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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1907
Page
4
Dewar to Readlyn and Laporte items recount deaths and funerals of Mrs. Schreiner and Ben Brown, a train handcar incident, farm updates, births, illnesses, and local social visits across Dewar Lakorte and surrounding towns with references to Measles outbreaks, a public sale, and community happenings through May.
VINTON May 1 Rev H Forkenbrock and family from Waterloo attend funeral of Miss Louie Reich. Work on steel water tower under way. six to ten weeks to complete. Eight wolf pelts bought for bounty at County Auditor office. $16 paid. Wm Fox Jr and wife celebrate fiftieth anniversary. Visitors from Racine Wisconsin and Minneapolis attend anniversary. Mr Robinson leaves for Minot to close marble and granite business sale. Mrs B Davis returns from Eustis Florida. Fred Dilig buys upright item for laundry boiler. Mrs J Hall of Truxton visits Cedar Rapids then returns. Mrs John Kress returns from Minot after three months with son Ed and wife.
Clarksville residents recall rides with John Hazard and Eva Mulford and report Ed Kellogg’s summer Seattle work. Attendees at Neal’s rink masquerade. Mrs. Wilder of Waterloo returns home in fragile health. Vinton veterans celebrate the 59th Iowa Spanish War unit with a banquet for 240 at the Presbyterian church. Notables from Greene, Allison, Waverly, and Cedar Rapids appear. parade of local social and civic events concludes with taps.
Alexander Benton from Rural Route 1, Korth Edwards, N. ., praises Dr Kings New Discovery as his best earthly friend curing asthma for six years and ending his daughter's wife incipient consumption. He notes the cough's first battle ended, then other symptoms faded until full recovery. Product sold by Wangler Bros. Druggist, 50c and 1.00, trial bottle free.
A collage of short items from Waterloo and Waverly area reports. Mentions Miss Hemmond visiting relatives, Bickel Grain in Colfax for rheumatism relief, Nome Alaska business trips, new partnerships in Shellsburg, and a concert circuit discussion by Grundy Center Laporte and Vinton counties. Also notes Waverly milk plant output, local farming shifts, a Readlyn Telephone Co. incorporation, and a Franklin township yard accident injuring a horse.
A May update from Janesville covers Mrs. Charles Bruner making progress after surgery at Waverly hospital, a state food and dairy official inspecting local groceries, Mrs. C A Leslie returning from Albia, and wintering in the area with Prof. F E George. Bargain day crowds caused delays, Hattie Booger convalescing at the Greenlees, Dr. Bradford improving, and Mrs. Walker's death after moving to Laporte City. Local visits include H E Aldrich of Des Moines and Perry Aldrich’s California trip turning toward Sioux City.
Local items report Lena Schmitt at Jubilee in Fox and social visits by Mr and Mrs John Ries in Waterloo. Farmers prefer manure on plowed ground for better yield and an inspector checked store samples to enforce pure food laws. Gaffin did masonry for Rev Bishop. Grandfather Englert and Mublig show health improvements. A May Day collection for the archdiocese orphanage in Dubuque is planned.
A mother in Henrett a Pa says doctors failed to help her son with lung involvement before trying Electric Bitters. After a bottle the eczema improved and several more bottles cured the boy. The ad touts Blood Medicines and a health tonic sold by Wangler Bros Drug Store. Mrs. C. Brook returned home from a seven week visit with daughter Mrs. F. Bachle in Florence Street.
A Centerville community notes one of its oddest funeral services after Mrs. Patterson died. The body was wrapped in a silken shroud and placed in a ground-top stone vault sealed with lead. The Pattersons had visited the Holy Land and adopted this method, marking a family monument of sixteen by sixteen feet granite inlay. plus other town notices describe a jovial Leila Freeman party for their Sunday school teacher Mrs Burroway and local business affairs with Fred Schack visiting Waterloo.
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