Mary Melrose Chapter to Host Public Lecture on Constitution Day
The Mary Melrose chapter D A R will bring Mrs Max Mayer of national note to Waterloo on September 17 for a public meeting observance of Constitution Day. Her lecture titled Better Americans will be given in a local church since the holiday falls on Sunday. The event aims to focus attention on the national observance. The chapter plans to resume regular activities after the September 12 ant rust picnic at the Hanns residence.
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Mary Melrose
Daughters of the American Revolution
Max Mayer
Dational Note
Waterloo
United States
Mayer
The
Nations Society of D. A.int
Hanns
Piney Woods School
Colfax
Oakdale
McElhinney Family Fifth Reunion Held at Cedar River Park
The fifth annual McElhinney family reunion gathered about 60 members from Waterloo, Tama County, and Geneseo township for a picnic and program. Waterloo and Tama County descendants traced lineage to Patrick McElhinney, with roots in Scotland and Ireland, and the family has roots dating to mid 1800s migration.
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McElhinney
City Park
Cedar River Ark
Waterloo
Tama County
Geneseo Township
F. P. McElhinney
T. H R. McElhinney
G. Trumbauer
Henry, McElhinney
David Irvine
H. H W. Ifanna
Dysart
Patrick McElhinney
Scotland
Cloonmore
Ireland
Cloonmore Place
William
America
Warren
Creole Pageant to Be Presented Here Early Next Month
Daughters of Isabella and Catholic Girls clubs plan a September 6 and 7 presentation of their dance pantomime In Mardi Gras Triste at the high school auditorium. The event, set in Vieux Carre New Orleans with Spanish and French influences, features complex costumes and roles assigned at a rehearsal tonight.
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Daughters of Isabella
Cast High
New Orleans
Vieux Carre
Dien Ville
Ed Molloy
J. KR. Shins
Emma Bayler
J. E. O'Keefe
Pickaniinnies
Mines
C. E. Noonan
H. A. Ryearson
Bamboula Dancerea
Kildee
FL Beck
Warriorl
John Koch
TY. M Thornton
E. B. McCulloch
W. C. Welsh
J. Tint
Thomas Flynt
Jane Kirby
J. H. Lips
Frank Wisher
Mmes. Struebel
Harald McDermott
Mmes
C. B. Hus
J. J. Meany
Mimes L. Wolfe
C. B. Wills
Pierry and
Pierrettes
Beauty Chats By Edna Kent Forbes Frivolous Frocks Guide Change
In a light social vignette, Mary and companions discuss how a plain girl named Fredaline benefits from frivolous fashion. A tea outing launches a playful transformation as friends borrow outfits, boosting confidence and social prospects.
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Beauty
Edna Kent Forbes
Nap Habit and Listening to Counsel
Side Talks column reflects on taking a short nap after lunch to refresh energy and ease daytime fatigue. The author recalls a friend who advocated napping, notes personal resistance, and questions whether past advice is still ignored. A remembered poem about growing wiser by twenty is included, tying the meditation to experience.
Eightieth Birthday for Henry Woore Celebrated at Mulberry Home
About 17 relatives gathered at Henry Woore's Mulberry Street home to mark his 80th birthday. The Waterloo area resident, born in Jamaica, migrated to Illinois as a child and later settled on Black Hawk County farms with his wife Lydia Monore, who died five years ago. His son Ansel Woore and other family members attended, including John Woare from Momence, Illinois.
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Henry Woore
Mulberry Tan
Mr. Woore
Jana Sutre
Janesville
Ilinois
Nan
Lydia A. Monore
Janary
Black Hawk County
Ansel Woore
Isle of Jamaica
West Indies
England
Illnois
Mary Woore
Amsel
Ira Woore
Eien Broadbent
Waterloo
Jernfty
John Woare
Irom Momence
Helen McAlvin to Wed Earl Snyder in Fulton Illinois
Announcement of the coming marriage of Miss Helen McAlvin to Earl Snyder of Fulton Illinois. A dinner party last evening honored McAlvin with pink and lavender décor and gift cards. Invitations and subsequent events are planned around the wedding date.
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Helen McAlvin
Earl Snyder
Fulton, Ill
Pulten
Wic
McAlvin
Aliss Josephine Thielen
Grundy Center
Marjorie Hammer
Cedar Falls
Mary Sedgwlex
Chicago
Helen Davis
Helen Gronen
Marriages and Meetings Dominate Local News
Ty and Katherine celebrate a marriage at Marshalltown on August 28 as Tracey Wood and others attend. The groom works as a plumber for a local firm. In Waterloo, Watering Association members plan a Monday meeting at Greater Watering to finalize arrangements for the straw hat party and summer sendoff.
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Woodrut- Holler
Rose Moller
Reinbeek
Tracy M. Woodran
Waterloo
Marshalltown
Aus
Gqhiest and
Smith
Ims
Wian
Emr Run
Blackberries and Fairies Lead to Goblin Capture
In a fairy tale set in a dell a fluttering fairy Flutter Wings spots two huge red blackberries on a vine. Hop Goblin plans to steal them but is trapped by a queen with a thorned briar hedge. The goblins are warned away from blackberry patches forever as the feast proceeds with safer berries.
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Hop
Flutter Wings
Hop Goblin
Meals Served At Scout Camp End Aremarkable Effort
George C Welker the Box Scouts Camp Ingacoor Cedar oversaw the closing of a camp kitchen that served about 25 000 meals on time with no criticism. The menu included over a ton of meat several chickens 275 pounds butter more than a fourth ton bread roughly a ton potatoes half ton melons and more than 190 dozen eggs along with sugar fruit salad ice cream riddle cakes cookies ginger bread muffins and thousands of other treats for 50 patrons.
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George C. Welker
Box Scouts
Camp Ingacoor
the Cedar
Mrs Katherine Madsen Honor Shower for Aug 31 Wedding
Miss Katherine Madsen and Peter Hansen announce a wedding set for August 31. A miscalled miscellaneous shower was held last evening at Miss Madsen’s home with Ilie Trude and Christine Wilson hosting for about thirty friends.
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Katherine Madsen
Peter Hansen
Ilie Trude
Christine Wilson
Pride
Obituary Notices from Shellsburg and Yorkville Districts
Frank Jones of Shellsburg dies after illness and stroke at 69. He lived in Shellsburg, worked in mercantile business, active in churches, survived by wife Mea and four children plus siblings. services held at home and burial in Oakland cemetery. Also death of Kr. Ve McCauley of Yorkville Illinois from cancer, survived by Eliza and three children, funeral at Presbyterian church in Yorkville. Infant son of Mr. and Mrs Joseph Woock dies at age shortly after birth. service at O'Keefe Towne funeral home with Calvary burial.
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Frank Jones
Shuteburg
Tase
Chorge J
Julia A. Jones
Newcomerstaws
Mea A. Burdick
O. BB
Severson
Denver
Cole
George W. DeWald
A. Orl Miller
Wintertoo
Benjiagitti
Jones
Shellsburg
Lila
Juli Elizabeth
Prank
Jone
Milnois
Iowa
Uyverland
Iowa City
Venton County
Vic
Clarehes
Bauhildren
Itev
Charles Bryden
iWudson
J. W. Thampson
Oakland Cemetery
Benton
Wright County
Ve McCauley
McCauley
Yorkville
Orange Township
Tillinois
Westminster Church
Waterloo
Mr. McCauley
Eliza Jessup
Ruth
Francis
Emmett
Woock
Maurus Eberle
Joseph Woock
Quincy Street
O’keefe & Towne
Calvary
September Jurors for District Court Drawn for October Term
The September term jurors for district court were drawn this morning in the clerk of courts office. Names listed include J. M. Bandfield, Myrtle Burr, C. A Bartlett, M. Bennett, H. L. Bloom, Al Boysen, Cedar Falls, and many others across Waterloo, Cedar Falls, La Porte City, and neighboring townships. The commission was completed by John Swift and Wirt P. Hoxie.
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Tre
F. S. Pettit
Fr. W. Esher
John Swift
Wirt P. Hoxie
J. M. Bandfield
Myrtle L. Burr
C. A Bartlett
M. Bennett
H. L. Bloom
Waterloo
al Boysen
Cedar Falls
L. J. Bitterly
la Porte City
G. P. Burkhard
Washington Township
Carrie Burroughs
Alvira Carpenter
Walter Daggett
Paulina Detegaurdeil
Fox Township
Gertrude Esher
A. Fish
Evangeline Fuller
Susie Gill
C. L. Gordon
Waterloo Township
A. L. Green
Dr. Wood
Chas, Woodk
Menre Woore
Dorothy Whi
W. G. Wise
After While Rowan Will Get His Medal
Maj Andrew S. Rowan, famed for carrying Garcia a message, will receive his medal without regard to other claims. The ceremony is set for Monday afternoon at the San Francisco Presidio, with Brig. Gen. C. W. Kennedy presenting it.
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San Francisco
Andrew S. Rowan
Congress
Garcia
Elbert Hubbard
San Francisco Presidio
C. W. Kennedy
Three Switchmen Die in Milwaukee Yard Crash
Three Northwestern road switchmen were killed in Milwaukee Wisconsin today when the engine they rode crashed into a string of box cars in the West Aisles yards. John W. Rath, Rotary speaker, recently returned from a European tour, will speak at the Rotary Club luncheon at the Hotel Russellamson.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Northwestern
West
Ais Vards
TW. Rath
John W. Rath
Rotars Club
Hotel Russeillamson
Roads of Iowa and Missouri Awe with Scenic Ozarks Trip
A.B. Haswell, of Lamond Avenue, recently returned from a 600 mile car tour to Mansfield Missouri and the Ozarks with Mrs Haswell and Miss Asquith. They praise the Waterloo bound roads as well graded and well maintained, while Missouri spends 6 million on Ozark highways. They describe smooth stretches and harsh mountain trails under a starry sky.
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la Towa
A.B. Hinwall
Hanasond
Jnst
Fader
Mansfield
Root of the Ozarks
Mas. Haswell
Grace
Yedrepld
Miss Flolen
Mi Asquith
Waterloo
Lamond
Haswell
Cusswell
Ozark
Missouri
Ozarks
Waterloo firm lands Bethel church contract at West Union
The general contract for erection of the Bethel Presbyterian church at West Union Indiana went to Curri-Simpson Co., Waterloo, for 42000 dollars the low bid. Northwestern Electric and Power Co. West Union won the lighting contract and C A Johnson Plumbing Co. West Union got the heating and plumbing work. Clinton P. Shockley of Waterloo, the architect, attended the letting yesterday.
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Bethel Presbyterian Church
West Union
Curri-Simpson Company
Waterloo
Northwestern Electric & Power Co
Ghting
C. A. Johnson Plumbing Company
Algo
Clinton P. Shockley
Golden Rule Urged After Pump Sparks Family Dispute
At a year end trial O T B Courtright urged sisters in law to follow the golden rule to preserve peace. Mrs Winslow faced charges from Mrs Lewis over a disturbance near an adjacent wall and a boundary pump. The defendant was fined five dollars with the fine suspended after the judge offered kindly guidance.
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O. TB. Courtright
Winslow
S. J. Lewis
Help! Help! Shots On I. C. Give Run to Tired Coppers
A telephone call to police headquarters from 431 Vine reported trouble near Mirnais Central. Police rushed to the area and there was a report of torpedoes placed on racks at the shop yards, prompting a railroad guard to intervene.
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I. C
Vineatrogt
Mirnais
Polleemen
Sonn Wen
True Is Again Found Guilty in Appeal Case
True was found guilty of driving a car while intoxicated after an ambulance call to Falls Avenue. He pleaded guilty at hearing, was represented by Wenner, and sentenced by Judge Courtright to pay a fine. bond set at 259 dollars. Witnesses testified. car crash caused minor injuries to a man and woman.
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Aertwad & Triad
Wudelpel Court
Wed- Davenport
Fempore
Kuhinger Map Company
Th Courtright
Pruw
Falls Avenue
Pallew
Wature
Ati
Polee
Iman
True
Fitzgeralds Return from Colorado Trip
Mr and Mrs J H Fitzgerald and daughters Margaret and Huth of 424 Western avenue returned that night from a 3000 mile automobile tour of Colorado. They visited two other daughters Daris and Edna in Colorado Springs. The health of the girls improved and they will stay there for some time. The family explored many scenic portions of Colorado.
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J. H. Fitzgerald
Margaret
Huth
Western Avenue
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Daris
Edna
Fitzgeralds
Juvenile Dramatic Club Presents Original Play On Lawn
The Juvenile Dramatic Club staged an original play written by its members on Dr. Carl G. Bickley’s lawn with Beulah Mythaler designing the production. Mythaler sang and played guitar, costumes and scenery were elaborate, and the show will be repeated soon. Cast includes Cleopatra Betty Bickley Virginia Shelton the Queen of Greece Frances Pedersen Queen of Rome Margaret Hadley Queen of Arata Sarah Shelton Queen of Sheba Dorothy Pedersen royal messenger Duddy Pedersen.
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Beulah Mythaler
Carl CG. Bickley
Miss Mythaler
Cleopatra
Betty Bickley
Virginia Shelton
Greece
Frances Pedersen
Rome
Margaret Hadley
Aratia
Sarah Shelton
Sheba
Dorothy Pedersen
Duddy Pedersen
OET TO HAUL ALL COAL OFFERED AT REOPENED MINES
Norman Bell master mechanic of the Waterloo Central Shops asserts coal cars can be sent in any quantity from reopened mines. He says Lionel General coal car equipment is in good order after summer repairs and that almost all engines meet 100 percent condition, with rigid inspections maintained even after the strike.
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Tllinois
Norman Bell
Finais Central
Waterloo Roundhouse
Beil
Euginenen
Bell
Stolp Funeral Held at Shell Rock Church
Services were held this afternoon at the Methodist Episcopal church for Frank L. Stolp who died at his Waterloo home Thursday afternoon. Rev. George J. Shoemaker officiated. Surviving are his widow mother and a sister. Stolp had lived in Shell Rock before moving to Waterloo years ago.
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Shall Rock
Methodist Episcopal Church
Frank L. Stolp
Waterloo
George J. Shoemaker
Cedar Heights
Stolp
Luncheon at Sunnyside Honors Helen McGaharan Visit
Paul E. McGaheran hosted a luncheon at Sunnyside Country Club for a party of 10 honoring his mother Mrs. Helen McGaharan who is in town for a two week visit.
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Sunnyside
Sunnyside Country Club
C. S. Corey
Cedar Fails
Thieteon
Helen Menges
Dorothy Stewart
Cleveland
C. D. Cass
George Lloyd
Juliet
C. O. Lamson
Paul E. McGaheran
Helen McGaheran
Wisconsin visitors depart after week with Werner visit
Mr and Mrs Clarence Reeves depart by automobile for Sheboygan Wis after a week long stay at the C H Werner home 1121 Commercial street following a trip to Kansas and Oklahoma
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Wisconsin
Clarence Reeves
Sheboygan
Wis
C. H. Werner
Commercial Street
Kansas
Oklahoma
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