Society Notes and Local Events from Town Paper
Societi First Congregational church schedules its annual meeting for officer elections and year reports at 05 Wellington street home of Mrs. B G Miller on Wednesday afternoon. Logan Avenues United Evangelical church Sunday school pupils presented a large audience pleasing program last evening. The Christmas tree bore gifts for all the folks. The pastor Rev S N Ramige and family were remembered by the congregation. Cedar Review No 37 members to meet at 1 30 p m Wednesday at the waiting station to attend funeral of Mrs Ira Utter.
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First Congregational Church
B. G. Miller
Wellington Street
Logan Avenues United
Evangelical Church
N. Ramige
Cedar Review
No. 37
Ira Utter
Reading Speed Roughly Matches Comprehension Findings
University of Iowa education professor Dr. Irwing King tested 40 students to compare fast and slow reading. Results showed fast readers covered more ground but memory differed, with slow readers sometimes recalling more details. accuracy varied across groups, with the fastest showing mixed results.
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Irying King
College of Education
University of Iowa
King
Alowest
Five Children Missed by Santa on Christmas Morning
Empty stockings and five sad faces at a peonie home reveal a Christmas tragedy. Lacking presents due to an outside promise, the Hittla family waited all day as neighbors notified the Social Welfare league. An announcement stated help would be provided this morning.
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Santa Claus
Social Welfare League
City Congestion Delays Christmas Packages
City offices faced a surge of inquiries as Christmas parcels failed to arrive. Elderly residents and others queried why Santa Claus missed them while express carriers offered little reassurance. Rail service into the city showed slow improvements as congestion spread to Chicago, Kansas City, and other major terminals, with a potential week before relief. Express shipments remained heavy as officials noted crest levels.
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Santa Claus
Chicago
Kansas City
Christmas Blaze 15 Set By Faulty Flue
Fire last night at 1125 Randolph Street sparked by an open chimney flue setting wall paper alight. Two alarms at 9:35 but proper directions lacked and firemen did not respond. address confusion over 412 Fourth Street east or west. Fire out shortly after. Advertisement for Miller McCartney Insurance. ARREST Disorderly Couples. Police court took in 57 dollars as two couples and a Christmas speeder faced charges. 401 bonds forfeited. Drunken man arrested contributed 37. Brevort Hotel scene. Canada's war costs over seven months ending Oct 31 averaged over 15,000,000 dollars per month.
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Randolph Street
Fourth Street
William A. Moore
Brevort Hotel
Canada
Dibbley
Westway
Archie
Professor Dibbley
Rocky Mountains
Elo
Europe
Archaeologista
Matt
Sald
Professo
Merchants Agree On Shorter Working Day
Waterloo merchants approve a shift to 8:30 a m to 6:30 p m hours starting January 1 with some stores applying the change indefinitely. The James Black company and Paul Doyle company will open 8:40 a m to 6:30 p m. Other firms have not yet decided. Merchants cite benefits for women clerks and note low early morning shopping.
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Waterloo
Canerna
Acton
James Black Company
Paul Doyle Company
Falan& Bollmar
Burch Brothers
Cornell Graduates Plan for Reunion
Dr. Charles W. Flint Cornell college president will speak at the Waterloo Cedar Falls Cornell club reunion set for this week at First Methodist church. Fred J. Miller secretary invites about 125 members to attend with dinner at 7 p m and a Cornell mix at 6 p m. J W Arbuckle leads the active Waterloo group planning a brief program after dinner.
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Charles W. Flint
Cornell College
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Cornell Club
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Fred J. Miller
East High School
J. W. Arbuckle
Cornell
800 Recruits Quarantined for Measles at Fort Bliss
Three hundred recruits for the regular army on the border and in Mexico were quarantined in tents on the parade grounds at Fort Bliss after five recruits were found to have measles. The men arrived from Fort Slocum New York for assignment to commands here and in General Pershing's forces.
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el Paso
Tex
Mexico
Fort Bliss
Fort Slocum
N. Y
Welty to Speak on Fountain Pens at Boston Convention
W A Welty will speak on the manufacture and sale of fountain pens at a Boston convention called by Adams Cushing Foster company. Welty, manager of Servo Fountain Pen Co of Waterloo, operates in connection with the Boston firm. He left Sunday and will visit Providence New York and other eastern cities before returning. He showed marked artistic ability from the age of five.
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Welty
W. A. Welty
Adams, Cushing & Foster Company
Boston
Mr. Welty
Servo
Waterloo
Providence
R. I
New York
Monkeys scarce hindering public health research
Washington Dec 26 The public health service faces delays in its pathological experiments due to a shortage of monkeys. Officials say only six of a needed dozen could be obtained for disease inoculations, paying 15 dollars each, though prices once stood at 382 per head. The shortage is linked to wartime closure of Hamburg’s wild animal market, affecting South American monkeys.
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Washington, D. C
Public Health Service
Hamburg
Germany
Two Schooners Sunk in Atlantic Storm
Nantucket reports a northwest gale sinks two schooners Roger Brury and Ravola plus the Daniel McLoud. The Roger Brury crew launched a boat and landed safely while Ravola and Daniel McLoud were ashore with coast guards bringing their cranes. Both ships carried coal from New Jersey ports eastward. little hope remained for saving them.
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Nantucket
Mass
Roger Brury
Great Point
Daniel McLoud
Ravola
Roger Drury
New Jersey
Police Medal Presented to Chief Caldwell
Sergeant Charles Werlaufer presented Chief J D Caldwell with a gold star last night. The oldest serving officer offered the presentation speech and noted Christmas greetings engraved on the star’s back along with the chief’s name and the date.
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Police Department
J D. Cald
Charles Werlaufer
Waterloo Clears Sidewalks After Sunday Snow
City officials report Waterloo residents cleared most sidewalks within hours after the snow fell and by evening the business district was improving. Jack Townley, center on the 1916 Minnesota football team, visited Waterloo for Christmas with Charles and Robert Cole and will attend the Alpha Tau Omega convention in St Louis. Doctors in China are paid to keep people well rather than cure illness.
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Waterloo
Jack Townley
University of Minnesota
Charles and
Robert Cole
Fourth Street West
Townley
Charles Cole
St. Louis
Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity
China
Jawbone of ancient man leads professor into wild ride
Professor Dibbley pursues a Neanderthal jawbone found in a cave. a horse theft accusation, a country girl’s defense, and a locals’ verdict collide as he is taken toward authorities. A scientist’s quest ends with a clash of opinion in a frontier town.
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Dibvley
Professor Hollister
Dibbley
Europe
America
Railroads Earn Billion Dollars During Pact Year
Washington D C December 24 More than one billion dollars net income from railroad operations is expected for the year, with nine months showing 780 568 200 and total annual net income projected near 1 096 000 000. Expenses rose but lagged receipts, with gross receipts about 15 666 per mile and net income per mile around 4 774, marking sharp increases over prior years.
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Washington, D. C
Inter- Rlatg Commerce Commission
Hiven
Allleral
Commindion'sigures
Miss Louise Dingley and Samuel M. Smith wed at Cedar Falls home
Louise Dingley and Samuel M. Smith of Cedar Falls were married yesterday at the bride’s sister’s home 326 Kingsley avenue with Rev Clyde J Asklas officiating. The gown was grey crepe with a pink Tope bouquet. Guests included J J Nicolaus of Waverly and A McNaughton of La Porte City. Mrs McNaughton helped serve with her daughter Janet. Mr Smith is a Cedar Falls contractor and they will reside there. Fifteen football injuries deaths this year, down from 16 last year.
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Bishop McGonegal
Benjamin B. Bishop
Eva McGonegal
H. L. Harkness
Fairview Avenue
John Bunyan Smith
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Bishop
George McGonegal
Waterloo
East High School
A. B. Wilder
South Street
Great Western Railroad
Kern Street
Harkness
la Porte City
J. J. Nicolaus
Waverly
A. Mc Naughton
Mc Naughton
Janet
Streetcar Service Delayed by Auto Collisions
Street car service on interurban and local lines was delayed last night and this morning as autos crashed into streetcars. A Cedar Rapids interurban collision at Lafayette Street and Linden Avenue delayed service about two hours. a Lane Street line delay followed. A second crash at Fourth and Franklin injured the auto and damaged a city car, with the driver unhurt.
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Cedar Rapida Hne
Lane Souch
O. F W. Wheeter
Washington Street
Cedar Rapids
Lafayette Street
Linden Avenue
Journal
Today & Bradley Tax Ead
Hart Bittinger
Couger Street
Fourth
Franklin Streets
Bans Spudi
KEEP EASY'S DEAD BODY FOUND IN SIMPLE HOME BURIAL
A Waterloo couple in poverty kept a deceased child’s body for a week to avoid pauper burial. A visiting minister found the conditions and arranged a burial. Separately, Frank S. Chapman died at St Francia Hospital around 2 PM after a rapid decline, aged about 44.
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Easy
Waterloo
B. Chapman
Frank 8. Chapman
St. Francia
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