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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1906
Page
4
Local items from Jesup and nearby Waterloo report visits, funerals, property changes, and social events. Highlights include the Bay festival at Waterloo, a 12 10 junior high school basketball win for Jesup, and community life with visits by Miss Gloria Woods and Rev. Crippen, plus road incidents and market notes.
May 16 reports various town happenings. D J St John oversees Main Street sidewalk work. G L Davis sold his black team to Waterloo buyers. Several residents visit relatives in Waterloo and nearby towns. Mrs Peebles of Decatur visits brothers Joel and C K Loveland. Mrs A M Covell returned from Waverly hospital with malignant tumor. Geo Briden repaints his house. Homer Nutt sold his Strawberry Point drug store. H J Gould and wife travel to Sioux Falls to visit daughter’s family. Mrs A Gilmore returns to Pipestone with her father Alonzo Howe. Decoration Day planning by local G A T post. Oberholtzer forms a singing class with ~forty members. Mrs Joel Loveland dies May 7 in Janesville. funeral May 11. High Ballantine plans trip to Ireland before 1908. Courthouse Supervisors discuss Goose Pond drainage. appraisers to assess damages. Board briefly considers rates at front of courthouse. A Weyclesider collision in Sycamore and Fit streets injures none.
Mrs E W Magee attended the Epworth League convention held at Fairbank. Millard Page returned to school after four days absent due to injuries from heavy lifting. Mrs Patterson and daughter Linna visited Dunkerton. T R Fisher bought a Kimball piano. Mr Sales of Delweth stopping with granddaughter Mrs G D Gelldner near Dewar. Mrs Newsome and Wilma visited Fairbank. Dr Philips of Raymond visited Mrs Weile Gee. L P Clubine and Daisy Rawson spent Sunday with Mrs Clubine's sister Mrs C D Bellmer. Lizzie Shade of Waterloo visiting her sister Mrs Mettkether. The Literary League held a plAny supper in the woods. Vegetation is growing well lately.
The Barclay column reports Mrs Elizabeth Puehs’s funeral with pallbearers named and Towne & O'Keefe as undertakers. It notes relatives visiting from Chicago and other locals returning home, plus community farming remarks, smallpox fears, vaccination views, and reflections on past quarantines and disease attitudes.
Last Friday an infant child of Mr and Mrs Peter Lies was buried. Nick Lies of Waterloo attended the funeral. Leonard Pint plans a trip to Oklahoma for business and health. Nick Thomas bought a small ber to live with his son Nicky. Fire damaged Mrs Stubnrauch s smoke house but neighbors saved the dwelling. Ascension Day and Corpus Christi will be observed with usual observances. Corn planting progresses despite dry pastures with frosts slightly delaying oats. Neighbors Wegener and Oberhauser visit. H E Weber bought a new carriage from Schares Bros.
Visiting guests include Mr Doolittle and Kate Doolittle of Chicago with Jim Duffy of Fairbank at I Reed home. Innes band concert at Chautauqua park praised by Miss Virginia Listerman. A baby boy born to Mr and Mrs James Taylor on the 13th. Anta Turtler underwent an operation for an abscess in her ear and is recovering. G FP Maile and O E Guilin installed new corn planters. Meyers and Kirby shipped bags. Schmitt Bros added new top buggies and harnesses.
Pie ce Raymond May 16 residents visit Waterloo relatives and relatives. Grandpa James Scott from Waterloo called on old friends. C C Smith and wife went to Waterloo on business. Dr Sylvester Arthur and family from Nevada Iowa were weekend visitors. G W Arthur and wife living on Gibbons farm. A store unloaded a carload of salt. Dr P L Marble and family and Maude Waterfield returned home from Philadelphia. Months and ladies pursuing advanced music study. Mrs Joseph King of Waterloo assisted sister during illness. Mrs Hattie Searles of Jesup in Raymond on business and visiting friends. Joseph King from Waterloo called on Mr MeVey. Rev Lusted attended M E district conference at Hopkinton. Misses Blanche Taylor and Fanny Masted represented Raymond Woth League as delegates. District convention at Fairbanks reported successful. Jacob Schmitz lost his best mare to indigestion. Mrs Clarence went to St Joseph.
Town residents report on events including Peter Etinger repainting his home in preparation for his brother John's wedding. A Burt enjoyed a brief week day visit at home. Mrs Crgis Call visited Mrs Catherine Washourn and many friends, noting sixteen years spent in Raymond. Dr and Mrs Phillips attended the Cedar Falls May festival last Thursday afternoon and evening.
confusion over names in Burlington reports on a dead man identified at Hannibal Missouri with varied aliases including Gorey Corey and Ruvane. relatives dispute the identity while a brother-in-law travels to Hannibal awaiting confirmation. also notes a Turn Verein organ sale for 300 dollars and a runaway buggy incident on Washington Street with a cow wrecking the vehicle.
Cash Gran Markets Chicago May 17 reports estimated receipts of hogs, cattle, and sheep with price ranges. Hog market opened strong then closed weak, mixed and butchers around 6.35 to 6.57. Cattle market opened steady, closed steady. sheep opened steady, closed strong. Also lists local prices for stock cattle, steers, veal, lard, and various produce including hay, poultry, and grains.
An Imamany revival recounts a city businessman in a corporate role kneeling in prayer with pastors, then returning with renewed interest alongside his wife. John Hillis draws praise for a strong baritone as the meeting fosters hope that good will come to the city.
Don M. Munger, druggist at 297 East Fourth Street, filed an amendment to his application to buy, keep and sell intoxicating liquors. He notes ten years as a registered pharmacist and thirteen in the drug business, two in Waterloo, with a clean record. He was among druggists who voluntarily surrendered permits under temperance pressure led by Mr Hammond, and is represented by Edwards & Longerley. Mrs. Ethel Hurd was arrested with two men, pleaded guilty to running a disorderly house, and was fined 30 dollars with option of jail or leaving the city by Saturday. The other two men were fined 15 and 6.85 dollars. The morning rent of the grist was twelve dollars, with several vagrants present. A $5 bill was taken from the twelve. County Superintendent Charles Ells DII noted strong interest in the Teachery Chautauqua Institute and possible school outings this year.
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