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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1911
Page
8
Tomorrow 1912 ad promotes ladies embroidered handkerchiefs at 89 cents a box and urges early Christmas shopping. It touts woven tissue products from a leading American manufacturer priced at 19 cents and mentions ladies flannel shirts as gift options.
Mr and Mrs Crompton celebrated their fifteenth wedding anniversary with a 7 o clock dinner party at their Forest avenue home. Misses Dina Nellie Crompton and Lucile Lininger helped serve a delicious menu as guests enjoyed an informal social evening and exchanged gifts of cut glass and chinaware.
A Chicago man recounts three years of facial acne causing severe disfigurement and insomnia. After failing pills and remedies, he used Cuticura Soap and Ointment following a booklet, reporting relief in days and complete cure after weeks. Potent claims include economical skin treatment and samples offered by Potter Drug.
The Lianes' auction proceeds from a portable sale of various clothing items held to benefit the treasury. Members and friends of WoC are invited to attend at 805 referseas day afternoon.
Older congregants were honored at Sunday services with 30 recognized during morning rites. Mrs Euphemia Peck, the church’s oldest member, celebrated her 90th birthday with a bouquet from the Ladies Aid. Dr Robert C Westenberg delivered a sermon on long life and progress from Giljoy Dip to aviation. In the evening, a sermon for men on “A Man and His Bank Account” drew a large audience as music and solos accompanied the program.
Public sale advertised for Mason Farm eight miles south of Waterloo on the Magle Center and Waterloo road. One hundred sixty acres tiled with high cultivation and strong improvements. sale includes horses, cattle, hogs, hay, grain, and machinery. Auction Tuesday November 88th with a fifty dollar buyer’s premium for referrals. witnesses from Cedar Rapids and Verlo to attend.
Visiting pastor Tev Wright from Lander Wyoming preached at Grace M. E. yesterday on The Sufferings of Jesus. He married Miss Anna Curlin of Waterlon. Friday the Sunday school board will meet with supper and school plans discussed. The Outlook class will hold an all day meeting at the church. John Andrews of Kimball's Dairy Farmer is in Chicago on business.
Waterloo relatives learned of the sudden death of Reginald Wilkins, age five, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Wilkins of Woodruff Wisconsin. Telegrams arrived yesterday confirming the loss, long feared due to a rapid decline after being reported in excellent health earlier in the week. The Wilkins family resided in Waterloo until recently and many local friends extend condolences.
John T. Christie, secretary of Christie Engine, completed arrangements for a special demonstration of the Christie engine in the afternoon of next Wednesday.
Bernbreck and Sibert announce a new shoe repairing department at their Waterson Stream laundry location at Fifth and Jefferson. It will be the country’s only laundry with a shoe repair machine and is expected to employ about twenty workmen. In addition to laundry, they already run hat cleaning and suit and garment cleaning and pressing, and, after launch, will renovate and clean worn apparel for both women and men.
The sermon notes a moral reflection on sin and suffering, citing David’s psalm about weakness from iniquity. It then pivots to practical health lessons, urging care for the body as a durable machine. The speaker offers medical specialties from head to heels, with a cash fee of 31.00 including medicine.
Mellin's Food is advertised as a sufficient balanced diet making babies well nourished and contented. A free sample offer invites readers to try Mellin's Food today.
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