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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1913
Page
5
Napoleon the bulldog endures a harsh whipping by a larger dog yet remains defiant. News spreads through the farm as animals recount the fight and Napoleon’s stubborn pride, transforming him from a beaten foe into a local hero. The tale closes with tomorrow’s teaser, The Party Dress.
In Dunkerton Iowa for June butter price 30 cents. Local visits include Mr and Mrs Frank Halda of Cedar Rapids with Rev Father Kopecky of Barclay. Twins born to H G Peverill. a Wapsiee picnic. threshing to begin next week. John Grinnell painting Henry Koester’s barn in Barclay. Various visits by Miss Sophia Wingert, Miss Christina Augustine, and others. Elapsed travels by H L Hazel to New York. local farming activity noted along with school and building projects.
Selections from Independence Iowa and nearby communities report visitors and travels. Rev C A Peddicord returned from a three week vacation with friends at Dewitt and Delmar while Mrs Peddicord and Alice remained. W M Higbee and wife visited Dubuque to see their son Herbert and wife. John Kane died in Minneapolis after a serious illness. funeral held at the Catholic church. L D and Elijah Lowell mourned by the community as two brothers lost within seven weeks. C B Everett and L J Kane were in Independence. Isaac Chase and wife visited relatives in Nebraska. Mae Adams and Dora Bushby attend the Independence teachers institute. Chas Elliott and son Clyde hosted by Perry Elliott and wife at Waterloo. Frank and Les Peters, new Strawberry Point store owners, spent Sunday with relatives. Rev and Mrs Alexander Roberson who stayed here and at Dunkerton returned to Chicago. Mrs Lilly Dewald returned from Stephen Minnesota after visiting her children.
Shady Grove notes threshing near completion with oats of good quality. Charles Tompson of Allison visits aunt Mrs. Margaret Hilton. Mrs. Wesley Hilton and two sons visit Clermont relatives. Fred Schutte family visit Dysart area. Dunk Wills family with four daughters stay with Mrs. W. C. Kenney. Harry and LeRoy Van Sochem of Dysart visit for Moline car demonstration. Mrs. Fred Stumma visits Waterloo. Lizzie Freyling and Anna Feck return from a outing.
Mr and Mrs Chas Orren visited relatives and friends at Eagle Center and Waterloo during a recent trip.
Miss Mabel Schutte returns from a week with relatives at Burt. Mr and Mrs Oshlerts and Vera Peck visit Dysart relatives. Wm Freyling family and Delia Funks trip to Sheldon and back eighty five miles. Bittingers Peters Peck guests at Dan Peck home. Peters visits daughter near Eagle Center. Hilton family visits Lamont relatives.
Des Moines reports Clem F. Kimball of Council Bluffs a strong favorite to be elected grand chancellor at the Knights of Pythias Iowa grand lodge convention opening August 12. Senator A C Savage of Adair retires after a term. Pythian Sisters join the convention. over 500 delegates expected, total crowd about 1000.
Swea City Iowa Aug 6 The twentieth district of the W C T U of Iowa closed a successful annual convention at Swea City with more than thirty delegates. State president Mrs Hurford assisted. Carrie V A Lucas of Clarion delivered a well received suffrage address. Officers elected were Dora Smith Eagle Grove president Annie Reilly Goldfield vice president William Ferguson Swea City secretary Harriet Keith Rowan treasurer.
Mr W B Gungalus of Fleming Pennsylvania reports fourteen years of use with his family and calls Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy an excellent medicine. For sale by all dealers.
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