Social highlights of W C T U meeting and nearby events
The W C T U ladies held their annual social at Willard Hall with hostesses Mrs A MacEachron and Miss Frances Grout. Readings by Miss Ramona Harrod and solos by Mrs Elmo Bateman complemented talks on temperance and Des Moines affairs. A Water loo Cedar Falls picnic was announced for Linwood Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Hall
A. MacEachron
Frances Grout
Ramona Harrod
Northwestern University
Elmo Bateman
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Linwood Park
Cedar Heights
Arista Mona
Arista Mona Club
Chautauqua Park Y
Memorial Hall
Jathers
Fred Kaufmann
Lown Street
Local Social Events Highlight Waterloo Scene
Activities fill an afternoon with club meetings and hospitality in Waterloo. Mrs. Stewart Freeman leads devotionals. Mrs. Katherine Reed reviews Western Women in Eastern Lands. Victorian Victrola selections precede refreshments at a cottage gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua Park
Stewart Freeman
Katherine Reed
Social Notes and Local Visits This Week
CG W Illingworth home on Franklin street this week. Charles Smith of Cedar Rapids arrives this afternoon to visit Mr and Mrs Wyant. Duchess applies at C H Highmeys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Weatherwax
Dane Street
Ellen Weatherwax
CG. W. Illingworth
Franklin Street
Charles Smith
Cedar Rapids
Mrs Wyant
Union Mercantile Co-op Expands Across Iowa Plan
The success of a cooperative grocery and meat market run by local unions has sparked expansions to Waterloo Sioux City Council Bluffs Marshalltown and Oskaloosa with a central buying station planned to reduce prices. The model operates on limited credit to stockholders and cash from others to safeguard working capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Mercantile Company
W.H. Wisner
Building Trades Council
Mercantile Concern
Marshalltown
Wisner
Oskaloosa
Waterloo
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Waterloo Company
United States
New System of Baggage Checks for Rail Travel
Railroads introduce a new baggage tracing system at Waterloo aiming to quickly locate lost bags and assign blame to the responsible party. The transfer company issues claim checks to riders, mirroring Chicago practices, to determine if errors lie with the hauler or the transportation firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Parmalee Company
Chicago
Focal
Bill to Abolish Australian Ballot Reported in Hartford
Hartford July 14. Judiciary committee of the general assembly plans a bill to repeal the Australian ballot system. The move targets current voting procedures and seeks to replace them with a different format. The measure signals a major shift in state election administration and raises questions about voter secrecy and ballot design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Judiciary Committee
General Assembly
First Time Ballot Not Satisfactory to Electors
A year after its use in the state election the ballot is found unsatisfactory by electors. The notice also announces a W C A special pancake supper at the W C A cafeteria Saturday evening.
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Paria
Society News
Ruth
Jessie Brown
Oak Park
Ill
W. H. Schwedler
Marjorie Park
Lincoln Cottage
Park Cottage
J. BE. Johnson and Sons
Harold and
Paul
Mt. Vernon
Linden M. BE
L. EB. Park
Linden M. E
Ernest Ackerman
Devil's Backbone
Independence
C. D. Jones
G. Plane
Ethel Jones
Arda Purdy
Lucille Wilson
Dorothy Plane
Margaret Megaw
Doris Campbell
Lois Ballou
Helen Tomar
Passaic
N. J
Fred Ballou
Leigh Toman
Passiac
M. J
George H. Jones
Louis Megaw
Byron Penrose
Ralph Plane
Loomis
Minneapolis
ST. Paul's Missionary Society
Foreign Missionary Society of the
St. Paul's M. E
Mra. 5
G. Phelps
Burgh Bros.co
Gingham
Mne
Maslin Underwear Bargains
Merry GO Round Club
Temple Rebekah Lodge
Rebekah Lodge No.452
A. R. Hall
Emma Whitenack
Noble
Celia Lincoln
Frances Clark
Mattie Weaver
LeRoy Turner
William Wallace Fisher
Ontario
Calif
Sans Souci
William F. Parrott
Reuben 8. Brown
Eva Mattox
Grace Nichols
Ned Wyant
Mary Norris
Duchess
C. H. Highmey’s
Marshall Town
Trywaterloo Plan
Union Mercantile
Fort Worth
Tex
Champ Clark
Champ Clarks
Proto Bro
Mara
Atlantic City
House
Optical Co
Princess Theater
East Fourth Street
Iowa
J. B. Forney
Optometrist
White House
Taggart
el Tovar
de Havana Cigar
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