Lew Wallace and Ben Hur Lecture Series
Gen Lew Wallace discussed Ben Hur at First Presbyterian Church last Sunday. A large summer crowd attended the illustrated sermon series with next Sunday’s program featuring Quintus Arrius and the famed chariot race. Wallace’s conversion story followed his encounter with Robert G Ingersoll and prompted his writing of Ben Hur.
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First Presbyterian Church
Ben Hur
Westenberg
Quintus Arrius
Messala
Courier
Lew Wallace
Robert G. Ingersoll
Ingersoll
Christ
Wallace
Damage by Rioters Claim Filed Over Street Car Coach
Des Moines Aug 19 The Chicago Great Western Railway filed a $600 damage claim in city clerk Susong s office alleging rioters damaged a coach carrying strikebreakers on August 5 by storming the car shed with bricks and stones.
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Des Moines
Chicago Great Western Railway Company
Susong
Pleasing Dinner Party Hosts and Out of Town Guests
Miss Dana Shoptaugh of Booneville Ind visiting Waterloo was guest of honor at a 7 o’clock dinner party hosted by Misses Viva and Fern Madre at a Chautauqua Park home. Yellow daisies and candelabra adorned tables. 16 guests, plus several out of town visitors, enjoyed a three course menu and music.
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Dana Shoptaugh
Booneville
Ind
Waterloo
Viva
Fern Madre
Chautauqua Park
Katherine Mears
Helen Keagy
Vera McQuilkin
Oklahoma City
Okla
Ruth Cotton
Town City
Edith Brittain
Missoula
Mont
George Moody
Marie Garwood
Leah Seafield
Exie MacQuitkin
la Porte
Electric Park
Miss Shoptaugh
Diener
Paula Roddewig
Davenport
Helen Sedgwick
Margaret Bragdon
Susan Tanner
Sans Souci Hotel
Edna Swingley
Marshalltown
Longcroft
Berlin
Wis
Violet Gill
Omaha
Gertrude Shaw
Catherine Thill
Salamanca
Florence Cottrell
Roddewig
Fourth Street West
Daily Hunt from Paris Park Social Notes
The Paris Park scene includes dinners at cottage gatherings with Rev. and Mrs. Cole Hull Evans and a stinger evangelist Moody heading to Montana for evangelistic work. Lincoln Circle Ladies of the G A R plan a thimble bee with Mrs Heiple in Cedar River park. Mrs J W Krapfel, once ill, is improving. The Walnut Street Baptist Ladies’ Aid met at Mrs Blenis home with plans to meet at Mrs Pratt’s in a month. Eleanor Johnson invites guests for a luncheon honoring Miss Elizabeth Armes of Washington D C visiting Miss Ruth Reed at Chautauqua. Mrs F R Williams of Caledonia Mich and Miss Alice Beatle of Chicago guests at Mrs Shoemaker home. picnic at Electric Park hosted by Mrs Williams and Miss Beatle, 36 attendees, later a five hundred party at Mrs Wise’s. Mrs H B Stuart hosted an informal sewing afternoon with music and a two course repast. Mr and Mrs A E Haswell and L A Brooks return from a three weeks camping and fishing trip near St Ansgar.
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Jolly Bunch
Catherine Haler
Manchester
Alice Stewart
Butler
Chicago
Marie Mullan
Electric Park
Lincoln Circle
Pythian Temple
Heiple
Cedar River Park
S. P. Turpening
Miller
J. W. Krapfel
Ladies’ Aid Society
Walnut Street Baptist Church
William Jones
James Blenis
Argyle Street
Arthur Bentz
Pratt
Third Avenue West
Eleanor Johnson
Leland Avenue
Elizabeth Armes
Washington, D. C
Miss Johnson
Ruth Reed
Chautauqua Park
Miss Armes
Vassar
F. R. Williams
Caledonia
Mich
Alice Beatle
Frank Shoemaker
Fremont Street
Williams
Miss Beatle
W. G. Wise
H. B. Stuart
Eleventh Street West
Alice Eason
Parents Mourn Infant's Death Near Waterloo
Mr and Mrs H R Foster of Cedar township six miles south of Waterloo mourn the death of their month old son Kenneth born July 17 who died yesterday afternoon at 3 50 Funeral services will be conducted at the home Sunday afternoon at 2 20 by Rev Frank Cole pastor of the First M E church
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H. R. Foster
Cedar Township
Waterloo
Haly
Kenneth
Frank Cole
M. FE
Special Music at St Pauls by Cedar Falls Trio
Miss Finy Graham pianist Miss Alma Cutler violinist from Cedar Falls and Mr G W Maxom cellist from Des Moines will provide special music at St Pauls church evening service where Dr Frank Cole will deliver the bank offering address. The trio recently studied in Europe and are noted for refined training. Mr and Mrs W B Curtis of Rockford Ill visiting Mr and Mrs H H Henderson 614 Washington St. Curtis to return tonight, Mrs Curtis and daughter Will stay longer.
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Finy Graham
Alma Cutler
Cedar Falls
G. W. Maxom
Des Moines
St. Paul’s Church
Frank Cole
Miss Graham
Miss Cutler
Europe
W. B. Curtis
Rockford, Ill
H. H. Henderson
Washington Street
Pioneer Bremer County Couple Mark 58th Anniversary
Waverly Iowa special report notes Jonas Mishler and Sarah E Mitchel will celebrate 58 years of marriage Aug 22. They were the first couple licensed to wed in Bremer County Aug 22 1843 after license issued Aug 20 1853. The couple raised a family near Denver and have deep Bremer County roots through pioneer days. They remain active in the Methodist church and live in a south Waverly home with six grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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Jonas Mishler
Sarah E. Mitchel
Jeremiah Farris
Mishler
Denver
Independence
Bri
Bremer
the Cedar
Waverly
Moses Minhler
Iowa
Bleswooda
Janesville
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Black Hawk
Butler
Kansas
Rs. Mishler
Bremer County
Irving
Henry Mishler
Moses
Horton
Susana Tippey
Methodist Church
Waterloo Interurban plan teased by local Strategy Board
Local Strategy Board meets at benches by Joder store and outlines a Cedar Falls entrance for the Waterloo Osage interurban. The line may run Eagle township to Wilson Junction then join the Chicago Great Western to Cedar Falls, avoiding Waterloo direct entry to reduce rights of way and terminal costs. Grading slowed awaiting decisive land grants amid route options. Also included is a New York bank statement noting reserve levels and deposits.
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Joder
Waterloo-Oskaloosa
Wilson Junction
Chicago Great Western
Cedar Falls
Great Western
Waterloo
Strategy Board
Fagle Township
Eagle Township
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Harry Wilson
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Naomi Cushman
Dorothy Lantry
Wanton
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Charlotte Mann
Mary
Lucile Moore
Oscar Berry
Mobile Street
Carrie Neldy
Ka Deal
Mrs. Berry
Mrs. Smith
Minnie Tangler
Maude Dewald
Mabel Kenyon
Christian Endeavor Society
Robert C. Westenders
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L. A. Brooks
St. Ansgar
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Geoar Falls
Oskaloosa
New York
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Gladstone Hotel
Bulletin
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Downing Place
Falls Ave
Gladstone
Northwestern Land & Investment Co
Jefferson ST
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