Uncle Sam to Run Bank and Aid Farmers Bill
H Schenk of Memphis Mo nephew of Waterloo residents proposes a congress bill to let Uncle Sam operate a national bank. Postal savings funds would be loaned as five percent real estate loans with treasury notes issued if funds run short. Profits would fund government revenue. Wife of Schenk is Elsie Wilson former resident.
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United States
H. H. Schenk
Memphis
Joseph
Christopher Schenk
Waterloo
Congress
Mr. Schenk
Sam
Ioana
Treasury Department
Treasury
Schenk
Elsie Wilson
HE. E. Wilson
Courier Patterns Catalog Request and Delivery Time
The Courier advertises up-to-date fashion patterns with a coupon to the Fashion Department. Fill out the coupon and send it with 10 cents per pattern. Patterns include seams and orders are filled as soon as possible, reaching buyers about ten days after sending.
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Fashion Department
Evening Courier
Waterloo
Society News and Weekend Social Schedule
Friday evening events include the Town Criers banquet at the Inn in Elk Run and the Jolly Rovers club gathering hosted by Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Lee. Miss Henrietta Patterson of Cedar Falls departs for a week in St. Paul and Minneapolis with visits to Lake Minnetonka and White Bear Lake. Saturday afternoon brings an indoor picnic for Arista Mona at Mrs. C. A. Kays home. A house party at Dr. Buchanan cottage near Independence features the Misaca Kelley and nurses from Dubuque and Independence.
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Elk Run
Jolly Rovers Club
A. W. Lee
Lupton Avenue
Henrietta Patterson
Cedar Falls
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Lake Minnetonka
White Bear Lake
Arista Mona Club
C. A. Kays
Hammond Avenue
Atte
Misaca Kelley
Fox and Hamilton
Dubuque
Independence
Dr. Buchanan
Wapsie
Couple Wedded by Justice Knapp in Waterloo ceremony
Justice F. F. Knapp united Miss Mildred Shadman and Matthew J. Wiltgen in marriage yesterday at 2 30 PM. The ceremony was witnessed by Mr and Mrs Har ry Shadman and C E Ott and Harry Shadman Jr. After the service the couple toured Waterloo and Cedar Falls by automobile and were entertained at the Shadman home on Shilliam avenue with dinner. Wiltgen is a machinist at the Illinois Central railroad.
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Justice F. F. Knapp
Mildred Shadman
Matthew J. Wiltgen
Harry Shadman
C. E. Ott
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Shadman
Shilliam Avenue
Wiltgen
Illinois Central
Nadine Face Powder in Green Boxes Promises Beauty
Nadine Face Powder offers a soft velvety complexion with a pure harmless claim and a money back guarantee if not entirely pleased. The powder stays smooth until washed off and is purified by a new process. Sold by toilet counters or by mail for 50 cents through National Toilet Company with retailers including Henderson Drug Co and Wangler Bros. Co.
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National Toilet Company
Henderson Drug Co
Wangler Bros. Co
Hansen & Pletcher
Evening wedding serenade at Wittgen household
The bridal couple was serenaded by a number of thin associate employees. Mr. and Mrs. Wittgen have gone to housekeeping at 202 Shilliata Avenue.
Cooperative kitchen plan proposed to ease household costs
Ruth Cameron argues for a cooperative kitchen where several families share meals to cut costs versus keeping house. She cites a young couple paying 15.50 a week for board and suggests co operation could reduce expenses, freeing women from maid duties and enabling more home care and outside work.
Majestic Theatre Presents New Show Through Tomorrow
The Majestic drew good crowds yesterday for a program extending to tomorrow night featuring Carson and Jerome with singing dancing and acrobatic stunts. The Three Creighton Sisters offered singing and dancing while Chas Burkhart and Co presented The Cheap Skate. Bill Davis delivered a vaudeville style monologue with songs and the Three Navajos performed hand balancing. Miss Ethel Braniger guest at Miss Helene Ballett on Franklin Street.
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Majestic Theatre
Carson
Jerome
Creighton
Chas
Toars
Sudden Temperature Plunge Follows Harsh Heat Wave
The article details a rapid twelve hour fall from 80 to 62 degrees as a cold front sweeps in. Strong winds and sharp temperature drops alter daily life, with residents improvising wraps while noting the unexpected cold snap and its brisk pace.
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Cranoa
At & O
Girl From Across Water Will Wed Girl From Across Water
A romance begun in Austria seven years ago ends today as Jack Sulentic and Mande Brkic marry in the United States. Brkic arrived two weeks ago and after locating Sulentic at his home, a marriage license was issued. The event is expected to be notable among their national community.
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Austria
Jack Sulentic
Mande Brkic
Sulentic
America
Miss Bricie
Cedar Rapids votes down interurban
Des Moines Capital notes Cedar Rapids voters rejected funding for a Waterloo Cedar Falls & Northern interurban, falling 1,917 votes short of passage. The paper laments the defeat, urges Iowa to pursue interurbans, and cites Commercial Club backing. Also reports Miss Lorraine Hallowell’s return from Camp Sylvan and Miss Marion Davis’s Lake Ada trip.
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Des Moines
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Falls
Towa
Iowa
Lorraine Hallowell
Camp Sylvan
Minn
Hallowell
Sho
Waterton
Marion Davis
Lake Ada
Teachers Hear F C Joseph Stress Home Value
Deputy State Superintendent F C Joseph addressed the Black Hawk County Teachers Institute urging the home’s role in education and the linking of domestic science agriculture and manual training with homework. He outlined class plans to cut lost time and pledged a public lecture on School Legislation this afternoon. The 170 Waterloo teachers photographed together at 11 40 this morning as the institute continues. Tomorrow closes the session with additional lectures and visitors from Floyd Bremer and other counties.
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Black Hawk County
Teachers’ Institute
F. C. Joseph
Joseph
East Side High School
Waterloo
Institute
East Side
Mary Korinke
Charles City
Floyd County
J. , A. Ling
Public
la Grange
Creaco
Iowa
Mary Cretazimeyer
Waverly
Bremer County
L. G. Howell
Starton
NO DISTURBANCES ON CIRCUS DAY
A large crowd lined the streets for Barnum & Bailey’s parade with no reported accidents or major trouble. Chief E. A. Leighton kept extra officers on duty as crossings were patrolled and traffic kept moving. Clown Id Rounds was jailed for intoxication and released. five other drunks were taken into custody. The alleged hold up was a whiskey party with Henry Tardy released after arrest.
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E. A. Leighton
Tie
Henry Tardy
Wie
May Organize New Church Body In Waterloo West
Rev H J Groth of the English Lutheran mission in Waterloo west reports plans under way for a formal church body this fall. The Home Mission board Iowa Synod sent him to stir local interest and meetings are held Sundays at Pinkerton hall. If realized, ground will be bought and a building erected for worship and religious activity.
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Waterloo West
J. Groth
Groth
Waterloo
Home Mission Board
Iowa Synod
Pinkerton Hall
Fourth Streets West
Many Register At Waterloo YWCA Rooms
During the past week the Waterloo YWCA rooms saw unusually large visitor registrations tied to national Young People’s Christian Union sessions and amusement week. Guests arrived from over twenty towns in Iowa and from states including New York Pennsylvania Ohio Minnesota Michigan Washington Wisconsin and Nebraska. If you are looking for a house try a Courier want ad.
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Waterloo
Young Woman's Christian Association
National
Young People’s Christian Union
The
Presbyterian Church
Prison Visitors Accused Of Larceny After Break In
Herbert Prudhon J E Elliott and Jay Tucker allegedly visited Fort Madison and broke into Culler Hardware Company. Prudhon and Elliott are held in the city jail awaiting larceny charges while Tucker moves to Nashua custody. Door bolts allegedly fixed to allow outside entry and three suitcases filled with shotgun shells were taken.
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State Penitentiary
Fort Made
Ison
Herbert Prudhon
Jay Tucker
J. E. Elliott
Fort Madison
Nashua
Prudhon
Elliott
Culler Hardware Company
Cutler Company
Tilliott
Iowan among injured in eastern rail wreck near Veetonia
Pittsburgh reports the eastern express from Chicago to New York on the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago line wrecked near Veetonia Ohio close to the Pennsylvania line. Injured include Dr. H. L. Stewart of Chariton Iowa neck injured and Mrs. Sophia Sheek Los Angeles California bruised.
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Pittsburgh
Eastern Express
Chicago
New York
Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago
Veetonia
Pennsylvania State Line
H. L. Stewart
Chariton
Sophia Sheek
Los Angeles
Cal
Fifty Miners Killed in Indian Mine Cage Fall
In Mysore, India, on August 22, a mining cage carrying fifty miners plunged to the shaft bottom, killing all aboard. The accident occurred at the Mynsore gold mine, drawing immediate investigation and rescue efforts.
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Bangalore
India
Mynsore
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