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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 11, 1925

Page

13

Marriage Service for Mary Leavitt and Lynne Halversen

Miss Mary L Leavitt daughter of Roger Leavitt and Lynne Halversen Joliet were wed at a home ceremony Friday officiated by Rev George F Barsalou First Congregational church After the ceremony Halversen a Wisconsin university graduate and former Teachers College summer faculty member and Leavitt a Grinnell college graduate who has taught in Missouri Valley public schools planned to reside in Cedar Falls through August before moving to Joliet

Cedar Falla Mary L. Leavitt Roger Leavitt Lynne Halversen Joliet George F. Barsalou First Congregational Church Leavitt Mir. Halversen Wisconsin University Natural Science Teachers College Halversen Grinnell College Grinnell, Jr Publi Missouri Valley Cedar Falls

Hulda Huegli to Attend Lake Okoboji Conference

Miss Hulda Huegli will be Waterloo’s sole representative at the Young Women’s Christian Association business and industrial girls conference at Lake Okoboji from July 14 to 25. Leaders include Ruth Perkins Eleanor Copenhaver and Lois Diehl. Topics cover working conditions for industrial girls home economy and married women in industry. Girls housed in barracks. leaders in small cabins.

Hulda Hueght Waterloo Lake Okoboji National Young Women's Christian Association Jolly Evening Club Ruth Perkins New York Giity Eleanor Copenhaver Lois Diehl

Former YWCA Secretary to Visit Waterloo

Miss Minnie Smith, former Girl Reserve secretary of the local Waterloo YWCA, and current general secretary of the Sterling Illinois YWCA, is due in Waterloo early next week. She will stay at Mrs W A McManus's home while here. The Girl Reserve department of the Waterloo association was established by Miss Smith. She was succeeded by Miss Marie Watters, the present secretary.

Minnie Smith Young Women's Christian Association Sterling, Ill Waterloo Vt. A. McManus Waterloo Association Miss Smith Marie Watters

Nearly 175 Take Swimming at Y W

About 175 people attended a YWCA swimming event while two new classes were added to the schedule to handle registrations. Instructor Mrs Dempster capped classes at 15 students. additional sessions may be opened if needed. Also noted were a Bethany Shrine picnic with Cedar Falls delegates and a joint installation of officers for local lodges. A county home picnic planning meeting and church WCTU activities were announced for July 23.

Young Women’s Christian Association J. §. Dempster White Shrine Pictico Bethany Shrine No. 5

Varied Program At T. C. by Ver Haar Koch Recital

Miss Edna Ver Haar and Raymond Koch to perform at Iowa State Teachers College auditorium Cedar Falls Wednesday evening as part of the summer session lecture and entertainment course. Ver Haar praised for power and clarity, Koch for baritone voice, both artists of unusual ability. Robert Carlin to accompany. program includes a mix of old and new works culminating with Dvorak and Brint-Saens selections.

Edna Swanson Ver Haar Raymond Koch Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls Iheir Miss Ver Haar Mgr Raymond Ver Niam Sweden Swedish Choral Society of Chicago Koch St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Robert Carlin Loth Parcell Dacoutmy Vittoria Oreo Creissimas Mr. Koch A del Mio Amato Ben Donaudy Grepuscula Massenet Anne Marie Karling Titania etersan-Berger Evening Star Garton Peter Eteereeses Dvorak ' Mir Densmore Amson Delilah Curran Ctokey

Irlowain Hewitt Weds K. M. Keith Friday Afternoon

Miss Irlowain Hewitt marries Nen neth M. Keith at Rev. T. HH. Sheckler’s home. Newlyweds plan visits to Minneapolis Chicago and Schenectady before returning home. Keith is an electrician who will attend electrical school. Hewitt is from Waterloo area with family ties listed.

Irlowain Hewitt Nenneth M. Keith T. HH. Sheckler Denver Street Minneapolis L. H. Keith Chicago Schenectady N. Y Keith Fred Hewitt Waterloo Fast High School Gates Business College East High

Side Talks on Unfinished Serial Stories

A talk on why readers dislike unfinished serial tales and the frustration of magazines dropping a story mid run. It notes the lure of continuing narratives in waiting rooms and during busy springs, plus the odd wish to stack all begun serials for a final payoff.

Margaret Condit and J R Ginsburg to Marry Tonight

Cedar Falls July 14. The nuptial ceremony will be read at 8 40 o'clock this evening at the residence of Prot and Mrs Ira Condit 2204 Gray street for their elder daughter Margaret and Joan Robinson Ginsburg Chicago. Rev R D Behlin pastor of First Presbyterian church will officiate. About 60 guests invited all close friends of the bride and bridegroom and of Mr and Mrs Condit. Mr Ginsburg is city and road salesman for Curtis Leiger Fixture company Chicago assisting department furnishing and ready to wear stores to select proper display fixtures wax figures and farms for their merchandise displays. The bride is a graduate of Iowa State Teachers college and of the State University of Iowa and for the last four years has been assistant to the general manager of W A Wie boldt & Co who have three department stores in Chicago. Numerous parties have been given during the last week for the couple.

Cedar Falls Ira Ginsburg Curtis Leger Fixture Company Chicago Iowa State Teachers College Unlversity of Iowa W. A. Wieboldt & Co

Church News at Byrnes Park Services and Fellowship

First Congregational church plans a navetts at Byrnes park Tuesday afternoon and evening. Supper will be served at 5 30. Coffee lemonade and ice cream will be furnished by the church. Those who can are asked to come at 3 30.

Florence Pfefffer Sherwood Park Tres Hat Shop First Congregational Church Byrnes Park

Missouri Woman Weathers Century Milestone in Clinton

Mrs. W Nutt of Clinton marked her hundredth birthday on June 22 with a family reunion of 16 descendants. Born Kathryn Mattie Littleton in Wooster county Maryland, she moved to Clinton in 1891 and has been active in quilting and church life. She has 12 children, rarely sick, and voted in recent elections. Her husband Mr. Nutt died in 1917 at age 92.

Clinton Jung Har Acrutech Sigist Methodist Church Republican Party Nutt W Nutt Kathryn Mattie Littleton Wooster County Maryland

Boone ex Senator Olson dies after operation

Bes Moines July 11 Former State Senator Charles Olson 45 of Boone Iowa died today at the Methodist hospital at 7 30 a m from peritonitis after an operation for gall stones and hernia Olson remained conscious to the end His wife two sons Theodore and Douglas and other relatives were at the bedside The body will be shipped to Heaver his home this afternoon.

Bes Moines Charles Olson Boone Iowa Methodist Hospital Olson Theodore Douglas Heaver

Brady couple heads to Chicago this evening

Mr and Mrs W M Brady depart for Chicago this evening as noted in the local telegram item.

Hardy Resigns From Olds Motor Works After 26 Years

A. B. C. Hardy, longtime Waterloo native and key figure in Michigan’s auto industry, resigns as executive head of the Olds Motor Works division with July 1 effective. He will retire from active business ties to travel and attend to personal affairs, remaining on the boards of Union Joint Stock Land Bank Detroit and Capital National Bank Lansing. Hardy’s career spans the carriage business to early General Motors leadership, including roles at Waterlog, the Whnt Automobile Co, Little Motor Car Co, and eventual head of the Lansing plant.

Fhink Union Joint Stork Land Bank Detroit Capital National Bank Lansing Hardy Michigan Whnt Automobily Company Rey Chevrolet Motor Companies Chevrolet Fien M2a General Mortars

Magnetic testing aims to locate flaws in steel girders

Washington July 11 magnetic analysis promises non destructive testing of steel to detect hidden flaws in girders and cables. The U S Bureau of Standards and advisory engineers study its practicality for elevator cables and girders. A practical key to interpreting magnetic records remains to be found.

Washington, D. C Science Service United States Congress R. L. Sanford Bureau of Standards Sanford Mgr. Lattfard Almagdin

City in Brief: Weekend Travel and Local Notices

A series of short notes covers Leo Cahill traveling to Chicago for the weekend, Emma Campagna visiting Cedar Rapids relatives, Martin Jensen and mother en route to Vesper Kansas, and a two week trip by J E Trumbauer and Dorothy Seherling to Wadena and North Dakota. Other items note a business ownership correction for Bell Gaming, enlistment news for San Francisco, Mrs. Howard B. Taylor’s Wisconsin vacation, J W Forbes selling in Cedar Heights and moving to Long Beach, Ralph Hubbard’s Chicago-ND-NY trip, Morris Potashman visiting his father in Waterloo area, and various reuniting trips and family visits in Wisconsin.

Leo Cahill Chicago Emma Campagna Cedar Rapids Doris Kinion Martin Jensen Vesper Kan J. E. Trumbauer Dorothy Seherling Dubnique Wadena Minn North Dakota Bell Gaming Company of Reinbeek Waterloo Canning Company Hell Concern Grundy Center Serst L. C. Greenup Army General Lettermann San Francisco Howard B. Taylor Wisconsin E.G. Wendt Elizabeth Shaw J. W. Forbes Cedar Heights Israel Gedar Morris Potashman Sam Potashman Tack Hawk Street Morris F Hoh Chaniar Chandler Unallo Mavehter Gladys Can Tye Madison Mer Létinoan Waterhag Vitoey

Beauty chats on digestion and skin care tricks

The article links skin condition to digestion and constipation and offers a regimen. It advises cutting sweets, limiting caffeine and tea, rinsing with cold water, light powder, and applying cream. It recommends astringents, sun protection, cucumber or tomato juice bleaches, starch pastes for pores, steam for blackheads, and ether alcohol cotton applications for pimples.

Mrs Edith Adams dies at home twin sister La Porte City

Mrs I S Waite dies at home of her twin sister in La Porte City Iowa on Friday after a long illness. She was born Lydia Dew in Davenport Dec 5 1804 and married Mr Waite at Manning Iowa. Funeral services were held today and burial was in the family lot. The Waite family lived near Marathon and Spencer before moving to La Porte City about ten years ago.

I. S. Waite La_Porte City L. Waits C .al Oam Vaughn Home G. C. Twsted M. E. Church Atr Vaughn Cedar Rapids Marathon Walte Methodist Church Wilte Allen Memorial Hospital Waterloo Waite Lydia Dew Davenport Uerd Manning Likte Uheir Spencer Ga Porte City Darth Watte Grace Pitt

Japanese Delegate Named for World Peace Conference

Tokio declares Dr. Sakumoshin Motada former St. Paul University president the Japanese delegate to the World Christian Peace Conference in Stockhalm next autumn. He will be accompanied by Secretary Tsuga and travel via Siberia to present a proposition aiming at a modifier.

Tokio Sakumoshin Motada St. Paul University Stockhalm Momoda Tsuga Siberia

Buchanan board cuts valuation of farm lands

Independence July 11 report from Buchanan county land session shows supervisors reduce land values about 10 percent for assessment. Values had spiked to 70 per acre during the boom years, with prior 02 to 04 ranges from 1915 to 1919. Also notes local baseball games, grotto work by Rev F L Rensy, a car collision near Doris, and visitors W W Horton and son from California.

J. B. Jensen Independence Woard of Buchanan County State Executive Council Tly

Anti-Japanese Immigration Legislation Debate Spurs World Sympathy

A fragmented passage discusses opposition to United States anti-Japanese immigration laws seeking global sympathy. The text hints at international concern and appeals to world nations to influence policy. The fragment preserves names and dates are unclear but notes a broad diplomatic framing.

United States

Most charming babies in review in Illustrated Daily News

A healthy infant named Tom Wentiman, three, son of Mr and Mrs Harold Wentiman of 6232 1-2 Santa Monica Boulevard Los Angeles, appears among children in Illustrated Daily News under the caption Most charming babies in review to be picked. His father formerly worked at the Courier office. His great grandfather Rev H Sheckler lives at 227 Denver Street and grandmother Mrs Minnie Pentiman at 213 Randolph Street. Mr Pentimen, the father, is a representative of Steiger Kerr Stove & Foundry Co Los Angeles.

Tom Harold Wentiman Santa Monica Boulevard Los Angeles Daily News Courier Office Rev. H. Sheckler Denver Street Minnie Pentiman Randolph Street Pentimen Steiger « Kerr Stove & Foundry Co

Bank Roll Returned to Mann After Warrant Find

Under a Monticipal Judge order, $3,200 seized by bailiffs from Mrs. Bertha A. Erdman at 1004 Jefferson St was turned over to her son R. A. Erdman as rightful owner. Erdman testified he had lent the money to his sister for safekeeping and she refused to return it, claiming it destroyed in the kitchen stove. Bailiffs testified the money was hidden in a coal shed on the Erdman premises. charges against Mrs. Erdman were dropped after her attorney J. Wenner’s request.

J. W. Gwynne Bertha A. Erdman Jefferson Street R.A Erdman Erdman Theodore Carl Peek

Waterlog Evening Courier PATTERNS

Request for courier patterns for clothing design sent to Fashion Department Waterlo, with 15 cents per pattern. Patterns enable seams and orders filled promptly, but delivery may take several days after sending the order.

Fashion Department Evening Courier Waterloo

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