Florence Macbeth to Sing Two Recitals at First Congregational Church
Miss Florence Macbeth known as the Minnesota Nightingale will sing two recitals at the First Congregational church auditorium on Monday evening, April 25, representing a career begun in Mankato and shaped by studies in Pittsburgh and Europe. Her professional debut was in The Hague in 1912 with Lamoureaux orchestra of Paris, followed by a Chicago Opera Company home debut in 1913 and a broad, ongoing concert and opera trajectory including England and Scotland tours.
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Florence’ Macbeth
Minnesota
Woman's Industrial Society of First’ Congregsstional Church
Church Auditorium
America
Mankato
Minn
Pittsburch
Yeatmiun Griffith
Miss Macbeth
England
Scotland
Albert Ball
Macbeth
Mabel
Drama League
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Waterloo Interest in B. & P. W. Meeting Personal
Waterloo's BL & PB. W. club shows strong personal interest in the state meeting of Iowa business and professional women April 29-30 at Cedar Rapids. About 26 visiting members, four delegates, and a social program with a noon meeting, music, and a banquet frame the event. Delegates will elect officers and national delegates, while clubs discuss membership, federation duties, and the Independent Woman organ. The convention may include nine federation clubs and several unaffiliated groups seeking membership, with speakers planned from well known business and club women.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Waterloo
BL & PB. W
Ars. Iw
D. Ives
State Ffederation
Ives
Hotel Drent' Rose
Ipstkeep
Aliss Mary Stewart
Y W Field Camps Attract City Girls For Summer
As warm weather returns, city girls show interest in multiple Y W C A camps at Lake Okoboji Iowa from June 30 to September 3. Six camps with varied programs for high school and young employed girls plus a nurse supervised health and recreation plan offer swimming, sports, bible study, and informal services with visitors welcome on designated days.
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Y. W. CA
North- Central
Geld
Lake Okoboji
Jue
Friendship Clubs
J. E. Sedgwick
Alboit
Wand
Clubs of Warls
Waris
Es Young
Okoboi
Iowa
North Central Field
Minnesota
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wardrone
Clara Bess Corbett
Iowa Traveling Library Commission
W. C. T. U. of County Closes Busy Week
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union of Black Hawk County wraps a busy period led by national organizer Mrs. M. E. Patterson. She spoke across Cedar Falls La Porte City Dunkerton Mount Hope Hudson East Cedar Falls and other communities. She emphasized Americanization and citizenship education as the union expands activities beyond prohibition.
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Black Hawk
M. E. Patterson
Sioux City
Cedar Falls
R. H. Watters
Orange
Township Institute
Consolidated Scthool
School of Methods
Home Economics
Mary Philpot
Ll. B. Park
F. Yapp
Waterloo Union
East Cedar Falls
Ain
Clubwomen Praised For Work For Parks
Waterloo women’s clubs backed the Jones Esch bill to remove national parks from the water power commission and place them under Congress. Letters from the General Federation and local clubs urged congressmen to support the measure. National Parks Association secretary Robert Settling Yard called the effort “distinguished” as progress, though the fight continues with other water and irrigation bills still pending in Congress.
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Waterloo Club
Jones-Esch
Water Power Commission
Congress
Woman’s Club
General Federation
Robert Settling Yard
National Parks Associatio
Walsh
Yellowstone
Addison Smith
Idaho
Woman's Club Considers Higher Dues and Election Plans
Waterloo Women's Club votes to raise annual dues from $2 to $3 and to require initiation fees with membership applications. The board postponed the annual meeting to May 27 to avoid conflicts with state events. Delegates to Clinton for the triennial will include Mrs. Boges and several club officers. The club schedules separate spring luncheon and business day, plans a chorus trip to Clinton, and discusses amendments to dues collection and administration. The Fine Arts program featured Mrs. Boles, a Burleigh violin solo, and readings on portrait painters timely for Citizenship activities.
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Waterloo Women's Club
Poammons
E. A. Boges
Clinton
Boges
Raymond Felk
J. E. Bragdon
Eh.w. Sigworth
Pred McClain
H. B. Boies
B. J. Howrey
W. H. Langias
George W. Wood
Boggs
F. TV. Powers
Friay
A. G. Sawyer
Percy Pennybacker
Department of American Citizenship
General Federation
Waterloo
State Federation
H. W. Spaulding
State
Tthe
Fine Arts Department
Jr. B. Boles
United States
Ethelbert Nevin
Woman's Club Chorus
Cecil Burleigsh
Herbert Marshall
A. P. Hopkins
Burleigh
Ramsey Wiles
Mary Cassatt
Cercilia Bean
John Paul Jones
Lydia Field Emmett
Louie Cox
Citizenship program spans clubs and films in Midwest
Mrs. Pennybacker leads a push to restore civic education through a New York conference with Dr. Louise Browne. The plan includes a series of books for clubwomen and a film program to strengthen democratic life. Waterloo D A R notes $25 pledge to a national fund and prize for magazine subscribers, plus rosebud sales and rummage plans. Local notices cover weddings, a church choir suspension, and a Girl Scouts dance.
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Percy V. Pennybacker
New York
Louise McDowell Browne
Division of
Citizenship Training
Woodallen Chapman
Lida Hefford
Department of Citizenship
United States
Chapman
Mr. Bigelow
Miss Toombs
Good Housekeeping
Anna’ Steese Richardson
Woman's Frame Companion
Maloney
Genevieve Pankhurst
Waterloo
E. Maine
Charles M. Fisher
Orin McGinnis
R. E. Russell
Ida Edmunds
Board of Management
G. W. de Wald
Regent
National Manual-Fountain-Picture Fund
Grinnell
DeWald
Mra GS. Millard
Fisher
Miriam Boysen
Charlotte Altstadt
Women Who Earn Big Wages in Modern Era
Thirty years ago Miss Zelda Sears began as a comic actress and today, as author of comedies, she earns over $50,000 a year. She wrote Lady Billy and coauthored Cornered, now on stage, under contract to write two new plays. Cedar Heights will host a social afternoon at her home Monday.
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Zelda, Sears
Miss Sears
Lady Billy
Zelda
Asthor
Meeting notices and club activities spread in Waterloo area
A series of social club updates across Waterloo reports WERT Clar e Meeting postponed two weeks. Miss Mary Stewart spoke at Friday Study Club on welfare work in Waterloo and housing health aid. Music by Marjorie Agnew and Mary Davis. Riverside Drive and Cedar Heights groups hosted at local homes with readings, violin, ukulele and piano pieces. Receptions followed with refreshments.
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Happy Hour Club
Mary Stewart
Waterloo
Housing Commission
Marjorie Agnew
Mary Davis
C. W. Rabe
Riverside Drive
4. E., Johnson
Claude Lichty
John Moore
Carolyn
Pitty
Black's
Cedar Heights
Woman’s Club
Jennie Haffa
Ethyle Barry
Harry Gale
Douglas Kloss
Elizabeth Gale
Beauty Chats On Nervousness And Skin Care By Edna Kent Forbes
A reader column by Edna Kent Forbes urges managing nervous systems to prevent hair loss dandruff eczema and dry skin. It links nerves to foot pain clogged pores and body weakness, advises cleansing pores with hydrogen peroxide and promoting physical fitness through exercise for youthful wellbeing.
The Old Farm and the Diamond Offer
Arras and Marco inherit a desert farm. Arras leaves to seek diamonds 300 miles away while Marco stays. A traveler discovers gems on Marco’s land, offers a partnership to mine and split profits, and they sign a magistrate’s agreement to pursue a shared enterprise. The tale centers on trust and opportunity.
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Arras
Marco
Oves
Mateo
Beauty tips and a humorous note on neck length
The writer suggests thickening lashes with a vegetable oil preparation rather than vaseline. They praise long necks when paired with proper posture and collars. A request for a self addressed stamped envelope offers to send a formula for an excellent bur onic.
Is Generosity Truly Enough to Build a Home
Side Talks Cameron discusses gifts versus debts, noting generosity without fair contribution can hurt. Through examples of a young woman who funds family gifts but withholds her share of household expenses, and a widow sewing for others who gifts items yet fails to be paid fairly, the piece argues balance: first meet foundational debts, then give gifts.
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Altho
The Diamond Quest and Marco's Wealth
A tale describes Marco's fair dealing and rapid wealth as stones are cut and 60 mines employ hundreds. An arriving stranger, Arras his brother, finds Marco thriving in Arras. Marco shares his riches and urges loyalty, suggesting treasure lies at home after long wandering.
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Marco
Iman
Arras
Jme
Boeme
State Ready for Peddicord Trial Set for Monday
The State plans to start a criminal assignment at 9 a.m. next Monday with 10 cases listed for trial. Most have been disposed of or will be, leaving the case of State vs. W. J. Peddicord, former secretary and manager of Waterloo & Cedar Falls Union Mill Co., as the principal action. Peddicord is charged with larceny by embezzlement. Walter R. French, county attorney, says he is ready to proceed, though a continuance may be sought by Peddicord’s lawyer J. W. Arbuckle. Elizabeth Williams' will contest is also set for hearing next Monday. The jury was excused until then.
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W. J. Peddicord
Waterloo & Cedar Falls Union Mill Co
Peddicord
Walter R. French
St Mary's Bazar Nears Close at Forum Hall
St Mary's Social club will close the bazar at Forum hall tonight after a week of record attendance. Contest winners will be announced and many articles will be auctioned. Merchants' booths display gifts donated by local merchants drawing favorable comment. Pearcy's orchestra will play tonight as the event ends.
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Forum Hall
St Mary’s Social Club
Merchants’ Booth
St. Mary's Social Club
Pearcy’s
Sunday Schools Form Council To Further Athletic Activities
A Inter Sunday school council will be organized in Waterloo after a joint meeting of representatives from local churches in the Y M C A building. The council will hold an organizing meeting next Friday at 7 40 pm to elect officers and map a program of work including social athletic and religious activities.
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Waterloo
W. N. Northcott
M Goa
Anderson’s Island
Sunder
Cedar Rapids
Power mower ordered for courthouse grounds
At a county board meeting in Alsoa Iowa on May 9 a power mower was ordered for the custodian to mow the five acres around the courthouse. Previously the work was done by hand and a horse drawn mower, which damaged the lawn in wet times. Butler county is noted for the best kept and largest grounds in the state.
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Alsoa
County Board
Butler County
Spring poet sings at sight of snow on grass
A whimsical scene describes morning snow covering grass while robins warm by the house. Buds and early greens endure, promising recovery as crocuses and hepaticas peek through. The speaker notes the temperature at 24 degrees Fahrenheit and hopes for the sun.
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Sol
Primary road grading near Allison resumes work
Allison, Ta., April 9. J. J. McIlroy has restarted primary road grading and graveling begun last year. He leads a full crew and aims to finish by mid season. Work continues south and east of Allison, with graveling north of town nearly complete except for one mile. A silent but effective salesman. A For Sale Act in the Courier.
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Allison, Ta
J. J. McIlroy
Allison
the Courier
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