Dubuque Woman Chairs Essay Contest District
Mrs. Lillian Cary of Dubuque is named district chairman for the State Historical Society of Iowa essay contest. The third district covers Hawk Geer Huck Delaware Dubuque and Wright counties and prizes reach up to 1000 dollars. Contact Mrs Cary for details on participation.
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Dubuque
Lillian Clark Cary
Catee Ol the Histories) Society
X Hawk
Geer
Huck Purer
Delaware
Dubuque, & Lin
Mardin
Wright Counties
Vary
Valeda Burgardt Honored at Roosevelt School Party
Roosevelt school teachers and guests gathered for a holiday party in the Wye building marking Valeda Burgardt’s upcoming wedding to Robert Newbergs. Gifts, Christmas decorations, and a two course lunch followed, with plans for a Mason City wedding and Ohio-based home.
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Valeda Burrard
Toosevelt
Miss Hargardt
Robert We Newbers
BO Reed
Roosevelt
Ce! Nar Falls
la Porte City
Britt, Ja
Tridocelner
Mason City
Ohio
Misslburgardt
Roosevelt School
Newberg
Chicago
Lincoln Circle Meeting Draws Large Attendance
Lincoln circle held Friday afternoon in Memorial hall with many new members and courades present. A donation from Robert Alderson post was reported. The circle voted to give $5 to an orphanage in Waterloo and the women planned Christmas boxes and cards for comrades and flowers for members not shut in.
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Lincoln Circle
Memorial Hall
Robert Alderson
Waterloo
Y M C A Employees Entertained at Christmas Party
Employees of the Young Women's Christian Association enjoyed a Christmas party last evening in the rooms on Fourth Street East. An informal program of games preceded a distribution of gifts. Refreshments were served at a seasonally decorated table. Children from the cafeteria department joined in the fun as guests gathered around the tree to sing carols.
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S Christian Association
Pourth Street East
In Tren
Exteteria Department
An Ideal Christmas Side Talk from a Letter
A reader recalls an inspiring Christmas told through a long letter from a friend. The piece describes a family’s warm traditions, from lighting candy windows to a candlelit program featuring the Christus story, songs, readings, and homemade verses. It ends with a heartfelt wish that children remember this Christmas Eve.
Beauty tips for pimples and complexion care
A series of home remedies for facial pimples and skin care during illness. Advice covers lip care, cold remedies, eye hygiene, nose irritation, and internal causes. Suggestions include lotions, cold creams, boracic ointment, tea baths, olive oil for the scalp, and massage or exercise to balance body and skin. Pimples may stem from digestive or elimination problems. dieting and water help.
Christmas Club Parties Highlight Linwood Social Season
Mr and Mrs John Roark entertained L W F club members and families at a Thursday Christmas party at their home. Gifts from the tree, games, music, and a 1 oclock luncheon by Mrs Frank Miller featured candles and festive nut cups. Golden Leaf club hosted by Mrs Frank Miller served luncheon to 12 with Mrs H A Hoyer assisting. Mrs Mila Baldwin and Mrs EE Lasbrooks received favors. Mrs Charles H Brown attended as guest. F QO P club members and husbands held their annual Christmas party at Mrs Charles Browns home with dinner at 6 30, a small tree, candies, and Santa delivering gifts. Favors went to several named members. Logan Avenue Bridge club held a luncheon and bridge party at Blacks Tearoom. prizes to Mrs Max Miller, Mrs Ned Wyant, and Mrs Stephen Brown. Gifts exchanged among members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Roark
L. W. F. Club
Kathryn Griffith
Bess Chamberlain
Golden Leaf Club
Frank Miller
H. A. Hoyer
Mila Baldwin
EE. Lasbrook
Irée
Charles H_ Brown
Charles Brown
Santa
W. J. Dempsex
Joe Lighthart
A. C. Yester
Cedar Rapids
Logan Avenue Bridge Club
Black’s Tearoom
Max Miller
Ned Wyant
Stephen Brown
Family to spend Christmas travels and move to Des Moines
A couple plans a Christmas in Chicago with their son then a tour via Atlanta St Augustine and Orlando to Miami and Palm Beach. They will sail from Tampa to New Orleans returning February 1. After 23 years in Waterloo they move to Des Moines for Mr Nottle’s promotion with Joseph Feiss Co.
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South
Chicago
Chattanooga
Atlanta
St. Augustine
Orlando
Fla
Miami
Palm Beach
Tampa
New Orleans
Watertoo
Tac
Aire
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
C. Ft. Noahde
Des
Ice Crear Co
Firse Congregational Church
Bulgarians Grieve As Two American Teachers Depart
In Lovetch Bulgaria two long serving American teachers Miss Kate B Blackburn of Jacksonville Ill and Miss Dora Davis are farewelled after 32 and 23 years at a Methodist girls school. The mayor lauded their influence on Bulgarian matrons and national leaders wives and noted an endowment fund of 20000 leya raised in Miss Blackburns name. Miss Blackburn will be succeeded by Miss Fourth Perry from the University of Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovetch
Bulgaria
Kate B. Blackburn
Jacksonville
Ill
Dora Davis
lLovetch
Miss Blackburn
Miss Davis
Engineers contract for $4 million looms in Cleveland
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers awarded a 4,006,000, 20 story office building contract at St Clair avenue and Ontario street. Wrecking of the current site has begun. Construction by Brotherhood Building Company to be steel with white exterior, mirroring the engineers’ existing site. Completion expected in 16 months.
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Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
St. Clair Avenue
Ontario Street
Brotherhood Building Company
Engineers
Up-to-date house frock pattern 4302 from Waterloo Courier
Advertises patterns from the Waterloo Evening Courier fashion department. Details include pattern 4302 a blue or black satin house frock with white linen trimming suitable for gingham or percale, pattern sizes 34 to 46, yardage estimates, and mailing instructions with 15 cents. Also promotes the 1923 1924 Book of Fashions available for 15 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fashion Department
Evening Courier
Terloo
Tnm
City in Brief Advent Holiday News and Ads
Small town update lists guest visits and travel plans during the holidays. Mrs F A Beppler visits Burlington. Misses Barrett and Rogers travel to Ames. Boysen and Wolfe return from the University of Iowa. Irene Ailes plans a trip to Nubuqug. Altstadt family heads to Newark. Roth visiting Minneapolis. Eda Behrens and May Keller to Ames. Burt siblings home from Iowa City. Bickenbachs visit Shaftsburg. Fred C Nehlsen and wife travel to Freamport and Water town. W P Hogan family joins relatives in Dubuque. Western Life Insurance cup awarded for large November volume. Gracey to California for winter break. Jett and party to Des Moines then California. Rowell party leaves on holiday trip.
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F. A. Beppler
Burlington
John Boeger
Fourth Street East
Velma Barrett
Rosalie Rogers
Jesup
F. R. Hohi_ Graham Boysen
Harold Wolfe
University of Iowa
Irene Ailes
Nubuqug
Aites
F. Altstadt
Charlotte
Newark
N. J
Oswald Frederick Roth
Minneapolis
EB. E. Holmes
Ninth Street West
Eda Behrens
May Keller
Ames
Sunny
Richard
Dorothy Burt
Iowa City
Irs
University of One
Paul Bickenbach
Walnut Court Apartments
Lave Fone
Shaftsburg
Mich
Robert Bickenbach
Fred C. Nehlsen
Greater Waterloo Association
Nehlsen
Freamport
Wattrtown
Wis
W. P. Hogan
Dubuque
M_ 2
O'Rheefe
Oak Avenue
Hofean
Waterloo
Western Life Insurante Company
Frank Bras
F. O. Gregg
Dette Gracey
West High
Jett
Des Moines
California
Gracey
Merie Wits
George B. Rowelli Sil
Waterloo Theatres to Feature Curwood and Swords in Week
The Palace presents The Man From the North Strike on screen, with Guy Bates Post supported by Cleo Madison Mitchell Lewialt and Grace Darmond. The Strand debuts The Three Musketeers with Douglas Fairbanks in a record-cost production, Marguerite De La Motte Mary MacLaren and Barbara La Marr co starring. The Plaza hosts Little Johnny Jones and Amelio accordion act. East Side West Side opens at Crystal with Heileen Percy and Kenneth Thurston leading, plus Rialto vaudeville and Leather Pushers Ring series.
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Guy Bates
Palace Theatre
James Oliver Curwood
Mr. Curwood
Guy Mares Post
Cleo Madison
Mitchell Lewialt
Grace Darmond
Three Musketeers
Douglas Sairbanks
Waterloo
Mio Payrol
Wairbanks
Doug
Marguerite de la Motte
Mary MacLaren
Harbara Sal Marr
T ‘Ake
Former King of Greece Careless Like Other Men
Chicago dispatch reports Mile. Vata Novar sister of Aspasia Manos, morganatic wife of King Alexander, says the late king was careless and difficult with manners. She describes his tussled lifestyle, lack of tie choices, and preference for simple moments with Aspasia over pomp.
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Greece
Roland Krees
International News
Chicago
Mile
Vata Novar
Jifa Roxanne Manos
Aspasia Manos
Alexander
Nata
Royal Palace
Aspasia
Alexander Mite
Wien
Noisy Soup Negotiations Referenced at Court
In a quirky court anecdote a sister-in-law recalls that the king always ate his cream of tomato with the cut-out closed, while a PRSA observer notes the prince made noises during his soup, reflecting a humorous dining moment in the royal company.
Rents Show Slight Increase in 1923 Stabilization Now
St Louis dispatch notes national rents rose in 1922 but are stabilizing at current levels. The National Association of Real Estate Boards surveyed 240 cities, finding acute shortages of one family homes and apartments. Building surged in 1922 with 68 percent reporting single family shortages. 54 percent for apartments. 43 percent for business blocks.
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St. Louis
National Association of Real Estate Boards
United States
Women Visitors From Iowa U Psychology Faculty
Miss Beth Wellman arrives from Iowa City where she is a research assistant in child psychology under Dr Birdass Baldwin. She will visit her parents Lon and Mrs. Weisman until after Christmas and will attend the American Psychological Association sessions in Madison as a representative of the Iowa child welfare research station. She is joined by Miss Julia Kirkwood of New Orleans. both plan to leave Dec 26.
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Beth Wellman
Iowa City
Birdass Baldwin
Iowa Child Welfare Research Station
Lon Weisman
Third Avenue West
Julia Kirkwood
New Orleans
Baldwin
Madison
Wis
American Psychological Association
Towa Child Welfare Research Station
Gov. Kirkwood
Miss Kirkwood
Samuel J. Kirkwood
Govrtnor
Miss Well
Iowa State
Unl
Iowa Scientist Leads Large Family Mental Traits Survey
Miss Kirkwood, a psychology student at Iowa State University, works with Dr Cornell Hart on a study of inherited mental qualities among 15 year olds in Davenport. The survey tests 1000 children and compares traits in large versus small families, aiming to guide education paths and future research.
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Miss Kirkwood
Tulane University
New Orleans
By3Tm Mawr College
Newcomb College
Burn Mawr
Iowa University
Davenport
Cfornell N. Hart
Iowa State University
Kirkwood
Hart
Bish
Foreignborn Center of Population Shifts Southwest
The center of the country’s foreign-born population is in Allen County Indiana about 10.8 miles east of New Haven. After a period of southeastward movement it turned southwest, with the census bureau noting a net shift of approximately 189 miles in the defined span.
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California
Bureau
United States
Texas
Arizona
Washington, D. C
Allen County
Indiana
New Haven
Scouts to Control City in Anniversary Week
Waterloo Boy Scouts plan to govern the city February 8 to 12 to celebrate the fourteenth anniversary of the founding of scouting in America. A scout will chair the meeting, another will act as city clerk, with a full council in regular session. An election will select participants, under the endorsement of Judges Wood and Gwynne. Only merit badge scouts eligible. A court of honor will precede the takeover. Scouts and applicants will attend the council’s January meeting to observe city government. Marriage licenses listed for Willard Schwerin and Olive Dawson, Fred M. Taylor and Norean Jewett.
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A. BE. Gnagy
Waterloo
Boy Scouts
Scouting In America
George W. Wood
John W. Gwynne
Wood
Gwynner
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Valeda Burgardt
Virginia
Sarah Shelton
Marguerite Nemmers
Josephine Murtagh
Margaret Dougherty
Helen Zanoni
Kathryn Lamkin
Verna Bandfield
Marion Bechtelheimer
Robert Young
Arthur Botdt
Dorothy Shimer
Gertrude Jack
Virginia Trap J
Pauline Horton
Miss Inez Fish
Alfred Waiters
Hud
Henry Mueller
Walters
First National Bank
Hlack
John Wisk
Uth Gabriel
Miorence Gabriel
Ruth Gabriel
Lucy Teasdale
Lafayette
Eva Teasdale
Airs
Teasdale
Sohn Hollar
Lucy
Dokettes
Marielnuis Fray
Columbus
Imperial Scrive of Nomades of
Avrudaka
Dokette
Santha Jan
Sioux City
Lodge
K. PB. Hall
Ruth Meyer
Lucille Allbee
Black
Frank Toom
Bobbie
Christus
St. Luke
Simone
Aline Ilmer
Mary
Bethlehem
Mel Bi
Ruth
Secundla
Gannett
Jesua
Robby
Father
Sane City
Kinas
Buchanan
Sgittie
Johnny Jones
Johnny Fonas
George 2
Cohan
Johnny Hines
the Plaza
Heauty
Beast
Chase
Fitrold Lloyd's
Amedio
Victor Record Fame
Plaza Theatre
East Side
West Side
New York City
Teleaute
Crystal Theatre
Leighton Osman
Henry Hull
Jet & Young Gin
Jia
Asneciathy 'Goot
Heileen Percy
Kenneth
Easlare
William Parnuns
Rialto
Wussyers
Reginald Denny
Allen
Cowboy Minstrels
Terese Miller Rainey
Douglas Rai
Strand
Star of
Aeneth Harlan
Eileen Percy
the Crystal
Aero
Tohany
Little Johnny Jones
Plaza
Wii
Iowa
U’ Psychology
Ludwig the Feweler— West
Scouts
City
Willard Schwerin
Sumner
Olive M. Dawson
Suunmer
Fred M._ Taylor
Norean Jewett
Cal J. Miller
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