Black Hawk Boys Enter Corn Contest in Iowa
Thirteen Black Hawk county youths have joined the National Farm Boys club corn contest, with 1 000 Iowa boys participating overall. Contestants strive for the most profitable acre, with the winner earning a free trip to Washington, D. C., for the national convention next January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Hutcheson
Iowa
National Farm Boys’ Club
Black Hawk County
Virgil Bozarth
Cedar Falls
Con Canfield
Dunkerton
Godfrey Guldager
Vane Hattendorf
R. F
Alfred Hesse
Clifford Isley
Ernest Jensen
Roy Lee Valley
Bernard McGuire
Elmer Morgensen
Washington, D. C
Farm Boys' Club
Sex Hygiene Taught In Chicago High Schools
Chicago news report that the board of education added sex hygiene to public high school curricula. The course, renamed personal purity, passes 11 to 2 after Supt. Ella Flagg Young’s report. Three lectures will be given after 1913 in separated classes. parental objections can excuse students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Education
Ella Flagg Young
Test Liquor Law in Winterset Case Opens
Des Moines reports the Town Anti-Saloon league files a Winterset test case under Webb Kenyon law to curb liquor shipments from wet to dry areas. Rev W G Hohanshelt leads the case with a hearing set for July 18 before Winterset officials, with Ottumwa to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Anti-Saloon League
Winterset
Webb- Kenyon
W. G. Hohanshelt
Methodist Church
Boone
Ottumwa
C. Barber
Supreme Court
Grape-Nuts praised as infant and adult food
A reader testimonial extols Grape-Nuts as a perfect food for babies and grownups. A mother describes saving her infant with a Grape-Nuts preparation after doctors advised stopping condensed milk. The letter includes endorsements by several Waterloo and Dunkerton residents and mentions a book titled The Road to Wallville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baby
Waterloo
William J. Michelsen
Dunkerton
Lizzie Siggelkow
Wallville
Girl Tubercular Patient in Tent Near Proposed Sanitarium
Martha Brill, 18, a patient in county tents for tubercular near the site of a planned sanitarium, is progressing well. Her mother died of consumption and she is the fifth in her family to be stricken. Previously cared for downtown by visiting nurses due to crowded conditions preventing admission to Oakdale state hospital. Those wishing to send flowers should notify the visiting nurses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Brill
Oakdale
Miss Brill
Bunnies Rally As Keokuk Trip Looms In Central Association
Howard Tuttle shows his old form in yesterday s game while Joe Wintz is sidelined with a lingering leg injury. Paddy Siglin shines at second base and Cedar Rapids fans plus visiting druggists back the Bunnies. The series heads to Keokuk with a likely doubleheader on Sunday the 28th, then Burlington and a long home stretch await. Central Association stats crown Keokuk as top hitting and Ottumwa as fielding leader, with Pennington amid contract controversy and a possible move to a Federal league club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Burlington
Central Association
Waterloo
Ottumwa
Miller
George Pennington
Muscatine
Muskies
Pennington
Grand Army encampment plans in Chattanooga
Chattanooga plans the forty seventh Grand Army of the Republic encampment for September 16 to 20 marking the fiftieth anniversary of Chickamauga. Reunions on Chickamauga Lookout Mountain Orchard Knob and Missionary Ridge are scheduled with Capt. C. D. Mitchell as committee chair. Battlefield reunions are set for Monday Tuesday and Wednesday with distinguished speakers detailing each battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Chattanooga Encampment Association
Grand Army of the Republic
Chickamaugaa
Chickamauga
Lookout Mountain
Orchard Knob
Missionary Ridge
C. D. Mitchell
Union
Rain in Nick of Time Saves Corn in Dubuque
Dubuque Iowa July 10 The rain Tuesday evening benefited crops after a long heat spell corn was saved though the raspberry crop was lost as the fruit had dried up. The northeastern Iowa region received .64 inch of rain and more rain will be needed in about a week. The county board of supervisors opened bids for a detention hospital with the lowest bid near five thousand dollars. a readjusted bid may be accepted. Plans call for eighteen rooms to hold thirty two patients with kitchen bath roofs and living rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Mme
May Kellar
Duluth
Black Hawk County
Misses Doughtry and Graham Family Plan Mani tou Summer
Misses Mary and Kate Doughtry and Mrs. James Graham with their children depart tomorrow morning for Mani tou Colorado to spend the rest of the summer season at the resort locality, enjoying a prolonged leisure period away from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. L. Vale
Waterloo
Los Angeles
Cal
Lethbridge
Alberta
Canada
Lyman Bedford
Mary
Kate Doughtry
James Graham
Manitou, Colo
Drugists Visit Cedar Falls Teachers College
About 100 druggists and guests toured Cedar Falls yesterday during the state druggists convention. President Seerley spoke on the Teachers College purpose and finances while Prof. Frampton performed on the new $10,000 pipe organ. A ladies swimming display impressed attendees before the return to Waterloo by about 28 autos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Teachers’ College
H. H. Seerley
Seerley
John Rose Frampton
Frampton
Wakefield's Blackberry Balsam Diarrhoea Remedy
Wakefield's Blackberry Balsam has been used in millions of diarrhoea and cholera cases over 66 years with no failure when directions are followed. It avoids dangerous drugs and does not constipate the bowels. Delicious to taste and safe for all ages. children love it. 36¢ everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
City in Brief Notes on Local People and Events
Glancing items from Waterloo area society noting Harman Coal Co. suit against C. E. Gat-Jin for 227.38, travelers visiting relatives, clerks convention attendance, and church activities. Social calls include Dr. Fred Brott in Doon, Miss Gertie McKean’s Sac City trip, and families visiting Cedar Rapids, Los Angeles, and northern Minnesota. Local clergy vacation plans and forthcoming communion events at First Presbyterian Church are listed, with brief travel and health notes about residents and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harman Coal Co
Bulton
C. EB. Gat- Jin
Fred Brott
Doon
Waterloo
Cedar Falta
Hair Resterers and Dyes Advice from Lilien Russell
Lilien Russell advocates against hair restorer dyes and similar products claiming they cannot restore natural color. She says dyeing ages appearance and is hard to maintain. To curb gray, she stresses dandruff prevention and gentle cleansing with oatmeal shampoo. A teaspoon of powdered oatmeal dissolved in hot water makes a good shampoo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilien Russell
Haif
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Black Hawk
Farmpr
Washington
Cubs
Howard Tuttle
Joe Wintz
Paddy” Siglin
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo Cleaning and Dye Works
W. St. St. Bridge
G. A.R
Teachers' College
Girle
United States
Frank Shane
Alsden
Lawn City
Martin Bros
Buchanan
Fred Watts
Plains Held
Mrs
A M. Watts
Gertle McKean
Sac City
Seth McKean
Fred S. Pettit
Setherville
Clerks of the Courts
W. A. Braniger
Roger
G. W
Jesse Swanger
Fredericksburg
Minnesota
Clifford Hallowell
Clifford Woolley
Mise
Heather Haehlen
Hampton
Rev
J. A. Haehlen
Fourth Street
Edwin Haehlen
Misa Winnifred Maley
J. 8
Muley
Waverly
St. Francia Hospital
C. BE. Koepke
Ernest
D. J. Hadden
Alla, Iowa
City
Vislting
Mrs. Hadden
Ida Pickering
Hadden
First
Prsbyterian Church
Pauline Locke
Kansas City
Albertine Bentley
Stanton Stoddard
Webster City
Miss Locke
Walter H. Rollins
What Congregational Church
Witam F. Spry
Rollins
First Congregational
First Methodist
the Progress Store
East Fourth ST
Waterloo, Iowa
Edward Levy
The
Freedman Mercantile Co
Rockford
Sharps
Richardson
Wilson Hooks
Asu
Lis
Ladies’ Union
Wilson Bros
Gale
Porosknit Union
Lonsdale
C. B
ULLY
L. System
Brooks Bros
O. Ru
Price
Mae
East
Fourth ST
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