Community Notes Record Cedar Falls Reunion and Visits
Cedar Falls aug 25 special Mrs A McChane hosted a large family reunion at 1618 Washington with relatives from Cedar Rapids Minneapolis Fargo and more. Other items include Myrtie Raymond heading to Canon City for school work and Frank Rammer winning a heating and plumbing contract for the new International Harvester building.
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Cedar Falls
A. McChane
Washington Street
Iowa
Tom Kenny
Cedar Rapids
Don Kenny
Minneapolis
John Kenny
Fargo
N. D
Helen Kenny
Grippen
A. L. Hunt
Bancroft
Frank Rammer
International Harvester
First White Babe Born in Falle Celebrates Cedar Falls Lifelong Resident
O G Mullarky, born in Cedar Falls sixty two years ago, marks his birthday at home in Oak Ridge. He is noted as the first white child born in Cedar Falls and the town’s oldest resident with continuous residence, witnessing the town’s growth from a log village to a modern city.
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Cedar Falls
O. G. Mullarky
Oak Ridge
Dr Edward Keeler Dies at Lake Mille Age Sixty
Dr Edward Keeler died Saturday evening at his home in Lake Mille Iowa from consumption. He was born in Cedar Falls and spent his life in Iowa communities before his death.
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Cedar Falls
Edward Keeler
Lake Mille
Leudness charges and jail for Rasmussen case at Cedar Falls
The Cedar Falls raid led to the arrest of Louie Rasmussen's wife Mrs Rasmussen and a man Clarente Petersen on lewdness charges. They appeared before Judge Cummins. she posted no bond and was jailed in Waterloo, while he posted bond. Mrs Rasmussen was treated for a drug ingestion after capture.
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Cedar Falls
Marshal Nalow
Louie Rasmussen
Mre. Rasmussen
Clarente Petersen
Cummins
Waterloo
Waterloo Mre
Rasmussen
Keeler Family Ties Highlight Pioneer Lineage in Cedar Falls
About sixty years ago, the son of the late Dr. James Keeler, a Cedar Falls pioneer physician, and grandson of Rev. James Keeler, first Episcopal rector here, is noted. His maternal grandfather, Hon. Zimri Streeter, was an early county settler. The family later lived in Bristol, Iowa, then Lake Mills. He leaves a widow, two sons, one brother, and many relatives in Cedar Falls and Lake Mills.
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James Keeler
Cedar Falls
Zimri Streeter
Bristol
Lake Mills
Kelley Canning Plant Reaches Full Capacity in Bremer County
The Kelley Canning company begins its first full week of operation since starting last Tuesday. The plant now employs about three hundred workers with a payroll near last year’s level. New husking machines boost efficiency, enabling faster corn processing and higher quality produce. Local officials report crop quality improving due to better methods, though overall tonnage is slightly reduced.
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Waverly
Kelley Canning Company
Hert Hursh
O. H. Mitchell
The Prisoner of Zenda at the Waterloo
The Famous Players Film company screens James K. Hackett in The Prisoner of Zenda for three days at the Waterloo starting Wednesday August 27. Admission is 10 cents to all seats in the big theatre. Also on tap at Waterloo is Mrs Wiges of the Cabbage Patch with a Saturday Aug 30 matinee and night performance.
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Famous Players Film Company
James K. Hackett
Waterloo
Man Held on Alleged Liquor Purchase Plot
Edward Beemis is detained at police headquarters on information filed by a detective alleging bribery. No charge has been filed as the matter goes to the county attorney. The case centers on a $5 liquor purchase and a returned bottle sent via an intermediary.
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Edward Beemis
Beemis
Reemir
Reemia
Are Reg
National Clothing House to Cut Prices at Waterloo Store
The National Clothing House will open a new men s department in Waterloo offering hand tailored suits and overcoats at a single price of 15.00. Proprietor J Lebowich returns from the east with high grade lines once sold for 22.50 to 25.00, now offered at 15.00. The store aims to be the central west s greatest value men s outfitter.
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National Clothing House
J. Lebowch
Waterloo
The
National
Chia
Central West
Lebowich
City in Brief Local notices and social updates
A roundup of itemized village news includes travel plans from Justice J. H. Kuhns and the Waugh operation recovery of Mrs. T. E. Waugh, returns from visits by Miss Elsie Franke and Miss Mae Valentine, and a string of trips by local residents. Mayor Thompson notes the Iowa League of Municipalities meeting dates, while Edwin Westeter reports on Mitchell SD land interests and grain. Fridge theft and sign shop burglary are reported at Frank Fish’s Lane Street home.
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Margaret Myers
Winthrop
G. W. Creecy
Chicago
Charles Brammer, Jr
Mr. Brammer
RB. C. Thompson
Iowa League of Municipalities
Marshalltown
Frank Fish
Lane Street
Fourth
Lafayette
Hanlat Enher Place
Long Journey 3 Described by Biblical Lecturer M L Herr
M L Herr a Biblical lecturer for the International Bible Students association spoke at Assembly Hall Public Library on From Eden to Paradise. He argued against orthodox creeds urging use of reason and Bible helps to study hand me down beliefs. He claimed death ends all and hell is not eternal torment, predicting a Messianic dawn with a restored earth and perfected beings.
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M.L. Herr
International Bible Students Association
Assembly Hall
Public Library
Eden
Paradise
Herr
Pastor Russell
Hell
Christ
Adan
Abraham
Satan
Heb
God
Ames Man Recalls Judge Platt and Visits Waterloo Furnace
Duane Cooley of Ames recounts knowing Judge Platt since boyhood in Jo Daviess county and recalls his Waterloo ties. He traveled to buy a Bovee furnace and praises Waterloo factories and William Galloway's advertising impact on farm markets.
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Judge Platt
Duane Cooley
Ames
Daviess County
Mr. Cooley
Waterloo
J. E. Bates
Dakota Territory
Jo Daviess County
Cooley
William Galloway
Galloway
Humor of truce in suffrage war noted in letter
London reports a possible pause in militant suffragist actions as Mrs. Pankhurst urges followers to take a holiday. She explains she is gathering strength for future battles and advises others to rest during the present holiday period.
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London
Nineteen Miles of Conduits Planned for New Hotel Here
Two St. Louis electricians from Hassell Lamson undertake a vast wiring task for a hotel at Fifth and Commercial streets. They plan nineteen miles of four inch conduits from ground to roof with a main line and tree like branches to supply a miniature plant per floor. They expect six months of work with four care of apparatus needed to finish the contract.
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St. Louis
Bn Hassell-Lamson Homeby
Hght
Newsy Russell-Lameon
Fifth
Commercial Streets
Waterloo
Waverly
Marke
Humphry
Harrison Named Governor General of the Philippines
Francis Burton Harrison of New York's Twentieth district, a Ways and Means Committee member, is chosen as governor general of the Philippines. Born December 18, 1873 in New York City, he graduated Yale 1895 and earned an LL B from New York Law School, where he taught 1897 to 1899. He was admitted to the bar in 1898.
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Washington
Francis Burton Harrison
Congress
New York
Philippines
Harrison
House
Mr. Harrison
New York City
Yale
New York Law School
Pankhurst Peace Rumor Strengthens Women’s Suffrage Push
The article notes a possible truce with authorities ending the "cat and mouse" act, leaving 42 of 43 prisoners released and one in jail. It suggests Mrs. Pankhurst may have agreed to support a government measure to grant women suffrage.
Ox Injured in Collision Near Waterloo
Three women Mrs. F A Bradford Mrs O H Bradford and Mrs J J O'Hern and their three children were thrown from a buggy when an automobile struck them twelve miles north of Waterloo. The buggy was damaged and the horses frightened but were caught after a short run. All occupants sustained bruises and jolts and were aided by their husbands, Illinois Central conductors, who followed in a second car and helped the injured before taking them to their destination.
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F. A. Bradford
0. H. Bradford
J. J. O’hern
Waterloo
Thias
Illinois Central
Porter Steals $600 From Hotel Safe
Burlington Iowa Aug 26 5 Wm Lovetell 20 year old hotel porter stole 600 dollars from the Wagner hotel safe this morning and decamped Two hundred dollars in checks were recovered by mail from Mr Pleasant A man matching Lovetells description was captured at Creston this morning
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Burlington
Wm. Lovetell
Wagner Hotel
Lovetell
Mr. Pleasant
Loverell
Creston
Visiting pastor preaches sermons to old parishioners
Rev. and Mrs. A. B. Keeler of Worthington Minnesota are visiting Waterloo friends. Keeler, a former Union Congregational pastor, preached two sermons yesterday for his old parishioners. Cedar Hive Lady Maccabees plan an annual picnic next Friday at Cedar River park inviting all members to bring children. Courier wants ad noted.
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A. B. Keeler
Worthington, Minn
Waterloo
Lady Maccabees of
Cedar Hive
Cedar River Park
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