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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1914
Page
10
Cedar Falls delegates and residents gather for college events and regional meet as Judge Horace E. Deemer visits, alumni banquets mark anniversaries, and various families plan travel. The Sartori Memorial Hospital work resumes after brick delays and teachers prepare for summer programs while news notes travel and social visits across Cedar Falls.
May 28 Cedar Falls reports a letter from H. H. Markley of Lumia Chiapas Mexico. He and his wife are well but briefly ill and fear danger in southern Mexico. They will leave if danger increases. Markley owns a rubber plantation and large investments, and will inform relatives of welfare. He is a former Cedar Falls mayor and postmaster. wife Lura Phillips was a long time local teacher. Letters arrive rarely. this one dated April 27.
The Iowa State Teachers College will merge its annual commencement with a music festival the week of June 3 to 9 in Cedar Falls Iowa. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra opens June 3 and performs again with the college choral society and soloists in Samson and Delilah. Events include parades, dedications, anniversaries, prayers, a luncheon, and the play Milestones with commencement slated for June 10.
A large turnout at the Cedar Heights Social Club meeting hosted by Mrs. V W Foote heard Dr Efe McCollum Jones of Waterlow discuss woman suffrage, with engaging questions afterward. Supper was served by Kathleen Miller and Hope Foote. the club adjourned for summer with plans announced for early autumn.
A high speed collision near Weaverty caused a wreck that demolished a car and left the driver unconscious for a time. Paramedics stabilized the man, who regained consciousness before being moved to Presbyterian hospital. The incident disrupted traffic and prompted notes about local track teams and upcoming events, with several schools listed as contest participants.
A garbled OCR fragment lists multiple names in a disordered sequence including John Bose Mary Tutrow Nikola Vukuste Evan Wanof and Anna Zexkle plus M. H. Kelly P.M. The text lacks context or a readable event, reflecting scanning errors rather than an identifiable news item.
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