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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 25, 1915

Page

5

Eloquence and Enthusiasm Mark Towse Associations Meet

Large turnout fuels Towse Evangelical associations conventions in Waterloo with strong Y P A and Sunday school attendance. Dr. Heinmiller of Cleveland delivers sermon on finding God early, amid hillside and coliseum services. Thursday schedule features German sermon by Dr Heinmiller, bowing to Bishop Spreng’s anticipated Sunday auditorium climax. The children and youth programs draw steady participation and lively songs lift crowd energy.

Towse Evangelical Associations Mrght Waterloo Spreng Hemmller Cleveland Coliseum Young People’s Alliance Leniors P. A. Olson C. Minkel J. H. Engeh B. J. Lang J. A. Huehlen Viola Kooche Lillis Goetze C. F. Smith G. Heinmillier P. A C. F. Stalth G. Schiuter H. DB. Robinson Cradle Re Mary Essing

Pope Benedict XV Pledges Aid to Persecuted Jews

New York August 25 The Jewish Daily News published a letter from Pope Benedict XV responding to a appeal by S Mason editor of the Jewish Daily News asking relief for Jews deprived of full rights. Vatican envoy Gasparri conveyed that the Holy See will continue to follow justice in favor of Jews on suitable occasions.

New York Jewish Daily Benedict XV Caredinal Gasperri Mer Giovanni Carzane Washington Vatican Jaly Sir Ime S. Mason New York Jewish Daily News Mason P. Card Gasparri

TASANE OF HER FRANK Case Sent to Asylum

Council Bluffs Aug 25 Frank H Phillips once linked to Highland Park College Des Moines was sent to the asylum today amid intrigue over the Leo M Frank case. In Bennington township Edwards Threshing Machine Co runs its sixteenth job with oats yielding fifty to sixty bushels per acre. quality reported excellent.

Tasane Alylias Council Bluffs Frank H. Phillips Leo M. Frank Phillips Des Moines Highland Park College Bennington Edwards Threshing Machine Company

City in Brief Paints Busy Waterloo Day

A crowded City in Brief notes many visits and motions in Waterloo. Attendees include attorney E R O’Brien from Del welh, stenographer Miss Mabel Lettau vacationing in Burlington, and workers like John G. Farmer of Cedar Rapids on Rock Island business. Local life reports visits to fire stations, travel to Los Angeles for a family illness, and preparations for harvest home events. Also listed are a larceny charge against Boney Petkoff, pavement reopening on Fourth Street, a hospital transfer for Mrs. Matt McDermott, a divorce filing by Mabel H. Bellis, and license events for several residents. Myers’ orchestra heads to Des Moines for the state fair with Waterloo’s ten-member group also slated for Cedar Falls fair appearances.

Mabel Lettau Burlington C. FL Reown Charles Clear Lake Guy Manwell Albert Lea Minn Stobert Kenneally Dubuque Waterloo John G. Farmer Cedar Rapids Rock Island Ben Lichty Los Angeles Cal Linneas C. W. Jackson Postofiey Exgie Canter Kmags M. J. Ponmer Ica Real Catata Mintlesot Lord Lucas Adams Paper Company Hoston New York Washington Matt McDermott St. Francis Hospital Harrison, Street Mabel H. Bellis Vern L. Bellig Waldo Smith Orange Judd Company Chicago South

Five Girls Start Three Day Progressive Party Tour

Tonight five girls Dinelle Whittle Heth Whittle Pauth Baker Helen Hovee and Ruth Banton begin a three day progressive outing. After Plaza they stay at the Whittle home eleventh street west then visit Cedar Heights for a picnic Saturday Cedar Falls band concert in the evening and a night at the Boree home High street. Friday brings dinner hosted by Miss Banton, a bathing beach visit, then another sleepover at Miss Baker's. Saturday features golf and tennis at Byrnes park courts before dispersal.

Dinelle Heth Whittle Pauth Baker Helen Hovee Ruth Banton Plaza Whittle Eleventh Street Cedar Heights Cedar Falls Boree High Street Elk Hunl Miss Banton Miss Baker Byrnes ‘Park

Death notices for Mrs Mary Weeks and H L Spelcher

Relatives announce the death of Mrs Mary Weeks at Otsego Michigan on July 21 from cancer born 1862 in Allamakee County Iowa married 1882 to M D Weeks. Survived by husband, two Otsego children and two Iowa/Montana kin. Funeral services for H L Spelcher at 2 30 Friday at O Keefe Towne chapel by Rev A P Blough Church of the Brethren.

Tian Vayamoura Mary Weeks Otseso Mich Davelo Rer Leander Clarriett Smith Allamakee County Towa M. D. Weeks Otsego Ter Anderson Ida Moessner Albert Lane Beaumont Tex Hattie Flickinger Susan Call Carrie Leckington Archie Smith George H Salem Gre Algie Smith Des Moines Minnie Mishler Rock Rapids Leckington MR. Speicher H. L. Spelcher O'Keefe & Towne Chapel A. P. Blough Church of the Brethren

Russell Summary: His Old Job Back as Santo Domingo Minister

President Wilson selects William W. Russell of Washington DC to succeed James M. Sullivan as minister to Santo Domingo. Russell, from an old DC family, previously held the post and has served in Caracas and Panama. his career spans posts under Cleveland, McKinley, and Roosevelt.

Wilson William W. Russel District of Columbia James M. Sullivan Santo Domingo Russell Bryan Sullivan Washington W. WW. Russell Diplomatic Service Legaion Carracas Venezuela Legation Panama Columbia Cleveland MclKinley Roosevelt

Fear Lynching at Negro Trial Fear Lynching at Negro Trial

Murphysboro Oregon Aug. 25 Adjutant General Dickson of the Illinois National Guard warned Sheriff James A White of Jackson county that there must be no attempts to lynch Joe Deberry, the confessed murderer of Mrs James H Martin, at his trial next week General Dickson rushed south from Springfield after Governor Dunne considered a communication from Circuit Judge D T Hartwell of Marion IL who will hear the Deberry case Aug 30 Judge Hartwell advised state guardsmen to escort the prisoner from the Harrisburg Illinois jail to Murphysboro and guard during the trial Lynching still is openly talked here.

Murphysboro Genera Dickson Tillnols National Guard James A. White Jackson County Joe Deberry James H. Martin Cairo Annz Polly Dickson Springfield Hartwell Harrisburg, IH

Three More Divorce Suits Filed Reflect Domestic Infelicity

Three divorce petitions are listed for the next term. Byron Case accuses his wife Blive Case of incompetence as a housekeeper, claiming she sleeps or sits idle when he returns from work. Anna H Roblin sues Thomas Roblin for desertion on their marriage day in 1914 seeking alimony. Lola M Vose claims Ros Vose deserted her. married in Rock Island on July 5 1907, they have a five year old child.

Byron Case Blive Case Manchester Anna H. Roblin Thomas Roblin Lola MM. Vose Ros Vose Rock Island

Notes From the Waterloo Courier News Roundup

General Secretary Henry F Burns will return Monday morning from vacation per a Kenkuk letter. In tennis singles Cedar Falls players Fullerton and Shoemaker were defeated by Warwich and Stubbs 8 2. The gymnasium pool and shower baths close for two weeks starting September 1 for repairs. Walter J Mead, new secretary of the boys work, to arrive from Des Moines with Mrs Mead next week. Mrs R M Mitchell thanks friends for aid, sympathy and flowers after husband R M Mitchells illness. The Evening Courier prints circulation figures ahead of ads.

Henry F. Burns Kenkuk Cedar Falls Fullerton and Shoemaker Uarwich Stubbs Invby Walter J. Mead Des Moines R. M. Mitchell

Penbedw Farm in Llanbedr Painscastle Heads to Sale

Penbedw farm in the parish of Llanbedr Painscastle Radnor will be offered for sale at the Crown hotel Huey on Thursday August 26. The sale marks the first time the estate leaves the Gwynne family, with John W Gwynne the current owner. Gwynne notes Welsh rent grants, taxes, and tithes influence ownership and tenancy contrasts with Iowa practice.

Penbedw Llanbedr Painscastle Radnor Crown Hotel Huey, Thureday Brecon and Radnor Brecon Wales John W. Gwynne Marsh Plate Penbedw Farm Gwynne Lowa

Local notes from Jesup and area events

A Jesup roundup lists travel plans for Mr and Mrs F L W Harris heading to La Porte Indiana by car. Mrs H Jones and daughter Russ Namnlo visit Big Lake Minnesota with son S Jones. Local clubs host meetings and guests, including a Friday Women’s club event and a W CT U delegation to Shellsburg. A trio of Jesup children win at the county fair baby contest, and several residents undergo medical treatments or moves, including appendicitis operations and hospital stays. The marriage of Marta Celski and H B Almereman in the Catholic church is noted with a reception at the bride’s parents’ home and plans to reside in Stoneington Illinois.

Jesup FL W. Harris la Porte Ind Harris H. Jones Russ Namnlo Big Lake Minn S. Jones TE. C. Wilson Joseph Kennay Ghiengo Addis Marsh Brandon Community Club M. A. Strain Roberta Mad Aline Truax Theodore Houck William Chaplin Marry Neath St. Francis Hospital Waterloo John Ridenour Dysart Ridenour Garrison EB. Paver Elizabeth Newcomb George Fuller Barcel Margaret Lutz Daniel Heidt Floy Newcomb Des Moines College Des Moines Mott Felts Ames College Marta Ceselski EB. Almmerman Catholic Church P. J. Hogan Andrew Dieselst Stonington II. x

United States Proposes Ten Year Protectorate for Haiti

Secretary Lansing announced the U S plan to control Haiti's finances for ten years to establish a stable government that could eventually be handed to Haitians. The American charge at Port au Prince sought a Haitian reply today, with Lansing confirming the outline of yesterday's dispatches.

Washington Lansing United States Hafti Port Au Prince Port du Prince

Business Men Not a Circus Get Acquainted Special

Waterloo businessmen will travel in regular attire for a three day Get Acquainted Special departing at 7 10 AM on Sept 14. A special committee decided uniforms would detract from the spirit of the tour and want to be seen as representative professionals rather than curiosities.

Waterloo

Women Endorse Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound in Appeals

Two testimonials from Oklahoma and Kansas describe relief from female ailments after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Mrs Miller of Miami Oklahoma cites long-term trouble resolved by the remedy, while Mrs A L Suri of Lindsborg praises improvement after three bottles and urges others to seek guidance from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.

Miami Okla Lydia E. Pinkham M.R. Miller Box Commerce Lydia EB. Pinkbam Lindsborg Kansas Lydia B. Pinkham A. L. Suri Lydia E.pinkham

Professor N Wil llams Visits Waterloo Friends

Professor N Williams of 221 North Lamoma avenue Chicago visits Waterloo friends from Cedar Rapids on business. He just completed forty first year as a professor at Cornell College Mount Vernon and sends greetings to his late wife Mary Fancher Williams’s friends. He lives with his daughter near the Fancher home River Forest and shows interest in railway engineering. Washburn Wins at Southampton tennis event with doubles partner RB Norris Williams LI defeating Ward Dawson.

N. Williams North Lamoa Avenue Chicago Waterloo Cedar Rapids Williams Cornell Colege Mount Vernon Mary Fancher Wilams Mr. Williams Fancher Washburn Southampton N. Y Watson M. Washburn Harvard Norris Willams LI Ward Dawson California

Washburn Competes in Fourth Round At Meéado Club Cup

Washburn advances in the Meéado Club Cup singles with a steady lobbing strategy that pushed Dawson to the back court, shaping a tight fourth round matchup.

Star Washburn Dawson

Wanted and For Rent Classified Fragments

Additional Want Ads received too late for regular headings list jobs for girls at a factory, small furnished apartment available September tenth, and various rental offers. Notices include a Waterloo ordinance repeal and multiple property listings with phone contacts and addresses.

Also Mentioned on This Page

de. Heinmiller Hillside L. YG. Crippen S. P. Spreng Pope The Evening Courier and Reporter Glavses Buchanian i E.R. O'Brien Delwelh Boney Petkoff James T. Knapp Steve Kalosh Fourth Street South Streets Traffc Morgens M. Ahrensholt Wit Jane Place Mary Dupuque James Joseph Linecoin Township FP. EB. Bishop Elyria George L. van Duyn Third Avenue West Myers Pinqous Progressive Party IHS MRS Mary Wey Evening Courier Sellg Farm Central Hubert Weir Osage M. R. Considine North Sixby Street Graham Young Raymond W. A. Dunlap Neva Logan Ina Gearhart Belwein Leo Nam Hersh Polo, T J. P. Freed Knox Scane’s Clothes Shop N. Willlams Bend West Side Woon House Walnut Street Barty Login Avenue Dane Streat Lafayette Street C-18 Care Courier Sideboard Kingsley Igan Stresta Iowa Watierloo Thompson RL. Degor Lace East Fourth Street Walrus Waterloo Trunk Co
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