Miss Jessia Ackerman Urges New World Hope
Miss Jessia Ackerman lectures on A New World at Walnut Street Baptist church, urging global cooperation and the rise of common people. She stresses women's pivotal role, science, and learning from Russia, India, and Egypt, praising revolutions and urging support for female suffrage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessia Ackerman
Miss Ackerman
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Russia
Russi
India
Egypt
America
Theorld
Ackerman
Weirs
W. D. Ives
RB. & P. W. Club
Misa Jane Addams
Fruithouse
Ada Bardeen
Misa
Tina Martin
Ruby N. Elam
Waterloo Star Chapter Elects Officers at Annual Meeting
Mra. Jeanetta Chickering was elevated to One Ofice of worthy MAG at the Waterloo chapter of Eastern Star. James Robinson is the new worthy Patron. Twelve more candidates joined in 1901, and Dec 28 ceremonies are planned with a 6 o'clock dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeanetta Chickering
Waterloo
Order of Eastern Star
Mx Hall
James Robinson
Caroline McFarlane
George Slippy
Isabella Bunn
Point of Bimsey
Dinger
Ionian Classmates Honor Miss Fern Clough Ahead of Wedding
Ionian Sunday school class at First M church hosted Miss Fern G Clough with a mock wedding and gifts as she prepares to wed Gerald I Pushea of Clear Lake Iowa during holiday week. Esther Sterling officiated the mock ceremony and Miss McKerchern led the bridal party, with Mrs Cecilia Storm assisting in refreshments for 17 guests. Tokens and decorations featured holiday themes. other church groups announced meetings and charity plans.
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Ionian
M. E. Church
Doris Meserve
Minnie McKerchern
Fern G. Clough
Gerald I. Pushea
Clear Lake
Esther Sterling
Beauty Chats on Making Rented Rooms Homelike
Edna Rent Forbes describes a friend who, in several rented rooms, creates a welcoming space with three portable items a shaded lamp a spare cover for bed or trunk and simple bright color schemes. She uses affordable finds a yellow desk blotter bowls and wall reproductions to craft an orderly homelike look.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aly Friand
Wallights
SIDE TALKS LY RUTH CAMERON FOOT CARE AND HEALTH ADVICE
A column offers practical tips on foot care including soaking, removing calluses with safe tools, trimming nails straight, and preventing odors. It also covers weight reduction, dental health, and basic dieting guidance while referencing a reader seeking fattening remedies.
Community groups gather for Christmas events in Waterloo
Numerous clubs and church societies held Christmas gatherings across Waterloo. Events included a United Presbyterian Ladies Aid party, a first Baptist Tomamakers club meeting, Grace M E and Trinity Anmerian activities, and a First Presbyterian Majel fund sewing afternoon. A wedding was announced for Anna Gherveny and John G. Bader near Dysart, with plans for farm life afterward.
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Westminster Presbyterian
Westminster Workers
Georges Scales
Welfare League
Waterloo
Christmas Party of Araminta Club Ends With Toasts
The Araminta club held its annual Christmas party at Mrs. J. J. Morlein’s home with a three course dinner organized by Mrs. Luella Siight, Karl Mayer and Paul Untwisle. Toast mistress Mrs. Perecunile led toasts including "The History and Policy of the Club" by Mrs. Peter Daley and "Away in a Manger" by Miss Naomi Smith and Miriam ht. Gift stockings produced from guests as music concluded the evening.
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Araminta Club
J. J. Morlein
Luella Siight
Karl Mayer
Paul Untwisle
Perecunile
N. W. Entwisle
Peter Daley
Axtell
Naomi Smith
Miriam Ht
The Sandman Story
Nanette helps a mute green goblin and a fairy recover a pearl then escapes with a magical reward. The goblin leaves grateful but unspoken, while Nanette is transformed to a splendid silk dress guarded by the fairy who promises reward from the queen.
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Nanetta
Nanette
Shelt
Hasittle
Nanetie
Wind Strikes Down Cruel Stepmother in Fairy Tale
Nanette and Corinne face a harsh morning when a fairy brings quick breakfast before their stepmother punishes Nanette. A strong wind bursts into the room, sweeping the stepmother away and then blows Corinne out after her mother, leaving the two children frightened by the magical escape.
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Nanette
Corinne
Cross
Ian
$74 An Acre Tax on Land for Lincoln Highway Paving
Des Moines dispatch notes high paying assessments on Greene County lands for Lincoln highway paving. Former speaker Bert Head, owner of a Des Moines hotel, faces $11,902 for a quarter section near the highway, about $74 per acre, with total paving costs around $25,000. Other payers include John B. McClurg on 120 acres at roughly $84 per acre and local organizations like Jefferson Cemetery and Greene County Fair association affected by the county contract timing.
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Des Moines
Bert Head
Iowa General Assembly
Iowa
Greene County
Head
Lincoln Highway
Jefferson
John B. McClurg
Jefferson Cemetery Association
Greene County Fair Association
Kidnapped Babe Reunited as Woman of 35 in Sioux City
Sioux City Iowa December 15 193? Thirty years earlier three year old Mabel Dobson was kidnapped from near Dunlap by her father. Uncle H C Purcell found her in Sioux City reuniting with her mother’s family. The woman now Mrs Brown previously lived with her father in Mapleton and later married Sanford. Her two sons Claude and Elmer Sanford reside in Sioux City.
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Sioux City
Mabel Dobson
Dunlap
H. C. Purcell
Woodbine
Shiebel Brown
Ed Stone
Wallace
Ida
Purcell
Sac City
Mapleton
Mr. Sanford
Claude
Elmer Sanford
Brown
Open Safety Pin Removed From Child in Iowa
Earlham Iowa December 18 Remarkable recovery underway for Avis Comp ton 23 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Royal Comp ton after she swallowed an open safety pin An x ray showed the pin penetrated stomach tissues and she was operated on at Methodist hospital Des Moines where she is slowly improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earlham
Avis
Royal Compton
Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Fragmentary Report Hints at Missing Person's Location
Fragmentary text indicates investigators tracing the missing person’s whereabouts. The fragment mentions obtaining first tangible clues and outlining possible crew involvement and locations. Further details are unclear due to the damaged OCR segment.
Waterlo o Evening Courier Pattern Sales Notice
Notice offers patterns from the Evening Courier for 15 cents each. Orders filled within 28 days, with delivery in about ten days after sending payment.
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Waterloo
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Voelker
Elizabeth Kenney
Miss! Lick
Ralph Hore
Eastern Star
Westminster Presbyterian—Philatheans
W. W. Benn
Social Welfare League
James
Susie Shoemaker
Marguerite Coward
Armory Hall
Waterloo Shrine Club
Elks
Knights of Columbus
Clough
M. W—Mixzpah
King's Daughters
Order of
West High School
Black’s Tearoom
Donald Lawson
Mase Howell
Dorothy Seiffart
Edna Rent Forbes
Ruth Cameron
Piper
McU. C
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Ladiew’ Aid Society
J. K. Mung
Eva Ferguson
Misa Rances Munc
Mmes
H. M. Anderson
W. H. Buxton
J. BL. Hampton
Frank [DiI
Perry Cowlea
Bvangeliwat—Faith Circle
Hi. J. Bickelberg
John Mier
C.D
Harry Netcott
L. A. Simmons
Wallace Chesley
Vincem Oirelo
Ladies of
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Candy Sala
Henderson’s
M. E
True Blue
Allenel Whitney
Thehostess
MW .F Whitney
Ma Gitts
Q. WW. Club
James Werry
John Hickey
W. D. Cutley
Sans Souci Park
Alton Peterson
Chicago
Women's Relief Corps
Memorial Hall
H. M. Robinson
First Presbyterian
Majel Fund
E. F. Shapland
Pirst Baptist—iTomemakers
W. FP. Thompson
Pirst Presbyterian Christian Sndeaver
Society of Westminster Presby Iterian Church
First Church
P. JM. Wilson
Cedar Falls
Shan Rive
Cea el Deen Club
R. Henzie
Sandman
Nanette and the Fairy
West End
4Th Street Bridge
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Menara
California
Algo
California Associated Raisin CO
Fresno
Cal
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Waterloo Evening Courier
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