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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 21, 1914

Page

3

Multi event social notices fill Waterloo pages

A long list of gatherings at churches clubs and homes in Waterloo describes Thursday and Friday activities. Hostesses include Miss Evelyn Woods and Mrs. Elghmey. events range from musicales and teas to May parties bazaars and card nights at Walnut Street Baptist First Presbyterian Westminster Westminster and other venues with attendees from local families and neighboring towns.

A. Wm W. H. Parke W. J. Peddig Evelyn Woods Helen Davis Myrtle Belange Helen McAlvin Alice Pound Northminster Presbyterian Church Miller Street H. J. Kress Ralp Brison Miles Walnut Btreet Baptist Aid Society Catholic Study Club C. E. McCarthy Golden Red Club George Chilcote I. DA. Club Ward O’neil Missionary Department First Presbyterian Women’s Working Association Mesdames A. M. Place C. ©. Balliett P. R. Pine First Named Stitch and Chatter Club Herbert Jones United Brethren Church Walnut Street Baptist Church Mra Car Rice H. C. Keiber Pbhilathea Keiber Josephine Tiediman Henry Petersen Gertrude Lenins L. E. Drake First Brethren Church Fred Willier Helen Gould Labor Temple Lincoln Circle Robert Anderson Post G. A. R. Hall M.B. A. Lodge Pinkerton Hall Sylvia Makinster Jane Stillwagon Madge Remner Geraldine Judd Mildred Phinney Fern Way Doris Fitzgerald William McManus Foy Fitzgerald Morrow F. E. Cutler George Richardson C. W. Caldwell Lanies' Social Union of the Universalist Church South Street R. B. Kilbourne Kudy Mexico Cuba Porto Rico G. H.edgington Lucy Kimball H. B. Kelly Westminster Presbyterian “Shurch Sans Souci Industrial Society of the First Congregational Shurch J. G. McAlvin C. J. Rugg D. Mitchell H. Northey S. Nor

Stolen Cash From Fosselman Ice Cream Firm

B F Beck manager of Fosselman Ice Cream Company at 722 Commercial Street saw a money sack containing 60 dollars vanish from the counter while he prepared to close for the day. A customer entered as he counted funds and returned to find the sack gone. The firm had a prior small cash loss from a robbed register weeks earlier.

B. F. Beck Fosselman Ice Cream Company Commercial Street

Judge Lee Defends Tax Valuation Rules in Iowa

Judge Lee tours the state asserting that the law fixes property assessed value at actual market value and warns against revising assessments by township boards. Senator Berry recalls reforms in 1897 changing who sets values and creating boards of review to ensure uniform, actual values.

Des Moines Twenty-sixth General Assembly Iowa Lee Board of Review W. A Berry Berry Boards of Review Board of Equalization State Executive Council

Growth Removed From Banister Patient At Waterloo

Kenneth Bannister's bedside reports at St. Francis hospital Waterloo were favorable. Specialists believed the femur growth to be cancer but surgery showed a tumorous growth removed yesterday. First band concert of the season drew a large street crowd after winter progress under Harold B. Wilcox. Mrs. Monroe Ashley heads to Rochester for cancer removal. J. Jarvis on sick list this week. Vera Cruz bombardment shown at Crystal Theatre today.

la Porte City Kenneth Bannister St. Francis Hospital Waterloo Harold B. Wilcox Monroe Ashley Rochester Minn J. Jarvis

Waterloo and Boise deemed most prosperous cities in center west

George H. Lichty returns from the coast praising Waterloo Idaho and Boise as the two most prosperous cities in the central and western U.S. He notes strong business activity, real estate and construction growth, and a forward looking spirit in both cities, with Portland Seattle and San Francisco also busy but money tighter.

Waterloo Boise Idaho George H. Lichty Mr. Lichty Buis West Lichty

Fire at A Connell y Carriage & Wagon Works

Fire department responded to a blaze at the A Connell y Carriage and Wagon Works on Doffernon Street. A wagon being painted sustained minor damage with no injuries reported.

A. Connelly Carriage & Wagon Works Doffernon Street

Anxious Future for Waterloo Express Workers

Five Waterloo men on the payroll of the United States Express company face possible job loss as liquidation looms on June 30. Local manager Fred B. Lathrop could not confirm head office plans, hinting at potential reorganization. An “on hand” sale will auction unclaimed packages dating back two years next Wednesday at Water street offices.

Waterloo United States Express Company Fred BR. Lathrop

Four Bronze Medals For High School Students

The Sons of the American Revolution will award bronze medals to top U S history pupils at year end ceremonies. St Marys St Josephs join East High and West High in the program with Alfred Longley J C Hartman and J C Murtagh set to present at the respective schools.

United States East West St. Joseph's St. Mary’s Austin Burt Mary's School Alfred Longley East High J. C. Hartman West High J. C. Murtagh St. Joseph's School

GED Woman Passes Away in Stockton Burials Planned

Mrs. Cordelia A. Simmons aged 84 died at 409 Cortlandt Street after a stroke a week earlier. She was born February 11, 1920 in New York and moved to Stockton, Illinois with husband Leopard Simmons in 1857. Surviving sons Rev Orlando J. Simmons of Bisbee Arizona and L. L. Simmons of this city. Funeral at Emanuel Evangelical church with interment in Stockton beside husband. Burial to follow at Stockton IL.

Cordelia A. Simmons W. L. Simmons Cortlandt Street Simmons Cordelia A. Bishop New York State Leopard Simmons Stockton Emeline Gilbert Ligs Onter Ind

How You Can Have Clear Hairless Skin

Inexpensive hair remover ad suggests using delatone powder to form a paste with water, apply to hairy areas for two to three minutes, then rub off and wash to remove residue. Claims the method is harmless when using the correct product and supplies the original powdered delatone for purchase.

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