Society Notes Highlight Local Club Murmurs and Weddings
Tuesday Society column details members of the Cite club the Merry Makers and the club of Mrs J D with weddings for Mrs Thelma Walker and Glyde William Davis. Recitals at the Bass Conservatory and Mabel Ettinger Tompkins feature student performances. A miscellaneous shower for Olive Sessions precedes a June wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cite Club
Frank Shoenlaker
Merry Makers
George Wei
Bass Conservatory of Music
Mabel Ettinger Tompkins
Russelllamsoi
Fourth Street
Helen Wilkins-Reader
Hoss Conservatory
Harriette Dudley Ross
Evelyn Wiegand
Tompkins
Side Talks on insomnia and the helper’s role in therapy
Ruth Cameron discusses how helpers encounter insomniac cases and the limits of their effectiveness. She notes all cases differ yet share common patterns and urges wholehearted, hopeful effort rather than half measures.
Beauty Chats With Edna Kent Forbes On Eyebrows
Edna Kent Forbes answers reader questions about darkening lashes and brows. She warns against dangerous dyes, notes several methods, and recommends an evening routine with castor oil to improve brow and lash color and growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Kent Forbes
Jitneys Considered If Davenport Street Cars Stop
Davenport officials weigh permits for jitney buses to fill transit gap if street cars halt on June 1. Alderman George J. Peck, a socialist critic of the 7-cent fare, says council may repeal the current ordinance, easing jitney operation restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Thivenport
George J. Peck
Peck
Two Given Prison Terms at Dubuque
In Dubuque May 24 the district court sentenced two men. Alnerty Risselman 25 pleaded guilty to seduction of a 11 year old girl and received five years at Anamosa State Reformatory. Harry Smith 16 was given an indeterminate sentence at Eldora Boys Training School for stealing a revolver and three big items from a local firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubiuque
Law and Criminal Division
District Court
Alnerty Risselman
State Reformatory
Anamosa
Harry Smith
Eldora
Risselman
Guttenberg
Teachers College Alumni Society Revival Dinner Planned
The Teachers college Alumni society of Waterloo will be revived at a Wednesday dinner at 6 30 p m. Prof Charles Meyeroltz and Prof A Fullerton will speak with President H H Seerley also present. Former officers and members organize after two years apart due to war disruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State
Teachers’ College Alumini Society of Po
Waterloo
Charles 4. Meyeroltz
A. Fullerton
H. H. Seerley
Teachers’ College
BE. &. Sage
Rainstorm Trashes Vinton Causes Severe Flood Damage
A Saturday morning storm drenched Vinton Iowa with record force, flooding streets and washing out multiple bridges including a cement bridge on Fourth Street. Prairie Creek overflowed its banks, damaging crops and river bottom land while the thunderstorm was one of the severest on record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton, Ja
Vinton
Y Vo
Fourth Street
Prairie Creek
Crors
Farmers Freed on Assault Charge in Iowa District Court
Ottumwa Iowa May 24 W Yates and 25 West Grove farmers were found not guilty of assaulting B E Dickson May 11. The jury deliberated 21 hours before reporting to Judge Vermillion at Bloomfield Sunday. Dickson claimed the attack occurred after being solicited for Red Cross funds. He awaits federal sentence after being found guilty of violating the espionage act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
W. Yates
West Grove
BE. G. Dickson
Davis
Vermillion
Bloomfield
Dickson
Red Cross
Prisoner Seeks Death by Lye in Iowa Jail
Elmer F. Price, who pleaded guilty to embezzlement and drew seven years at Anamosa, drank lye in the county jail. Jailor Ray Mahr and others resuscitated him with olive oil after he collapsed. He survived with a burned throat and reportedly despaired over a lost romance while writing poetry and letters to a girlfriend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Elmer F. Price
Anamosa
Ray Mahr
Price
Young Boy Loses an Eye in Cartridge Experiment
Fort Dodge Iowa May 24 Max Martin of Vineland experimented with a 44 cartridge and lost an eye. The incident involves a young boy who damaged his eye while handling the explosive device.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Max Martin
Patterns for up-to-date Courier designs offered by Waterloo Evening Courier
Fill out the coupon and mail to the Fashion Department of the Waterloo Evening Courier with 15 cents per pattern. Patterns allow seams and orders are filled as soon as possible, aiming to ship within ten days after receipt of the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fashion Department
Evening Courier
Waterloo
Death of Mrs Josephine Kirk Obituary and flood report notes
Death of Mrs Josephine Kirk at her home following paralysis and a final stroke. She was born in Ireland and widow of Richard Kirk, longtime dry goods merchant. The Kirks were pioneer county settlers active in city life. Flooded roads delayed travel out of Vinton. Shellsboro visit by Vinson Chapter noted. Local pastors Rev John Robertson Macartney and brothers attended Arch Street Presbyterian services in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burg
Tims Buck
Vinton
Josephine GO
Josaphine
Kirk
Ireland
Richard Kirk
Kirks
Shu Ix
Hichard Kirk
Waterloo
Harry Kirk
A. H. Wis
Lake Charles
East
John Robertson Macartney
Ernest, Albert
Clarence Edward
Arch Street Presbyterian Church
Philadelphia
Clarence Edward Macartney
The
Presbyterian Church
W C F U PROGRAM AT WILLARD HALL
The W W C U house party and institute at Willard hall starts Tuesday at 10 a.m. with a devotional period, reports on Camp Dodge work and Benedict home, and a noon lunch. Bible study follows at 2 p.m. Mildred Hoffman speaks on Books You Should Read at 2 p.m. and at 3 p.m. Mrs. B J Howrey discusses the primary law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Hall
Camp Dodge
Benedict
Acen Bible Study
Mildred Hoffman
B. J. Howrey
Hale 87 year old walker with civic ties celebrated in Sioux City
Sioux City Iowa May 24 4 C 3 Allen 2116 St Marys Ave Morningside known as Father Allen is 87 and never smoked. A First Baptist church supper marked his birthday. A Democrat he hopes McAdoo will be president. He walks two to three miles daily and summers with his daughter Miss Bessie Allen. He designed a Masonic ring two years ago in Chicago while studying arts and crafts. His daughter sometimes models aged study sessions. A Turkish turban contains 10 to 20 yards of muslin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Allen
St. Mary’s Avenue
Morningside
William G. McAdoo
United States
Bessie Allens
Powell School of Arts and Crafts
Chicago
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Thelma Walker
W. R. Walker
Glyde Willian Davis
W. A. Davis
I. W. Court
First Marchurch
M Walker
Illinois Wirman's College
Jacksonville
West Hish
Drake University
Fort Snetling
France
H. E. McCawen
Olive Sessions
Sioux Falls
Deen Club
W. E. Robinson
A. J. Cormwell
Roy Hulett
G. V. Orr
Song of Veterans—Sons of Versraps Auxiliary
Memorial Hall
Independence Sons of Veterans and Auxiliary
C. A. Beatty
G. A. Tt
Independence
Robert Anderson
Tilapaugh-Glaspie
Myrtle Glaspie
Harry Tillapaugh
Iandolph Street
Flw. Court
First M. EB. Church
Titla‘paugh
Watterloo
Wagner Mfg. Company
Cedar Falls
Lalu Himith
Armstrong Mfg. Company
Katherine R
M. A
Ruth Cameron
Mme
Frien
Dubuque
Buchanan
Eyeglass Service
National Optical Service Corporation
BAL Vicontn DS Bon
Buchagan Optical Co
Kor Waterloo
BAS
E. M. Jackson
D.D.S
J. C. Murphy
First National Bank
Percy R. Wood
Leavitt & Johnson Bank
Iowa
DE. WM
Ross
Leavitt and Johnson
Owice
East Fourth St
Brunswick
Elgin
Ameer
Oz Vinion Chapter
U. S
Wilson @ Sweitzer’s
Irving Drew
Irvine Drew
Wilson
Sweitzer
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