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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1913
Page
5
Local notes from New Hartford list residents visiting and traveling relatives in Waterlo o Cedar Falls and Waterloo while many attend family events. Several from Watrous and Keyst one relocate or visit, including an appendicitis operation in progress and sales of property in town.
Oscar McGee and the Bunker brothers made a business trip to Waterloo Friday. George Burbank of Waverly attended the funeral of M. Wilson Wednesday. Cecil Hubbard is recovering from illness. Mrs. Amy Kirk and daughter visited friends in Minneapolis. Mrs. C. H. Bunker and Mrs. A. N. Morford hosted their brother D. D. Needham of Grinnell. Harriet Watson vacationing from Sanborn with her parents. Frank Wilson returned to Quasqueton after his father's death. G. A. Tyler and daughter Elvyrs visited from Waterloo for an over Sunday with the F. L. Stoker family. Mrs. Alice Lyford Green and children Esther and Lyford left for Des Moines after winter with the C. H. Williams home. Mrs. G. A. Carney and Persis visited relatives in La Porte City. Mr. and Mrs. Burl Belknap welcomed a son on March 28. F. J. Pitkin visited R. Hubbard in Sawyer, N. D. Barney Neal and wife visited J. N. Neal in Bristow. Joe Payette and sister Rena returned from Florida. C. E. Mabee left for Menominee, Wis. Mrs. Carrie Loesbe and son Harold visited relatives in Nashua. Sam Thomas left on a land prospecting trip to Montana to visit son A. Thomas near Wolf Point. Mr. and Mrs. Balen Kimball shipped their house to a former home as Mr. Kimball opened a meat market. Mrs. David Seivert died at her home April 2, aged 72 years. Funeral services held this afternoon.
In Reinbeck Iowa April events include Miss Fay wedlock plans and a new stenographer at the State Bank. Tom Maton, John Rott and Pred Fost bought Bovey 203 acres at 3180 an acre. The Boveys seek property in Waterton as their planned residence. Al Graves returns from Franklin Indiana after his father’s death. Janice Cooper buys a half interest in Stewart & Co’s clath- business venture.
Local column from Winthrop reports visitors from Parkersburg Independence and Dubuque injury updates, plus many social calls. A wedding occurred at St. Patrick's with Mr Thomas Huder of Williams and Miss Mary Collins, bridesmaid Miss Anna Butler, reception at home, and May 1 home to the Butler farm. Frequent travels and visits noted, including conventions in Dubuque and Farley, and a birth announced for a couple in the area.
Mrs. $.C. Short hosts guest list as notices report March events. Jean Ruschel-Herth dies in Winthrop, born 1820 in Scotland. Beith family ties span Iowa to Nebraska. multiple visits, weddings, and births noted. John Bibby and Helen Hilton wed at St Patrick's with reception. couple to farm near Winthrop.
A Rockford bulletin lists small town notices including a Shell Rock fee payment, residents’ travels and illnesses, church supper plans, cemetery sexton appointment, visits by Graham and Briggs, and several marriages and deaths. Notable names include F E Trigg, Miss Flora Ross, Miss Leona Brandenburg, Roy Jeffery, J M Harris, Elsie Trigg, A N Hoffman, Alice Smith, and Asa Clark.
William F. Spry pastor of the First Methodist Church delivered a sermon condemning two social extremes he described as society and society. He urged parishioners to embrace higher devotion and denounced those who seek frivolous pleasures and drunkenness in dance halls and social scenes.
The Burlington line case centers on merchandise car thefts by railroad employees. Five conductors and seven brakemen were arrested, with losses estimated at about two percent of earnings. Trainmen from the Lincoln division faced charges. much stolen property was found in suspects homes. Twelve men pleaded guilty and were fined. they will be discharged. Conductors fined include F. G. Stenson G. E. Wright A. A. Harrison W. F.
Mrs Nannie L Trier describes her daughter Ruth suffering eighteen months from a scalp eruption. After using Resinol Soap and Ointment, the sores healed within weeks. The letter, dated May 6, 1912, notes instant relief from itching and invites free samples from Resinol Chemical Co at Baltimore Maryland.
Chnaman and F P Andrews, brakemen, fined $20 and costs each. George Elliott, J T Mills, G F Lowery, J H Hunger ford, F T Dingman and EB Erickson also fined. C F Peterson fined $5 and costs. No arrests have been made on the Creston division.
A vintage health ad touts Olive Tablets as a gentle substitute for calomel. It claims 90 percent of sickness comes from inactive bowels and liver, credits Dr Ed wards of Ohio, and promotes a vegetable compound with olive oil to detoxify and boost energy. Boxes priced 10 and 25 cents by The Olive Tablet Co. in Columbus, Ohio.
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