Furst Missouri. A conductor and a fellow employee who had a few hours off from a fresque train chose to visit, identifying with Methodist offerings and church life.

R. P. Vmualburl Furst Eharel Dr.Jurlbuch

GInLa Lemons Make Okin White Skin Beauty Remedy

An old advertisement touts a lemon based skin cream made from Jumour juice and Orchard White sold by druggists for a few cents. It promises a quarter pint of lotion to whiten and soften skin, reduce freckles, sunburn, and tan with a rosy complexion.

Tago Beautier

Church Ushers Welcome Visitors After Service

Plainly dressed visitors were warmly received by ushers at the church service. They greeted attendees, were shown to seats, and invited to return, sharing cordial hospitality and friendly handshakes at the close of worship.

Sham

Noted Conductor Reflects On Humble Rail Work

The conductor recalled how railroad men, dressed in old work clothes, were treated with respect as if in finest attire, reflecting pride in their station and craft despite modest garments.

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