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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1912
Page
8
Redeem ashable items and a sale on ribbons handbags neckwear handkerchiefs and ladies accessories. Includes soap toothpaste talcum and lemon products with low prices and limited quantities for tonight.
Mrs. L W Bryant hosted an informal card party on Lafayette Street with visiting guests from Rockford and Indianapolis. D A R meeting at Lime Street featured reports from delegates, current events, and Christmas party plans. The Ladies Industrial Society bazaar at First Congregational Church drew strong crowds and harvest supper, while a Y W cafeteria farewell honored Mrs Betl. A B A House Party brought Iowa State Teachers College students to Sans Souci for Romeo music and rest. Others include Monday events for Mincemb club and various civic activities at local churches and clubs.
Waterloo’s famed traveler George Tardy arrives to visit his father N C Tardy as he plans to rejoin Ringling Bros after winter quarters at Baraboo. He has circled North America since 1895 with circus troupes and recalls close calls, while local farmers struggle to hire help for the corn crop and police struggle with returning Chicago Great Western camp workers.
Herbert Nordwall, ex lieutenant in the Holland army, has reached New York on the final leg of a world tour he travels on foot. He wears wooden shoes and bright attire and says he has walked through Europe, Africa, India, China, Alaska, Canada, and the United States.
The undersigned express sincere thanks for kindness shown after the death of a wife and mother. Special thanks are extended to those who contributed flowers. No. METZ NW 7 METZ AND WIFE IL D. REPLOGLE AND WIFE A. R. METZ AND WIFE No saloons in Waterton for two try it Waterloo Business Yen's Tempermece Ass'n. teely arlinemanLy
Des Moines reports that a state wide survey promoted by educational institutions will study farmer income, farm renters needs, rural church policy, and conditions in rural schools. Rev Dr Warren H Wilson outlined the plan and defended farmers amid economic hardship, noting renters lack protections and land prices rise. The survey will collect income estimates, rural play facilities, church policy, and mural school conditions in Iowa.
Miss Leigh Paine, previously an instructor in West High mathematics, returns from Omaha and accepts the head of mathematics at the State Normal School in Chadron Nebraska. Mr. McClain will succeed her in the Waterloo schools.
Sessions of the Iowa state teachers convention ended in Des Moines with an address by Governor Herbert Hadley of Missouri. Officers elected include President J. H. Beveridge of Council Bluffs, VPs Willis E. Parsons Fairfield and Kate Logan Cherokee, Secretary O. E. Smith Indianola, Treasurer G. W. Sampson Cedar Falls, and executive committee member F. M. Hammitt Ottumwa.
New York Nov. 9 Democrats in congress urge Governor Wilson to begin his term by calling an extra session to revise the tariff. Word from Princeton says the governor has not decided his course. Also a Waterloo note mentions a business ad and Mrs Julia Kerr visiting Shell Rock for Sunday with relatives.
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