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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1911
Page
8
The Underwood company markets standard typewriters in two main models, No 4 and No 5, identical except No 5 adds four extra keys for fractions and special characters. A special Model No 3 provides wider carriage widths from 12 to 26 inches for reports and statistics and is favored by banks railroads insurers and professional firms. Sales of Underwood lead the field, marketed as The Machine You Will Eventually Buy.
Colonel William F Cody says he will retire after this season and split time between Cody Wyoming ranch and mining property in Arizona. He vows to remain active and continue riding, hiking to the Rockies, with no plan for a rocking chair. He notes the wild West era has passed and the Indian is turning to farming, while he reflects on his long career since 1872.
A famed Wild West performer announces his farewell appearance, saying he will stay busy with mining ventures in Nebraska, Wyoming, and Arizona. He notes he may visit the East occasionally but emphasizes his public thanks and goodbye.
The nineteenth annual Iowa conference Evangelical association camp meeting begins at the Coliseum Chautauqua Park Aug 16 led by Bishop S P Spreng of Cleveland Ohio. The Iowa Young People's Alliance conference meets Aug 21 with varied sermons choristers and prayer services planned.
A fragment lists marriages or engagements involving Grant Hartshorn of Waterloo and Edith Sellers of Waterton, plus Ross B Franklin with Nellie Wilks and William Kerr with Elisabeth Cremer, all connected to Waterloo or nearby towns.
Rev. George Forest pastor at Parkersburg Baptist Church drowned in the Iowa River near Iowa Falls while bathing with a party from the Iowa Baptist Sunday School assembly. He was 27, unmarried, and had filled the Parkersburg pulpit on several occasions. A funeral arrangement had not been set. Also noted is the death of Dr Roberta L McClern, 46, of the same city from sarcoma after months of illness. Survived by mother Mrs R F McClern and several siblings.
Mrs. B C Budd of Bentonville Arkansas, a Waterloo native for 44 years, visits friends here to handle farm business in Orange township. She plans to return home next week and notes Arkansas apples are large. A Des Moines area neighbor reportedly sold his apple crop for 15000 dollars last season. Her son in law G S Miller and daughter run an apple farm nearby.
Mr and Mrs Karl Joder were stuck in Des Moines as roads to Waterloo became impassable after heavy rains. They planned to return by car but weather delays and worsening conditions forced delays and a transfer to train as advised by Joder's father.
A congressional investigation is described as a contrivance to aid re election. Miss Estelle Williams of Janesville Wisconsin visits relatives Frank Stherling and daughters at 315 Mullan avenue east.
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