Wom en s Press and Authors club banquet in Des Moines
The twelfth annual banquet of the Women s Press and Authors club of Des Moines was held Monday evening at Chamberlain. Mrs J W Richards and Mrs D N Hurd attended guests. Mrs Ella Hamiltonley, a Des Moines writer and former East Waterloo high school teacher, gave a magazine style toast program spoofing the Ladies Home Journal. Randall Parrish spoke on Some Confessions of a Professional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Press and Authors’ Club
Moines
Chamberlain
J. W. Richards
D. N. Hurd
Edward Ky
Ella Hamilton Yley
Des Moines
East Waterloo
Gentlemen's Home Companion
W. W. McFarlane
Walnut Street
A. W. McFarlane
May Harrison
Carrie McFarlane
Nina Hostetler
Charles F. Fish
EH. E. Peek
F. C. Sage
W. H. Bruwn
H. J. Eickelberg
Independence Avenue
The
Evangelical Church
Jeanette Wolfman
Waterloo
Waterloo Merchant Prince in Saturday Evening Courier
If he does business in Waterloo he is a merchant prince, watch him in the west Saturday's Evening Courier the taser fashion and spirit number of this paper
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
West
Tila Piper
Monterey Mission of Praise for Hanna Benevolence
The Monterey Mexico paper lauds Phillip C Hanna former Waterloo boy and U S consul general for feeding and housing hundreds after the 1909 flood. A formal city vote of thanks is cited from January 24 1910 and a funeral is noted for Mrs C A Howe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monterey
Mexico
Courier
Phillip C. Hanna
Waterloo
United States
Society of the
Lic
B. Ramirez Anguiano
Hanna
Liberty and Constitution
Defonso Zambrano
ER. Villarreal
Philip C. Hanna
United States of America
Sunbeam Chorus Toing Tonight At Walnut Street
Large Walnut Street Baptist congregation heard a sermon on What Does Christ Tell Us of Heaven with three points Heaven a definite place Heaven a condition of life and preparation now. The Sunbeam Chorus will sing tonight and Mr Beeman will discuss Can Christ Make Every Life Happy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Lermon
Christ
Beeman
Bethlehem
Father
Jesus
Heaven
Earth
Paradise
Sunbeam Chorus
Local club and fraternal notices from Thursday meetings
Announcements for the Philotes club and Linden Chanel Ladies Circle set Thursday meetings at private homes. A social for A M B A members at Seash hall is planned. Robt. Anderson Post G A R holds a Friday meeting on March 11. W R C joins funeral attendance. K O T M and A O U W hold Thursday sessions with an initiation class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Hollar
Lafayette Street
Robt. Anderson Post
Post Room
Clarksville Social and Personal News Summary
March 8 brief notes from Clarksville report Rev. Ross attending the state temperance convention in Des Moines. Local residents H W Kitchen bought a piano, Will Spencer visited family, Editor H L Camp and wife visited relatives in Greene, and Will Carr’s family returned to Gary South Dakota after a three week visit. Several others, including Mrs. Phillips in Greene, Mrs. McCowan of Cedar Falls, Mr. and Mrs. Brockman and Paul Graham visiting Waverly, plus trips to Waterloo and California for various duties and visits. Families connected to the Rambo death, Mrs. Gross and Albert Evans, returned to Knoxville Alabama. Mrs. Ross Enion returned from Cedar Falls with kin. Hunt left for Comstock Missouri, and John Gabby moved toward Grand Meadows Minnesota with goods for a farm purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksville
Ross
Des Moines
H. W. Kitchen
Will Spencer
Waverly
H. Camp
Greene
Will Carr
Afonday
Gary
S. D
I. G. Phillips
Wil Buchholz
George McCowan
Cedar Fails
Bessie Trotter
Martin Brockman
Paul Graham
Brockman
Otto Busching
Ralph Gilbert
Waterloo
John Nickle
California
Gross
Albert Evans
Rambo
Knoxville
Ross Enion
Cedar Falls
Writley
Hunt
Comstock
John Gabby
Grand Meadows
Minn
Waterloo Dentist Demonstrates At Dental Clinic
Dr. C W Robertson a young Waterloo dentist demonstrated at the annual clinic of the Waterloo District Dental Society held at the college. Twenty five attended the semi annual meeting and clinic yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Robertson
Waterloo
Town City
Robertson
Dental College of the University
Waterloo District Dental Society
Landslide halts railway traffic near Fraser
Boone March 9 Three hundred feet of hillside above Fraser slid onto the Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern tracks last night, destroying track and delaying trains. Repair crews rush work while planks span the gap to move passengers both ways. A Connelly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone
Evening Press
Fraser
Fort Dodge
Des Moines
Taft nominates new customs court for appeals
President Taft sent to the Senate nominations for the new customs court of appeals. Chief Justice Robert H. Montgomery of Michigan’s Supreme Court is named presiding judge. Associate judges include William H. Hunt of Montana James A. Smith of Montana Marion Deveries of California and Lee A. Connelly for carriage potrit ing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Allich
Taft
Senate
Custom's Court of Appeals
Robert H. Montgomery
Supreme Court of Michigan
William H. Hunt
Montana
James A. Smith
Mont
Marlon Deveries
California
Merchant Prince Seen in Waterloo Trade Plot
A cryptic notice hints at a local merchant prince conducting business in Waterloo with a forthcoming feature titled the Saturday Evening Courier, the Weather Washington and Spring edition slated for release, inviting attention to his or her next moves.
Local notices mix with illnesses and events in Butler county
The week brings visits and illness updates from Shell Rock to Cedar Falls. Mrs. Wishar mourns a cousin’s death. Ramona Graham misses teaching due to sickness. The high school baseball team earned $40 at a basket social. Numerous neighbors travel, recover, or suffer mishaps as weather improves. A temperance lecture and mass meeting are announced. The article ends with a provocative joke about a dancer enacting a sensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. I. Witt
Shell Rock
Wishar
Sheffield
Neice
Lucy Sheever
Ray Skinner
Waterloo
M. L. Clark
Alma Hunter
Cedar Fats
Bessie Trotter
Tom Walsh
Greene
Carl Sharps
Ramona Graham
Chas. Thompson
Shell Ok
Ducksbury
Caledonia
Kocher
Oneil
Neb
Addison
Frank Carter
Monroe
C. J. Hall
Los Angeles
Cal
M. E
John Leeper
Mahala
Hester Smith
Cedar Falls
Iowa City
Luther
Leo Leeper
Yous
Waterloo's First District Judge Pratt Estate Reveals Historical Coffin Cost
An 1854 will shows coffin cost of ten dollars for Jonathan R. Pratt, Waterloo’s first district judge. Executors Gray, Virden, Morrell Gray, and George B. Pratt filed schedules listing five thousand two hundred fifty four dollars in personal property and about one hundred lots in central Waterloo. Pratt owned substantial city block holdings, including land around the First National Bank, valued today near a million dollars. Witnesses to the will are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Jonathan R. Pratt
Waterloo
Judge Pratt
First National Bank
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E. E. Manhard
Ts. H. B. Cropper
Tweny
Manhard
Highland
Bariven
Eo Unity Guild
Young Ladies of Unity Guild
Ie First M. ©. Church
Frank Cole
Randolph Street
Nellie Brewster
Presbyterian Hospital
Bulson
D. Merritt
Wenaetchee
Wash
Lydia Society
Berteh Avenue
A. Q. Tabor
F. W. Jenks
Calvary Brotherhood
Sisterhood
A. H. Crowther
Brotherhood
G. E. Pike
First Congregational Church
BE. H. Beale
Frank Doxey
Lane Street
GC. N. Bstraley
Jesup
Wilson
Doxey
W.L. Uingworth
Mary Hartong
Mrs. Moyer On
Lafay
Ette Strest
Plymouth Circle
Marshall Town
Marshalltown
A. J. Busby
City
A. B. Conaway
A. C. Conaway
E. R. Busby
Elizabeth
Dubuque
Conaway
Robert Lake
Second Street East
M. Towne
F. Hayes
Denver Street
J. A. Townsley
Texas
Helen Hayes
Cc. F. Brown
Brown Apartments
Harriet Cutler
Flora Girton
A. Armacost
A. H. Nagel
Webster Street
C. J. Sharp
Third Avenue West
Phil
Gener
Ous
C. A. Howe
Adams Street
Effie McCullom Jones
Universalist Church
Fairview Cemetery
Philotes Club
Seash Hall
Kistner Undertaking
Sister Culbertson
A. O. U. W. Hall
A Connelly
A. Connelly
NEW Customs Court
Lee A. Connelly
Cheney Brothers
Frank Cheever
Clark Carr
Cheever
Albert Jenny
Jack Shaw
Joe Burton
Ruben Ray
Harvey Benton
Floyd Benton
George Brown
Jennie Robins
Barton
Fairbank
Bessie Barton
Frank Hunt
J. R. Rambo
Jennings
Antioch Church
Church
Butler County
Lacey Hickman
Fred Jessip
Archie
Herbert Jacobs
Esther Shaw
J. W. Shaw
Betsey Waite
Fred Waite
Ackley
Joe Wamaley
Waseca, Minn
M. E. Church
Coffin
Wee Rich
Cali
Santa Fe
San Joaquin Valley
Arizona
Fred Harvey
Kansas City
San Francisco
Samuel Larimer
A. T. & F. Ry. Equitable Bldg
Nes Moines
Samuel L. May
Oscar E. Hardy
Citizens Gas and
E. R. Perkins Fighteen
Middle West
Hotel Logan
Laporte
Chestnut Street
James Gardiner Co
Iowa
Fifth & Jebfersos Sts
Burnside Addition
H. G. Parsons
Piano
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