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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1915
Page
3
Brief notes from Cedar Falls cover visits and dinners across Waterloo and Cedar Falls, church services, club meetings, and regional happenings. Topics include host families in Waterloo, hospital staff visits in Chicago, a memorial hospital event, a Y M C A prize rules, a federal building site purchase, a long time Cedar Falls resident’s death, and a 50th wedding anniversary in the area.
The talk by Hon F F Faville read at Walnut Street Baptist Church in Des Moines argued for better care for "the unfortunate girl" who goes wrong. It called for rescue homes and state supervision, criticizing harsh father figures and urging public support for Florence Crittenden homes and reformed education.
Walnuts Street Church hosted a Sunday night session led by Kuward P. Devine, head of the New York School of Philanthropy. He urged Iowa to fund larger schools and industrial democracy while praising local thrift and discipline amidst wartime concerns.
An old advertisement touts Pape's Dianepsin as a rapid cure for indigestion and dyspepsia. It claims the product eliminates bloating, belching, heartburn, nausea, and sour stomach, restoring appetite and permitting longer, comfortable meals with no laxatives needed. It urges readers to buy a 60 cent case from a druggist and enjoy relief within five minutes.
Staged under competent direction with a splendid cast the fairy operetta The House That Jack Built will be heard at Waterloo Friday and Saturday Dec 10 and 11 with a Saturday matinee. Mrs H R Reynolds directs rehearsals, having presented the show for eight years with success. she develops character ideas rather than pushing actors allowing natural expression. A fine cast is assembling and the production is expected to be the best amateur show ever given in the city.
Rev. George B. Shoemaker, longtime minister in the Upper Iowa conference, nearly forgot the church offering at St Pauls Church last night. Orleans choir members reminded him, preventing a lapse before dismissal. Mr F J Sessions spoke on the state orphans home at Davenport and offered an encouraging address.
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