La Porte City weighs station reuse for school and library
La Porte City group discussions consider converting the old Waterloo Cedar Falls Northern station building for civic uses including a science hall or library space to relieve school crowding. Mayor F W Kober called the meeting and leaders plan a follow up. McNamara becomes vicar general for Des Moines diocese after Noonan's passing. The piece notes the powerful yet timid American mountain man.
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la Porte City
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Two Couples Wed at Waverly Services in March
Miss Ida M. Mueller and Paul F. Schrage were married March 7 at St. Paul’s Lutheran church Waverly. Rev. E H Rausch officiated with Miss Augusta Schrage and William Mueller as attendants. The bride, daughter of Gottlieb and Mrs Mueller, taught in Bremer and Butler counties before marriage. The groom, son of August and Mrs Schrage, plans to farm near Nashua. The Kratchmar Peters couple, Helen Ida Peters and John Kratchmar, wed March 8 at Evangelical Fence church with Rev. R W Fisher, followed by a relatives-only reception. They will live on a farm west of Shell Rock.
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Waverly
Ida M. Mueller
Paul FP. Schrage
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
E. H. Rausch
Augusta Schrage
William Mueller
Gottlieb Mueller
Waverly High School
Bremer
Butler
August Schrage
Nashua
One Cent a Day Brings $100 a Month
Insurance ad from Kansas City promotes a policy at one cent daily with $100 monthly benefits for 12 months or $1,200 to $1,800 at death. Premiums total $3.63 yearly. Open to 100,000 policies. no medical exam. no money sent for 10 day free inspection. Send details to National Protective Insurance Association.
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Kansas City
National Protective Insurance Association
Searritt Bldg
Shell Rock Girl's Natal Anniversary Observed
In Shell Rock Iowa on March 13 Mrs Charles Hickle hosted dinner for twelve little girls celebrating granddaughter Ruth Hickle turning ten. The Baptist Aid society meets March 25 at Mrs Ed Ross home with assistants Mrs William Witt and Mrs Mary Spear. A shower was held for Mrs Alicia De Witt Meman following her March 3 marriage. A new boiler is installed at Shell Rock creamery and the W F M S invited to attend a Waverly society meeting.
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Courier
Shell Rock
Charles Hickle
Ruth Hickle
Baptist Aid Society
Ed Ross
William Witt
Mary Spear
Alicia de Witt Meman
Shell Rock Creamery
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
M. E. Church
Waverly Society
Miss Lorena Richards Appointed Practice Teacher
Miss Lorena Richards who attends Teachers College this year has been appointed practice teacher at Sloane Wallace school in Waterloo. She started work today on a 12 week assignment during a luncheon at 1 p.m. with a program following.
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Lorena Richards
Teachers College
Sloane Wallace School
Waterloo
Gas Now Best Ever at Ys Men’s Club Meeting
A. F. Wilson of Mid-Continent Oil told Y's Men’s Club at the YMCA that gasoline is now the best in oil history. He noted refineries run test fleets to demonstrate products and chemists continually test and tabulate results.
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Wilson
Mid-Continent Oil Company
Y's Men's Club
Frank Polk Dies in Minneapolis at 52
Frank H. Polk 52 city editor of the Waterloo Evening Corner in 1920 21 died in a Minneapolis hospital Friday of pneumonia. He had worked on the Minnesota Journal news staff and earlier on the Des Moines Register. A Cedar Falls native, he lived in Minnesota, served in world war with Canadian and Minnesota troops, and is survived by his mother and sister. Burial was at Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis. Three fourths of the states have a requirement for physical training in public schools.
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Frank H. Polk
Waterloo Evening Corner
Minneapolis
Minn
Pseumonia
Minnespolis Journal
Mr. Polk
Cedar Falls
Minnesota
University of Minnesota Law School
Des Moines Register
Waterloo
America
Allenby
Jerusalem
A.B. Polk
Brainerd
Grace Polk
Alda R. Clark
Black Hawk County
Nellie
Hayes
Baltimore Street
Lakewood Cemetery
Lux Toilet Soap Promises Studio Skin for Hollywood Stars
A promotional piece notes that top screen icons rely on Lux Toilet Soap for smooth skin and flawless close-ups. It claims nine of ten stars use Lux and that studios designate it as official soap in dressing rooms, praising the French method and fragrance. Lever Bros. Co. Cambridge Massachusetts endorses it.
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Hollywood
France
Lux Toilet Soap
Lever Bros. Co
Cambridge
Mass
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First National
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Clara Bow
Paramount
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Herbert Brenon
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Fox
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Anna Q. Nilson
Renée Adorée
Corinne Grifith
Firs National
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Universal
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M-G. Me
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Aner Gaynor
Louise Brooks
Phellis Haver
Pathé de Mille
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Merna Kennedy
Chaplin United
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Lillian Rich
Independent
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Myrna Loy
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Far Wray
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Ruth Lee Taylor
Betty Branson
Jacqueline Logan
Pathe de Mille
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Betty Compson
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Warner Bros
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