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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1911
Page
3
Marshalltown Va August 10 large attendance from Tama and nearby reservations as Buffalo Bill Pawnee Bill show arrives. Indians travel in autos to the city to watch performances while locals attend with families and friends scenes of the old west juxtaposed with modern travel.
Waverly notes a D A F R society gathering last Thursday at Eva Beebe home with a four course luncheon. Mrs H McMeekin improves after surgery at the hospital. Mr and Mrs I Pool plan a three week trip through New England starting next week via Kingston and the St Lawrence. H S Goodepeld and daughters Miss Nettle and Mrs W Ellaworth return from a visit to Clear Lake.
A well dressed young man repaid J. J. Mc Call 25 cents for a meal eaten at the Arcade restaurant two months earlier in Webster City Iowa. He explained he was down and out then and now has a steady job in a nearby town. He would not reveal his name.
Mon news includes machinery startup this week and upcoming work. Mrs J F P Auner travels to Idaho for her father's illness. B I L entertained P B O ladies with a David Blspam concert in Charles City and banquet at Hildreth House.
Mrs. G. W. Fairchild longtime Delaware resident died recently in Everett Washington. Her remains reached Manchester and were taken to Hon. Calvin Yoran’s home where funeral services were held. Interment followed in Oakland cemetery. Born in Wisconsin.
A violent electrical storm swept Delaware county causing multiple barn fires on the R. R. Robinson and Clugston farms. One barn burned with 40 tons of hay, cement, and tools lost. another granary destroyed. a newer barn saved by neighbors. Livestock losses included one horse and three calves. grain and bread yields hampered by rain. Iowa Falls also saw heavy rain reviving pastures and wind damage.
Ulysses Neb Aug 10 A wealthy rancher Bruce Porterfield married Miss Nettie Blackmore after winning an ear of red corn at a husking bee. Porterfield died soon after transferring his property to his wife, leaving her a large inheritance.
The Methodist church in Cylinder Iowa under Rev. Henry Blair held an open air service with a town band led by Prof. Fritz Granzow of Algona. The second such service attracted nearly the entire 200 population plus about 200 visitors by auto from surrounding areas.
Waverly Democrat notes Conductor M G Mitch ell first settled in Spring Creek township Black Hawk county fifty years ago and on his fiftieth anniversary visited the area where he once farmed and later pursued railroad work. His early life included driving expertise despite a lack of horses and extensive local travel on rural roads.
An elderly resident recounts a journey by oxen rather than a motor car, noting the oxen Buck and Bright handle well with a confident yes and how command. He enjoyed the trip, met three old settlers in Spring Creek township, and plans to return often to drive oxen again on Black Hawk county roads.
Aug Dietz known as defender of Cameron dam is seriously ill at Waupun prison from blood poisoning after a wound from last October battle with deputy sheriffs. Telegraph reports his right hand infection remains due to a dum-dum bullet that shattered it and left splinters. Conditions described as precarious.
An editorial defends meat-packers against critics who ask how much they profit. It argues packers must earn large margins, condemns attempts to embarrass them, and urges restraint while promoting Foley Kidney Pills as a remedy ad.
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