Hand Tufted Rug Displayed By Becker Chapter
A British hand tufted rug from Sterling Scotland, emblem of Order of the Eastern Star, is shown in James Black Dry Goods windows. Cost about $1,000 to Becker chapter, second rug for an Eastern Star division in America. Rug measures 16 by 17 feet, gold chapter name on royal purple, dyed in red yellow blue green white. First use planned Sept. 6 at season’s start. Becker chapter, two years old with 460 members, aims for 499. Negotiations involved multiple manufacturers. one bid reached $5,000.
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Order of Mastern Star
Becker Chapter
James Black Dry Goods Company
Sterling
Scotland
Eastern Star
America
Becker
C.D. Becker
Whittall
Japan
G. M. Gaykendall
Howard
Klein Returns to Waterloo Between Paris Posts
Ronald Klein, World War I veteran and Red Cross relief worker, visited his Waterloo parents yesterday before returning to Paris to pursue business. He enlisted in 1917, served in aviation, graduated from East High at 17, and afterward worked across Europe with the Red Cross.
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Ronald Klein
Red Cross
Waterloo
P. F. Klein
Paris
Klein
East High School
Europe
Tales of Long Ago at Settlers Picnic in Black Hawk County
Officers of the Black Hawk County Early Settlers Association invite pioneers to the annual picnic at Electric Park on Saturday. Free grounds admission, free coffee and sufir, a post‑dinner program in the theatre building, and a free movie by manager R. E. Peterson. Short talks planned by J. W. Arbuckle, J. S. Tuthill, Phil Hanna, and others. A reunion of county residents with 33 years of settlement eligibility.
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Black Hawk County
Early Settlers’ Association
Electric Park
R. E. Peterson
J. W. Arbuckle
J. 5. Tuthill
Phil, Hanna
Mr. Wanna
Candy in Scout Camp A Success For City Troops
September report of the 24 Boy Scout troops shows weekly meetings continued after a summer camp. About 1,6060 visitors witnessed training, camp cost was $5.60 per day for 10 days, and campers received candies and food. Court of Honor will meet to handle examination work. first session at Scout Headquarters at 7:20 p.m. under Judge George W. Wood.
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Cny
Greater Waterloo
United States
Court of Honor
City Court of Honor
Camp Court of Honor
Scout Hemarters
George W. Wood
Des Moines Man Flies to Waterloo for Golf Tourney Wife
Des Moines insurance man Upham piloted to Waterloo to watch his wife in a women’s golf tournament but landed in Byrnes park four miles away, ran out of gas, and could not locate the Sun ayside course before darkness. He circled cornfields for over an hour and eventually returned to Des Moines, informing his wife by telegram.
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Des Moines
Waterloo
Althy Hoss
Pranndivent
Upham
Byrnes Park
Lacy
Peatthess
Sunayside
Oas
Tas Moines
Iai
YooM Camp Dismantled After 1922 Season Ends
The YooM camp on Vineland Island is being dismantled today ending the 1922 camping season. Miss Minnie Smith supervised the girls who cleared the site and equipment valued at over 1500 dollars will be stored in the new dining hall or brought indoors for protection. About 327 boys and girls attended, and directors praise the pioneer program as highly satisfactory.
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Marvin Iwland
Minnie Smith
Tom Ad
Nellice
Ofrertore
Whaerloo
Long Drives on Minnesota Auto Tour
W. W. Pierce writes from Bemidji with his niece Ada Webster and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Clark that the group is having the time of their lives on a northern Minnesota automobile tour. Pierce, 86, remains hale and active, handling daily long drives under Clark’s guidance.
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W. W. Pierce
Ada Webster
Frank Clark
Minnesota
Bemidji
Waterloo Fruit & Commission Co a 1902 growth story
The Waterloo Fruit and Commission Company formed in 1899 grew from 12 employees and 7500 dollars to 40 staff and 250000 dollars capital at 20 East Fifth. It handles fruit from across the United States and imports, operates a 20 ton banana cooling system, and plans a branch in Iowa Falls. The firm highlights centralized, economical power from Citizens Gas and Electric for industrial progress.
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East Fifth
H. B. Hoxie
W. P. Hoxie
R. J. Hoxie
C. C. Keller
Citizens Gas and Electric Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hecker Chapter
R. Klein
Will
Waterloo Crv Industries
Central Station
The
Waterloo Fruit & Commission Co
New York
California
Waterloo Fruit and Commission Company
Water Street
Union
Iowa
Iowa Falls
Central Station Power
Citizens Gas & Electric Co
Billy Rough
Billy
Lee
Saynee ™ Bers
Wiaterloo
Kerwin
Independence
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