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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1923

Page

2

Dinner Dance At Sanny Side Country Club

Society notes say hundred plus will attend the dinner dance at Sanny side Country Club this evening. The event proves the popular entertainment, with many party groups joining. Sir and Mrs Fred Hegegle will host a table for 20 and guests of honor include Mr and Mrs Wil Hang Des Moines visiting Roy G Smeck, and George Mason of Chicago. Mr and Mrs George Huntley will preside at a six seat table, joined by Mr and Mrs Howard Dimick of West Palm Beach Florida, guests of Miss Wilma Peyerili.

Sannyside Country Ub Ond Fred Hegegle Wil- Hang, Smeck Des Moines Roy G. Smeck George Mason Chicago George Huntley Howard Dimick West Palm Beach Fla Bis Wilma Peyerili Marion Patterson Black Levon Shank Freeport

Nettie Platt Engagement Party Attends Future Bride

Thirty five friends gathered at the Platt home on Hamilton avenue to toast Nettie Platt and S Milier Keplinger of Oregon Highway Commission. A coconut bouquet game revealed the engagement and a fall wedding is planned with Miss Platt a West High graduate. The gathering included out of town guests and luncheon courtesy to guests from Chicago and Cedar Falls.

George W. Platt Hammond Avenue Nettie S. Milier Keplinger Oregon Highway Commission Tittlé Hattie Imecille Glasenery Miss Platt Miss Pratt Oregon West High School Klepiiger Santa Monica John Dack Reinveck G. L. Glasener Cedar Falls Griffith Mary Bartholomew Huntley

Club Notes at Cedar River Park Hostesses Lead Afternoon

A Getmenot club gathering at Cedar River park featured games races and talks. Guests included Mmes Susan Pal Ida Rizzo and Harbert Laavless. Ida Aldivaman won the potato race and tied with Anora Sohner for top place in the marble race. Mrs. Mary...

Forgetmenot Club Cedar River Park Mmes Susan Pal Ida Rizzo Harbert Laavless Ida Aldivaman Anora Sohner Mary

Beauty Condoned Coaching and Personal Grooming Advice

Edna Bent Forbes offers beauty chats on posture walking and courtesy teaching women to stand sit and move with grace. The column provides self practice tips, mirror work, a book on the head for posture, and light diet and scalp care suggestions framed as personal grooming guidance.

Side Talks on Deafness and Understanding

Ruth Tamerton reflects on how deafness carries less sympathy than blindness and how society questions deaf people more than the blind. She notes attitudes at home and in school, the fatigue of others insisting you should hear, and the need for compassion and patience.

Cate Ting Emily

Local News Briefs Highlight Residents and Events

A scattered city page notes visits and health notes across town. Mrs H Adams of Ricsville visits Ares. Mra J Myan returns from Elma. P Stafford of Union Pacific was in town on business. W M Fallon and family take a two week auto vacation in Lakes region and Wisconsin. Terry Hayer rests at home with heart trouble while Paul Burgess learns of his mother’s death in Pasadena. An 1811 arithmetic textbook owned by Mrs Bert Joyner ties the city to Ohio history. An automobile collision near Bluff Street damages a tarpaulin and leaves horses unhurt. Eva Sherman leaves for Orlando for a permanent abstract position. Mrs F J Ellis Jr of Seattle returns after a three week visit and Lake Francis trips. The Worth League institute gathers First M L B Church members. G Walters of Walters Drug Store is hospitalized in serious condition. Mrs CG Smiley and her father Harvey Shutts visit in Waterloo. Eighmey and Benedict travel to Pipestone for a funeral in Dell Rounds. Dr Walter Merer treated for typhoid at St Francis Hospital. Four Stern children ill with whooping cough. William Raab presents a terracotta plaque at a local event. Robert Anderson Post G A R meets to elect a memorial trustee. Mrs Mary Simonsen and Miss Amelia Ohin return from a three week western vacation. Public health nurse notes and westward trip details.

W.M. Fallon Western Union Telegraph Offce Llindls Wisconsin Terry M. Hayer South Street Sibert & Sons Paul Burgess Randolph Henry Burgess Pasadena Cal Burgess Sea Bert Joyner First Street Jacob Igell Ohio K.W. Atties Bluff Street Miles Eva Sherman Ty Abstract Waterloo Independence Orlando Harvey L. Shutts Grinnell J. F Simpson Third Avenue West Mr. Shutts Jers FT. Benedict F. J. Eightey Pipestone Minn G. A. Willard Eighmey Benedict Dell Rounds Walter Merer Forth Street East St. Francis Hospital Health Department B. E. Stern Blut Strest Wilam Raab yes_terday aresenter Robert Anderson Post Memorial Comrate Wilson Whith Porte City A H

Waterloo Brakeman Loses Leg in Train Fall

Arthur J. Holt a 40 year old brakeman for Illinois Central on trains between here and Fort Dodge lost his right leg when he fell under the wheels of a moving Fort Dodge train in the Fort Dodge yards while attempting to board. He was rushed to Mercy Hospital and is listed in serious condition. His wife and two brothers are with him.

Arthur J. Holt Can Avenué Illinois Central Railway Fort Dodge Illinois Central Mercypital Holt

Waterloo Attorneys Attend National Law Convention

Waterloo lawyers show strong interest in the upcoming national convention of lawyers in Minneapolis on August 31 and September 1. Noted speakers include Taft, Hughes, Réot, and Ex-Gay Whitman, with many locals planning attendance amid a Minnesota lakes vacation.

Waterloo Minneapolis Jnil William Howard Taft Supreme Court Charles Evans Hughes Harding Hithu Réot Whitman New York Lakes Minnesota

Fire alarms trigger false blaze at rail shops and coffee plant

Fire alarms were set off by smoke from a locomotive engine at Illinois Central shops and from a coffee roaster at the Black Hawk Coffee and Saice Co plant on Sycamore Street. A pedestrian alerted fire crews after smoke rose from upper windows, prompting quick engine response overnight.

Fourth Argyle Streets Illinois Central Black Hawk Coffee & Saice Co Sycamore

Patterns advertised for Waterloo Evening Courier customers

An advertisement invites readers to obtain up-to-date patterns by sending to the Fashion Department of the Waterloo Evening Courier with 15 cents per pattern. Patterns permit seams and orders are filled as promptly as possible, with delivery within ten days after mailing.

Evening Courier Waterloo

Memorial Union Building Plan Soon for Ames College

Chicago architects were chosen to design the Memorial Union building at the college with a $1,000,000 fundraising goal. The committee led by M. J. Riggs will review site options after sketches are produced within a month. Members include GC Currie and several Ames residents, with R. A. Fearson as college president and Harman Knapp as union treasurer.

A. Maine George Wy ATS Alamni Ehodse Memorial Union College Chicago M. J. Riggs Iluminat’ Association Waterloo H. Currie Webster Cit J. Kearney Milwaukee Wis Maria Roberts Ames G. Tilden Alda Wilson

Wrestling match ends after fall from elevated mat

In Mason City Iowa on a night in July two middleweight contenders Ralph Parcant Boecer and Low Tala Ber of Chicago failed to complete their title bout. After an hour and three minutes they rolled off the elevated mat and Talaber claimed a cracked rib and refused to continue. Parcant was awarded the decision.

Mason City Ralph Parcant Boecer Low Talaber Chicago Peracut

Match ends amid crowd disapproval over stoppage

The article notes anger at a referee's stoppage during a match as Talaber and manager Bob White left the ring. It recalls that in the last six bouts here only one had a definite decision, based on two falls out of three, reflecting sparse decisive outcomes.

Talaber Bob White

Last Gate of Dam May Be Installed Within Next Week

Work on Cedar River dam progresses with the third and final hydraulic steel gate being erected. By noon the steel framework is complete and the gate portion expected to be installed in the fore part of next week. Concrete pouring for the final bulwark near the east bank finished today and will set before wooden framework is removed.

Cedar River

Coconut butter made from coconut meat

A brief note states that coconut butter is prepared from the dried meat of the coconut.

Kiester Blazes Way for President

Kiester leads campaign efforts with prominent supporters visiting campuses and training sites as he pursues the presidency. The effort highlights endorsements and mobilization of volunteers.

Kiester

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