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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1914
Page
1
Cedar Falls brief notes report travel, visits, and events. Mrs. D. X. Hurd notes delivery issues. local clubs discuss meetings, charity work, and civic improvements. Typhoid illness claims Frank Wilbur. Mrs. O J Bloomer dies in Iowa City. funeral plans pending.
An advertisement claims Stuart’s Dyspepsia Tablets digest food efficiently and relieve stomach distress. It cites thousands of users including judges and asserts the product is the nation’s greatest dyspepsia remedy sold by druggists. A free sample offer and mail address are included.
The Waterloo chapter hosts a large Eastern Star convention with reports on past year work, charter changes, and a call to fraternalism. Grand matron addresses focus on governance, home board reforms, and future leadership as reception and program events unfold with music, readings, and dance.
The advert highlights a broad selection of high grade coats in distinctive styles with very reasonable prices. It urges shoppers not to buy a new coat until visiting the display, promising utmost satisfaction in this busy section. It emphasizes value and variety for fall fashion needs.
City briefs list various visits and small items including Scott Lamb returning from Omaha as superintendent of the W., GFL & N.. Peterson of Harvard Neu visiting a cousin. Mark Basford returning from ysvilis, Mo.. Dr. Ben Everall and Gus Johnson to Des Moines on business. a license to wed issued to Fred R. Plane and Alice E. Lyon. Ida M. Noss filing for partition against Walter Gorton. Miss Elizabeth Lewis visiting with her mother. Thomas J. Cleary traveling to Winona after a nephew's death. police judge Meyers away, Frank Knapp acting in his stead. Mrs. H. Bernbrook recovering from Mayo Clinic operation. Frank A. Fitzgerald returning home to Los Angeles after visit. J. H. DeBoard of Oskaloosa attending Iowa Laundriers meeting. M. E. Snell and W. M. Hogue in city visiting officials. Mrs. Harvey Smith hospitalized for glaucoma. Emily Starr recovering from serious operation at St. Francis hospital.
Mayor Thomason plans a special city council meeting tomorrow evening to accept Kingbard Hills pavement and transfer the aerial fire truck team from the fire department to the street cleaning department. Bryant Asphalt urged acceptance after work was ordered on petition. The fire committee failed to sell the team at a satisfactory price and will transfer it.
The fire committee closed a contract with Chicago Fire Hose Co. to purchase 1,500 feet of hose for 1950 dollars. Delivery is estimated within 30 days. Also noted is Crystal theatre today featuring Pathe Daily News and Mary Pickford Biograph reissue in the advertisement.
A vintage advertisement claims four ounces of liquid argon applied nightly dissolves dandruff, stops itching, and leaves hair fluffy and shiny after several applications. It asserts argon is inexpensive and available at drug stores and warns dandruff harms hair by making it dull dry and prone to loss.
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