25 Nov 1919
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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1919
Page
3
A Waterloo and Independence social page reports multiple weddings, engagements, and gatherings. Miss Marie Frost and Walter J. Fordier wed at Sacred Heart in Waterloo. Gregory McHugh and L. D. Cash marry in Independence. setters include a Post-PTA meeting, recitals, and various birthday and dress-up events. Births and licenses noted.
Vague ad copy touts fixed low prices on items promising pleasing bargains. No clear brands dates or locations readable in the fragment.
Readers share formulas and advice for a depilatory powder and blackhead treatment using cornstarch borax almond meal and warm water to open pores then ice. Other notes warn against permanent hair removal and suggest hot water ice rubs and digestion-based whitening.
Miss Miriam Hurwich sister of the bride from the University of Minnesota attended the Chicago ceremony. Theresa Osterman of Minneapolis and Bara Warwich of Iowa college Ames are listed as siblings and relatives of the bride.
Residents along the Gilbertville Washburn road urge gravel surfacing. Volunteers offer to haul and spread gravel at no county cost. Board members travel to Washburn to locate a gravel pit as the two and a half mile road awaits final grading completed last summer.
The wedding of Harriett MacEachron to Capt William D. Thompson took place at 10:30 a.m. at the MacEachron home in Waterloo. The ceremony followed a decorative aisle of smilax with palms and white chrysanthemums, attended by family and friends. Capt Thompson, a Port Huron native and Argonne veteran, is an engineering graduate from Michigan Agricultural College and member of Tau Beta Pi. The bride, long active in local civic circles, is associated with Leavitt and Johnson and the Y M C A flying squadron. Out of town guests included Mrs George Webber and Lieut C A Buchanan of Des Moines, and other relatives from Goldfield, Cedar Rapids, Sioux City, and Emmetsburg.
City hall transformed into Cupid's bower as two couples sought magistrates for marriage. Mayor Thompson officiated Lawrence Dodge and Miss Goldie Hoeft of Charles City. Judge W N Birdsall united Edward J Slager and Bees Bessie Long of Brandon in a separate ceremony.
About three thousand to four thousand dollars worth of seized liquor was distributed today to St Francis and Presbyterian hospitals in Waterloo and Sartori hospital in Cedar Falls. From a raid three years ago, 288 quarts of whisky went out in 24 gallon lots, plus three quarts of wine and one gallon of alcohol to each hospital. Ten gallons of alcohol were boxed and sent to the state board of control. John B. Hammond, special liquor investigator, watched the distribution.
Michael Howard and William McKinley of St Paul Minnesota are in the city jail charged with stealing an automobile last Saturday night. They deny guilt as authorities recount the arrest in Iowa Falls where the youths were taken into custody.
Two men were taken into custody by Waterloo police after a car with Minnesota plates was intercepted early Sunday morning in lows Falls. John Golinvaux identified the car. The prisoners say they were hired in St. Paul to drive the car to Waterloo and deliver it at Hotel Ellis Saturday night. They have a lawyer and will be given a hearing once prepared.
Cedar Heights residents met last night to approve immediate work on cross streets to Liberty Avenue as part of Whitney road. A committee spoke with the mayor and street officials, and crews began leveling the intersections this morning to create temporary winter-ready crossings. A spring plan aims to permanently rework the roads.
A new Portsmouth historical society forms to buy and save the Paul Jones house where Capt. John Paul Jones lodged while the U S 8 Ranger era was under construction. The 1730 house by Capt Gregory Purcel stands 40 years old when Jones found lodgings there.
Plans are completed for a pep meeting at East High at 7 30 p m today. The assembly will feature clever stunts inspiring talks and attendance by all old graduates and four friends of the school.
A note highlights advertising as a constant element in public events. It asserts a media stance that promotional content accompanies ongoing activities and presentations, shaping audience expectations and engagement.
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