Cedar Falls Daily News briefs and community notes
Cedar Falls residents reported delivery irregularities to Cedar Falls Drug Co. In Gedar Falls the Woman's Club met and planned readings and music. Many local residents traveled, visited, or planned events as the interurban ran a football special to Iowa City. A fire destroyed the Gerholt home near Veda Falls injuring occupants, with recovery expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Falls
D. N. Hud
D. Hurd
Evening Courier
Cedar Falls Drug Co
Western Scenes Create Wonder at Public Lecture
William Lasingwell, publicity manager for the Union Pacific, spoke before the Board of Trade on using moving pictures and 200 colored stereopticon views to attract conventions. He traced Union Pacific routes from Omaha to California and noted Yosemite’s beauty, promising benefits for 1915. J Oliver Trimbauer urged a higher tax in Black Hawk County for improvements, with support from the lecturer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William ‘Bruce Satingwell
Board of Trade
Waterloo
Union Pacific
Omea Ha
Denver
Colorado Springs
Manitou
Cheyenne
Ogden
Salt Lake
San Francisco
Santa Barbara
Los Angeles
Yosemite Valley
J. Oliver Trimbauer
Black Hawk County
Hyomei Safe Catarrh Remedy Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Hyomei as a natural treatment for catarrh head colds and bronchitis. It claims inhalation clears nasal and bronchial passages, reduces headaches and snuffling, and presents a complete kit with inhaler and liquid bottle sold by Wangler Bros. Co. under a no cure no pay offer.
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Wangler Bros. Co
Special Train to Big Football Game
Waterloo and Cedar Falls fans ride a Saturday special to Iowa City for the Iowa Minnesota game. The Cedar Valley line runs Cedar Falls to Cedar Rapids then Iowa City interurban. Depart Cedar Falls at 8 00 and Waterloo crew picked up at 8 40. Cedar Rapids reaches 11 00 with a 1 hour 5 minute lunch stop. Game at Iowa City listed for 4 25. Return departs 5 38 with Waterloo arrival to be announced.
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John Wilson
Springfield
Familly
Ray Boehmigr
Cedar Falls
Iowa City
Iowa
Minnesota
Charles Peterson
Lake Mills
Waterloo
Cedar Valley Road
Cedar Rapids
Christine Miller Ships Struck By Sea Mine
Local friends of singer Miss Christine Miller learned the Pottsdam, the vessel she was to sail home on, struck a mine in the North Sea. The report offers no further details and notes the ship may have been disabled rather than sunk. A letter from Miss Miller suggested she would sail on that ship four weeks earlier, but changes in plans are possible.
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Christine Miller
Miss Miller
America
Potts
North Sea
Eight Nurses Graduate at Westminster Church
Nine young women completed the nursing program at Presbyterian hospital and received diplomas in a Westminster Presbyterian church ceremony led by Rev. W A Beachler. The event featured solos by Marbeth Mack and Marjorie Taylor, with remarks on the nurses vows and service.
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Westminster Presbyterian Church
The
Presbyterian Hospital
J. B. Smith
W. A. Beachler
Nhuirses
WW. Marsh
Hospital Board of Trustees
J. R. McCartney
Marbeth Mack
Leader of Greeks a Linguist in Waterloo
Don Romanos is cited as the intellectual leader of the local Greek community in Waterloo, with education in Buenos Aires and fluency in four languages. He runs a large Greek school at 710 Jefferson Street and teaches English and Spanish for commercial use at Grout's Ball and the Stewart-Simmons Press building, attracting interest amid Latin American trade growth.
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Waterloo
Romanos
Jeferson Street
Grout’s Ball Ang
Stewart-Simmones Press
Latin America
An Unworked Gold Mine in Government Paper
Ruth Cameron argues many readers neglect free government and educational folders included with purchases. She urges housewives to request bulletins from Washington on nutrition and cooking and to learn from prefaces and back matter, claiming a wealth of domestic knowledge awaits active readers.
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Mook
United States
Department of ‘Agriculture
Washington
Bureau of Education
Reau of Entomology
Arrests Probed in Swine Theft Ring Near Raymond
Sheriff Shores reports multiple arrests in a swine theft case involving twelve hogs from F. S. Webber of the Dr. McKellar farm. Suspects include John Hurd Fred Carpenter and 19-year-old William Helm, captured near Raymond and Buchanan county. Hogs, a mule, and poultry thefts are being traced with authorities recovering stock.
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Sheriff Shores
Punkey
John Hurd
Fred Carpenter
William Lel Helm
Raymond
F. S. Webber
Helm
Webber
Dr. McKellar
Hurd
Cai
Young Helm
Irving Teachers College Literary Society Incorporates
The Irving society of the Town State Teachers' college files articles of incorporation to promote intellectual and artistic growth among members. The group excludes women students and lists officers including president Josephine Elbert and treasurer Tubetepee.
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Irving Society
The
Town State
Lulu Morrison
Tube Tepee
Maude Popejoy
Anni Capellan
Signe Steffen
Lula Morrison
Marie Gisster
Marie Caplan
Theresa Sheehy
Political offices opened at Fifth and Sycamore
Depunhican headquarters established in the office of BE Hosteter at Fifth and Sycamore streets. They will be kept there until next Monday when a transfer to the Green and Floor store room by the same building will occur. Wyant is in charge and materials will be distributed freely to all who call.
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BE. L. Hosteter
Sycamore Atrerts
Wow
Wyant
Voting machines not used in Waterloo precincts general election
The county board decides Australian Uiller machines will be used in all Waterloo precincts for the general election while Cedar Falls uses machines. Insufficient machines require voters to mark a cross in the square of the candidate name and pull a lever for votes. The 1914 Suez receipts show a $426,006 rise to May end versus 1913. Hudson Bay traffic expands with more vessels entering last year.
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Couny Board
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Suez Catal
Weaving Murder Case Prompts Delusional Suspect
Police report a man obsessed with a Sherlock Holmes notion claims to connect the Huggins murder. He describes the scene with hat low and cigarette near the brim and says a single confession would complete his chain of evidence. Austrians note Rug fins claim great execution with machine guns in trees amid dawn.
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Sherlock
Huggins
Fis
Rheumasalts Promised To Aid Liver And Kidneys
An old advertisement extols Rheumasalts as a scientifically blended carbonated lithia drink that cleanses the stomach liver and kidneys. It claims to flush impurities relieve back pain dizziness and nervousness and to act quickly without griping. The copy urges taking two teaspoonfuls daily and offers a mail address for unavailable supply.
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Woman's Club
E. H. Carney
George D. Harris
National Barn Building
P. Golegrove
Iowa— Beautiful Land
W. H. Merner
Lizzie Lemmer
Cedar Falls National Bank
Lee Ranney
Chicago
K. M. Wilson
H. Alexander Ofteon
W. H. Hurd
Julian. Curtis
Bowen
B. Archer
Gideons
Belle Vinall
Hosley
Orphin Wilson
Des Moines
Wilson
College Friends
Grinnell
Herbert Bley
Detroit
Mich
Marwell Motor Co
Thie City
Ralph Rice
California
L. E. Bice
John W. Bancroft
Linden Hotel
J. A. Rownd
George Knoche
B. R. Wiener
L. W. Back
E. Nolte
Montreal
Can
Merner
City Hall
Main Street
Walnut Street
B. D. Ackerson
Gibson & Graham's
College Street
J. Christiansen
Askey, Mine
Minneapolis
Bethlehem
Zion Evangelical Church
Winton
Cahoon
Barbara Worth
Wesley Wiler
McMins Ry
J. W. Warnes
Cedar Falls Woman's Club
W. L. Hearst
Presbyterian Church
Lucy Seward Noble
Duncan
State Teachers’ College
Eunice Overman
Carnegie-Nayton Library
Myria Hoagland
City Library
Marshalltown
State Library Association
J. A. Fellers
Kansas
D. M. Warrington
Roger Leagitt
George Philpot
Creston
Chas. Gerholt
Veda Falls
Charles Gerholt
Gerholt
Altho
Bire
Christine
Cele
W. H. Beachler
Moore Thome
Commercial Street
William Moore
Clerks’ Union
Labor Temple
Unio
Larhe
Anold Sea
Don Romanos
Ruth Cameron
Just
Toile du Nord
Tod Nowl
Bates
Sy Vial de Vard
Mit
Rigga Mine
Piaewhoo. Ee
Woll
Lonsdale
William Helm
Prom Farm
Theymond
Literary Society
Carl Hatong
Bologus
Hudson Bay
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