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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1913
Page
4
Editor William A. Bridgent promotes the square Italian villa house as a modern, economical home design. The 27 by 28 foot plan shows a living room, dining room, kitchen with pantry, and an open stair to two second-floor bedrooms, with a practical layout, green slate roof, exposed lumber finished in oak and mahogany, and total estimated cost of 4400 dollars including hot water heating and lighting.
In a New York studio a large class of women and girls sketched from a semi-nude male model. The young Italian posed with his head thrown back and arms raised, legs extended in a Bacchanalian pose while one student focused on his shoulder.
The article discusses arranging bathroom fixtures on the first floor to simplify plumbing, preferring interior partition walls to reduce freezing risk. It then describes the house exterior with cement plaster on wood lath and pebble dash, and notes broad wooden brackets supporting the roof and porch cornice. The scene shifts to a classroom sketching scene with cultural interactions and a German student’s stern interruption. It ends with a curious zoological note on cats and whiskers not regrowing once shed, linked to climate and animal migration.
A Waterloo reader signed A. Volunteer argues the newspaper should focus on delivering news quickly and impartially. He criticizes calls to prioritize society, religious disputes, or sensational topics and defends the paper as a general news source, not a forum for crusades.
The Majestic vaudeville ends today with Boehm's Five Athletic Girls praised for their physical culture act. Tomorrow's high bill features Ethel Whiteside and her Picks, fresh from Chicago. Also featured are Dudley and Parsons in song and dance, Joe Lanigan the comedian, and a Laugh sketch by William Edmund and Co. including the act Help Wanted.
Dr W R Cothern Newport and Stirk schedule shows hours from 9 to 13 in the morning and from 7 to 8 in the evening on the specified date. The fragment indicates clinic or appointment times but lacks full context and location.
A promotion notes two features, the Kinemacolor Sandman and the latest in ladies lingerie for morning wear, described as equally as interesting and full of laughs.
St Marys Catholic church plans its annual bazaar at the Armory from October 20 to 25 with dancing each evening and suppers on several nights. Church ladies anticipate a more successful event than prior fairs and several features are planned.
The first five passenger limousine from Cadillac in the United States appeared in Waterloo and is on display at Morris Motor Car Co on Fifth Street East. It features blue broad cloth interior, full glass enclosure, electric lighting and starter, venting, sliding windows, and a rear secret compartment for tires. The ad notes its elegance and up-to-date design, with mattress repair services listed at 901 Sycamore St.
The Iowa Dairy Congress and Waterloo Woman's club host a baby health contest on October 15 16 and 17 with Dr Margaret V Clark as committee chair. Children twelve to thirty six months old from all Iowa may enter for scoring. Twelve medals will be awarded plus two sweepstakes. Free lectures on raising a prize baby run afternoons with demonstrations of bathing dressing and infant food by trained nurses. A judge school for physicians offers free practical work during Oct 15 16. Physicians statewide are invited to join and state their preferred work duration.
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