Activities and social notes from Cedar Falls area
Brief notes of events and transactions from Cedar Falls Iowa April 25. Faculty members Anna Gertrude Childs and Winifred Moeriril assisted on a Marble Rock concert program. Various clubs, dinners, concerts, and visits are listed along with local officials and educators traveling for meetings and speeches. Names include Seerley, Mrs. Holland, Rev Wiener, and others across Cedar Falls, Iowa City, Muscatine, and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Anna Gertrude Childs
Winifred Moeriril
Marble Rock
Lydia E Pinkham Remedy Heralded By Patient
Murfreesboro Tennessee resident H. E. Mason reports relief from female weakness and displacement after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and related products. The letter promotes the tonic and invites other women to seek advice from the Pinkham firm in Lynn Massachusetts with confidential handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
H. EB. Mason
St. Marefreesboro
Tenn
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Cedar Falls Church Services Listed for Sunday
Cedar Falls Iowa April 25 Special The Cedar Falls pastors announce services at multiple churches tomorrow inviting strangers to attend. Denominations include Methodist Episcopal Presbyterian Baptist First Congregational St Patrick's St Luke's Episcopal Danish Baptist Danish Nazareth Zian Evangelical St John's Lutheran Christian Danish Bethlehem and more with sermons on topics like Woman's Work for Woman The Heavenly Ear and Perseverance in Grace The two day Iowa Academy of Sciences convened with Dr Winchell delivering Pre-Historic Man to a large audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuesiy Club
P. Colerove
W. W. Gist
Kathryn Johnstone
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Falls
Iawn Academy of Sciences
BR. R. Wiener
Freeport
Chicago
German Evangelical Association
Naperville
First Congregational Church
Pierce
Iowa City
J. W. Holand
Holland
Iowa Academy of Sciences
Methodist Episcopal
J. W. Holland
D. W. Fabs
J. D. Vanney
First Congregational
H. Holmes
St. Patrick’s
Luka Donlon
Newman Society
A. C. Fullerton
St. Luke's Episcopal
John
PF. W._Sword
Bethlehem
J. Christiansen
Passor
Iowa
Iowa State Teachers’ Tolress
L. Begeman
Winchell
Minnesota Historical Society
Busy Week Ahead for Teachers College Students
Next week brings two major events at Town State Teachers College with parades pageants and celebrations on May 1. The May fete on May 11 features Miss Hazel Strayer of Waterloo as Queen. An interstate oratorical contest will be held in the evening with contestants from Wisconsin Missouri Kansas and Iowa. Willard Patty represents Iowa State Teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Teachers’ College
Hazel Strayer
Waterloo
Hainnis
Wisconsin
Missouri
Kansas
Towa
Willard Patty
Toy
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Seerley
H. H. Seerley
Hazel Stayer
Farewell for Father Donlon in Cedar Falls
A large gathering at St Patrick's parish hall bid farewell to retiring Rev Luke Donlon after twelve and a half years of service. A surprise send off featured a bountiful supper and speeches led by Rev Father Rowan of Waterloo, plus a purse of money presented to the pastor.
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Cadar Falls
St. Patrick's Church
Luke Donlon
St. Mary’s
Father Rowan
Waterloo
Gideons to hold all day service in Janceville
A brief business session precedes an all day Gideons service in Janceville with several Gideons expected to participate. The gathering marks a community event and continues the group’s outreach activities in the area.
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Gideons
Janceville
Bad Water Threatens Army in Mexico War
New York, April 25. Colonel Maus, chief surgeon of the First army division, warns bad water would be the army’s worst foe if war is declared in Mexico. He says Mexico City’s sanitation is far behind, requiring a new system and likely millions of dollars for American occupation benefits. Filters and boiling would secure drinking water, and typhus in the capital could be conquered with the proposed sanitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mexico
Maus
Suregon
First Army Division
Governor's Island
Mexico City
United States
Railroad Official Visits Waterloo for Get Acquainted Tour
J. A. Gordan, newly appointed general manager of the Great Western, spent yesterday in Waterloo on a first post‑appointment visit. He previously served as general superintendent of the Pere Marquette and outlined plans for an inspection of the line during the trip.
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J. A. Gordan
Great Western
Waterloo
Mr. Gordan
Pere Marquette Railroad
The Everlasting Grind at Cedar Heights Retreat
A reflective note urges city readers to slow down and rest from the endless grind. The writer compares overwork to a horse pulling a heavy load, urges letting go during night hours, and praises Cedar Heights as a restorative alternative. The piece lampoons patent medicines and emphasizes balance over constant striving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Heights
George Washingtons
Jimy
Frightened Prisoner 18 Removed to Red Oak Jail
Thomas Casey alias Thomas Hanley alias Thomas Edwards, a noted criminal, was moved from Creston to Red Oak after sheriff concerns and a series of arrests. Deputy W. W. Exline captured him at Creston following an alleged depot intrusion at Villisca and a prior shooting incident in Maryville.
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Thomas Casey
Thomas Hanley
Thomas Edwarda
Dog Moines
Iown
Casey
W. W. Exline
United States Marshal
Creston
Villisca
Charles Munson
Exline
St. Jos
Maryville
Severalseph
Red Oak
Jokes On Guardsmen Cause Late Night Rushes
Rumors of a state troop call sparked jokes at Rockford Jr and prompted guardsmen to rush to the armory after late night phone pranks. A mother’s fright was among those caused by the misinformation suggesting local companies had been summoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Leavitt
Ames
State Educational Board
Seerley
Rockford, Jr
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Eulalie Turner
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Danish Lyren Society
Mia. H. Davidson
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J. B. Newman
400 Card Club
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Young Women's Sewing Club
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Hans Smith
A. A. Berger
Corn Crop Improvement Society
George Hamilton
Q. O. Hamilton
Father Donlon
Mortimer Cleveland
Gideons of
J. W. Kerns
West Nineteenth Street
Waterloo Opera House
Lewis Miller
West 4Th St
Waterloo, Iowa
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