Boy Drowns In Black Hawk Creek At Deep Hole
Seven year old Prone Pate Serworof waded with companions into Black Hawk creek near Euclid avenue and Elmwood cemetery and stepped into a 15 foot deep hole. He disappeared beneath muddy waters and his body was recovered about 30 minutes later. Surviving siblings aged 6 and 16 and a 3 year old sister. The father aided in retrieval. funeral services held at O Keeffe and Towne with burial at Elmwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pate Serworof
Manhard Street
Black Hawk Creek
Euclid Avenue
Elmwood Cemetery
Snold Swimming Hole
W. W. Dietz
Hawkere Foundry
O'Keefe & Towne Funeral Home
John Panos
Greek Orthodox Church
Elmyoat
Evans Leads Early Finishers in Open Flights Qualifying
Open qualifying round details show Chick Evans of Chicago atop the early finishers with 159 after 36 holes at Inverness. Jock Wintchinson set a 33 36 69 course record and led the second 18 with 141 or 69, while George Sargent tied on 154 and Otto Hackbarth also 154.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chick Evans
Associatec Press
Toledo, CO
Jock Wintchinson
Inverness
Toledo
Chicago
William Methorn
Tulsa
Evans
George Sargent
Columbus
Otto Hackbarth
Cincinnati
Barry Vardon
Bobby Jones
Vardon
Jones
William Creavy
Kansas City
Floyd County Boys to Display Calves at North Iowa Fair
Floyd County Boys and Girls Calf club sponsors by Security Trust Savings Bank plan to send six purebred calves to the North Iowa fair in Mason City August 16 to 20. Exhibitors include Milford Ferguson with Anzus calves, Albert W Merfeld and Arthur J Merfeld with Herefords, Frank Thurow with a Shorthorn, and Robert Schmidt with a Shorthorn. The 30 members expect higher returns at fall sales, offset by care and feed costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles City
Security Trust “ Savings Bank
Floyd County
Mason City
Anz
Milford Ferguson
Orchard
Albert W
Arthur J. Merfeld
Dougherty
Frank Thurow
Robert Schmidt
Floyd
Whier
Election of Teachers at Cedar Falls College
Aug 11 Cedar Falls announces new faculty appointments for Teachers' College. Emery Watson of Parsons College Fairfield joins mathematics. Gladys Goss of Pratt Institute Brooklyn to art. Mary Neblick and Beth Priddle of Columbia University join the critic department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Teachers’ College
Emery Watson
Parsons College
Fairfield
Gladys Goss
Pratt Institate
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mary Neblick
Beth Priddle
Columid University
Local notes of visits and travels across Waterloo
Community items list residents visiting relatives in Missouri Nebraska Wisconsin and Illinois. births illnesses and recoveries. travel by car train and air. and local officials and police activity. Mentions include the Kepford family, Fairburns, Blitsehs, and Gibbons, with destinations such as Marble Rock Waterloo Webster City and Chautauqua Park.
Tourist 18 BART Involved in Car Collision Near Town
An 18 year old tourist fractured his nose after striking the top of an IMA automobile when he hit a rupt near town last evening. He continued his journey to Madison Wisconsin for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bart
Cedar Walls
J. & Sumner
Manhattan
Kan
IMA
Ile
Madizon
Wis
Rotarians Visit Scouts for a Waterloo Boy Camp Picnic
About 400 Rotarians and guests plan a day trip to the Devil's Backbone to join the 43 Waterloo Boy Scouts. A noon and 4 p.m. meal are scheduled with cars along the Hawkeye highway via Independence, Winthrop, and Lamont. The event replaces the August 16 Rotary meeting at Water Cress camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Hawkeye Highway
Uith Independence
Winthrop
Lamont
Strawberry
Point
Jews State Park
F. G. Weston
Rotary Club
Piney Woods Girls Stage Pleasing Concert Series
The Cotton Blossom Ringers from Piney Woods near Braxton Mississippi gave a concert at First Methodist church Waterloo as part of a series raising funds for the Piney Woods school. Five singers toured the region for the tenth anniversary building fund with Waterloo residents contributing. Mrs I L Brooks directed the tour and publicly thanked donors while Mrs Laurence C Jones spoke on school progress ahead of tomorrow’s Union Congregational church performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Cotton Blossom Ringers
Piney Woods Country Life School
Braxton
Miss
Union Congregational Church
Piney Woods School
I. L. Brooks
Laurence C. Jones
Villa Attacks Gringo Neighbors in Mexican Speech
Francisco Villa denounces North Americans and vows to fight to the death if opposed, in remarks quoted by El Universal. He claims real revolutions are against the gringo and speaks during a visit to Cuatro Genegas Coahuila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Francisco Villa
Cuatro Gienegas
el Univer
Wife Seeks Husband After Night Out At Club
A wife came to the police at 3 15 a m to report her husband Jack a clubgoer had not returned since early evening. Officers searched the city and found Jack hours later claiming he was looking for his wife after not finding her at home. No explanation was given for his whereabouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Oliver J. F. Dennelson
Medical Convention in Waterloo Opens Public Clinics
The Tri state District Medical society convention will be held October 4 to 7 at the First Congregational church in Waterloo. Public meetings cover sanitation and hygiene with cases selected for diagnosis by visiting national physicians. About ten thousand programs go to physicians nationwide. General Pershing may attend as army representative. surgeon general of public health hoped to be present. Dr. William B. Peck of Freeport will manage the program. The society’s officers include President George V. L Brown of Milwaukee and Vice Presidents from Iowa Wisconsin and Illinois. About 500 doctors are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tristate District Medical Society
Waterloo
First Congregational Church
United States
Middlewest
J. J. Pershing
Army
Public Health
William B. Peck
Freeport
George V. L Brown
Milwaukkee
Wis
John B. O’keefe
Iowa
Joseph IF
O'Keefe
Tri-state
Illinois
Wisconsin
Workman Breaks Leg at West High Scaffold Fall
Henry Amos of 115 Randolph Street suffered a compound fracture of the leg in a fall from a six foot scaffold at the site of the new West High School yesterday around 4 30 p.m. He was taken to Presbyterian Hospital where doctors said his condition is not serious. Mr. Amos, a carpenter helping with the building, lost his balance and fell from the scaffold. he previously served as business agent of the local carpenters union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Amos
Randolph Street
New West High School
Presbyterian Hospital
Amos
Carpenters’ Union
Yank motorboat wins Harmsworth Trophy
Cowes Isle of Wight Aug 11 America won the Harmsworth Trophy, the international motorboat prize, through the victory of Miss America in the second race of the series off here today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cowes
Isle of Wight
America
Mortuary notices and marriage announcements in Waterloo area
Funeral services scheduled for Mire Morris Kieio in Chicago with burial in a Jewish cemetery. Mrs J B Bruns to be viewed at Hijer man Gindt mortuary before departure to Parkersburg Iowa for 2 p m Lutheran service. Marriage notices list Snively and Edna Mirthaler at Waterloo and King and Myers at Waterloo. East-library staff adds Frances Wood from Hidon to Waterloo Public Library in children's department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Toleen
Mire
Morris Kieio
Chicago
Hileman & Gindt
B. Bruns
Friends
John
East Library
Frances Wood
Hidon
Waterloo Public Library East
Miss Wood
Sha
University of Towa
Combine Labor Day With Anniversaries
New York unions affiliated with the AFL are urged by the executive council to recognize in Labor Day ceremonies the anniversaries of the births of Lafayette and the Battle of the Marne, both falling on Labor Day this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
ATI
American Federation of Labor
Jin
Probing Campaign Expenses to Resume Hearings in Chicago
Senator James A. Reed announced that Senate committee hearings into campaign expenditures by presidential nomination candidates will resume August 18 in Chicago. The probe targets spending and funding practices related to the campaign process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
James A. Reed
Senate
Chicago
Will Urge Soviet to Take British Terms
Two members of the Russian mission departed on a British torpedo boat destroyer heading to Moscow to press acceptance of the British terms regarding Poland, according to the London Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Moscow
Poland
London Times
Dempsey to Box Brennan in 1921 Match
World boxing champion Jack Dempsey signed to fight Chicago boxer K O Brennan before January 1 1921. The date and venue remain to be fixed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Dempsey
K. O Brennan
Associated Press
New York
K. O. Bill Brennan
Chicago
Markham Pledges Shippers Better Illinois Central Service
A letter from H. H. Markham president of the Illinois Central promises to restore and enlarge facilities to restore service to 100 percent efficiency within a short time. He invites complaints and suggestions to company officials and says obstacles to growth have been rapidly swept away after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central
H. Markham
Mlinois Central
Waterloo
Markhamor
Markham
Illnois
Travel Costs and Hardships in Bolshevik Russia Report
A report describes travel from Verkhene-Udinsk to Moscow or Petrograd in ten days by Russian Pullmans at a 1,600 ruble fare, noting ruinous exchange rates and scarce goods. It highlights education efforts amid a food crisis and propaganda on communism, while opponents argue dictatorship blocks needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thollar
Verkhene-Udinsk
Boleheviki
Moscow
Petrograd
Ousk
trans-Siberian
United States
Fassia
New York
Enginemen Die in Derailment Cab Fire
Two Northwestern Express passengers derailed westbound after a switch fault. Engines Albert H Hedding Taylor and other crew were pinned in the cab and roasted to death while ten others injured. Interstate Commerce Commission urged complaints be directed to them for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prasad Hospers
Albert H. Hedding
Freman
Ite
Taylor
Commerce
Commission
Two Fatally Injured After Mail Route Incident
When two men named Moore of Rochester Minnesota and Cobdroy of St Paul were found beaten while riding between the mail and express they are likely fatally injured. The incident occurred as they attempted to ride the trains in a perilous crossing scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dlie
F. Moore
Rochester
Minn
Cobdroy
St. Paul
Mail
Express
Anne
Jowan Robbed Lx Omaha
Two men robbed Carl J. Sueppel of Iowa City of 22 dollars in Omaha Nebraska as he stopped en route home from the Don coal basins. Sueppel reported the incident to police while the city faced broader labor and supply strains amid wartime period concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jowan
Omaha
Associated Press
Neb
Carl J. Sueppel
Iowa City
Sueppel
Don
Pacific Coast
Guna
Pueyr
Laureajs
Ann
Meno
Irkutsk
Omsk
Urals
Moscow
Leon Trotsky
Trotsky
Rusisia
Kellogg's Tasteless Castor Oil Promises Nausea-Free Dose
Spender Kellogg & Sons Inc advertises Tasteless Castor Oil claiming removal of nauseating taste while keeping strength and purity. Physicians and druggists endorse it as the same castor oil patients were prescribed. Sold by druggists in three bottle sizes with plain labelling for Kellogg's Tasteless Castor Oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spender Kellogg & Sons, Inc
Railroads Granted Permission to File Blanket Rate Schedules
The Interstate Commerce Commission allowed railroads to file blanket schedules to implement new passenger, Pullman, excess DARPOEE and milk rates authorized recently. Roads planned to apply all new rates by August 26. In Washburn Iowa Mrs Mike Driscoll attended the funeral. Waterloo engagements noted for Miss Dorothy Neuhalsen, Miss Agnes Neuhalsen, and Miss Marguerite Driscoll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Railroada
Interstate Commerce Commission
Roadsere
Washburn
Mike Driscoll
Margaret
Waterloo
Community gathers for Pauline Thiery surprise party
A Tuesday evening surprise party for Pauline Thiery drew a well attended crowd. Walt attended by playing goiuves and refreshments were served. Services are planned at Washourne church at 2 p.m. Sunday with Mr. Purmort preaching. Charles Marie collapsed from heat while threshing for Charles Hewmer yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Thiery
Walt
Washourn
Purmort
Charles Marie
Charles
Olives Endure: Olive Trees Survive Four Centuries
The article notes olives in Syria living over 400 years, remaining flourishing and likely to produce fruit for another century. It credits improved culture methods for more frequent yields, and describes a shift from thrashing to hand-picking to protect trees and improve fruit quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syria
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Lad
Black Hawk
Serworoff
Floyd County Boys
Arnold Grueber
John Kehr Bene
Tate
Miss Alta Burbank
Fort, Dove
Upton B. Kepford, Jr
Avuckilon
Bowen
George EF. Licbly
A. J. Fairburn
Lime Street
Missouri
Anna Tolstrup
Webster
Ohagen
Vine Street
Charley Roe Snd
Irurt Hullenbeek
Smers
Marion
R. E. Seell
Minnesota
OW. Randall
South Barclay iRureets
Manchester
Monticello
Harry Gibbons
Swift Packing Company
Dorothy Blitseh
J. H. Blitseh
John Gilleas
Dubuque
Tom Webber
Lafayette Street
Alice Bourquin
Prospect
William Bootittie
Agnes Gibbons
Sycamore Street
Louis Nass
J.ean Normag
Henry King
Marble Rock,ale
Maria Simonson
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
C. Ju. Court
Art Camtin
Opal Gourt
Mulberry Street
Webster City
W. G. Lamb
Edwards
Henry Adamowsky
W. GB. Small
McGregor
Lampetrow
Henry Babler
Grave
John Marty
Monroe
Peter Figl
Babler
Marty
Alva Baker
Margaret, Newton
BE. H
Jennie Unruh
Biir
Winnifred Selby
Philip Kenogen
Winnifred
B. H. Cutler
Cutter Street
Harry T. Fisher
Fremont Street
Bertha 3
Alonfort
Frank Carson
Warren BE. Monfort
Warterlon
Honolulu
Bertha Monfort
Isheriff
Jackson Co
Worthington
Bealth
Devil’s Backbone
G. BR. Arthur
Tauip
Leamp
C. ¥. Geyer
Fort Dneee
Arry O. Barton
Geyer
T[inota Central Railway
Willam Venable
Albany
Moyes
Namorrmnn
Kain
Piney Woods
I. BH. Styles
Nasium Tonieol
Wigan O' Clock
Nut Club
Villa
Otly
East Club
Frank L. King
Hubby
Workman
West High
Yank
Harmsworth Trophy
Tigenses
Joseph Harvey Snively
Mabel Edna Mrthaler
John W. King
Clara J. Myers
William MM Smith
Tama
Jennie Jordan
Buenos Aires
Straits of Magellan
Punta Arenas
Chile
Akron
Ocavice
Russia
Cedar Valley
Cedar Falls, Iowa
Lunetta Sisters
Cottrell Powells
DeCarno
Princa Kealakai
Henderson
168Th Infantry Band
Elmow
France
Bers
Hee Ot Pamniseioir
J. JL. Bailey
Washbuien
Dorothy
Agnes Neuhalsen
Marguerite Driscol
Ray
Nichols
Mrs. Diets
V. Miite
Oxfords
Wangler Drug Store
Bettie
Wangler’s Drug Store
East Fourth Street
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