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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 03, 1913

Page

4

Community Notes and Social Gatherings Across Cedar Falls

A crowded social scene fills Cedar Falls with New Year celebrations and gatherings. The Younger Dancing Set hosts a party at Eagle hall while Pleasant Plain Missionary reg meets Mrs Sarah Noecker on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Orley Page host a New Year dinner near Titus for twenty guests. Various clubs and households hold five hundred games, chafing dish events, thimble bee invitations, and card parties on North Marion Avenue South Second Avenue East Washington Street and other local homes. A May Cocklin and Charles Rothlisberger wedding occurs at the Cocklin home with classic ceremony and four course dinner. Seventeen readers attend a piano recital by Miss Latchem’s pupils at Miss Virginia Wallace’s home with a full program and multiple solo numbers.

Orley Page Titus Thomas Randall Charles Hoxworth Charles Caldwell May Cocklin al Cocklin Charles Rothlisberger Remsen Iowa Cocklin A. 8S. Smith First Methodist Episcopal Church Brighton Ethel Southwick Galesburg Marguerite Fireharty New Windsor Dorothy Latchem Virginia Wallace Flagler Miss Latchem Schmitt Fearis Gwendolen Long Gran Fearis Mary Louise Sawhill Margaret Brookhart Smallwood Styrle Caner Bartell Beatrice Baird Love

Country Editor Falls Back on Lucile Columns

A country editor near here fills shy copy gaps by running two columns of the Lucile feature, keeping the page balanced and maintaining his column width. The practice mirrors old time newspaper habits of filling space with serialized prose.

Brewster's Millions Tonight at the Graham

The Graham hosts a stage adaptation of George Barr McCutcheon's Brewster's Millions with the New York cast. Frederick Thompson produces, Walter Allen leads a capable company, and a shipboard storm scene adds realism. Curtain at 8:15 with prices 25 35 50 75 and 1.00.

Graham George Barr McCutcheon New York Winchell Smith Byron Ongley Mr. McCutcheon Frederick Thompson New York Hippodrome Brewster Walter Allen

Various Musical Selections and Performers Named

A catalog of performers and pieces listed by title such as Teddy Bear Waltz Lightly ROW Call of the Bugle and The Rosary along with performers Harriet Dougherty Romola Latchem Latchem Latta and Dorothy Latta. Other entries include The Gondoliers and Grande March de Concert with Chaminade and Beethoven selections.

Fearis Hopie James Englemann Harriet Dougherty Romola Latchem Dorothy Latta Chaminade Vollenhaupt

MI O NA Stomach Tablets Offered for Digestive Relief

The ad promotes MI O NA Stomach Tablets as a treatment for indigestion gastritis and upset stomach with benefits including improved nerves and sleep. It guarantees a money back offer through Lemmon's Pharmacy and druggists everywhere.

Lemmon's

County Clerk Records 190 Marriage Licenses in 1912

One hundred ninety marriage licenses were issued in 1912 at the county clerk office setting a county record. The year before saw 1386 licenses and 1911 had 152. The last license went to Herman Reim and Eva M Wilcox. the office closed Wednesday with none issued, and on the second day of the new year Charles C Rothlesberger and May Cocklin received a license.

Herman Reim Eva M. Wilcox Charles C. Rothlesberger May Cocklin

Regular meeting notices for W R C and Masonic Fraternity

The regular W R C meeting is set for Saturday at 2 30 p m followed by an executive committee session on important business. Members are urged to attend. The Masonic Fraternity is requested to be at the hall promptly at 7 o clock this evening.

Masonic Fraternity C. A. Dewey W. M

Cut the High Cost of Living Ad Claim

W H Chapman of Winnebago Nebraska says his two children suffered a bad cough. He used Foley's Honey and Tar Compound and the children recovered before the bottle finished. He claims he saved a doctor's bill with one 25 cent bottle. Advertisement.

W. H. Chapman Winnebago, Neb

Hints for Housekeepers Promote Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound

Keep Foley's Honey and Tar Compound on hand to head off a cold with prompt use. It contains no opiates, soothes inflamed air passages, stops the cough, and may save a big doctor's bill. In the yellow package Advt.

Foley

Also Mentioned on This Page

Eagle Hall Pleasant Plain Sarah Noecker the Wilson Hose Company East Side Elia Warren South Second Avenue Cora Porter Fairfield Henry Otto Herman Otto Ward McCutcheon North Marion Avenue Clayton Clapper Cedar Falls Washington Harry Palmgren Geo. H. Paul W. H. Stephen Nue Stephen Paul East Washington Street Homer Birney I. Klein James McCreedy City W. A. Birney Earl Birney Clyde Birney Anna Birney Reed Sissies Kennedy Burrell Keck Beaumont Margaret Peck Mack Gladys Lehrer Les Sylphes Bachmann Evaleen Kunath Ah Dee Nevin Louise Livingston Sweet Wenrich Faye Dankwardt the Rosary Nevin Ee En Ginia Wallace Viola Auten the Gondoliers Witches Russell Pearl Ross, Miss Latchem Atchison & Finney Evening Journal
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