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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1911
Page
4
Waverly notes show residents traveling to Chicago Cedar Falls and northern Michigan. Local moves include D W Stewart to Waterloo and East Water Street. Verghround appointments include Rev Albert Rice and Vern Woodring as choir leader. Pearl fishering profits reported and funeral notice for Mrs Harry Player in Tampa Florida.
Berlin reports John G A Leishman has been proposed by Washington to become ambassador to replace Dr David J Hil who resigned last spring. Highmey's.
Oak Ridge residents hosted and visited relatives during the week. Clark Streeter and Uncle E P Streeter hosted a Sunday call, while Miss Ellen Mullarky from the county recorder’s office heads to a two week vacation. Henry Stiles reunites with Col George Whitney, lifelong friends who shared Civil War service and a later G A R meeting. Potatoes priced at 40 cents a peck at C H H Eighmey’s.
Visits unfold as Mr and Mrs Charles Berker travel to Michigan to see their daughter. W H Bickebberg buys a horse team from John Algyre this week. Earl Cortright begins threshing with his outfit. Mr and Mrs Merek Noble visit Wa ter ton and stay with Daniel Newell. Walter Robinson and family spend Sunday with his mother in Cedar Falls. Mrs Jacobs visits Walter Robinsons home. Genevieve Cortright visits a friend in Waterloo. Walter Robinson buys a horse team from Coddington and Laird in Waverly. Florence Brownlee of Cedar Falls visits Golda Gerholdt.
The bulletin reports Iowa showers tonight with fair conditions in the west, Illinois expecting rain and cooler spells, and South Dakota fair with slight cooling. Chicago wheat futures rose on Russia crop optimism and Indian rain worries, with domestic reports later showing varied gains. St Louis, Kansas City, and Omaha live stock markets reflect steady to strong openings for cattle, hogs, and sheep, while Chicago produce and cash corn and oats show steady to firm pricing. New York stocks close mixed with rail and metals issues leading.
Classified items show multiple notices: front room for rent with hot and cold water near central west side. several rental offers including a five room house on Reed street. furnished room near downtown for two gentlemen. a six or seven room house needed by Sept 1 with good references. business inquiries from a meat cutter and a cook for Hotel Terry LaPorte. a steam boiler for sale. two sures for sale. lost gold bracelet FE M H. and a reward for a long red bill folder with valuables at Courier office.
Aunt Sally Davidson aged sixty five lives with daughter and family. Lively grandmother braves poverty to attend a circus with Providence as her guide. She enjoys the show, returns home, and vows to keep limber until her death, her tomb reading Gone to Bet Reward.
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