Congregational Ngsn Assembly Chooses Metcalfy Moderator
Rev Walter Metcalfy of Cedar Falls was chosen moderator of the Congregational NGSN Assembly for the coming year at the morning business meeting. The gathering featured two of the state’s oldest ministers addressing the crowd and debates on church roles amid the national crisis. Speakers stressed active church involvement against autocracy and praised pastoral service and youth work. A prohibition program was planned for tonight with Mrs La Mance of Missouri and A C Rankin of Chicago lecturing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Suckow
Northeastern
Iowa Congregational Association
Tonferende
E. P. Kimball
Waterloo
J. Snowden
Cedar Fails
Walter Metcalf
Cedar Falls
Snowden
Kimball
A. R. Rice
Waverly
H. H Parr
First Church
Hardcastle
Dresses and Coats Ready to Finish at Two Dollars
Mamie Gould, Dressmaker, 219 Lafayette Building, offers dresses and coats ready to finish and fit for $2.00. This advertisement promotes affordable tailoring services and local garment construction.
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Mamie Gould
Lafayette Bldg
Navy notes open enlistments in Waterloo district
Navy notes report unlimited enlistments at the local recruiting station. Previously the Waterloo district was capped at one recruit weekly, but now apprentice seamen firefighters and engineers may enlist as many as can be prevailed upon to join this branch.
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Navy
Waterloo
Prominent Hudson Couple Secures Marriage License
Hudson Ga Oct 2 Frank R Hollis president of Holson Savings Bank and leading county business man and farmer, aged 75, and Mary Becksford, 56, long resident with several children, obtained a marriage license Monday. Hollis has a large local family. Becksford is a longtime Hudson resident. Separately Ben Fletcher lost his left arm Friday when it was severed at the Pierson farm south of Hudson while filling a silo. the cutter caused the injury.
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Hudson, Ta
Frank R. Hollis
Holson Savings Bank
Mary Becksford
Ben Fletcher
Pierson
Hudson
Propose Place in Pantheon for Guynemer’s Memory
Paris news reports a deputy introduced a resolution to place in the Pantheon an inscription honoring Capt. George Guynemer, the famed French aviator killed in action. The inscription would mark him as a symbol of the army’s aspirations and enthusiasm.
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Paris
Pantheon
George Guynemer
Chamber of Deputies
Lasies
Twelve Million Bales of Cotton Forecast for 1917
Washington October 2 The 1917 cotton crop was forecast at 12 047 000 equivalent 600 pound bales by the department of agriculture basing its estimate on the crop condition September 25 which was 60 4 per cent of normal A yield of 168 3 pounds of cotton per acre was forecast.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Dollar value in China falls to $1.33 silver
Amoy China October 2 The American dollar is quoted here as worth 1.33 silver in Chinese coin This is a drop of 17 cents since August 3 The normal rate is about 2.26 silver
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Amoy
China
With the Clubs and Local Society Notes
HiNews of Society items cover club meetings and elections in Waterloo. The Waterloo Equal Suffrage Association delegates head to Des Moines October 9 10 with officials from Waterloo attending. Delinquent members urged to pay dues as officers report association activities. Neighborhood Bible work and church circles hold meetings, with elections planned at St Marks and St. Pauls groups.
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Ania
Waterloo Equal Suffrage Association
E. Duke Naven
Des Moines
W. W. Marsh
The
Law Association
B. J. Howrey
Waterloo Association
J. E. Ridenour
Waterloo
Acc
Woman's Missionary Society of
First Evangelical Church
Red Cross Mission Honored With Italian Banquet
In Rome on October 2 the American Red Cross mission in Italy was hosted at a banquet by the Tlato- American union. Attending were Premier Boselli American Ambassador Page Count Somaglia president of the Italian Red Cross Guglielmo Marconi and members of the cabinet and Senate. The premier spoke of Italy and America ties and shared ideals while Lieut Col George F Baker head of the commission thanked hosts and colleagues. Ambassador Page praised Italy’s organizing power and soldier valor.
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Rome
American Red Cross
Italy
Tlato- American Union
Boselli
Page
Count Somaglia
Italian Red Cross
Guglielmo Marconi
America
George F. Baker
American Commission
Ambassador Page
Protests Over Mexican Drafting Policy Highlighted
Mexican ambassador Ignacio Ma n Mas has filed formal representations with the State Department protesting the drafting of Mexicans into the U S national army. Border states show irregular exemption board practices, while differences in birthright citizenship between the two nations complicate cases. In New York, the issue centers on Mexicans held for military service as alleged by Consul General Patris Me in.
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Washington, D. C
Ignacio Mon- Mas
State Department
México
M Nan
New York
Dain
PL Patris
Poise Marked William Blake Household Amid Crisis in Butte
In Butte on October 2, reports describe the William Blake household under strain after a recent incident. Sera is noted in statements by Laie before his death at St James Hospital, with a chilling line attributed to Lila about shooting.
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Butte
Mont
William Dblake
Sera
Laie
Iin
St. James
Stinehart's Grocery Ad Highlights Bargains and Delivery
A dense sale notice lists low prices on sugar coffee beans crackers oats and cereals. It features canned goods such as peaches cherries salmon and beans, butter cream and peanut butter, soap and household staples. Delivery is offered by calling phone 4025 and address 813 West Fourth Street.
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Hershey
Fatal home shooting after attempted robbery ends in struggle
A man named Inka sat up and asked for one more cigarette before being killed. White neighbor Mrs. Blake wrestled with him for a gun during the struggle and was shot. The county is deliberating the case as details emerge from the incident.
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Blake
Inka
Prayara
Prayed Hlake
Jalil
One Rural School House Has Male Teacher in County
In Black Hawk county autumn term records compiled by county superintendent I C Moeller only one rural school currently employs a male teacher. The remaining rural posts go to young women with Joseph Walker of district No 7 East Waterloo township as the lone male incumbent, residing at 1310 Fifth Street West, Waterloo.
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Black Hawk County
I. C. Moeller
Joseph “Walker
Waterloo Township
Fifth Street West
Waterloo
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Congregational Ngs'n Assembly
Church Today
Walter Metcalfy
Navy Notes
Pantiteon
Guynemer
Pat-A-Cake
Senorita Wah-Pep-A
Dairy Cattle Congress
D. B. L. Auction Bridge Club
Halen Gould Auxiliary
Memorial Hall
Yarry
Fisher
Young Women’s Christian Association
Isher
St. Paul's M. B.—Foreign Missionary Society
J. A. Heald
King’s Heralds
Don Kollenbeck
St. Mark's
Chester Cadwallader
Gerard
Germany
Roosevelt
United Presbyterinn — Women's Missionary Society
W. J. French
P. ER. O
Grace Ament
Marian Bansier
R. M. Knox
Nettie Pine
C. W. Hellen
Lillian Shoemaker
Gladys Johnson
Grace Williams
Marian Ham
Anne Ryan
Dubuque
Miss Ham
Kate Larimore
Miriam Marsh
Philip Koester
Etta A. Bronson
Cedar Rapids
Grand Chief
St. Luke's Ladies’ Aid Society
J. M. Rishel
Central Christian Church
Milton Haisletl
Daughters of Isabella
U.S. Red Cross
Vpaly
Pou Pucet
U.S
Lila
Stinehart
Lux
Lever Bros. Co
Cambridge
Mass
Imae Bie
Cadillac Brougham
Cadillac
Morris Motor Car CO
Waterloo, Iowa
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