Social Roundup Travelers and Local Entertainers
Brief notes list Ida Noble and Mrs. Henry Tolenaar visiting Cedar Falls from Washington Iowa. Alex Sutherland to move to Dixon Wisconsin with family. Dr George Hearst and Robert Frisby bound for Texas. Homer Bassford party visiting St. Louis. Emma Smith Marian Light to Mason City. Nellie Campbell visiting Webster City. Big house party on College hill hosts Kate Kelly Pearl Bills and others with a Thanksgiving dinner.
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Cedar Falls
Navy
Ida Noble
Henry Tolenaar and Baby
Washington, Iowa
W. F. Noble
Tremont Street
Alex. Sutherland
Dixon, WI
Mrs. Sutherland
George Hearst
Robert Frisby
Texas
Homer Bassford
St. Louis
Joseph Chase
West 6Th Street
Emma Smith
Marian Light
Mason City
Grace Smith
Waterloo
Stevenson
College Hill
Kate Kelly
Austin
Pearl Bills
Marshalltown
Krebs
Rosa Baux
Lois Bateman
Eliznabeth Mitchell
Torrance
Charlie Tolson
Hiteman
Winifred Jameson
Albia
Mr. Brown
Roy Davis
Misses Fern
Gladys Lalan
Henry Beinkelee Lalan
Harold Berry
Cedar
District fair district push gains support in Cedar Falls Waterloo
Business leaders from Cedar Falls and Waterloo endorse a district fair proposed by George H. Holcombe secretary of the Galesburg fair. A meeting at the Ellis hotel drew wide support and a Friday session will advance stock sales and site selection with Elk Run land options discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Holcombe
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Ellis Hotel
Elk Run Land Co
Elk Run
C. S. Cummings
Matt Wrth
College City
Holcombe
Waterlooans Travel for Thanksgiving by Train
Waterloo residents headed to Cedar Rapids Des Moines Davenport Burlington Reinbeck Vinton and other towns for Thanksgiving dinners. Train No 64 of the Rock Island Railroad carried about 100 passengers who bought tickets at the union station yesterday afternoon. Union Station staff reported similar crowds on Chicago Great Western departures to nearby water routes.
King Emmanuel Opens Parliament
Rome reports King Victor Emmanuel opened parliament in a ceremony attended by Queen Helena and the royal princesses. The event marks a formal start to the new session with nationwide attention on the crown and state affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Helena
Social Events Tonight and Tomorrow at Waterloo
Tonight and this evening a fine party is held at a Waterloo theatre. Tomorrow evening Mrs Stevenson will host a party for her guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Mayor's Son Wanders City, Found Safe Nearby
Cedar Falls Indiana November 2. Edward Merner the mayor's three year old son wandered from home yesterday morning. He walked for an hour or two enjoying the scenes along the way before friends found him several blocks away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
Spelefal
Edward
Merner
Farmer Taken on Bootlegger Charge at Cedar Walls
Cedar Walls Iowa November report says farmer Guy Leversee is in federal custody on a charge of selling intoxicants. He has been moved to Cedar Rapids for a hearing.
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Cedar Walls
Guy Leversee
Cedar Rapids
Football boys full of pep ahead of Iowa Falls clash
A mass meeting at the Commercial club rooms drew alumni students and the football team. The crowd cheered with class yells and speeches as they rallied with fighting spirit for the big game with Iowa Falls this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Fills
Othe Commercial Club Rooms
Iowa Falls
King’s Speech Read Amid Cheering Crowded Parliament
The monarch rode through state carriages to the senate house as immense throngs lined the streets. Deputies and senators cheered when he entered the parliament building, the king protected by cabinet members while the throne speech was read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Thanksgiving travel and local sightings in city in brief
Local notes report Dr and Mrs Shane visiting Jesup for Thanksgiving with relatives. J W White and others dine in Jesup. many residents travel to Lawler Oelwein Glasgow Mont and South Dakota. A dinner and social events occur at St Joseph’s parish hall with a Thanksgiving meal and dancing.
No Bodies Found at Falls In Cedar Falls
Coroner Kistner and officials searched a rubbish pile where Reinhart claimed to have dumped the remains of three infants but found no trace. Reinhart maintained his story though details became mixed during questioning in Waterloo.
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Cedar Falls
Kistner
Albert Kistner
Waterloo
Marshal Enlow
George Reinhart
Reinhart
Albert Vaughn Expires in Cedar Falls
Albert Vaughn dies at 3 a m from bowel ulceration in Cedar Falls aged about forty. Survived by parents Frank and Mrs. Vaughn Cedar Falls. brothers Ed and James. sisters Mrs Dix Mrs Gross and Mrs Sherwood. Widow and four daughters and one son remain. Funeral from 411 North Main Street tomorrow at 2 p m conducted by Rev. J M Morris.
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Cedar Falls
Albert Vaughn
Albert Sherwood
Waterloo
Qo'verien County
Frank Vaughn
James
Brainerd
Minn
Robert Dixon
Walter Gross
Turkey Dinner for County Prisoners
Sheriff Shores and wife prepared a turkey dinner for fourteen prisoners in the county jail and four chicken dinners with trimmings for eighteen inmates at the county home. No prisoners remain at the city hall as all have been released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff Shores
Cas!tody
Number at Soldiers' Home 18 Increasing in Iowa
Marshalltown Iowa November 27 Although the Iowa Soldiers' Home shows a total of 613 men and 222 women present yesterday the peak for the season is not yet reached. The home reports more women entering as more wives are widowed and seek care and hospital treatment. Of the men 144 are in the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Iowa Soldiers
Lord Fauntleroy Slated To Head Queen & Crescent Rr
Cincinnati November 27 Little Lord Fauntleroy is said to be slated to become president of the Queen & Crescent railroad succeeding W W Finley of Washington died Tuesday The original of Little Lord Fauntleroy was Fairfax Harrison who served as the model around which Frances Hodgson Burnett built her story Harrison is now president of the Monon route with headquarters in Chicago
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Cincinnati
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Queen & Crescent Railroad
W. W. Finley
Washington, D. C
Lord Fauntleroy
Fairfax Harrison
Frances Hodgson-Burnett
Story
Harrison
Monon
Chicago
Farewell Ovation For General Bramwell Booth
New York November 27 Salvation Army troops led by Commander Eva Booth gave a farewell on the dock as General Bramwell Booth departed by steamer frame. The band sang God Be With You Till We Meet Again and Commander Mira kissed him. The general hinted at better relations with Ballington Booth and said he would retire to this country next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Salvation Army
Comander
Eva Booth
Bramwell Booth
Mira
Ballington
Himerift
Colleges Meet in 21st Annual Thanksgiving Day Game
Philadelphia on Franklin Field hosts Penn State and Cornell for their twenty first Thanksgiving day football contest. Weather is cloudy and Chester Minds, a Pennsylvania fullback, lines up in the backfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Mav
Pennsylvania
Cornell
Franklin Field
Chester Minds
Recorder Plummer Dies After Long Public Service
The obituary notes the death of Recorder Plummer a former Yellowstone National Park transportation superintendent. Born August 27 1860 in Ontonagon Michigan he lived in Cedar Falls and married twice with two sons Roger and Daniel. Survived by a widow four sisters and two brothers and former public service in Colorado and Cedar Falls. Funeral services likely Saturday with possible county office closings in his memory.
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Yellowstone National Park
Thenert
Plummer
Park
Cedar Falls
Denver
Colo
Colorado
House of Representatives
West
Michigan
Ontonogan
Mich
State Normal
Sarah E. Eiler
Roger
Daniel
C. BE. Mullarky
W. A. Powell
Alma
J. ©. Bishop
Huntley
Neb
Elizabeth Plummer
Alex Plummer
Robert Plummer
Alaska
Elks Lodge
Leadville
Knights of Pythias
The
Yeomen
Thanksgiving House Party Guests In City Social Round
Mr and Mrs J Y Burkett host guests including J D Caldwell C W Caldwell George B Miller and De Forest Miller as Marshalltown visitors join Misses Gladyce Shores Alice Lichty Forest Shores for a Park avenue home party. Local dinners and a football game mark the day with a Symphony club gathering this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Y. Burkett
J. D. Caldwell
C. W. Caldwell
George B. Miller
de Forest Miller
Emmargene Edwards
Margaret Fraiser
Mary Ketchum
Catherine Gerhart
Emily
Cora Webber
Fern Flitton
Lester Flower
Edward Hayes
Marshalltown
Gladyce Shores
Alice Lichty
Forest Shores
Park Avenue East
F. M. Shores
L. Conn
Irene Lowenstein
Valparaiso
Ind
Local Happenings in Clarksville This Week
Clarksville notes shed light on travel to Cedar Falls and Wichita, visits from Greenfield and Grundy Center, church events, and social gatherings. Several residents attend missions and bazaars while others move, host guests, or seek health rest.
Voice From the Wilderness Favors Waterloo Show
J W Jarnagin editor of the Iowa Farmer argues against moving the Waterloo Cattle Congress to Des Moines. He praises Waterloo as a developed center for the dairy show and warns that shifting to a broader, less concentrated effort would harm regional dairy industry interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Jarnagin
Iowa Farmer
Des Moines
Waterloo Cattle Congress
Jarnagin
Waterloo
Iowa
Middle West
Buggy Demolished After Auto Crash Near City
J C Lyons farmer east of town owned a buggy damaged when W F Eightey drove an auto into it last evening. Wet pavement caused skidding and the buggy rear was struck. Both wheels were demolished the shafts broken and the front wheel spokes busted. The auto received a bent front axle smashed fenders and a scratched front. No injuries reported.
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J. C. Lyons
W. F. Eightey
Big Hominy Mill Burns To Ground
Ne eatur, WL Nov 27 The Ne eatur mill of the American Hominy company burned to the ground early today The loss exceeds something thousand The fire started in the dryer room atop the mill and burned downward This mill ground more corn than any other mill of its size in the world It will be rebuilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neeatur, WL
American Hominy Company
Movement and social visits noted in brief
Wilders will move to Denver this week. Wm Spencer visited Berlin from Wednesday until Friday. Mr. Kistner and Miss Valentine of Waterloo were entertained at the home of Mrs. Elen Gabby Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksville
Hlias Walters
Cedar Falls
Jeroloman
David Free
Greenfield
Wm. Spencer
Fred Nordman
Glenwood
Minn
Union
U. B
Rev. Polk
O. M. Graham
James
Shell Rock
L. R. Thompson
Elizabeth
Nell Hariness
Ed Phillips
Waterloo
Frank North
Charles City
Belle Corrough
Grinnell
Co. C. Smith
Dora Baldwin
Grundy Center
Patterson
Cresco
Lester Wood
Wichita
Kan
Leo Gilbert
L. Darby
Lelith
Chief Explains His Side Of Case
Police Chief E A Leighton describes placing detective George Moore in the county jail after arraignment. He says he acted on County Attorney Hoxie's order and that he had no responsibility beyond turning the papers over to the sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Moore
E. A. Leighton
Moore
Justice McMurray
Hoxie
Sheriff’s Office
Iowa Lads Stage James Boys Trick
Two Keokuk youths aged 12 and 16 stole a farmer's horse and buggy, fled toward Canton Missouri via Alexandria and Winchester, then returned toward Keokuk before abandoning the rig and were captured. They await sentencing for the staged escapade and theft involving multiple horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
James Boys
Keokuk
Jesse James
Merle Santo
George Lehner
Canton
V. A. Krumm
Alexandria
Winchester
Krumm
Lowa
Craig to be tried for Knabe murder
Dr. Wim B. Craig dean of the Indiana Veterinary College will stand trial before Judge Alonzo Blair in Shelbyville on charges of the murder of Dr. Helen Knabe in Indianapolis on Oct 23 1911. The case was moved here on change of venue from Indianapolis. An undertaker Alonzo M. Ragsdale is also indicted as accessory after the murder. his trial date is not set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelbyville
Ind
Wim. B. Craig
Indiana Veterinary College
Indianapolis
Alonzo Blair
Helen Knabe
Craig
Bec
Alonzo M. Ragsdale
Knabe
Five East Indians Killed in Durban Affray
In Mount Edgecombe near Durban Natal unionist strikers clashed with police at the Blackburn sugar estate. Police fired several volleys to quell rioters after violence erupted killing five East Indians. An American mission station and Natal threshing mill feature in the scene.
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Durban
Natal
Union of South Africa
Blackburn
Mount Edgecombe
Ed McFarlane Wins City Bowling Championship
Ed McFarlane defeated Clarence Manahl to win the city bowling title by six wins in nine games at Manahl alleys this morning. McFarlane totaled 1698 pins for an average of 188.3. Manahl averaged 172.3 while posting a high game of 216 in the fifth frame. scores were McFarlane 185 199 167 202 198 193 190 194 170 and Manahl 131 167 201 163 216 176 198 157 143.
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McFarlane
Clarence Manahl
Manahl
Ted Thorsen
U S Marines Mobilized From Annapolis to Philadelphia
Baltimore on November 27 reports a detachment of United States marines from Annapolis joining detachments from Norfolk and Washington. They travel by special train for Philadelphia to join the regiment bound for a sail on the transport Prairie from the Philadelphia navy yard today.
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Baltimore
Annapolis
Norfolk
Washington
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Rail Schedules Show Narrow Gauge Timetable Details
Rail timetable snippets list departures and arrivals for Dubuque Chicago connections, Westbound and Northbound legs, express and local trains, and interurban Cedar Falls Waterloo routes. It cites multiple cities including Dubuque Omaha Minneapolis Saint Paul and La Porte City with varied times and stations, reflecting a dense network.
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C.K. & N. Interurban
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Corner East Fourth
Lafayette Streem
Galloway
West Side
Mulberry
East Side
Glasgow
Denver
Waverly
Gilbertville
la Porte
la Porte City
Armiion
Lve
Brandon
Jove
Ar. la Porte
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Edar Falls
Packard
Waterloo Evening Courier
Cedar Falls Drug Co
Main Streets
Lawn City
Nellie Campbell
Webster City
Guy Campbell
Gwen
King Emmanuel
Farmer Taken
Buchanan's
Next Majestic
Mrs. T. Bb. Harrington
Oelwein
Fred Murphy
M. J. Butterfield and Son
Town City
Frank Woodard
Lawler
Martha Been
Marongo
Canels
Z. C. Been
Miss Maris
Universi Consin
Thomas Jloo
John B. Fitzgerald
Catherine Pitzgerald
Osiulosa
Mesdaniws
H. & Munger
HR. T
Rebem
Flow
Tate
Alea
O. M Gregory
Geenory
Ella Wright
Chester
Armour Tastivate of Technology
Monny
General Booth
Society . News
J. J. Wood
H. N. Hallette
M. G. Grant
Kensett
Union Missionary Service
Presbyterian Church
Rayburn
Ft. Dodge
Wm. Neal
Homer Smith
Loomers
Lina Harrison
J. Wiloth
Marble Rock
H. Davis
Allison
Ellen Gabby
Henry Busching
Dorothy
North Dakota
Ray
Goetz
Chas. Myrick
A. Ray
Shel Rock
Phillip Toomer
Dr. Day
Fred Barr Aurned
Dumont
Tracey Hodson
Mra. Wilder
Tha
Voice From the Wilderness
BIG Hominy
Sherman M. Booth
Illinois
National Woman's Suffrage Association
Chief
Mfarlane
C. Manarl
U. 8S
Lord Chesterfield
Illinois Central Frr
Dubuque
Meese Cues
Omaha
Sioux City
Albert Lea
Minneapolis
W. Rk. R
South Bound
Baat Aide
Des M. & K
Union Depot
Dea M. & KK
Des
North Bound
C. & Twin Cc
C. & Twin
RL & BP. R. RB
St. Paul
Twin Cities
Manly
Burlington
Kansas City
Davenport
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