Cedar Falls Briefs From Summer Doings and Local News
Cedar Falls aug 2 doctors home from summer outings. Dr Miller and family at Spirit Lake. Dr Stephensen at Chicago pie convention. Dr Keene with friends at Clarion. Teachers Leevin and Seekey attend state board duties in Town City. Burr hotel interior remodeling by paper hangers and painters. Company M and F to encamp at Vinton next week. special train via stations at Charles City. City hall painting and other improvements underway. Lawn social at Dr Cutter home draws two hundred. Mrs Bennett and Mrs Donalgay host ladies in honor of Mrs Leonard. Anna Merner hosts a house party on Eighth and Clay. New school medical and dental exam department to begin for city pupils.
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Cedar Falla Ta
Miller
Spirit Lake
Stephensen
Chicago
T. B. Keene
Clarion
Cutter
East Tenth Street
Methodist Church
8S. S. Mernier
Eighth
Clay Streets
Anna Merner
Law Proposed for Penitentiary Offense on Destroying Food
Dr EB L Reese, pastor of Summit Park United Brethren church in Des Moines Iowa, urged the legislature to criminalize willful destruction of foodstuffs by commission merchants to manipulate supply and raise prices for the poor. He called for a penitentiary offense to deter such acts and reduce living costs.
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Des Moines
EB. L Reese
Summit Park
Relatives Mourn Death in West
Mrs. Clara Howard of 109 Adams Street received papers from Orchard Nebraska detailing the death of her daughter in law Lizzie Christensen Howard near bars on July 14. Born in Wisconsin in 18__, she married John C. Howard in 1888, had twelve children, seven boys and five girls. The youngest, ten months old, survives. She had been ill three weeks, funeral at United Brethren Church Orchard, many flowers and sympathy from Waterloo friends.
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Clara Howard
Adams Street
Orchard, Neb
John C. Howard
Bars
Tily 14
Howard
Lizzie Christenson
Wisconsin
United Brethren Church
Orchard
Waterloo
Annie F. Cox
Cortlandt Street
Margaret Cropper Woodard seeks divorce and custody
Margaret Cropper Woodard sued her husband Guy Woodard in a divorce case filed in Iowa seeking custody of their three year old son and alleging his sullen irritable disposition and failure to provide. The suit cites a May 15 1911 threat and asks for funds and property relief.
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Gertrude Woodard
Guy Woodard
West Union
Iowa
Waterloo City Briefs Highlight Local News and Visits
Waterloo city items report George Dentel of Ackley in Waterloo on business and numerous residents traveling to towns such as Portland Ore Dubuque and Chicago. Community updates include marriages, funerals, hospital visits, incorporations, construction plans and weather notes.
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George Dentel
Ackley
Waterloo
Matt Vaughan
Portales
N. M
Ivadel Stoddard
Jesup
Parents Mourn Death of 2 Year Old Walter Akin
Mr and Mrs L C Akin of 120 South Street mourn the death of their son Walter aged 2 years 6 months 3 days from tubercular spinal meningitis. Born Jan 18 1909 in Waterloo he died at home at 5 35 pm after a brief illness. Survived by four older children Gertrude Gladys Harold and John Lee. Funeral Thursday at 1 39 pm at home with burial in Elmwood cemetery Rev Walter H Rolling of the First Congregational Church to preside. Grandparents Mr and Mrs Charles Lee and Mrs Phoebe Akin also reside in Waterloo. Mrs Akin and kin quarantined for diphtheria. funeral attendance may be limited.
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L. C. Akin
South Street
Walter
Waterloo
Gertrude
Gladys
Harold
John Lee
Rath Packing Company
Charles Lee
Phoebe Akin
Waterlow
Reading circle promotes intellectual growth and mutual aid
The c.L. 8. 6. Work features a GC OC circle offering study hours without parade or refreshments. Members share to strengthen each other, help the weak, and seek knowledge over material wealth. Those seeking more info may contact Mrs. C. Cadwalader at 918 Jefferson Street or call 497-Black.
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Jip
C. Cadwalader
Jefferson Street
Pastor Returns from Vacation to MN Fishing Report
Rev. Frank Cole of the First M. E. church returns from a three week vacation at Nisswa Winn with his wife and family. They will stay two weeks longer. He notes the fishing is fine.
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Frank Cole
M. E
Nisswa
Winn
Unlocated Cronin Relatives Leave Man Buried as County Charge
John Cronin drowned Monday forenoon and efforts to locate any relatives have failed. The body is held at the morgue awaiting word from kin, with interment likely in a day or two. A telegram to Springfield police suggested Cronin had no known ties to that city.
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John Cronin
Springfield
Police On Trail Of Clever Forger In Waterloo Case
Seven counterfeit checks each for 29.80 were reported to Waterloo police Saturday evening. Chief Dinneen believes he has a line on the culprit, who may have fled the city. Authorities and detective agencies nationwide assist in the hunt for the forger.
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Waterloo
Dinneen
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State Board of Education
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Company M
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Hovs
Illinois Central
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Wort
W. A. Bennett
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Mra Bennett
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Mra
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Portland
Ore
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Dubuque
Walter Graff
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L. S. Hovey
Jesups
W. P. Walker
Western Avenue
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Clarksville
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Carrie Parker
Frank Standish
N. A. George
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Varysburg
N. Y
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Waverly
John Lizer
S. H. Pinkerton
Sam T. Lewis
W. Hellen
Sam T. Lewis Co
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F. W. Powers
St. Paul
Minnesota
Frank Olmstead
Milford
Black Hawk Construction Company
J. ©. Jameson
W. R. Jameson
The
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Mr. Jameson
Minneapolis
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Pocahontas
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Third Avenue West
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Storm Lake
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Gladys Shores
California
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F. A. Clark
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Lockport
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C. J. Dow
Merle Whitson
New York City
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Marshalltown
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Shady Grove
B. B. Bunnell
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