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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1913
Page
12
Miss Morgan returns to the millinery shop and invites customers to see Burgesser and Gage hats now on display. Miss Johnson oversees the workroom, promising skilled service as the new Fall Hats are prepared for inspection.
All society items due by 11 am for the day. Tuesday evening schedules include Royal Neighbors of America Seash hall and Waterloo lodge No. 105 meeting at Masonic temple. Wednesday features Women Makers band, various thimble bees and picnics at Prospect park, and multiple club gatherings with officers elected and officers hosting.
Readers are instructed to fill a coupon to obtain up-to-date Courier patterns from the Fashion Department of the Evening Courier in Waterloo. Include 10 cents per pattern and allow time for processing as orders are filled as soon as possible. if the patron does not hear within ten days, the order remains in process.
Ruth Cameron argues that newspaper ads offer value beyond sales pitches. She notes ads educate and inform buyers, citing a shopper who learns from a bargain and praises ads as a mirror of progress. She urges readers to engage with advertising to respect those who fund journalism. Local notices mention J. M. Grimes and Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Hobart traveling to Keokuk for a state church convention, representing GC, WLR, and the society.
A refined afternoon gown is depicted in this excerpt. The dress features brocaded silk cashmere with a draped silhouette, a bodice upper crafted from chiffon and black Chantilly lace, and garnished with velvet ribbon.
Carleton Sias secretary of Black County Pro gressive Party calls a central committee meeting in the city on September 17 to elect officers for the year and align plans for the 1914 Iowa election. With the late John H Hildebrand’s death the chairmanship is vacant, and each township may elect a member while vacancies may be filled.
Wood Bushy of the Bushy Brothers theatrical firm toured theatres in the city yesterday and praised patronage during opening week. He then traveled to Marshalltown to view the Queen. Miss Feather Brantiger of Burlington, guest of Miss Hoelane Balliett, departs for home tonight after a stay marked by social attention.
City to improve streets and bridges within two months. Westfield road to be graded oiled and rolled before the dairy cattle congress. Eleventh street and Sans Souci bridges to be replanked and creosoted, with cost investigations ordered. Several streets to be paved with asphalt and concrete paving planned.
Several Waterloo residents plan overseas travel in the near future. A party led by Mr. and Mrs. Claude Bb, Mrs. H. W. B. Plimb, Mrs. R. M Inox, and Mrs. Horace Herrick of Keokuk will depart about Sept 6 for San Francisco and sail on the Mongolia to Japan and China for about three months. Mrs. J. H. Crippen will leave late this month for a year abroad with niece Miss Alice Shurtliffe, studying. The winter will be spent in Rome and other Latin cities, Crippen and Shurtliffe sailing from New York Oct 2.
City Auditor Russel De Gon authorized to cancel several bond issues. Amounts listed include 20,000 for Improvement project and 8,000 and other figures obscured in OCR. Names Dr. W. Sigworth and Russell Lamson appear with phone numbers 1123 or 1128. Advertisement.
At 11 45 last night locomotive 1069 weighing 120 tons and valued at 26000 crashed from the cinder pit into the turntable at the Illinois Central Shops, toppled on its side, unmanned. Wrecking crews work to rerail it while Master Mechanic F W Taylor presumes a later investigation will reveal cause. The engine had been recently repaired and overhauled and the turntable was misaligned by the fall.
Mrs. W FL Reed of What Cheer Ta dies. She served as state organizer state treasurer and second vice president of the Iowa P B O branch and was a three time delegate to the supreme chapter. Known for talent and charitable work, she was active in clubs.
A woman describes a painful facial eruption starting as a small pimple that spread over her face. It burned and crusted, preventing sleep and touch. After trying various remedies, she reports a three week cure using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, with a promotional note for Cuticura products and a skin care booklet.
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