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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1913

Page

5

SEELEY MERRILL NUPTIALS AND TOWN NOTES

Announcements report Miss Elizabeth Merrill and Mr Edmond Seeley marrying June 12 at Starved Rock Illinois and that the couple will live on a farm at Larch Grove Iowa. Also notes Katherine Walters to wed Frank M Sutton July 9 in Clinton Iowa and other community events including a Music Teachers Association session with Alfred Calzin and Clarence Eddy. Doris Merner to return from Philadelphia and take Vassar exams as a band concert shifts to 7 PM.

Cedar Elizabeth Merrill Edmond Seeley Starved Rock B. W. Merrill Larch Grove Walters Katherine Walters Clinton Frank M. Sutton Tulsa Okla Misa ‘Walters The Music Teachers’ Association of Iowa Opera House Alfred Calzin Presbyterian Church Clarence Eddy Chicago College

Traveling hypnotist stunts in Cedar Falls display window

A traveling hypnotist staged a stunt in a Cedar Falls drug store show window to attract youngsters. A clown dressed performer fished in an imaginary pond, drawing laughs as a promotional advertising ploy. The Finchford Creamery picnic is planned for next Wednesday at Finchford with talks by Prof. A. A. Berger and Prof. R. A. Cave.

Cedar Falls

Travelers and Visitors Highlight Small Town Notes

Misses Mary Doxey and Mary George of Monticello visit Cedar Falls friends Mabel and Genevieve Paulger at Third and Franklin. Myrle and Florence Robinson plan a three week tour to Madison Milwaukee Chicago and Cedar Rapids. Lulu and Halbert Holmes visit Algona. J T McClinton returns from the east with plans for a new picture house. John Fearer heads to Toronto Cal. for land work. Clarence Knapp returns from Sacramento. Mrs John Caldwell hosts St Luke's guild. Elizabeth Beppner plans Kansas trip in July.

Cedar Falla Mary Doxey Mary George Monticello Mabel Genevieve Paulger Third Franklin Streets Myrle Florence Robinson Madison Wis Milwaukee Chicago Cedar Rapids Lulu Halbert Holmes Algona John Fearer Toronto D. D Clarence Knapp Sacramento Cal Lanfest Knapp John Caldwell St. Luke's Guild Oak Ridge Elizabeth Beppler Kansas

Society News Roundup of Local Clubs and Wedding

Friday events include the Friday Bridge Club at 516 Mulberry and Plymouth Congregational auxiliary at 1025 Logan avenue hosted by Mrs. W. G. Wang and Miss Jessie Sweeney. Evening activities list many church and lodge gatherings. Officiating wedding: Rev. G.R. Parker presided at the marriage of Prof. Harold Lemming and Miss Hazel Lou Allen. Also notes on club entertainments, a surprise farewell party for the Longfellow couple, and the Coterie Club picnic plan at Electric Park. Foley Kidney Pills advertised with guarantee and druggist availability.

Jessie Codex Mulberry Plymouth Congregational Auxiliary W. G. Wang Jessie Sweeney Logan Avenue Woman’s Missionary Society of Westminster Presbyterian Church Central Church of Christ King’s Heralds of St. Paul’s GR. Parker Union Congregational Church Lobrville Harold Lemming Hazel Lou Allen Lemming Elsworth College Iowa Falls Parker Coterie Club Fred Fisher Mul ‘Berry Street Electric Park W. H. McCoy Dubuque Dorothy Fisher Agnes Murphy Mis. Thomas Flynn Fourth Street

GetSIt Corn Cure Promises Quick Corn Vanish

An advertisement touts GETSIT as a painless 2 second corn remedy that stops pain and causes corns warts and bunions to disappear. It claims no damage to healthy flesh and urges purchase via Lawrence & Co. in Chicago with a mail order option.

Bk, Lawrence & Co Cokaco

Company M to Enter State Shoot Near Des Moines

Cedar Falls June 19 Special several members of Company M M G will leave Sunday for Des Moines to compete in the state shoot starting Monday. Mont Soules Dave Harner John Vorhees Thorval Holst and Hans Jubl will represent the company. The three day state meet offers path to regimental and national shoots with Iowa covering expenses. Cedar Falls residents meet President Wilson and Mrs Goodykoontz write of the visit in Washington noting encounters with Senator Cummins and Mrs Forrest Lawrence of Portland at the national museum.

Cedar Falls Des Moines Mont Soules Dave Harner John Vorhees Thorval Holst Hans Jubl Iowa Wilson W. W. Goodykoontz East J. G. Packard Washington, D. C

Dairy Meeting at Dunkerton Next Saturday Evening

A dairy meeting and feed and dairy gathering are set for Saturday evening, June 1, at Dunkerton. The event will organize a dairy test association with Prof. A A Berger speaking on The Silo and Feeds and Prof. R A Cave presenting on Improving the Dairy Herds. Jena Jorgensen, recently struck by a Rock Island train, is recovering and expected to be out soon. Cedar Falls firms to erect barns on the Dunbar farm near Clear Lake.

Dunkerton A. A. Berger The Black Hawk Improvement Association R. A. Cave Ames Jena Jorgensen Rock Island Cedar Falls Dunbar Connell-Cowan Lumber Company C. T. Simpson P. A. Dunbar Clear Lake

Temperature Hits Century Mark in Yesterday Weather Shock

A Buchanan indicator tallied 100 degrees yesterday afternoon marking another season high after the prior 98 and 99. The coolest period in the last 24 hours was 75 degrees between 2:00 and 5:20 this morning as hourly readings ranged from noon to 10:00 PM with fluctuating values tending upward toward the peak.

Buchanan

The Still Voice advertisement in Crystal today

A brief advertisement titled The Still Voice runs in Crystal today promising moral lessons and guidance through a featured display. The copy emphasizes virtue and reflection as a community reminder.

Vitagraph the Voice Crystal Today

Row Over Roosevelt In Outlook Office Denied

Willam B. Howland vice president and publisher Karl W. Howland treasurer and Harold J. Howland department head resign from the Outlook. Howland says he bought a large interest in the Independent. Abbott says the resignations come from publishing policy differences, not Roosevelt editorial policy.

Roosevelt Outlook Office New York Outlook Company

Ashland Slugger Leads Waterloos Ninth Inning Comeback

Monmouth Iowa June 19 Water 100 lost the second game of the series in ten innings to Monmouth, granting the fifth straight defeat for Manager Andrews. Bentley and Tuttle pitched well, Macauley made six putouts and three assists at short, Ashland hit a circuit drive for Waterloo, and Davey White drove in the winning run as Welch and Walsh doubled to end the game.

Monmouth Water 100 Andrews Bentley Tuttle Macauley Waterloo Ashland Davey White Welch Walsh Ng A White Wintz Wee Ae Corkhill A. Sheldon Siglin C. Sheldon Rt Ashland Tuttle P Hollenbeck Rf AB. R. Hpo E Nolt Sampson Menne Lund St . Tierney Rf Fingal Ae Reinhart Simmoney aAskland Askland

Reduced prices on beds springs and mattresses at People's

People's Furniture Co at 706 Lafayette Street advertises reduced prices on all beds springs and mattresses with a clear sale emphasis and location details.

People’s Furniture Co Lafayette St

Members Defend Personal Honesty in Marconi Affair

London reports that for the first time in years British cabinet members defended their personal honesty before Parliament over American Marconi shares. Attorney General Sir Rufus Isaacs and Chancellor of the Exchequer David Lloyd George admitted thoughtlessness and error in not fully disclosing facts from last October. Their defense ended with a tense, dramatic scene as they left the House to cheers from supporters.

London Rufus Isaacs David Lloyd George Panama Marconi

News Notes of North Waterloo items

News Notes of North Waterloo reports A Fish has returned from Omaha after a two day business trip Clarence Kinsel becomes office boy in the master mechanic s office of the S C Clea Michael plans to leave soon for Cedar Rapids by bicycle to spend part of his vacation Friends expect him to break several pedaling records James L Taft claim agent of the IC based in Dubuque was a city visitor yesterday

Henwood Death Sentence Returned in Second Trial

Denver jurors sentenced Harold F Henwood to death for the May 24 1911 barroom killings of Copeland and Atkinson. Copeland and Von Phul died from stray bullets, while Atkinson and Copeland were bystanders. The trial set in motion a fatal end for Henwood with first degree murder verdict and prescribed death penalty.

Denver Colo Harold F. Henwood George E. Copeland Henwood Sylvester L. von Phul St. Louis James W. Atkinson Copeland Atkinson von Phul

City street paving plan for Fowler and West 6th streets

The city proposes paving Fowler Street and West 6th Street within the described limits to 40 feet roadway width and 30 feet for other streets, with Portland cement concrete curbs and gutters. Paving will use five inches concrete base, one inch asphalt binder, and 1.5 inches asphalt wearing surface, except where W C F N Ry Co rails require brick blocks on six inches concrete base. A five year guarantee and bond of at least one dollar per square yard are required, with costs assessed to abutting owners by benefit, law, and funds availability. railroad-cost share per law. Deadline noted as June 1913.

City of Waterloo Council Chamber Iowa Peppler Avenue Sullivan Avenue Moir Street West 6Th Street Randolph Street Wellington Street Virden Street Falls Avenue Randall Street West 5Th Street Locust Street Bayard Street Fourth Street 5Th Street West 9Th Street South Street 8Th Street 9Th Street Denver Street Sth Street Williston Avenue Baltimore Western Avenue Fowler Street Leity Benpler Avenue 6Th Street Fith Street Laconst Street 4Th Street West 8Th Street Baltimore Street R. L. Thompson

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Bride IS Prof Merrill Music Teachers’ Association Doris Merner Philadelphia Fisher Calzin Finchford Creamery Finchford Creamery Company Finchford Lawn City J. T. McClinton Society News Mia J. EB. Johnson Broadway Walnut Street Baptist First Baptist RE. Y. P. T Walnut Street Baptist Epworth League of First M. E Cedar Heights BE. J. I Steals Temple Reshekah Lodge I. G. O. F. Hall Girard Court Tribe of Clara Koepke Ella Ashbrenner Maple Street J. M. Longfellow California Arconomia Club Foley & Co Mt Boyo Jens Jorgensen Northwestern Land & Investment CO West Fourth Street Berkley’s Hardware Store Katherine L. Norton New Bedford Mass North Waterloo Aunt Mary R. L. Degon Howard’s Animals J. Jolly Jones Howard Martelle Ventriloquist Emerson, Morris & Walton
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