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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1923
Page
2
The Literary department plans a 12 40 p m luncheon at Hotel Russell-Samson to honor Mrs A Starr Best who will speak on drama Friday afternoon. Reservations close noon Thursday. Mrs Bear receives club members later. hostesses and committee members listed oversee arrangements.
Business and Professional Women's club will keep its clubrooms until suitable permanent quarters are found. Members met at Hotel Russell Lamson grillroom for dinner and meeting. Clubrooms not to be used for dinners or large gatherings. arrangements will move events outside. Eight new members joined. Orchestra practice moved to Friday evening. Women planning a glee club to meet Miss Gail Wilbur Thursday in the clubrooms. Miss Marie Wardin entertained. Miss Agnes Thompson sang selections.
The piece argues happiness comes not from sheer wealth but from the upper middle class who earn their status, savor comforts, and balance work with leisure. It contrasts extreme riches and poverty, praising those with enough means to enjoy education, travel, and genuine friendships without social climbing pressures.
In a practical schedule the reader is advised to split care across a weekend and weekly routines. Tips include a shampoo with liquid cantle soap, a weekly scalp massage, cleansing facial and hand care, wrinkle treatment, and weekly extra cleansing. Manicure steps, pedicure care, and special treatments for pimples and blackheads are suggested with a caution on daily attention for persistent issues.
Church groups and school society meetings scheduled in the afternoon and evening. St Josephs Rosary society hosts a fruit shower. First Lutheran women's group meets. Cedar Heights Missionary Society plans an event with Mrs George Buchan. Catholic Girls Club holds a regular meeting with officers elected. Anna Muller to be married. sewing circle to meet at St Mar school wall with Mrs Grunewald and Mrs Keish as hostesses.
Mrs G Rt Bedessem hosts a bridge club luncheon and social hour at K of P hall. Tomorrow a short business social meets. outside invitees include Mrs Scott Stauffachear and Miss Grace Beaumont. Other groups plan sewing music and a child study gathering at Mrs J B Melbroom’s home. picnic lunch and Mother’s group activities noted.
Mrs. J. G. King returns to Waterloo to organize the Forget-Me-Not Day drive on Saturday, November 10 aided by the newly formed American Veterans of the World War unit. Proceeds fund veteran relief and rehabilitation with a aim to keep more funds at home for local veterans. Last year the drive raised about 1,200 dollars and helped veterans receive benefits and repay advances.
Fort Dodge representative J W Ford of the American Vibro lithic corporation urged the county board to inspect the paving operation in Marshalltown. Board members plan Friday trips to study the concrete pavement with granite weaving surface and the Red Ball route bid process for about two miles of highway.
A historical critique argues the automobile, while a great invention, enables nearly all crimes and social ills. It claims cars fuel murder and theft, obstruct prohibition, and affect family life, with criminals moving quickly and escapes easy, rendering jails less crowded but society worse.
Waterloo area report on to be General Methodist Conference electors with two Waterloo doctors among five possible, including Dr. B J Lockwood and Dr A B Curran. Waterloo favored for lay delegate, 400 delegates expected Friday. larger candidate class, several from Evanston and Meckville areas.
Local notices report Fay Smith visiting Fredericksburg friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Parker of Iowa City visit Cahill and also H L Bistles household in Greenfield, while the county receives a new steel flagstar at the courthouse grounds. Ideal weather follows a rainy spell with 72/40 temperatures and heavy dew. funeral in Cozad for A J Van referenced.
The night shift completed the concrete pour for the first floor and the remaining concreting is expected to finish this week. After that the superstructure will begin to rise as cold weather approaches.
Night work started on the new Paul Davis Dry Goods home attracting pedestrians who watched the inaugural lights brighten the Davis Building. Electric lamps illuminate a crew on Fourth and Commercial streets as work progresses.
A W Brown of Waterloo was appointed to the county jury commission yesterday replacing J I Swift who resigned. Other members are A Co Willford of Waterloo and F B Miller of Cedar Falls. The commission prepares the centermen list and draws grand and trial juries for the district court.
Uncle Harry and Joe echo longing for explorers while a lone French sailor completes a 5600 mile Atlantic voyage in 142 days. The discussion pivots from past legends to present world travel, noting railroads and planes reaching distant places.
The article celebrates bold feats from 260 mile per hour air speed to cross country flights and ocean travel while noting untouched regions. It highlights new expeditions by the National Geographic Society into Utah and other remote areas, urging continued curiosity about our world as explorers return with unknown facts.
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