Social club gatherings fill Waterloo week with luncheon andauctions
Mr H R Beckley hosted a 1 o'clock luncheon for West Side Bridge Club. high score went to Mrs D J Moore. Priscilla and other clubs held gatherings with Mrs R G Tyler and Miss Vingler hosting. St Joseph's parish union planned a Tuesday evening reunion with program and dancing at Knights of Columbus hall. Community groups, from D A R to Lincoln Circle, outlined meetings, suppers, and bazaars across Waterloo with wedding notices and club activities peppering the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HR. J. Beckley
Weat Side Bridge Club
D. J. Moore
Priscilla Club
W. EB. Patterson
R. G. Tyler
Vingler
Frank Bishop
la Lomita Club
Steens
Matthew Westrate
J. C. Brinkerhoff
Cedar Heights
Mmes
If. G. Keiber
John Strayer
Frank Long
H. M. Warwick
George Corson
Paul Corson
F. J. Mulkern
mes P. J_O'Neill
Oscar Brown
M. J. Butterfield
Frank Obele
O'Neill
St. Joseph’s Parish
Heunion
Knights of Columbus
John T. Muldoon
Mise Clara Glass
Kit
Among the Churches Activities Reported
Calvary Evangelical class met at Lula and Opal Thompson home to celebrate Lula Thirteenth birthday with games and music. Walnut Street Searchlight class held at Mrs Renna Nash home with Rev J B Smith guests and furniture polish donations boosting funds. The class quartet sang and Myrtle Nash with Faye Collins performed. W C A Educational Plan opened with a spring millinery lecture by Mrs W D res and stenography class to begin Friday at 7 20 p m led by Prudence Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary Evangelical
Lula
Opal Thompson
Kelyn Kelly
Walnut Street
Searchlight
Renna Nash
J. B. Smith
Mamie Clark
Mmes. Bunnell
Collins
Griffith
Meghison
Myrtle Nash
Faye Collins
Evening class updates at local university center
The article notes new instructors and schedules for Spanish German and domestic science courses at the Colorado university program. Mrs T A Whitworth resumes two year classes while Miss Vi Tyfer starts domestic science. A Pacliacci opera demonstration by Grace McKean is planned for Wednesday evening. Parish supper at CG hall Tuesday Feb 24 costs 35 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linden M. E
Florence Murray
New England
Pacliacci
St. Joseph's Parish
CG. Hall
Mother’s Death Separates War Ties From Nettie Kennedy’s Return
Nettie Kennedy, a cigar girl at Hotel Russell Lamson, left Cleveland five years ago to visit kin in Ireland. A letter from Kilkee urged her home, but war delays and danger kept her away until she learned her mother had died two weeks earlier, leaving Nettie bereft and unsure of her future. The Irish magistrate father, Densis Kennedy, saw a court adjourned in respect to Mrs Kennedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
County Clare
Europe
Nettie Kennedy
Kilkee
County Glare
Ireland
Hotel Russell-Lamson
Cleveland
Nleca
America
Netlie
Minner
St. Louis
Kansas City
Des Moines
Densis Kennedy
United States
Germany
Dean
Nelle
Nettie
Van Vleck Defends Waterloo Welcome Signs
Charles Van Vleck, secretary of the Waterloo Commercial Club, replies to a letter in the Voice of the People. He argues signs on principal roads are to greet tourists and strangers, not farmers, noting locals know Waterloo while visitors are new to Black Hawk county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles van Vleck
Commercial Club
Observer
Voice of the People
Courier and Reporter
Waterloo
Vaz, Vieck
Black Hawk County
Welcome and Goodbye Signs Stir City Visitor Reception Plan
The Observer objects to signs intended to show a warm community welcome to visitors. One side will read Welcome with current and 10 year population figures. the opposite side facing departing tourists will say Goodbye Good Luck Come Again, aiming to leave a favorable impression of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Vieck
Lady Ann sinks after mine strike
Lonfion reports the British steamer Lady Ann of 1016 tons was sunk by a mine. Two crewmen were killed and five injured. The captain and 18 men are missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonfion
Llords
Lndy Ann
Tragedy of a Farmer and the Faithful Son
A bank narrator recalls a farmer who sends $200 to Colorado for his son Tom, then a portrait of a family torn by trust and debt. Tom’s failed mines, the mother and father' s mortgage hopes, and a sweetheart’s drafts clash with harsh reality until Tom returns wealth and restores the farm. The tale ends with Tom Williams marrying and bank testament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Lim
Williams
Thomas Willams
Tom Wiliams
Williama
Colorado
Cather
Wether
Rou LI
Tom Williams
Food Show to Be Held With Cattle Congress
The Wa loo Retail Merchants association will host its pure food show in conjunction with the Cattle Congress at the grounds of the congress in March. A planning committee of Arthur Young Walter Del sop J H Kalan Neil Jackson and Anton Wangler was formed. Plans include talks by local merchants about their businesses and a banquet address by Samuel Davis. Resolutions endorsed the Iowa state highway commission amid routine business by the directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waloo Retail Merchants’ Association
Arthur Young
Walter Delsop
J. H. Kalan
Neil Jackson
Anton Wangler
Plac
Samuel Davis
Cleveland
Ered Fenton
Iowa State Highway Commission
Potatoes Continue to Soar as Eggs Decline
Prices move with supply issues and Cuba's role in sugar costs. Potatoes rise to 3.20 a bag while eggs drop to 43 cents a dozen the cheapest in months. Butter falls to 56 cents a pound. sugar climbs 36 cents per 100 pounds in Waterloo. Dealers blame cool weather and the Cuban insurgency for price shifts, though the rise is not seen as permanent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Cuba
United States
Waterloo Savings Banals Chartered Condition Report
The auditor reported Waterloo Savings Bank showed assets over 1.25 million at Feb 10 with deposits about 1.11 million. Capital 160,000. surplus 35,000. profits over 43,000 after expenses. Also notes a La Porte City masked ball on Feb 20 with Imperial six piece orchestra and costumes by Independent Costume Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo Savings Banal
Waterloo Savings Bank
Big Isue
la Porte City
K. P.halk
Imperial
Independent Costume Co
Waverly Man George Broadie Killed at Toledo
George Broadie 28 formerly of Waverly Ia was killed at Toledo Iowa according to relatives. He owned a yardmaster position for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and had been Yardmaster for over a year. He went to Toledo four years ago for railroad work and was promoted quickly. The body will be brought back to Waverly for burial. He was the son of the late L Broadie a druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverly
George Broadie
Toledo
Baltimore & Ohio
Broadie
L. Broadie
Railroad
Cascarets Advertisement Claims Gentle Liver Cleanse
A 1920s style advertisement promises Cascarets cleanse liver and bowels without shock or injury. It targets mothers giving Cascarets to sick children, claiming relief from biliousness constipation sour stomach and bad breath with renewed energy and clearer skin.
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D. B. L. Auction Brides Club
H. W. Taggart
Imperial Bridge Club
H. W. Sigworth
Red Geranium Club
Ww. B. McGinnis
Child Conservation League
Yy. M. G. AL Rooms
Walla Ga
Ethyl Mason
Woman's Club
F. F. McKlhinnay
Shaw and Ibsen
D. D. Sheldon
W. F. Highmey
B. J. Howrey
A. Bown
D. A
George Thatcher Guern-sey
Middlewest
Lewis
D.A. R
Story Administration
George Squires
Minneapolis
John Miller Thorton
Buffalo
South Atlantic Coast
South
Middle West
Town Daughters
Guernsey
Mary HW
Johnston
Dunkerton
Wilma Phoebe Newsome
R. J. Newsome
Ernest
A. Gerdes
L. GC. Kirby
Nestor
First Baptist Church
Mina Fressle
Lohengrin
Fern Fisher
Katherine Burk
Lulu Carnes
Grace Grinnell
Gerdes
East High School
Bennington Township
Champaign
Til
Chicago
Kiis
Wenthe-Whitson
Plorence Whitson
Louis
Whitson
Arthur Wenthe
Evangelical Dutheran Church
Henry Preker
Ludwig
Edward Widdell
Alina Wenthe
Ruth Iver- Cyrth
Sally Meyers
Ephine Wolff
Wenthe
Logan Avenue
Lincoln Circle
Memorial Hall
J. TH. Mills
Waterloo Suffrage Association
Walnut Street Baptist Church
First Baptist
Misa Cora French
California
F. C. Stetzel
Miss French
Howard Shull
Woman’s Relief Corps
Mary McCormick
Raymond Addington
Library West
Business Girls’ Club
Association Rooms
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Mystic Workers of the World
Maxwell Hall
M. E
Home Department
D. N. Clown
Iibrary West
Columbia
Carnegie Chautauqua
WLC
F. N. Rogers
la Raconteuss
Pontine
Wright
van Vleck
Tory
Bankera
Ita
Denver
Thomas Williams
Romenia
Tim
Abe Laya
Hin
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