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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1925
Page
5
Multiple Waterloo churches plan Memorial Day services with patriotic music and sermons. Dr J Arthur Young of First Methodist will speak on Religious Lessons in National Crisis and Youth Ministries. Choirs perform Suns memory pieces as congregations observe Memorial Day themes.
Graves Memorial United Brethren church will present the first vesper service in its history Sunday at 6 a.m. Cedar Rapids L. B. choir, a 36 member group, will give a sacred concert with James P. Cowden directing Ruth Curry at the piano Roberta Bubbock readings and Bernice Panva on accompanying with xyrophone numbers. Intermediate and Senior Christian Endeavor societies will follow with their services. Rev. B. W. Main continues a sermon on the second of the morning worship and Mrs. De. J. Ness will be soloist. The choir will sing My Mother's Old Bible by Lorenz.
Morning worship at First Brethren Church will feature a sacred concert under Pastor Rev Arthur D Cashman. The program includes pieces like Within the Range of Gods Vision and O Divine Redeemer with choir performances. Evening service begins at 7 o clock with Holy Communion observance.
Father Henry d Orgeval a French priest and ex WWI chaplain is welcomed in Honolulu on route to Kalaupana Molokai to join the Baldwin Home for Boys and continue lifelong service as priest among the lepers. He received a medal of honor on wartime recommendation by Marshal Tofire.
Lexington May 22 The Federal Council of Churches report to the Presbyterian United States assembly highlights growing denominational cooperation and broader evangelism. It notes emphasis on applying Christian principles to social and international issues and praises international justice work promoting peace among churches.
More than a dozen Black Hawk county residents will attend the Imperial Shrine convention in Los Angeles on May 31. Waterloo sends delegates from El Kabir temple Cedar Rapids with Mr and Mrs Hinson Eugene Beil Mr and Mrs Hubert Johnson Mr and Mrs Adam Entz William Wicker Mrs Paul Ewing and L E B Metcalf. A Cedar Falls group and a Rock Island Shrine train of 14 cars will depart Waterloo for Cedar Rapids then El Paso to Los Angeles. The event in LA includes parades drills concerts and pageants at the coliseum.
A garbled obituary-like listing mentions many names, dates, and places centered on May events. It references families and individuals such as Mr and Mrs Ford, Mr and Mrs Ward, and others, with scattered dates like May 14 and May 18. The fragment-like text suggests a local memorial or social register but remains largely indecipherable.
Harmon baron encounters political intrigue in the Millsdale circle as he advances from a city council win to a congress bid aided by Jessie Millsdale. Secret marriage to Jessie, threats from Turner, and encounters with Maizie Corliss frame a tense political drama amid shifting loyalties and a looming Capitol challenge.
The piece portrays Dawes as an unpredictable force upsetting Senate discipline. It argues Republican leaders fear his disruptive tactics and flexible temperament. Dawes favors quick, decisive moves, often “smashing the china” to spur action, then negotiating afterward. The writer cites a start-to-explode approach as a proven tactic in meetings.
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