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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1908
Page
3
June reports from AMD Township note postmasters league gathering in town, weddings at Cadar Falls, and several visits by residents from Cedar Falls to Waterloo. Community plans include July 4 celebrations, flag day events, and a W RGC coffee in coming weeks.
Dike Iowa June 15 1908 Sunday School program praised with a Children's Day display. Mrs McPain led a county Sunday School convention report and Epworth League district recap. Local creamery prospects noted for regional benefit. Several residents attended Cedar Falls and Northwestern College commencements. Weather and farm incidents cited with damage from lightning and cave-ins.
Mrs H George visits her mother Mrs C A Se and Miss Clara Sutter goes to Mayo hospital Rochester for foot operation. Betsie Ballantine begins at state university next September. Ott Schmidt repainting his house. G L Davis offers Litchfield manure spreaders. Supervisor Grawe arranging county bridge work. Carnival fines paid by residents with good will. Bees swarm and occupy William St Johns house. Mowry relocates them. Abigail Wetherall rests from nursing. Ruth Cooper and others attend Waverly teachers institute. First band concert draws crowd. weekly practice noted. Millinery business ends in brick block. Rev Join Bushnell visits Laurens sister. Three men build cement tile with new machine. patent filed. Janesville hopes for industry growth.
On Corpus Christi Thursday the local Catholic group plans feast celebrations and a large initiation class for the Moresters at the monthly church event. The Katith family faces quarantine due to smallpox with Jacob ill. Gilbertville dairy men held their monthly meeting as Parsons of Waterloo visited Knopp family. Parish school children performed a program, with a repeat show planned due to high interest. Visitors Zelgen and DelaGardalle attended the Fogle Center SHR exercises closing the parochial sedan event at the church. Local merchants Lindfinger's Pasteurized Milk Hartong's Grocery Cate were mentioned in passing.
D Hovey spent Sunday at home. Miss Ruth McFarland visiting relatives in Minneapolis. Mrs M L Shine and Miss Ethel Williams at Independence. Infant of Mrs Flora Hermann died after lingering illness. G B Heath died Saturday night in Quasqueton. Miss Nella Bloom and brother visiting Cedar Rapids. Elphentz Copeland and WWines to build cement walk to the railroad. Section crew reduced from ten to three. Tom Marshalls installing a tile drain. Parking to be leveled and street racks improved. Mrs Wayne Hildreth and Miss Danila Metcal have gone to Marshalltown for graduation of Jean Brintthal. Among attendees are Kavliehn Teardeney and Dr Q McFarland.
Local notes from Brandon and Dubuque region detail community visits, new proprietors, cream stations, and upcoming Fourth of July events. Residents include Arthur Whitney, Tesse McGill, Gene Miller who broke a hand, and Mrs. Crosby moving into the Van Siker home. Beam of town life spans doctors, G A R encampment, and Minne Estema’s summer opening with fishing, bands, and a German Jubilee.
Blanche Carson and baby of Ada Minnesota visited her parents A J Lynes for a few weeks. Riley Pierce traveled to Durand Wisconsin to visit his son Wrani. Local attendance at Na ana races and plans for Chautauqua at Waverly. Various neighbors visit Nashua Maynard Greene Cedar Falls and Waterloo with family updates and a death in the Reeves family. Ida Crippen of Ionia assists at the post office with Roberts.
The column lists visits and travels of town residents including Mrs Laura Townsend Mr John Powers Loyd and Miss Marion Mater. Relatives from Cedar Falls Waterloo and Maynard are mentioned with several social calls. An infant death is noted with burial the following day. The M W A and RN A plan decoration on June 22.
In Bennington on October June 15 Mr and Mrs Paul Brush welcomed a baby girl. Mrs H Tegtmeier is very sick with inflammatory rheumatism and will be moved to Presbyterian hospital at Waterloo. G Faust delivered 200 bushels of corn to Woebbektog. Rev C Krueger and delegate George Wausman left for a conference in Schieswig Iowa. H Bitgeton sold 90 dozen eggs in one day. A Weltzin visited Waterloo with John Kurtt Sr. Hilda Bredow attended Lutheran leagues convention in Waverly. Mrs John Kurtt Sr is ill with severe cold. The baby boy of Frank Mixdorf was baptized last Sunday by Rev Bredow, named Sigmund John, with godfathers John Kurtz Sr John Schmidt and Carl Averhof. Rev P Bredow led a Bible class at the parents’ home in the afternoon.
June reports from Shell Rock detail Mrs Al Harmer's illness and various visits and travels. foundation work begins on a cottage on Cemetery street as the Dave Bivens family undergoes scarlet fever quarantine. Miss Edna Battin is recovering after a burn at Cornell College. Funeral arrangements for Bertha Paley Hurns of Hannah, North Dakota, include bringing remains to Shell Rock.
Nashua notes Charles Parks died at his home after a prolonged illness. Born April 26, 1831 in Summit county Ohio he served in Co C 38th Iowa Volunteers from 1862 to 1865. Survived by his wife Mrs Henders and son Arlo Grant. Funeral at M E church and burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Mrs J W Keyes visits relatives in Waterloo and Independence.
Chicago June 17 The gavel of the republican national convention chair is carved from wood once part of Fort Dearborn hospital for the insane. Mrs F H Ward and daughter Kathryn move to Charles City where Mr Ward employed at Holdreth Hotel rented a house. Various local moves, travels, and family news follow including graduations, marriages, and accidents.
Iowa City June 17 The state university commencement will mark the largest number of degrees awarded 416 including certificates and advanced or first degrees with 30 advanced 298 first degrees and 90 certificates totals reflect duplicates as some receive both. Also a health note about Foley's Kidney Cure from local sellers.
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