Invitation to talk by Dr. J. D. Stoops at Westminster Church
Society notices invite Waterloo residents to a 3:30 p m lecture by Dr. J D Stoops at Westminster Presbyterian Church under the Literary Department. The speaker, tied to Grinnell College, will discuss evolving standards of life. tea will follow, with no admission charge. Members and guests encouraged to attend.
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J. D. Stoops
Grinnell
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Stoops
Waterloo
First Congregational Church
Cind
Dr. Stoops
Grinnell College
Town Library Association
Mmes
L. C. Hemsworth
E. J. Johnson
H. W.gr
Christmas Party Among Club Members At Van Arnum Home
Club members were guests at a Christmas party yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Van Arnum. Piano selections and music helped pass the time. Mrs Mohr won a favor for 600 when Petrove club met at Mrs. Bailey's home. Mrs. Kruse attended as a guest. Names were drawn and Christmas gifts exchanged. Wild Rose club will meet next.
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Andrew
Southerland
Harry Pashby
Arthur
J.R. McMullen
Melba Simmicos
Pythian Sisters
K. of P. Hall
Hodge
Perkins
Iowa City
Side Talks On Christmas Fun And Gifts By Ruth Cameron
Ruth Cameron reflects on Christmas traditions focusing on tree trimming and gift giving. She suggests letting children participate in decorating and gift planning to increase shared joy and reduce parental control. The piece emphasizes generosity and the value of surprise in a true Christmas spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thesehildren
Thamr
Iit Square
Bathing Advice From Paris Physician in 1920
Paris expert condemns hot soapy baths for American women saying daily baths with mild soap are best for skin. He advises a changing routine for busy women and offers a treatment using warm water then hotter rinses with tincture of benzoin and brisk towel rubbing to tighten skin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Most Ther Oly
Thishysician
Castle Hill Citizens Push Consolidated School Plan
Castle Hill residents rally for a consolidated Waterloo Township school with petitions 100 percent signed. Macy Campbell of Iowa State Teachers College headlines the meeting, illustrating education’s progress from log buildings to modern consolidated schools. Mayor Parrott lauds Campbell as a premier education salesman and urges full turnout for lectures tonight and tomorrow to boost support.
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Castle Hill
Waterloo
Castlen
Macy Campbell
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Heights
United States
Campbell
Virden School
Parrott
Mr. , Parrott
Kiwanis and Woman's Club To Sell Health Bonds
Ten members of the Kiwanis club and ten members of the Woman's club will partner to canvas the city and sell bonds in the National Tuberculosis Association. Bonds offered in five to twenty five dollar denominations. The drive is led by Kiwanis and the Woman's club health division chaired by Mrs. B. E. Johnson. Bondholders earn interest in better health for children and families.
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Kiwanis Club
National Tuberculosis Association
Kiwanis Cleo
Woman's Club
BE. L. Johnson
Transfer of Land in County Worth 83500 to Henry Schulte
Transfer of land in section 10 Bennington township valued at 83500 evidences official instruments filed with the county recorder. Henry Schulte receives 444 acres from Tribon heirs and P B Romelfanger. Heirs named Emilie Tribon Harriet Tribon Elsa Wissink Esther Schmidt Franklin Tribon Hilda Tribor Edith Tribon Wallis Tribon.
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Bennington
Henry Schulte
Tribon
P. B. Romelfanger
Emilie Tribon
Harriet O. Tribon
Elsa BH. Wissink
Esther H. Schmidt
Franklin H. A. Tribon
Hilda M. Tribor
Edith E
Wallis MM &. Tribon
Fayette County Farm Bureau Elects Oelwein Directors
At the Fayette county farm bureau meeting the following Oelwein territory farmers were named directors for Oran Scott and Jefferson townships Fred H Ross W G Lincoln and C B Holtzman P P Stewart Maynard was chosen president A D Doughty Payette vice president O W Stevenson Fayette secretary D B Allen Arlington treasurer Also noted were local incidents and visits including Nick Rodgers's arm sling from a derailed locomotive incident and a hospital operation progress reports on Brartha Hodges and Mrs Mary Norton visits by relatives and Elks attendance in Waterloo plans for a New Year’s Eve ball and marriages of Eva Rhyne to Robert Gosh Ty and Mabel Hooker to Theodore Kaberle
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Oelwein
County Farm Bureau
Fayette
Oran
Scott
Jefferson
Fred H. Ross
W. G. Lincoln
C. B. Holtzman
P. P. Stewart
Maynard
A. D. Doughty
Payette
O. W. Stevenson
D. B. Allen
Arlington
Nick Rodgers
Great Western Roundhouse
Brartha Hodges
Delwein Hogpital
Mary Norton
Scranton
Mary McGourty
Gelwei
Eva Rhyne
Robert Gosh Ty
Winterset
Rhyne
Osiwein High School
Eallie Grove
Schiotzbach
Datpa Wiy
Jacob Mutchler
Oelwein Hospital
Mabel Hooker
Hamptorn
Theodore Kaberle
Gelwein
Yyle McDuffee
Dalton
Wis
William Shaffer Death Case Linked to Local Missing Man
Local inquiry probes whether a Waterloo former hotel operator named William Shaffer is the unidentified cadaver found in Cedar County woods. Hal H. Mosier compares Shaffer with the deceased, noting a note suggesting self harm, sale of interest to Cook, and a possible transfer of property. Descriptions align on height, build, clothing, and gun markings, with ongoing coroner contact and request for item samples for hotel staff verification.
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William Shaffer
Landord
Riverview
Waterloo
Downey Woods
Cedar County
Hal H. Mosier
Shaffer
Philadelphia
Mosier
Illinois Central
Chicago
W. M. Cook
Cook
North Second Street
Kansmonki
Schaffer
Hopkins & Allen
Peter Davis
Waterloo Service League Disbanding Tomorrow Evening
Waterloo's wartime Service League, which raised millions for liberty bonds and war funds, will disband at a meeting of officers and directors in M C A parlors tomorrow at 8 p.m. A treasury balance of over 400 will be disposed of. The group has consistently met Waterloo's quotas in every fund drive.
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Waterloo
Treasury
Service League
Charles van Vieck
Miss Alma Merwin Named Iowa Domestic Science Supervisor
Des Moines reports Miss Alma Merwin a Cornell graduate from Mount Vernon and Columbia University has been elected domestic science supervisor for Iowa under the state vocational board of education. She will assume the new duties around the first of the year after prior work as a home demonstration agent in Texas.
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Des Moines
Alma Merwin
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Columbia University
Texas
Iowa
State Vocational Board of Education
Farm Aid Planning by House Committee
Washington Dec 16 Members of the house from agricultural states met and appointed a nine man committee to draft a relief program for farmers to present next week. Congressman Green of Iowa Ninth district is on the committee. The group will draft emergency tariff regulations to aid farmers. The proposed embargo on farm products and price fixing were dismissed as veto risks by the president.
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Washington News Bureau
Waterloo
Evening Courier
Washington, D. C
House
Toruvett
Congressman Green
Iowa
Will Form Branch of Lutheran Brotherhood Here
Members of First Lutheran Church at Teale and High streets will meet in the church parlors at 7:30 p.m. to organize a local branch of the Lutheran Brotherhood of America. Rev. V G Prottengeier of Charles City will speak on the work and assist in forming the branch here. Preliminary plans for carrying on the work in Watertown will be outlined tonight.
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First Lutheran’Church
Teale
High Streets
The
Lutheran Brotherhood of America
V.G. Prottengeier
Charles City
Ln Watertoo
Best Farmer in America to Speak at Ames Jan 3 8
Ames Iowa December 16 Frank Alann known as the best farmer in America will be a chief speaker on soils during the farm and home week at Iowa State College January 3 to 8 He will lead soils conferences January 6 and 7 The Illinois farmer Bois d Arc farm near Gilman yields three to four times national averages and credits soil fertility methods using rock phosphate and ground limestone to boost crops
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Ames
Frank Alann
America
Gilman
Iowa State College
Mann
Middlewest
Stevenson
United States
University of Illinois
Homecoming at Lotus lodge and local society notes
La Porte City reports homecoming at Lotus lodge No. Tita I O O F with a supper for about 75 members and guests. Lyra chapter O BE S elected officers and schedules a Christmas party and later installation. Presbyterian women host a Masters Ten gathering and a church Christmas party follows with music and games. News covers a Fargo health crisis, a pneumonia death in La Junta, and local obituaries and visits plus real estate transfers.
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la Porte City
Lotus Lodge
No. Tita
Odd Fellowship
Odd Fellow
Rebekah
Lyra
O. BE. S
Inez Glime
L. J. Bitterly
F. 5. Garrabrant
A. M. Thompson
Ida Gravenhorsa
F. E. Lehman
Liloy Lamb
C. P. Strohm
A. van* Falkenberg
Presbyterian Rchurch
Mata Witt
Santa Claus
Roy Bailey
Fargo
N. D
K. A. Brust
Hillsboro
WN. D
North Dakota
Iowa
Elgin Gates
Ganger
la Junta
Colo
Gauger
Santa Fe Railroad
Rosco Ballheim
Mo Ither
Kate Ballheim
Tina
Ballheim
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Wisconsin
Rosco
Waterworks Welcomes New Chief Engineer Hendry
W A Hendry has been hired as chief engineer of Waterloo's waterworks, succeeding the late William G Bussler. From Des Moines, where he led the water department for four years, Hendry plans to move his family by January. He is noted as a leading water service engineer and values his family, showing pride in his three children. He also expressed confidence in Waterloo’s school system. A second, separate note mentions a 20-year-old female skeleton with evidence of severe injury and early surgical treatment, part of a recent display on a lost civilization.
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W. A. Hendry
Waterworks Trustees
Waterloo
Mr. Hendry
Des Moines
Water Department
William G. Bussler
Hendry
Patterns for 15 Cents Enclosed From Waterloo Courier
For the 15 cents enclosed you print patterns and send payment to the following address. The notice outlines how to obtain sewing patterns via mail order from the Waterloo Evening Courier.
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Waterloo
Fin
Evening Courier
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Searchlight
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Hamilton Weaver
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Charles’ Goodman
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Warren Gilbert
Ladies’ Guild of Trinitt American Lutheran Church
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