Cedar Falls News Briefs Highlight Local Social Scene
Cedar Falls reports travel and social notes from Oct 4. Randall Mayo visits from southern Wisconsin. Misses Magdalena and Matilda Smith stay with the Hills in Cedar Falls. A factory baseball league banquet is set for 7:15 at the Black Hawk hotel with plates at 75 cents. The Cedar Falls Woman's Club opens its season with a large meeting, new officers elected, and plans for social centers and night schools. A baby, Ralph Rice, age 1 month, is severely injured when run down by a streetcar, losing an arm and sustaining possible brain injury. mother distracted in the kitchen. no blame assigned to drivers.
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Chicago
Cedar Falls
E. W. Lanham
South Main Street
Iowa College
Adam Wagner
Black Hawk
Raymond Robins
National
Harriet Case
Music Department
State Teachers’ College
Waverly
Air
W. H. Merner
Flandreau
Locke
Merver
A.A. Burger
Wyoming
Harold Sterling
Eagle Grove
George W. T Hughes
N. Obergaard
Julius Densen
Main Street
Jengen
McGlade
Walnut Street
George Mitze
Peter Hansen
Lincoln Street
P. A. Bond
Fannie Heminway
GO. W. Stone
Leo Paulger
BE. G
Woman’s Club
J. L. Bailey
Roger Leavitt
Heminway
Walker
Young
Ralph Rice
Bert Rice
Walnus Street
Sartori Hospital
Rice-Dayton Manufacturing Co
Odd Fellows Gather for Waterloo Oct 18 Convention
Special train from Marshalltown brings 200 members. Waterloo hosts a large Odd Fellows convention Oct 18 to 21 with 600 delegates and up to 5000 attendees for a parade on Oct 20. The event features dramatic degree work, a grand parade, memorial services, and a military ball with multiple lodges and temples serving as venues.
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Waterloo
Odd Fellowship
Marshalltown
C. H. Sweeney
Grand Lodge
Order
Red Oak
Assembly
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Lincoin Park
Cedar Falls
Hotel
Russell-Lamson
Armory
Sheffield Lodge
Ogden Lodge
Main Lodge
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Mac J. Randall
Grand
Encalopment
George P. Campbell
Mt. Ayr
A. 0. Peterson
Estherville
Mra. Stymest Stevenson
Council Blutts
Most Beautifully Formed Woman Displayed in Two Cities
In Des Moines and Water theaters, reports claim the “most beautifully formed woman” is on display. Nonspecific chatter, fragmented quotes, and theatrical hype suggest a highly promotional, uncertain description of a beauty display across two venues.
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Grundy Republican
Des Moines
Water
R C Webster Dies Suddenly in Cedar Falls
Romeo Collins Webster died at his Cedar Falls home October 2 after a leg fracture treated promptly. his heart failed suddenly. Funeral services were held at his home with Dr. Snowden and Rev. Metcalf, then remains were taken to Charles City for burial. He was born October 1, 1860 in Elgin Illinois and lived in Waverly and Cedar Falls before livestock business. survived by wife Nina Waller, daughter Hazel Webster, sister Bertha Bowers, brothers Ben Webster and Will Youngs. numerous relatives and friends accompanied the burial train to Charles City.
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Cedar Falls
Romeo Collins Webster
Washington Street
J. EB. Snowden
Walter Metcalf
Charles City
Waverly
Cedar Walls
Nina ‘Waller
Hazel Webster
Ben Webster
Will Youngs
Filgin
Bertha Bowers
Pasadena
Cal
Charles Citr
3M. M. Waller
Webster
Can This Be When 105 Miles Of Town Soil Stretches Peacefully
A fragmentary query asks if long stretches of local soil can maintain peace between neighboring towns, implying a reflective regional concern about rural land and harmony. No clear event, date, or named entities are present.
Honored for His Church Attendance in Linden Place
David Horton of 216 Butler Avenue Linden Place is praised by Rev Mary A. Baker of Linden Methodist for outstanding church attendance with only one missed service in two years. Horton, moved by the compliment, could not accept flowers at the service. The scene drew tears from many in the congregation. A separate note reports a daughter’s birth and a birthday fund collection by Walnut Street Baptist Sunday school members.
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David Horton
Butler Avenue
Linden Place
Linden Methodist Church
Thore
Mary A. Baker
Horton
Iis
Raby
Pennies
John Bunyan Smith
Walnut Street Baptist Sunday School
Injured in Collision on Vermont Street Intersection
Mrs I A Young and her five year old son Robert of 432 Vermont street suffered numerous bruises after an unknown vehicle crashed into the rear of their car at the Second and Lafayette street intersection. The driver fled without stopping or reporting to police, while Mr Young escaped injury. Mr Vaunz secured the vehicle number.
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I. A. Young
Robert
Vermont Street
Young
Second
Tafayette Street
Vaunz
California Syrup of Figs Advert Promotes Harmless Laxative
A vintage advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children. It claims quick relief from stomach issues, indigestion, and feverish symptoms, urging mothers to buy the genuine product from the California Syrup of Figs Company and beware of counterfeits.
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California
Norrow
West High Show Crowning Stunt at Dairy Cattle Congress
The Dairy Cattle Congress featured West High School operetta and a cow judging demonstration, with the Triple M Trio and Miss Ethel Zartmann guiding a playful cow act titled Lizzie Leftover TV. Cedar Falls and East High also presented winning acts, while Kenneth Ludwig and Jack Leonard impersonated a cow.
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Charlie Chaplin
Triple M
Dairy Cattle Congress
Ethel Zartmann
Park Bliss
Cedar Falls
East High
West High
Lizzie
Kenneth Ludwig
Jack Leonard
Altho
Howard Blough
Sheriman Drake
Blough
Tuttle
Marjorie Taylor
Charles Teeter
Tiny Cleveland
Hobart Dawson
Local Weather and Pageant Scenes Highlight Rural Event
Miss Taylor joined Maybeth Mack and Maude Knoop as Molinists in a Trio act while performers like Charlie Chaplin were hinted at in disguises. A severe hail storm followed a 0.30 inch rain on Saturday and 0.35 inch on Sunday, with a lightning strike near a signal tower and a Linden bushel basket filling with hail. The day’s heat rose to a high before a west wind brought cooler evening air, and the paper notes that Want Ads in the Courter and Reporter attract careful attention.
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Ist
Miss Taylor
Maybeth Mack
Maude Knoop
Triple M
Charlie Chaplin
Hsck Leonard
el Cahn
Lawton Gramb
Harold la Rue
Kenneth Ludwig
Kenneth Vaughan
Thhey
Marthe Thormpson
Fern Way
Jean Birdsall
Glenn Blakeman
Gertrude Holmes
Helen Cowles
Linden Place
Linden
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Cedar Falls Drug Co
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C. M. Wyth
East Seventh Street
W. Co. A
Prof. Fullerton
Raymond Robbins
Greenwood Cemetery Association
G. A. R. Hall
James Chase
Colorado Springs
Colo
Iowa State Teachers’ College
J. Foy Cross
College Hill
Harry Creager
Sumner
Ethel Andrews
R. L. Chase
Woman's Club
BIG Odd Fellows Gathering
Black Hawk Lodge
Fourth Street
Pythian Temple
Rebekahs
Masonic Temple
Waterloo Theatre
Walnut Street “Baptist Church
Pnfon
D. B. Gunn
R. C. Webster
GRESS
Fourth and Water Streets
Chis
Sve
Vicinity
Wooltex
LaCamille
America
Pey
Wall Farm
Avery
William Holland
Arm
Chandler
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Cadillac
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