Coe Students No Longer Need Parental Permission for Dances
Mrs. Marvin Selden recalls Coe College life from 1911 to 1912 and contrasts it with today. The campus evolved from strict rules and parent consent for dances to a self governed, activity rich environment as Cedar Rapids and Coe grew. Historical notes include Flunk Day, Slouch Day, and 1912 Bull Moose election with Cosmos straw vote results.
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Coe
College of Today
Marvin Selden
Greenwood Drive
Primrose
Isabelle
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Cee
Cedar River
Mrs. Selden
Bull Moose
The
Cosmos
Ilson
Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
Green Apple Pie and Sour Kraut Craft From Home Economists
Breezy home economy notes cover making chocolate syrup for milk and peppery open sandwiches, plus a detailed guide from New York State College on sauerkraut fermentation and drying corn. Steps include cabbage salting, brine management, skimming, and canning, with temperatures and times for reliable results.
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New York State College of Home Economics
Cartoonist Don Chilcote and Coe College Cosmos Influence
The 1912 Coe College Cosmos cartoon reflects a college rule requiring parental permission to attend dances. Don Chilcote, the cartoonist, became one of the era’s few college newspaper artists and later worked for The Chicago Evening American.
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Coe College Cosmos
Don Chilcote
Chicago Evening American
Local Social Roster Highlights Decorah Golf and District Gatherings
A report details Decorah hosts and guests with a golf tournament Thursday morning followed by luncheon and bridge. It notes dinners in honor of cousins Miss Ella May Minert and Mrs. Fred Hunt, plus a tea party for Dorothy Opfer of Los Angeles. Joyce Larson and Anita Kinkel mark sixteenth birthdays with at home celebrations.
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G. W. Eaton
J. E. Cassidy
H. E. Pluemer
Warren Hayes
William Kaveny
Walter Martin
J. H. Hager
M. C. Stoneberg
O. J. Moe
Leonard Herman
D. F. Duggan
R. J. Hutchinson
Gordon O’brien
Orella Thomas
Decorah
P. D. Cota
J. F. Kepler
Ella May Minert
Ames
Fred Hunt
Fairfield
Joyce Larson
Anita Klinkel
S. H. Opfer
Dorothy Opfer
Los Angeles
Picnic Supper Honors Mrs. Kosbau Before Move
The lief corps held a park picnic Friday evening to honor Mrs. Henry Kosbau as she prepares to move to Greene. The gathering featured neighbors and friends from the community in a sendoff event.
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Lief Corps
Oring
Henry Kosbau
Greene
Nichols Berla Nash Weds Willard Berry In Mount Vernon
Nichols Miss Berla Nash daughter of Mrs Bertha Nash Nichols becomes the bride of Willard L Berry son of Mr and Mrs Edward Berry of Joice Indiana at the First Methodist church in Mount Vernon. Dr W Glenn Rowley reads the service and a breakfast is served followed by a north woods Canada trip. They will reside in Pleasantville. Berry a Pleasantville teacher with a B A from Iowa State Teachers College.
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Berla Nash
Bertha Nash
Nichols
Willard L. Berry
Edward Berry
Joice
Mount Vernon
W. Glenn Rowley
North Woods
Canada
Pleasantville
Berry
Nichols High School
Iowa State Teachers College
Fredericksburg
Mr. Berry
Lake Mills
Meth Dist social clubs hold events with prizes and reunions
Troy Mills Meth Dist church social club met for a hard time party with thirty seven present. Loretta Walton won first prize and Harrison Price second for costumes. A Christian church Ladies Aid social followed at Mrs. Blanche Jeffries home. Descendants of Joseph Cherry family held an annual reunion at Cherry park with a basket dinner and program.
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Methodist Church
Loretta Walton
Harrison Price
Blanche Jeffries
Christian Church Ladies Aid Society
Jooseph Cherry
Cherry Park
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Donald MacKay
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Miss Beyer
Sauerkraut
Canning Sauer Kraut
Thorpe Top and Body Service
A Avenue NE
Vaya
Giant P&g
ZINC
Marcelle
Marcelle Foundation
Zac
Bismador
Antacid
Magnesia
Bromo Seltzer
Emerson
Coty
Rubinstein
Dorothy Gray
Eljay’s
Bath Cologne
Pitcher’s Castoria
Pepe
Buckly
Beachwhite Shoe Cpaner
den Ee Star Jewelry Co
Second St., S.E
Coe Colene
LD Weld
Regulation and Povilege Commice Coe College
Waukon
Prom Sherry’s
New York
Troy Mills
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