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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1920

Page

8

Campmeeting of Evangelical Assn Comes to a Close

Cedar Falls August 30 The annual campmeeting of the Iowa conference of the Evangelical association at Riverview park concludes after a 10 day session. Leaders praise the meeting as very successful and Bishop G Heinmiller and Rev E W Praetorius headline sermons and talks.

Cedar Falls Iowa Evangelical Associaton Overview Park the Ark Riverview Park E. W. Praetorius Cleveland Ember Board of Bishops G. Heinmiller C Mock Western College le Mars Rey. L. M. Vannings Naperville Ill George Reep Yates Center Kan

New Hartford Resident Purchases Property Here

Fourth New Hartford buyer in four weeks accepts offer from Mr Sprague. Nearby moves include Ray Boehmler relocating from Chicago to Plymouth Wisconsin to join C L Kraft Cheese as manager. Other readers note weddings relocations and travels with names and cities across Iowa and neighboring states.

Cedar Falls Clarence Sprague New Hartford G. M. Case Franklin Street Case Anton Friis Sprague Ray Boehmiler Chicago Plymouth Wis Boehmler C. L. Kraft Cheese Company Ida V. Roperts Thos. W. Patterson Cristobal Canal Zone U.S. A Guayaquil Equador

Howell Family in a Great Reunion Winterset Iowa

About 15 members of the Howell clan descendants of Aaron Howell, an early Madison county settler who arrived in 1949, gathered for a reunion. Grandson Charles Howell, a progressive farmer and stock dealer, owns land and feeds cattle and hogs year round. Five other siblings—Wesley, Ervin, Darwin, Russell, and Curtis—live near the old homestead, children by a second wife. Nelson Howell, another son, owned a large farm in the county at his death.

Winterset Howell Aaron Howell Madison County Charles Howell Wesley Ervin Darwin Russell Curtis Nelson

Thieves Pry Open Garage Lock and Steal Hudson Car

Frank Landgraf reports his Hudson super six was stolen from a private garage in an alley between Pine and Lime streets last Friday morning. Thieves used a five foot iron crowbar to pry the lock, leaving the garage doors ajar. Mrs. Landgraf discovered the open doors around 9 a.m. with part of the lock on the ground. No insurance covered the vehicle and a three day search for clues yielded nothing.

Frank Landgraf Landgraf Waterloo Pine and Lime Streets Thomas Landgraf Lime Street Pine Street A. Meyer Pacific Coast Soma General Motors Corporation China

Bull Rampage on Minnesota Campus Ends in Slaughter

A wild bull roamed the University of Minnesota campus provoking a firefight with police, firemen, and bystanders. Nearly a dozen injured, the animal was finally killed after 123 additional shots and a wrecking crane assisted in the capture.

Minnesota Minneapolis Minn Northern Pacific University Avenue Harry Nelson James O’hern

Many a Pretty Face Spoiled by Pimples

A scattered page fragment mentions a car accident near a railing with eight men extricating the vehicle, plus a local buyer purchasing the Gipp residence and Hazleton fair schedules. It then shifts to medical advertising for a blood cleanser S.S.S. and a request to write to Swift Laboratory for treatment guidance.

S.S.S Swift Laboratory Atlanta Amanty

Purmort Rejects Nostalgia for Good Old Days

Dr. C H W Purmort secretary of the Presbyterian state home missions said the good old days were not better. Speaking at Westminster church while in Waterloo he reflected on changes in the last decade noting higher medical care conveniences and improved home life. He warned against socialist and anarchist elements aiming to overturn the government and urged constructive use of their aims within the present system.

C. H W. Purmort Presbyterian State Home Westminster Presbyterian Church Purmort Waterloo James Alas Jim” Wilson Traer Dr. Purmort Medtese Lincoln Park Kate Richards O'Hare Snti

Feld melons to hogs in York area Aug 2 report

Farmers in York report giving away melons and feeding them to hogs as supply overwhelms demand. Three weeks earlier gate sales ranged from 50 cents to 1.25 each, but the crop now depresses prices. A terse market note highlights this bumper harvest and shifting use.

York

Labor Day at Oelwein Promises Big Events

Oelwein Aug 30 boosters announce a large Labor Day at Lake Oelwein on Sept 6 with contests including horseshoe boat races free-for-all swimming potato sack and three leg races plus races for children and girls. New third floor rooms at Central school to ease congestion expected ready by opening day. Fred Hoyt sold his 90 acre farm east of Hazleton to W H Day with Herbert Richard farming the place.

Gro Oelwein Independence Fred Hoyt Hazleton W.H. Day Herbert Rirchard M. B Herold

Safety Council of Chicago Formed for Public Protection

Chicago forms the Safety Council of Chicago as a department of the Chicago Association of Commerce. The group will promote public safety through industries, schools, churches and homes across the city.

Chicago Chicago Association of Commerce The Safety Council of Chicago

Idle ranks in Berlin rise from July to mid month

Berlin officials report July 15 unemployment at 357,143, up from 320,126 on July 1, under official statistics. The figures reflect a broad increase in joblessness across the city as the month progressed.

Dexlin Berlin

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