St Marys Church Sets Nuptials For Miss Irma Wagner
Miss Irma Wagner, daughter of Mrs G Wagner of 501 Saxon Street, wed Herbert J Conrad of Dunkerton at 7 am in St Marys Catholic church with Father Bonaventure Alerding presiding. The gown was white satin with crepe overdress, pearl bandeau veil, and a rose and sweetpea bouquet. Matron of honor Mrs Harold McDermott wore powder blue crepe Elizabeth. The ceremony featured organist Mrs Andrew Salz and Mendelssohn. Afterward relatives dined at Black's. The couple left for New York City. groom to work as a construction engineer.
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St. Mary's Catholic Church
Irma
Wagner
Elizabeth
Harold McDermott
Conrad
Andrew Salz
Mendelssohn
Black's
Tink and White
Dubuque
Iowa State Teachers College
Alpha Beta
Amma
Iowa City
Cobrad
New York City
M E Church Benefits Concert for Building Fund
Linden Methodist church will sponsor a benefit concert in the church auditorium at 8 Friday evening to aid the building pledge. A program features the A M E church choir with solos, readings, and instrumental pieces by Mrs. Sarah Hood, Billy Robinson, Alford Chambers, Nelle Thornton, Waiton Lewis, James T. Page, and Myrtle Amos, followed by an ice cream sociable in the parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linden Methodial Church
A. M. BE
Blanca Smith
Reading
Heaven
Sarah Hood
Sunshine Land
Billy Robinson
Alford Chambers
Hussell Lasley
Nelle Thornton
Mreex
Eloise Smiley and Maurice Shearer Wed in Independence
Eloise Clair Smiley of Cedar Falls and Maurice Maurice Shearer of Waterloo were married at the Presbyterian church in Independence on Wednesday morning. Officiant AG Martyn presided. Attending were Christie Wadd of Tulsa and Colin Shellinglaw of Independence. The couple departed for a westward trip after the ceremony. Both are Iowa State Teachers College tract students in Cedar Falls. Shearer is a physical training instructor at Spencer high school, and the bride taught in the same building last year.
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Indepeutrence
Eloise Clair Smiley
Cedar Pulls
Austin Maurice Shearer
Waterloo
Presbyterian Church
AG. Martyn
Christie
Wadd
Tulsa
Okla
Colin Shellinglaw
Independence
West
Shearer
Spencer High School
Bride
Church Groups Plan Cedar River Park Picnic And Events
Tentative plans were made for serving minewes and refreshments at Cedar River park during the Illinois Ceu wa railway picnic and at the Cat tle Congress. A church meeting at Mrs. George Buchan's home featured a piano solo and readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar River Park
Sisterhood
Graves
George Buchan
Wanda Young
Florence Kelese
Genevieve Holman
C. J. Ness
Past Noble Grand Rebekahs Organize Waterloo Circle
Charter membership of eight formed Wednesday at Daisy Munson home with Sunshine Rebekah judge No. 26 presiding. Officers crowned as class ih president and vice, with Rosa Carpenter as secretary treasurer. A sick visit committee named. next meeting set as a third Friday pickin at Byrnes park inviting members’ families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble Grand Tireleft Sunshine Rebekah
Daisy “Munson
Munson
Classih
Lucinda Wright
Dirs
Rosa Carbentar
Nettie Pickens
Idaila McCord
Hazet Arerstrom
Byrnes Park
Winifred Abbs
Latrida Wright
Netlie Pickens
Hagel Hagerstrom
Rosa Carpenter
Idella McCord
Martha Myers
Lea
Iowa Youth Weds in Illnois Town
Miss Marguerite Ely and Thomas Francis MacDonald of St. Louis wed in Jerseyville Illinois at the bride’s parents home in Independence Iowa. MacDonald, a former Independence resident and 190? University of Michigan law graduate, is a junior member of the Spencer Daniel McDonald firm in St. Louis and son of Mrs. Timothy McDonald of Independence.
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Independence, Ill
Marguerite Ely
Thomas Francis MacDonald
St. Louis
Jerseyville
Sulyv' S
A. F. Ely
Amr. McDonald
Independence
West Paint
University of
Spencer, Daniel & McDonald
Afra
Timothy McDonald
This Place
Five Pledged to Weary Willies Pledge Class Named
Five were pledged to Weary Willies an organization of high school boys at the Cosebeer Heights fraternity house. Pledges are Richard Cass Edgar Sweitzer Leslie Graser Saxon Feldt and Max Beistin. Paul Mellarvey named to succeed James Sweitzer. Louis Horner elected vice president and Francis Thompson secretary treasurer. Earl Powers to assist the secretary treasurer. Several initiated at the last meeting. Sunnyside Club Forty women played bridge at the country club house. Mrs A Rath Mrs Fred Wray Mrs H Robert Lichty Mrs Francis Simpson Mrs Glen Morrison and Mrs Avatha Bringier attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weary Willies
Iaternity
Cosebeer Heights
Richard Cass
Edgar Sweitzer
Leslie Graser
Saxon Feldt
Max Beistin
Paul Mellarvey
James Sweitzer
Louis Horner
Francis_ Thompson
Teasurer
Earl Powers
Sunnyside
Club
Fa Yors
Sr. A. Rath
Fred Wray
H Robert Lichty
Francis Simpson
Glen Morrison
Avatha Braniger
Beauty chat advice and reader questions on grooming
Edna Kent Forbes answers readers on topics from leg shaping and chest hair bleaching to eyelash tonics and skin care. She discusses weight, exercise, hair removal cautions, color choices, pimples treatment, and teenage development with cautious, period-voice guidance.
Myers De Botkin Betrothal Made Known at Party
Announcement of the engagement and approaching marriage of Miss NiteHa Myers and Leo de Botkin, Indianapolis, made known at a party hosted by Ruth Myers. A week of prenuptial events followed with pink and white decor, roses, and multiple hostesses and guests listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myers-De Botkin
Iirss NiteHa Myers
Leo de Botkin
Indianapolis
Ind
Ruth Myers
Riehl Street
Erma Standish
Huth Nemecek
Seymour Botkin
Marie Hanson
Hellyn Reed
Hazel Stansbury
Irene Hill
Thelma Daley
Bernice Scroggy
Vernetta Baldwin
Firma Standish
Marion Metcalf
Regina McDonough
Marie Stanzbury
Irene Newell
Ellewene Jonsen
Ruth Nemecek
Marguerite Sexton
Effie Hoskins
Vera Ricketts
Hilzabeth Neeble
Carrie Myers
Alverda Beckius
Noted Singers Charms Cedar Falls Audience
Miss Edna Swanson Ver Haar, Swedish contralto, and Raymond Koch, American baritone, sang in a Cedar Falls college auditorium recital before an appreciative student audience. They granted multiple encores, with Ver Haar presenting Crepuscule Song of the Robin Woman and Slumber Scene and Koch performing Evening Star and spirituals. Their tone, enunciation, and shading drew praise, finale duets from Samson and Delilah and a Mozart encore. Hubert Carlin accompanied at the piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Swanson
Ver Haar
Raymond Koch
College
Cedar Falls
Mr. Koch
Cadman
Evening Star
Wagner
Dvorak
William Arms Fisher
Manning
Peter
Burleigh
Erandear
Miss Ver Haar
Saint- Suens
Hubert Carlin
Bride-Elect Guests At Bridge Tea And Luncheon
Bride-elect Muss Helen Granen and other guests from Ames and Minneapolis attended a bridge tea hosted by Miss Jane Seane, with guests including Ruth Maine Fay Martin and Maxine Lanson. A luncheon bridge in Ames honored Lois Higley featured out-of-town guests Adelaide Gilbert and Mrs Richard Thompson. Juvenile and lodge activities in Waterloo and Mason City were noted, along with a jail escape in Benton Illinois where six prisoners fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muss Helen Granen
K. EB
Innes
Powell Rayburn
Montezuma
Martha Swisher
Aliss Jane Seane
Gertrude Flynn
Ruth Maine
Fay Martin
Evelyn Meii
Kinney
Helen Maynard
Sicene Glenny
India Pickett
Marion Longley
Maxine Lanson
Adelaide Gilbert
Minneapolis
E. E. Higley
Lois Higley
Ames
Maxine Lamson
Richard Thompson
Iowa City
Welcome at Cedar River park big picnic with mayor speech
Mayor A E Gragy opens the Illinois Central Water loo community picnic at Cedar River park on Saturday July 25 with a welcome address. T H Sullivan of the Iowa division will respond. program includes concerts, races, water events, fireworks, a 125 dollar baseball game, and free parking and entertainment throughout the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Gragy
Illinois Central-Waterloo
Cedar River Park
T. H. Sullivan
Iowa Division
Ilinois Central Railroad
Waterloo
Ralph B
Slippy
W. J. Grobe
Roy Kipp
Inois Central
Iowa
I. C
Farm Bureau
Cherokee Stringis Central Shop
League Baseball Park
Electric Park
Glascock Brothers
West Union
Club Notes Favors in 500 At Home Victory
Double Five club played Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. Glen Peverill’s home. Mrs. Roy Gilley and Mrs. Forrest Sweely won favors in 500. Mrs. Herbert Gilley assisted in serving a three course luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Gilley
Forrest Sweely
Double Five
Glen Peverill
Herbert Gilley
Independence Tax Levy at 31 Mills Higher Than in'25
Independence Iowa July 16 city council adjourned meeting fixed 1926 tax levy at 31 mills an increase of 14 mills from last year. Improvements fund and sewer fund down 2 and 1 mill respectively but offset by library board 14 1 mills and new 2 mill tax for municipal band plus 114 mill rise in fire department maintenance. An accident report notes Carpenter Wart Fred Kress fell from a scaffold injuring collarbones and possible fractures during work on a machine shed. The text also references local infrastructure and equipment upgrades at Independence Takis company and a Waterloo gun club practice shoot at Byrnes park with prizes for high guns.
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J. F. Jensex
Independence
Fred Kress
Pershing Outlines Military Training System for Nation
Gen John J Pershing argues reserve officers training corps and citizens military training camps are American institutions not part of the regular army. He says these programs educate youth, supply leaders, and foster citizenship, with camps in summer and strong enrollment across universities, colleges and high schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Pershing
J. Pershing
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Army of the United
West Point
Ar Ts
Officers' Reserve Corps
cHizens
Officers’ Reserve Corps
Citizens
Reserve Officers’training Corps
Army
Callege
War Department
U. MG
Anust
Ihes
M.L. Carops
Pacific Coast
United States
Empiloyes
Army of
Joes
Ice shortage fear as Winnipeg area ice firms warn supply tight
Officials from Oliver’s, Bathen Home Can, and three Waterloo area ice companies said a week of extreme heat could strain ice supplies. They note normal overproduction in cooler times, but hot weather raises risk of shortages. Ice firms Shinsal Ice and Fuel, Crystal Ice & Fuel, and Young Coal anticipate adequate stock, yet demand trends remain uncertain.
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Olivers
Batten
Waterloo
Iastern Lowa
Thre
Shinsal Ice & Pus’ Co
Crystal Ice & Fuel (O
Young ‘Coal Company
Tenort
Knights Temple order train to pass Waterloo Saturday
A nine car special train carrying Knights Templar members from eastern states to the national conclave in Minneapolis will pass through Waterloo Saturday at 3 pm over the Illinois Central.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights Templac
Minneeapolis
Waterloo
Illinois Central
Rovert &. Maynard
Wayne Tank & Pump Co
Port Wayne
Ind
Kansas City
H. B. Maynard
Western
Kenissity
Minneapolis
Woman Slightly Hurt In Cedar Meighte Car Collision
Mrs. Agnes Gibbons of 703 Fifth Street West sustained slight bruises to her right forearm when her car, backing into the street at Cedar Meighte, was struck by another vehicle. The incident occurred Wednesday as both cars collided on the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Gibbons
Fifth Street West
Lemon Peel Bleach Promises Skin Whitener and Beauty
A dubious advertisement touts mixing lemon juice with Orchard White to create a facial bleach. It claims quick, dramatic whitening for face and neck, with statements that stage beauties use it for clear skin and to fade freckles, sunburns, and tans.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Irma C. Wagner
Herbert Conrad
St. Mary’s Church
M. E. Church
Concert
Eloise C. Smiley
Maurice Shearer
Church News
Name and Foreign Missionary Societies
St. Luka's
English Lutheran Church
L. &. Potter
T. C. Thompson
G. R. Carty
Earlville
Emil Jenkinson
Sioux City
Anna Davis
Old Society
Church
First Baptist Church
Home Makers
Grand Rebekahs
Waterloo Circle
Ilinois
Willies
Edna Kent Forbes
Lefpers
Peggy F
Adrim
South Ly
T. M.t
Mary Alien
Yeamen Lodge
Moose Hall
FE. H. Baker
Pants
New York
Elgin
Waterloo Lodge
LO. O. F
Sunshine
Retekah
Mason City
Johnson's Pavilion
Trulay Eveninse
G. AL Raman
Lincoln Circle
Lodse
Ansillars Ag RL
Bk Pl& FE
Tiremen’s
Benton
Franklin County
Executive
Washinston
Weenie
McDonnell
Wapsie Golf Club
Nakery
Indepndence Takis Company
Graham Brothers
G. R. Watters
Waterloo Club
Waterloo Gun Club
Byrnes Park Trans
Washington, D. C
Associated Press
Nike Power Saat
Dan Sane Adams Paper & Specialtius CO
Waterlaw, Low
Mrs. D. M. Swinehartoe
Clearne
Robert Tally
Reno
Minn
Leo Billings
Rose Brown
Portland
Ore
A. H. Pinkerton
A. Murray
Muriel
Long Beach
Cal
Pred H. Wilcox
Celia Welter
Fourth Street West
Medison
Marie Watters
Allalissa
Tarpenning
Randolph Street
Mountain Grove
J. H. Tarpengsing
F. F. Miller
Poe
Philadelphia
Atlanticity
Boston
Niagara Falls
Shane
Texas
Asocel
POST
Bran
Pepe Yaelly
Greer
Doviglas-Pectin Corp
Granite Bids
Rochester, N.Y
Cert
Surgjell
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