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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1911
Page
4
The United Doctors claim proven success in Waterloo through blood, urine, and secretion analysis. They cite patient George Bruhn of Leigh Nebr who reports relief from abdominal pain after under three months of treatment, avoiding surgery.
A Waterloo area trader writes the Waterlina Iowa mill praising Clear Quill flour for fifteen years of use. He notes consistent quality and satisfaction with spring wheat bread flours in the market.
A Reinbeck man admitting pocketing 2 001 05 from a certificate of deposit and a Fort Dodge roommate’s pockets faces police court action. Other defendants include John Saul of Reinbeck pleading guilty to drunkenness in Waterloo and a series of minor intoxication and disorderly conduct cases in the same docket.
April updates from Allison report residents traveling to Chicago for sightseeing Paul Weires and Homer Lincoln. Mrs Broenks and son Charlies visit Waterloo relatives. John Metcalf moves into a remodeled westside home. Mrs Clara Trager visits from Fort Dodge. Several attendees at Methodist meetings plus men only gathering at the opera house. Automobiles owned by Fred Toll and Jacob Wiarda noted. The Henry Hiller home burglary remains unsolved.
Courier reports broad circulation across Iowa and beyond as readers seek heirs of Deacon Hiram Van Buren. Margaret J. Greek of Wichita Kan. sends details from a note in the April 24 issue naming four living siblings and their locations, and notes uncertainty over several descendants.
Sheriff Shores secured requisition papers before taking Paul D. Phelps from Mobile where he tried habeas corpus to gain freedom. Phelps, indicted locally, failed to prove his case and will return home Sunday. Foley Kidney Pills ad inserted.
The Friday night prayer meetings by the Methodist church will be held at 7 45 in homes across districts. Readings and session times will be hosted by residents including Claude Dean at 187 Tenth Street and Mrs Matthews at 1907 Wellington Street.
Yesterday in Jesup near Jubilee a major wedding drew about 500 guests. Miss Alvina Huck and Fred Pump wed at the German Lutheran church with Rev. Adix presiding. About 200 guests attended the ceremony and 400 enjoyed a tented reception at the bride’s home followed by a feast and dancing. The couple will live on a nearby farm.
The Dubuque Telegraph Herald notes Dubuque tops Iowa cities in factory employment in the 1909 census of manufactures. Davenport reports 4,237 workers, Sioux City 4,750, Waterloo 2,812, while Dubuque counts 5,168 wage earners, ahead of all peers.
Orange Twp notes farm work as farmers finish cats sowing and start corn ground. Ten members of the Rough family are sick with measles. Jay Heever left for Wana to farm after buying land. Mrs Whipkexy is very sick with hearth trouble. T J Wesigh returned from a trip. Clyde Eightey is remodeling his house.
Springfield reports the initiative and referendum constitutional amendment, altered in parts from its draft, cleared the senate yesterday and goes to the house where a two thirds vote is needed to submit to voters in November 1912. Predicts the house will not supply the required votes.
Sprague sold his 160 acre Grundy Center area farm between Conrad and Grundy for 156 an acre to J F Weatherly. The home place, seven miles from town, had fair improvements and was bought for 9 an acre. a tenant has farmed it since Sprague retired twelve years ago. Land jumping from 9 to 138 per acre under one owner is rare in a high class county.
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