Social Notes From Cedar Falls Gatherings And Visits
Cedar Falls socia lites recount visits including Lt Mrs Foster from Kansas City and B A Snyder returning from Washington. Local clubs plan meetings, weddings, church events, and a Gideons visit while preparations for a chapter conference and a Parent Teachers event unfold.
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Cedar Falls
Foster
Kansas City
John Cameron
B. A. Snyder
EB. A. Snyder
Washington, D. C
Herbert Sawyer
Waujiaca
Wash
Clara Sawyer
Ruth Sawyer
M. W. Stawyer
C. F. Grimith
Washington
Ti. C
Joe Mead
Main Street
John Barnes
West Twenty-third Street
Bernice Wilson
Clay Street
Harry Gardner
Waterloo
First Congregational Church
Struggle for the Railways Key to Balkans Situation
The Saloniki to Nish corridor is described as the vital link in the Serb theater, allowing rapid Allied aid as German and Austrian forces cross the Danube. The article frames the line as the direct route to Constantinople through Bulgaria, and credits it as critical for rushing reinforcements to blunt the Belgrade Constantinople axis. The piece highlights the strategic aim to keep the Saloniki Nish route open to influence the broader front.
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Saloniki
e+ kub
Nish
Serbia
Danube
Teutonic Forces
Constantinople
Bulgaria
Saloniki-Nish
Belgrade-Constantinople
Wilson Studies Note to Britain Upon Blockade
Washington, Oct. di, President Wilson studied a note from Secretary lng replying to Britain's notes on interference with American trade. The note, delayed to separate from the Germany controversy, covers contraband and the British fleet policy before the blockade. Separate communications handle specific meat packers cases and other details. Dennis Sullivan Dies Aged 78 Millionaire mining man and banker Dennis Sullivan dies in Denver after arriving penniless in 1866 and building a fortune. Dr. Charles F Holder Funeral set for Pasadena naturalist and author who died yesterday after heart illness in his home with widow surviving.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Lng
Great Britain
Germany
Almionaire
Denver
Dennis Sullivan
Colorado
New York
Sullivan
Chas. F. Holder Nean
Pasadena
Cal
Charles Frederick Holder
Phillies Score Lifts Mood Before Sudden Death
Conden, N. 1, Oct. 11. William Steer, 22, long suffering from valvular heart disease, asked his doctor for Sunday paper. After glancing at the sports section he handed it back and said he only wanted to see the Phillies score from yesterday. He died moments later as the physician approached.
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Conden
N. 1
William Steer
Phillies
Americans Lose 239 Million in Confidence Games
Washington post office officials report more than 239 million dollars swindled from the public in four years by scams from bogus ad offers and flashy cures to rings claimed to cure every ailment. The postoffice department has issued fifty six fraud orders in the last year to curb mail-enabled victimization.
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Washington, D. C
Post- Office
Postoffice Department
Fighting in Moscow streets described in overseas dispatch
Despatches report Sept 27 barricades in Moscow wounded officials and police, with three civilians killed including a student whose body was left in the street. Students protested at the funeral as demonstrations grew. Other arrests and clashes occurred in St. Petersburg, Kharkov, Rostov, and Odessa with small riots escalating into disorders.
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Berlin
Sayville
Moscow
Moscow University
St. Petersburg
Kharkov
Rostov
Odessa
Fire Breaks Out on Big Pacific Liner Monteagle
Fire erupted aboard the Canadian Pacific liner Monteagle at Vancouver harbor while loading cargo for Yokohama. Initial control gave way as flames rekindled, sending dense smoke from the forward hold where a cotton shipment was stored ahead of tomorrow’s voyage.
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Vancouver
B. C
Gideons Crown Cedar Falls Holds Annual Convention
E G Griswold heads the Gideons as the seventeenth annual convention closes in Cedar Falls. About sixty delegates attended sessions in First Methodist Episcopal Church with union services led by Rev Edward Leow. Banquet at Presbyterian church featured toastmaster AM Seltenrich and welcomes by Mayor Newman. State officers elected include Griswold president and Shamler, Griffith, Toss, and Jutsledge as VPs with Kaiser re elected secretary treasurer and Wright chaplain.
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Perry Dillman
Des Moinais
Cedar Falls
Anna Johnson
Ruth Saul
Shell Rock
Ladies’ Aid Society
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Atrs
B. Miller
West Fourth Street
J. W. Bancroft
Jindies’ Association
First Congregational Church
B.A. Chapman
West Twenty-third Street
G. BH. Rowell
Jeff Wishop
H.R. Brown
H. L. Chase
W. A. Severin
W. D. Wher
J. E. Snowden
C. G. Walters
PL Bk. Snider
A. B. T. Moore
Cedar Rapids
National Organization of Gideons
The
Laws Gideons
Edward Leow
Presbyterian Church
Jiltur AM. Seltenrich
Newman
M. E
Griffith
Els
Roger Leavitt
E. G. Griswold
Des Moines
JF J. Shamler
M. &. Grifffith
N. Pb. Toss
Sioux City
J. J. Tuts “Ledge
Ottumwa
Serbia and Bulgaria in World War I Drive
Serbian positions show confident resilience as Bulgarians move forward. Serbia unites across ages and genders to defend the nation with hundreds of thousands ready to resist. Bulgarian mobilization lags while Austro German forces push toward Belgrade and cross the Danube south of the capital.
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Bulgaria
Serbia
Belgrade
Danube
American minister Whitlock ill in Brussels as mediator
The Hague via London October 11 reports Brand Whitlock United States minister to Belgium is confined to bed. Illness partly due to strain as mediator between Belgians and Germans. Despite urging to rest he refuses to leave Belgium. Belgians from across the country seek his aid continuously.
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the Hague
London
Brussels
Brand Whitlock
Belgium
Altho
Whitlock
French Foreign Minister Delcasse Impaired by Illness
Paris October 11 Theophile Delcasse overseas minister is indisposed and confined to his room for several days due to exhaustion from overwork Premier Vitlani will run the foreign ministry in his absence the news notes.
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Paris
Theophile Delcasse
Vitlani
Foreign Ministry
Benefit Balls to Aid War Veterans in Hills Hall
Citizens may buy benefit tickets for a patriotic ball to be held in Hills Hall on Friday evening October 22 to raise funds for the Memorial Hall. The Spanish War Veterans Helen Gould Auxiliary Ladies of the A R WLRC and Daughters and Sons of the American Revolution support the effort. E G Rogers commander of the Sons of Veterans leads the event planning. The Memorial Hall Furnishing Association formed by the named orders will receive contributions and plans to purchase silverware and dishes engraved with G A B R letters plus floor coverings rugs and curtains.
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Hills' Hall
Memorial Hall
Helen Gould Auxllary
Ladies of the @. A. R
WLRC
Daugh
Ters and Sons of the
E. G. Rogers
Sons of Veterans
Memorial Hall Furnishing Association
G. A. BR
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