Cedar Falls Daily News items and society notices
Cedar Falls news notes include Francis Gilkey returning from a lakes trip to resume duties at Cedar Falls National Bank and many social visits. Miss Mary L Townsend leaves for Sault Ste Marie Mich, Miss Margaret Connell visits Shell Rock, and Mrs Elizabeth Ward hosts guests on Sedgwick Island. The paper also notes a birthday reception for Dr J E Snowden and a large turnout at church and park services. An accident injures Roadman on a Cedar Falls farm, and the International Harvester company runs a sales school at the fairgrounds. RCA Cedar Falls office changes and a new freight building are announced, with the Cedar Falls Canning Factory set to start soon and hire 100 to 126 workers.
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Cedar Falls
Francis Gilkey
Lakes
Minnesota
Cedar Falls National Bank
C. A. Fullerton
Familly
Rockford
Mary L. Townsend
Sault Ste Marie
Mich
Margaret Connell
Shell Rock
Edward Carney
Clear Lake
J. B. Knoepfler
Ira S. Condit
C. H. Myerholz
Iowa State Teachers’ College
J. E. Snowden
First Congregational Church
Danish Bethlehem
Des Moines
Dee Moines College
Mies Bertha Wise
Cincinnati
C. A. Wise
Sault
Laura Shoemaker
Marian Chapman
Oberlin
E. W. Lanham
Chicago
Jel
WC. Nuhn
Pittsburgh
Fred Spohr
Helen
Ronald Knapp
Hope Foote
Gale Gardner
Kesley
Roger Leavitt, Jr
Bonnie Hansen
Harold T. Bancroft
Big Eddy
Young People of Zion Evangelical Church
Myron Rogers
Cedar Falls Canning Company
Mr. Rogers
Foreigners in Waterloo head to Chicago for consuls
Several Servians and Austrians in Waterloo left for Chicago to consult their country consuls and volunteer if needed. About 100 foreigners in the city are expected to cross the Atlantic to join their nations' armies. Local railways report no halt on selling Intermercantile Marine Co. travelers’ checks. banks continue selling American Bankers' Association checks for U.S. use only. Flour price trends tied to wheat and war uncertainties.
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Intermercantile Marine Co
American Bankers’ Association
Uley
Bbave
United States
Waterloo
Chicago
Fatherland
Patent Allowances Mention Various Inventors Across States
George C Kennedy patent attorney received patent allowances in June and July for inventors including Daniel H Young Manchester for elevator improvement Edward J Brady Waterloo rotary piston for internal combustion engine Henry J Kuhlman Colesburg IA for lateral gang shaft for cultivator Clinton C Butler Waterloo for hydrocarbon gasifier for gasoline engines Frank J Palmer Portland molding machine for concrete burial vaults Carl M Leonard Chicago MD for step supporting means for shoes Henry J Kuhlman Colesburg ta adjustable seed dropping means for planters Henry J Kullman Colesburg ta three row planter Ray W Franklin Waterloo pipe connection Charles Du Mond Cedar Falls cover faster for washing machine Joseph J Kelleher Waterloo automobile jack Arthur H Mutron Waterloo British patent on electric signal for railway trains
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Henry J. Kuhlman
Colesburg
Clinton C. Butler
Waterloo
Frank J. Palmer
Portland
Carl M. Leonard
Chicago
Henry J. Kullman
Ray W. Franklin
Charles du Mond
Cedar Falls
Joseph J. Kelleher
Artur H. Mutron
Earl Roberts Hero Saves Six From Drowning
Earl Roberts of 176 Lupton Street, a 27 year old expert swimmer, saved four women and two men from deep water near Black Hawk Creek, after they were swept from a sandbar. He struggled to bring them to shore as onlookers failed to assist. Several fainted. two of the rescued walked home. Acknowledgment came in a reward paid by a woman who signed Miss Esther Waldorf in Maxwell, Ja.
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Earl Roberts
Lupton Elreet
Roberts
Altho
Black Hawk Cragk
Moma Park
Tig
Ovo
Travelers Lose to Friends Here Travelers Lost to Friends Here
Five Iowa physicians touring Europe with companions may be stranded across the Atlantic as war unsettles travel. Dr. Brinkman’s wife awaits news. he was in England and planned to sail Aug 7. Other doctors and companions are reported lost or delaying return, with Miss Gladys Young’s European trip postponed by the outbreak of war.
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Europe
Atlantic Ocean
Brinkman
England
America
White Star
British Isles
Edwin R. Shannon
Iowa
Ars. A. V. Hennessy
Council Bluffs
M. E. O'Keefe
Tose Jennings
Chicago
J. B. O'Keefe
Waterloo
Veronica Finley
O'Keefe
United States
Gladys Young
Cedar Falls
Courier
Miss Young
Cedar Fally
Mother of Groom Relents Lets Beatrice Couple Wed
Bryson Burroughs and Hattie Lockard of Beatrice Nebraska faced a license barrier when Bryson was deemed underage. A telegram from Bryson’s mother prompted a delay, then a consent form signed by both sets of parents allowed the marriage to proceed without further delay.
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Bryson Burroughs
Hattie Lockard
Beatrice
Ned
Bryson
Court House
Minneapolis
Conple
Burroughs
Pettit
Couple’s ages shift as wedding plans proceed
In a reported application, a man stated he was 21 last May but admitted on Saturday he was 24 last September. He plans to marry a petite 18 year old bride and likely reside in the area. The groom has worked as a ploughman’s helper at Ellis & Foster.
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Bnt
Mr. Burroughs
Phunhet
Ellis & Foster
Receivership Upheld by Judge for National Engine Co
Judge Mullan grants a receivership for National Engine Co after the death of president G W Dickinson. The action by Headford Bros and Alleghenies Foundry Co cites $11,197.42 in notes and open accounts, with alleged liabilities near $80,000 to $90,000. Receiver bond set at $19,000. plant and engines on hand amid ongoing business to protect stockholders and creditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wo. Robinson
National Engine Co
Mullan
Headford Bros. & Alleh‘ins Foundry Co
Pickett & Swisher
Penisioner
G. W. Dickinson
WH. Scheel
Dickinson
Meat prices slump in local market amid war news
Price trends suggest meat costs have not risen locally despite war news. J W Rath of Rath Macking Co cites no foreign demand, no shipping facilities, and a calming money market as factors keeping prices down while the war develops.
Rural Clergyman Farms to Isolate Wolf From His Door
Rev Mr Wyrick of Shady Grove near Jesup solves rural clergy funding by farming six days a week to supplement income. He preaches on Sundays for 2 dollars daily, claiming farming sustains his work while maintaining ties with Baptist Methodist Presbyterian and Lutheran members of his congregation.
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Foh. Wytick
Shady Grove
Jesup
Mr. Wyrick
Wyrick
Shady Grove Union
My. Wyrick
Hon Walter P Jensen to Locate in Waterloo
Hon Walter P Jensen of Pocahontas and a member of the state legislature is coming to Waterloo with his wife to establish residence. They have leased an office on the sixth floor of the First National Bank building and will reside at 608 Eleventh Street West, aiming to be settled within two weeks. Jensen, a young attorney, has risen quickly in law and politics and will be a welcome addition to the city. Judge F Platt of this city, on a eastern pleasure trip, has been at Carthage, N. C., and there is a note about sending the Courier and Reporter to him there until further notice.
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Hase
Pat
Oie
New York City
Philadelphia
Boston
Brattlebro
Mass
Providence
R. L
Beaver Valley
Chicago
Nichols
Des Moines
Rose Lamb
Myron Rogers
James Brownell
J. E. Snowden
Cedar Falla
Thomas P.miller
Normal School
Fairmont
W. Va
Minneapolis
Dr. Snowden
President Miller
West Virginia
Dr. Snowder
Mlow
Cedar Falls
MLW
Joe
International Harvester Company
Cedar Valley District
Rownds
Iowa
H. A. Jetmore
Walter P. Jensen
Pocahontas
Waterloo
First National Bank
Eleventh Street
Jensen
Judge F
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