Society Notes Highlight Local Marriages and Events
A quiet service united Miss Martha Louisa Gruener and Rev. Jacob Haehlen Jr in Des Moines with family witnesses and a simple pink rose setting. Nearby, Andrew Salz hosted a stag party for the future groom as wedding plans advance for Magdalen Schmitz and Salz. Bernice Edelman wed Charles H. McKinstry at Little Brown Church in Nashua, and Sarah Ellen Gray married LeRoy Freeman in Des Moines area parsonage ceremonies. Children’s punishment topics and a July vacation debate marked the Woman’s Study Club meeting at Sans Souci.
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Martha Louisa Gruener
M. Gruener
Jacob Haehlen
Des Moines
Jacob Haehlep
Evangelical Church
Carl Grueper
Fourth Street
Caroline Gruener
Tes
Moines
Mr. Gruener
Highland Park Evangelical Church
Calvery Evangelical
Evangelical
McKinstry
Commercial National Bank
France
Beauty Chats On Wrinkles And Growth Of Character
Edna Kent Forbes advises smoothing worry lines with careful massage, cold cream and astringents, then shifts to social items including Albert Turner’s ninth birthday party, a Maccabees rally honoring medical figures, and various local club notices. The column blends beauty tips with community notices and reflections on youth and aging.
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Albert Turner
L. E. Turner
Edith Rendal
Dewar
Ernest Mohr
Waterloo
Wild Rose Club Members Dine With Husbands At Byrnes Park
Clara members of the Wild Rose club joined their husbands for an evening supper at 6 30 pm yesterday at Byrnes Park. The event brought together local families for a social gathering in a park setting.
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Memorial
Wild Rose Club
Byrnes Park
Side Talks by Ruth Cameron on Viewpoint Shifts
Ruth Cameron discusses how viewpoint alters perception of traffic in city and on streets. She notes a regulation keeping eight feet spacing from stopped street cars and recalls a friend who once cursed cars for intruding yet now drives close past boarding passengers.
Westminster Bible School Ends First Vacation Program
Westminster Presbyterian church concluded its first daily vacation bible school with an all-ages auditorium program. Pastor Dr. A. C. Preston hailed the pilot as practical and valuable, noting workers from Sunday school and church led study and handiwork. The children presented prayers, dramatized scenes, hymns, memory work, and crafts including bird houses and rag baskets. Northminster church plans its third annual vacation bible school finale Friday July 8 at 7 45 p.m. with large classes and parent support. no session Monday July 4.
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Westminster Presbyterian Church R
A. C. Preston
Northminster Presbyterian Church
Ars
Women Lawyers Miss Baldwin Noted Ex Officio Juvenile Judge
In cities, women attorneys are common yet bench appointments remain rare. San Francisco highlights Mrs. HE. L. Baldwin as the ex officio judge of the juvenile court, known for tempering justice with mercy. A regular judge reviews her decisions.
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B.D. Baldwin
San Francisco
HE. L. Baldwin
New Bus Line Licensed Between Waterloo and Cedar Falls
A. E. Johnson received a city license to operate two motor buses between Waterloo and Cedar Falls. The routes run parallel across Fifth Street Bridge with shared streets, avoiding duplication of the Waterloo Motor Bus route. Johnson plans first trips tomorrow morning. Cedar Falls officials consider similar licensing tonight.
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A. E. Johnson
Waterloo
Cejdar Falls
Johnson
Waterloo Motor Bus Company
Fifth Street Bridge
Rainbow Drive
Miles Street
Miles
Commercial
Fifth
Sycamore
Logan Avenue
Logan
Riehl
Conger
Electric Park
Cedar Falls
Cedar Rapids
Ribbons and Banners Welcome Returning Dr. Hospers Bridegroom
Decorations fill the Black Hawk National bank second floor for the return of Dr. G H Hospers who arrives tomorrow not alone. Posters advise on married life while a photo shows Irene Berg in mourning now Mrs Hospers and the couple’s Webster City wedding in June. Their home at 1311 Fourth Street West is readied for the reception.
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Black Hawk National Bank
G. H. Hospers
Boilermakers’ Union
Irene Berg
Dr. Hospers
Webster City
Cupid Also Feels Economic Stress June Brides Shrinkage
Report notes a decline in June brides as economic stress reduces wedding preparations. The article highlights fewer couples planning nuptials this month and records reflect this trend amid lingering financial concerns.
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Cupid
June Slumps in Marriage Licenses Cite Job Worries and Romance
The clerk's office shows two thirds as many applications for marriage licenses in June 1921 as in June 1920. The piece notes June as the month of roses and brides, with a poetical retreat into romance that masks broader causes. It argues economic strain and unemployment push young men to prioritize work over marriage, suggesting sensible men place jobs first.
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Cupid
Prohibition Joke Goes Flat in Local Cartoon Panel
In the Marshalltown Times-Republican a home brew and prohibition joke in a paragraph and cartoon has withered into a threadbare gag. The joke is losing its spark as it grows into a habit, leaving little fun for readers.
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Marshalltown Times-Republican
Waterloo patterns pattern order notice
The Waterloo Evening Courier advertises up-to-date pattern designs from the Fashion Department. Customers are instructed to mail 15 cents per pattern to obtain patterns and sewing guides. Patterns are described as suitable for seams and orders are promised as soon as possible, with delivery expected within ten days after sending payment.
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Fashion Department
Evening Courier
Waterloo
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W. Small
Basin
Beauty
Edna Kent Forbes
M. Hally
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Cedar Review
Katherine Manion
Port Huron
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Anna Gibson
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Waterlooksview
Iowa City
Pierce Marble
Los Angeles
Eye Run
Margaret Maddigan
Mardle
Maddigan
St. Mary's Circle
St. Mary's
Nick Erpelding
Pesua
Marguerite McMullen
Pythian Sisters
Knights of Pythias
P.E.D
Ruth Cameron
Westminster Daily Bible School
NEW Bug Line
Council
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Parkersburg
Iowa
Alfred Longley
Edwards, Longley, Ransier & Harris
the Commercial National Company
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Commercial National Bank Building
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