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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1908
Page
8
Reports from Nashua and vicinity recount visits by Mrs. Waitinie and others, illness and recoveries, farm activity, a Baptist church funeral for Blanche Lewis, revival meetings, roadside cement walks, and local social events. Several residents are mentioned by name with updates on health, travel, and community projects amidst a busy spring scene.
Local items list May 12 1908 notes from New Hampton and Waterloo area. Harold Jewell to stay with relatives. J H ONeill and wife celebrate birth. Otto Rabe visits Ed Rabe. Misa Rachel Leifson hired by Galloway Co. in Waterloo. D E Treat returns from Waterloo. M Peterson of Luana visits niece Idna Peterson ill. Miss Bly Gooners leaves for Waterloo as stenographer. Diarriage of Miss Mary Welmar and Mr Paul Pitt at St Marys with B H Forkenbrock officiating. Kate Welman and George Pitt attend as sister and best man.
Plainfield residents record a busy week of relatives visiting from Waterloo and Nashua, with many overnights, short trips, and errands. Miss Fay Colling, Miss Emma Laritin, Miss Anna Moody, and others are mentioned along with occasional illnesses and a shoulder dislocation.
Denver reports describe C Volcker and John Hageman visiting Waverly as business callers last Tuesday John Hoffman visits Waterloo Wednesday Wilt Oltregge and H C Moyer spent Wednesday in Waterloo A daughter was born to Geo Moyer’s family last week Tuesday Doctors Murphy and Dunkelberg treated Schumacher child’s ankle There were no church services at Lathigan church Rev Schonebauit visited Dubuque Mrs Grandmother Frank died at George Snape ton township Mr Funk pioneer settler of Bennington WI Groening builds an addition Wil Wohling paints houses and works on John Heminghous project C Voelker raises house and repairs with new cement work John Dornbusch works for Schyelder brothers John Heideman plans cement job for new buildings Friends of Henry Elrehart hosted a surprise gathering Saturday evening A dance drew a large crowd Monday night.
In Janesville Toni Wing arrives from Waterloo advertising cheap land in Oli Mexico. Bert Pattee installs a new organ, daughter Macguerite studies with Bertha Witkin. Ed Mellory’s condition unchanged. Hattie Moore and Bertha Hull assist in care. C. H. G. Fish improves north part of town. Miss Ray Loveland takes a Des Moines commercial course and works in Waterloo. Presbyterian members seek fund support for Rev. Puckett. Night train service to Morns Central paused. discrimination in rail seating questioned. Decoration Day oration by M. M. Kingsley, memorial sermon by Rev. Puckett. A Waterloo party visits Dr Bradford’s home. A daughter born to Clarence and Mrs Shepard. Home Park ad promotes 76 cents down, 75 cents weekly. Grocery ads note Fancy table potatoes 75 cents per bushel.
A poor Rocky Mountain town boy named Clarence, nicknamed Little Watts, sells papers for Elise Watts in New York. He endures cold mornings, harsh poverty, and a hopeful bond as Elise studies singing, sending money home. Elise returns home after a benefit, but Watts dies as she sings beside him in a snowbound room.
The excerpt presents a garbled mix of dialogue and captions from Harper's Weekly and Harper's Bazaar with references to Bel next to a fortune hunter and a father in law. It reads like an old magazine collage with misparsed names and stray phrases.
The North Iowa Veteran association annual raqnton 3a out will be at Clear Lake May 20 and 21 with prominent G A R men from the north including Department Commander D I Palmer of Cadar Falls Commander T St John of Ates ville and J H Sweeney of Osage. The city plans to repaint and touch up the east side fire station 1% this spring and Chief Duntam volunteers to oversee the paint job.
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