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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1917
Page
6
Many groups report gatherings with new members joining Linger Longer and Three Link Circle plan upcoming Red Cross work. Obituary and marriage notices appear as Dorothy Empfield and Daniel Empfield wed in Denver, with future home in Denver. Presbyterian Auxiliary and Willard hall plans, plus Knights of Security installation, dominate civic social calendar.
St Mark s Episcopal St Margaret s guild hosted an open meeting with M ines Calvin L Kingsley G S Millard Charles Stearns and George B Worthen present Rev Thomas Horton the new rector spoke First MW Miss Marie Whiteman hosted Philathea class at her South street home with music and guessing contests St Paul s The Foreign Missionary Society will hold a chicken supper tonight at the church followed by a reception for retiring and incoming pastors First Baptist Homemakers band planned four months activities Mrs Van Schoyeck chaired Card Party The Ladies of the Sacred Heart will host a card party Thursday evening in the school auditoriums.
County treasurer W. J. Burbank reports September tax receipts totaling 349206.64 with daily balances recorded by Mrs. May DeLong. Staff review delinquent accounts and plan notices. unpaid taxes may lead to land advertised for sale.
The first public program of the school year will be held next week in the assembly room at West High. The Omega Society will present the event as part of the school calendar.
A program planned for 1:50 p m includes a welcome by Harold Muller and musical number Can't Yo Hear Me Callin' by Caroline, a Boys Glee Club oration Clarence Wilson and Katherine Flynn readings, Helen Cowles vocal solo, Ethics of the Flag by Leland Burbank and reading, Fred Deve piano solo, Palmer Osterman reading, Virginia Woolley playlet The Third Man by cast Edna Kich ty Clara Belle Wilson Frances Chandler and Jake Schultz with an advertisement for Wang & Miller shoes.
Advert with claim that Stuart's Calcium Wafers improve skin tone and cleanse blood impurities. It promotes a free trial offer and a 50 cent box from any druggist, stating women suffer skin blemishes from blood disorders and pores are cleaned to reveal a beauty ideal.
The list shows new titles arriving at Library East for circulation on October 13 at 9 a.m. including military, history, fiction, poetry, and practical works by Andrews, Buchan, Clark, Dunsany, Lefevre, Riley, Rinehart, and many others with U S Medicine and Surgery bureau items and a large set of Iowa stories.
Winona Minnesota October 12 An appeal to the federal shipping board to build sell or lease on the installment basis a large fleet of river barges to enable the Mississippi river to take its place as America's greatest water highway relieving the railroads was quoted at the closing session of the sixteenth annual convention of the Upper Mississippi River improvement association here today.
Petrograd reports Roumanian war minister Gen Iancovescu met with American ambassador David R Francis to explain Roumania s growing need for Red Cross workers as World War I intensifies in the region.
Labor groups hear businessmen urging support as American aid is acknowledged for relief efforts. An interview with a general notes future needs including hundreds of relief workers and medicines, with Japan supplying some medicines while funds from America could help.
Washington reports the deficiency bill signed October 6 by the president appropriates 5.3566 billion dollars and authorizes more than 2 billion dollars in additional expenditures, described as the largest appropriation act in the country’s history.
Workers at several factories near noon urged correct voting on the constitutional prohibition amendment for next Monday. Waterloo labor leaders met informally to discuss the issue with strong support from laboring men aligning with the prohibition cause as state senators and representatives take the platform to advocate at Sunday meetings.
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