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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 04, 1914

Page

8

Waterloo East to Study Sex Education in Public Schools

Water loo East board discusses adding a new biology text with a chapter on reproduction and a mild sex hygiene program taught by Miss Idy-Jene Tovey, a Columbia University trained teacher. Eugenics is lightly touched on, with focus on heredity and inherited traits, while ensuring careful, competent instruction. If approved, classes will be separated by sex.

Waterloo Board of Education of Waterloo East Idy- Jene Tovey Columbia University New York City East High Mies Tovey

Drive Concrete Piles Next Week

Large crowds will visit the site of the new twelve story Leavite & Johnson National bank building as concrete piling begins. About two hundred steel casings arrive for the foundation, each twenty feet long and tapered, to be driven to rock then filled with concrete and later pulled. The piles will be assembled in grottys with no expected settlement risk.

Leavite & Johnson National Bank Grottys

Complete And Sanitary Cleaning Establishment

One of the most complete, modern and sanitary cleaning establishments in Iowa is My Valet, S07 Fourth Street East, where every worn item is cleaned and both ladies and men's suits are pressed. They solicit local and out of town orders, with prompt transportation. Foles Kidney Pills advertised as a healing medicine sold by all druggists.

Iowa Fourth Street

Ley WILL BE BOXS' DAY at Westminster Presbyterian

A Sunday school program at Westminster Presbyterian will celebrate BOXS day with a special morning program starting at 10 oclock. Parents and friends who are interested are invited to attend and see how the boys are doing with their work and activities.

Westminster Presbyterian

City in Brief Sparks and Studio Ads Light the Page

Aubor tinted lenses end glare for a son in Buchanan. Mrs C F Brows and grandson Charles plan a two week Lake Okoboji visit. B F Swisher and family went to Iowa City to see relatives until Monday. Mr and Mrs Fred Austin left for Ramaley after the death of Mr Austin's brother. W W Bain and Harry Short of Brandon visit the Liter home on Fowler street. Ralph and William Sherman of Jesup visited Waterloo for the Cedar Falls Fourth races. Mrs Mary E Main of Rockford City is visiting her daughter Mrs James Thompson. Miss Lillian Olson, Drs Brinkman Bruner assistant, confined by illness. W B Causey resigns as northern division superintendent. J W Mulhern succeeds him. F F Lathrop to work for American Express. Iowa April deaths total 2082 with 44 in Black Hawk. five infants. Firemen responded to Joe Fishman home on Eleventh Street West. table fire extinguished with little loss. Harold C Cole, Minneapolis Western Electric employee, vacationing with parents at Chautauqua Park. James Dall arrested at Schiel's Hardware trying to buy a gun. charged with drunkenness, to be arraigned Monday.

C.F. Brows Charles Lake Okoboji B. F. Swisher Familly Iowa City Fred Austin Ramaley Mr. Austin W. W. Bain Harry Short Brandon J. HW. Liter Fowler Street Ralph and William Sherman Jesup Waterloo Cedar Falls Mary E. Main Rockford City James Thompson Bluff Street

Picnic Honors Mrs Whitney at Cole Summer Home

Twenty five friends gather at the Cole summer home in Chant and tia park to honor Mrs Lucius Whitney of Joliet Mont a former Water loo resident. A guessing contest identifies portraits of literary historical and local figures with quoted lines. Miss Frances Grout and Miss Ella D Williams plan the lawn supper. I Beal observes his seventeenth birthday with a Cedar Heights family picnic and relatives gather for informal visiting.

Whitney W. R. Cole Chant Tia Park Lucius Whitney Joliet, Mont Waterloo Frances Grout Ella D. Williams I. Beal Cedar Heights

Girl Han Narrow Escape as Plaster Falls at Ellis Hotel

A loud crash in the Ellis hotel lobby drew bystanders as plaster from a water-leaked pipe section over the cigar stand fell onto a glass cigar case. Miss Lydia Henry, a cigar clerk, narrowly escaped injury, screaming in shock. Hope Martin rushed to assist, finding no injuries or broken glass.

Han Ellis Hotel Lydia Henry Hope Martin Heruemms

Norway and Sweden Move Toward Alliance Renewal

Stockholm July 4 campaign for an alliance between Norway and Sweden gains broad public support across parties and newspapers though no official action has taken place. Sven Hedin and Sigurd Ishen have visited Stockholm and Kristiania and found public sentiment favorable to a defensive pact amid past tensions and rising arms. Both nations show strong arms buildup despite mutual reassurance.

Stockholm Norway Sweden Sven Hedin Sigurd Ishen Christiania Nortway Ishen

Restock Plan Aims to Refill 273 Waterways in Three States

A nine year project aims to restock all trout streams and lakes in Colorado Wyoming and South Dakota national forests. The federal bureau of fisheries will supply fry to be shipped to rail hubs for distribution and planting by forest officers. About 20 million fry are budgeted, with over four and a half million supplied this year, covering 273 waters.

Colorado Wyoming South Dakota Federal Bureau of Fisheries Forest Service Bureau of Fisheries White Mountains Southern Appalachians

Hebrew Language Revival Faces Turkish Bar in Palestine

Jerusalem reports the Turkish government bans posting notices in Hebrew on dead walls in Palestine cities. The move comes amid a revival of Hebrew as the common tongue among tens of thousands, shaping education, media, and signage while Zionist goals push toward a Hebrew university in Jerusalem.

Jerusalem Palestine Hebrew University

James M Speers to Preside at Lake Geneva Conference

James M. Speers, head of a major New York dry goods house, will preside over the Laymen's Missionary Movement conference at Lake Geneva Wisconsin from July 29 to August 2. About 300 men from numerous denominations are expected for five days of instruction and inspiration on engaging other men in missions. Noted speakers include J Campbell White, Charles Henderson, W W White, W C Herring, and Y M C A secretary J Wilbur Messer, along with several missionaries.

Chicago Judy Ireland New York City Lake Geneva Wis Joe James M. Speers Samuel B. Capen Japan North America J. Campbell White America Charles Tt. Senderson University of Chicago WW. White W. C. Herring Boston J. Wilbur Messer

Archduke and Duchess In Last Resting Place

Aristettia Austria July 4 The bodies of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and the duchess of Hohenberg arrived and were interred beneath the castle chapel after simple ceremonies. A dawn funeral procession and final rites saw the cortege carried to the family vault with prayers and guards.

Aristettia Austria Francis Ferdinand Duchess of Hohenberg Poevhlarn On Clork Artstettin Castle Viena

Begin Fight on Bubonic Plague in New Orleans Harbor

Federal authorities began enforcement in May to curb ships entering New Orleans harbor as part of the effort to eradicate the plague. Dr Morput’s regulations require ship inspection before docking and rat guards on lines and hawsers after checks. Church services will be urged to assist in eradication work. A wartime advertiser will help publicize the drive.

New Orleans Strgeen di. ML Corpat Public Health Service Morput

The Case of One Shine and the Four Widows

A disturbed tale follows James Shine, a man with memory loss and shifting identities. After a train accident early in life, he travels, remarries under many names, and ends up jailed for bigamy. Doctors deem him not fully responsible. he dies in care, remarking on his four marriages and plans to wed a fifth.

James Rolce Makeret Te Engin Mieten Aod Voulagutue Dave Dia Janes Shine Tams Shing Peter Jones James Shine Davis Barnes Meadows Bird Young Shine Bing Fuitira Marrie Bigamint Young Shine Martiage

Anti trust law debate shapes trade commission plan

Long, detailed discussion outlines the Cummins report and Senate debate on establishing a federal trade commission. Key figures include Senator Cummins of Iowa and Senator Howland, with references to interstate commerce and the aim to preserve competition over court reliance. Public notices mention Elklets picnic and church service cancellations due to repairs.

Des Maines Congress Sen Ferstate Commerce Camniles Stevrars Minnesota Billy Firesent Cangrosses Dagt Tongrese Holt Cummins Iowa Senate Belaror Howlands Croming Harding Supreme Court Sheeravan Aidieteast Daw Minar Eéport Wiearenberg Commeres Committee Tbis Bhowak Cuminius Sherman Trade Commission Muonthy Geare Niles de Wate The Cumming Flerord Borah Newland Nevada Towa Cumming Wiil Interstate Commerce Commission Reneator Cumming

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