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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1911
Page
9
A pattern order note from the Waterloo Evening Courier details up-to-date courier patterns with seam allowances. Fill the coupon and send to the Fashion Department with 16 cents per pattern, with delivery expected within ten days after mailing.
At the Iowa State Dairy convention in Water loo a six day official and commercial butter test offered 500 dollars in cash. Twenty eight cows were tested by Ames College students and Dairy Commissioner staff to determine feed cost and six day profit per cow. A Nelson of Waverly dominated with top prizes in aged ten class for his herd of dairy cows, as computations were finalized yesterday.
Waterloo society notes a busy week with Missionary society meetings, a pretty luncheon for officers of Lady Maccabees, bridal returns, bridge club gathering, and a Brotherhood get together. notices cover the Larson Lenihan wedding in Cedar Rapids, M. B. A. Halloween party, chicken pie supper, and various class entertainments.
The Fortnightly club met at the public library to discuss The Indian Question with papers by Ben R Juicity and H Davis on topics including The Six Nations and The Sioux. Attendees debated government policies, Indian treatment, and land taking, praising reservations and education as a policy. The next meeting will cover The Great Men of the Colonial Era.
Mrs Margaret Holmes Bates advised against massage creams and liquid rouge saying artificial methods harm health. She praised mercolized wax as a natural treatment that removes the outer skin to reveal a fresher complexion without damage.
Practical home remedy claims saxolite dissolved in witch hazel tightens skin and underlying tissue to reduce crow's feet and aging signs. It is said to act as a tonic, improve orientation, and revitalize the face by nightly cleansing with the solution.
The article details a thimble bee by the Lady Maccabees of Walterlohive for church pledges, Sacred Heart Altar Society gathering with sewing, and a Labor temple event. It mentions a QO L club meeting with sewing, a Ladies' Social Union musicale at Mrs. Cropper's, Mikiets social plans with dancing, American Nobles reg meeting with new initiates, Westminster Missionary society talk on "Mormings," and a closing note on canned milk pricing at c.U. Bighmey's.
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