Local clubs host anniversary and charity events around town
The issue highlights a large gathering honoring Mr and Mrs Lotus Sarvay on their fifty first wedding anniversary at the Brinkman home with First M E church members presenting a gift. Also noted are a concert by evangelist singer David Windel Reed at African M E church, a brief Fine Arts department meeting at Hotel Russell Lamson, and various club gatherings including Eta Dita Pi and W C Q F events with dinners, weddings and upcoming programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lotus Sarvay
J. E. Brinkman
Sarvay
M. BE. Church
F. W. Court
Brinkman
Mmes
G. Leffler
Thomas Reaney
Anna Becker
Hattie Eason
E. R- Shoemaker
Ralph Bruner
George Brinkman
Thomas Wells
Gereldine Brinkman
David Windel Reed
H. C. Boyd
Soaz
Reed
Fine Ars
Woman's Club
Russell-Lamson
L. Corton
R. A. Folk
Naneen Davis
Mises
F. G. Weston
DL. A. Watkins
B. W. Sigworth
Jones-Fry
Mise A
Avie Leane Fry
Glenn J. Jones
Vinton
Russell Liamson
Eta Dita Pi
R. A. Henzie
J. C. Forbes
Nobie Little
Jeanette Little
Shampoo Guidance and Beauty Tips from an Old Column
A fragmented beauty advice column discusses shampooing frequency and soap choices for different hair types. It prescribes pure Eastile soap, tar soap for brunettes with caution, and a henna shampoo for light or dark hair, plus a scalp massage and vaseline for dry parts. It also provides a general tonic formula and questions about female body measurements and color guidance for blondes and brunettes.
Among the Churches Farewell and Church Events
The First Brethren hosts a reception for Rev. and Mrs. H. L. Goughnour before their move to Manchester. Rev. W. H. Beacher, former First Brethren pastor, now with Ashland College, will lead services tomorrow and Friday evenings. Westminster Debora chapter meets at Mrs. Dewees, dolls prepared for hospital needs. First Evangelical hosts Faith ofrela with a picnic supper at the Y M C A, followed by a program and social.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Waterloo i
Frank Fisher
manage_ment
First_ Brethren
H. L. Goughnour
Manchester
Goughnour
Church Friends
Ministerial Association
W. H. Beacher
Ashland
Ashland College
First Brethren Church
Westminster Presbyterian
Deborah
W.A. Dewees
J. T. Houser
Faith Ofrela
Y, M
Bamboo grove advances near Savannah in unusual grass growth
A Savannah area report notes an extraordinary lawn like growth about 14 miles from the city. A grove of bamboo rises high, with espadesta suggested as East Indian and imported from China or Japan, marking an early garden curiosity observed near Savannah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Journal of Heredity
David Fairchild
Savannah
Ching
Japan
Iiret
Sacrificing Life for Things How We Choose
Red Cameron reflects on a drowning tragedy where youths chose gear over life and compares it to everyday life. The piece asks why people persist in sacrificing living to possessions, urging readers to value peace, health, time, and self respect over material gains.
Bamboo as a tree in name only and its varied uses
The article notes bamboo's unique status as a grass rather than a tree, describing its rapid vertical growth from ground level and its widespread utility. It contrasts bamboo with other forests and highlights Japan's use of bamboo products that astonish foreigners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eral
Java
Sumatra
Canada
Australia
Brazil
Egypt
Hawaii
Shwe Dagon Pagoda Pride of Burma described
The Shwe Dagon Pagoda in Rangoon dominates the cityscape atop a hill. Worshippers of all ages light candles and offer lotus at shrines while natives smoke long cigars. at a top stair landing a small reel holds loot from American Indians, waiting for someone to uncover its meaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burma
Shwe Bagen
Rangoon
Burmesa Nfe
Woman's bold display marks granted wish at visit
A woman with close cropped hair pushes through a crowd to add a jet black hair switch to a display. Her earlier prayer, related to a prior visit, has been granted and she testifies to her gratitude with the act.
Fire alarms report two calls with no damage found
Fire department records two alarms in 13 hours with no damage. One call at 7:20 p.m. from Rock Island freight station found a parachute rocket behind the building blazing out. The second at 7:20 a.m. from 122 Irving Street involved only a chimney fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Department
Rock Island
Irving Street
City in Brief: West End bridge end and local affairs
Notes from Iowa City area: Y M C A aid, glasses advertised, a marriage license issued for Glenn Howard Jones and Avis Leone Fry, travels and visitors, theatre manager on local property matters, and residents returning home. Rockets, lectures, fire scare, and a traffic disruption after a trolley wire incident. Local sales events, shoe and dress advertisements, and a church bazaar announced with details and timings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mig. J. S. Tuthill
Iowa City
Glenn Howard Jones
Avis Leone Fry
Vintun
Red Cross Enrollment Aims to Reach 6000 Americans in France
Virtually all Americans in France have joined the Red Cross campaign with the American embassy anticipating enrollment of more than six thousand American civilians in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED Cross
Paris
France
Famous Shakespearean Aimabary Sold to Philadelphia Firm
A Philadelphia book seller bought the Mars den J. Perry library of Providence for over 500000. The Perry Library, the finest Shakespeare collection offered, contains about 5000 volumes and will be broken up for collectors. It includes a rare 1619 first collected edition fragment, with fine prints, once linked to Jaggard’s 1619 edition and the Folio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Marsden J. Perry
Providence
KR. I
Perry
Shakespeare
London
Thomas Pavier
William Jaggard
To Ridward Gwynn and Count Goertz-Winsberg
Ridward Gwynn and Count Goertz-Winsberg, both tamdue col, are noted in the report as participants in the recent local event. The brief item lists their names and team affiliation with no further details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridward Gwynn
Count Goertz-Winsberg
Tamdue
Italians Lead in Human Hair Traff ic
The trade in human hair is a major industry with Italians at the forefront. Main supply comes from peasant women in Italy Dalmatia and Switzerland. Agents travel every four years to collect large quantities as hair growing is widely cultivated and yields good pay to producers. Women often lose half the hair at the back of the head while the rest is stretched over the exposed area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Dalmatia
Switzerland
Fragmented description of attire and scrutiny in trade
A fragment notes that a part and dressed in such a manners only to be detected on very careful scrutiny by those experienced in the trade.
New York Jurors See Chemist Testify On Liquor Trial
Government chemist Thomas A Gleason testified in a liquor sale case as bottles were passed for him to sample. He identified each liquor by type and the jury returned a not guilty verdict after deliberation. A closing sale figure cited as 369.50 and 55.00, with prices at Sternberg's noted as 49.50 and 34.50 for a Tricolette item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. D. BE. McBroom
Leavitt & Johnson
Aly Glan Haan
New York
Thomas A Gleason
Gleason
Sternberg's
Remarkable home remedies and beauty formulas advertised
A long-winded advertisement touts hair growth and dandruff cures. It promotes beta-quinol bay rum mixes, witch hazel, and zinc oxide related preparations, plus a facial cream recipe using zintone and glycerine. It claims rapid skin purification and hair restoration with low cost and home preparation.
You Can Wipe Off All Superfluous Hairs
An advertorial claim describes a startling permanent hair removal method using a sulfo solution applied with fingertips. It promises painless dissolution of unwanted hair without skin irritation or burns, claiming the skin remains soft and unmarked after rubbing away dissolved hairs.
Only a Question of Few Minutes to Get Rid of Blackheads
A historical note explains that traditional face creams and diets failed to remove blackheads. A new method uses a wet cloth with aerexia rubbed over the face to remove blackheads, including the tiniest, with notable skin improvement.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fred Bross
First Baptist Church
Petrova Club
Whi
la Lomita Eclub
Ray N. Lewis
Coterie Club
Mark Goswiller
Temple Rebekah Sociable
I. C. O. F. Ball
Ww. Cc
T. F. Conry
Mary Frost
Elizabeth Shaw
Chicago
Thimblebee
Helen Gould
L. B. Miller
W. D. L. Club
K. A. Rauth
Pide Tales
Red Cameron
Shwe Dagon
Bronson
Ansurance Arenucy
Altars
4Th St
Y.M
A. Aidy
Buchanag
Joseph Wiegins
Oneida Street
Kansas City
Albert Thompson
Cedar, Rapids
Sarath A. Garinger
Walter A. Garinger
Collage Street
Arthur G. Stolte
Des Moines
Lawrence T. Welch
Pittsburgh
Welch
Franklin
J.C. Curran
Emma Lambert
A. C. Fuller
Mr. Peterson
Commercial
Bridge Streets
Columbia and
Pathe Records
Brunswick Music Co
Kathryn Meek
Mast 4Th Street
Hanan
Emersons & Dealton
Muldoon’s
Mra
W. W. White
Plymouth Gang
Bazar
Bast Dik St
Ladies’ Aid of the
First Lutheran Church
Maple
Igh Streets
Churnery
America
Waterloo Ice Cream CO
East Sixth Street
Fashion Department
Evening Courier
Reyes
Cooper Pharmacai Jomprende
England
Dixie
Penick & Ford
Beer Rabbit
Penick Ford, Ltd
New Orleans
Penick
Orleans
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