Society Notes Highlight Charity and Meetings Across Clubs
The society pages detail Memorial Day services at the Pine Arte department and Hotel Russell. Members, including Mrs. C. E. Howard, attend events with lectures on theater and pilgrimages, plus a D.A.R. led drive for Piney Woods and other schools. Reports cover club gatherings, hosting at various homes, and local civic plans.
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Wicanta
D . Glub—Armilation
Pine
Arte-deparmart
Hotel Russell-Lamson
America
C. E. Howard
Benda
California
Fred Clarksaw
Fay Foster
Mia
Bennett
Marian Ran
Spe
Ars
Robert Parrott
John.Allen Carpenter
B. Boies
Charles Mackennedy
Dorothy Wilburn
Friml
H.W. Sigworth
fParrott
F. M
Shores
Side Talks on Vocal Training and Married Life
Ruth Cameron discusses vocal training for girls seeking advice on improving voices and whether training is worthwhile. She notes benefits for speaking voice and suggests affordable options from dollar lessons to community choruses. The column then touches on married life as a compromise and hints at further guidance.
Fox Township Shifts to GOP in Historic Vote
In Fox Township voters swung to the Republican ticket for the first time, with 179 for Harding and 6 for Cox. Nate Kendall received 90 votes, Clyde Herring 102, J J Anderson 51, and Matt Ahles led Democrat rivals with 151 votes. The embrace marked a clear party shift.
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Fox Township
Gibraltar
Democracy
Harding
Cox
Nate Kendall
Clyde Herring
J. J. Anderson
Matt. Ahles
New York Apple Surplus Draws Generous Distribution
G W Sage visiting central New York notes unusually favorable October crops and an apple abundance. He reports farmers need barrels and freight cars to ship fruit west, so apples are being given away locally as elder residents share surplus. Sage observes a thriving agricultural period with many New Yorkers benefiting from the harvest.
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G. W. Sage
Logan Avenue
New York
Sage
Hone
Record of Rail Accidents Shows 1919 Deaths Lower
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports 1919 saw 6,978 railway deaths and 149,053 injuries, with 277 passengers killed and 7,456 injured. Employes killed numbered 2,138 and 131,018 injured. Trespasser deaths reached 2,863 with 358 injuries, notes rail officials citing wartime employment effects.
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Washington
Aly
Anc
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Iowa Dairymen Converge for Buttermaker Conference
About 2000 dairymen attend the Iowa Buttermaker’s Association and Iowa Creamery Secretaries and Managers Association meetings in Des Moines. State dairy official W B Barney urges pure bred sires and warns against risky money schemes while talks cover refrigeration, pricing, tuberculosis control, and butter production ahead of a banquet with Gen. Harding tonight.
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Iowa Buttermaker’s. Association
Iowa Creamery
W. B. Barney
Des Moines
Iowa
Barney
P. M. Malcom
J. M. Speed
Rond McCann
Dairy Council
Northey Manufacturing Company
Breamery
O. M. Stevens
J. H. Henderson
A. M. McGuire
Minnesota
A. M. Hein
Hull
Harding
Hotel Russell-Lamson
Gen. Harding
Button EE
Sweet
B. W. Hammer
Ames
M. Mortensen
James J. Sorenson
St. Paul
Minn
J. R. Howard
American Farm Bureau Federation
R. HK. Bliss
Agricultural Extension Department
Iowa State College
Grundy Center Election Results Narrow Party Gaps
Grundy Center reports Republican majorities in local tickets with totals ranging from about 2,500 to 3,000 in Hardjing precincts and around 1,500 for Cummins, as returns trickle in from the county.
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Grundy Center
Cummins
English Wedding Cake From Local Shop Weighs Twenty Pounds
The Yankee Bake shop prepares a two foot diameter fruit cake for a English wedding sent to England. H W Schow reports the cake will use twenty dozen eggs and be decorated in white with layers of dark English and American white fruit cake and almond filling. The cake, two feet wide and about one and a half feet tall, will be shipped next Monday amid curious local attention.
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A. O
England
Newcastle
H. W. Schow
Waterloo
Schow
Nemes Praised at Omaha Navy Recruiting Conference
W A Nemes Waterloo chief quartermaster at the local navy recruiting station led 284 officers from seven western states at an Omaha conference. He was praised for top enlistment percentages and, after the meeting, enrolled two youths in the navy service, Ray A Elliott and Ernest J. (surname unclear).
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W. A. Nemes
Navy
Omaha
Neb
Yerday
Naval Office
Lim
Waterloo
Nemes
Elks* Hall
Ray A. Elliott
Hudson
Ernest J
Kendall Victory Reflects Precinct Returns in County Race
Grundy county precinct results show the sheriff’s race leaning to the Democratic candidate by about 1,000 votes while the treasurer contest remains close with the Republican ahead by eight votes. The report notes all precincts have been tallied.
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Kendall
a.Grundy County
Elose
Need of Houses Again Apparent Says MacDonough
Waterloo prospects seek homes as six parties in two weeks inquire about cottages or two room suites. MacDonough, secretary of the Greater Waterloo Association, says lack of housing may drive potential business residents away unless homes are found. He notes traveling salesmen and branch offices plan to relocate if suitable accommodations exist.
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Waterloo
BEFP
MacDonough
Greater Waterloo Association
Mr. MacDonough
Eight Buchanan County Precincts Give Big Vote to Republicans
In Independence Jai November 3 Special voters report high Republican support across eight Buchanan County precincts. Early city results show Harding 2501 Cox 629 Gummins 2193 Porter 40 Kendal 2093 Herring 946. County race tallies list Schuette 538 Feister 1548 Lehmkuhl 1308 Busby 1758 Kenyon 1490 Weepie 1408.
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Buchanan CO
Independence
Jai
Buchanan County
Harding
Cox
Gummins
Porter
Kendal
Herring
Schuette
Feister
Lehmkuhl
Busby
Kenyon
Weepie
George W Stevens Dies at Greenbrier White Sulphur
George W. Stevens president of the Chesapeake and Ohio railway collapsed and died today at the Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs in West Virginia. He was in Richmond for a message reporting the sudden death.
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Eastern
Richmond
W. Va
George W. Stevens
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Greenbrier
Waterloo Players Set for Three One Act Plays Tomorrow
Waterloo Players present three one act plays tomorrow night at the Sacred Heart school auditorium. The program opens with The Glittering Gate followed by Who's a Coward and Suppressed Desires. Leslie Lewis designed the set, lighting by Mrs. J B O Keefe, with local amateurs and newcomers in the cast including Mrs. J B O Keefe and S C Kimm.
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Waterloo
Sacred Heart School
Leslie Lewis
Dunsany
J. B. O'Keefe
J. B. ‘O'Keefe
J. O. Knox
J. B. ‘Ridenour
S. C. Kimm
Max Leringston
Leslie Wilharm
James Leonard
Thomas F. Myers, Jr
Motorist Pulls Into Garage Finds Seven Kittens
A Los Angeles driver entered a garage and sought to take home his robe when seven small cats tumbled out. The mother cat remains unfound, leaving the scene with surprising feline passengers.
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Los Angeles
Young Recruits Listed With Parental Consent Noted
Seemann Readisa as an electrician and Elliott with his father present for enlistment. Parental consent was required due to the recruit’s youthfulness.
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Seemann
Readisa
Elliott
Private Railroad Costs After Federal Control
After six months of private operation following federal control, the railroads incurred a total federal cost of 656 million dollars. The railroads posted a net deficit of 206 million and received 450.09 million in guarantees. In political results, Stafford led Berger 25,938 to 34,207, with Berger still refusing defeat. A rare 1856 British Guiana postage stamp, valued at over 10,000, known to exist in a Paris collection.
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Washington
Dbc
Commerce
Fifth Congressional District
Stafford
Berger
Hilater
British Guiana
Waterios Evening Courier PATTERNS
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Society- News
F. H. Peterson
Clara EB. Sawyer
Fort Wayne
Ind
A. G. Sawyer
Waterloo Business College
Bernicesenna
George Ellickson
Episcopal
St. Monica's
Des. Moines
Hs Daughters of the Ring
S. Straver
Episcopal Church
Yancoln-Martin
Charity A. Martin
Thomas J. Lincoln
M. E. Church
Wo. Court
J. Riley
Riley
Li Eoln
W. B
Xterloo
St. Mary’s
Will_ Schonitz
Anenst Kurtz
Willam Kenseht
Sewing Circle
First Tutheran—t Ladies’ Aid Society
Irs Ahanf
H. Eckstein
J. B. Becker
Cedar Heights
Lubes
C. Nape
W. M
Nmre
G. BR
Hosteller
Ida
Tarry
Odie
Grele
B. Decker
Mrs. P
Jone
Mrs
Forbes
Ruth Cameron
Beauty
Irbate
Parhans
Grundy
Pouce Head
COCAL
UU. 9
Praige
Valerioo
Waterloo Players
Dorothy Rae
Palace Theatre
Bilig
Robe
Independent Meat
Independent Meat & Grocery Company
Commercial St
Waterios Evening
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