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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1919
Page
3
Thursday afternoon social clubs and luncheons described. The Black Hawk County Parent-Teacher Association semi annual meeting concluded with leadership changes. Announcements include Flora Ursprung wedding plans, Lady Frederick drama, and school social hour programs at John Fiske school.
Health advice outlines internal and external remedies for hollow shoulders. Internal treatment emphasizes daily deep breathing each morning with controlled inhalation and arm exercises to lift and expand the lungs. External method suggests hot wet cloths, cocoa butter massage, and nourishment for the skin and structure.
Mrs Ruth Hill longtime First M E Sunday school home department leader was honored yesterday by department members at Mrs FE Hoags home before she and her husband depart for California for the winter. The program included vocal selections and devotions. Also, Miss Vaisha Mayer hosted 11 Tonian class girls with games and piano pieces tonight. Other church groups held meetings and social events with gifts, receptions, and planned activities including a sewing circle annual shower and ladies aid plans.
A reflective piece urges readers to curb self pity by studying biographies of great figures. It cites Jane Austen, Francis Parkman, Scott, Audubon, Charles Lamb, Charlotte Bronte, Thackeray, and Harriett Beecher Stowe as examples of perseverance. The author invites readers to share troubles for tailored biographical antidotes.
Andrew and Imogene debate how to entertain a difficult guest, Nettie Smith’s cousin, fearing social missteps. Imogene frets over dances, cards, golf, theater, and social duties while Andrew offers cautious, joking guidance and support.
Anxious scene unfolds as a worried suitor promises support and aid to Imogene while debating drastic action. He hints at wiring the promoter of the "Isar gue of nations" as a drastic move, but her response reveals deep hurt and disillusion at the turned expectations.
Local jobbers predict higher sugar prices nationwide with 1914 German shortfall and higher U S per capita consumption blamed. They note Pittsburgh Buffalo belt current retailing 18 to 25 cents a pound and cite dry law impact as drinkers turn to sweets after July 1.
The report states beet sugar is sold in territory west of the city with sugar cheaper there than elsewhere. It claims sugar remains the only product not markedly increased since the war began, while other foods have risen from 100 to 200 percent.
The Black Hawk County Motor Trades bureau will meet Friday at 6 30 p m in Cedar Falls at the Black Hawk hotel. Harry Padden, president, will announce committees for the coming year and discuss entertainment preparations. The Des Moines state convention dates November 11 12 and 23 will be covered with plans to send as many members as possible. G V Orr, secretary, invites enter salesmen and mechanics to attend.
Grundy Center Tennessee reports multiple deaths in a few days. Wumke Wumkes died at his Lincoln Center area farm after months of dropsy illness. funeral Thursday at Lincoln Center church. L. &. Tracy, aged 62, dies in Grundy Center. funeral at M. 35 church. J. G. Janssen dies near Wellsburg from apoplexy at 34. survived by a widow and seven children, including Mrs. Elizabeth Riant.
A list notes residents near Wellsburg including Mrs Halen Swartz Bellevue la Henry Bidora Anko Kanawa and William Ben and Claud arriving on a farm. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Christian Reform church north of Wellsburg. John Zupp sold his north end residence to John Lefflers for 3000 and moved to his farm. Jake Stumberg sold two Main street frame buildings to Conrad Fricken for 6500. She Gottch millinery occupies one building and the other this pair. Two marriage licenses issued this week Ward Lumeken and Beatrice Lamken Gus Kolten and Arnestina Thoren. Miss Lora Drake and Harold Brown married Des Moines last week by Rev Ditman Smith. they will live on the Brown farm south of town.
Sioux City Iowa November 5 Peter Heg a merchant was fatally beaten by holdup men inside his business Monday night. He resisted and suffered a fractured skull and other injuries. The robbers fled with a large quantity of loot. The store lies in a densely populated residential area. A hatchet was used in the assault.
The Brotherhood meeting will be held in the church dining room at 6 15 tomorrow evening. Preparations are being made to accommodate every man in the church with ample good things.
Positive, simple cream made by mixing entol glycerine and water. Five ounces entol and two tablespoonfuls glycerine in a half pint water form a cream applied daily. Promises to remove light and deep wrinkles and age lines, claiming thousands of women saw remarkable results.
An easy depilatory method uses sulfo solution applied to skin dissolving hairs in moments without redness or irritation. Sold at drug stores for one dollar, it claims to leave skin soft with no sign of removal. The ad promises women can permanently free facial and body hair, regardless of skin delicacy.
A community sing led by George E. Turner will start the program. The G A R drum corps will be present and N F Kelly will recount his Italian front experiences as Y M C A worker. This marks the first Brotherhood meeting since reorganization.
Eggl shampoo claim presents a head wash that dissolves in hot water to form rich lather. It allegedly removes dirt and dead skin while cleansing the scalp and letting hair breathe. Priced at twenty five cents for twelve washes from drug stores.
A home facial claim describes a simple two ingredient formula using one ounce of zintone mixed in a pint of water with glycerine to produce a clear skin treatment. The ad asserts quick, visible results with a discount price of fifty cents for zintone and promises removal of spots mudiness and sallowness within days.
An advertisement touts a hair growth formula made from seater bay run beta quitol and optional witch hazel. It claims rapid, dramatic hair growth, dandruff disappearance, and stopping hair loss, with bald spots filling in a short time and hair becoming long and healthy.
A vintage health notice explains removing blackheads with netoxin dust on a hot water sponge, rubbing over the face to dissolve all sizes. It claims the powder yields clear skin, warns of unpinchable specks, and offers purchase via Cooper Pharmacal Co in Chicago with price.
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