Local Musicians at Chautauqua Pleasing Programs
Local musical groups in Waterloo arrange varied offerings for two Chautauqua Sundays and July 6 with Senator Kenyon as speaker. First Congregational and Walnut Street Baptist choirs join Waterloo Conservatory of Music entries led by J. D. Liffring and Mariam Marsh. A marriage license also issued for Severin Danielsen and Dorothea Larsen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Prowell
Chautauqua Management
Kenyon
First Congregational
Walnut Street Baptist Church
M. E. Quartette
Waterloo Conservatory of Music
M. F E. Quartette
J. D. Liffring
Kathleen Bateman
Harry W. Sleworth
Laverne Beal
Pearl Headford
Edna Mharrison
Gwyneth Sampson
Walnut Street
Baptist Church
W. B. Howell
Nellie Ravane
Mariam Marsh
Florence LaTier
Earl Richard
Berta Fay
Waterloo
Giant ocean constrictor sighted by river travelers
Two young men paddling a river in a canoe last evening reported a massive constrictor about 18 feet long, measuring as thick as a man, emerging from the water and climbing a tree. They fled after a shark-like motion and fear it may be the same monster previously sighted near Adella.
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Adella
Tragic Suicide at Oelwein Lodging House
Peter Hurd hanged himself in a rooming house owned by Tilly Pattison in Oelwein Iowa. He used a rope looped over a spike and wrapped a wet towel around his neck to avoid cutting. Hurd, once with C. G. W but recently in St. Paul, left no known reason for the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oelwein
Peter Hurd
Tilly Pattison
Hurd
St. Paul
Mayor Seeks Public Fountains Along River for Open Water
Mayor J R Rector backs four sanitary drinking fountains two on each river side to provide cold pure water from deep wells avoiding contamination. The plan aims to place fountains at Fourth and Fifth streets and seeks water commission approval soon. Also notes a St Mary's Sewing circle social and visits by local residents.
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Steets
J. R. Rector
Water Commission
East Fourth Street
Deserted wife wins $10,000 from Boulder mining funds
Mrs. Katherine Canfield, once left with six children thirty years ago, secured a district court order to seize $10,000 of her husband George Canfield’s mining property in Boulder. Now 75, she raised the family through hard work while the husband pursued mining ventures and later retired in Cincinnati.
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Denver
Colo
George Canfield
Dyersville
Katherine Canfield
Canfield
Dubuque
Cincinnati
Reddin
Special Train To Dubuque Sunday
All set for a Sunday trip to Dubuque to attend a double header. A special train over the S C will run leaving the city around 8 or 8 30 in the morning and returning in the evening. The Waterloo band is engaged to perform for the Dubuquets in appreciation of their city’s support at the North Three league opening. A timetable will be published tomorrow.
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Dubuque
S. C
Waterloo
Southern Iowa Editors Meet Opens Des Moines Convention
Des Moines hosts the Southern Iowa Editorial Association's annual summer meeting with a large turnout and President J. M. Anderson presiding. D. W. Junkin, J. L. Long, Paul Stillman, Philip Hoffman, and Lafayette Young deliver addresses as the session proceeds. The event includes a tomorrow sightseeing tour of Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Southern Iowa Editorial Association
J. M. Anderson
Indianola Herald
D. W. Junkin
Fairfield Ledger
J. L. Long
Osceola Sentinel
Paul Stillman
Jefferson Bee
Philip Hoffman
The
Oskaloosa Herald
Lafayette Young
Des Moines Capital
Forger Nabbed in Record Time After Bank Forgery
A woman forged an $800 check at a city bank, seeking $600 for a real estate deal and depositing $200. Chief Dinneen and his wife, detective Mrs. Dinneen, traced her through deposits and purchases, recovered $380 at her Lafayette Street home, and charged her with uttering a forged instrument. Mrs. Winner, recent visitor to the station, faces divorce-related troubles and a pending case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galloway-Gibson Investment Company
Court House
Investmnt Company
Banlers
Dinneen
Vetter & Waters
Commercial Street
W. T Dinneen
Aas
Max Winner
Waverly
District Court
Winner
W. F. Curtis
The
Security Savings Bank
Miss Cora Gray Leaves Waterloo for Chicago Summer
Miss Cora Gray, head of the domestic science department at East Waterloo high school, leaves today for Chicago and the East for the summer. She expects to teach in colleges next year. She has made many friends in Waterloo and wishes for her continued success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Gray
East Waterloo High School
Chicago
East
Tne
Gray
Waterloo
Valuable folder issued by C. G. W.
Folders of the Chicago Great Western railway under new management gain importance to diverse interests. The current issue includes an article by Prof. G. R. Bliss of Iowa State College on spraying around the home for protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Great Western Railway
G. R. Bliss
Iowa State College of Ames
Sprays for Pests and Blights Guidance Issued
The article outlines formulas for preparing sprays to combat pests and blights on fruits buds and shrubbery. It explains application methods and notes the information is complete. Copies of the latest folder are available from A. L. Craig General Passenger Agent C.G.W.R.R. 1139 People's Gas Building Chicago or from road agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Craig
Chicago
Ill
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Chautauqua
Severin Danielsen
Dorothea Larsen
Traer
Bor
St. Mary's Sewing Circle
N. A. Merriau
Greene
Mr. Merriau
F. 5. Merriau
John B. Geertsen
A. B. Chase
Vose
Kurtzmann
Kimball
R. S. Howard CO
Wrsons
Iowa
Southern
Wichita
Chas. de Vore
Kan
Union Pacific
Colorado
Wyoming
Tah
Ruble
Union Pacific R. R
Seventeenth Street
Coto
Kingsley Ave
Bayard Street
Fowler
South Street
Oxfords
Misses’ Oand
First Nat’s Bank Bldg
Forger
Peas Bank
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