Esther Snavely and Ira Wickert Wedding in Morris
Esther Snavely and Ira C. Wickert exchanged marriage vows Saturday evening at the Snavely home before about 30 guests. Rev. M. W. Emmert conducted the ceremony. The bride wore white canton crepe with a tulle veil, flowers forming her bouquet. The couple, graduates of Morris College, plan an auto trip to California and will reside there. Out-of-town guests included Mrs. Martin Wickert, Orley Chocklay, Mr. W. Harter and family, G. H. Wickert, Ames, and Miss Ny Bikenberry, Greene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Snavely
Miss. Lsther Snavely
Ira C. Wickert
Madison
Wis
M. W. Emmert
Juce
Gungy
Mattie Noler
Wickert
Morris College
Mt. Morris
Martin Wickert
Orley Chocklay
Astosia
Slr
Harter
G. H. Wickert
Ames
Miss Ny Bikenberry
Greene
Hale
Twenty-fifth Anniversary of Mr and Mrs White
The couple, Mr J A White and Mrs White, celebrated their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary in Waterloo with about 60 friends at their Fourth Street home. A lawn picnic, silver purse gift, and music were part of the evening. Nonresident guests attended from Webster City Eldora and Independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. AM. White
Fourth Street
Slean Tibbitts
Agnes Starr
C. BE. Bruce
Josephine Jennings
Rive Lundred
F. C. Jennison
Starr
C. E. Bruce
A. H. Wrench
Jarjorie Powers
Webster City
Hielen Dixon
Eldora
Cliford Frenz
Independence
Honget
Ross Conservatory Graduation Recital Planned at United Presbyterian Church
Twelve graduates from Ross Conservatory of Music will perform a graduation recital at United Presbyterian Church on Tuesday evening. Diplomas will be awarded by Rev. R. N. MacDonald after the program. Students, including Marion Sing Ross and Mildred Bright, will present selections in piano, voice, and elocution, and a reception for division officers of veterans' camp and auxiliary will follow in Memorial Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Conservatory of Music
United Presbyterian Church
R. N. MacDonald
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Marion Sing Ross
Bernice Berg
Lucille Webster
Lester Morgan
Anie Storm
Mildred Bright
Noie Schultz
Dorothy Holmes
Olan Palmer
Alice Bunyan
Heart
Genevieve Holman
Layonne
Sisgler
Thwading
Sandman
Cox
Alica Bunyan
Mendelssohn
Tldred Trighi
Anon
Mildred Ampht
Pinne
Annie Strom
Reading
Tiane
Wester Morgan
Moneymad
Anna Schultz
Sinding
Rosap Dalmer
Beerfeo Berg
Cupid
Cadillac
Liebstraum
Liszt
Etute
Chopins
Marian King Ross
Trial Mercham Anon
Miss Brinton to Lead Waterloo YWCA July First
Miss Florence L Brinton new general secretary of the Waterloo YWCA arrives Tuesday afternoon to begin duties July 1. She arrives from Hamilton after resigning a similar post at Stamt on Ohio April 20 and returns from Madison Wis where she toured with relatives. She leads the YWCA after the death of Amjee Pagundus last August and follows interim leadership by Mrs D P Gaylor and supervision by Lillian Rohweder and Mrs Tl A MacManus. Employed girls plan a camping party at W N Freskins cottage above Cedar Falls this weekend inviting Brinton Co be their guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence L. Brinton
Young Woman’s Christian Association
Waterloo
Stamaton
Hamilton
Brinton
Madison
Wis
Ing
Miss Brinton
Amjee Pagundus
Tl. A. MacManus
W._N. Freskins
Cedar Falls
Brininn Co
Nellie Brown Sinclair
Sinclair
Musicale Tea and Lawn Party For Organ Benefit
Social calendar highlight features a 2:26 pm musicale tea and lawn party at Mrs. W. i H. Bickley’s home hosted by the Woman's organization of First Congregational church. Funds go to the organ fund with Howard Burr chairing the finance committee. Dorothy Bike and Pauline Crook perform dances. West High Boys' orchestra and Mrs. Fred McClain contribute musical items. A local ensemble titled the symphony orchestra from the kitchen will present numbers. other acts include two violin solos by Robert Bickley and local theatre talent. Antiques and curios from around the world will be displayed. bake sale and refreshments planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. i H. Bickley
First Congregational Church
Nnance Committes
Howard Burr
Organ Fund
Grilsnelt
Dorony Bike
Pauline Crook
J. J. Ridenottr
J. EB. Bragdon
If. 1
Wheelock
J. O. Knox
Why Farmers Don’t Leave Home And A Woman’s Garden
A neighbor argues against a garden as husband opposes. The piece defends outdoor work for women, noting gardening can rest the spirit and aid health, and argues many prefer farming over factory labor. It questions urban excess and celebrates simple, meaningful toil with growing things.
Mrs Beachter to Speak to Church Missionary Society
Mrs. Beachter of South Bend Indiana and widow of a former First Brethren pastor will address the Women’s Missionary Society at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Mrs. Homer Chamberlain’s home. Reports from the denominations conference in session at Winona Lake will be given. New officers will be elected. Mrs Dan Lihty will preside in Mrs Li Bontrager’s absence. Rev Beachler and two daughters have been in town for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willian Beachter
South Bend
Ind
First Brethren Church
Women‘s Missionary Society
Homer Chamberlain
Beachler
Winona Lake
Li. A. Bontrager
Dan Liehty
Mary Louise
Lorena
Tank
Wartburg League Ends Convention With Picnic
The Wartburg League closes its thirteenth annual convention in Cedar Falls with an all day picnic at River View Park after an automobile tour of Waterloo and Cedar Falls. Delegates attended services at East High and heard addresses by Rev S J Altpater and Rev G B Melchert, with musical selections, reports, and a seminary graduate ordained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverview Park
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Federation of the Wartburg Leagues
Waterloo
East High
League
W.A. Siefkes
Clark
F. H. Moehlman
Louis Stolte
Cara Warner
Hattie Buettner
Synodical Committee
J. Bodensieck
Wartburg Seminary
Dubuque
Dundee
First Lutheran Church
G. B. Melchert
Dundes
East High Gymnasium
Cedar Falls Man Wins Big Pike Near Dam
Cedar Falls. June 29. Vhank Mowder, night clerk at Hotel Oxford, claimed the title of champion fisherman with a 6 12 pound pike, 30 inches long, taken from the Cedar River near the dam after a 15 minute battle around noon today. Mowder has fished daily since opening and this is his first big catch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Vhank Mowder
Oxford
Iran
Mander
Hampton Iowa Recount Sought After Census Dispute
The city of Hampton Iowa moves to appoint a new census enumerator and conduct a recount of the population. The action follows dissatisfaction with the official census report by city assessor F. D. Smith. An unofficial canvass by the Commercial Club put the population at 3101, versus 2717 in the official tally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton
F. D. Smith
Allice Smith
Commercial Club
Funeral Service for Mrs. Lars Frandsen
Cedar Falls news reports a funeral service for Mrs. Lars Frandsen to be held Wednesday at 2 p m at Cal gary Baptist church led by Rev J B Winding. Burial follows at Fairview. Mrs Frandsen, aged near 49, former president of the locality for 25 years, survives by her husband two daughters and three sons Anna Nellie Andrew William Louis all at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Calgary Baptist
J. DB. Winding
Lars Frandsen
Fairview
Frandsen
Anna
Nellie
Andrew
William
Louis
Illiteracy in America Urges Public School Action
Educators hear that 4 500,000 adults in the United States cannot read or write. Charles M. Herlihy urges more funding, calling illiteracy a serious handicap to citizenship and democracy. Speakers stress consolidation gains, scientific education, and better English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Indanapolis
Ind
Charles M. Herijshy
Massachusetts
Adult Education Department
National Education Association
Herlihy
Adentate
J. M. Gwinn
San Francisco
Clatre Bloodworth
Alabama Department of Education
Paul Dillingham
Falmouth
Mass
B. €. Gruenberg
American Association For Medical Progress
New York City
George BD
Peter
Wisconsin State Normal School
Tama Indians Put on Big Powwow for Paleface Throngs
A Tama Indian powwow drew several thousand spectators to a Black Hawk county grove near Hudson yesterday afternoon. Forty dancers in beaded costumes performed while locals managed crowd control and tents. The event, organized by a Marshalltown promoter, ran from 2 to 4 30 pm with about 40 Indians paid $3 daily, total receipts near $1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tama Indian Reservation
Black Hawk Creek
Sargeant
Hudson
Black Hawk ‘County
Black Hawk Township
Marshalltown
Victims of Bridge Collapse Reported to Be Recovering
Mr and Mrs Fred H Schram are recovering from injuries after a sidewalk section on the west end of Eleventh street bridge collapsed Friday evening. Mrs Schram has a fracture. Mr Schram a sprained back and broken ribs. Mrs Cecil Beard suffers shock with lacerations. Temporary bridge repairs are noted ahead of the July 6 council decision on permanent work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred H. Schram
Eleventh Street Bridge
Presbyterian Hopalind
Schram
Cecil Beard
Arenta West
Sti Ts
Waterloo City in Brief Highlights Local Guests and Events
Waterloo notes report Jake Goswiller visiting Nebraska friends and staying with his LaBarre relatives. The column lists residents visiting, traveling, and a few incidents including an explosion at M Burch residence, plus local officials attending Lions convention and guardsmen at Des Moines. It also notes illness and hospital moves, a bicycle collision, and a Big Woods veteran bedridden.
End of Cool Temperatures With Warmer Weather Ahead
The state weather bureau reports a temporary end to cool conditions with warmer weather tonight and Tuesday. Fair conditions are expected to continue for a few days. Readings included 6:30 PM at 74 and a record cold June night with a low around 42. Weekend highs reached 79 Saturday 72 Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Bureau
Toca
Weather Bureau
Rev Chisholm Improves After Appendectomy at Presbyterian
Reports from Presbyterian Hospital say Rev. W. C. Chisholm pastor of United Presbyterian Church underwent an appendectomy Thursday morning for appendicitis. Condition is favorable and no visitors are allowed yet. He was seized suddenly Wednesday evening and doctors warned delay could have caused rupture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Hospital
W. C. Chisholm
United Presbyterian
United Presbyterian Church
County Attorney targets barn dances with licensing drive
County Attorney William A. Cook announced a city and county crackdown on barn and other dances outside cities. He said seven or eight locales in the county will be prosecuted if not licensed by July 1. He warned about bootlegging and drunken driving, calling for licenses, supervised premises, and Sunday or after 1 a.m. limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Cook
Cook
Lhat Lun
Five Motorists Arrested on Intoxication Charges
Police on the Grait highway intercepted a car carrying a drunken crowd of men. At Independence Avenue the five occupants were arrested and jailed after a chase with a police pilot. W. M. Payell of Tripoli was fined $100 and costs, paid $50 to suspend the remainder. Huzh-Hicok Guy Leon and Donald Parsons of Waterloo paid $8.50 and costs. Parsons brothers arranged payment and were released. Hicok jailed. Martin Cook, found asleep in his car on Mobile street, paid $10 for a room and costs for intoxication. Frank Johnson, listed as Dubuque, fined $10 for intoxication at 3:30. James Fivecoats fined $15 and John Howard fined $15 for intoxication after a Cedar Falls highway crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grait
Independence Avenue
W. M. Payell
Tripoli
Huzh — Hicok
Guy
Leon
Donald Parsons
Waterloo
Cre
Parsons Brothers
Hicok
Martin Cook
Mobile Street
Frank Johnson
Dubuque
State Division of Municipal
James Fivecoats
Roy Armstrong
Cedar Falls
Jobn Howard
La Porte Woman to Wed Owa Falls Man in July
Mrs. Margaret Abbott of La Porte and Frederick IF Hall of Paris will wed July 16 at Glass Lake in a ceremony likely attended by over 400 guests in the yard of Stearist Militant. The Rev. and Rebekah circles note Mrs. Abbott as a honoree in the decoration of chiv, with canton members in full uniform to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Porte City
Margaret Abbott
Frederick IF. Hall
Paris
Glsar Lake
Pasteiareis
Rebekah
Canton
Ehiv
Alvy
Rebekah Lodge
Abbott
Firecracker Sales Case Heads to Police Court
Shenandoah
Expressive Hands and Beauty Standards in Wartime Advice
The article advises women to cultivate expressive hands through use and polish, noting war knitters as an example of grace. It contrasts idealized but fragile hands with practical care, urging restraint in fidgeting and recommending purposeful, graceful hand use during conversation and social events. It also touches on hair bleaching remedies and cautions about overdoing depilatories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Picurer
Lawn City Man Dies in Sunday Auto Trip
Hans P. Rasmussen, born in Denmark on August 6, 1856, died Sunday afternoon while driving with his daughter Helga near Denver. He had resigned as engineer at Teachers College in January after about six months of ill health. Survived by two sons, Albert and Emil, of La Crosse, Wis, and his daughters. A Mr. Johnson of Decorah aided in transferring the body to Cedar Falls. The Rasmussen family are on a motor tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Pals
Hans P. Rasmussen
Helga
Denver
Mr. Johnson
Decorah
Waterloo
Miss Rasmussen
Ceddar Falls
Rasmussen
Teachers College
Denmark
Mr. Rasmussen
Cedar Falls
Albert
Emil
la Crosse
Wis
Plans Delayed for Puneras Arrival After Communication Lapse
A communication delay postponed plans for the Puneras as the party awaited arrival. Mrs. Rasmussen died several days earlier, affecting the schedule and prompting notices to relatives and local authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rasmussen
Three Men Die in Mine Dynamite Explosion at Edwards
Three men were killed in a dynamite explosion at midnight on the 1,500 foot level of the mines of the New Jersey Zinc company at Edwards in St. Lawrence County New York. The incident occurred near Woatertown on June 29 with immediate reports of the fatalities and ongoing investigations by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woatertown
XN. Y
New Jersey Zinc Company
Edwards
St. Lawrence County
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Esther Snavely _ and
I. C. Wickert
Ross
Y. W. Head
Veterans
G. A. R. Comrades
Daughters of Veterans
Memorial Hall
Byrnes Park
Royal Neighbors
Gannon Camp
Lodge No. 5
Moose Ball
Star-Rebeckahs
G. O. Shupe
Wartburg League
Lince
United States
Washington
Achanan
Jake Goswiller
Greiting Friends
Nebraska
G. E. LaBarre
Winonsa
Mino
J. N. LaBarre
Grant Avenue
Sarah Bell
Dewar
St. Francis Hospital
Edna L. Bell
Randolph Street
Ti. W. Howe
Raymond
Harry Taylor
Portsmouth
W. W. Marsh
Iie
Ohio
Laura Hagerman
Spling
Columbia School of Music
Chicago
Jess Thompson
J. E. Thompson
Pranklin Street
George Faulkner
G. J. Fessler
Europe
Switzerland
M. &. Burch
Lindale Avenue
Burch
J. W. Weatherwax
Edward Pines
Vine Street
H. L. Crowell
Charles City
A. B. Goagy
Harry M. Reed
Cedar Point
Waterloo’ Club
Fred Holler
Rield Street
A. R. Mead
Palmsy Avenue
Polica
G. W. Apfel
Dorothy
Long Beach
Gal
Shell Hock
Helen Moore
C. A. Sproul
Portland
Ore
Oelwein
Sproul
W. HH. Marquis
Big Woods
Black Hawk County
John
Kingsley Avenue
F. L. Marquis
Minnesota
Hector
Minnéapolis
Jane Marquis
Faribault
Clyfe Davis
Fred G. Clark
Ralph Denny
Otto Kaberle
Lloyd Shepherd
National Guards
Fort Des Moines
Iowa Guard
Sidney Gratton
Wuron
Mr. Gratton
George
Afta County
W. A. Cook
Shenandoah
Thaner
Bauer
E. L
Lawn City
Waterloo Evening Courier
Tdsses
Ae Patterns
Fashion Department
Evening Courier
Spring & Sunmer
Book OF Fashions
Nemeity
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