Homecoming plans spark Cedar Falls event week
Cedar Falls Iowa July 9 special The Commercial club sent secretary F L McCreary to Joliet to study home coming week plans for Sept 4 6 with free attractions parades and exhibitions. A carnival company and Curtiss firing machine displays are likely part of a large effort to draw former residents back.
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Cedar Fells
Commercial Club
F. L. McCreary
Joliet
Cedar Falls
Curtiss
German Lutheran Congregation Chooses New Pastor Valentine
The Cedar Falls German Lutheran congregation secures Rev Valentine from Dubuque. A young man of promise he is enthusiastic in his work and recently married. He resides in the Lutheran berry on Iowa between Eighth and Ninth streets. James Patterson arrived from Minneapolis for a short vacation. he is a University of Minnesota law graduate now practicing law in Minneapolis.
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Cedar Falls
Valentine
Echeor
Dubuque
James Patterson
Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Law Ru
Transfers of Property and Society Notices from Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls notes report Mrs. John C. Wilcox visiting her son Frank from Lake Charles Louisiana and describe flood losses in lowlands. Other items mention Mr. and Mrs. O A George returning from Colorado with daughter Remains, visits by W S McKee and family, Edward Townsend and daughter’s trip to Fort Dodge, and crop conditions in Illinois.
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Cedar Falls
John C. Wilcox
Lake ‘Charles
Frank
0. A. George
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Egbert
Wyo
E. L. Farington
Edward Townsend
Fort Dodge
Mr. Townsend
Beott
Apple River
George McFadden
Waterloo
Rivenberg
Scott
Illinois
Notable visits and travels mentioned in local notes
The column lists several residents' movements and meetings with officials. Governor and Woodrow Wilson are praised for Presbyterian work. Francis Gilkey returns from vacation via Indianapolis Chicago Duluth and Minneapolis. Miss Margaret Morgan visits from Newton and travels to Lake Okoboji with CG Connell and the Clay couple. Iowa City trip for a family death, Ada A. Riland and Edith visiting Decatur City Ta. Lillian Burns visits from Ames to see Aaron Burns and Mrs. Owan. Brady War Pictures promotion urged for school children via the Waterloo Evening Courier.
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Woodrow Wilson
Presbyterian Church
Francis Gilkey
F. &. Birch
Indianapolis
Chicago
Duluth
Minneapolis
Margaret Morgan
Newton
Miss Morgan
CG. J. Connell
Lake Okoboji
J. B. Clay
Mr. Clay
Thomas Justice
M. T. Coleman
Iowa City
Ada A. Riland
Edith
Decatur City
Waterloo Evening Courier
Two New Fire Trucks Approved By City Council
The city council purchased a Seagrave combination chemical and hose truck similar to the west side department truck for 5400 dollars, plus options not on the earlier 5200 dollar model, with delivery expected soon. The council also authorized a pest house contract at the old poor farm and approved twelve days of paid vacation for officers after six months on duty. A market ordinance change defending morning pedaling, electric sign permits, water trustees report, and a proposal to require wooden driveways were discussed.
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West Side
Seagrave Manufacturing Company
Columbus
Ohio
Board of Health
Claude Eighmey
Brown Crockery Company
Water Trustees
R. M. Dewey
Second Ward
Falls to Death Before Throne in French Air Crash
Rene Bedel, famed cross country flyer and Parmery cup holder, died in Chalons sur Marne as his monoplane struck telegraph wires and capsized before French troops. The crash left Bedel crushed beneath the engine after a descent from near Paris. The report notes Foley Kidney Pills advertising in the same column and travels of Mrs. Lou Fowler to Boston via St Lawrence and Thousand Islands.
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Chalons Sur Marne
France
Rene Bedel
Lou Fowler
Boston
St. Lawrence
Thousand Islands
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