Personal Notes at Gedar Falls Chronicle Local Happenings
Cedar Falls Ia Jan 16 Special Old Tom the horse once hauling a delivery wagon is shot due to age. City council petitioners urge a special election for municipal electric lighting plant. Mrs H M Howell from Des Moines visits local D A R chapter with Mrs Marion Walker. Dr G Rammer of Algona visits brother F C Ramer. J E Brittin travels to Charles City. Mrs Pasini returns from Cleveland. C D Brackney rents 401 Main room as barber shop. United States Express Co moves one door south. T J Hessian resumes with Ruck Island railroad after leave. Edward Vaughn rents Hebiden smoke house front for barber shop. St Luke's Church services well attended. Bishop Longley speaks. class confirmed. reception at Van Dyke home. Mrs Consigny travels Cedar Rapids then Chicago. Ladies Guild Episco pal postponed. Mrs Herman Fisher hosts Degree of Honor at 1015 Briar Street.
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Cedar Fails
Old Tom
H. W. Larsen
Delvery
Marion Walker
G. Rammer
Algona
F.C. Ramer
St. Luke's Church
Longley
J. H. van Dyke
Stole Brags From J C Shop Brings Theft Charge
Guy Gordon an Illinois Central shops employee was arrested after eight pounds of brass disappeared. He pleaded guilty in police court and was fined 56 with the fine suspended on good behavior after dismissal from the shops. Special Agent Young and Detective Tom Morris made the arrest.
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Guy Gordon
Illinois Central
Gordon
Young
Tom Morris
Grunkenness
Helpful Talks for High School Pupils at Wret High
Prof Wallace presents a series of talks at Wret High School guiding students in choosing careers. The first talk titled The Public Librarian is set for January 23. Other speakers include Mortimer on Architect, Richard on Journalism, Dr Medicine on Law, and Curieton Ste on Medicine.
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M. Wallace
Wret High School
Mortimer
Richard
Curieton Ste “Law
Ward's Lake Front Building Sold to Syndicate
Chicago Jan 15 A Mo Ward sells lake front building at corner of Madison and Michigan to a merchant syndicate for 1 000 000. The Montgomery Ward Co owned the piece and Ward is out of the city. Thorne vice president says sale was company property not Ward's personal property. The move marks the passing of Ward as he withdraws from affairs.
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Chicago
A. Mo Ward
Long Ery the Lake
Sra
Dison
Michigan Boulevard
Montgomery Ward Co
Ward
Mr. Thorne
Wardag
Lake Front
Tehdog
Wa Stree Tower
Dairy Train Attracts Large Turnout In Iowa Tour
The special dairy train run by the Iowa State Dairy Association and Northwestern Railway reached Toledo at 9 10 am amid a large crowd despite poor weather. Over 400 people welcomed the train in Garwin despite a severe storm as two weeks of Northwestern Towns hour closed. Lectures occupied 40 minutes per stop with cattle demonstrations for the remaining time. Speakers included Dr J O Gibson state veterinary and Prof TH A Kildee of Iowa State College among others. Northwestern officials J Cheeseman and G H Bonner accompanied the tour.
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Iowa State Dairy Association
Northwestern Railway
Toledo
Garwin
J.0. Gibson
Sretary
Towa State Dairy Association
TH. A. Kildee
Iowa State College
O. P. Thompson
G. W. Tellier
Els
Books For Boys In The Library
A group of titles from the U S service series by Ralt Wheeler draws boy interest. The Boy With the U S Census The Boy With the U S Surverx and The Boy With the U S Forestry mix adventure with government work. They use wideawake story form and government photo illustrations to engage students while offering local history materials to enrich essays and class projects.
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Ralt Wheeler
U. S. Forestry
Librainian
Waterloo
Chicago Board Appeals to Federal Commission
Chicago board of trade sought ICC enforcement after railroads including Santa Fe Alton Maols Central Wabash and Chicago and Eastern Illinois refused to observe certain grain switching charges at Chicago. The action aimed to compel compliance with the rule governing these charges.
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Washington
Santa Fe, Alton, Maols Central
Wabash
Chicago & Eastern
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago Crime List Grows With Weekend Incidents
Chicago brief reports a murder near the Loop, a shop holdup, a Michigan Avenue robbery in front of a residence, a South Chicago office cashier robbed, and a woman cashier assaulted. Several suspects remain at large, with others including Max Mansfeld at 330 Jefferson Street and a furnis hings shop at 191 North Clark Street robbed of cash, papers, and jewelry. A police list notes a safe break and cashier attacked at Talumet Feed Company.
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Chicago
Loop
Michigan Avenue
Ciicago
Max Mansfeld
Jefferson Street
Ninetytied
Ontario Avenue
Lincoln features in the Century
The February Century will include three Lincoln features of interest. An explanation of Lincoln's secret promise to cooperate with McClellan to save the Union if McClellan is elected. A facsimile of the manuscript owned by Mrs. John Hay will illustrate the article. John Langdon Kaine writes of Lincoln as a Boy Knew Him with anecdotes. A new story of Lincoln's assassination, an unpublished eye-witness record by Jesse W. Weik, completes the set.
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Lincoln
McClellan
McClelan
John Hay
John Langdon Kaine
Jesse W. Weik
Y W A Members Urged to Pay Dues and Attend Banquet
W A members are asked to pay dues immediately to attend the Grace M E church banquet on February 11 from 5 30 to 7 30 in the W A cafeteria. Mrs Carrie Miles will speak at the vesper service Sunday at 4 pm at the association rooms. A gym class will be organized soon due to requests. those wishing to join should submit their names now.
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Grace M. E
Carrie Miles
Association Rooms
Strange New Drug Stops Scalp Itching
From Advanced Science the article cites Prof J B Hobbes Curtin as the Lon don specialist behind quintone. The remedy calls for two ounces of quintone dissolved in half a pint of hot water applied twice daily to affected areas. It claims efficacy against eczema on the scalp, salt rheum, tetter, ringworm, and other itching skin eruptions.
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Advanced Science
London
J. B. Hobbes- Curtin
Sugar Prices Slump In New York Market
A Waterloo wholesale grocer notes cane and beet sugar have fallen about 2.75 per hundred pounds since last August. Cane sugar is around 5.24 and beet sugar 4.92 per hundred in Cedar Rapids with Waterloo showing similar prices. The dealer argues beet sugar is equal in quality and cheaper and urges wider use.
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New York
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
America
Record Bill at Majestic in Waterloo Vaudeville History
The first three days of this week have made vaudeville history in Waterloo. Record breaking attendance greeted a record breaking bill led by the Seven Sutcliffes. The bonny Scots headline the new act for today in a landmark entertainment run.
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Waterloo
Sutcliffes
Entertainers on bill include Gadner Vin cent and Co
A diverse lineup features mousicians dancers acrobats and a fantasy scene in Win nings Queen. Harry Jolson, famed for operatic singing and sharp humor, headlines with Dio’s Circus performing dogs monkeys ponies and a bucking mule. Charles and Wert close with Just a Little Rag Time piano violin act.
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Gadner Vincent and Co
Harry Jolson
Harry Dio
Charles and Wert
Stereopticon Lectures Tonight by Rev H W Reherd
Rev H W Reherd presents two stereopticon lectures this evening. The first addresses the Go to Church league members who have attended morning services, focusing on travel modes in the East with accompanying views. The program aims to entertain and inform the audience about eastern travel perspectives.
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H. W. Reherd
Toilette Guide Advertisements on Hair Removal and Beauty
A compact ad excerpt promoting delatone for facial and forearm hair removal as a cheaper alternative to the electric needle, along with Mother's Salve for aches, tangatone in witch hazel for complexion, and orris root mixed with thorox for dandruff and hair shine.
Evangelium in the East address at church social
The program shows travel examples with admission by ticket at 7 o clock followed by Rev Reberd speaking on Evangelium in the East with stereopticon illustrations. Also a Black Hawk County Fish and Game meeting at the Water Joo club rooms tonight for enthusiasts.
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Acket
Reberd
Black Hawk County Fish and Game Protective Association
Water Joo Club
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Gedar Falls
J. E. Brittin
Charles City
T. J. Hessian
Ruck Island Railway
Biegeville Hospital
Iowa City
Edward Vaughn
Hebiden
Herman Fisher
Ata Kensington
Biull Street
J. C
Montgomery Warts Towle Building
Chicago Board
W. A. News
First Nat’l Bank
Wiley
Majestic
Foley
Brownlee’s
The
Waterloo Theatre
Laura
Mother Love
Alexander Bisson
Association of National Advertising
New York, N. Y
A. W. Peterson
Waterloo Evening Courier
Waterloo, Iowa
Printers’ Ink
W. A. Martin, JR
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