Nuptials of Miss Ebith Wise and Dr Stevenson at Christ Church
An elaborate wedding was solemnized at Christ Episcopal church with Edith Gertrude Wise, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elliot F. Wise, marrying Dr. Eber Farmer Stevenson of Webster City. The ceremony began at 8:00 o'clock. The bridal party entered to Lohengrin and departed to Mendelssohn. The church was decorated in green and white with Christmas greens. A small reception followed at the Wise home on Clay street for close friends and relatives. The bride wore white lace over taffeta with a Brussels net veil and carried a shower bouquet. the groom, a Webster City physician, and the couple will reside at 608 Dank Street after March 1.
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Christ Episcopal Church
Edith Gertrude Wise
Elliot. F. Wise
Eber Farmer Stevenson
Webster City
George W. Hinkle
Lohengrin
Mendelssohn
Ralph la
Harry Ham
Gladys Highley
FE. L. Rohlf
Clay Street
R. S. Brown
Ralph Law
Pauline Cronse
Waterloo
Presbyteriant Hospital
Dank Street
C. G. Meythaler
Perndale Farm
Jesup
Gus. Busse
Coal Harbor
N. D
Fred
Grand Rapids
Mich
Vera Jolson
Littleton and
E. B. Downing
North Colt Avenue
Johnson
F. Searls
Kansas City
John Minton
Gamaliel Walker
Fine Creek
Iowa
Don F. Pingree
Alvin Weir
Taey Barber
Edgerton Minn
Jacobs
Eust
Edgerton
Lena
Charles W. Kingsbury
Hubbard County
Minn
Willoughby
C. H. Kingsbury
Tra
Kingsbury
Minnesota
Charley McGloughiin
Meythaler Bros
Aurora
Chas. Kivell
Surprise farewell party for Rev Chas Seecombe at church home
Young people of the Congregational church hosted a surprise gathering for Rev Charles H Seecombe at his 626 West Park Avenue residence. About twenty attendees traveled from Edward Lamb’s Washington Street home to express gratitude for his long service and active youth leadership. A golden parcel was presented amid music, conversation, and games.
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Congres Tonel Church
Chas. H. Seccombe
West Park Avenue
Edward Lamb
Wasteington Street
Beccombe
Sceecombe
Congregational Church
Seecombe
DUNKERTON NEWS ROUNDUP FROM DECEMBER REPORTS
Town notes from Dunkerton and Dewar recount weather with heavy drifts and fair sleighing, plus local officials and merchants sharing year end calendars. Mayor’s Chicago trip and wedding welcomed. Temple Quartet Concert slated for January six. Local business shows butter receipts at 45,000 for eleven months, cement floors planned, and township financials detailed.
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John Keane
Henry Hoofnagle
Nev. S. Kleckner
C. H. Dunkerton
Charles Smith
Thoma Carnes
E. W Magee
Lamber
Cesh
Turmoil in No and pupil prompts school board action
Mixed local notes describe trouble between a teacher and a pupil, potential school board action anticipated under Section 2782. The piece also reports assorted community updates from Dewar and nearby towns, including farm activity, visits, weddings, social events, weather, and misc. local notices.
Sanegville Social Notes and Local Moves Update
Sanegville notes report Aikey and family moving household effects to town but not residing yet. Mrs Ulrich underwent appendicitis surgery in Mason City with favorable recovery. Rural carrier exams set for Saturday in Waverly. January 8 farmers meeting postponed to January 13. Carl Schlutameyer back from Chicago for holidays. Mrs Tompkies of Milford visiting Shepard family. Reinbeck resident Mrs Vulate visiting J M Shepard. Geo Shepard and family spent New Year’s Day in Osage. Mrs Rundles to return home from east. Will Simpson sold a Durham calf to a Parkerburg buyer and a Durham hog to Dewar. Frank Briner and family visited Waterloo. Erdos McCann visiting north of town. Howard Rich and Pay MacMurray resume at State Normal. Hart and Clarence Prosser open a roller skating rink in Fisher’s hall, open Wed and Sat. Howard Sharp was a guest of West Union during holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Schlutameyer
Chicago
F. T
Milford
Iowa
Chas. Shepard
EB. Vulate
Reinbeck
J. M. Shepard
Geo. Shepard
Howard Rich
Miss Pay MacMurray
State Normal
Hart
Clarence Prosser
Fisher's Hall
Howard Sharp
West Union
Diamond cure for consumption from Paris report
The Diamond Gure in Paris claims a diamond cure for consumption. A testimonial from W T McGee of Van Lear Tenn urges Kings New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. Wangler Bros Todd drug store sells it 50 cents and 1.00 with a trial bottle free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
W. T. McGeee
Vanleer
Tenn
King
Evra
Wangler Bros. & Todd Drug Store
Illinois Central Land Agents meet in Waterloo
The Illinois Central Land Agents association will hold its annual meeting in Waterloo on a January afternoon. The group plans to draft and ratify bylaws for an inter state plan uniting real estate agents across districts three or four states each. A banquet will follow at the Logan House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mlinois Central Land Agents Association
Waterloo Trantary
Interstate Association
Ilinois Central
Chicago
Ilinota Gentral
Logan House
Forced to Starve B F Leek cures lip ailment with salve
A Concord Kentucky man B F Leek recounts twenty years of agonies from an upper lip ailment. He credits Bucklin's Arnica Salve with curing the condition after other remedies failed. The ad promotes relief from burns cuts and wounds and notes it costs 25 cents at Wangler Bros and Todd's drug store.
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Annie Hunter
Pittshurs
Wangler Bros. & Todd's
B. F. Leek
Concord
Road Law Changes and King Drag Reform Debate
A detailed report outlines proposed amendments to Iowa road law to pay farmers who work in front of their properties using the King road drag. Representative M Z Bailey backs changes endorsed by the Good Roads Association to employ farmers directly, reduce costs, and improve road upkeep, while a Des Moines meeting sets the agenda for advancing good roads measures and broader municipal cooperation. Also noted are the Farmers Mutual Insurance association meeting in Waterloo and local social news about a December storm, a newborn, and a return to town by C F Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Z. Bailey
Ringgold County
Iowa Good Toads Association
Bailey
House of Representatives
Halley
King Road
Good Roads Association
Good Roads Association of Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa
Ieminteloel
Catarrh of the Kidneys Often Missed by Doctors
Article argues kidney catarrh is common and overlooked by physicians and patients. It promotes Peruna as a cure by eradicating catarrh, claiming it removes the cause and restores kidney function. Ends with offer of free Peruna Almanac for 1908 and testimonials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pamphet
Meny
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N
Kilmer
Binghamton
N. Y
Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Tolada
G. We
Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
Toteda
G. Hall
Hail
Peruna
Perona
Mayor’s blacklistputes a thirsty plasterer’s fate
A Cedar Falls plasterer earning little wages faced blacklist for boozing and neglecting his four children after his wife sought Mayor Rector’s help. The mayor demanded six dollars weekly for child support and proof of abstinence before removing his name, prompting the man’s defiant reply that his family would starve before he paid. City reporters note the blacklist growth and ongoing station updates as snowstorm sheltering and duty shifts continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prokiv
Rector
Cedar Falls
Live Stock Prices and Receipts in Chicago Market
Live Stock Markets in Chicago January 4 show hogs at mixed demand with steady close. Estimated receipts hogs 26,000 cattle 3,500 sheep 14,000. Hog prices range mixed to light with good to choice heavy from 5.05 to 5.35. hogs left over 5,096. Cattle market opens strong and closes steady. Sheep opens and closes steady. Local market notes include hogs, cattle, veal, lard, grains, butter, eggs, and produce prices across regions.
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Chicago
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Miss Ebith Wise
E. F. Stevenson
Christ Church
Seccombe
Louisa Foote
Rochester
Thrower
White
California
Peter Et
Charles Weber
Dewar
F. J
Brayer
Duckertan
George Wingert
Jay
DeGrat
Tom Carnes
Temple Quartet Concert Company
The
Barclay
Bane
W. W. Hraols
H. Koenter
Jacob Fuchs
van Metre
C. J. Kirby
Dunkerton
Jey
Daffy
Ike Reed
Gatin
Hiarket
Joe Medeke
Oklahoma
Gily
Dtale Muhliz
Gilvertville
Father Nemmers
Mathias Maulig
St Yeers
Marie
Charles Brown
Troly
Guiseppe Guarnevals Croimona
O. G. Brown
Neille
John Ortner
Zamily
Littleton
Clarence DeMill
Harter
Triumph
Clarente Kingsbury
Independence
A. H. Hoffman
Presbyterian Church
Birs
Emma Wilson
Emporium
James Alexander
Cherokee
Brinski
Teumpi
Mesars
Shirley
Prangley
Blackhawk County
Harold
Will Singer
Winthrop ‘S
Dunlap
East Perry
Ladies Aid Society
Gardner Baldwin
Emma
Mildred ‘Beeler
Lamont
Mir
Carl Krouse
San Francisco
Cal
James McGlaughlid
Grean
W. R. French
Lafayette
Rent
Lise Lillian Hancock
Vinton
Mya
C.J. Miller
Washington Atreet
Sanegville
Cal. J. Beaumont
Belmond
Wis
Union ME Company
Lafayette Street
Weatsteam
Helllater
Rocky Mountain
Wangler Bros. & Tod
Ming
Wangler Bros
Todd’s
Farmers’ Mutual Insurance’ Association
Armory Room
City Hall
L. H. Bronson
Pres
II Itanlt
Carndise
H. Martin
Papa
F. Green
Peru
Fieiseaux Rainier Grand Hotel
Beattle, Wixton
Otte A. Fleissner
Col
W.J. Coady
Baffalo Bid
Rainier Grand Hotel
Seattle
Wash
Hartman
Perris
Marvelona
Columbue
Ohio
Peruna Almanac
Gry
Mayor's
Benevo
Manny
Fenatermaker
North End
Patrick Meany
Henry Alyers
Isa
Cummings
BATA
Bana AG
Minneapolis
Keifera
Jayne
D. Jayne
Philadelphia
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