Veterans Band Makes Big Hit at Chautauqua
Ewings Overseas Band of World War veterans headlined yesterday's chautauqua with classical and jazz selections under Prof W M Ewing. Dr Alva Reitzel spoke on Patriotism, and the program drew the largest crowds. Mathisen Concert Company is featured today with James T Nichols lecturing after the concert. Junior chautauqua continues with pageant prep and elected town officers guiding daily activities.
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Ewings
Sam
Metropolitan Opera House
Opera Mirror
Blue and
W. M. Hwing
Ewing
Chautauqua
Alva Reitzel
Mathisen
Christian Mathisen
Ignatius Tello
Jeanette Booher
Margarite Poindexter
Paul J. Barnaby
Edwin R. Moore
Craig Ellyson
Marguerite Howell
Frederick E. Moore
Geraldine Russell
Evelyn Mcthinney
Anne McElhinney
Edgard Barrett
County's Largest Contingent Went to Army Year Ago
Cedar Falls July 21 One year ago 226 Black Hawk county men exclusive of Waterloo answered the call of the exemption board to appear for induction into the army. Crowds gathered at city hall as heat mounted. They departed from the station Monday morning to Camp Pike. Most were mustered and returned home, the largest contingent ever sent from the county.
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Cedar Falls
Black Hawk County
Waterloo
Ralcall
Oscar Lowry
Tulsa
Ohlo
Cedar
Falls District
Iowa
McLaughlin
General Assembly
Pew
Jacobson
County Board
Social Welfare League
Waterloo Teen Blessed by Anonymous Chicago Gifter
William Ravane, a Waterloo cripple hailed as the happiest boy alive, reports a mysterious benefactor in Mandel Bros. Chicago who sent a Japanese incense burner and many oriental gifts. Letters from The Incense Lady and The Chicago Lady arrive from Paris, London, Banff, and Victoria as Ravane receives a Klondike stickpin gift and hopeful notes from unseen friends across the United States and Europe.
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William Ravane
Mandel Bros
Waterloo
Wiliam Ravane
J. W. Miller
Franklin Street
Chicago
Oriental Goods
Crippie
Miller
Mr. Ravane
Iam
Chateau iThierry
London
Euroape
Paris
Ruvane
Banff
Canada
Victoria
B. C
William
Klondike
Alaska
Ffriend
Mandel
Messige
Gardens Suffer From Rain Shortage With No Relief Seen
Four weeks without meaningful rainfall leave gardens and late potatoes suffering in Iowa counties. Government gauge records show only 0.2 inch since June 23 after a 0.76 inch fall. Pastures burn, dust clouds rise on rural roads, though some farmers report benefits like hay and grain harvests due to prior dryness. We hope for rain by August as area to be changed is limited.
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Iowa
Automobile Dealers Plan Welcome for Motortruck Train
Local auto men led by B B Hunter plan a Waterloo welcome for a cross country motor truck train arriving Aug 7 from Independence. The 25 factory convoy, part of the National Association tour, will parade through the city with the Jackie band from Chicago providing concerts and leading a downtown route. The trip, starting in Chicago Aug 4 and ending Milwaukee Oct 4, aims to showcase advances in motor truck building to farmers and residents.
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Artve
Waterloo
Loca Automobile
B. B. Hunter
H. R. Shoemaker
D. A. Repass
Marty Padden
Chicago
Milwaukee
National Association of Motortruck Sales Managers
Independence
Jackie Band
New Record in Road Work Sets Month Totals
In June the secretary of agriculture approved 133 federal aid project statements for 1,390.29 miles of road at an estimated cost of 24,220,608.90 with 11,024,289.12 federal aid requested. This marks the largest month for project statements and federal aid.
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Secretary of Agriculture
State Highway Departments
Treasury
Asient but effective salesman For Sale Act in the Courier
A fragment notes a sale act item described as effective by a local salesman. The Courier references sale details and related action in an unspecified section.
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The
Courier
Blood Healing for Skin Diseases Promises Quick Relief
An old medical advert suggests skin eruptions stem from infected blood and touts S. S. S. as the superior cure. It claims remedies fail while this tonic cleanses the blood, improves complexion, and returns a healthy glow. Readers are urged to obtain a bottle from a druggist or write for advice from the Medical Director in Atlanta.
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2 Swift Jaboratory
Atlanta
Fia
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George Hh. Twaddle
Cedar Park
Waterloo Evening Courier
Daily Reporter
West Fourte Street
T. C
BE. S. Greene
Kenyon College
Gambaria
Greene
Teachers’ College
College Hill
Eva M. Cresswell
Tremont
O. B. Read
Clarence C. Severin
H. P. Shedd
West Twenty-fourth
First Methodist Church
B. Louis Goodyear
Grand Rapids
Mich
Presbyterian Church
JL. S. Alexander
Dorothy Condit
Condit
Joseph
Bake
Mr. Lake
W. S. Merner
F. L. McCreary
Frederick Schmidt
Eugene Lynch
Frank Jewell
Philo
Clara Jewell
Alyce Cain
Christian Church
W. B. Scott
Champaign
Ill
Andrew Scott
Louise McLaughlin
Dugene Allen
Cedar Falla
Blanche Scott
Richmond, Ltd
Margaret Leland. Ames
A. J. Hobson
Parkersburg
Lenora Silliman
Cedar Rapids
John Iversen
Red Oak
W. L. Veatch
Fairmont
Minn
Roger Kingsbury
Navy
Charleston
8. C
Rock Island
Watertoo
William F. Noble
Tremont Street
Henry Pfieffer
York City
Blanche James. Louis
Anna Pfieffer
Forest Lawrence
Portland
Ore
L. S. Siexander
Anne
Childs
Shirley Wild
Signe Halst
Genevieve van Ordsa
Warold Halst
Lake Geneva
Wis
Harry F. Bangert
Waverly
Brayton Electtical Company
Harry H. Beils
Madison
Shinin
St. Paul
I. HW
Hart
Des Moines
W. H. Brimm
Okla
H. Evans
WH. Vantisburg
A. Dawson
W. A. Sheerer
A. E. Bicknell
Etta Revington
Edward Short
Lake Okoboji
John Miller
New Hampton
Effie K. Jones
Universalist Church
Webster City
Eit
Edward T. Weastherwax
Marshalltown
Hau Ke
William Buryane
United States
Europe
Bronde
Charles I. Menoher
Charles T. Menoher
Air Service
Washington
Menoher
Chase-Lister CO
Victor
Victor Talking Machine Co
Camden, N. J
Victor Records
Victrola
Victor Talking Machine Company
Allen
Popham
ALL Drug Cts
Plail 100
Ewilliams Mfg. CO. Props
Cleveland
Henderson Drug Co
Gui. Miller
West Fourth St
WM. H. Ross
Leavitt and Johnson
Phvate
Percy R. Wood
Leavitt & Johnson Bank
A. Waterbury
F.C. Lee Optometrist
Sycamore Street
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