Chautauqua Prizes Highlight Rural County Event
Marlo Cunningham of Orange township won first prize of 10 dollars for Snakes the Soldier in a Chautauqua contest at Black Hawk county. Jessie Nickerson and Amy Madson took second and third with Aunt Sophronia Tabor at the Opera and Brier Rose. The program featured a chorus, kindergartens, and plans for a farmers day as part of future Chautauqua sessions.
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Marlo Cunningham
Orange Township
Black Hawk County
Yeaerday
Chautauqua Coliseum
Jessie Nickerson
Fox Township
Sophronia Tabor
Amy Madson
Waterloo Township
Foullowing
Nicholas Albus
F Poyner
Coletta Kiscoll
Cedar and
Eagle
Leo Dunbar
Mount Vernon
Ora Hickox
Lester
Laura Jensen
Lincoln
Jona Kitter
P. EB. Ritz
Chautauqua Association
Becker
Peter Blough
Mr. Tannreuther
W. A. Wright
Ruth Pishh
W. L. Dorgan
P. E. Ritz
Thin Critioa
F.C. Sage
Ben Everall
Carl Heresey
Cedar Falls
Gordon Rath
Arthur King
Marble Rock social round of visits and a drowning accident
Marble Rock June 29 local notes detail visits by Mrs Charles Bowman to Waterloo and others to Greene, Delhi, and Rockford, plus a serious swimming accident near Shell Rock. Edward Ewalil sank while crossing the river. his brother and others pulled him to shore and a doctor attended. Mrs Everett Lamb injured by barbed wire in an auto accident. nine stitches.
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Marble Rock
Charles Bowman
Waterloo
Randolph Allen
Bert
Charles Williams
Greene
William Wasson
Hazel
Peoria
Jewett Haynes Homie
Hrma Lusk
Delhi
P. P. Armour
Philadelphia
Hart Kane
J. P. Miller
Ilinnie
Nehr
S. H. Miller
Paw Paw
J. S. McNinch
Rockford
Joseph McNinch
Jay Smith
Mamie Randall
Garner
Asa Weal
Jand Baby
Wood
Carrien Hubbard
Joseph Evans
Charles Lee
Jinn Grove
R. T. Reese
Edward
John Ewalil
Shell Rock
Glen Sharp
Hampton
Christ Leidler
Verle
Everett Lamb
Clifton Spurs
Iowa General Laws Take Effect on July Fourth
Iowa lawmakers enact broad measures effective July 4 including the general highway bill reorganizing the highway department and county inputs. A free employment bureau and absent voters by mail rise, with health, education, and jail reforms expanding state oversight and fiscal controls across counties and cities.
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Free Employment Bureau
State budget reforms and public service measures enacted
Adoption of the budget system in state affairs is approved. Railroads and express companies become liable for shipments until the consignee has reasonable time to remove goods after notice. Some school districts may purchase ground. A “park life” concept appears in summer schools for youth. Library trustees reduced from nine to six in cities and towns. Main bills of general interest take effect now.
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Ita
State Highway Commission
Boards of Supervisors
Iowa
State University Hospital
Iowa City
Board of Control
Women’s Reformatory
Aiso Greater Seave
Lisble
Consignee
Queen Victoria of Sweden Honored in Berlin Visit
Queen Victoria of Sweden, returning from Baden, stayed in Berlin for a day. The German empress and royal family gave her conspicuous attention while Berlin greeted her with a large ovation from about a thousand students. The queen joined in the singing of a hymn as part of the welcome.
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Berlin
Victoria
Sweden
Baden
Karlsruhe
Germany Inspired Torchlight March Sparks Global Sympathy
Reported line shows a speaker declaring sympathy with Germany during a torchlight procession and instructing that message be announced worldwide. The fragment conveys nationalist sentiment and international reaction in a historical context.
Prohibition Cuts West Virginia Arrests in Half
Charleston report shows enforcement of venom case laws cut arrests in 35 towns and cities by about 50 percent. Fiscal year 1914 saw 14,000 arrests with roughly half for intoxication. 1915, the first under prohibition, reported 6,986 arrests with about 2,300 linked to liquor traffic.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Department of Prohibition
Catholic Schools Value Praised in St. Paul Speech
In St. Paul Minnesota on June 30 a report notes the value of Catholic schools for the community. The article highlights benefits to youth, families, and local parishes as advocates push ongoing support and funding discussions.
Catholic Youth Education Emphasized at St Paul Congress
Archbishop John Ireland urged strong youth education in his address to delegates at the first general session of the Catholic Educational Association during the 12th convention. The day opened with pontifical high mass by Bishop James McGorrich of Duluth, followed by meetings of college, seminary and parish school groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ireland
St. Paul
Catholic Educational Association
James McGorrich
Duluth
Weigert Series No 8 on Chiropractic Drugless Healing
The series argues for chiropractic drugless healing as a modern information drive. It notes chronic ailments like headache backache neuralgia rheumatism lumbago neuritis asthma constipation epilepsy and argues medicines seldom cure them, urging readers to await Series No 9 and a heart health focus.
Blue Blazes Burner Promises Pure Hydro Carbon Gas
An inventor introduces a patented burner that yields heat without odor or smoke from coal oil, claims 30 to 40 percent savings versus coal or wood, and costs about 1 cent per hour. Demonstrations run daily at Lyric Theatre Building West Fourth Street with state sales managers recruiting agents for a nationwide business opportunity.
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Lyric ‘Theatre
West Fourth Street
Advertit
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Donald Fer
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Jack Leonard
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NOP
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General Assembly
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