Y M C A Plans Summer Fall Program and Funding
Dubuque and Waterloo planning committees unveil a joint summer and fall YMCA program. Activities include August camping, a Bible institute opening Sept 15 led by Dr. Palmer, a competitive membership drive, and a fall social with Y men and YWCA women. Estimated income is 55000 with expenditures above 7000, requiring 2000 in subscriptions to continue operations.
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Bible Institute
Waterlon
Dubuque
Pew
Hartquist
Waverly
Waterloo
St Elmo Comes to The Waterloo in Dramatic Form
The Waterloo presents a dramatic version of St Elmo tonight for the first time in several seasons, based on the popular book. Over three hundred patrons urged the staging and the theatre, under a policy of good shows at ten cent rents, enjoys prosperity as warm summer evenings invite audiences to Electric Park.
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Waterloo
St. Elmo
GetS-IT the Easy Corn Cure for Quick Relief
The Corn Cure GetS-IT promises quick, painless removal of corns and warts. No bandages or plasters, no knives, razors, or salves harming flesh. Safe and guaranteed, sold by druggists or direct from E Lawrence & Co, Chicago, at 25 cents per bottle.
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E. Lawrence & Co
Chiago
Waterloo Greek Calls the Bulgarians Plain Hogs
Peter Mavrelis head of Waterloo Greek colony labels Bulgarians hogs in push over Macedonia Thrace dispute. He predicts one of the bloodiest wars as Greek and Servian armies siege Sofia while Balkan tensions echo Tolstoi prophecy and European powers may intervene.
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Peter Mavrelis
Balkan
Greece
Bulgaria
Turkey
Mavrelis
Macedonia
Drama
Sares
Ovo
Cavala
Europe
Thrace
Mavrelin
Jean Friends
Jean
Austria
Sofia
Electric Park Receives Record Attendance Amid Theater Bills
The past days at Electric Park drew thousands despite uncooperative weather. The theatre opening night features Rose and Severen and a strong supporting act. Lawrence Crane Co. delivers mystifying illusions, G Herbert Mitchell entertains with a sharp monologue, and Taylor Twing performs skates. The thriller figure eight and circle swing headline a profitable, busy bill with the squeeze as a new crowd magnet. Dante hall remains thriving with its usual large crowds.
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Electric Park
Rose and Severen
Lawrence Crane & Co
G. Herbert Mitchell
Taylor
Dante Hall
Petticoat Minstrels open four day Majestic run
The Petticoat Minstrels, a novelty in vaudeville, open at the Majestic for a four day engagement. The all female company of eighteen performs a full minstrel show with a prologue, four vaudeville acts, and a grand finale. Tomorrow night features amateur night and a four person farce The Burglar's Union with the Jail Birds Quartet.
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Petticoat Minstrels
Oil Burner Engine Touring North Waterloo In Transit
News Notes describe a massive oil burning locomotive bound for Council Bluffs via Haineis Central, owned by Southern Pacific. It features dual super heater flues, a large oil tank replacing the coal tender, and a front seating crew, with the engine appearing to back up as it operates.
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Haineis Central
Council Bluffs
Southern Pacific Railroad
Picnic Program Sets Elabo rate Day at Chautauqua Park
The committee on arrangements of Waterloo’s five Presbyterian churches plans a June 18 picnic at Chautauqua Park with three ball games and athletics. W H Howrey chairs the committee and says the program is not yet complete. Music and plenty of spirit will accompany events for about 1,000 people.
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Chautauqua Park
Presbyterian Churches
Waterloo
W. H. Howrey
Howrey
Valuation Clause Dominates Ruling in Rail Rate Case
Des Moines reports the US Supreme Court decision on railroad property valuation shaping interstate rates. Attorney General George Cosson says valuation fixes rates, not condemnation costs, and predicts federal control of rate making soon. Judge Sanborn’s view favored by no one, modernization underway.
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Des Moines
United States Supreme Court
Minnesota
Sanborn
Supreme Court
Cosson
Civil service tests announced for Waterloo post office
Charlies I. Munger of the civil service commission said examinations will be held at the Waterloo post office for several positions including Library cataloguer on July 16 Medical intern on July 2 Photographer for plant specimens on July 2 Ship draftsman on June 28 and 26 Mechanician and laboratory assistant on July 2 and 8 Hull draftsman on July 2 and 3 Laboratory aide and engineer on July 2 Veterinarian on July 2.
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Charlies I. Munger
Civil Service Commission
Waterloo
Hull
Waterloo Business College Summer Term Opens Next Monday
Announcement states the Waterloo Business College summer term starts next Monday with plans to accommodate many students. Three new students enrolled in the past week. Commencement is scheduled for August. Queen Esther Circle meets at St Pauls M F church on Cutler Street hosted by Miss Isabelle Shaw with Miss Katherine Minnich leading a lesson. A brief business meeting followed and refreshments were served.
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Waterloo Business College
Isabelle Shaw
St. Paul's
M. FR
Cutler Street
Katherine Minnich
Hasteas
Jury drawn to try Myra Berger personal injury case
News notes a jury empaneling today to hear the case of Mrs. Myra Berger against Bybank Transfer Co arising from an 1912 parade incident near Franklin and Fourth Streets. Berger seeks $5,000. Ten Waterloo men named to the panel include W J Wilson and D L Rankin.
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Myra Berger
Bybank Transfer Company
Ringling
BH. V. Strayer
C. B. Redman
J. Rebsen
Wm. Pfiffner
McManus
Armstrong
E. B. Brady
J. W. Griffith
Wm. B. Caldwell
George Strifert
Roy Jackson
E. C. Litchfield
Elizabeth
Fred Meves
August Bebrens
Carl Bebrens
Teacher Pay Petition Says $40 Leaves Net Yearly
Davenport teachers petition for higher pay alleging the average grammar school teacher nets only 40 yearly after expenses. They note current top salaries are 75 with average far below and argue teaching should provide a living wage without parental dependence. The petition cites rising living costs over forty years.
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Davenport
Board of Education
Stocks and Market Report With Mixed Closings
Market notes show butter and eggs unchanged while potatoes drop with increased receipts. Listings include Canadian Pacific, Reading, Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, United States Steel, Amalgamated Copper, and other rail and utility stocks reflecting a busy but uneven close in New York trading.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Canadian Pacific
Pennsylvania
Rock Island
Chicago Great Western
Amy
Northwestern
Atchison
Aes Moy
American Smelter
Shanes
Union Pacific
Baltimore
Ohio
Wise
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Aes
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
United States Steel, Common
United States Steel
Wid
Amalgamated Copper
Erie
Pani
Missoni Pacific
New York Centrale
Waterloo City In Brief Highlights Visitors and Incidents
City notes list visitors from Voorbies Oelwein Ashland and Aurora visiting Waterloo residents Mrs Emil Zemst and Miss Doris Pitsgerald arrive from their towns while Attorney Ralph A Dunkelberg returns from northern state. Local injuries include Wilson Flickinger at Electric Park and a dislocated elbow. Barn raising at W H Henning farm attracts Waterloo residents as two farms near sale completion. Detective McSweeney pursues Mason Automobile theft case with leads in Davenport and Rock Island.
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George Risk
Aurora
Loren Risk
Frederic Steuber
le Roy
N. Y
Joel Burke
Park Road
Ralph A. Dunkelberg
W. P. Elwell
New Hartford
O. D. Olmstead
Washington Street
Wilson Flickinger
Hudson
Electric Park
Presbyterian Hospital
Will Herron
Superior
Wis
Waterloo
W. Krueger
Mason Automobile Company
Rock Island
John McSweeney
Davenport
Dairy Cattle Congress Plans October Show
Prof Estel forecasts up to 7500 for prizes with 5500 set for cattle prizes as promoters prepare by meeting to finalize show improvements in this city next October. John Andrews serves as president and Harry E Kiester as secretary as Town Criers return from Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Dairy Cattle Congress
John Andrews
Harry E. Kiester
E. S. Hstel
Iowa
Card of Thanks for Elizabeth Bourns Family
The Bourns family expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends for help during the illness and death of Mrs. Elizabeth Bourns and thanks them for the floral offerings. The notice includes a humorous postscript about a barber and a hair restorer anecdote.
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Elizabeth Bourns
James Bourns
Stray Shots Hit Girl at YWCA Camp Incident
Miss Helene Cook twelve year old daughter of Mrs Clara V Cook of 204 Logan Avenue was accidentally shot in the abdomen while taking pictures at Schroeder's cottage on the Cedar river shore. Lloyd Mason son of Mattie Mason, who lives on Franklin Street, fired a twenty two caliber rifle from his camp across the river as girls mingled nearby. She was rushed to St Francis Hospital and doctors could not yet judge the seriousness of her condition. Witnesses say the accident was purely accidental and the Mason boy is deeply distressed.
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Helene Cook
Clara V. Cook
Logan Avenue
Lloyd Mason
Mattie Mason
Franklin Street
St. Francis Hospital
Miss Cook
Schroeder
Alma Gobin
Cedar River
Mason
B. B
Cook
Death and the burying ground in the chitchat column
In Ruth Cameron's Evening Chit Chat she muses on death's inevitability and the heart's disbelief, recalling a summer stroll through an old New England cemetery and reflections on mortality. The piece contrasts minds knowing death exists with hearts that rarely feel it, quoting Aes Triplex and noting human quirks about mortality. A later note reports a lighthearted birthday party at Mr. and Mrs. S. A Thomson's home with music, games, and a small celebration for Janet.
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Wordaworth
New England
Nehemiahs
Samanthas
Pollys
Thomases
Stevenson
S. A Thomson
Williston Avenue
Janet
Lizzie Legge
Maggie Martin
Safe and sane Fourth of July planned in Waterloo
A committee advances a tentative program for Waterloo's Fourth of July celebration under fraternal auspices aiming for a safe and sane observance. State figures may be invited, with Governor Clarke and Senator Kenyon among possibilities. speakers include Ex-Congressman Charles E. Pickett. The plan also discusses a five cent per member assessment to fund the event.
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Waterloo
Clarke
Kenyon
Altoona
S. H. Walker
City Hall
Messrs
H. G. Rogers
The
Knights and Ladies of Security
Frank F. Yapp
Modern Brotherhood of America
V. Leon Belt
Mystic Workers of the World
Mr. Rogers
Charles E. Pickett
Railroad Safety Campaign Reaches Des Moines and Iowa towns
Chicago Great Western officials visited Brooks and Lincoln schools Des Moines Hawthorne Waterloo and Abbott Marshalltown and other lines to stress Safety First. Teachers and pupils received banners and buttons as the railroad argues trespassing on tracks causes many deaths and injuries among youth and locals. The company plans further educational efforts nationwide.
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Chicago Great Western Railroad Company
Brooks and Lincoln
Des Moines
Hawthorne
Waterloo
Abbott
Marshalltown
Chicago Great Western Railroad
United States
State Conclave Ends With Banquet In Waterloo
The seventh annual encampment of the Department of Iowa United Spanish War Veterans closed last night at the Pythian temple with a banquet attended by nearly all visitors and Fred Willerd camp members from Waterloo. New officers were installed at yesterday afternoon's meeting after the parade. An advertisement invites shoppers to the Great Dorset Sale Saturday at Paul Davis Dry Goods Co.
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Department of Iowa
United
Pythian Temple
Fred Willerd
Waterloo
Great Dorset
Paul Davis Dry Goods Co
Waterloo Druggist Endorses Adler-i-ka Remedy
Waterloo druggist William Wangter promotes Adler-i-ka a buckthorn bark mixture as a quick relief for sour stomach gas and constipation. He cautions to see a doctor for stomach or bowel trouble but notes many prefer this home remedy with rapid action.
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Waterloo
Adler-lka
Wangter Bros. Druggists
East Fourth Street
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Emil Zemst
Oelwein
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Oska‘logia
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