Happy Go Lucky club hosts evening of games and mischief
Miss Vera and Nellie Campbell hosted the Happy Go Lucky club on Vermont street with green and white decor, piano selections by Myrtle Cook and Hilda Moreland, a vacation theme booklet craft, and a gypsy fortune teller. A two course tray repast closed the gathering and a next meeting is planned at Miss Myrtle Cook’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Happy GO Lucky Club
Miss Vera
Nellie Campbell
Vermont Street
Myrtle Cook
Hilda Moreland
A. C. Ferguson
Third Avenue
West
Patton Rejoins Boosters Ahead of Rock Island Return
Harry Patton, who joined the Boosters last spring and once pitched winning ball, will rejoin the squad under Manager Boyle at Rock Island next Tuesday. He explains a rules lapse led to his release, says he learned his lesson, and is willing to meet any condition for another Waterloo try. Patton notes his six straight wins last year and hopes to win more now that fans welcome his comeback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Patton
Boosters
Boyle
Rock Island
Patton
Waterloo
Mr. Patton
Electrical Strike Not Yet Settled Ends Pending Talks
A report circulating yesterday claimed the electrical workers strike against the Corn Ball Telephone Company was settled, but union officials deny it. Company managers plan to present a proposal to the strikers on Monday morning. if accepted, workers will return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corn Ball Telephone Company
Telephone Company
Heat in Chicago Kills Four People
An oppressively hot day in Chicago left four people dead and many prostrations. The city sweltered with temperatures in the nineties and set a June heat record, with 94 degrees recorded at 11 a.m. on June 22, the hottest since 1994. Prostrations increased hour by hour as the heat persisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Double shooting ends week s spree in Chicago
John W. Carlin proprietor of a nation store at 1049 Grand avenue shot his wife Louise twice in the deck and then killed himself with a forehead shot. Both were seriously injured. Carlin had beaten her after a drunken spree that began Monday. He had warned of getting a gun before returning Thursday night and opening fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John W. Carlin
Nation
Grand Avenue
Louise
Carlin
Fanesville Man Gets Better Half
Cedar Falls Iowa June 24 Dr J B Snowden performed a quiet ceremony making F A Corwin of Janesville and Evitia Jorden of Winslow husband and wife They left for Fayette Iowa to visit relatives A baby was born to BE Swank and wife at 503 Independence Ave Waterton mother Julia Plumb former music teacher wedding note included
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
J. B. Snowden
F. A. Corwin
Janesville
Evitia Jorden
Winslow
Fayette
City Council approves 5 percent business district property raise
A Waterloo council as board of equalization raised business district property valuations by 5 percent. The measure affects portions of East Park Avenue, East Fourth Street, West Park Avenue, and nearby streets in East and West Waterloo. A July 11 hearing will allow affected owners to explain objections, with exemptions for the courthouse Masone temple and Odd Fellows building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Equalization
East Waterloo
East Park Avenue
Sycamore
East Fourth Street
Mulberry Street
East Sixth Street
Water Street
East Sixth Streets
Lafayette Street
Sycamore Street
East Third
Masone Temple
Odd Fellows
West Waterloo
West Park Avenue
Bluff Street
Bridge Street
Fourth Street
Commercial Street
Fifth Street
Jefferson Street
George Moody to Sing at Y M C A Men’s Meeting
George Moody evangelist, teamed with Oscar Lowry of Cedar Falls, will sing at the Y M C A men’s meeting tomorrow at 4 pm. Rev C R Lowe will speak on Christianity an Exact Science. Meetings move to park venues starting in July. Personal Workers League held a shop meeting at Illinois Central shops with testimonies and Mrs St Elmo Bateman singing, five weekly sessions drawing interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Moody
Oscar Lowry
Cedar Falls
C. R. Lowe
Personal Workers’ League
Illinois Central
St. Elmo Bateman
Reward Offered For Missing Bay Gelding In Cedar Rapids
Sheriff Shoren reports a Cedar Rapids police card describing a valuable bay gelding that is missing or stolen. The horse has a white forehead stripe, left hind foot white, a trimmed foretop, a short, full arched neck, weighs about 1100 pounds and is seven years old. A general reward is offered for recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoren
Carl
Cedar Rapids
Death toll rises as Waterloo families mourn
Mrs. Martin Grady of Waterloo dies at home after eight years of illness. Born Lydia Martin Grady in Somerset county Pa on November 14 1838 she moved with her husband to Waterloo in 1865 where they raised ten children four of whom survive. Funeral at Elmwood Cemetery. Mrs Kern summoned dies after Brights disease at Presbyterian Hospital born Charlotta Green May 8 1859 in Omro Wisconsin. Survived by husband Nicholas Kern six children and three brothers. Funeral Sunday at 2 p m from 827 Fourth street west with burial at Elmwood. Miss Nellie Genevieve Ayers daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Ayers dies of tuberculosis at 20 after four months illness. Born January 3 1892 in Gratiot Wisconsin she moved to Waterloo three years ago and worked at Paul Davis Dry Goods. Survived by parents three sisters and two brothers. Funeral in Gratiot with Catholic rites. Infant dies at two days old of unknown cause. burial at Elmwood. Funeral of Mrs EB J Waddell at 11 Mulberry Street Sunday at 2 with Rev C H Purmert and Dr H W Reherd to officiate.
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Martin Grady
Waterloo
Sixth Street West
Grady
Somerset County
Lydia Martin Grady
Orange Township
E. M
Elizabeth
Jessie Louise
J. B. Lichty
Tracy, Minn
J. H. Hodgson
Booneville, Ark
C. G. Weiss
Eugene, Ore
J. H. Hershiser
O’neill
Neb
P. J. Lint
Noah Lint
Sand Patch
Elias Lint
Preston
Minn
J. K. Joder
J. B. Liehty
German Reformed Church
Elmwood Cemetery
Mrs. Kern
Bright
Nicholas Kern
Presbyterian Hospital
Kistner
Kern
Charlotta Green
Omro
Wis
Cedar Falls
L. H. Coryell
Merritt Green
Frank Green
Fred Green
South Dakota
Christian Science Faith
Fourth Street
Elaiirood
Nellie Genevieve Ayers
Thomas F. Ayers
Seventh Street East
Gratiot
Paul Davis Dry Goods Company
George Ackerman
Frank Glaser
Stockton
Ill
Raymond
Bernice
James
Ed. Brannan
Nina Troy
Freeport
Miss Troy
Chicago
Miss Ayers
St. Joseph’s Parish
Tiilinois Central
Father Crook
Shellsburg
Father Macinty
Brother
EB. J. Waddell
Mulberry Street
C. H. Purmert
Des Moines
H. W. Reherd
First Presbyterian Church
Indictment Returned Against 14 Lumber Secretaries
Chicago June 24 Indictments charging fourteen secretaries of lumber associations with conspiracy in restraint of trade were returned by the grand jury before Judge Landis. The action targets the lumber secretaries bureau of information in Chicago and represents 2,900 retail lumber concerns across the midwest northwest southwest and Pacific coast. Elwood G. Godmar said not all firms could be indicted, so charges focus on their representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Federal
K. M. Landis
United States District Court
United States
Lumber Secretaries Bureau of Information
Middle West
Northwest
Southwest
Pacific Coast
Elwood G. Godmar
Desertion charge against 16 year marriage in Des Moines
Des Moines reports Earl Forsythe 206 years old is charged with desertion by his wife of 16 years, wife says neglect and lack of support. Forsythe pleads not guilty. trial set for next week. Also notes Edythe Kubichek leaving Waterloo for Fairbury then Horton and back to St Paul for vocal studies.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Earl Forsythe
Allen Street
van Liew
Forsythe
Edythe Kubichek
Floy Walker
Waterloo
Fairbury
Neb
Frank
Fake prize fight and Madge trial in Suburban Island
Davenport June 24. Before 1000 Tri-City businessmen the Tri-City Press club staged a fake prize fight at Suburban Island between a 135 pound white prospect and a 215 pound opponent Jack Duncan. Referee Charles P Skinner millionaire plow manufacturer ex mayor Moline was arrested after ruling the white man winner and later found not guilty by a hastily assembled mock court and jury.
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Davenport
Tri-Cities
Tri-City Press Club
Suburban Island
Jack Duncan
Charles P. Skinner
Moline
Lewis Eckhart
Scott County
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Alyea
Mildred
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Virginia van Metre
Rector
Miss Dixon
Annie Cox
Cortlandt Street
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Dubuque
T. W. Place
Harold Alleman
Omaha
Natalie Cox
Salina
Kan
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Frank P. Keane
C. E. McCarty
Ngme
Washington
D. C. Huntoon
5. Johnson
Purtell
Fred W. Powers
John £. Williams
Third Avenue West
Waterloo Conservatory of Music
Florence Lichty
Ella May Moore
Verna Hallowell
Marguerite Waters
Margery Bown
Barbara Campbell
Irene Rohde
Irene Knapp
Esther Nus
Grace McKean
Georgia Lauritzen
Mesdames Josephine Shimer
F. C. Liffring
H. B. Stuart
F. A. Clark
Wes Fremont Street
Ladies of the Industrial Society of the First Congregational Church
Willard Hall
Chautauqua Park
8. E. Perkins
L. L. Brooks
Lucy Goodrich
Park Road
Viola Johnson
C. H. Gilliam
Second Street East
C. A. Gilliam
F. E. McStay
P. J. Rechtfertig
Almond Street
Vincent Rechtfertig
P. J. Sheehan
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First Baptist Church
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Esther Knittle
Hazel Bond
Margretta Bender
Hazel
Gretchen Green
Benjamin 2
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Dane Street
K. of C. Hall
Mildred Nelson
Alta Lyle
George Sterling
C. O. Nelson
Laura Nelson
Hilda Sandoe
Weprding
John B. Adams
Fredda Miller
Charles D. Berry
Raniall Street
Fanesville
BE. Swank
Independence Avenue, Waterton
Julia Plumb
Council
DEATH
Wellie Ayers
Harry O. Barton
Fowler Street
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Highland
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