Cedar Falls Notes Highlight Local Travel and Events
Cedar Falls society strains with news of visits and departures. Mrs. G B Drinklaw hosts a Neighborhood Social soiree at 803 West Twelfth Street. Irma Van Dervoer and Evelyn Wilcox sail to Towa Falls for Bible Institute. Rev and Mrs J J Vannoy return from HY P CU in Towa Falls and host a lawn gathering for Baptist church members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
G. B. Drinklaw
West Twelfth Street
Irma van Dervoer
Evelyn Wilcox
Towa Falls
Bible Institute
J. J. Vannoy
HY. P. CU
Yauncy
Robert Minor
Waynesburg
Main Street
Baptist Church
Minor
Misa Helen
Howard
Cedar Heights
Mable
Ira
Condit
Indies
Marian McFarland Walker
Waterloo
Waterloo West
T. B. Carpenter
L. H. Severin
German Citizen Prefers Peace and Seeks U.S. Citizenship
A 20-year-old German youth, Hans Heinrich Moller Muller, announced intent to become an American citizen after arriving in July 1916. He has a consul paper relieving him from German military duty until mobiliation, but will remain German until he secures second papers after five years. He must report to his consul within three days, or risk uncertain consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Germany
Hans Heinrich Prederich Muller
Mailer
America
Chicago
Moller
Aller
Waverly Social Ties Mention Visits and Plans
Waverly notes list Mr and Mrs Spears of Garwin visiting Mrs C D Ebert and family, trips to Manchester, Cedar Falls, and Waterloo, a hospital update on Geo Taylor, local socials and a church institute planned for Aug 21, plus several residents moving or visiting relatives and seeking new homes.
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Waverly
Mrs. Spears of
Garwin
Mr. Stubbs
M. ES. Church
Mr. Driscoll
Nashua
More Moisture Needed in Iowa
The Iowa crops remain generally good but rainfall is uneven with southern counties most in need. Corn condition sits a few points below the 87 percent July average as of Aug 2, per the weekly Iowa Weather and Crop Service bulletin. Heavy showers occurred Thursday but total rainfall varied, leaving some areas dry and stressing corn, potatoes, and pastures in the south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
Geo. M. Chappel
How to Lose Your Tan Freckles or Wrinkles
An advertorial piece advises mercalized wax to remove tan rednose and freckles by gentle topical application nightly. It promises skin lightening toward a translucent whiteness within a week. Wrinkles are claimed removable by a wash with a powdery solution of gurdlite in witch hazel, described as an astringent with tonic effects.
Weather and crop yield estimates from regional drought data
Weather worsens drought with southern corn losses and stock water shortages. Nationwide crop yields show Winter wheat about 23 bushels per acre, spring wheat 16, oats 34, barley 27, rye 79. totals project 175 million bushels of oats, 116.5 million oats and 11 million barley and 100 million rye.
Feil Into Trap For Blackmailers
Mr and Mrs Herensky were drawn into a trap for blackmailers after a demand note to W Jameson. Police monitored the area near Bartlett McFarlane quarry on Monday night and arrested both as they searched for a tossed package. Mrs Herensky was released. Mr Jameson reported the note and ensured officers were alerted. Chief Leighton will provide details to County Attorney Hoxie for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jameson
Polles
Berenaky
Leighton
Hoxie
Payne children headline at Electric Park vaudeville show
At Electric Park this week the Payne children deliver a strong singing and dancing act with excellent voice and an ending dance exhibition. The Texans Tommy and the Argentine, and the three Amores provide unique comedy acrobatics with lively cafe-sketch humor. Pope and Lino feature a dog act with fashion and comedic pet stunts. Irene May showcases powerful vocal numbers throughout the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payne
Electric Park
Paynes
Tommy
Three Amores
Pope
Lino
Irene May
Waterloo City in Brief Notices and Travel Plans
A compilation of short notices reports various residents traveling home from visits to Bellevue Fairbank Wyoming county Allamakee county and the Dakotas and Minnesota. Names include Will Wiheberger Frank Standish D. E. Cates A. Kepford Francis hospital staff and Miss Marcia Webster. Excursions cover Yellowstone LeMars and Washington with health and family updates.
Card of Thanks for Doretha Pett
The Pett family extends sincere thanks for sympathy, assistance, and floral offerings from neighbors and friends during the illness and death of our daughter and sister Doretha. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Pett and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doretha
George W. Pett
Wakefield's Blackberry Balsam Promoted As Safe Cure
An ad declares Wakefield's Blackberry Balsam a 69 year old remedy for Jiarrhoea Dysentery Sholera Morbus and Cholera TM mfantum. It claims to save lives after doctors fail for both adults and babies and cites a price of 35c at every drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
Residents travel and social notes from Ansgar area
Mrs Nettle Lund and two children visited Nora Springs for a few weeks. Mrs L Q O McKinley hosted the Ladies Aid at her Newburg home with about thirty five attendees. Miss Blanche Dalager left for Chicago to visit her brother Dr Roy Dalager. Mrs Adrian Rowland and daughter Gladys arrived from Fort Madison for a visit with Herbert Rowlands. Miss Mary Burns Osage and Miss Nehia Casey Floyd visited Sarah Bakken. Mrs Amelia Dodge returned from Osage after visiting her daughter Mrs Wm Dorsey. Ada Tollefson visiting then left for Verdon S D. Dr and Mrs A Steuerwald and Jana returned home from Ray N D. Wealthy McGhaw visited Stacyville relatives. Mrs McCullaugh and daughter Hather from Minneapolis for a month with West and Peshak families. Alice Hegland returned from Minneapolis after buying fall millinery stock. Mrs Frederick Wilke died at 32 at her son Julian Wilke’s home. Funeral at German Lutheran church conducted by Rev Brammer.
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St. Apsyar
Aux
Nettle, Lund
Nora Springs
L. QO. McKinley
Ladies’ Aid Society
Newburg
Blanche Dalager
Chicago
Roy Dalager
Adrian Rowland
Gladys
Verdon
A. Steuerwald
Jana
Ray
N. D
Wealthy McGhaw
Stacyville
Amy
Ethel McCulla
McCullaugh
Hather
Minneapolis
West
Peshak
Alice Hegland
Miliinery
Frederick Wilke
Julian Wilke
German Lutheran Church
Brammer
Weather Summary From Across The Nation Today
Medicine Hat remains hot with temperatures above 100 while Phoenix reached 110 yesterday. Keokuk Indiana reported .42 inches of rain as the South including Kansas and Arkansas saw moderate rainfall. Southern Illinois received showers bringing relief to the drought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Phoenix
Keokuk
Kansas
Arkansas
Netcott Searches for Missing Daughter in Waterloo
Harry E. Netcott, a prominent Independence businessman, visited Waterloo last evening seeking his daughter Miss Helen Netcott age 16 who had been reported to have left home with a stranger. He could not find her in Waterloo and returned home to learn she was safe at friends in the city and had not disappeared with any stranger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Mia
L. O. Robinson
Clay Street
Mary Hansen
Miss Hansen
P. Jensen
Harry E. Netcott
Waterloo
Helen Netcott
Plainfield Social Roundup Amid Local Visits
Drd Smith and children returned from two weeks with Mrs Ed Hoard in Rolfe. Rev T Hunter attended a weekly assembly in town. Nellie French and son Don ald visited from Clarksville, returning Friday. Mrs Powell sick at home East of town hosts visitors. John Hinnion and wife of Charles City visited relatives. George Fuller back from Rochester Minn. Powell of Wisconsin visiting. Eid Reltz family drove to Dixon Iowa by auto. Esther McCartney nursing Esther Steele, moved from Charles City to home. Florence Sutherland and daughter from Charles City visited her parents. Lela Limbrick visited Mason City for a week with her father. Arthur Orcutt injured nose playing ball. Ditmore and daughter visiting at Jinda Thompson home. H S Scott family visiting in Clarksville. Daphne Martin from Waverly taking a week off work visiting parents. W C T U county convention meets Wednesday evening and Thursday afternoon with address and large attendance expected.
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Plainfield
Ernest Hodges
Osier
Social Society of the
Kelly
Harmon
Lee Dunlap
Harold van Dorn
Cedar Falls
Geo. Taylor
Merex Hospital
Frank Weirs
Alligon
Kose Reith
Wanterloo
J. W. Zoller
George Hastings
Kankakee
Lester Belden
E. A. Sager
Margaret
Dubuque
Mirrow
Nastia
Third Ward
Campbell
Coggon
Grassfield
Bently
Og Selwein
Geo. Selhig
Elizabeth Corning
Waterloo
Selbig
Thia Cin
Risk
Pisinfield
Smith
Ed, Hoard
Rolfe
T. Hunter
Falla
Nellie French
Donald
Clarksville
Ed. Martin
Mr. Foster
Powell
John Hinnion
Charles City
Geo. Fuller
Rochester
Minn
Wisconsin
Oere
Eid. Reltz
Dixon
Esther McCartney
Esther Steele
Burton
Waverly
Florence Sutherland
Rebt. Sraith
Lela Limbric
Mason City
Chas. Orcutt
Arthur Orcutt
Pall Park
Ditmore
Jinda Thompson
H. S. Scott
Marjory Michael
Daphne Martin
Searching for Husband Hoosier in Waterloo
Mrs J R Hoosier arrived in Waterloo this morning expecting her husband to meet her but he did not appear and cannot be located. She sent a letter yesterday and will stay at a local hotel with two small children while efforts to find him continue. An ad in the Courier and Reporter offered to sell a real estate piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Hoosier
Waterloo
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D. NK. Hurd
Evening Courier
Cedar Falls Drug Co
Grand Jury
Kingis Central Railroad Company
Mary
Eva
Kate Huffman
Freiide
Henry Johnson
Roger Leavitt
Mayme Hougland
Manitou
Cato
4. M. Harker
Mra
Homer Baysford
Florence Bassford
St. Louis
Minnesota
Joseph Chase
Jack Colline
New Hartford
Owen Lundred
Low G
A. T. Mindock
Damon
Sullivan
IL. W. Slutta
C. M. Claypool
C. M. Fullerton
Mort Dodge
W.H. Towne
Mr. Gibson
Des Moines
International Harvester Company
Bonnie Borne
Burns
Ruth Ellis
Cedar Valley District Fair Association
Hans Muller
Dicx
Consul
Edward Knott
Rooth
Wert
Union
Mesers
Martin
Feil
Buchanan
Will Wiheberger
Bellevue
C. A. Peddicord
Fairbank
W. J. Peddicord
Herbert E. Vaughan
Vouage
Vist
George Sawyer
W. E. Cowan
Ming Graham
Yellowstone Park
Phil Standish
Willian Galloway Co
Wyoming County
Perry Belangee
A.J. Demmel
Sunsay
Allamakee County
D. E. Cates
Marple Rock
Blasier
Jegerson Street
Waterloo Lodge
A. BP
A. M
Masonic Temple
Dexies
H. Zilmer
Christadelphia Advocate
Christadelphia Society
Marcia Webster
A. E. Kepford
Independence
A. B. Kepford
Chautauqua Park
P.M. Wilson
LeMars
Irejot
Ida M. Gorton
Edward F. Gorton
Poyner Township
Charles O'Keefe
Marble Rock
St. Francis Hospital
June Gray
Isabelle Parr
Warl
Jon Shanewise
Amily
Dakotas
Phay
Twin Cities
William J. Sornberger
Dorothy Kibble
BT. Ansgar
Courier
National Clothing Co
East Fourth Street
Paris
Burch Bros Co
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