Entertaining visitors and local events in Cedar Falls
Brief notes detail Mrs. H J Peiffer hosting guests from Cheyenne and other social visits in Cedar Falls. Fire crews doused a small shed fire on South Main after smouldering ashes near a barn. Various residents travel for health, family, or professional reasons, with social gatherings at the Knights of Pythias venue and planned evangelistic activities around town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
H. J. Peiffer
Stewart
George Lake
Cheyenne
Wyo
Joberry Lake
South Main Street
Rasmus Rasmussen
Seventeenth Street
Harry Fields
Regina
Canada
Cedar Walls
Homer Veatch
Chicago
W. Veatch
Chicago University
Claude E. Culley
O’harrow
V. C. Vis
State Teachers’ College
Culley
Russell-Lamson Hotel
J. ¥. Cross
College Hill
Tama
Eleventh and
Tremont
Lucy Seward Noble
New Hartford
Woman’s Club
Isaac Sweet
Estherville
Charles Dumond
J. ?. Johnson
Wighth
Clay
A. E. Lunn
Clay ‘Street
Fifth
Roy Metzgar
W. C. Nubn
Olive
Oak Ridge
George Philpot
Main
Catherine Smith
L. W. Bock
0. B., Read
Walter ‘Taylor
Thirteenth
Twentieth
JW. Knickerbocker
A. M. Deal
Weer
College
Twenty Fourth Street
A. ©. Stiles
Eighteenth
F. Wilson
Cedar Heights
M. A. Gilliam
Temperance Meeting Delivers Harsh Saloon Critique in Waterloo
A full First Congregational church heard Business Men's Temperance speakers condemn saloons. George Fowler likened a saloon to a mad dog, while Emmons Johnson argued Waterloo thrived without booze due to schools and churches. Local statistics and real estate figures were cited to support dry growth and arrests declined from 1,200 in 1912 to 448 in 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmons Johnson
Business Men’s Temperance Association
First Congregational Church
A. MacEachron
Triple M
Maybeth Mack
Maude Knoop
Marjorie Taylor
George V. Fowler
Fowler
George S. Ferguson
Ferguson
Waterloo
A. B. Archer
Chicago Great Western
Chicago
Archer
Baker
Johnson
B. Reed
Cedar Rapids
Leighton
Supreme Court
Business Men's Temperance Association
Iowa
W. H. Beachler
Temperance Mass Meeting Draws Crowds at Walnut Street Church
D W Bovee presided as a large audience filled Walnut Street Baptist church for a temperance mass meeting. The program featured an orchestra choir and four man quartet with Forsythe singing The Brewer's Big Horses. Speakers F restated regional growth and saloon closures impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Bovee
Walnut Street Baptist Church
A. R. Forsythe
Hii J. Forsythe
Big Horses
Oihars
Forsythe
E. L. Hosteter
P.M. Fuller
J. S. Tuthill
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Fuller
Ilinois Central
Tuthill
Business Men's Temperance Association
Vialt
World Markets Open to the U. S. War Neutrality Policy
The United States issues a 6000 word defense of its neutrality rights and duties in the European war. A state department letter to Senator J. S. of Missouri lays out policy, answering charges of bias toward Germany and Austria. It defends free market access for all nations and notes Canadian and French incidents affecting neutral conduct. Helen Keller to speak at Grace Church on February 3.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Wilson
Bryan
Robert Luvs=ing
State Department
State of
Washington
Germany
Austria
Great Britain
Austria-Hungary
Alaska
France
Colombia
Pullman Porter Kills Wife Then Self in Bluffs
In Council Bluffs Iowa on Saturday Jhns F. Davis a Pullman porter shot and killed his wife at their home. He then fatally wounded their 14 year old son and shot James Brown a roanmer in the head before turning the pistol on himself dying instantly. Brown may recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs, Ja
F. Davis
James Brown
Brown
Saloon Debate Highlights Tax, Revenue Questions
A speaker described saloon operations and profit motives amid city finance figures. He cited 1912 1919 1921 and 1934 spending levels and argued saloon losses were offset by higher property valuations after closures. He recalled Alda lenta and urged restraint as Americans sang America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hynor
America
California Syrup of Figs Advertisement Claim
An old fashioned advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children and adults. It promises quick relief from stomach upset and indigestive symptoms, urges buyers to demand the genuine product, and warns against counterfeit versions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tongus
California
California Pie Syrup Company
Cadvertikenent
Old Songs Revival Promises New Readership
The Courier notes a revival of songs from memory with Samuel Woodworth as a touchstone. A new book titled Songs That Never Grow Old includes classic favorites, portraits of vocal artists, and two binding styles cloth and art Bristol. Distribution via certificate plan prompts readers to clip and redeem today.
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Samuel Woodworth
Courier
Art Bristol
Miss Mabel Kellogg Escapes War Zone
Miss Kellogg of Charles City has safely returned from Europe after fleeing Paris and London as war roiled the region. She travelled on the Baltic, described London and Paris as desolate, and recalled leaving a chateau near Paris with music and clothing left behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Kellogg
Charles City
Waterloo
Europe
New York
London
Paris
War Office
Baltic
Miss Kellogg Haseen
Charles Hill
Miss Kellogg
Carches
Fleck
New
York Visit Reported at Oxford Hotel Through Sunday
A note states she is in York visiting friends at the Oxford Hotel and plans to return home to Charles City by Tuesday, weather permitting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Oxford
Charles City
The Evening Chit Chat on Social Highway Women
Ruth Cameron notes a social nuisance, the conversational highway woman who fires blunt questions about rent, mortgages, and engagements. She warns refusals can imply consent, and recalls a past incident where gossip harmed a young woman who disliked a suitor.
Addressing the Social Highwaywoman in Moral Crime
The writer argues society should punish social highway robbery with ostracism, but admits it has not reached a civilization level where collective moral punishment is feasible. They compare the social danger to germs and rattlesnakes and concede a coping approach is needed.
Cedar Rapids Woman Credits Vegetable Compound for Change of Life
Mrs E J Rickers of Cedar Rapids writes that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound allowed her to continue work during the Change of Life when doctors offered rest and bed, and she reports feeling better afterward. The ad notes warning symptoms and claims the product strengthens the female organism and nervous system, inviting inquiries to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
E. J. Rickers
8Th Avenue
West
Laws
Lydia EB. Pinkham
Lydis
R. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn, Mass
President Scerley On Hearing Helen Keller
President Scerley urges widespread hearing of Helen Keller's message though notes few examples of Keller exist in this generation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scerley
Helen Keller
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J. B. Newman
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Automobile Show. Today Mrs. Newman Went To LaPorte, Ind
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G. R. Dayton
D. C. Merner
Alabama
St. Louis
Garfield Merner
St. Augustine
Fla
Henry Pfeiffer
Philadelphia
Havana
Cuba
Beas
Velma Hall
Janesville
Gedar Falls High School
Aubrey Lyon
Homer H. Seerley
Iowa City
Samson
Seerley
Charles Taylor
Mason City
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John Fearer
Washington Street
Leo H. Paulger
Lawfrey
Lincoln School
J. C. Perrine
Andrew Nelson
Boston
Bluff Street
Conault
Dubuque
Walnut Street
Grace Church
Pullman Porter
QLD
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Woman's Magazines
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Yale
Perciles Pri Madricka
Clinney
Timon
Esate
Damask Table Cove
Ruth Cameron
Tim
Gil
Nott
Mile
Martha
al Abbott
Milloy & Cowell
Hogan
The
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Joe Schlosman
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Ellis Hotel
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Eighth Street
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