Cedar Falls News Briefs Include Smallpox Epidemic And Church Plans
Local notices report an ongoing smallpox epidemic with about 35 cases and quarantines, plus health officials noting no fatalities and rapid releases. Other items include the Cedar Falls and Leavitt Johnson banks backing a cow and calf club auction project and a Methodist Brotherhood plans three winter events including a father and son banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Department
Navy
Focal
Methodist Church
Brotherhood
First Methodist Church
New Fuel Regulations Enforced in Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls imposes fuel saving orders with factories closing at dark and lights restricted. Mercantile establishments lose most lighting after 6:30 pm, only drugstores and cafes stay lit. College controls include early heating shutoffs, library hours, and adjusted lecture schedules. Illinois Central ships four coal cars to municipal plant for 10 days. Cow and Calf Club forms with 40 county youths attending.
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Cedar Falls
Fuel Commission
Bpot
Night Watch
Teachers’ College
Bartlett Hall
Illinois Central
Memorial Service At Masonic Hall For Deceased Members
Cedar Valley lodge members A F and A M hold their first memorial service at Masonic hall Sunday afternoon. Local residents and visitors share greetings as distant guests, with others traveling for brief visits and upcoming events in the community.
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Nas
Cedar Valley Lodge
A. F
A. M
Masonic Hall
Mra
B.D. Jack
Fort Madison
William Rheboch
Savanneh
Lould Rheboch
Herbert B. Sawyer
Wapato
Wash
Waterloo
Spanish War Veterans Receive Maine Tablet Memorial
United Spanish War Veterans, Fred Wilter camp, received a bronze memorial tablet commemorating the battleship Maine. The 12 by 18 inch plaque weighs about 20 pounds and is made from metal salvaged from the ship. Columbia stands with shield over the wreck as the inscription’s central image.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Wilter
United
In memoriam U S S Maine sunk Feb 1898
A historic note recalls the Maine disaster in Havana Harbor on February 16 1898. The vessel was later raised by the war department stripped of arms towed seaward and buried in deep waters with a ceremonial burial. A commemorative tablet was exhibited in John Boeller shop windows before a permanent Memorial Hall placement.
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U.S. S. Maine
Havana Harbor
War Department
Memorial Hall
Social Worker Had Affinity in Law Divorce Case
Des Moines November 29 A sensational divorce suit involving prominent social workers was revealed when Mrs. Eddy was granted a divorce from her husband the recently head of the public welfare bureau of the Chamber of Commerce She charged infidelity naming a young woman as respondent Eddy’s attorney Her former associate J B Pendergast represented him The wife claimed Eddy invited parties for his women friends at his home and left dishes for her to wash The case centers on alleged indiscretions within the public welfare sphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Mones
Des Moines
Eddy
Public Welfare Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Jas
Frank Comfort
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George H. Tivaddle
Waterton Evening Courier and Daily Reporter
Black Hawk County
Association of Breeders
Leavitt & Johnson National Banks
Cedar Valley Fair
Black Hawk
Forge
Ford
Chevrolet
Dodge
Siegel's Auto Wrecking Co
Tris Commercial ST
H. C. Stuntz
BR. A. Arthur
John
Emma Arthur
Tripoli
Daniel Stulsman
Garaby
N. D
H. H. Walters
Waterloo Business
Overland-Hanson Company
East Fourth and
Franklin Streets
Grove
Ove
Axminster
Ata
Rattania and Wool
Deliv
Ery
Nets
Madras
Luxor
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