Impressive Masonic Funeral for George R. Turner
The Waterloo community gathered for the Grace M E church service honoring George R. Turner who died at his home last Wednesday. Masons from Waterloo lodge No 105 and numerous out of town dignitaries attended, with a large crowd at the church and at the graveside in Airview Cemetery.
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George R. Turner
Grace M. BE
Waterloo Lodge
Logan Avenue
Masonic Fraternity
Eastern Star
Universalist Church
Waterloo
T. W. Place
F. A. Sporle
S. J. Hall
P. J. Martin
Geo. M. Crownover
Oelwein
J. W. Cane
Council Bluffs
Effie McCullom Jones
Mr. Turner
Grace M
Grace Church
Paul Davis
Edna Cass
Gladys Powers
Arthur Bunn
Charles D. Becker
Turner
Becker
W. H. Hart
Sac City
Iowa
Mrr. Hart
Louis Block
Davenport
Mr. Block
Waerloo
Perpetualuilding & Loan Association
G. A. Turner
Waterprige
Moord
Des Moines
Grand Maser
City in Brief: Familiar Faces Visit Waterloo
A long list of social visits and travels fills the City in Brief column. Residents from Cedar Rapids, Ackley, Dubuque, Webster City, Des Moines, and multiple Iowa towns are noted visiting relatives or touring areas including Chicago, Minneapolis, Spirit Lake, and Boston. Several weddings, birthdays, vacations, and business trips are recorded along with civic notes and a local licensing update for July hunters licenses.
Toil Over Wealth in City Court Rises from Drunkenness
In a busy city police court session, Frank Thompson avoided a cash fine of 7.85 by choosing five days of city work for drunken and disorderly behavior. Several others faced similar penalties or admonitions for offenses, with additional notices of local visits, travel, and community events interspersed among the docket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Thompson
Thomas Higgins
Phil Hedinger
John McGuire
J. Jones
Cedar Falls
William Revell
Reinbeck
G. W. King
Clyde Guynn
Mobile Street
Local Social Notes From Dewar and Nearby Areas
Dewar residents report a car trip to Clear Lake by Ed Hess family and Chas Hess and Henry Poyner. Keota visitors Miss Vogel and Miss Peiffer return home after two weeks with relatives. Gertrude Schmitt visits cousin Mrs A D Haya in Waterloo. Glass and S Boyer callers last week. F J Schmitt and Pat Colliton visit Dunkerton Saturday. Busy Bees host an ice cream social Saturday evening. D S Heiple and Matt Lillig attend a ball game in Waterloo Sunday. Mrs Witte of Cedar Rapids visits sister Mrs Oyler for a few weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Schmitt
Pat Colliton
Dunkerton
D. S. Heiple
Matt Lillig
Waterloo
Witte
Cedar Rapids
Oyler
Buchanan County Fair Announces Premier Events
The Buchanan County Fair association released its premium list for the Independence fair August 22 to 25. Three thousand dollars funds special features including a Farman biplane aviation display by Otto W. Brodle. August 23 is old settlers reunion. August 24 is farmers' day. eating apples featured at C. H. Eighmey's.
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Buchanan County Fair Association
Independence
Farman
Otto W. Brodle
Fairbank Social Roundup Hits July Notes
Miss Alva Gis gael of Olterville is in Fairbank for Thursday. Clair Ward did business in Waterloo Tuesday. Miss Madeline Blutchinson of Waterloo stays with grandparents S. J. King and wife. Miss Beile Agnew and Lela Betts return from Cedar Falls summer school. Alfred Johnson of Oelwein visited Saturday. Elia and Clara Miller toured Dubuque with sister Elizabeth Miller. Prof. A. N. Wray spent time with Hayes King. Mae Adama and classmates attend Waverly teachers institute. ladies of the W A Co. and friends to meet at Mrs. Englert's four miles NW Thursday evening.
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Fairbank
Alva Gisgael
Olterville
Clair Ward
Waterloo
Madeline Blutchinson
J. King
Beile Agnew
Lela Betts
Cedar Falls
Alfred Johnson
Oelwein
Elia
Clara Miller
Amusements Not Always Harmful Sermons At Walnut Street Church
Yesterday services at Walnut Street Baptist Church led by Rev. H. G. Beeman discussed amusements and their pleasures and harms. Morning topic was The Unsearchable Riches of Christ from Ephesians. Evening topic Bees and Butterflies contrasted the modern amusements with benefits and dangers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walnut Street Baptist Church
H. G. Beeman
Christ
Coney Island
Philadelphia
Mr. Beeman
Succeed in Fight Against Cholera
New York July 24 health officials report measures to curb cholera are working with no new cases since Saturday. Manuel Barmadas, a Spanish fireman, found ill at Bellevue hospital. Hoffmansland reports no additional suspicious cases among Moltke steamer detainees. more passengers to be released.
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New York
Manuel Barmadas
Bellevue Hospital
Hoffmansland
Moltke
Pope Takes Cold With Slight Fever
Rome July 24 Pope Pius has a slight fever and sore throat with hoarseness. Doctors Varchiafara and Petacci, the pontiff's private physicians, found a slight temperature and ordered that audiences be canceled for the present. Restoration is hoped after a few days of rest.
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Pope
Rome
Whtaen Varchiafara
Wee ES Tans Toeiure
Cuumutuis
Guiseppe Petacci
Independence Weather Prophet Predicts Stormy August
John C. Busby, a weather prophet from Independence Ta, forecasts a hot stormy August with planetary alignments and electric heat. He warns of thunderstorms and tornadoes in certain sections, citing conjunctions of Mars Saturn and Jupiter Moon plus a warm spell, urging readers to watch the period.
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Courter
Jupiter
Mars
Saturn
Moon
Mercury
Webator
Freeman-Tribune
Iam Fie
Earth
Old Mexico
John C. Busby
Independence
Funds Delay Hampers Iowa State Board Projects
Des Moines reports authorities will suspend work on state institutions under the control board due to a $100,000 appropriation delay until 1913. The legislature barred availability until 1918, halting completion of buildings started with funds meant for 1913. Camp Life drills occupy the 46th Regiment at Camp Dodge during annual encampment. Chaplain and pastorship news follow. Father Allen Rudorff named pastor of St Marys Catholic Church succeeding Rev Winifred Schmidt who died.
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Des Moines
State Board of Control
State House
Board of Control
46Th Regiment
Camp Dodge
W. T. Chantland
Allen Rudorff
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Winifred Schmidt
Vedrines Leads In British Race
In Edinburgh J Vedrines the French aviator in a Morane Boral monoplane holds the lead in the circuit of Great Britain aviation race for the Daily Mail prize. He covered 43 miles from Hendon to Edinburgh this morning in less than five hours actual flying time Beaumont followed closely Wermann struggles with a broken propeller. Miss Mary Lyddon of Kansas City Mo arrived on Waterloo Saturday for a visit with Miss Mavorette Hallowell.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
J. Vedrines
Daily Mail
Hendon
Beaumont
Venrines
Wermann
Mary Lyddon
Kansas
Cli Mo
Waterloo
Mavorette Hallowell
Fourth Street
Wedded Saturday Evening in Waterloo Society News
Miss Blanche Katherine Strickler wed Mr. George Blasde ll Blasde ll of Deadwood South Dakota at the home of the officiating minister Rev. W. H. Beachler on Hammond avenue. Attended by the bride’s sister and Mr and Mrs R C McGormick and Miss Mayme Kearney. After the ceremony they returned to the bride’s parents home on Bint street for a quiet reception with music and light refreshments. The bride, a Waterloo public school alumna now with the Kimball company, wore a white embroidery gown and carried a bouquet of roses. The groom, son of Mr and Mrs G W Blasdeill, has worked with American Express in Deadwood and they plan to live there. They will visit friends before departing for their new home.
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Emma
May Valentine
National Christian Endeavor
Atlantic City
Grace McKean
Boston
Wallwood Nesbit
W. T. Edwards
Edwards
Moore
Pocahontas County
County Institute
Ira Garrabrant
Waverly
Blanche Katherine Strickler
George Edward
Strickler
Bint
Waterloo
West Side
Kimball Company
Alungroom
G. W. Blasdeil
Des Moines
American Express Company
Deadwood
Fort Dodge Votes On Water Question
Fort Dodge Iowa July 24 a special election is in progress to decide if bonds totaling 125000 will fund a municipal hydro electric power plant and water filtration system. A large turnout is reported with both sides claiming victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
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Glenwood Avenue
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C. J. Rudolp
Walter R. Peterson
Lizzie
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Ackley
Edith Winniag
Chicago
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Mullan Avenue
M. J. Tritz
St. Paul
Grace Ralston
Fontanelle
Waterloo Business College
A. Gollnvauz
Herald
Dubuque
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Kimball's
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A. G. Mabee
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Spirit Lake
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Ill
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Littleton
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Winona Laks, Ind
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C. H. Eighmey
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Excelsior Springs
Epworth League
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Neville of Spencer
E. A. Valiant
John McGranahan
Sheldon
Mia
McGranahan
Joseph Wolgamot
Sarah Simms
Alexander
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Barnum & Matley
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Kate Kent
James Curley
Chas. Phelps
Sumner
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Arte! Ward
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Buchanan Fair
H. D. Roberts
Acme Harvesting Machine Company
Peoria
Mr. Roberts
University of Itnois
Champaign
Charles Eby
First Baptist Sunday School
Florence Joy
Iowa State University
Iowa City
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Pad
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Knox
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E. EB. Waters
Lewis
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Mildred Mattern
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Wallace
Russell Stokes
Edgewood
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Leonard
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Third Street
Charles Monroe Young
Alta Vista Avenue
Highland
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Bloomington
Ind
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Jesup
Mr. Young
Ruby Roeder
Sanborn
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Richmond
Walter A. Dotson
Robert Law
Hunter
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Gresco
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Claire Parmort
GH. Parmort
Park Street
Purmort
Lillian Piper
Mt. Pleasant
H. Beachler
First Brethren Church
King’s Daughters
Josiah Lichty
J. B. Bruner
Chautauqua Park
Ladies’ Aid Society of
St. Pat's M. KE
Brotherhood of This Lane
Clayton Welles
First, Congregational Church
H. A. Cobb
West Park Avenue
Seash Hall
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Ae Sey Swat
Illinois Central
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Gardiner
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Los Angeles
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