Waterloo Woman's Club Elects Civic Leaders After Busy Session
Mrs. E A Boggs was chosen chairwoman with Mrs C J Rudolph as vice chair and Mrs Sam Frank as secretary at the Waterloo Woman's club Civic department closing session. The group planned a citizenship school May 29 31 with instructor Mrs Max Mayer Iowa City and outlined next year focusing on national and local institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Boggs
C.J. Rudolph
Sam Frank
Civic Department
Waterloo Woman's Club
Max Mayer
Iowa City
Alrs. Boggs
Miss Blanche] Robbins
Ita Comimanis
Lentz
B. L. Johnson
Lenis
Waterloo
Grace LeCates
West School
Nurst
Clib
Manetta Bell
East
City Federation of Women's Csults
Maria €. Brace
Citizenship
America
Boggs
C. J. Rudolph
Mies Maria CG. Brace
Jackson McCay
W. H W. Tangles
Y. A
Debete
Violin Pupils Annual Recital at Home
Mrs. Jane Hatta presented violin pupils in an annual recital at Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Bickley home. Participants included Lawrence Hice Floyd Held Minnie Crumrine Rose Pappas Miriam Park Dorothy Murtagh Robert Bickley Lella Blake Glen Ejckelberg Evelyn Christiansen Walter Brubaker Ruth Myers. Fortnightly Hangout features Prof. John Barnes at Town State Teachers College. banquet at Black's tea room with solos by A Welshaar Gresley W White and harp by Viola Miller. Election of officers to follow. M B. D. A. KR. meeting at Mrs. H. B. Alaynard’s home. continental congress reports. Picnic supper planned. Needlework group hostesses listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Hatta
W. H. Bickley
Lawrence Hice
Floyd Held
Minnie Crumrine
Rose Pappas
Miriam Park
Dorothy Murtagh
Robert Bickley
Lella Blake
Glen Ejckelberg
Evelyn Christiansen
Walter Brubaker
Ruth Myers
John Barnes
Town State Tanchers College
Black
Welshaar
Albert Gresley
W. W. White
Viola Miller
Maud Dudley
Fred J. Miler
Hogk
George BG. Worthen
D. A. KR
Mary Melrose Chamter
Mra. H
Beauty Chats and Edna Kent Forbes Spring Reduction Menus
Diet experts propose lunch or dinner menus designed to nourish without adding fat and suggest a light breakfast of orange coffee toast and a soft boiled egg. Menus include oyster cocktail roast lamb roast beef duck and various vegetables and fruits with salads and desserts. The piece also offers tips on reducing ankles through exercise or massage and cautions against harsh hair bleaching using strong solutions.
Closet Reflections On An Old Inn And Modern Garb
In a rambling visit to a deserted inn the writer muses on the lack of closets in historic homes. She contrasts old wardrobes with today’s plentiful storage, noting how families once wore everyday outfits plus a few fineries and how guest rooms now carry ample space for belongings. The piece ponders whether modern abundance brings true happiness.
Philomathians Stage All-of-a-Sudden Peggy at East High
The Philomathian Literary Society presented All-of-a-Sudden Peggy a three act comedy last evening at East High Auditorium with Helene Koepka as Peggy opposite Truman Walters. The cast included Bernard Larsen as Major Phipps Joe Hacker as Lord Crackenthrope and Genevieve Schulte as Millicent Keppel. Directed by Russ Minnie Zeuch the performance featured an orchestra and a vocal duet by Mitsos Christie Tollefson and Charlotte Allstadt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philomathian Literary Society
Peggy
Major Phipps
Bernard Larsen
Margaret Harvey
Jimmison
Lord Crackenthorpe
Joe Hacker
Tite. Riggs
Mrs. O'Mara
Genevieve Schulte
Millicent Keppel
Russ Minnie Zeuch
Mitsos Christie Tollefson
Charlotte Allstadt
Beauty expert to spread American care through Europe
Misa Stransen Gransen, a Waterloo beauty pioneer, plans laboratories in Christiania Norway and will establish a Scandinavia wide network for her toilet preparations after returning to Europe. She aims to license shops, ship wares from New York, and compare American science with European practice while visiting Christiania and London for equipment and methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Inga Gtansen
Waterloo
Herome
Norway
Christiania
Alles Louise Langerud
America
Alfansen
Misa Gransen
Miss Stransen
Marsh Place
Miss Stiansen
Cedars Rapids
Olga Bogsrud
Chicago
Miss Bogarud
Marla C. Brace
Evalina
Europe
Association For the Welfare of the Home
Mies Langerud
Sweden
Danmark
Finland
Germany
France
Scandinavia
Paris
England
Stiansen
Miss Strlansen
Missionary talk and social events across local churches
First Congregational and other churches will host Miss Emily Hartwell on furlough from China to speak on the country where she worked. A May Plymouth society entertainment yielded proceeds for church work. Framing the convention news, pledges and a large San Francisco welcome are described for upcoming events and the visiting heroes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational— Woman's Missionary Societies
First, Union
Plymouth Congregational Churches
Lucy Leavitt
Emily Hartwell
China
Living Hall of Fame for Disabled Veterans in San Francisco
The Living Hall of Fame will be erected at the Disabled American Veterans annual convention in San Francisco. It will honor one "greatest hero" from each state, officially designated by governors and state officials. Delegations of disabled and wounded veterans will attend from across the United States for the formal presentation with distinguished officials present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keen iInterest
Herbert V. Cottey
San Francisco
Jesse C. Colman
Mayor
Citizens’ Committee
California
Cal
Living Hall of Fame
Union
United States
Oil Giants Clash Over World Petroleum Supremacy
London reports a major international oil battle as Royal Dutch Shell and Standard Oil move to secure Russian concessions amid tensions with Britain and the United States. Protests flow over excluded American interests in Mesopotamia while the race for new fields expands across Russia, Persia, Turkey, and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Wire
London
British Foreign Office
Foreign Office
América
Royal Dutch and
Shell
Moscow
Washington
Foret Office
Genoa
Standard
Russ Field
Lloyd George
Supreme Council
Cannen
Royal Dutch and Shell Group
Etroleum
Standard Ojl
Paris
Java
Standard Oil Company
American State Department
America
Great Britain
Mesopotamia
Russia
Persia
Turkey
Roumants
China
Mexico
State Auto Body for Better Roads Campaign
State Auto Body for Better Roads announces readiness for an aggressive campaign to improve roads and motorist conditions. Town State Automobile association, based in Fowler building Lafayette and Fifth streets, plans road patrols, finance checks, civil cooperation, rail crossing inspection, theft curtailment, law violation reporting and enforcement, and motor club growth with a standing advisory committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town State Automobile Association
Fowler Building
Lafayette
Fifth Streets
L. B. Strothman
Ball and Chain Days Recalled by Waterloo Relics
City Hall basement unearthed iron balls and chains used for ankle shackles in earlier Waterloo days. John Ehrig, caretaker, and Capt. Tom Morris recall prisoners toiled on street labor with leg irons weighing 50 to 60 pounds while crowds watched. The dungeon and devices, once a feared symbol of punishment, now serve as curious relics in the former city hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ehrig
Secd
City Hall
Tom Morris
Morris
Thompson
Capt. Morris
Waterloo
Moeris
Dumping Ground Slated Out by City
City street commissioner George Kilpatrick and a surveying crew mark the future city dump below Pat's Pond between Lafayette Street and the river. The site, known as Bightey's outlets on the map, will become the official dumping ground with a caretaker supervising refuse hauling. For years the city paid rent including a caretaker, and after ownership changes the plan evolved to lease or sell without caretaking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kilpatrick
Pat’s Pond
Betwean Lafayette Street
Street Department i
Engineer Department Ag
Presbyterian Assembly Draws Waterloo Clergy
Annual session of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian church will meet in Des Moines in May 1826. The assembly gathers about 960 members, split nearly evenly between lay leaders and clergy, serving as the church’s highest judicial legislative body. Rev. J. R. Macartney of First Church and Rev. A. C. Preston are named among its figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Des Moines
J. R. Macartney
iFirst Church
A. C. Preston
General Assembly to Convene in Iowa for First Time
Westminster and Northminster presbyteries plan to attend with at least two delegates each and added representation. Rev W B Sandford chairs the arrangements committee. Two former pastors Rev Samuel H Callen and Rev H W Reheré will attend as commissioners. The assembly marks the first annual session held in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster
D. J. Gretzinger
Northminster
George Moody
East Park
C. Ho Purmort
Aoe
W. B. Sandford
Westminster Church
Cottage Grove Church
Des Moines
First Church
Samuel H. Callen
Louisville
H. W. Reheré
Westminster College
Salt Lake City
General Assembly
Iowa
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M. BR
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Ms. Reed
Beauty
Edna Kent Forbes
Luuka
Daisy
Ruth Cameron
Philomathians
H . Agnew
Miss Updegrat
Edna B. Lick
Misses Coward
Laura Colburn
Gladys Kiefer
Catherine Lumry
Gladys Ho
Hunuor
Dorothy Hasster
Iowa State Teachers College
J. G. Brinkerhof
Cedar Heights
C. R. Schoel
Helen Hadish
Pauline Garmon
Gretchen Young
Eogliege
Vernons Goettsch
Elizabeth Eighmey
Ruth Draper
Lincoln Circle
Willian Clark Cary
Dubuque
W. W. Gist
Cedar Falls
G A. R
Gist
Carrie Riley
Riley
United Presbyterian
Afiss
Elsie Bender
Banqnets—Shakespearean Literary Society
Iowa State
Teach“Ta College
Black’s Barocom
Eyvenine
Miss Arey
Irving Literary Society
Russell-Lamson
Denver High School
Denver
J.C. Buchner
B. H. Wannamaker
Goon
Michigan
Stanford Woodyard
Lyale Wilkins
Wanna
Double Six
Jenny Bandfield
Robert Bramble
Bandfield
Miss Stianeen
Mymouth Cortionat—The Daughters of Plymouth
Kn Atl
State University of Iowa
Merald E. Hoag
Hall of Fame
Grace E. Gogerty
Phono
IIL
Phomipson
Resbyterian Assembly
HOTEL
H. F. Greten
St. H. F. Greten
Quality Purs
Forum. Hall
St. Mary’s
Byrnes-Allen Orchestra
Wales
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