Cedar Falls News Notes and Local Social Roundup
Cedar Falls daily notes travel, visits and society events. Residents and guests recount moves through Cedar Falls, reminders of hospital drives, club meetings, church events, and upcoming weddings.
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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1914
Page
6
Cedar Falls daily notes travel, visits and society events. Residents and guests recount moves through Cedar Falls, reminders of hospital drives, club meetings, church events, and upcoming weddings.
Updates on church societies weddings picnics and social gatherings in Waterloo and surrounding communities. Details include First Baptist Woman's Missionary Society Olive Bumphrey address Cedar River Park and multiple church related events at Sacred Heart Emanuel Evangelical Calvary and St Pauls plus a Waterloo interlude about the Horton Mor ton family relocating to Watertown for winter and social scenes surrounding hospital affiliations and club activities.
The Woman's Missionary society of Grace M. E. church will hold an allday meeting in the church parlors tomorrow. The Home Mission program will be in the morning with Mrs. W A Shaffer as sender. The subject is "Young People and Missions." Dinner will be served at noon with Mrs. T Whitney and Mrs. J E Black as hostes Mrs. Charles Ferguson will be leader of
The girls of Miss Gladys Whittle's United Brethren church class enjoyed a picnic at Dyrnes Park yesterday afternoon. They played games and were treated to a hearty supper in the later hours.
In Ruth Cameron's Evening Chit Chat, two women ride together. One is bored, the other curious, finding beauty in scenery and depth in details. The engaged woman notices architecture, botany, birds, and elms, turning a simple trip into a lesson that proves life is a book in many languages. The bored observer remains blank, illustrating how knowledge enriches perception.
The excerpt discusses how broad knowledge in topics like human nature birds flowers books and houses increases internal richness and interest, reducing boredom. It suggests that greater happiness comes from not being bored and implies a value on continual learning and curiosity.
Washington September 1 The house ways and means committee contemplates a stamp tax on soft drinks and patent medicines to bolster treasury revenue amid war related import curtailment. A 6 or 10 percent tax on railroad tickets and theatre admissions is also considered. Estimates suggest 50 to 80 million dollars could be raised.
The article notes strain over new revenue measures with critics arguing ample funds exist for current needs and oppposing a wet tax. It reflects opposition and fiscal debate among lawmakers and local officials during the session.
Mrs J Boyd Templetom returns to her Springfield home after a weekend visit with her daughter Mrs Fred Fleckenstein of this city.
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