Rain disrupts Presbyterian micel ing as Christian Endeavor hosts gather
Cedar Falls June 18 Special The rain last night crippled the exercises at the Presbyterian church for the Christian Endeavor representatives from ten counties. Dr Lanham and Rev Rollins spoke to a small audience. Today events were better attended. Funeral arrangements are announced for Gilbert Finch in Fayette. Other items note marriages visits and a college play and a W C T U meeting with Mrs Marion McFarland Walter speaking on the needs of girls.
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Cedar Falls
Presbyterian Church
Christian Endeavor
Lanham
Rollins
James EB. Snowden
Fayette
Gilbert Finch
Carl Geiser
State Teachers’ College
Oberlin
Snowden
Frampton
California
Berlin
Gradt
Chicago
Samuel J. Beach
Miss Lilly Greedy
Farragulla
Beach
Congregational Church
Neleigh
Neb
Blanche Walters
Mary Walters
Esther Seerley
Bertha McCluskey
Waterloo
Denver
Colo
Mable Parish
Frank Cotton
College Hill
Marion McFarland Walter
Funeral services held for Mrs Henry Bacon Cedar Falls
The funeral of the late Mrs Henry Bacon was conducted at the Cedar Falls Methodist church this afternoon with Rev Titus Lowe presiding. Interment followed at Fairview. Mrs Bacon, 64, is survived by five children including Charles of Waterloo and Lloyd of Cedar Falls. Her husband passed away three years ago. She was described as a good mother and generous neighbor.
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Ella M. Lund
Francis I. Hathaway
Marie Lund
Cedar Falls
Bushnell
Rock Rapids
State Teachers’ College
Sheldon
Hathaway
Oshkosh
Wis
Hampton Schools
Henry Bacon
Henry , Bacon
Titus Lowe
Fairview
Bacon
Charles
Waterloo
Lloyd
Cedar’ ‘Falls
Mary Orvis
California
Mabel Orvis
Louise Russell
Betial
Henry Stumpenhauser
Winslow
Stumpenhauser
Apt
New Y W A Secretary Named for Waterloo Association
Miss Rachel Jones, experienced in Y W A work, will begin as Waterloo Y W A secretary on August 1. She served fourteen years in Peoria Illinois, helping launch the local association and overseeing growth as a new building was erected. The Waterloo board had hoped to hire her earlier. now Peoria’s foundation is solid, freeing her to relocate. Her arrival is expected to boost all departments, resume activities, and advance Waterloo's Y W A toward a larger, stronger organization and a fine home comparable to Des Moines or Cedar Rapids.
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Rachel Jones
Waterloo Association
Miss Jones
Peoria
Ill
Waterloo
Peoria Association
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Brady War Pictures Demand for School Children
Every father and mother should ensure their children view the Brady War Pictures issued by the Waterloo Evening Courier. Sixteen sections are being released with text matter, one per week, and a coupon appears on page.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
Examiners Pass Twenty Plumbers After City Tests
Last night the board of examiners for plumbers conducted written questions and practical tests with charts and demonstrations in the city hall chamber. All twenty applicants passed. The board includes Dr. Harry Sigworth, R. A. Ellis, Ora Parker, and W. H. Jennish city plumbing inspector. An April city ordinance is cited.
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Board of Examiners
Board of
Harry Sigworth
R. A. Ellis
Ora Parker
W. H. Jennish
Damages Awarded in Suit Against Singer’s Son
In Trenton New Jersey on June 19 a United States district court jury awarded Miss Johanna Alice Forner of Dresden Germany $25000 against Hans Schumann Heink son of the famous singer Mme Schumann Heink He lives in Singac Passaic County New Jersey She testified she met him in Dresden February 1909 became engaged and he sailed away later denying marriage or return A child was born in February 1910 and she pressed her suit under German and New Jersey law with the child present in court.
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Trenton
N. J
United States District Court
Johanna Alice Forner
Dresden
Germany
Hans Schumann-Heink
Mme. Schumann-Heink
Schumann-Heink
Singac
Passiac County
New Jersey
Fraulein Forner
Hans
Memorial Service Planned by Ben Hur Tribe Members
The Melchair court No 92 and Girard court No 92 of the Tribe of Ben Hur will meet at their halls on Sunday evening and march to the First Presbyterian church for a union memorial service honoring deceased members. Ben Hur units in the city are urged to participate.
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Melchair Court
Girardicourt
Tribe of Ben Hur
First Presbyterian Church
ATE Ben Hurs
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