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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1920
Page
12
Announcements from St. Louis and Waterloo marriages headline society pages. Tilda Caplan wed Jack Schultz in Chicago with notes on education and career. Karbl Kascht and Esther Rubert unite in Independence. Madeline Hutchinson and Clark Cozad plan Red Oak life. Social club meetings and gatherings fill the column with names and locales.
Ruth Cameron urges readers to stop taunting thin people and explains how weight bias harms mental health. She cites an example of a “comfortably padded” remark and offers a simple rule to estimate ideal weight while stressing courtesy and empathy.
A reader asks about home beauty routines for housewives. Advice covers using time between chores for treatments, hair care with curlers, skin nourishment with cream, and moles bleaching options. Readers submit questions for the Beauty Chats column with responses from The Editor and Forbes.
G. u.amuton of Keota Te arrived in the city today for a brief call with Ben S. Naven at 1135 Independence avenue. Mr. Hamilton traveled by airplane, about two hours for a 150 mile trip.
R U Bretzle, organizer, leads winter short term agriculture courses in county schools with five previous sites. J H Mileller seeks continuation, plans ten week sessions starting mid December for farmsmen over 14, funded by state and federal funds, with tuition and home-farm applied work under supervision.
C. E. Pickett, Waterloo attorney invited by the Republican National Committee to speak in Ohio, cannot go now due to heavy legal workload. He hopes to appear later. Ohio is a battleground state for both parties as political drives begin.
W M Northcott state secretary of the Y M C A told Lions club members that businessmen should cooperate with boys to solve problems. He urged education for ambitious youths and emphasized protecting boys from immoral influences to uphold moral standards. Ambrosa Wyrick sang at the event held after the luncheon at the Russell-Lamson Hotel.
President H. H. Seerley of the State Teachers College urged greater savings and reduced credit expansion in Cedar Falls addressing the Black Hawk County Bankers Association. A farm loan note settlement every six months was proposed. Officers named for the next term included F. B. Miller as president and W. A. Lane as secretary.
Gilbert McGowan a 13 year old and son of Mr and Mrs F J McGowan 912 Sixth street west was badly hurt yesterday at 3 30 pm when the bicycle he rode was struck by an automobile driven by C W Bing a 1113 Forest avenue He was picked up unconscious and taken to his home in the city ambulance He soon regained consciousness and is recovering The left shoulder is badly bruised and several ribs fractured.
Cedar Falls September 16. Special notice filed by C. D. Gass general manager of Waterloo Cedar Falls North Railway Co announces increased fares on local lines to take effect Monday morning. City considers injunction as council awaits instructions.
An executive session is planned for tomorrow evening addressing Company X. The communication cites Ottumwa Railway and the City of Ottumwa, urging co operation to install fair and reasonable rates under authority. The note implies previous requests to vet the reasonableness of positions were avoided, and calls for efforts ensuring returns commensurate with service.
An advertisement style piece offers methods to remove superfluous hair using sulfo solution and a dozen home formulas. It promotes dissolving hair, reducing wrinkles with a coring cream, encouraging hair growth with bay rum or witch hazel mixtures, and scalp treatments, with prices around fifty cents to a dollar.
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