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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1911
Page
10
The Underwood company offers two main models for regular correspondence, No 4 and No 5, identical except No 5 adds four extra keys for fractions and special characters. A third model, No 3, matches No 5 but uses wider carriages from 12 to 26 inches for reports and statistics, widely used by banks railroads insurers professional accountants and corporations. The slogan claims the machine you will eventually buy.
A local health note urges readers to try Meritol Tonic Digestive to combat fatigue weakness and poor appetite. It promises stomach support, better digestion, stronger blood, and renewed energy, with Henderson Drug Co as exclusive agents endorsed by the American Drug & Press Association.
Mrs Julia Clay files for divorce from H W Clay at Grundy Center Iowa eight hundred and four miles north of Conrad alleging cruel treatment and assault. She seeks temporary alimony of 1000 and permanent alimony of 40000. Judge Ransier imposes attachment on 40000 of the husband’s property with sheriff action.
North Waterloo sees Boilermakers James Rickert and Carl Saunders visiting en route to Freeport. Families visit Cedar Falls and Glen Haven. Illinois Central brakemen Daniels Wright return to work. Jack Condon heads to Elgin. Local crew shifts affect circus trains and yard work. overhauled engines 900 902 903 prep for fruit service to Freeport. Francis Martin of Galena attends the teachers institute.
Aug 11 record from Eagle Center notes visitors arrivals departures and gatherings. Mileses Ale and Clara Struble came from Rhineland Tex for several weeks with relatives. Witty spent Sunday at Waterloo. Carl Beck John Gill and Frank Neuhalphen visited Dubuque. George Lauer of Sublett visited Chiia Struble and others. Sam Juumbus and family at George Saul home in Reinbeck. W M Bauler left for Chicago with hogs. Marie Lilley from Dewar vacationing with grandmother Mrs Jacob Schaefer. A M P society enjoyed meeting at Nick Reiter's Sunday.
Raymond Aug 11 local notes detail visits by D D Schuler and Tourner households near Dunkerton, and a Dixon family from Waterloo at Henry Poyner’s. Ezra Prangley sold 80 acres northeast of Raymond to Walter Hewett who plans new buildings this fall. Boone and wife return from Chicago and plan September in Oregon. Zimmerman family visiting Fairbank. Also an anecdote from H M Youngpeters praising Chamberlain s Stomach and Liver Tablets with claimed health gains. For sale by all dealers.
A severe rain and wind storm swept the vicinity Wednesday both forenoon and night. Mrs Emma Knopp Striker of Wisconsin visits relatives here. SP Hoover returned from an auto trip to Omaha. Miss Sadie Miller plans talks at South Waterloo church Aug 13. Miller and son Jay and Virgil Titsworth head to Canada. Mr Morris students reunion held at Hamer home last Tuesday. Mrs Purdy houses for Mrs Ira Fike. Mr and Mrs Geo Davia welcomed a baby boy born Wednesday evening. Locals plan to attend Evangelist Sunday in Vinton.
Aseptazone is advertised to cure cholera bowel trouble roup colds and canker in hens. Instructions say dissolve one ounce in a gallon of warm water and give a tablespoonful per quart of drinking water.
In La Porte City Iowa August 11 the district court granted the Hauger family the legal right to revert their surname to Hager the original spelling. The decision reflects years of mis spelling when an extra letter entered the name and most relatives now use Hager.
Seattle Aug. 11 The postal savings bank at Bremerton near the Puget Sound navy yard is full and cannot accept new deposits unless the postmaster general acts. Bremerton depositories hold their maximum funds, with one at 16009 and the other at 7500. Postmaster E L Hale has asked Hitchcock to authorize each depository to hold 20900.
Washington news reports Senator Cummins urging Senate action to abolish the monetary commission on the first day of the next session. He lambasted its extravagance citing $230,000 spent, a European trip costing $19,950, and nonproductive labor by committee staff, labeling it a convenient haven for lame ducks.
The Parkersburg Eclipse reports the death by drowning of Rev. George C. Forrest, a Baptist pastor elect who had graduated from a Pella Iowa college. He was introverted and moody, stayed with Mr Block for two weeks, and left for Town Falls Tuesday. Letters reveal a Wisconsin mother, but telegraphs to that town have not received replies. Some fear suicide, though it remains uncertain.
Toledo August 11 Miss Dorothea Jones aged 19 of Toledo has earned the doctor of philosophy degree from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. She is believed to be the youngest person in America to receive the honor. Jones earlier earned a bachelor of arts and a master of arts and has just completed the Ph D requirements.
Senator William Lorimer was sued for 6000 by the Henry Ericcaen company in Chicago, alleging payment for work done on Lorimer’s summer home two years ago. Ericcaen says no payment has ever been received and recounts Lorimer’s response about his own financial troubles.
A persuasive promotional piece explains a new approach for advertisers. It describes surveying consumers, visiting dealers, and pretesting messages to reveal why buyers choose rivals, what sections pay best, and how substitution damages sales. It claims this method accelerates distribution and increases profits.
In Cleves Iowa on August 11 a thunderbolt struck the center grain stack near HL J Miller’s barn during a storm. The stack was part of a row of twelve with four feet between, but the other nine escaped damage. No one was harmed.
In Keota Iowa a child died after eating kidney tablets prescribed for another family member. The nine year old girl found the tablets Wednesday morning and passed away at 1 PM Wednesday. The Meyers family lived about six miles north of Keota.
San Francisco dates Aug 111. Superior Judge Graham empaneled a jury of women but a quarrel interrupted proceedings. Details of the dispute and its impact on the trial remain unclear.
Judge Graham summoned 12 women to advise on custody after both parents Fabian and Catherine Callahan sought guardianship of Mary Ellen, four, in a bitter divorce case. The jurorettes debated unevenly, leading the judge to dismiss them as the panel appeared packed, and the child was placed in the Notre Dame Convent custody pending future orders.
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