James Black Dry Goods Company Picnic Draws 300 Attendees
Society notes recount a large company picnic at Byrnes Park after 5:20 pm with 300 employees and guests enjoying dinner, songs, and a boxing entertainment staged by Dempsey and Car ne atier figures. Highlights include speeches by James Graham and Dr. J. R. Macartney and a lighthearted program by entertainers.
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James Black Dry Goods Company
Byrnes’ Park
J. R. Macartney
First Presbyterian Church
James Graham
Henry Sblings
George Moody
Ronald Reed
Charles Felsing
David Stevenson
Mr. Stevenson
H. L. Jorgensen
Law
Raymond Slaughter
Pil Brennan
Jess Willard
Henry Morgans
Henry Iblings
Viola Henning
Side Talks on Illness and Family Strain
A column reflects on the burden of prolonged illness on families and urges patience and sympathy for both the sufferer and relatives. It discusses the temptation of self focus in invalids and the daily realities of caregiving, urging kindness and forbearance from supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
The Singing Witch and Alda in Moonlit Forest
Alda, abused by her stepmother, meets an old witch who offers a chance to gain a singing voice. The witch, once a proud beauty ruined by envy, grants Alda voice in exchange for kindness of heart, warning that beauty without goodness brings ruin.
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Alda
Bebe
Gilbertville Social Club Hosts Picnic and Luncheon
The Sweetpeas and Edithe home group entertained Silver Lazo rs for high scores, with Mrs Nick De and Mrs P B Shirleg ger and Mrs Chris Gales among the organizers. A luncheon was served by Mrs Lis with help from Mrs Wagner and Mrs Smith. The Silent club held an all day picnic at Cedar River park. A chicken dinner followed at 1 pm and a business meeting was held with two new admissions, Mrs Hayes and Mrs Pitts. A bathing party closed the day and another park picnic is planned in two weeks.
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Sweetpeas
Edithe
Gilbertville
Yesterda
Nick de
P. B. Shirlegger
Chris Gales
Tore. Ja
Mmes
Susan Gale
Er Gales
Will Wagner Smith
Listh
Wagner
Smith
Silent Club
Cedar River Park
Ular
A Hayes
P. J. Pitts
The Witch and Alda in the Forest Farewell
Alda drinks from the potion given by the witch and awakens alone in the forest. The cave and witch vanish as daylight filters through the trees. She hurries home to finish her tasks, haunted by the night she endured.
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Alda
Doctor Urges Doctors to Report Typhoid Cases Citywide
Health officer Dr H W Sigworth asks physicians to report all typhoid fever cases in Waterloo to city authorities. A recent fatal case and a critically ill patient tied to 415 Seventh Street West prompt inquiry. No quarantine law requires reporting, but measures aim to curb possible epidemic. The latest city cases are separate from a Jefferson Street milk outbreak.
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H. W. Sigworth
Tina Bengston
Seventh Street
Harl Bengston
City Health Department
Sigworth
Waterloo
Lower Jeffersons Street
Protests Over Lawn City Concert Parking Tricks
A Waterloo music lover alleges Lawn City residents cheat Waterloo visitors by parking at the band stand vantage near Cedar Falls concerts and reoccupying spaces after supper, forcing guests to poorer viewing spots. He says the ploy is cruel if true and vows to expose it.
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Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Bonfire at Dumping Ground Draws Fire Brigade
A large rubbish dump on the west bank of the river near Mullan Avenue bridge burned for about an hour from 9 to 10 p m. Firemen laid thirteen hundred feet of hose and doused the embers as onlookers watched the blaze. The blaze prompted warnings to be prepared for fires, per an advertisement from Bronson Insurance Agency.
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Mullan Avenue
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K. N. Cousins
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W. C. Loran
Arch W. MacFairlane
H. Israel
Ethel Loonan
Hudson
Breck’s
Miriam Carpenter
Rock Rapids
Capler
Earl Wilbur Kent
Hel~i
Mildred Shank
Gordia Philn
The
Wark
Mary No . Sans Souci
Norman
E. H. Bickles
First Baptist
Sherwood Park
Women of Doreas Society
Homemakers Band
Brutheran Brotherhood
Lutheran Brotherhood
Kian Klub
Elk Run Jun
Alice Brown
CC. TF. U
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Hawk County
Dal
Itam
Samtte
Lise
Ruth Cameron
Sandmann Story
Mrs. F. A W
Tre Cites
Beauty
Edna Kent Forbes
Lawn City
Bronson Insurance Agency
Fashion Department
Evening Courier
Postum Cereal Co
Ine
Battle Geek
Michigan
Arts
Les
Mssirs
Perc
East
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