Do not Decide From a Single Experience
A young woman recounts her brutal warning against cautious love and careless social pressure. After her aunt, a rich but wary widow, warns her against marriage, the narrator secretly marries Charlie Edson to secure happiness. An attempted claim by the aunt's ex-husband prompts a new will, but a later document frees the narrator from entanglements, and she and Charlie secure the estate with the lawyer’s help. The tale ends with a moral about restraint and prudent action in pivotal moments.
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Charlie Edson
Charlie
Gense
Matt
Rascal
Rou
Chancery Courts
Temperance group forms in Lawn City and Cedar Falls
Plans launched for a Cedar Falls temperance organization after a large turnout at a Cedar Falls meeting held in the Congregational church. Speakers from Cedar Falls and Waterloo praised enforcement of liquor laws. The Cedar Falls group formed with sixty new members and expects about five hundred at tomorrow's Pythian temple banquet with attendees from Dunkerton Orange township La Porte and Hudson.
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Business Men’s Temperance Association
Cedar Falls
Congregational Church
Lawn City
Cedar Falla
Waterloo
A. G. Reid
J. §. Tuttle
J. E. Bates
J. W. Arbuckle
A. MacKachron
W. R. Jameson
Chase
Ionaty
Waterloo Association
Pythian Temple
Dunkerton
Orange Township
la Porte
Hudson
Jesup Youth Wins Perkins Scholarship at Harvard
Harold C. Place of Jesup has been awarded a Perkins scholarship at Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts. The honor recognizes fine work during his four year high school program with nominations from Jesup High School staff and local advocates. After graduation he joined the Courier editorial staff.
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Harold C. Place
F. R. Place
Jesup
J. Mart
Harvard University
Cambridge
Mass
Iowa
Hart
R. E. Newcomb
Jesup High School
Mr. Place
The
Courier
Mt Hope Sunday School Children's Day Program
The Mt Hope Sunday school held its annual Children's Day program at Mt Hope Church. Superintendent Miss Coral Shinning selected songs recitations and class exercises. The collection raised 11 dollars to support the Sunday school work. Attendees included Dr and Mrs F C Sage Miss Margaret Myera and several local families.
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Mt. Hope
Mt. Hope Church
Coral Shinning
Waterloo
F.C. Sage
Margaret Myera
J. T. Allen
David Hutton
C. F. Tastar
St Francis Hospital Auxiliary Organized With $1 Dues
The St Francis Hospital auxiliary filed articles of incorporation to aid hospital work, assist those needing care, and receive bequests. Membership requires willingness and a $1 annual due, with men eligible as honorary members. Officers include President Mary Mullany and several directors, with meetings on the third Friday of June and monthly board sessions.
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St. Francis Hospital Auxiliary
Wom
Board of
Mary Mullany
Anna Men-des
Civil service kept in consulates by administration
Washington June 16 Secretary Bryan acting for President Wilson announced the administration will maintain the civil service principle in the consular service. Promotions will be by examination and vacancies filled from outside only when necessary to fill positions not attainable from within.
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Washington
Bryan
Wilson
Tobacco tax amendment killed by senate finance panel
Washington June 16. A graduate tax on tobacco as an amendment to the tariff bill was unanimously rejected by the senate finance committee. The panel approved free list with countervailing duty for livestock and grains except oats and oatmeal kept at 10 cents a bushel and 43 cents per hundred pounds respectively. Citrus fruits unchanged.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Hitchcock
McReynolds
Hildebrand Restless Night After Appendectomy
John Hildebrand, who underwent an appendicitis operation at Presbyterian hospital last week, passed a very uncomfortable night and today his condition is not entirely satisfactory to the physicians. It is not necessarily critical. Dr. J. M. Poland, confined with paralysis, is holding his own according to bedside reports this afternoon.
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John . Hildebrand
Presbyterian Hospital
de. J. M. Poland
Waterloo swelters on hottest day of season
A Waterloo heat wave drew thousands to riverside Cedar, the municipal beach, and Loop cars as temperatures ranged from 90 to 98 degrees. The Buchanan thermometer showed 68 at dawn, peaking at 98 by midafternoon before cooling. Bathers numbered around 400, ice cream sales surged, and many rode the loop car through the night paying a nickel per pass.
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Buchanan
Got & Loop
Fire Nearly Wipes Out New Virginia Business District
New Virginia Iowa June 16 the town’s business section was nearly destroyed by fire last night. Thirteen buildings burned as citizen efforts prevented total ruin. Losses exceed 50000 dollars, leaving the town with no post office or permanent telephone exchange. Only two groceries an undertaking establishment and a hardware store survived. The fire started in a rubbish pile behind a store. New Virginia houses about 400 residents.
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New Virginia
Five San Francisco Officers Plead Guilty to Conspiracy
Five suspended San Francisco police officers pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges involving Duncan men. Each received nine months in county jail. Two more officers pleaded not guilty as felony indictments for grand larceny tied to the conspiracy were held over.
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San Francisco
Tapioca Popularity Cited Amid Rubber Boom
The London Globe notes tapioca clarity improves as large Straits Settlements areas shift from tapioca to rubber cultivation. The piece, framed as a Talking Pictures advertisement, recalls a vow never to eat tapioca pudding and mentions warnings about ordering meals, reflecting a brew of commerce and media.
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Straits Settlements
London Globe
English Maiden Weds Lover Here
Miss Winifred Hawks travels from Kent to Waterloo to wed William John Elcomb at Christ Episcopal Church. Rev. George W. Hinkle officiates. attendants include Kitty Elecomb and Caroline Hawks. Ernest G. Newman is best man. Groom works for Hawkeye Oil. couple to establish a home locally.
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Kent County
England
London
Winifred Hawks
William John Elcomb
Christ Episcopal Church
George W. Hinkle
Waterloo
Mr. Elcomb
Kitty M. Elecomb
Caroline Hawks
Ernest G. Newman
Hawkeye Oil Company
Luxurious New Boudoir Gown For Wear
Luxurious boudoir negligee described in buff satin with pink and green embroidery. Silver cord trims the girdle and bridal accents. A dainty all over lace cap with matching frill completes the set.
Convention of Luther League All Day Picnic At Chau tauqua Park
The second annual convention of the Southern Iowa Federation of Luther League closed today with an all day outing at Chautauqua Park. About two hundred delegates and members socialized, dined, and enjoyed outdoor games after a reception at Soash hall./key church services and business session were held at First Lutheran and later English service with Rev Emil Rausch.
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Southern Iowa Federation of Luther League
Chautauqua Park
Sparta
Soash Hall
League
M. Reu
Wartburg Seminary
Dubuque
First Lutheran Church
High and
Maple Streets
Henry Lingelbach
Emil Rausch
Waverly
Inspecting Slums Reformer Quips on Good Men Scarcity
The social reformer declares in the tour of slums that good men are scarce, while a plainclothes officer notes bad ones turn bad when needed. The exchange appears in the Philadelphia Record.
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Philadelphia
Market Close Shows Mixed Downticks and Steady Rails
New York stock exchange close reports scattered gains and losses across major rails and industrials. Notable bids include Canada Pacific around 2178, Reading 56, Northwestern 2 and 2, Northern Pacific 1204, United States Steel around 52 and 104 on the pfd, Amalgamated Copper 66, and American Sugar at 65 64 with other shifts in Southern Pacific and Missouri Pacific listings.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Canadian Pacific
Pennsylvania
Rock Island
Chicago
Great Western
Northwestern
Atchison
Great Northern
St. Paul
Missouri Pacific
New York Central
Amneonda
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ST. Waterloo
MER Underwear
Ladies’ Union
Auto Loads
MT .Hope School
St. Francis Society
Mary G. Sullivan
Maude O’keefe
Margaret Berne
Dora O'Keefe
John Cordes
P. H. O'Neil
C. A. Waterbury
J. H. Sindlinger
C. B. Houston
L. F. McGarvey
P. Mackery
Frank Hamer
Mise Margaret Carrigg
Talking Pictures
Princess Today
Hildebrand
Onade
Loop Care
Fies
William J. Elcomb
Convention OF Luther League
Chau
Tauqua Park
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