Social notes bustle at Waterloo area clubs and gatherings
Daily calendar items include meetings at Court of Honor No. 31 A W and many social events. Implemented are luncheons, picnics, dancing parties, dinners, reunions, sewing circles, and garden parties at Cedar River park and local homes, with guests from Waterloo and beyond. Key names: Miss Virginia Platt Wangler, Mrs. Dewhirst, Mrs. Grady, Mrs. Obele, Miss Genevieve Maddigan, Miss Vera Griffith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Honor
A. O. A. W. Hall
Virginia Platt
Wangler
Fudith Wangler
Fifth Street East
Elite Circle
J. S. Dewhirst
Edwards
Cedar River Park
Coterie Club
Peter Grady
Eighth Street East
Ema Net
J. G Ralston
Silver Circle
George White
Royal Neighbors of America
R. C
Robert Anderson
Leo Billings
Sans Souci
Ss. A. R
Calvin L. Kingsley
Pinehurst
Kingbard Hill
Owl Patrol
Boy Scouts
de Forest Miller, Prospect . Hills
Robert Obele
Catherine Cunningham
Obele
Vera Griffith
Genevieve Maddigan
Western Avenue
Georgia Perry
Dubuque
W. H. Mitchell
Lenora Maddigan
Inquiry Into Murder Of Boy Bennie Holstein
Chicago detectives pursued three lines of inquiry into the death of 14 year old Bennie Holstein whose body was found in a berry patch near Morgan Park. Theories include a wandering boy killed by bad characters possibly involving a negro group, a coroner's view that the body was planted after death, and a Shakespeare Avenue police theory that it was revenge by an acquaintance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bennie Holstein
Morgan Park
Shakespeare Avenue
Suffraget Edith Rigby Sentenced to Nine Months
Edith Rigby, a noted suffragist, was sentenced in Liverpool to nine months hard labor for setting fire to the country residence of Sir William H. Lever. The action occurred at Lever’s estate, drawing attention to the suffrage movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Edith Rigby
William H. Lever
Jail term sought for wife of prominent physician
The prisoner from Rivington Lancashire, wife of a renowned physician, admitted guilt for the July 8 damage estimated at 100000 dollars and confessed to a July 5 bomb outrage in the Liverpool costom exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivingtop
Lancashire
Liverpool Costom Exchange
There Are Many Kinds of Brains in the World
Ruth Cameron argues that people with varied brains drive honest success in business and craft. She cites a self-made young businessman who started as an errand boy at fifteen and built a respectable enterprise through steady planning and opportunity spotting. The essay defends manual and head work as equally valuable and urges respect for all intelligent labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jand
Ruth Cameron
Courier Patterns Coupon Order for Courier Fashion
To obtain the up to date Courier pattern of accompanying design fill out the coupon and send it to Fashion Department Evening Courier Waterloo enclosing 10 cents for each pattern. Patterns allow for seams. Orders filled as soon as possible but should arrive in ten days after sending in your order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fashion Department
Evening Courier
Waterloo
Waterloo Man Receives Honor For Solving Engine Problem
Supt. Crowell of Waterloo Educational Department has been chosen to write a standard handbook on setting the Walschaert locomotive valve gear for Union Pacific. After three top engineers failed to solve the problem, Crowell agreed to study the issue during a recent Omaha trip and is now at work. He is regarded as an authority on valve gears despite no formal technical study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Ventsi
Supt. Crowell
Wwinals Central
United States
Crowell
Omaha
Walschaert
Educational Bureau of the Road
Union Pacific Road
Night crackdown on bootleggers targets smoky row
State authorities join city police in raiding premises on Merriman and nearby streets. Officers seize five gallons of whiskey and several cases of beer, arrest multiple residents including Minnie Kelley and Lucy McClinton, and seek injunctions against the buildings for prostitution or liquor rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Garerison
Merriman
Oneida
Pollo
Minnie Kelley
Lawrence McClinton
Robert Starma
Grant Lav‘ing
Lucy i McClinton
Hattie Smith
Alice Thoms
Merriman Street
Leda Richardson
Barclay Street
George Berry
Clay Jewell
Carl Thomas
Arthur Davis
Earl Houston
W. Jones
B. Slaughter
Joneh Weester
Percy Bradley
Clyde Coleman
Ralph Morris
James Balls
May‘ers
Jewell
North End News Residents Mention City Business Trip
F. W. Taylor master mechanic of the LC in this city went to Chicago last evening on a business trip. J. L. Tait claim agent of the Illinois Central with headquarters at Dubuque is in the city today transacting business with his department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Peterson
Dayton, D
Sam Henderson
Los Angeles
Cal
Sigma Delta Fraternity
Roland Taylor
Fourth Street West
Emma Bunnell
Sumner Street
H. 8. Bunnell
Emma Freter
Edith Colby
Miss Bunnell
C. E. Carpenter
Fowler Street
Ansel H. Bailey
Platte, M. D
A. L. Friedley
North End
F. W. Taylor
The
Chicago
J. L. Tait
Illinois Central
Dubuque
Baffled in search for boy's murderer in Morgan Park
Chicago July 39 Detectives continued to seek the killer of Benjamin Holstein a 14 year old whose bound and gagged body with a head wound was found last Monday in a lonely Morgan Park spot. Police discharged Yeanford Slaughter 16 after questioning and said Paul Clementa 18 held at Rock Island had no connection as the murder occurred while he was detained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Benjamin Holstein
Morgan Park
Yeanford Slaughter
Paul Clementa
Rock Island
Holstein
Bride's 100000 Gift Sparks Aurora Wedding News
Esther Stewart, granddaughter of Aurora lumber magnate John Stewart, married Arch Richards of Wisconsin track fame at her Aurora home. The $100,000 wedding present was publicly revealed by the grandfather who urged secrecy. Richards is from Geneva Illinois via Northwestern railroad ties. Esther’s father T B Stewart leads the state senate and heads First National Bank of Aurora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora
Esther Stewart
John Stewart
Arch” Richards
University of Wisconsin
R. ©. Richards
Geneva
Ill
Northwestern Railroad
Miss Stewart
T. B. Stewart
State Senate
First National Bank of
Stewart
Notice of Assessment for Waterloo Sidewalks
Public notice to property owners in Waterloo Iowa that a plat and schedule showing sidewalk construction costs has been filed in the city clerk's office. Objections to the plan or prior street-improvement proceedings may be raised during inspections of the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Iowa
City of
Watkin’s
Home Park
Grandview Place
Rainbow
West Side
St. Ely
N. Way
Morningside
Linden Place
Cowin
Grandview
Shilliam’s Gra
Howrey & McWilliams
Beda
Hammond & Hopkin
Mansons
Howrey & McWilliants
Thammond & Hopkin
Peck
Manson
Trown
Towit
Lota
West Original
Leagitt’s
Auditor Rainbow
Alford
Long Trails for the Bloodhounds
Earl Yordy returned from Grinnell after helping trail escaping horse thieves. A chase led to a 70 year old suspect captured at Victor, with two young men arrested then released. The trails stretched about thirty miles and nearly as long, across hot cornfields and dusty highways, leaving dogs exhausted near Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Yordy
Grinnell
Victor
Watertoo
Waterloo sewer project listed for multiple city blocks
The city of Waterloo Iowa requires written objections within 20 days from July 20 1913 to the proposed sewer construction along specific lots in several additions including West Original Plat Home Park Linden Place and Doe's addition. Objections cover street improvements and any errors or irregularities in the assessment process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Waterloo
Iowa
City of Waterloo
Degon
City
Linden Place
Guenther
Lakeside
S. Wily
Miller
Wly
Doe
N. Wly
N. Wily
S. Ely
N. Ely
R. J. Degon
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Order of Eastern Star
F. M. Shores
Hazel Dietrick
Jessie L. Woodruff
P. J. Martin
Ralph Dunkelberg
F. A. Sporle
E. M. Towne
Buzz
N. &. T. Circle
Gladys Vetter
Salisbury Street
Anna Thierman
Esther Willmore
Ricker Street
H. C. Bahr
Williston Avenue
G.L. Austin
Council ‘Biofiss
Cedar Falls
Austin
Robinson
E. G. Randall
Mr. Austin
Underwood Typewriter Company
Council Bluffs
Ydia Society
Picnc
Kirk Stewart
Chautauqua Park
Mayme Entrikin
Faye Elizabeth Burt
Evanston
Lll
Austin Burt
Third Street West
Burt
Miss Burt
J. G. Alvin
Helen Davis
Dorothy Burt
Vinton
J. S. McGowan
Elizabeth Savage
Ashtabula
Lois Ballou
T. G. Tayler
Marjorie Tayler
H. M. Storm
South Street
Pauline Locke
Kansas City
Lulu Wilson
Miss Locke
Elk Run
Maynard Craig
Washington Court House
H. B. Maynard
la Porte
Union of the First Baptist Church
Prospect Park
Mildred Hoffman
Denver Street
Lady Militant Circle
Canton I. O. O. F
A. E. Lawton
Fourth Street
E. EB. Hill
F. Pettit
H. O. Smith
Harry Lewis
Ida Niederfrank
F. E. Harvey
Vine Street
D. M. Loeffler
Albert Lea, Minn
D. M. Nicholas
Hila Albee
Carl Klinefelter
Majestic Theatre
West
Addreas
Supt
Eaxperta
Suore
Wu Davis Tid Shoe Dept
Wright & Peters
Syndicate Building
L. M. Ochs
F.M. Klove
Northwestern Land & Investment CC
West Fourth Street
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