Notable Opera Star Madame Yaw Weds in California Home
Society notes report soprano Madame Yaw, known as Nex Beach Yaw, wed Charles Cannon in a Cypress Street home ceremony witnessed by friends and family. The article traces Yaw’s rise from London study to New York debut, and her later philanthropy including Lark Ellen Home for newsboys and ongoing charity work across the South.
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Jay Angeles
Cal
Nex Beach
Lark Ellen
Dlifornia
Waswarri
Charles Cannon
New York
Ity
Alven
United States
Madame Yew
Yaw
London
Paris
Jenna
Pepeace
Rome
Naples
Metrolitan Opera House
New
Madame Aw
Vere Goldhwaite
Boston
Mr. Oldthwaite
Madame Yaw
East
Uth
Valeriasie Meux
England
Almast
Lark
Ellen Home
Covina
Carifonna
Madame Yau
Georgia
Alabama
Louisiana
Beauty Chats by Edna Kent Forbes
Readers' letters offer home hair care tips, neck exercises, and style advice. Suggestions include a DIY hair wash, posture and blouse line guidance, minor nose surgery caution, diet for weight control, and body shaping through targeted exercises.
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Edna Kent Forbes
Side Talks By Ruth Cameron Offers Parental Guidance
A reader letter from Ruth Cameron suggests parents recall their own childhood sensitivities and adjust manners to guide children. She notes manners evolve across generations and warns against letting parents’ crudenesses harm children as they grow.
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Ruth
Cameron
Keeps Step With Children Aims To Bridge Generational Gaps
A speaker reflects on parental efforts to raise children with proper speech and manners while noting kids resist such pressures. She warns against fostering walls between generations, urging open communication and humility to reduce preventable unhappiness. She cites mothers who cling to habits like shawls and knife use as reminders of shared family tensions.
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Avery
Cedar Rapids Council Fixes Gas Rate at 1.50 Per Thousand
Cedar Rapids council maintains a fixed gas rate of 1.50 per thousand with an ordinance, despite pleas for compromise. Mayor and commissioners discuss lowering B T U standards to 560 while keeping the rate, but no final action is taken.
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Cedar Rapids Council
Cedar Rapids
H. C. Carson
Mana
Sture
Don Barnes
Flath
J Jay
Marital Woes in Divorce Petition Filed
Ruth M. B. Baker sues Harold J. Baker for divorce alleging mistreatment. They wed in Waterloo March 8, 1915, and she left him June 25, 1919. She seeks custody of two children aged 3 and 4 and alimony of 50 dollars monthly. If Harold remarries, she would allow him to keep the boy.
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Chelly
Ruth M. B. Baker
Harold J. Baker
Waterloo
Baker
Greater Waterloo Hires Miss Stewart Stenographer
Blanche Stewart formerly supervisor of pensigns for Black Hawk county has become stenographer for the Greater Waterloo association. She earned an A B from Oberlin in 1914 and studied social service in Chicago in 1912-13. Stewart then worked three years in social service in Bloomfield and Glen Ridge before stenography and bookkeeping at Waterloo Business College and serving as assistant to the Town Bankers' secretary.
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Blanche Stewart
Black Hawk
Greater Waterloo Association
Miss Stewart
Oberlin College
Chicago School of Civics
Bloomfield
Glen Ridge
N. J
Waterloo Business College
Waterloo teachers housing search prompts community help
West schools superintendent H J Lee asks Waterloo residents with rooms to accommodate teachers to report details to his office in the Leavitt Johnson building. Office phone 1634. Those willing to host teachers should send information. The note aims to aid arriving teachers. CKUBCH NOTES mention an ice cream sociable at Graves Memorial church lawn hosted by Mira Lannon on Wednesday evening.
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Waterloo
H. J. Lee
West
Leavitt & Johnson
Ckubch
Graves Memorial
Mira
Harry Lannon
Fourth Street
Waterloo unit to return home tomorrow from Camp McHenry
Waterloo's national guard unit Co M and Co F Cedar Rapids have completed 15 days at Camp McHenry Storm Lake and will arrive in Waterloo around p m tomorrow via Illinois Central railroad. Governor Harding inspected the camp and a regimental review drew several thousand spectators.
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Co. M
Waterloo
National Guard
State National Guard
Camp McHenry
Storm Lake
Illinois Central Railroad
Co. F
Cedar Rapids
Lasher
Reuse
J. Jacobsen
Fairfield
Trapshoot Planned for Labor Day by Waterloo Gun Club
Waterloo Gun Club hosts a Labor Day trapshoot at Byrnes park on Monday Sept 6 with ten 15 target events using two traps. Each event offers three equal purses plus five dollars added, non registered shoot with optional special events and standard trap loads available starting at 9:30 AM.
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Waterloo Gun Club
Byrnes Park
Snorer Sam Michalow Seen Moving to Private Cell
In Westchester County Jail a sequestered cell is being prepared for Sam Michalow also known as the snorer. The inmate will be taken to White Plains from Sing Sing for a new trial granted by the Court of Appeals after his January conviction for instigating the murder of Lizzie Nizuiek in Yonkers. Warden Lawes received protests over nocturnal noise disturbing death row inmates and asked for a silencer option.
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New York
Westchester County
Sam Michalow
Snorer
White Plains
Sing Sing
Court of Appeals
Michalaw
Lizzie Nizuiek
Yonkers
Lawes
New Heater to Supply Boiling Water at Waterloo YMCA
A new heater ordered by the Waterloo Y M C A will heat 600 gallons of water per hour for the YOMCA showers. An announcement will be made when installation is complete inviting all YMCA patrons to enjoy the fall bath.
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Waterloo Y. M.C. A
YOM. C. A. Tacconie
Johnson and Berry Waive Preliminary Hearing in Court
Frank Johnson and George Berry waived a preliminary hearing in municipal court on a charge of possessing a mutilated automobile with official numbers. They were bound over to the grand jury with bail set at 1000 dollars. Officials had previously refused to prosecute Tama la theft charges, but County Attorney J. Wenner filed the current charge.
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Frank Johnson
George Berry
Johnson
Berry
Tamala
Unt
J. Wenner
Cedar Heights Homes Change Occupants Through Sales
Cedar Heights residences see transfers: C F Kurth sells to Josephine K Ford of Cedar Falls. Kurth a Waterloo barber plans to buy in Cedar Heights. Co M Cheney sells to Roy J Stetzel of Waterloo, Cheney a railway agent. Stetzel a Waterloo Office Supply manager. R G Wang of Wang Miller Shoe Co in Waterloo has recently bought and occupies the KE L Jennings bungalow.
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Cedar Heights
C.F. Kurth
Josephine K. Ford
Cedar Falls
Kurth
Waterloo
Co. M. Cheney
Roy J. Stetzel
Cheney
Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railway
Mr. Stetzel
Waterloo Office Supply Company
R. G. Wang
Wang & Miller Shoe Company
KE. L. Jennings
Milk Used to Fight Fire at Big Ranch Gunnhison
Twenty gallons of milk valued at 70 cents per quart were used to extinguish a blaze on the roof of a dwelling on a large ranch near Gunnison. The fire was discovered as milkers were finishing milking. A bucket brigade formed to supply water from Ohio Creek nearby, but milkers feared the milk would spoil.
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Gunnison
Ohio Creek
Fragmentary OCR News Item Remains Unclear
Readable fragments describe a vague scene with a blaze and references to milk and oats. No clear persons, organizations, places, dates, or events are identifiable from the text.
Waterloo Scouts Hear Wild Life Talks
Waterloo Boy Scouts listened to talks on forestry and wild life at the Waterton May Reouls camp in Iowa Site park. Speakers from the American Society for Wild Life Conservation shared experiences and guidance. The event included a meal provided by the Rotary Club, two trucks to transport gear, and J. Sweeney directing the return trip with ninety five boxes planned for the conveyance.
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Waterloo Boy Scouts
Wild Life
Seienen
Autaa
Wid Life Conservation
Waterloo
Hotary Club
Sweeney
Htta
Waterloo patterns advertised for fashion department
The Waterloo Evening Courier promotes up-to-date patterns from the Fashion Department. Customers are asked to send a coupon with 15 cents for eyed pattern, and orders are filled promptly with delivery expected within ten days after sending.
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Fashion Department
Evening Courier
Waterloo
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