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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1913
Page
9
The column lists society items due by 11 a.m. for the day and 9 a.m. for the daily calendar, including club meetings, house parties, Luncheon plans, choir socials, and auxiliary gatherings across Waterloo Kensington and La Porte City venues with hostesses named and upcoming events at Mrs Brown’s apartments and local churches.
Beauty specialists announce a simple paste made from powdered delatone and water, applied for minutes to remove all hair on the skin in a single treatment. Skin becomes firm and smooth after washing. Advertisement notes to buy delatone in original packaging.
To obtain up-to-date Courier pattern of accompanying design fill out the c-ponm and send it to Fashion Department Evening Courier Waterloo. Enclose 10 cents for each pattern. Patterns allow seams. Orders filled as soon as possible, but you should receive within ten days after sending.
An out of town guest joined Mrs Louis Blackman at her La Porte avenue home for yesterday’s club meeting. A luncheon was served at noon. The group plans to reconvene in two weeks.
Waterloo cattle congress officials confirm requests for permanent booths by James Manufacturing Co Fort Atkinson and De Laval Cream Separator Co, with several others considering the same. The move signals a lasting mammoth cattle display at the Waterloo show grounds as a wise investment yielding profits for breeders and manufacturers.
YWCA activities outlined include 4 pm vesper services with Mrs W L Clapp address and vocal solos by Mrs Josephine Shimer and Miss Grace McKean. Bible rally Monday at 3 pm, gym classes at 7 30 pm, a married ladies class formed, and a domestic science supper Tuesday at 6 pm. Dr Daniel D Davies speaks on emigration later. A Halloween social is planned for Oct 31 at the Y M C A.
Myers, a Waterloo physician advertising as a German specialist, claims immediate results from new treatments for chronic diseases in men women and children. He asserts patient comfort, insists on consultations at his office, cites not traveling, and notes hours and location beside a notice about Mrs. Munsey moving to Waterloo and mourning two sons.
After more than a year with blocked pedestrian routes, obstructions placed by the contractor around the site of the new James Black Dry Goods Co. building on Siquinone Street will be cleared by next Monday. Finishing cement walks on two sides begin today as theatre site preparations continue and work on the Russell-Lamson hotel eighth story advances with moulds erected.
The column urges relaxation as a daily practice noting tense dining room scenes and crowded trolley cars reveal signs of the times. It argues that taking moments to loosen mind and body improves digestion sleep and overall efficiency.
George J. Sager reports word from federal Judge Reed that the Waterloo term of court set for November 4 is postponed to January 23, 1914. Jurors summoned will be excused and a new panel drawn. A severe wind and electrical storm near Cerro Gordo damaged wires, uprooted trees, and destroyed three barns and a house.
A tense morning arraignment unfolds in Pax live Court as George Washington the Illinois Central foreman faces domestic strife. His wife, described as part negro and given to liquor, reportedly pointed a revolver at him demanding money and was jailed after a drunken dispute. Sealed verdicts cited include a $1,000 damage claim by a Greek plaintiff and a $100 commission suit. verdicts to be read Monday.
At yesterday's weekly meeting the water commissioners transacted routine business with no extensions granted. The Mil der Well Drilling Co. holds the contract for the fourth artesian well and is expected to begin work within a few days.
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