Local social notes and business items from Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls residents share visits and plans with Miss Mildred Packard returning from Mt. Vernon and Miss Ruth Miller. Local principals and families host guests while a new meat market opens on Main Street. Society events include Harmony club and Parlor Reading circle gatherings. Local court decisions include Wilbur vs Hansen and Bailey Bros. vs Coombe delays. A delegation will travel to Waterloo to hear Holcombe about the District Fair.
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Cedar Falls
Mildred Packard
Mt. Vernon
Ruth Miller
California
Jack Morgensen
Hans Sobran
Main Street
Benson
W. G. Mullarky
Harmony Club
Clay Street
Roger Leavitt
C. J. Wild
Wilbur Vs. Hansen
Cummins
Wilbur
He Falls
Holcombe
Waterloo
District Fair Association
Galesburg
Gift Merchandise Sale At Paul Davis Store
Reader invitation to visit the Paul Davis Store for discounted gift items. Hand mirrors, Parisian Ivory clocks, toilet requisites, candles, ribbons, handkerchiefs and imported dolls advertised with half price and various price points. Stock includes wool dress goods, furs, linens, silk, and children’s department wares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Davis
Charity Spirit To Be Manifest At Grace M E Church
Grace M E Sunday school abandons gifts for Christmas eve in favor of a collection to fund fruits and eatables for the Methodist hospital in Des Moines. Rev J E Johnson preached at Grace M B church in an absence of Rev A J Northrup.
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Grace M. E. Church
Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
J. E. Johnson
First Methodist Church
Grace M. B
A. J. Northrup
City in Brief Christmas Gifts and Local Notices
A Chicago trip is planned for Mrs. Margaret Beagle from 721 South street. Miss Gertrude Bircher visits Louis Clabine on Lane street. Tabernacle chapter No. 52 holds 7:30 pm convocation for past and most excellent degrees. Miss Josephine Liers, missionary in India, will attend Florence Haggard circle at 618 West Ninth tonight. Knights and Ladies of Security meet Wednesday at 7:30 with initiation. Private invitation ball planned with Myers orchestra. A contested will settlement near noon concerns William J. Howell estate valued at 10 000 to 12 000. Expressions of thanks from Mrs. Bengston, Mrs. Swanson, and Mrs. Olson for sympathy and flowers.
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Margaret Beagle
South Street
Chicago
Gertrude Bircher
Waukon
Louis Clabine
Lane Street
Tabernacle Chapter No
Josephine Liers
Jubbulore
Khandwa
India
Florence Haggard
Callie Cline
West Ninth
Knights and Ladies of Security
Myers’ Orchestra
Mullan
William J. Howell
Janesville
Fire Destroys St Patrick’s Church in Cedar Falls
Smoke poured through the ceiling as rafters burned at St Patrick’s Church during Sunday service. Firemen battled the fire amid steel shingles, flooding the attic with water and damaging decorations. loss estimated at 5000 with a 13000 property coverage. Other fires on College Hill and city hall chimney reported. no injuries. Cedar Falls and Waterloo bowlers set for matches.
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Cedar Falls
St. Patrick’s Church
College Hill
Waterloo
Lewis
President Wilson Doing Very Nicely in Washington
President Wilson was reported doing very nicely today in Washington. He remained in the room but began his work again, dictating a number of letters and reading official papers for the first time in several days.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
East High to Host Weeklong Winter Programs
At East High an afternoon assembly is planned for Friday and various high school societies will hold programs through the week. The Ethagathians will present a Christmas program this afternoon at the high school with short stories by Elizabeth Black and Olmier Taffner, a piano solo by Miss Tundle Bentley, and readings by Lloyd Hoffnagle and Fred Kaltenach. The German class will hold a holiday program at Miss Cecil Renn’s home on Oak Street Wednesday evening. All public schools close Friday for two weeks of winter vacation. Sessions resume January 5, with the second semester starting around January 20.
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East High
Ethagathians
Elizabeth Black
Olmier Taffner
Tundle Bentley
Lloyd Hoffnagle
Fred Kalten
Cecil Renn
Oak Street
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B. F. White
Wis
Clem Seerley
Manhattan
Mont
H. H. Seerley
A. 8. Dawson
Arthur E. Bickness
Susan Gates
Mason City
I. A. McNabb
Belfast
Oriental Rugs
Visit
Buchanan
Peter Olson
Bengston
Swanson
Olson
Times-Tribune
Black Hawk Bank
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