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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1911
Page
7
Waterloo residents hosted and chaperoned campus weekend events at Iowa State college in Ames. Local clubs held dances, teas, and sales while gatherings featured recitals, thimble bee fundraisers, and church society meetings.
Patterns offer fashionable designs with seams. Fill the coupon and send to Fashion Department Waterlooo Evening Courier with 10 cents per pattern. Orders filled quickly but arrive about ten days after sending.
Mrs Rebecca Doyle Foster a pioneer of Waverly dies Sunday at 11 15 am at her daughter Mrs R A Ellis 425 Bayard St after pneumonia and heart trouble She was born Oct 17 1843 in Nova Scotia and lived in Osage Iowa before settling in Waverly She leaves six children and five grandchildren Burial will be Wednesday at Old Home in Waverly with services by Rev J S Cole and Rev G W Hinkle Born in Canada she moved to Maine then Iowa in 1856 Burial in Waverly follows a residence funeral today and obituaries note Father Slattery's funeral details and Chicago physician connection
The Waterloo Evening Courier offers Webster's New Standard Dictionary Illustrated in exchange for six coupons from the paper plus a small bonus. Readers are urged to open the book at random and discover new words, with many praising the educational value and urging others to clip coupons and start the habit.
C. C. Lamson president of the Chamber of Commerce and Waterloo club will depart tonight for Kansas City Missouri to attend the Trans-Mississippi Business Congress sessions on November inclusive.
Real estate transfers list three parcels in Waterloo with nominal $1 sums: M H Hill to Maud Sweeney in Riverside, Waterloo Loan & Trust Co to Elsie L. Epperson in Forest Park, Benson Palmer to J T Rigdon in Linden Place. Tver Rathbun of Independence becomes a new student at Waterloo Business College this morning.
Rev. Father Slattery of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Chicago was summoned by death of his brother Dr. J. The report notes the cleric's return to the city for family bereavement.
The Coburn Players bring Shakespearean drama and comedies to Waterloo for nine annual tour, with a strong company and elaborate scenery, including Merry Mary on Tuesday. Sousa's Band performs Wednesday afternoon, George Evans Minstrels on Friday, with Vaughan Comfort acclaimed as top interlocutor.
The Walnut Street Baptist church women prepare an all day bazaar next Saturday with fancy work baking home canned fruit and Japanese art work display. Each church division will have a themed booth representing a month of the year with seasonal items for sale. Lunch at noon and a chicken pie supper will be served.
A YMCA men's gathering drew good attendance despite stormy weather. Des Moines state secretary W M Parsons spoke with Sam Williams of Chicago also addressing the group and Dr John Earl of Des Moines attended.
Dr Earl outlines twofold aim to keep liquor from men and men from liquor as the campaign against saloons intensifies. Secretary Parsons stays in the city and plans to depart tonight. A week of prayer features daily luncheon in the rooms with a strong leader to guide brief services. This evening league basketball games will be played and future games will be moved to Saturday and Monday nights.
Pythian Sisters announce a regular meeting Tuesday at the Pythian temple. Lydia Society meets Tuesday evening Nov 14 at Mrs W J Stevenson 220 Independence Ave. A Masons Waterloo Lodge No 103 has a stated meeting at the Masonic temple Tuesday Nov 14 with regular business and balloting. O F, No 465 meets Tuesday in K of C hall. dues expected. Court of Honor meets at 7 30 Wednesday evening with initiation and a dance. Queens Council American Nobles meets Wednesday Nov 15 with a cut glass dish giveaway and music. Architect C A Ralston travels to Marengo to meet Iowa county supervisors.
Mason City Iowa reports completion of 31 cement blocks this season, bringing total cement paving to 110 blocks over about six and a quarter miles. The cement project cost 914850, average 135 per square yard, with other blocks accounting for brick asphalt and creosote sections at varied rates.
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