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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1913
Page
8
Waterloo readers weighed in on the Mexico crisis with Huerta on one side and the United States on the other. Local bankers and executives urged restraint until Huerta protects clients, while others expect ongoing guerrilla action until education advances.
An advertisement touts Every Woman's Flesh Reducer claiming dramatic fat loss via baths, with a money back guarantee for a $2 package containing more product than the $1 size. It cites a tester weighing 201 pounds a month ago and 182 pounds after use, urging immediate action and listing Chicago distributors and local sponsors.
Brandon residents will gain a single telephone central after lines to the north were joined to the new board this week leaving only two lines on the east board. Local stores and residents visited Waterloo Urbana Gilbertville La Porte City and Prairie Creek as the community marks these changes.
Harrison Bunten of Vinton visited Brandon on Saturday as Brandon hosted Mr. Stumma’s farm sale. The text notes a purchaser bought the Chas. Stumma farm and mentions a Friday attendance at the sale.
Guy Heatty and DB W Anderson moved to Waterloo Friday. Mrs Elmer Lawless and daughter visited Mrs James Peck in Independence. William Brady plans a winter in Sioux City. Eva Pilcher of the IDHW spent Sunday with her brother Guy. Dora Norton visited Independence. Young people enjoyed a Luttrell party. Mr and Mrs JL Hutton of Earlville stayed with daughter Mrs Don Anderson. Lesie Worley, Jessie Van Orsdol and Hazel Rehburg attend Homer school. Mrs W E Powell attended Jennie Lotta’s wedding in Oelwe. James Orr’s new house to be plastered, a fine Homer township home. Fred Davis and Floyd Mitchells families visited Cedar Rapids. L A S meets at Mrs At Listy. Marie Stevenson and C B Brady assist. Rev Pooler returns from Tuscon to Alamakee county and renews friendships. Mrs James Orr suffered a brief stroke, improving with recovery hopes. R E Hall moves to Walker with plans to relocate wife to California. Mrs C W Van Orsdal returns from St Paul with business. M E church ladies hosted a pre social earning over $15. F F Weber and wife visited Waterloo stock show and friends. Jennie Elswood and children depart for Winsted Neb. Elswood to attend Grand Chapter C E S in Council Bluffs.
Ruth Cameron notes women's attitudes toward smoking. She argues that moderation is not a vice and that concern stems from a lack of shared experience rather than logical grounds. She stresses smoking as a harmless habit when not excessive.
Neighborhood testimony at Plymouth Mass on Oct 21 described conditions in the Eaton household prior to Rear Admiral Joseph G. Eaton’s death by poison last March. Neighbors testified about smoking habits and domestic tensions surrounding the late admiral and his widow Mrs Jennie May Eaton.
The Des Moines Register and Leader Davenport Daily Times and Waterloo Evening Courier are the sole Iowa newspapers with exhibits at the Associated Advertising Clubs convention in Davenport. Russell Kenneth Porter infant son of Mr and Mrs L J Porter of 1220 Bluff street died early this morning. Private funeral services will be held with interment in Elmwood cemetery.
A mangled OCR fragment mentions a local school board and contact details with a phone number. The readable bits show a dispute or decision pending but lack clear actions or names to identify a concrete event.
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