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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1914
Page
14
An advertisement promotes Cascarets to ease constipation and stomach distress. It claims Cascarets cleanse the inside, relieve headaches and biliousness, and improve mood and energy. The ad notes a 16 cent box and urges readers to buy from druggists and consider children’s gentle cleansing.
The Waterloo Evening Courier announces the New Modern English Illustrated Dictionary distribution with six consecutive certificates. Professionals and readers praise its comprehensive vocabulary and modern slang coverage as many claimants line up for the handily bound volume.
Epworth League holds Wednesday meetings at members homes with prayer, business, games, and monthly refreshments. Mrs. Henry Dick of Creston, Kiinn., visits. newborn Nov 9, Mrs. Marion Boylan ill, mumps spread locally. Cemetery association advances bazaar planning. W F M S of M church held a fruitful session at Corey home. book is The Child in the Midst. Wiener roast and hot coffee follow. A. H. Overturf stable, Mrs. Burroughs in critical condition. Walter Klinck visits from Mlarkaville with Antoinette Zeller.
Dr. Irwin H. Richards, a 25 year missionary, describes wealth by number of wives and two paths to acquisition. He notes wives priced in tea cattle or iron hoes, women often seen as property, yet claims African women are physically ideal and happy. He plans a lecture on why the black man is black at Grate M. E. church tonight.
Local page notes Crystal theatre presenting Evelyn Nesbit Thaw in Threads of Destiny in five parts. Also reports on hospitalizations and illnesses in Parkersburg with updates on neighbors and family events including a funeral at German Reform church and school disruptions for Grace Getting due to illness.
M L OConnor of Independence expresses heartfelt thanks to friends for support during illness and after death of wife. thanks also to the Pythian Sisters for the grave service. A British agent buying mules for the army rejects all gray tubles, Kears they can be seen too far.
An advertisement for SKITCH soap product claims easy laundry with three teaspoons per boilerful. It features Mrs Joseph Bates of Chicago praising the ease and promises a ten or twenty cent package covers multiple washings, urging dealers to supply SKITCH or a free sample if not.
Percy Hullen, editor of the Courier and Reporter, expresses gratitude for readers' $223.20 donation to the Dollar Christmas Fund for homeless Belgians. He notes the funds will aid distress among the Belgian people and praises the generosity of contributors and the paper’s readers.
Readlyn reactions and weekly social happenings in Waverly area with visits and entertainments. Miss Martha Schutte hosts a party. Miss Clara Drunk and Marta Vialley finish courses and head home Saturday. a daughter born to Mr and Mrs W Steere on November 8. public auction of Wielota by Mr Scummer in Goen list last Saturday.
The assessors who will enumerate the 1985 state census across Black Hawk County townships and cities are listed, including names such as Augat Meter, J. Schmidt, Henry Thies, Nick Flaming, and George Heinz. The note directs readers to the Want Page.
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