Reception Honors Rev and Mrs Clark of Eugene Oregon
Dr and Mrs W H Bickley hosted a reception for Rev and Mrs Fred J Clark of Eugene Oregon last evening. About 125 church members and friends attended. Flowers filled the rooms with red roses in the dining room. Clark's son Judge J J Clark and family were introduced. Mrs Clark sang several songs and readings were given by Mrs John Knox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Bickley
Fred J. Clark
Eugene, Ore
Clark
First Congregational Church
Clarks
J. J. Clark
Mason City
E. L. Johnson
A. B. Lovejoy
H. L. Tucker
M. H. Way
Carol Burr
Claribel Clark
Jean Bickley
Myrtle Nielsen Engaged to Wed Robert Mussett
Miss Myrtle Nielsen daughter of Mr and Mrs Nick Nielsen 327 High Street and Robert Mussett son of Mr and Mrs Robert T Mussett 24 High Street were announced engaged Saturday at a party in the bride elects home Mrs Nielsen assisted by Mrs Julius Mortenson. Guests included Mrs Mussett Misses Rose Harriet Emily Martha Mussett Misses Hazel and Gladys Bruce Misses Pearl and Ferm Jensen Independence Ind Miss Fern and Miss Leona Bixby. The bride elect was a junior at East High School and her fiancé works with his father at Waterloo Steam Boiler Works. No definite wedding date set but likely New Year’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Nielsen
Nick Nielsen
High Street
Robert Mussett
Robert T. Mussett
Nielsen
Julius Mortenson
Marjorie Fern
June Nielsen
Mrs. Mussett
Rose
Harriet
Emily
Martha Mussett
Hazel
Gladys Bruce
Pearl
Ferm
Jensen
Independence
Fern
Leona Bixby
East High School
Waterloo Steam Boiler Works
Y W C A Plans Holiday Camp for Employed Girls
The Y W C A announces a two day holiday camp at Morris Isle on Sept 4 and 5 for employed girls in the city. Miss Beth Tracy notes registrations and a nominal fee will cover meals and costs. Camp departs from the Y W C A building Sept 3 with Miss Florence L Brinton expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Woman's Christian Association
Morris Isle
Beth Tracy
Florence L. Brinton
Association
Fidelity circle plans all day meeting at Mrs Stoddard home
Club Notes reports the Fidelity circle will hold an all day meeting Wednesday in the home of Mrs Albertine Stoddard with members expected to attend and discuss club business and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fidelity Circle
Albertine Stoddard
Chicago Flying Club
Chicago
Ill
E. Lewis Campbell
Women’s Flying Club of
Campbell
Tuesday Socials Bring Local Groups Together
Tuesday afternoon and evening events include WwW and Co. T. A. at Willard hall, M. B. A. card party at Moose hall, and Gates Park Civic club with Mrs. J. O. Truax hosting a M. B. A. dance at Moose hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moose Hall
Co. T. A
Willard Hall
Gates Park
Miss Schrodemier Becomes Bride of Harley A Waldon
Mr and Mrs John Schrodemier announce the marriage of their daughter Pauline to Harley A Waldon of Milan Indiana The ceremony occurred Saturday at Independence Texas by Rev Leroy Smith pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church The couple will honeymoon in Milan and the Blue Ridge mountains and reside after September 25 at 1820 Fourth Street East Pauline Waldon is an East High School graduate and works as an artist for Hinson Manufacturing John Deere Tractor employs Harley Waldon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Schrodemier
Pauline
Harley A. Waldon
Milan
Ind
Independence
Leroy Leslie Smith
Methodist Episcopal Church
Harvey C. Schroedemier
Oelwein
Walden
W R C Arranges Birthday Dinner and Homecoming
The Women’s Relief corps announces a homecoming program and birthday party for Wednesday in Memorial hall with a noon picnic. G A R comrades and wives are invited to attend to celebrate July and August anniversaries. Mrs. Vio la E. Hartsell started the annual day last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Relief Corps
Memorial Hall
Viola E. Hartsell
Laura Ganz
Fred Moore
Averice Gilley
Hartsell
Miss Schultz Birthday Dinner at Black's Teashop
Miss Anne Schultz will celebrate her birthday with a formal four course dinner for twelve at 6 30 tonight in Black's tearoom. Summer flowers will adorn the table as Miss Schultz is joined by Miss June Slakoff Miss Louis Schultz and several other young ladies for an informal evening with cards and dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Schultz
Black
Miss Schultz
June Slakoff
Chicago
Louis Schultz
Ruth Sherman
Ann Feldman
Goldie Reubens
Lillian Golofsky
Pauline Pabach
Gilda Kaplan
Eva Blot
Wisconsin Folk Organizer Elects Officers and Plans Picnic
Former Wisconsin residents formed a nucleus at Cedar River park with an annual meeting planned. Mrs. H D Harker was elected president with Mrs EH Travis as vice president, Bert Williams secretary, and William Raine advertising manager. The first annual picnic is set for September 10 at Byrnes park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Cedar River Park
Byrnes Park
H. D. Harker
EH. Travis
Bert Williams
William Raine
Woman's Home Missionary Society Meeting at St Pauls
The Woman's Home Missionary society of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church will meet tomorrow evening at Mrs. Homer Jolls home. Mrs. George Woodall will present the lesson with enigmas led by Mrs. Ralph Myers and devotions led by Mrs. S. M. Muzzey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Home Missionary Society of
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
Homer Jolls
George Woodall
Ralph Myers
S. M. Muzzey
Hints in beauty care eyelash creams and regimens
The article advises lash care in different seasons. It promotes clipping lashes in hot weather to encourage growth, and using creams or tonics in fall and winter, including olive oil castor oil or lanoline cold cream. It details making a lanoline and olive oil mix with borax, applying at night, and notes castor oil as effective for darkening lashes, with repeated clipping and treatment to improve length and thickness. It also briefly mentions a diet tip to clear skin, suggesting orange juice and reducing starches sugars and meats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Ri
Fall Hastenes! John Baro Dies at 84 in Waterloo
John Baro, 84, longtime Waterloo resident and German-born settler, died at 4 a.m. at his home 611 1/2 Commercial street from age-related complications believed hastened by a fall four weeks earlier. Survived by three sisters Mrs Wenzl Fried Mrs Louisa Fuesner and Mrs Helen Babcock of Custer S D. two sisters and one brother preceded him. Funeral at St Mary’s church with requiem high Mass. Rosary society to meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Wenzl Fried home. Burial in Calvary. Body at O’Keefe & Towne funeral parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Baro
Waterlon
Commercial Street
Baro
Germany
Baden
Munheim
Casper
Mary Eve Baro
United States
Freeport
Waterloo
Mr. Baro
George
St. Mary’s Church
Theodosius Plassmeyer
Calvary
Rosary Society
St. Mary's Church
Wenzl Fried Home
O'Keefe & Towne
Gates College Remodeling for More Seating
Gates College undergoes extensive remodeling to add seating and lighting ahead of the fall term opening on Tuesday September 6. The 1926 27 student summary lists 280 attendees from 99 cities four states 90 Iowa towns and 32 counties with Waterloo leading enrollment at 71 followed by Cedar Falls 16 and towns like Hampton La Porte City Osage and Shell Rock well represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gates College
Brice F. Gates
Mary S. Horner
R. H. Gillespie
Charity Craig
Phaye Thompson
Irene Kessler
Clarence Poe
Gates
Iowa
Minnesota
Missouri
South Dakota
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Hampton
la Porte City
Osage
Shell Rock
Black Hawk
Butler
Bremer
Buchanan
Fayette
Hardin
Benton
Grundy
Clayton
Towa
Winterset
Fort Dodge
Denison
Webster City
Shenandoah
Sigourney
Lone Rock
Galt
Mason City
Laurens
Duncanthe
Britt
Forest City
New Sharon
McGregor
Eagle Center Picnic at Mt. Carmel Aug 24
Crowds will attend St. Mary's church annual picnic at Mt. Carmel parish in Bante township on Wednesday August 24. Chicken dinner and supper served by parish women. Morning athletic contests and a grease pig event. Ball game afternoon between Ragte Center and Hudson. La Porte City band performs afternoon and evening. Prizes awarded to several local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Church
Mt. Carmel
Bante Township
Everu
Bill Daly
Farmer
Whl
Ragte Center
Hudson
la Porte City
City Notes From Waterloo and Vicinity
Local notices show residents visiting and traveling, including F R Phippen and family returning from Illinois and Wisconsin, Paul Riley visiting from Chicago, J J McHugh on Rock Island Railway business, and Russell Palmer from San Francisco vacationing with the Phippens. Also reported are a serious illness of Martin Bender, Beatrice Scott’s California trip, and several local moves and trips to Niagara Falls, Canada, and across the east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. McHugh
Chicago
Rock Island Railway
Waterloo
Waltonians Plan Picnic Next Month
Waltonians announce a large picnic planned by the Waterloo Waltonians at Case beer Heights early in September with contests and prizes. Ra C Will ford state president attended the Sioux City event with members from Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota, inviting all Third district chapters to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Izaak Walton
Sioux City
Waterson
Ra. C. Willford
Fies
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Waterloo Waltonians
Casebeer Heights
W. A. Henery
Thunder Shower Yields .64 Inch
Sixty four hundredths of an inch of rain fell during a thunder shower that visited Waterloo. The rain began with hail and continued with near constant lightning. Muddy roads hindered Cedar Rapids trip returns home and some late day outings were postponed. The Sabbath remained clear for sports and pictures. A few people were at Cedar Baver park beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Ralph B. Slippy
Cedar Rapids
Independence
Cedar Baver Park Beach
Legion Band Rivalry Ends in Friendly Accord
The Third District American Legion band and Becker-Chapman post band divided a $400 prize after a dispute over member percentages and merit scores. Officials say the awards stand, noting the Third District band has over 75 percent Legion members and strong performance. Both bands played in the state contest with high marks. no protest will be filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Waterloo American Legion Band
Becker-Chapman Post
Henry Dahlman
Waterloo
Specker-Chapman Post
Waterloo American Legion
Clare W. Chenette
Iowa Roads and Weather At 10 A M
Des Moines clear and good while Clinton shows showers and fair. Council Bluffs clear and good. Dubuque clear with roads drying. Marshalltown clear and good. Keokuk cloudy and good. Ottumwa fair and good. Cedar Rapids clear and good. Muscatine rain and muddy. Mason City cloudy and choppy. Fort Dodge partly cloudy and good. Boone clear and good. Area around Waterloo reports 218 north and south fair. 59 north and south good. 20 east fair. 20 west good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Clinton
Council Bluffs
Dubuque
Marshalltown
Keokuk
Ottumwa
Cedar Rapids
Muscatine
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Boone
Waterloo
News and Views Play Leader Wants More Fairy Tales
Miss Josephine Blackstock Oak Park playground director says childhood as a separate period is ending and urges teaching outdoor dramatics and more fairy tales to preserve imagination. Other items note Helen Berger revealing her married name and upcoming collaborations with Col. Bamberger, Princess Marina in London finishing education, and Portugal naming Maria de Lourdes as its first woman aviator. Newark and Chicago reports flag debates on women in politics and aviation roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Josephine Blackstock
Oak Park
San Francisco
Helen Berger
Judy’s
R. S. Bamberger
Bamberger
Coralie
Lisbon
Portugal
Maria de Lourdes de Sa‘Teixiera
Advertisers Use Skies to Sell Goods and News of Women Pilots
The piece notes plate advertising and sky writing as airplane uses for merchandise promotion. It quotes a woman pilot hopeful about the push for flying licenses and government roles, saying women seek these paths and will soon obtain them.
Nervous Woman Causes Wreck Near Traer
William W. Kahn proprietor of a cafe at 506 Commercial Street received a bad cut on his forehead when his car veered into a ditch near Traer to avoid a collision with another car driven by a nervous woman. Two cafe employees were slightly injured. The automobile was abandoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Kahn
Commercial Street
Traer
Police arraign Ben Bell for disturbing public quiet
In police court Ben Bell, a black man, was arraigned on a charge of disturbing the public quiet by fighting and striking Bessie Howlett, a black woman who pressed the charge. The incident began at 1321 Commercial street at 2 45 am. The trial was postponed to summon witnesses, Bell remanded to the city jail. The docket also listed one drunk and five traffic violators with fines totaling 26 50. The black house rat and the brown sewer rat are deadly enemies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Bell
Bessie Howlett
Commercial Street
Bell
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Bickley
Sunnyside
Gates Park Civic Club
J. O. Truax
Society
Miss Schrodemier
Harker Head
Church News
Edna Kent Forses
Freeport, Ill
Eagle Center
Woman's Labor Bureau
Edward Cheever
Virgil Dye
Charles Jensen
Marvel Cheever
Dorothy Retler
Willadeon Cushman
Mark West
Sriz
Buchanan's
F. R. Phippen
Ninth Street West
Ilinois
Paul W. Riley
J. L. Riley
Leland Avenue
Martin Bender
Washington Street
Robert Anderson Post
EB. A. McCullough
Grace
Eric Craigenbrink
Wausau
Wis
Bob Jones
Benj. Davis
Butler Avenue
F. P. Ebert
Mulberry Street
Beatrice Scott
James Sims, Jr
J. R. Sims
Elm Street
St. Francis Hospital
A.M. Oswald
Hanlontown
A. M. Grassley and Son
Fremont Street
East
Niagara Falls
Canada
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Susan B. Lentz
Columbian National Life Insurance Company
Rockwell School of Life Insurance
N. A. Gasser
Elynor Jean
Second Street West
Myn Freeman
Minneapolis
Marinette
Robert Bailey
CG. A. Marsh
Orange Township
Paul A. Townsley
J. A. Townsley
Wellington Court
Peoria
Mr. Townsley
Ohio
Dean Bachtell
Carl Bachtell
Milton Perry
BE. M. Perry
Blowers Avenue
Havening Courier
J. P. Hey
Berth Avenue
Kan
Fifield Construction Company of
Floyd Poyner
Bruce F. Gates
Fred L. Northey
Rotary International
Newton
Pearl McKee
Indianola
Hotel Maytag
Northey
Mary
Ruth Cronin
Wanda
Lester Hicks
Ruped Swanson
Asheville
N. C
Mt. Vernon
Annapolis
Gettysburg
Atlantic City
New York City
Quebec
Can
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Concord
Boston
Prince of Wales
Ottawa
London
Princess Marina
Princess Nicholas
Greece
Paul of
Servia
Marina
Princess Paul
Chelsea
Freeholder
Newark
Elizabeth A. Harris
Board of Freeholders
Essex County
Entz Cafe
First National Bank Bldg
Fonda Mae Shop
East Fourth Street
Long Prairie
Shiplow
Man Driver
Fashion Department
Evening Courier
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