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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1906
Page
8
Mrs. C. W. Moore, linked to Rev. D. S. Staebler scandal, assaulted her husband by hurling chairs and a lamp and threatening to kill him. Neighbors hosted the family tension as Moore sued for divorce. The wife, described as near nervous breakdown, was examined by a physician. The incident added to ongoing family strains and questions of reconciliation.
In Webster City on May 6 Judge Evans ordered disbarred L. J. Tjernagle to leave the attorney seating area during a trial. The judge recalled a previous incident in Story County where Tjernagle aided in a case. Attorneys applaud the ruling. no disbarred lawyer will be tolerated in his sessions.
Waterloo infirmary of osteopathy and electro therapeutics ends as Dr W C Hille relocates to Des Moines. He practiced with Robert Shatiner, the venture originally started by Dr C J Fullerton. A suit to collect a $275 note with interest is set for the September term, the obligation dating to the infirmary’s purchase.
Miss Susan Brandon a leading nurse at Presby terian hospital died at 2 30 Friday afternoon after about three weeks illness of pyemia She was senior pupil nurse nearing graduation from the old Emergency hospital Her home was Hampton Iowa and she was 28 years of age Mrs Stephen Flicks of Tracy Iowa was visiting in the city yesterday
The Waterloo Reporter notes a week of rising building and business in May with expenditures averaging over 10 000 daily. Projects include eight thousand dollar tenements, a 15 000 to 18 000 renovation, and new houses at Linn and Cottage streets. multiple properties change hands and many contractors plan or begin work, signaling strong upbuilding prospects for the city.
The Waterloo Fraternal Union issued a program for a three day May festival starting next week Thursday. The event features a musical program each day with choruses by trained valley groups and special citywide features. Street car service will be ample for large crowds. funds are already well received. Guests J B Helton and wife of Plankinton S D are visiting from Dakota. Helton, born in Blackhawk county, lived in Waterloo, left for Dakota in 1882, returns after over twenty years. He has farmed there and now plans a rest year after renting his Dakota property.
A Columbia club meeting in Waterloo discussed promoter Stephen Howard’s plan for the Chicago Anamosa and Northwestern railway to build through the city if it secures its own right of way. Two canvassing committees were appointed to study routes and report later. The company has floated bonds and seeks city aid without taxes, aiming to connect with major western lines. Gertrude Fellner returned from St Paul after visiting friends.
Superintendent H. Terlop reports April activity for Associated Charities at Lafayette Street home. Total April expense 66 dollars. Cases investigated 28. Visits 19. Families helped 18. Employment found 14. Meals 10. Beds 4. An employment bureau will be maintained, with no service charge, to match unemployed workers with employers.
Mina V Rugg of Cedar Falls and W R Reinhardt of Long Beach were married at the bride’s cousin Mrs Bradford’s Los Angeles home. Rugg, a former Waterlawn teacher and Waterloo business college graduate, moved to California for health. Reinhardt owns a share in a china store in Ogden, Utah, and has lived in Long Beach five years. The couple plan two weeks in Oregon before settling in Long Beach.
Extensive preparations are reported for a Memorial Day observance with an elaborate program not yet finalized. Committees on halls, speakers, missions, and decorations are appointed, listing numerous members and venues across several cemeteries and districts.
Hugh Gravatt arrived in the Tyee after the San Francisco earthquake and witnessed widespread destruction. He and his brother Arthur survived the event, watched relief work, and lost their home to fires. They saved what they could but lacked transport to move belongings, eventually relocating with help from local officers and company employment.
Report notes two or three letters denying Leo Norden near Eagle Center attempted death by his own actions. His relatives claim months of terror and headaches left him temporarily unconscious, implying he was not rational when the act occurred. Norden, 28, son of Jurgen Norden of Oneida township, lived alone on a farm. Recovery shown by doctors, though neuralgia and headaches persist.
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