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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1916
Page
2
Dr. B. E. House at First Presbyterian outlines the drama of the human face as a map of inner life. He argues spiritual healing requires a clean life and Christian faith, with mental cleansing paving the way for faith, hope, and renewed mind.
Waterloo hotel bell-hops move into society with an upcoming first annual ball at Moose hall. Debate on dress uniforms versus other attire continues, with Ellis staff Mr. Johnson in charge of arrangements and input from various hotel employees.
A parish drive at St Mary’s Catholic Church targets debt reduction after a meeting with about 75 attendees. From Nov 20 to 25, Rev H P Rohlman leads a plan to call 500 parish members to solicit pledges toward a $15 300 debt payoff within two years, with Friedl as treasurer and Glaza as secretary.
An upbeat pitch describes a phonograph accessory that fixes record fades by keeping the motor wound between the lighting socket and the machine. The ad touts automatic operation, a neat fix for spoiled dances, and invites shoppers to compare around ten dollars as the standard price.
The article explains the gas mantle lamp, its invention by Dr. Carl Auer von Welsbach born 1858, with practical use starting in 1890. It describes mantle construction as a fabric sleeve impregnated with refractory oxides, coated to resist damage, and notes the impact on lighting and the Welsbach factories at Gloucester as a tribute to his work.
A wire service plans to flash returns as received with an expert operator in charge. The big office floor will be cleared of appliances and filled with four to five hundred chairs for comfort during the long evening. More details will be shown on site, inviting all to attend. You’ll be sorry to miss it.
Quan Quack Duck plans to visit his wife and two children in Canton after a decade in Waterloo laundry work. He last left home ten years ago and last visited five years ago, now departing again for his native country with hopes to return in August or September. He says the journey will be long and costly but worthwhile.
New York on November 1 reports Henry Clewn treasurer of the Dear Christmas Fund received a letter from J Ingenbleek state secretary to King Albert of Belgium praising the ongoing Christmas appeal. The king and queen express delight at the support and the continued effort to aid Belgians suffering in the conflict.
The article notes generous Americans have given to the dollar Christmas fund supporting destitute Belgian children with Christmas dinners and a daily winter meal, aiming to aid the relief commission. A total of $8,000 has been subscribed recently as officials warn wartime fatigue has drained Belgian vitality and left children suffering.
Mobile, Nov 1 Miss Kathrine Stinson the Mississippi aviatrix engaged for a series of flights here probably saved her machine from destruction yesterday after a gasoline spark set a wing aflame during a flight. She strapped herself in, freed her, tore off her jacket and smothered the flares, though she burned wrists and hands. The machine would be repaired and flights would continue.
In Vandalia Illinois an evangelist from the Heethren church was beaten in the pulpit at Mount Carmel after a personal clash with a church member. The scene turned violent as Rev Newman remained in the pulpit despite injuries, a doctor was summoned, and warrants were sworn out for three arrests as the congregation debated the preacher's sanity.
The Arvid, a Swedish steamer of 17% tons, foundered near Christiania amid heavy seas when a German submarine, once feared by merchant ships, rescued the crew. The rescued mariners were taken aboard the schooner Golden Gate for safe transfer.
A British steamer Polo of 1899 tons, carrying coal from Newcastle to Alexandrovek on Kola Fjord, Northern Finland, was sunk by a submarine thirty miles off North Cape. One survivor reports a wrecked scene with Eunice Rine leading the rescue of 23 crew members.
Marriage license notices list couples including Marry G Sister of Marshalltown and Alleca D Darling of Chicago with other individuals Yadys E Scothorn of Waterloo and Clarence J Halverson of West Union, outlining names and ages in a terse notice.
Rosa M Keller of Alburtis Pa says Vinci improved her appetite and sleep after a nervous rundown. The ad promotes Vinci as a general health tonic with liver peptones and other ingredients, offered by Wangler Bros Co and J Miller in Waterloo and in Iowa towns.
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