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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1913
Page
3
Mt. Auburn April 7 districts report frequent visits and gatherings. Residents travel to Waterloo Cedar Rapids Vinton and Anamosa for church events shopping and family visits. Births marriages obituaries and cemetery association plans punctuate the regional social calendar.
April activity in Eagle Center reports Mr and Mrs Leo Casey visiting town. Matt Cahill delivered a team of horses to Waterloo. Cattle sales to Bath Packing Co at Waterloo and to Chicago noted. Miss Mary Schroeder from Washburn visited relatives and returned home. The Blessing Cemetery ladies held a meeting with Mrs Tom Conry. A boy was born to Mr and Mrs Nick Reiter last Friday. A P Voltman of Cedar Falls began the spring term at Lily Valley District No. 4. Various visits and social calls noted among area residents and travelers to Waterloo, Chicago, Rhody Grove, and Blessing.
The five year old son of Albert Widdel, a Jubilee butter maker, recently fractured a bone in the right arm below the elbow. Miss Gladys Stewart began the spring term of school this week in District No. 8, Fox township.
Mrs Que Hinkley of Eagle Grove and Miss Cecil Henry teaching in Lake Park return from week visit with Henry family. Will Whitman and children visit Renns near Waverly. Alex Mooney and wife move to Waverly. Tom Taylor Jr and wife move into Gillette houses. Roy Hinkley of Minneapolis visits mother. Clara Ross visited. Wesley Johnson improving. his son John and wife visit Fredericksburg area. Segebarth and Holm mending after illness. others mentioned in passing.
Carrie Whitman attended court in Waverly Tuesday and Wednesday last week. Mrs. Marsh returned to Waterloo after caring for her sister Mrs. Joe Ronco, who is slowly recovering. Miss Cora Beatty went back to work in Waterloo after visiting her father here. A 13 year old girl Isabelle Leaman died after brain trouble. she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs Ike Leaman. Workmen excavated for the cellar of Herman Jordan's new house. Wmn Schauratiem sold his farm west of town and bought near Fredericksburg. Mrs. J H McDonald learned of her father Ladd's death in Horton. Milton Butts worries over Omaha storm losses to relatives, including a son and daughter, and hopes to travel there. Henry Richman and family visited their daughter in Nashua. Elmer Johnston plans to move back to Frederika. Clarence Burgman and wife moved from Waterloo to the vacated Mooney house. Mrs. Chas Richman and Mrs. Henry Richman visited Tripoli on business. School opened with Miss Miller and Miss Viola Johnston as teachers. The waterworks and cemetery improvements continued. L L Caldwell went to Centerville. Mrs. Martha Parker and Essie visited Waterloo. Mrs. Cooper and daughter returned from Boone and Ft Dodge. Fritz Tammen spent Saturday in Waterloo. Maurice Mead will attend Kendota club dance in Waterloo Wednesday. Miss Daisy Olson of Waterloo is visiting town this week.
Funeral services were held at the house for Mrs. Wm. Dring who died Saturday after pneumonia. She left eight children, all living, and was buried in New Albion cemetery.
April reports from Allison include Mrs Kellogg's Dallas Center visit and her nephew John Ray's visit, travels by Beaton and Welres, and business trips by W A Smith. Local gains include re elected school staff, a marriage between Verona Buroker and Claude Crawford, and the organization of the Allison Brotherhood to study Christianity in contemporary life. Additional notes mention farm moves, hospital stays, births, visits, and church schedule changes for Sundays and Epworth League social events.
Superintendent Armstrong told the school board he will not seek re election and will move to Pittsburg Kansas for the same $2100 yearly salary. L Webster urged county bridge strengthening as Lithograph City grows with development progress. Wr. B. De Long pleaded guilty to horse stealing in Rockford and was sentenced to ninety days hard labor after prior charges in New Hampton.
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