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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1917
Page
6
My America league finished 140 comfort kits for an ambulance company after two dozen were sent yesterday. Several clubs met yesterday with hosts and elected officers, while weddings and receptions filled the day with ceremonies at Fairbank and Muscatine churches.
A large gathering of S. B. C. members met yesterday to work on Red Cross projects including quilting and making comforts. Mrs. S. P. Hoover presided at the business session and a $50 bond was approved for purchase. Burton Avenue circle plans a Halloween party hosted by Mrs. R. Bramble open to members and friends.
A vintage ad extols a lemon based skin softener. Mix two fresh lemons with three ounces of orchard white in a bottle, strain pulp, and massage daily to whiten and beautify skin. It promises lasting freshness for face neck arms and hands with a sweet fragrance.
Walnut Street Baptist church hosts a Baptist Young People’s union Halloween sociable tonight. First bonds next week. Liberty loan bonds of the first issue likely ready for distribution to subscribers by Waterloo region next week. Tanks have received only a few bonds of each denomination. For rent 7 room furnished house Eastside. Phone Black 427.
Mason City, Oct. 19. J. W. Holden of Scranton was reappointed to the state highway commission for a second term by Gov. Harding. First term expired in July. Commission members visited the paved highway bets near here and Clear Lake. France Gets Loan. Washington, Oct. 19. The government today advanced to France 20 million dollars, bringing total loans to the allies to 2,731,400,000.
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