National Meeting of Suffragists at St Louis Mar 22 29
Notice of a conference in St Louis Missouri from March 22 to 29 by the National American Woman Suffrage Association and state suffrage groups to celebrate fifty years of women gaining the vote. Includes preparatory events, March 27 sessions with Mrs Raymond Robins, and a large public meeting. Iowa delegates report disappointment over primary suffrage defeat in the legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo Maual Suffrage Association
National American Woman Suffrage Association
St. Louis
U. S
Hotel Statler
Raymond Robins
Iowa
Engagement of Miss Lumry and Ralph Walker
Announcement of the engagement of Misa Lorena Lumry daughter of Mr and Mrs Lumry to Ralph Walker son of Mr and Mrs Walker of Jesup Ia. The wedding is set for March 29 and a series of engagement parties will be held next week with details of hostesses and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Lumry
Ralph _ Walker
Misa Lorena Lumry
Ww. Rumry
Second Street West
Alph Walker
W.P. Walker
Jesup
Lumry
Margaret Addington
W. W., Beal
Westminster Presbyterian Church
W. H. Howrey
H. G. Norther
W. A. Dodd
Miss Faumry
Community Clubs, Weddings, and Notes From Waterloo Area
Mrs. Paul Benter hosted xl W club at her home while D Mo club gathered with Mrs Zelhtoefer and Mrs A D Hayes. afternoon included music and contests. A Whittier school district Parent-Teacher Association meeting featured talks by S M Wallace Louise Campbell Ruth Updegraft and others. Anna M Zimmerman and Ward Chase announced marriage in Detroit. couple to reside in Cleveland. Lincoln Circle initiates twelve. picnic and sewing for refugees planned. John Genaidt birthday surprise featured music and family roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Benter
Xl . W. Club
D. Mo
Vf Zelhtoefer
A. D. Hayes
Whittier
George B.worthen
Wolman’s Club
Ruth Updegraft
S. M. Wallace
West High
Louise “H. ‘Campbell
Ames
Updegraf
J. O. Berggren
Charles Davis
Updegraft
George .,Pike
G. Waterbury
Edna Be Lang
Chase Zimmerman
Detroit, Mich
Cleveland
J. Chase
John Genaidt
Letters from Waterloo Girls in Overseas Canteen Service
Miss Weller and Miss MacEachron chronicling their overseas canteen service in France and England. From Waterloo to Liverpool and Paris they describe arrivals, billets, meetings with American soldiers, and tours of Versailles and Rouen with vivid impressions of stores, churches, and war’s impact on civilians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Vernona Weller
Harriett MacEachron
France
MacKachron
Paris
England
Miss Weller
U. S
Charles Rawson
Des Moines
Anil
Keen
United States
Liverpool
London
Canteco
Signal Corps
Brest
Tania
Guynemer
Harter
Tolnot
Overhant Park
Iowa
Among The Churches Walnut Street Baptist Meeting Observed
The Light Search class at Walnut Street Baptist was hosted yesterday by Mrs George Hackett with about 30 members in attendance. After a brief business session the Red Cross work followed. A committee including Mrs Hackett Mrs Wilkins and others served. The young women of the class presented a plant arrangement to Miss Bernice Dailey in honor of her birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Circle
Memorial Hall
Nora Heiple
Robert Anderson
Walnut
Street
George Hackett
Red Cross
Mmes. Hackett
Wilkins
Dailey
Naomi Burge
Seaman
Morse
Whitney
Stewart
Hotwhistle
Washburn
Hackett
Bernice Dailey
Night in Paris and wartime notes from a secretary
A wartime diary excerpt describes life near Paris with American troops. It mentions Overhaul Park outside Paris, office hours in the athletics department, Capt. Howard Rouse and Lieut. Althouse visiting, the 88th division en route to a machine gun school at Clamency, aviation camps near Orly, a Red Cross fatality, and observations on traffic policing and taxi conditions in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Paris
Department of Athletics For
France
Howard Rouse
Althouse
Havel
Waterloo
Gondrecourt
iClamency
Orley
UDP
London
Fifth Avenue
Michigan Boulevard
Police Notes Highlight Local Crime, Arrests, and Incidents
Major George Weilein expects to return to work early next week as police notes log several arrests. John Smith, 42, of St Thomas North Dakota, jailed as a vagrant after a postest report. M Ulrap alias W Smith of Dubuque also booked on vagrancy with $100 bail. Bam Shaw, 24, of Waterloo, held for investigation. A reported street collision left no injuries. Elmer Kirk, 20, Cedar Rapids native, cited for selling post cards without board permission and released. One bicycle stolen from 1900 Forest Avenue. GM Hamm reports damage from a hit run on his car with no report filed. Three red traffic violation tags filed this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Weilein
John Smith
St. Thomas
N. D
Postess
Illinois Central Special
M. Ulrap
X. W. Smith
Dubuque
Bam Shaw
Waterloo
Y. A. Origesin
Argine Street
Logan Avenue
Saxon Street
Forest Avenue
William Leask
Hamm
Black Hawk Bank
Elmer Kirk
Cedar Rapids
Official Board of Censors
Homebuilders Aims Explained to Rotary Members
J E Johnson of Waterloo Gasoline Engine Co will present to Rotary members on Homes That Will Make the Worker Glad to Come and Loath to Leave. The Homebuilders plan seeks to provide worker owned homes and foster a more home like atmosphere among workers, with employers urged to become informed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.E. Johnson
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company
Homebuilders’ Association
Rotary Duo
Johnson
A. B. Haswell
Births Reported In Local Townships And Cities
Birth notices list newborns for several couples: Donald Rudolph born to Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph A. Dusert in Washington township on January 30. Frederick Charles to Mr. and Mrs. Nels Paterson on March 15. Helsdelle to Mr. and Mrs. Harland Case Wood of Utica on March 6. a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. John Colwell Delrees of East Waterloo township on March 8. Robert to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Green of 317 March 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph A. Dubert
Washington Township
Donald Rudolph
Nels Paterson
Frederick Charles
Harland Case Wood
Utica
Hels Delle
John Colwell del ‘Rees
Waterloo
Frank Green
Robert ‘Tele
Did This Divorcée Elope
Chicago fibered dispatch notes the 19 year old Charlotte Forsythe Spangler, a munition worker at Rock Island arsenal, vanished from Davenport Iowa on January 25. Her mother suspects she eloped with Jennings Williams, a gold-numbered man she met at the arsenal, as police search intensifies. Mrs. Bickley and Cecil Bickley travel from Oberlin to return home, with other relatives en route to New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Charlotte Forsythe Spangler
Rock Island, Jr
Arsenal
Daviport
Jenning Williams
Goldner
Sergt Fortunski Wounded, Ready to Sail for Home
Sergt Frank L Fortunski, at Brest embarkation camp in France, writes to his parents Mr and Mrs J L Ortunski of 433 Denver Street that he expects to fly home soon. He was severely wounded in the Argonne forest engagement and is listed as recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seret
Frank L. Bortunski
Brest
France
J. L. Ortunski
Denver Street
1470
Winnesota
Forlunski
Argonne
Orest
Fire truck damages building as steering gear fails
Fire department responds to alarm at Golden Rule Gift shop when steering gear on one truck fails en route. The vehicle rams the Savoy cafe building on Sycamore street, shoving the post at the entrance and damaging a door support. Officials deem the damage not serious and reparable, noting no fire spread beyond a pile of rubbish and that the truck was returned to Central station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Rule
Fourth Street
Enut
Savoy Cafe
Sycamore Street
Central Fire Station
Altho
D. O'Harrow
Morris Motor Car Company Ag
Martin Motor Car Company
Wachulag
Chevrolet
Iowa
O'Harrow
Io WS
Overland- Hanson Company
Waterloo Beats Des Moines in League of Nations Debate
Waterloo hosts a debate on the League of Nations at First Congregational church with William H. Taft and Leslie M. Shaw booked by Des Moines. Waterloo claims a lead and expects several hundred attendees after last Sunday's strong showing by both sides. Farmers urged to save for 1940 budgeting and to obtain a blank book and primer by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Des Moines
William H. Taft
Leslie M. Shaw
Waterloo Ivening
Army Recruiting Station Opens in City at 303 Fourth Street
Corp. William W. Calvin of the United States Army general service has arrived to lead the new recruiting station. Major J. 18. McDonald arranged the setup during a prior visit. Enlistees will be sent to Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis for assignment to regular stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Calvin
General Service of
United States Army
J. 18. McDonald
Fourth Street West
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
Weather Notes and Odd Figures From 1918
A fragmented weather snippet lists temperatures around 28 to 42 degrees with times noted as midnight and morning. The garbled text mentions Buchanan Optical Go and a late 1918 date, offering no clear location or events beyond sporadic temperature readings and stray identifiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchanan Optical Go
Fine country home planned near Charles City edge
Mr and Mrs 3 B Bhamt and their daughter from Charles City visited Waterloo to hire Howard B Burr an architect to draft plans for a new 10000 dollar home to be built near the edge of Charles City corporate limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
3. B. Bhamt
Charles City
Waterloo
Howard B. Burr
CharlesCity
Mmita
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Qelwein
Gensirt & Gift
Cheaman-Conway
Isabelle Conway
Ray Chezman
G. H. Edgington
Russia
P. BK. O
Frank Marquis
J.H
A. A. Stewart
Bernice Beck
D Dailey
Reece
Russell Reece
Jebnie Harrison
Lillian Dietz
George Rowell
James Henderson
Hostenses
Theater
Sioux City
Alout
Versailles
Hotel Suisse
Palace of Versailles
Rainbow Division
Lowa
Elia E. Wilson
Herbert Templeton
States
Mr. Templeton
MacMahron
Grinnell College
Qelane Bonthaen
Rouen
Joan of Arc
Madeline
Seine
University of Paris
Pantheon
Napoleon
Grant
Nd Am Alban
Rotary
Mannan & Schaner
Syene
F. L. Fortunski
Waterloo Dyening Courier
D, O'Harrow
Morris Motor CO
U. S. Army
Patyteluns
Anterios Evening Concer
Fashion’ Department
Evening Courier
City and
Elena Eee
Sporting Ange
Union Motor Car CO
W. St. St
Saxox Auto CO
Latiner Motor Car CO
J. L. Curtis
New Hampton
Towa
PLE. Wall CO
Mason City
Peerless
Ohio
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