Community society notices and club gatherings chronicle
A dense list of Friday andTuesday gatherings across church, civic, and social groups. Motorwomen, needlework, birthday celebrations, and a M B A lodge turkey banquet with 250 guests at Pinkerton hall are noted alongside officer elections, social events, and housewarming at Kenwood Heights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B. A. Lodge No
Pinkerton Hall
Coburn
Paul Davis Dry Goods
Leota Cowles
Sylvia Makinster
Floyd Poyner
Genevieve Gates
West High Glee Club
A. G. Reid
F. Feely
Lodge
Fashion patterns order notice for Courier
To obtain up‑to‑date accompanying design patterns, fill out the c pen and send it to Fashion Department Evening Courier Waterloo, enclosing 10 cents for each pattern. Patterns allow for seams and all orders are filled as soon as possible, but expect delivery about ten days after sending the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fashion Department
Evening Courier
Waterloo
Club notices and social bridge events fill the week
The article lists multiple social gatherings: executive board meeting at 2:30, B. W. Club hosted by Mrs Gertrude Lyon with music by Mrs C W Smith, Wellington Auction Bridge at Mrs E M Hall’s, Informal Bridge Club at Mrs J W Wray’s, Luncheon Bridge at Mrs John Knox’s, Needlecraft Club host Mrs H Shinler with visitors, Wednesday Club at Mrs Chas Knapp’s, Westminster Circle social with Ruth Matern, Cecilian card party at St Mary’s with out of town guests, MareNuka Club hosted by Misses Mario and Verna Gleason, plus a Poley Honey and Tar advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ald Society
First Presbyterian Church
F. W. Porterfield
M. I. Club
F. T. Suit
C. W
Will Bebe
Elkis
Elke’ Hall
Ross Conservatory of Music
Walnut Street Baptist Church
G. A. R. Hall
J. W. Wray
Wellington Street
C. A. Waterbury
Jackson Blizard
W. F. Close
John Knox
Fourth Street
Charles Howe
Chicago
Nathan Northey
C. W. Chapman
Chas. Knapp
Hartman Apartments
C. W. Robertson
A. L. Alexander
Cecilian Society of
St. Mary's Church
Father Mauer
Rockwell
Albert Rubly
Cedar Falls
Genevieve Plaherty
Wm. Kurth
Susie Goswiller
Marenuka Club
Mario
Verna Gleason
Washington Street
Faulty Digestion Quickly Shatters the Nervous System Leads to Immediate Action
When irritable, tired, despondent, with nervous twitchings and digestive pains, the ad promotes Mi-o-na as a cure for stomach weakness. It claims quick relief, strengthens stomach walls, and restores nerve energy, urging immediate purchase of fifty cent boxes from Wangler Bros. Co or local drug stores. If no benefit, Mi-o-na costs nothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wangler Bros. Co
Girls Eligible in Corn Club Contest
Revisions allow both boys and girls aged 10 to 21 to enter the acre corn growing contest. Girls must complete the same educational work and germination test as boys, but field work is optional. Information and seed corn distribution details available from the county superintendent or Crop Improvement association at Dar Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acre
County Superintendent of Schools
Crop Improvement Association
Dar Falls
EUGENIC LAW TESTED IN WISCONSIN APPEAL
Attorney General Gwen orders Milwaukee County District Attorney Yokey to appeal Judge Aschweiler's ruling declaring Wisconsin eugenic legislation unconstitutional. The appeal targets the supreme court to resolve conflict with the AG's construction of the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
W. B. Gwen
E. I.yokey
Milwaukee County
Supreme Court
F’. Aschweiler
Wisconsin
Ischweiler
January illness strikes with influenza gripe and bronchitis
The piece notes January lists of influenza and pneumonia victims and promotes Fol les's Toney and Tar Compound to prevent colds from worsening. It advertises availability from druggists and a special price for a furnace billcoupon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folles
Mild weather no aid to hens
Des Moines reports perplexing egg shortage despite a mild season. Poultry dealers say heat and ongoing warmth have not boosted laying, with eggs scarce from coast to coast. Prices rise as demand outpaces supply and few farmers direct-sell at bargain rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Eyes and Poultry
L. W. Shotwell
Schermerhorn-Shotwell Company
Elderly man rolled by locomotive in snow likely to die
January 25 in Avass Alexander McGregor an elderly man was dragged 150 feet through wet snow in front of a locomotive. An assistant reached him as he lay at the center of a snowball six feet in diameter. He probably will die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reapony
Alexander McGregor
Outcast Welfare Dinner by Mrs Shepard Marks Anniversary
Mrs Finley Shepard formerly Helen Miller Gould plans a dinner for 700 Bowery outcasts and 200 beds for the homeless to celebrate her first wedding anniversary. The Hadley Teeseue hall will host the event where she hosted 1,900 guests on her marriage day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Finley
Shepard
Helen Miller Gould
Bowery
Hadley Teeseue Hall
Boy Loses Leg by Amputation in Tragic Injury
Waverly Ta Jan 22 Last summer Herbert Reinecke 14 son of Mr and Mrs W F Reinecke fell and injured his leg. The injury failed to heal and after a bicycle fall the leg was found to harbor cancerous growths. The physicians advised amputation to save his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverly
Herbert
W. F. Reinecke
Brave Youth Survives Leg Injury Near Knee
A young man sustained a leg injury just above the knee but showed bravery during the ordeal. Current indications suggest a full recovery with no additional complications expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gtoud
Warranty Deed Transfer Noted In Fancy Script In La Porte City
A handwritten warranty deed transferring residence property in La Porte City from J. W. Lunemann to his wife Augusta M. Lunemann, for one dollar, was filed yesterday. The instrument, dated December 24, 1907, was attested by notary G. E. Stebbins. An ad for Paul Davis Dry Goods Co. shoe sale follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recorders’ Office
la Porte City
Augusta M. Lunemann
G. E. Stebbins
Lunemann
Julia Flake to Testify Against Stepfather in Murder Plot
In Galesburg Illinois Julia Flake testifies against Robert Higgins her stepfather who admitted shooting his wife to wed the 15 year old girl. Julia on her fifteenth birthday declares she will seek the gallows for Higgins and remains under guard at Aledo with restricted contact. Higgins shows no emotional reaction and his father pledges support from the farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesburg
Ill
Julia Flake
Robert Liggins
Higgins
Aledo
C. E. Lorimer
Mercer County
Ginn leaves million to endow peace fund
Edwin Ginn, Boston publisher and founder of the World Peace Foundation, died in Winchester. His will creates a 1.1 million endowment for the foundation, with ongoing annual gifts of 50,000 to trustees since 1919. He urged mothers to curb child soldiers to aid peace efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ginn
Boston
Mass
Edwin Ginn
Winchester
World Peace Foundation
Child Peace Ideal Highlighted By Advocate
A speaker extols international peace as the supreme aim, arguing it channels a child’s urge to fight into constructive ends and emphasizes peace as the core impulse guiding youth. The quotation underscores a pedagogy that prizes nonviolence and global harmony.
Kenyon Denounced by J A Craig at Tri City Banquet
In Moline Illinois on January 22 J A Craig a local manufacturer denounced Senators Robert La Follette and Kenyon for the reforms they push. He called them agitators and urged opposition to the class of corporate regulation legislation they support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline, Lll
Tri-City
J. A. Craig
Zanesville
I Ba Follette
Kenon
Craig
Women Against Day Crusader in Joliet Suburb Meeting
In Joliet Illinois on January 22 the Harwood Equality League members and prominent women refused to cooperate with Prohibitionists after a mass meeting. The group also declined to endorse the movement to abolish saloons in toilet. Special 1 dollar sale on all tan shoes at Paul Davis Dry Goods Co Annex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Step Lively
Paul Davis Dry Goods Co
Women Against Day
Joliet, II
Masas
Harwood Equality League of
Waterloo study center opens Saturday at West High
The Waterloo study center opens Saturday at 10 a.m. in the assembly room of West High School with an afternoon session at 1 30. Geography is the topic taught by E J Cable and Elizabeth Hughes of the State Teachers College faculty. All teachers urged to attend. A demonstration geography class will be conducted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
West High School
E. J. Cable
Elizabeth Hughes
State Teachers’ College
Pinex Based Cough Syrup Formula Promoted as Superior Remedy
An advertisement touts a homemade cough syrup cheaper than ready made medicines. It instructs mixing granulated sugar with warm water and adding Pinex to create a potent, pleasant tasting tonic claimed to ease coughs hoarseness croup bronchitis asthma and whooping cough. The copy promises satisfaction and refunds and directs readers to The Pinex Co Fort Wayne Ind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinex Co
Ft. Wayne, Ind
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D. W. Nicholas
Sumner Street
A. L. Nicholas
Albert Lea, Minn
Nicholas
Della Harding
Cincinnati
Wilkins
Frank Rupert
Industrial Society of the First Congregational Church
A. Mac Bachron
Vermont Street
M. J. Morgan
Austin Burt
F. D. Popp
Grace Cascaden
Lincoln Circle
Robert Anderson
Josephine Shimer
Glenn Lichty
Orange Township
Lichty
A. P. Blough
Wolf
C. E. P. L. Club
Central Church of Christ
Ethel van Schoyel
J. E. Webb
Christian Endeavor Society
Evelyn Paulus
Herbert Sperry
J. M. Graves
J. M. Grimes
Gena McNaughton
Carlton Morrison
Bertha Mercelles
Florence Carter
W. J. Easer
Hawthorne Avenue
Kenwood Heights
Easer
Lacy
A. T. Whittle
8. Clipper
B. L. Edwards
Dr. Campbell
E. E. Williams
Mrs. Williamson
W. P. Walker
LA Lomita Club
D. R. Russell
Fowler Street
W. B. Howell
E. M. Johnson
Brotherhood
First Presbyterian Church Brotherhood
Ladies’ Aid Society
Pond Lily Crochet Club
Guy Robbing
Seventh Street West
William Becker
Claude Byerly
The
Woman's Working Association of
Etclesea
Gee
Pare Dales
B. W. Club
Gertrude Lyon
Ashland Avenue
C. W. Smith
Wellington
E. M. Hall
C. G. Wilcox
W. C. Newsum
Matilda Streege
Needlecraft Club
H. Shinler
Galloway Addition
W. J. Hotchkiss
F. EK. Klute
Florence Hotchkiss
Westminster Circle
Ruth
Tern
Poley
Rhee
Boy Oses
Kenyon
Gilbert Ogaard
West Fourth Street
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