Peoria Boosters Visit La Porte City on Town Welcome
La Porte City greeted the Peoria Boosters with a 45 minute stop on the Rock Island line. The visiting 81 piece band led a parade to the center, with welcomes from local leaders and a public program featuring school and civic participants. Retiring teachers honored at Presbyterian church followed by a Good Cheer Guild gathering.
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la Porte City
Hoosters
F. W. Esher
B. E. Triem
H. B. Lizer
Roy Aghley
C. C. McCoy
Roy Wagner
C. A. Bruet
John Stewart
Boosters
C. B. Gingrich
Rock Island
Peoria
Iowa
Dollwiga
Peoria Association of Commerce
Clud
Presbyterian Church
Katherine McHeiver
Irene van Valkenberg
Shovver
Exie McQuil Kin
Lucile Maxwell
Janette Wagner
Graf
Carte Haven
Clarence Sngel
Miss McKeiver
W. W. Minnie
Minnie
Samwel Marshal
A. T. Coffin
A. Baker
Webster
Pass
Ae August Hilmer
Bruce Township
E. K. Foss
Presbyterian Hospital
Waterloo
John Dignan
The Fairy Butterfly Prince and the Healing Flower Spell
A dying Turquoise Islands prince is spared by a garden boy and a butterfly fairy. The butterfly, once cursed by the prince’s uncle, overhears a plan involving magical flowers. The gardener and a wise elder extract the flowers’ power in a hot broth to break the spell. The uncle drowns in remorse, the butterfly is freed, and the prince’s house is restored.
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Turquoise Islands
Witie Lad
Rupert
Boul
Buttery
McClure
Pfalzgrafs welcome 1-pound boy with Tuesday birth
Mr and Mrs Pfalzgraf are proud parents of a 1 pound baby born Tuesday. Mrs Moyle was a Waterloo passenger on Wednesday. Tripp returned Wednesday morning from Dodge Center Minnesota where he had been for a few days on business.
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Casion
Walker Weriker News from Urbana and Nearby Visitations
Robert Fox and Alice Fox with the Butlers and children visited relatives in Urbana Sunday. Paul Wilson, employed by Farmers Insurance in Cedar Rapids, stayed with his parents Frank and, Mrs. Wilson, Sunday. P T Christensen, with his daughter, is on the sick list. Liddles spend the week at Oskaloosa visiting C. T. Fox. Mrs. F Castle leaves for Lincoln Neb to visit her daughter. A large tent and evangelistic meetings are set up behind Free Methodist church under Rev. Robbins and Rev. Vallindingham. Genevieve Nayzlett, 89, is improving. Mrs. Ellen Huisman and son arrived from Wellsburg Pa to visit her parents. Lydia Jeffrey attended her aunt Kent's funeral at Oxford Junction. Byron Grover and Hertha Griffin were in town for their ill daughter Miss Clia Grover, now improved.
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Weriker
Robert Fox
Aliss Alice Fox
Jas. Butler
Urbana
Paul Wilson
Farmers Insurance Company
Cedar Rapids
Frank Wilson
P. T. Christensen
Hugh McAillen
Liddle
Oskaloosa
C. T. Fox
F. Castle
Lincoln
Neb
Free Methodist Church
Robbins
Vallindingham
Genevieve Nayzlett
Picnic and local social event noted in Cedar Walls area
A May picnic with a program and ice cream treat for pupils and teachers drew Cedar Walls visitors led by Frank B. Miller of Cedar Walls National Bank. Socials include Highland Cemetery gathering May 27, plus various local notices of car transactions, farming activity, and visits among residents.
Mt Vernon Township School Picnic Held At Elrich Grove
May 18 report notes the Mt Vernon Township school picnic at Elrich grove the previous Thursday was a grand success. An ideal play and a hearty dinner drew about 860 attendees, with the event described as well executed and enjoyable by the community.
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Vernon
Elrich Grove
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Ad For Croup Coughs
The ad touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as effective for lingering coughs colds and croup in children. It claims long safety and quick action with three generations of use and urges purchase from all druggists.
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Foley
Supposed American Spy Trial Opens in London
London May 39 The trial of Anton Kuepferle who says he is a naturalized American and once lived in Brooklyn charged with spying opened at Old Bailey before Lord Reading and Justices Avery and Lush. The case hinges on his claimed citizenship and alleged activities in Britain.
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London
Anton Kuepferle
Brooklyn
Old Bailey Polices Court
Lord Reading
Avery and
Lush
Exhibits Display Iowa Talent at Music Teachers Convention
The Society of Music Teachers of Iowa opens a Waterloo convention showcasing a $50,000 stock of works from major American publishers. Professors and publishers from Des Moines to Chicago display classics by MacDowell Sousa Bond and Nevin, with recitals by Rosseller G. Cole and others.
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Society of Music Teachers of
Iowa
Waterloo
Leré
Cutalogs
Russell-Lamson
George M. Cohan
Irving Tertin
Carrie Jacobs Bond
Ethelbert Nevin
John Philip Sousa
Edward MacDowell
Albert Victor Young
Cincinnati
Columbia University
Edgar Thorns
EB. A. Gunther
Boston
Myr. Gunther
Peter C. Lutkin
Arne Oldberg
Northwestern University
Chicago
Albert H. Foster
W. M. Gamble, Jr
Don’t Be a Grouch Table Prop Up Mood
The note urges avoiding crankiness by addressing digestion and liver health. It promotes Foley Cathartic as a table aid to improve mood and energy, suggesting the remedy helps relieve peevishness. Sold widely by druggists.
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Foley
Don’t Ever Rub Your Eyes, Use Benetol Antiseptic
This vintage ad extols Benetol as a universal remedy for eyes throat teeth and skin. It claims Benetol can sterilize the bowels kidneys and liver and can be taken internally with cross claims of safety for all ages. The notice urges readers to request a trial assortment by mail from the Benetol Company.
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Drugnista
Benetol Company
Henetol Buildng
Minnesota
Minin
Waterloo
Henderson Drug Co
Horns Drug Co
Reat Western
Great Western
Chicago Great Western
T. J. Cleary
Rogers
Dundee
Planned Reform of Seventh and Eighth Grade Teaching
Iowa City May 20 President H H Beerley of Iowa State Teachers College urged replacing the current seventh and eighth grade plan as abominable and unscientific. He argued for better subject matter more engaging and valuable. Other speakers included E D Starbuck and Henry Turner Bailey. Mary Gray Peck spoke on motion picture censorship. Charlotte Perkins Gilman urged world citizenship through education and women's public influence. A university reception followed.
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Iowa City
H. H. Beerley
Towa State Teachers’college
Iowa Federation of Woman's Clubs
E. D. Starbuck
State University of Iowa
Henry Turner Bailey
Boston
Mass
Mary Gray Peck
National Board of Censorship of Motion Pictures
Harry L. Keefe
Walthill
Neb
General Federation of Woman's Clubs
Hayrah Hubbard
Mase
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
New York
T. H. Macbride
the State University
Three sharpers nabbed in Monroe Wisconsin
Monroe Wis May 20 Chief Blunt seized three clever sharpers who were later allowed to continue their journey to Janesville after paying $8.11 the amount they were accused of taking from Samuel Bobb of Freeport as he left the Milwaukee Central morning train at Orangeville yesterday.
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Monroe
Wis
Blunt
Janesville
Samuel Bobb
Freeport
Menois Central
Orangeville
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Claude Chapin
Mt. Vernon Cemetery
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Lucile Askey
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