Cedar Falls news notes widen social and travel plans
Cedar Falls notes detail meetings at the Coterie and Woodman hall, a joint missionary societies event at Cedar River park, a birthday party for Master Chester Seymour, visits by local residents to Des Moines and Chicago, and plans for a Cedar Falls band concert and university demonstrations. The piece also covers a Cedar Falls family planning a river voyage and Central America relocation, plus local travels and appointments.
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Cedar Falls
W- H. Hard ix
Woodman Hall
Ulises Walter
Shell Rock
D A. Jeroalman
South Mainstreet
Woman's Missionary Societies
Hirst Methodist Church
Foreign
Home
Cedar River Park
Waterloo
Henkle
Calcutta
Chester Seymour
R. F. Seymour
Franklin Street
H. B. Philpot
Beresford
P. L. C. Hansen
Kenosha
Wis
Carmelita Hamlin
Mason City
Crinklaw
West Twelfth Street
Twelfth Street
H. S. Stamberry
Chicago
New York
Adam Wagner
Harry W. Johnson
Cedar River
G. A. Olsen
Smith Apartments
Des Moines
Central America
Cedar Heights
P. H. Boysen
Cedar Rapids
George
Mornin
William Hason
Black Hawk County
W. C. Schultz
Wilson Flats
State
Sighth Streets
Schultz,sr
Macy Campbell
Harry Eells
Orange Township
State Teachers' College
Davies Light Opera Company
BH. Myerholz
F. L. McCreary
Cedar Falls Commercial Club
Ruby Charlton
Teachers’ College
Pacific Coast
John Parrish
L. W. Parrish
Colorado Springs
Fort Riley
Kan
Parrish
J. H. Leavitt
Central
4America
Anton Olsen
New York City
Joseph Ottisen
Nicaragua
Smith
St. Paul
Mississippi River
Dubuque
New Orleans
Manjchester
Anton
Local Pythians to Des Moines Meeting
Local Pythians from Waterloo and Des Moines attend the Knights of Pythias grand lodge in Des Moines for a three day session. Delegates include W. R. Law and R. A. Buck with E. J. Wenner possibly registering. a proposed Pythian home for widows and orphans may be postponed due to war. Miss Mary Horner and other Pythian Sisters join, Lafayette Young sr. to give the principal address. acting mayor Thomas Fairweather to welcome. No special business planned this session.
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W. R. Law
R. A. Buck
Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Des Moines
E. J. Wenner
Waterloo
K. of P. and
Pythian Sisters
Mary Horner
Gertrude Perkins
W. H. Michael
W.H. Ladage
Waterloo Temple
Grand Temple
Lafayette Young
Thomas Fairweather
Swiss Socialist Sees Doom of Autocracy
Geneva July 24 A Swiss National Council member and Geneva Socialist leader warns in an Associated Press interview that the Hohenzollerns and Hapsburgs must fall for durable peace. He praises democracy sweeping Europe, criticizes German influence in Russia, and predicts postwar social struggles while urging patience until the war ends. A Calvary Evangelical church lawn cream social is announced with homemade cake.
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Geneva
Europe
Jean Sigg
Swiss National Council
Switzerland
Associated Press
Sigg
Russia
Stockholm
Petrograd
Robert Grimm
Germany
Hoffmann
Sige
America
Night of riot in Springfield sparks car attacks
Springfield Ill Aug 14 Across daylight hours for the first time since the street car strike began more than three weeks ago a car was assaulted after leaving the barns stones broken windows police drove off attackers troops moved to the scene but dispersed the disorderly crowd and arrests were not made. The Ninth infantry was ordered out and detachments policed unrest as a night of continued violence prompted labor leaders to seek a conference with the company and labor officials.
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Springfield
Ill
Ninth Infantry
Adj
Dickson
Barney Cohen
State Department of Labor
O. WN. Guster
Galesburg
State Industrial Board
A. D. Mackie
Kansas City
St. Louis
Kansas City Railway Company
Selsa
Here
Sammies Tobacco Fund Appeals for Soldiers in France
A wartime appeal urges readers to fund tobacco for American troops in France. Donors are told each dollar buys four packages of cigarettes or tobacco, with a postcard from the recipient included. The piece frames tobacco as a vital comfort for battle weary soldiers and calls on readers to contribute.
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France
Great Conference at Moscow to Plan Russia's Future
More than 1,600 people have been invited by the government to attend a Moscow conference August 25 to 27. Attendees include four duma members, leaders in public life, and representatives from political, economic, commercial, and scientific groups. The Kremlin will host the event with Premier Kerensky opening with a general statement and government program, followed by ministers detailing their departments.
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Petrograd
Moscow
Four Dumas
Kremlin
Kerensky
Peace Hope Arises From Henderson Row In Austria
Austrian papers celebrate Hendersons resignation from the British war cabinet and the labor conference vote to send delegates to Stockholm. Reichspost calls Henderson wrecking Lloyd Georges cabinet and predicts the war's end approaches while Arbeiter Zeitung forecasts an end to suffering and terror.
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Zurich
Stockholm
Arthur Henderson
Ppae Reichspost
Arbeiter Zeitung
Reichspost
Henderson
Lloyd George
Entente
The
Minneapolis Educator Appointed Director of Vocational Education
Washington August 14 Dr William A Prosser of the William Hood Dunwoody Institute Minneapolis was named director of vocational education He joins the board administering the new law Prosser has long been prominent in vocational education affairs.
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Washington, D. C
William A. Prosser
William Hood Dunwoody Institute
Minneapolis
Prosser
British Merchantmen Losses In U-Boat War
London reports in the house of commons that 9,748 lives were lost on British merchant ships from the war’s start to June 36, 1937. Of these, 3,826 were passengers, the rest officers or seamen, amid ongoing enemy action.
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London
House of Commons
Coal Strike Spreads Across Illinois and Nation
Washington reports 18 000 men quitting as the nationwide coal strike deepens. Officials cite potential preferential shipping or possible seizure, while Illinois drivers and miners walk out, easing production in central and southern districts and threatening a broader energy shortage. COAL DIRECTOR CONFERS with retailers amid stalled supplies.
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Springfield
Lluois
Springfeld
Hhere
East St. Louis
Montgomery County
Chicago
Coal price talks under Gov Lowden plan reach rail leaders
Chief Justice Varler named coal director with power to raise mine mouth prices as Gov Lowden seeks an amicable fuel price settlement. Informal meetings continue through Friday with hearings open to both sides. In Chicago, executives of the Mine Workers association and operators aim to settle the strike before adjournment after an initial hour conference.
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0. N. Varler
Frank O. Lowden
Juatha Carley
Chicago
Inde
Association Amd
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