Tow Town Criers Honor Kiester With Gold Cane Gift
A reunion at Sans Souci hotel in Baltimore honored Harry E Kiester Tow Criers' club president for organizing the special Chicago to Waterloo train trip. A gold headed cane and a bag of $10 gold pieces were presented amid speeches and songs by 112 excursionists.
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Harry E. Kiester
Tow Criers’ Club
Baltimore
Sans Souici
Chicago
Waterloo
Fred
Pettit
Ams
Stanley Moore
Fred 8
Lindner
Walter H. Rollins
First Congregational Church
W. R. Law
Kiester
Ohings
Grati
Sler
Law
Kiesler
Freeport
Tuedianapolis
Cumberland
Washington
New York
Waiaia
Rochester
Detroit
Postmaster Law
Paul Davis
C. BR. Hutcheson
W. A. Bryant
Mr. Hutcheson
Cedar River
Harry Kiester
Bryant
H. A. la Rue
Paul Bennett
Local Social Roundup from Jesup Area
Community notes from Jesup list visits and gatherings. Mr and Mrs Ham and son spent Sunday in Bran don. M C Considine and friends enjoyed Sunday in Waterloo. G W Hubbard sold a residence on West Hawley to D Heidt. Grace Truax visited Waterloo last week. A Born new baby boy to Mr and Mrs Guy Stodard on July 22. A Broessel at Dubuque Sunday. Dr and Mrs M J Joint and daughter visited Waterloo Thursday. Eva Stumma of Shady Grove visited friends Sunday. W O H Crown of Waterloo was in town on business Saturday. Frank Burbank and daughter from Pasadena Calif visited last week.
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Jesup
Misa Eva Stumma
Shady Grove
W. O H. Crown
Waterloo
Mrs. Prank Burbank
Pasadena
Cal
Notable Social Roundups in Cedar Falls Gatherings
Dr and Mrs W W Gist hosted a reception on Walnut Street for Julian Gist Minneapolis Mrs Arthur Gist Seattle and Miss Ruth Gist Washington with about fifty guests on the spaciong porch. Various locals and visitors are noted in ongoing social notes from Cedar Falls.
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Cedar Falls
W. W. Gist
18Th and
Walnut Streets
Julian Gist
Minneapolis
Arthur Gist
Seattle
Ruth Gist
Washington
Gist
Marjorie
Jesup Area Social and Civic Happenings and Personnel Moves
Numerous local social notes and personnel changes from Jesup and Waterloo. Highlights include Mrs. Burbank formerly Lyeta Anderson now visiting. Herold Place to Waterloo Courier staff. Ruth Miller visiting Miss Bessie Alexander. Baptist Ladies Aid food sale at Parker’s. Trumbauer buying O Cox property for 1550. W Chaplin visiting family near Baraboo. George Buchan now traveling salesman for Waterloo Fruit. Mrs. L M Robinson and Mary Burrell planning Omaha Waneta trip. W J Campbell resigns from Amfalei Brothers and buys A J Luthmer stock. Mrs. E Nichols leaves for Mason City with Mrs. Sheridan. E O F club picnic at Waterloo Electric Park. Dodge family entertained relatives from Town Falls and Waterloo. Mattie Fosdick returns from Salem to Jesup. G W Young and others go to Oelwein, attend Bryan lecture. Jesup Chapter 7189 holds regular meeting with officers listed and one candidate initiated. Vera Rickelberg entertaining Mildred Schnedler of Nora Springs in Waterloo. Schnedler to travel home with Rickelberg.
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Burbank
Lyeta Anderson
Jesup
Herold Place
Waterloo
Waterloo Courier
Ruth Miller
Bessie Alexande
the Ladies’ Aid of the Baptist Church
Parker's
Trumbauer
O. Cox
South Side
W. Chaplin
Baraboo
Wwi
George Buchan
Waterloo Fruit and Commission Company
L. M. Robinson
Mary Burrell
Omaha
Waneta
Neb
W. J. Campbell
Amfalei Brothers
A. J. Luthmer
L. F. Dodge
H. A. Dodge
Town Falls
E. Grow
Gordon
Mattie Fosdick
Sae It la
H Brothers
Fosdick
Marshalltown
G. W. Young
Oelwein
Smith
Luthmer
Gertrude Stoddard
Tia Schultee
Belle Nam
Belle Bordner
Ruby Laird
M. FF. Stoddard
Kramer-Webe Nuptials Soon in Cedar Falls
Miss Harriet Kramer of College Hill will wed Roy Webb of Hudson Texas next Wednesday evening at 8 30 p m at the Presbyterian church. After the ceremony they will tour Colorado and western states, then move to Houston Texas where Webb works for the First National Bank. They will reside at 422 Emerson Street West Morland Houston Texas. Occidental and Oriental part company. Mrs Charles Fong, widow of a former laundryman, reports being left alone at Waverly as the Chinaman who ran the laundry returns to China and does not come back.
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Cedar Falls
Harriet Kramer
College Hill
Roy Webb
Hudson
Tex
Falls
The
Presbyterian Church
Colorado
Huston
Webb
Occidental and Oriental, Part Company
Charles Fong
Waverly
China
Community Notes from Denver and Surrounding Areas
Denver notes report social visits and travel, including Mrs Barber's thimble bee, a band concert, and local family events. Listings mention Dr Murphy family returning from Cedar vacation, visits to Tripoli, Waverly passenger, Water loo resident Amanda Sundermeier, and several local health and home repairs. A Sunday family reunion, a birthday celebration for Analda Diehmat, and ongoing farm work with threshers and tractors are noted.
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Denver
Thimble Bee
Barber
Dr. Murphy
The
Cedar
John Heideman
Tripoli
Sro
Fred Mueller
Waverly
H.C. Clausing
Wil
Henry L. Diehmat
Analda
Gustav Krumin
Hilda
Trev
Me'aret Lome
Aches
Alfalfa Breaks Through in Cedar Falls Fields
Alfalfa thrives in Cedar Falls with a big first harvest and strong second-crop prospects. George Hilton reports a fine yield on his west town farm. Cedar Falls National Bank backs the alfalfa campaign by supplying seed for a second crop.
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Cedar Falls
George Hilton
Doubt Over New Tuition Law Frays West Waterloo Board
West Waterloo board questions house file 93 repealing the old tuition act and setting a $3.50 monthly limit for rural students in city high schools. Last term 41 out of town students attended Cedar Orange Waterloo townships and Hudson area schools, with high school rates at $5.75 and $2 for grade pupils. free text books not provided under the new law. Interpretations differ between Keokuk and Webster City, leaving directors unsure how budgets will be affected next year.
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West Waterloo Board of Education
Thirty-fourth General Assembly
West Waterloo
Dewar Social Notes and Local Transactions
Miss Rosy Turner and Miss Nettle Bunn visited Arlington for a week while R W Emert and family toured to Cedar Rapids. Local business and property moves include TM Turner buying the Joe Bunn farm at 350 per acre and Lader purchasing the John Murphy property with plans to move in fall. New threshing machines arrived. auto purchases by EB Weldman and John Adams mark a busy period.
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A. J. Hays
F. J. Schmitt
La Porte City Postmaster Pick Sparks Battle
Ee win R. Ashley is recommended for postmaster at La Porte City by Representative Connolly amid a sharp contest. Joe McGaheran, a leading candidate and familiar Third District Democrat, retires from the race due to ill health.
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Washington, D. C
Eewin R. Ashley
la Porte City
Connolly
Joe McGaheran
U1 Health
Physicians Annual Picnic Draws Large Local Attendance
The Black Hawk County Medical Association held its annual picnic at Cedar Heights with over sixty physicians and families attending. A business session led by Dr. F N Mead of Cedar Falls outlined plans for October’s meeting, which will attract doctors from across the state and feature a Water Street banquet and formal addresses.
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Wm. H. Sherwood
Medical Society of
Black Hawk County
Cedar Heights
Black Hawk County Medical Association
Pr. F. N. Mead
Cedar Fails
Watersloo Medical Club
Reunion after 22 years ties Gilbert family bond
Mrs. W. H. Gilbert of Green Bay meets her father William Griffin after a 22 year separation. Pearl Griffin Gilbert, widow of 168 South Madison Street, is visiting with her Waterloo Iowa relatives for the homecoming celebration at 1309 Bloff street.
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Green Bay
Wis
W. H. Gilbert
Suffragists stage sleep strike in London jail
Miss Sylvia Pankhurst, a militant suffragist imprisoned for the Downing Street raid, begins a sleep strike. She has refused food and water, and this new protest follows her jail confinement in Holloway.
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London
Sylvia Pankhurst
Holloway
Downing Street
Mealy to Face Trial for Disorderly House Friday
William Mealy, a colored man, will be tried Friday on a charge of maintaining a disorderly house after Leah Quin trell, a white resident, was found at his home by police. Fuzzy was returned to her family by her father.
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Etta Revington
Nathan Gist
Clarion
Richard Gist
Richard Burns
Ames
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Thoes
Sans Souci Hotel
Lawn City
A. E. Bicknell
Finchford
Tom McCarty
Chris Ulrich
Myrtle
Ethel Andrews
Eral
Ed Deiner
Hastings
Alexander
Emma Deiner
Pasint
Houston
Nels Friis
Denmark
America
Bert Percival
Sioux City
Mrs. Welgert
Geo. F. McKenney
Kansas City
W. K. Voorhees
Sherman Deets
Three Rivers, Mich
Vera Rickelberg
Mildred Schnedler
Nora Springs
Sehnedjer
Misa Kickelberg
Kramer-Webe
June Bennison
Iowa City
Canada
Claire Bennison
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Homer H. Seerley
Otto Ottosen
Ottosen
Keokuk
Webster City
Worsteds
Cassi
Cent
Frank Bros
Dewar
Easley
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