Cedar Falls Notes of Events and Visits
Cedar Falls experiences a bustling week with social visits and club meetings. Miss Sheehan of Galena visits Miss Riggs for a week while Mrs. W. M. Gilmore hosts luncheon for Miss Salsbury of St Louis. The Pythian Sisters plan a meeting with officer nominations. Local faculty members and guests attend inaugurations, lectures, and civic events. The Y M C A notes and church activities blend with college gatherings and preparations for a bazar in December.
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Cedar Falla
Sheehan
Galena
Sarah M. Riggs
W. M. Gilmore
Street
Salsbury
St. Louis
Mabel
Genevieve Paulger
Grace Thomson
Florence Freer
Tawa City
Cedar Rapids
Elizabeth Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Cedar Falls
M. G
Prov
Ritchie
Y. MM. CG
Y. M. CG
Dean W. Stockdale
Normal Schorl
Chadron
Neb
Margaret Condit
Iowa City
Seerley
Nashville
H. H. Seerley
Searley
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakotas
Michigan
Seerleys
J. J. Seerley
Burlington
H. S. Stanberry
Mason City
Stanberry
Cedar Valley District Fair
Fair Association
State Teachers’ College
Chinese prize award to American engineer for railway plan
The Chinese government awarded the grand prize for a national railway system to American engineer George Bronson Rea, after two years of competition among leading engineers worldwide. Rea’s plan, designed partly while in an official role, envisions 20 trunk lines totaling about 11 090 miles and emphasizes population, trade, cost, revenues, and strategic importance. The award underscores the significance of reforming China’s rail network amid international policy tensions.
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China
Far Eastern Bureau
Peking
George Bronson Rea
Rea
America
Far Eastern Review
County study centers program leads county educators
County Superintendent Moeller advances a county wide study center and social center program with expert teachers from the state college demonstrational school. Centers cover Dunkerton Voorhies Castle Hill Bennington Mt Vernon Ganfield Fox and Dankerton areas with dates through April 29.
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Moeller
State Teachers' College
Schoollnuse
Dunkerton
Anna Wizard
Hazel Johnson
Voornies
Charles Perrott
Anna Mae Gorman
Bennington Center
Mt. Vernon Center
Kate Eldridge
Laura Arthur
Ganfield
Barclay Center
Washington
Poyner and
Cedar
la Porte City
Big Creek
Spring Creek
Codar
Hagia
Benningley Township
Mt. Varsin Township
Canfield
Barclay Township
Pox Center
Fox
Fire alarms cause small losses and several false alarms
Firemen responded Saturday and Sunday to multiple alarms with total losses small. A coal bin fire at the Galloway plant was controlled quickly after 7 40 p m Saturday. A hole burned through a residence roof at 1009 Jefferson street due to a defective chimney. A reported Cedar River park athletic field blaze found no fire. No other damage was noted.
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Oll
Galloway
Cedar River Park
California Syrup of Figs Advertisement Cautions Parents
A vintage warning style ad touts syrup of figs as a laxative for children including feverish and sick cases. It urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs to relieve constipation quickly, claiming gentle, effective action for all ages. It warns of counterfeit syrups and directs purchasing from California Fig Syrup Company with a 60 cent bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Wade
California Fig Syrup Company
Buck
Suitcase Stolen From Train at Rock Taland Northbound
A Cedar Falls woman reported her suitcase stolen from a Rock Island northbound train early this morning. The porter had placed the case in the coach front area and left as the woman boarded, discovering the theft upon departure. Captain Grown, Ames oldest resident, was greeted by a large crowd.
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Pollen
Rock Taland
Sprais
Grown
Ames
Civil War Veteran Recommends Vinci for Strength
A 77 year old Civil War veteran from Steubenville Ohio describes long nervous breakdowns and dizziness. He credits Vinci with renewed strength allowing him to return to work and urges elderly readers to try it. the ad claims Vinci contains restorative elements and offers money back if it fails to help.
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P. CL & Se LR. R
Bradford
Ohio
Vinci
W. AH
Bowers
Steubenville
Oho
Waterloo
Wangler Bros. Co
J. Miller
Waterton
Rations at Walnut Street Baptist Church Featured Spirits and Talks
Representatives of patriotic orders attended the event at Walnut Street Baptist Church where Capt. Brown, a Civil War veteran wounded in service, spoke as a man devoted to Christian causes. His daughter is a missionary in China and another at Oberlin College. Mrs. Roger Leavitt from Cedar Falls addressed Bundsy School children. An ad promotes velvet boots from Wang and Miller Shoe Co.
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Cedar Falls
Fred Perkins
St. Louis
Ife
Franklin Street
Charles Jennings
Gialt
Roy Bryant
W. A. Bryant
Roy
Waterloo
Oedar Falls
Wilimek
Pat Second
Main Street
National
Citizens
The
Security
College Hill
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Capt. Brown
Toen
Ching
Oberlin College
Bundsy School
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National Educational Commission
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Chas. W. Mullen
Amés
J. H. Gerholdt
Oklahoma City
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Shellsburg
Morphew
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Ark
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Mary Hansen
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Lean Carney
Frank Wilcox
J. W. Holland
James Brownell
Taylor
Bethlehem Church
John Christiansen
Charles Cunningham
Omaha
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Denver
Colo
Joe
James
Lincoln
Patrick Cunningham
Cedar Heights
W. W. Foote
Littrell
Longfellow
Luke Donlon
St. Patrick's Church
William Hannagan
Centralia
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Misa Annie Severin
Pacific Coast
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Ed DeGrief
Colville
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Greenwood Cemetery
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C. P. Colagrove
A. N. Burr
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Marian McFarland Walker
W. VW
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J. E. Mayo
Business Girls
Lillian Roadman
Marie Dexter
Adelaide Whillis
Iowa Building
Daisy Wiley
A A. B. Burns
Highland
Buckie
E. M. Wits
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Willis
Elliott
Northern Pacific
Berkshire Street Railway Company
Vermont Company
Hoosick Falls Company
Old Colony Railroad
Wenner
Grinne
Lewis Cobb
Forum
Grinnell College
Ionian Society
Merrill
Ieave
Panipnines
Dubuque
Hartong's Grocery
Ptone
CIAL
Dubuque Wethers
Bologna
Hartong's
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Miller-McCartney Ins
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Anita L. Baum
Leste BE
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Mayme F. Cloutier
Vongun
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Vici Kid
Blucher
Janet McKenzie Hill
Boston Cooking School Magazine
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Janet McKenzie Hifi
Tnie
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Chicago
Roger Leavitt
Wang & Miller Shoe
Wrigley’s
Wrigley
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co
Rkesner Building
Wrigleys
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