Brutal Assault Stirs Cedar Falls Residents
Cedar Falls Ia May 11 Specter The brutal assault on Miss Carrie Peterson near her home has distressed residents. Police rounded up suspects, but by next day most were gone from railway yards. The town also prepared graduation events for Cedar Falls Public Schools including concerts, baccalaureate, class play Cupid at Vassar, eighth grade program, and commencement address by Dr Joseph Newton of Cedar Rapids. Mrs W B Thompson of Des Moines will speak at Methodist church Sunday. Al Sorensen opened new billiard parlors and tobacco house in former Citizens Savings Bank space.
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Cedar Falls
Specter
Carrie Peterson
Miss Peterson
Marshal Enlow
Orchestra
Glee Club
E. W. Lanham
Cupid
Vassar
Joseph Newton
Cedar Rapids
W. B. Thompson
Des Moines
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
al Sorensen
Citizens’ Savings Bank
Cluster lights favored in Cedar Falls business area
In Cedar Falls Iowa May 11 strong sentiment supports a cluster street lighting system for the business district with Main street lit at intervals. Citizens Gas and Electric Co could supply current if local property owners provide fixtures and a franchise is warranted by utilities era standards.
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Cedar Falls
Main Street
Citizens’ Gas & Electric Co
General Markets and Weather Outlook for Iowa and Surrounding States
General markets report shows winter crop belt wheat down on bearish notes with initial drops then late rally on cash demand. corn and soy conditions mixed with selling pressure and some firmness on hog prices. Weather forecast calls for fair conditions tonight through Sunday in Iowa and South Dakota with frost northwest, rising temperatures Sunday, and shifting winds. overall mild to cool with rain in eastern zones.
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Iowa
South Dakota
Chicago
Liverpool
North Dakota
Minnesota
Victor Herbert at Des Moines concert event announced
The Register and Leader notes Waterloo readers about the third Greater Des Moines Musical Festival at the Coliseum on May 15 and 16 with matinee May 18. Victor Herbert, titled The King of Light Opera, conducts a 60‑piece orchestra and brings famed works. Season tickets priced at 83 dollars. a 6000 dollar guaranty fund is pledged by the Greater Des Moines committee and local business leaders.
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Waterloo
Des Moines
Victor Herbert
Red Mill
Natoma
Greater Des Moines Committee
Pioneer Woman Died Suddenly in Cedar Falls 1852
Mrs A Bishop aged about 30 died suddenly after a paralytic stroke at 5 AM. Born Delia McCurdy in 1826 Wooster Ohio she married S A Bishop in 1850 and moved to Cedar Falls in 1862 leaving four children William Mrs Crook Clara and Bertha with a stepdaughter Mrs Jacob Boehmler. Funeral time awaits word from absent children.
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Cedar Falls
A. Bishop
William
John Crook
Chadron
Neb
Clara
Bertha
Jacob Boehmler
Bishop
Cordelia McCurdy
Wooster
Cedar Falls Notes On Local Visits And Events
Mrs. Townsend and Mrs. Thompson returned from eight months on the Pacific coast. The Standard Bearers prepare an entertainment at the Methadist church with features and refreshments. Rev. Medbury will lecture at the Christian church Monday evening. Miss Lucy Cowen gave a Sunday school lecture on Rockies highways. Chautagua salute followed the talk. Merrill family plans June return to Cedar Falls to prove up on a claim near First View, Calo. Prof Georges Samson Jr resigns as church organist to pursue advanced study. Dora Baldwin visits from Gladbrook and Miss Ethel visits from college. Mrs. Harry Ott visits Guthrie Center for a couple weeks. The last Cedar Falls deep well, 130 feet, tested. water near top. three-well connection expected with new mains. Lovers Lane to be beautified. brush cleared and plot between mill race and river prepared next Tuesday.
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CG. H. Merrill
Cedar Palis
First View
Calo
Georges Samson, Jr
Congregational Church
Dora Baldwin
Gladbrooks
Ruest
George 8. Dick
Ethel
Harry Ott
Guthrie Center
Cedar Falls
Grain Price Notation From Market Pages
A fragmented OCR style market note lists grain prices and futures for corn and oats with various grades and regional close data. It records No 2 and No 3 kernels, white and yellow corn, oats figures, plus New York and St Louis wheat closes and Minneapolis July wheat.
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New York
ST. Louis
Doing Up Curtains and Home Comfort Recipes
Homemaking advice on safe curtain cleaning at home with careful washing, rinsing, starching, and stretching to avoid damage. Also includes a Charlotte ice cream mold recipe and Apple Fritters with apple grating and vanilla-scented cream, offering practical tips and step by step methods for household tasks.
Celery Root Dish With Cream Sauce
A recipe instruction describes soaking a dozen celery roots in cold water for 30 minutes, boiling until tender, draining, slicing, and serving with a cream sauce.
Creamed Lobster Recipe Instructions
Creamed lobster preparation cut lobster into Y4 inch cubes. Cook with three tablespoons butter and four tablespoons flour for three minutes. Add two cups scalded milk and salt and pepper. Fill body shells and top with buttered crumbs.
Gingerbread Recipe Fragment
A fragment lists ingredients for gingerbread including one and a half cups flour, sugar, butter, two eggs, and spices. The text mentions dissolving a teaspoon of ginger in milk but is incomplete and lacks full instructions.
Evelyn's Disappointment in a Fourth Cousin Visit
Evelyn plans a chic evening as she expects a rich New Yorker cousin of Frank. A mistaken call from Jack Mitchell, a distant cousin, leads to a meet up with him at home and a rushed bridge party as she tries to salvage social plans. Evelyn fears a jealous Frank, but learns Jack is only a distant relative and the night turns into hosting duties.
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Evelyn
1247
Jack Mitchell
Nims Carter
Miss Carter
Frank Jocelyn
New York
Slater
Frank
Cat
Angul
Amy
Misa Kelly
Jessie
Jane
Mary
Mr. Mitchell
Eva
Righ
Freak
Dhair
Jack
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Methodist
Jarnagin
Jean Gilchrist
Sessions
Lamson Bros. & CO
Chicago Board OF Trade
Bennett
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Lamba
Kansas City
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Wisconsin
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Lars
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South Omaha
Omaha
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Loomis
Paul Davis
Inits, & A. Bishop
Sthichenly
Commercial Club
H. A. Jetmore
W. C. Hearst
President Seerley
F. X. Miller
A. Lynch
Adam Wagner
George Hughes
Richard Mullins
Webster City
Morningside and
Teachers' College
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Mitchell
Briggs
Allan
Lemon
W. EH. Montgomery
Chas
A. Marsh
Sioux City
A. J. Edwards
Alfred Longley
A. G. Rigby
Independence
A. T. Hukill
West Waterloo
Patterson
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Taft
Roosevelt
Clark
Debs
Lawn City
Edward Townsend
A. G. Thompson
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Long Beach
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Medbury
Leclure
Christian Church
Te Ia
Lucy Cowen
Rockies
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Stock Exchange
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Reading
Rock Island
Chicago Great Western
American Smelter
Union Pacific
Altimore
Ohio
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