Suffrage Assembly Preparations and Program Details
The Town Equal Suffrage Association plans a spring convention in Boone from Sept 20 to Oct 2 with a victory celebration tone. Speakers include Mrs. Charles Brooks and Mrs. Catherine Waugh McCullough among others, with press agents for Republican Democratic and Socialist parties and possible transition to a League for Women Voters.
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Equal Suffrage
Weer
Boone
Effie McCollum Jones
Webster City
Activi i
Town Equal Suffrage Association
League For Women Voters
Charles Brooks
National League of Women Voters
Catherine Waugh McCullough
Evanston
Jon Brown
Colored League of Women Voters
Brown
The Thin Girl Diet Advice and Relationship Thoughts
A fragment discusses body image and dieting and offers a mock remedy of a chocolate malt drink claiming to add fat. It then shifts to a Q A about preferences for beauty, personality, and social advice about sisters, hair, skin care, and correcting a friend’s language with tact.
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Ian
Vian
Jess
Whines and Growls in Domestic Discourse
A reader notes contrast between child and adult whines, arguing grownup whining harms daily life. The piece critiques female whining as a marital liability and warns a petite young wife altering tone can trigger relationship tensions.
The Whine as Self-Pity in Modern Letters
The piece argues the whine signals self pity, not voice, and warns it can repel affection. It notes Henley avoided self pity by writing an antiwhine masterpiece, quoting two lines from Invictus to illustrate resilience and self-mastery.
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Henley
Praise for County Officials in 1918 Audit Report
The 1918 county audit by state examiner J B McCulla praises all county officers for diligent faithful service with no pony shortage. Sheriff and treasurer records are cited as in fine condition with economical practices. The report notes tardiness by treasurer Bur Bank but shows overall conclusions that the 1918 work will not recur.
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J. A. Francis
J. B. McCulla
cCulla
Itona
Jennie S. Bird
County Recorder
McCulla
Nathan B. Garber
W. J. Burbank
Kurbank
Burbank
Csare
Local county officials named in court records
Peilil, clerk of courts, E J Weaver, county attorney, J J Hainhow, county auditor, Glen W Morris, steward of the county farm.
Prices of Potatoes Are Falling Across Markets
Potatoes lose price status as supply rises. Local dealers advertise 1.80 and 1.75 a bushel for carloads while a public market vendor asks 0.00 per peck. Strong demand persists for winter supplies as the spud aristocracy weakens.
Technical Society in Fall Meeting Honors War Service Member
Members of the Waterloo Technical Society honored Ma K. Rust at the K of P hall during the opening meeting of the season. Maj. Rust, chief engineer of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton line, spoke of his training camps and service in France and Germany after a banquet.
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Technical Society
Waterloo Technical Society
Ma K. Rust
K. of P. Hall
Bee
Wic. F. & NS
Maj. Rust
France
Germany
Cass
Majib A. la Roy
C.H. Young
Will Evans
Parkersburg
A. Coal
Grant Highway
George W. Miller
Cedar Falls Red Cross quota set for November drive
Cedar Falls chapter sets a $1400 quota for the Red Cross drive launching November 11. Officers announced the target during a chapter meeting held today in Cedar Falls.
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RED Cross
Cedar Falls
Y W C A Maps Fall and Winter Physical Education Plan
Reorganization of the Y W C A physical education department is approved with a yearlong plan. Jessie Mechem, new director, will lead extensive courses in gym work, regular drills and sports, with support from the Woman's Athletic Association formed last spring. Classes in gymnastics are open to all city women and Y W C A members are admitted.
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China
Misk
Jessie Mechem
Mx4
Mechem
Woman's Athley Association
Y. W. CL AL
Women’s Athletic Association Announces Fall Gym Classes
The department introduces a recreational training class on leadership for all ages. A 5:30 p.m. Monday corrective gymnastics class is set for business women with plans for a Wednesday swimming class. Clubs will use the gym when free. volleyball and basketball rivalries loom. Miss Mechem schedules fall and winter classes with times on Monday Tuesday and Thursday sessions.
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Woman's Athletic Association
Miss Mechem
Delta Club
Recreation Training and Girls Class Schedule
Friday evening offers recreational training at 6 o clock and a games class at 7 30. Saturday features a girls class from 8 to 11 years at 10 40 a m with chats for older girls, plus a 10 45 session for girls over 11 years.
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Thee Daueiing
Morris Plan Co Opens New Home With Open House
The Morris Plan company marks its formal opening at 22 Hridge Street tonight from 3:30 to 8:00. W. J. Kecutter tig, manager, invites all residents to tour the new quarters and learn about the company’s methods after relocating from the Syndicate building in April 1917 and moving to the current site completed Sept. 1.
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Morris Plan Co
Morris Plan Company
Hridge Street
W. J. Kecuttertig
Syndicate
E Concern
Brakeman Killed in Kellogg Freight Wreck
Newton Iowa Sept 27 J D Caulking Valley Junction Ind a railroad brakeman died of injuries from a Rock Island extra freight wreck at Kellogg last night A negro tramp was injured Five cars two carrying 18000 gallons of gasoline burned one car burned contained stain It is thought a broken axle caused the wreck The Kellogg railroad station was damaged when struck by a car
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Newton
J. D. Caulking
Valley Junction
Railroa
Rock Island
Kellogg
Charles Gossard Fined on Own Plea in Embezzlement Case
Charles Gossard former secretary treasurer of Local No 202 of the International Stage Employees union pleaded guilty in municipal court to embezzlement of union funds. With state agreement the amount taken was fixed at under $20. Judge Birdsall fined him 50 dollars plus costs totaling 64.66. The original charge alleged theft of 200 in liberty bonds as well as cash, but restitution to the union is presumed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Gossard
International Stage Employes’ Union
Birdsall
Union
Auto Collision Near Galloway Farm Injuries Reported
Automobiles driven by Stephen Caley Jr and Andrew Peterson both of Cedar Falls collided near the Galloway farm around 9 p m yesterday The cars were badly damaged but neither driver sustained injuries in the Cedar Falls mishap.
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Cedar Falls
Stephen Caley, Jr
Andrew Peterson
Galloway Farm
Nat
Woman Smothered to Death in Mason City Fire
Mason City Iowa September 27 Mrs Mario Lunning Lake Mills Iowa a guest at the Mason City Golf and Country Club is dead from smoke smothering after a kitchen fire at 6 am The club house suffered about 1000 in damage Firemen extinguished the blaze after a four mile run to the grounds George Streeter the club steward and Mrs Streeter saved their lives by tying sheets and sliding to the ground
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Mason City
Mario Lunning
Lake Mills
Mason City Golf and Country Club
George Streeter
Elib
Strester
Overdose of Dope Suspected in Woman Found Unconscious
A woman found unconscious on the sidewalk near Commercial and Eleventh streets after midnight was revived after an hour. The names Lillian Starr and later Mrs. Planine were used, with husband Planine identified as her spouse. Police linked the incident to robbery and forced drug intake at a dance and hotel stopover.
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Eleventh Streets
Lillian Starr
Joe Planine
Planine
Cheerful hobo identified as escaped patient from insane hospital
A man known as Happy Nooliyah was brought to the police by farmer W M Greenwood and later identified as James McClusky, an escaped patient from the Independence insane hospital. Authorities and the Illinois Central special agent Martin Burk pursue confirmation and possible links to a recent train wreck attempt on tracks near Independence.
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Nooliyah
W. M. Greenwood
James McClusky
Independence
Martin Burk
Ilinois Central
Riverbank Loner Confesses Rail Obstruction Incident
A man named McClusky admitted causing a rail obstruction after a locomotive struck the blockade piles, saying trains were pursuing him like jack rabbits. He had been living along the river bank for a week subsisting on nearby farm produce and was taught in Mr. Greenwood's chicken coop.
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McClusky
Greenwood
Motions Filed in Injunction Suits Against Machinists
Attorneys for Waterloo Gasoline Engine Co and Iowa Dairy Separator Co seek to remove the International Association of Machinists as a defendant in the injunction suit. Grounds claim the union is an unincorporated voluntary body, not within court jurisdiction, and not properly served. The filing is signed by J E B Jordan and others of Waterloo and Toledo firms. A bakery unit in France reportedly produced 7 million loaves daily.
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International Association of Machinists
Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company
Iowa Dairy Separator Company
A. G. Abbey
Waterloo
Washington, D. C
J. EB. Jordan
J. C. Murtagh
Reed, Tuthill & Reed
Mulholland & Hartman
Toledo, O
Uchida's Predecessor Attacks Over Shantung Policy
Viscount Kato former foreign minister to Nagoya accused Foreign Minister Uchida of yielding Shantung rights by accepting an international settlement under pressure from President Wilson. He rejected abandoning Japan's preferential claims in Manchuria and Mongolia as unacceptable.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Nagoya
Viscount Kat
China
Japan
Manchuria
Mongolia
Vincount Kato
Viscou Uchida
Shantung
Wilson
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Robert Davis
Salvation Army
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Willard Hall
Frances Willard
T. K. Jagger
Carol Kroesen
Kinles- Keiderling
Blanche Keiderling
Russell McKinley
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Dawson Street
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Arthur
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C. H. Vandersoll
Natural Club
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Happy Hour Club
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J. T. Sullivan
Doris
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Rudy Whedoeft
America
Grace Methodist Church
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Heeskins Coal
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Bankers' Meeting
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Waterloo Savings Bank
George E. Turner
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Evening Courier
Fashion Department
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Cheerful Hobo
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Insane Hospital
United States Quartermaster’s Corps
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