College of Commerce girls stage The Obstinate Family play
Society notes report a College of Commerce rooms entertainment by girls raising funds for a new YWCA building. The curtain feature was The Obstinate Family, with Misses Parker Anderson Paige and Lichty, plus readings, a piano piece, a violin solo, singing, and a typing demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Parker
Carrie Anderson
Elizabeth Paige
Verne Lichty
Maurice Mead
Raymond
Letsch
Ethel Cook
Narcissus
Paige
George Quest
Ruth Herforth
Waterloo Bunch Well Cared For
Co. F. P. Holland mayor of Dallas Texas and publisher of Holland's Magazine and Farm and Ranch writes John Andrews promising personal attention to every member of the Water loo party at the national airmen's convention. He guarantees ample hotel accommodations for all attendees.
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F. P. Holland
Dallas
Tex
Holland's
Farm and Ranch
John Andrews
Waterloo
Andrews
1911 Black Hawk crop report shows corn still king
Crop assessors in Black Hawk County compile 1911 figures with corn leading yields across townships. Black Hawk reports 300,039 bushels from 6,814 acres, while oats total 21,965 bushels from four townships and potatoes reach 16,208 bushels in Black Hawk Township. Apples and other fruits appear modest. swindlers blamed for losses in Black Hawk.
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King of Iowa
Black Hawk
Poyner
Spring Creek
Bennington Oc
Atala
Risck
Bennington
Advertising ethics highlighted by James Schermerhorn
James Schermerhorn of the Detroit Daily Times critiques fraudulent advertising. He cites that advertising serves as a symbol of the age and notes federal figures claiming tens of millions are defrauded annually through dishonest ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Schermerhorn
The
Detroit Daily Times
Jme
Sunday Draws Crowds at Fargo
Evangelist Billy Sunday in Fargo enters his second week of meetings as overflow crowds fill the tabernacle. A later stop is likely East Liverpool, Ohio, with a year end finish around June 30. Sunday and Mrs. Sunday plan a northwest summer, Glacier Park, then Yellowstone, and Miss Frances Miller, a longtime Sunday Bible teacher in Fargo, now works with high school girls and women workers.
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Billy” Sunday
Fargo
N. C
Tabernacle
East Liverpool
Devil's Lake Chautauqua
Chautauqua
Mrs. Sunday
Two Children Bitten by Rabid Dog in California
Mr and Mrs Wagoner of 1207 Leavitt Street report their son from Wad Duyn California says his five year old daughter was bitten by a rabid dog. The dog owner Leslie an uncle of the child was also bitten. The rabid animal was killed and sent to Los Angeles for testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Wagoner
Leavitt Street
Wad Duyn
Cal
Leslie
Los Angeles
New Pastor Joins Calvary Church as Leader Arrives
Rev. J. A. Hadlen and his family arrived from near Dunkerton to become pastor of Calvary Evangelical church. He will lead the prayer service tonight and occupy the pulpit Sunday. His past work drew regret at his former posts. his wife and three children accompany him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Hadlen
Dunkerton
Calvary Evangelical Church
Mr. Haehlen
More Arrests Follow in Illinois Central Robberies
Two more arrests were made by police and railroad agents in the Illinois Central theft probe. Harry Edsil and James Smith of Jackson Street are held on suspicion of burglarizing freight cars after Charles Smith confessed to stealing merchandise and provisions in the city and Cedar Falls. Officers recovered shirts collars and neckties. a wagonload of merchandise is expected from Smith’s home. charges of breaking and entering filed. possible state case planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central Railroad
Harry Edsil
James Smith
Jackson Street
Martin Quinn
Charles Smith
Cedar Falls
Smith
Court Watch Sees Delayed Trial in Pfalzgraf Case
Court notes show Miss Kathrine Pfalzgraf, indicted on receiving stolen goods, entered a not guilty plea and posted bail. Her trial is postponed until next autumn after a short adjournment. juries for February are excused and no May term jury is scheduled. The McCaskill case draws national interest, with spectators and emotional reactions reported. sentencing hinges on a motion for a new trial and potential appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathrine Pfalzgraf
Miss Pfalzgraf
McCaskill
Leroy Utterback
Independence
Utterback
Loren Risk
J. H. Bauernfeind
Platt
Jefferson T. McCaskill
Supreme Court
Reformatory
Theatre remark triggers knifing in Waterloo crowd
Martin Runyen a meat cutter was severely knifed after a quarrel sparked by remarks directed at actors in a burlesque show at the Waterloo theatre. An unknown assailant, who sat in a box, fled after the attack as police could not identify him. He boarded the eastbound Tenois Central train toward Freeport at 12:40 a.m.
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Waterloo Theatre
Martin Runyen
East Fourth
Sycamore
Runyen
Tenois Central
Freeport
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Sacred Heart Altar
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Tripoli
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Plainfield
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Daniel Webster Choate
Alexander Hamilton Jay
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Body Brussels
Isaac Newton Euclid
Salome Poole
Tontiné Oldiine
Harold de Quincy
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A. B. Lorajoy
J. H. Goodrich
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Geo. E. Pike
D. D. Davies
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Carleton Sias
F. D. Popp
J. S. Watters
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J. J. White
P. Greeley
H. H. Hanna
J. E. Ferguson
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Schuneman's
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J. Stuart Holden
Charles M. Hays
Archibald. Grac
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