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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1920
Page
3
The society pages spotlight Halloween events as clubs and churches host masquerades, parties, and paving the season with costumes and decorations. Notable affairs include the Business & Professional Women's Club Halloween at Bridge Street quarters and multiple student and church gatherings with devotions, dances, and community services.
Edna Kent Forbes counsels on oily hair and dandruff, warning that frequent washing worsens condition. Recommends dry shampoos using powdered orris root or plain cornmeal to keep scalp dry, noting cornmeal is inexpensive and effective.
Ruth Cameron reflects on aging and the hesitation impulse causes. She contrasts youth’s quick acts with older restraint, noting how thinking often precedes action and sometimes leads to inaction. She recounts stopping herself from offering magazines and hesitating to greet boaters, urging fight against impulse stiffening as age advances.
New York October 25 Wilbur Walsh treasurer of the Democratic national committee said the party's entire campaign expense will be well within 1 000 000 He contrasted this with the Republican committee's receipts and expenditures saying ours look pitiably small but I shall not criticize the Republican committee for being rich nor the big interests funding lies about Gov Cox Walsh warned the country would be saved from disaster if Harding is elected at the hands of profiteers pro Germans little Americans and blinded partisans.
E F P MacDonough, general secretary of the Greater Waterloo Association, departed for Chicago to attend a three day convention of the National Association of Commercial Organization Secretaries. Discussions will cover operations and functions of commercial bodies and Iowa's aim to boost state secretary attendance.
The revival now in progress at Central Christian Church, led by Charles Be Early, features evangelist Mr Farley discussing Gods definition of sin. Creed J Hutcherson directs a chorus of about 75 voices, with daily 745 pm services and surveys prompting strong attendance and hopeful evangelism.
A Waterloo YMCA steering committee meeting drew near full church attendance as plans for Father and Son Week were outlined. The week begins November 7 with a sermon in every church and a subsequent banquet pairing fathers and sons with speakers. Schools will aid by distributing folders promoting the movement to homes. Advertising is emphasized to spread the spirit.
Local notes report returned travelers from weddings and business trips, police activity with minor auto accidents, and civic events. Delegates attend Eastern Star meetings in Des Moines while teachers certificate exams are planned in the county superintendent’s office. Also noted are a marriage in Kansas City, residents visiting New Hampton, a soldier’s coat theft, and a Ford abandoned on Lafayette Street.
The advance gift committee opened its drive today for donations to fund Salvation Army work in the state. Members include R L DeGon C Kimm H H B Kelly George Harris Dr W Powers Harry Kiester C Johnson P B Ritz Charles Chase and Walter Jensen. The drive should wrap by midweek after which general solicitation starts. Headquarters on the third floor of the M A Building will be used with Worthington Gregory directing efforts to finance the coming year. The M C A kindly lent the quarters.
Prayer meetings linked to revival services will be held at multiple homes on Tuesday at 130. Francis at 305 Baltimore Street, R B Black at 411 Riebl Street, H Linden Avenue 619, and Mrs Pardee at 517 Wellington Street are listed as host sites in Cedar Falls. Walter Wood, 18, suffered a badly fractured right leg in a collision between a motorcycle and an automobile near Readlyn yesterday. He is in Waverly Hospital for treatment.
Carl Freed, a vaudeville actor at a Waterloo theatre, faced trouble after a hotel room dispute at Hotel Rus sell-Lamson. His young partner shared the trouble. police were called but the couple left before arrival. Bonds of 25 and 310 were posted. Trial on three charges led to two convictions.
The Georgia state Democratic platform condemns the league of nations covenant and instructs senators to vote against it. It also endorses Gov. Cox and Franklin D Roosevelt for president and vice president.
Washington, D. C. Oct. 25. The supreme court refused to grant the request of Harry H. Mccartney of Chicago that it assume original jurisdiction over his suit in D C courts to compel Secretary Colby to promulgate the peace resolution passed by Congress last May. President Wilson vetoed the resolution and it was not passed over his veto.
Representatives from livestock exchanges across the country met in Chicago to form a committee. Everett C. Brown, president of the National Livestock Exchange, chaired as delegates from Sioux City, Sioux Falls, St. Joseph, St. Louis and other markets discussed reducing price volatility. The panel includes Brown, Wilson, Swift, White, Seymann, Agar, Greenwald, Waddell, Ingwersen, Jerrems, and Stafford to study supply demand alignment.
Washington reports that lower court decrees limiting Eastland disaster liability will stand after the Supreme Court refused to review cases for several victims. The list of marriage licenses follows, with names including George J. Harvey, Neva McBride, Leo L. Schori, Augusta Mosby, John Downs, Bernice Trust, William Kelley, Frances Heenan, Benjamin Tredwell, Effie Smith, and others from Lawler Elgin Waterloo Neb Fairburn.
Rev A Rabinowitz addressed a large Hebrew synagogue audience speaking on conditions in Palestine Russia and Poland. The talk raised 325 for the Orphan Asylum and Widows' Protection in Galilee. He was introduced by Rabbi B Yompolski and spoke in Hebrew before leaving for Sioux City. Also reports a Bolshevik armistice with Gen Petlura leader of Ukrainian forces from Lemberg Galicia.
Fourteen Japanese soldiers were killed and nine wounded in a battle with bandits at Chein Tao Manchuria in which the outlaws were routed. The bandits reportedly suffered heavy losses with sixteen killed.
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