Know Your City and State Club Women Hear Call to Service
Members of the Know Your City and State Club discussed patriotism and civic duty at the Civic department meeting in Waterloo. Mrs. Henry W. Grout urged Iowa to contribute to war efforts and charity while Mrs. E. E. Peek spoke on Know Your City and its early settlement, with a program of music, readings, and a toastmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Grout
Civic Department
Woman's Club
Towa
France
Belgium
Iowa
Red 7 Gross Society
America
E. E. Peek
Waterloo
B. Corton
Harriett Lytle
Emmett J. Covell
E.A Boggs
Francis Whitley
Webster City
Council of Defense
Coldwallader
Civic Garden Club
W. W. Marsh
State Suffrage and Defense Council
P. E. GO
R. M. Knox
Mmes. Nettle Pines
C. W. Hellen
Lillian Shoemaker
Marian Ransler
Social news and parties at the Henry Wels home
A roundup of nearby social events lists informal entertainments for Miss Annie Harry and Miss Williams, a Women’s Relief Corps gathering with guests from Topeka, Nashua, Grundy Center, and more, and notes on upcoming meetings and prewedding courtesy events. Also covered are birthday surprises for Mrs. Emily Oster, wedding invitation notices for Miss Grace Williams to Stanley Meek, and farewells for Miss Lorna Soush with plans for autumn weddings and garden decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Relief Corps
Robert Anderson Post
No. 15
Mat
Memorial Hall
Mines
Brown
Topeka
Kan
Hecock
Nashua
Boysen
Grundy Canter
Lovejoy
Almond
Wis
Ida Alderman
John B. Williams
Miss Grace
Stanley Meek
Cedar Rapids
Harry Tullar
Prospect Hills
Grace Williams
Marian Ham
Miss Williams
Miss Ham
Eugene Noyes
Marinette
Kate Larimore
Chicago
Marsh
Blanche Firth
Braiford
Minn
Reception for Mr and Mrs Vaughan at First Baptist
Mr and Mrs J R Vaughan longtime Baptist leaders in Waterloo and the state were honored at a reception at First Baptist Church. He was appointed Manager of Union Baptist College at Des Moines and they will move there soon. Guests included Mines Childs and Pendleton along with Mines C J Askins and C W Eby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jorle Murtagh
Howard Holmes
Eudora Carey
Georgiana Bunton Read
Gail Campbell
B Natural Music Club
Clyde J. Askins
W. R. Cole
J. R. Vaughan
Waterloo
First Baptist Church
Vaughan
Union Baptist College
Des Moines
City
Mines
Childs and
Pendleton
Messrs
C. J. Askins
C. W. Eby
Mary Vaughan
Helen Gatley
Helgn Mae Asquith
Mar
Among the Churches News Briefs
Calvary Evangelical Loyal Stars class met last evening with Miss Esther Ludtke. Luncheon served by the hostess with her mother and sister. St Mark's Episcopal Women auxiliary to meet at 3 p.m. Monday with Rev Thomas Morton new rector speaking. All women invited. First Presbyterian notes a fourth annual after vacation sociable Monday at the home of Mr and Mrs A C Ryan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Oster
Fred Cutler
Mmes. Pilson, Bittner
Bernice Pilson
Lucile Knouft
J.’C.cker
Happy Hour
Suncheon
Glenn Richards
Livingstone
Thelma Richards
John Berne
Mmes. O. M. Brown
C. H. Glockner
Ernest Nielsen
H. B. Cropper
Red Cross
Arla Club
Byrnes Park
Helen Gould
M. J. Fowler
Cedar Heights
Cedar Review
Maxwell Hall
Ste
Calvary Evangelical
Esther Ludtke
St. Mark's Episcopal
Thomas Morton
First Presbyterian
A. C. Ryan
Dispatches from Copenhagen on the Sulven schooner Louis Bossert
The Sulven, a 606 ton gross vessel, sailed from Copenhagen as an American schooner renamed Louis Bossert. The ship's recent status and ownership details reflect its notable transatlantic dispatch history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Louis Bossert
Judge B. F. Cummings to Hear Risk Case
Trial of attorney Loren Risk of Minneapolis for subornation of perjury in a damages suit against a street car company is set for October 8 before Judge B. F. Cummings of Marshalltown. State will seek to bring D. A. Scott and Edm wnd King from prison to testify. Ackerman paroled and to be subpoenaed as state's witness. Risk is defended by Sager Sweet Edwards. trial expected to last about a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loren Risk
Minneapolis
J. W. Ackerman
State Reformatory
Risk
Sager, Sweet & Edwarda
Cattle Receipts Rising, Hog Movement Drops in 1917
Washington report shows cattle receipts at the nation’s leading stock yards for January through August 1917 up substantially, while hog movements declined notably. The shift highlights contrasting demand and supply dynamics in the livestock sector as the year progresses.
Cattle and hog receipts updated. local club events scheduled
Department of agriculture reports cattle receipts at 10,679,987 head versus 8,191,618 in 1916 while hog receipts total 22,532,927 against 24,408,982 and sheep at 7,950,639 against 5,635,035. Neighborhood Bible classes of the YWCA set a rally Monday at 3 p.m. Miss Caroline Walker to lead, first Corinthians study planned. Waterloo notices cover garment workers’ trip to Waverly, Cara May Adams’ arrival for city work, Des Moines war work, and a special worker sent from Des Moines. Also an ad for costumes and parade supplies at 222 1-2 KL with St. phone 1274.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Young Women's Christian Association
Association
Harry T. Fisher
Caroline Walker
Waterloo Kirt &. Garment Company
Waverly
Cara May Adams
Waterloo
Des Moines
Army calls for 2,855 enlistments in signal corps
Local recruiting officers received authority to enlist 2,855 men for the signal corps excluding aviation. Positions include master signal electricians, sergeants, corporals, cooks, and privates with age limit 18+. John P. Courtney of Ridgeway was accepted for cavalry service, and Leslie A. Dorland of West Union enlisted in infantry. Norve gian ship Sulven sinks in Atlantic per London report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Signal Corps
Aviation Corps
John P. Courtney
Ridgeway
Cavalry
Leslie A. Dorland
West Union
Infantry
Also Mentioned on This Page
ElNews of Societ
Mildred Wels
Henry Wels
Alice Bickley
Florence LaTier
Miss Hany
Miss Willams
Norma Jenoish
Third Street West
Lorna Soush
Miss Soush
St. Augustine
Fla
Mrs
First Baptist
Fashion Department
Evening Courier
B. F. Cummings
Washington, D. C
W. OA
Bae
Spalal
Army Notes
SONE
London
Norwegian Foreign Office
Atlantic
Sulven
California
Vail
Dart
Dairy Cattle Congress Week
Dairy Cattle Joneress
Overland-Hanson Co
Toxva
the Dairy
Cattle Congress
Dairy World
van Doren
Oslwein Band
Viu Doren
Oclwelh
van Doren's
Automobile Building
Oclwein Gand
Belle Beach
Willard
Standard Battery Service Co
East Fifth Street
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