Fine Programs at Chautauqua Tonight and Tomorrow
Chautauqua features tonight La Rue's band Thatcher's orchestra and Mrs Beach soprano. Wednesday offers Bible hour Dr Edwin Sucker and a lecture by Dr A W Lamar with a choral table and readings. Special notes include round tables, seals for readers, and a 10:30 evening train for Dunkerton and Fairbank attendees.
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la Rue
Thatcher
C. L
Round Table
Reading
Mae C. Brown
W. M. Blowers
L. M
Beach
Arthur
Rachel
Chautauqua Golden Gate
Edwin S. Stucker
Bessle K. Becker
J. E. Sedgwick
R. E H. Crowther
Guild
Crowther
C. Cadwallader
Guild of the Seven Seals
Boy Scouts
Mae O. Brown
Fredericksburg
W. P. Hoxie
J. T. Allen
Marriage in West a Surprise in Anaheim California
Miss Bonnie Vernon and Mr John Paul Ogle wed in Anaheim California on June 25 at the home of Ferdinand Backs. Rev Charles E Locke officiated. The couple plan to reside at 405 Clementina Street Anaheim after July 6.
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Waterloo
California
John Paul Ogle
J. B. Ogle
Bonnie Vernon
Anaheim
Cal
Ferdinand Backs
Charles E. Locke
Grace M. E. Church
Parsons College
Fairfield
West High
Welty-Weds Grace Hayes in Chicago Surprise union
A Chicago dispatch reports a marriage license issued to William A. Welty and Grace Hayes of Waterloo. Welty, a fourtrain pen manufacturer and former Brethren minister, left for fishing. the wedding’s details remain unexpected locally due to Welty Co. ties and Hayes’ past as a Welty stenographer.
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Courier
Chicago
William A. Welty
Grace Hayes
Waterloo
William A. Welty Co
Welty
Middle West
Brethren Church
Amusements at Electric Park All Day Fourth
Electric Park hosts a full day Fourth of July event offering picnic grounds and shade for families. Visitors are invited to enjoy the amusement resort and extended evening facilities as the state’s premier venue.
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Spe
Cedar River
Waterloo
la Porte City
Auto Boulevard
Record Firework Celebration Planned at Vaude Ville Theatre Grounds
A grand all day Fourth of July celebration is announced at the Vaude Ville theatre area with rides, confessions, and a lavish fireworks display in the evening. The event includes over a hundred numbers, aerial bombs and rockets lighting the sky, continuous band music, and an active dance hall. The grounds will be noise free to provide a cool, comfortable alternative for residents seeking relief from downtown noise. Bank of Woodville cashier N. J. Gorham reports kidney ailment relief after Foley Kidney Pills.
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Vaudeville
Fallen tent is again in use near Lin den Place
The gospel tent at the corner of Dearborn and Nevada streets in Linden Place was blown down by a Sunday storm. No one was hurt, damage was minimal, and the tent was pitched again. Meetings resume tonight and run nightly except Saturday and July 4. T. M. Olson of Chicago leads the services with others from the Christians fellowship in the west side library rooms.
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Dearborn
Nevada
Linden Place
T. M. Olson
Chicago
West Side
Spring Chickens Reported Light This Year
Dealers and consumers report a tight spring chicken supply with fewer birds than usual and smaller dressed weights, affecting prices and banquet preparations.
Local Chicken Prices and War Pictures Featured
The text notes a pound and a half at 80 cents per pound and mentions early hatched chickens of good size though few reach retailers. It also promotes Brady War Pictures for school children via the Waterloo Evening Courier in sixteen weekly sections with a coupon on page 8.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
La Porte City Hosts Two Big Days of Harness Races
Waterloo visitors pour in for two day harness race program at La Porte City fairgrounds. Tomorrow features 30 entries with purses totaling 1050 in events including a 2 19 trot and 2 17 pace plus a 3 year old trot. July Fourth program follows with 35 entries and events a 2 30 trot 2 30 pace and 2 14 pace totaling 400 each. Parade baseball vaudeville and Cedar Falls band concerts supplement the celebration.
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Cedar Falls
Strawberries Still Offered in Public Markets Despite Late Season
Market reports show strawberries remaining on sale with good quality and prices at two boxes for a quarter. Black raspberries appeared for the first time, though quantity was limited and sold out early. New potatoes and eggs were sold at 40 cents a pack and 18 cents a dozen, respectively, with greens like Swiss chard.
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G. EK. Hematrest
Cedar Falls
Negro Soldiers Under Arrest In Fort Lawton Inquiry
Brownsville regiment at Fort Lawton confined to quarters while efforts continue to identify a soldier accused of assaulting Mrs. F Pratt near Twenty first avenue west and Thomas street. A patrolwoman and Mrs Pratt searched the fort. lineups planned. A prior incident in Interbay is noted with a soldier sent to prison. Seattle July 2 all the Negro soldiers of four companies of the Twenty-fifth Infantry are involved in the inquiry.
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Brownsville
Fort Lawton
F. Pratt
Twenty-first Avenue West
Thomas Street
Seattle
Wash
Twenty-fifth Infantry
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Benjamin Chapin
Lincoln
White House
Kaffir Boys
J. H. Balmer
Elafe Clark
LaRue
Davault Entertainment Company
Arthur Rachel
Thatchers
A. W. Lamar
Dixie
Dunkerton
Fairbank
P. E. Ritz
West
Joan Paul Ogle
Benedict
Heide
Royal Society
Wall Paper News
Dennison
N. J. Gorham
Bank of
Woodville
Foley
H. W. Taggart
Herman Webberking
Great, Western Creamery Company
Minnesota Lakes
Chicago Great Western
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Lake Michigan
Wisconsin
M. E. Schnell
T. J. Cleary
C. A. Waterloo
E. T. Sadler
The
Great Western Creamery
India Tea
the Growers of India Tea
Elk Run Park
F. P. Faulkner
Marsh Place
Iowa
Iowa-Dakota Land CO
West Side Acts
Good City
East Fourth Street
Bown & Bown
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