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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1913
Page
5
The store advertises half price on coats and wash skirts with a broader sale tomorrow. Children’s dresses middies and hosiery items are marked for heavy reductions, including 25 cent leaders and 29 cent boot straps, with 20 percent to one fifth off other summer goods for men women and children.
Manager Jay Andrews outlines exhibition games for Waterloo after the Central Association season. Interest centers on series with Sumner Vinton and Cedar Rapids Bunnies, with deposits to ensure players stay for games. Schedule spans Sumner Cedar Rapids Vinton Cedar Rapids at Waterloo and at Keokuk Muscatine Ottumwa Hayden's home town and Labor Day finale.
Marehalltown August 15 Martin L Liddleton a prominent Minerva farmer ended his life last night by hanging in his hoghouse due to despondency over ill health. His body found this morning at five. A special train carrying Knights Templar from Toledo will pass through Waterloo Sunday afternoon en route to the Denver triennial conclave.
C. J. Parkhurst returning home from the city business section faced three assailants along Washington park. He dodged a grab and struck with a left, a right, and a final blow sending two attackers to the ground and causing a bruised eye. The others did not persist, and Parkhurst continued home without reporting the incident.
Miss Birdie Bowman of Chicago visited La Porte City this week. H. C. Goodwin and family traveled to Vinton for a Cedar River camp day. Gertrude Gardner returned from Aiken Minnesota. Mrs. W. W. Hamilton and Ruth Triem head to Duluth for the fall term. C. G. Woodley builds a summer home at Sunnyside. Mrs. D. R. Mann and daughter Modesta return from Dows and other Iowa points. Pythian Sisters and Lotus club surprise Mrs. J. H. Connell with gifts as she moves to Fort Dodge. I. C. C. F. buys Kober Clothing building for lodge use. F. S. Joyt closes his meat market. W. H. Bahr and R. B. Tripp attend Knights of Pythias grand lodge in Des Moines. R. A. Schultz visits from Sigourney Town for business and friends. W. P. Mayes visits Minnesota for land interests.
Miss May Wallace of Louisville Ky and Bert Wise son of Mr and Mrs G S Wise of Waterloo married yesterday at the bride’s Louisville home. The couple will visit Waterloo relatives for ten days then return. Wise formerly lived in Waterloo and later worked in Washington DC for the interstate commerce commission. Mrs Ralph Dunham and daughters from Ellensburg Wash visited Mr and Mrs G S Wise. The Thursday Initial club picnic at Cedar River park featured a noon Trepass and beach bathing. Helen Balliett hosted an informal gathering for Blanch Hopkins of Des Moines at her Franklin street home with needlework and refreshments.
Benjamin Brennan took a street car from Chicago City Railways barns for a personal ride. The theft went unnoticed until a fuse blew after a few blocks, and Brennan was arrested upon returning to the barn. He was fined 200 dollars for disorderly conduct.
Miss Martha MacGinnis of Sioux City arrived for a couple of weeks visit with her sister Mrs. 5. B. Dunaway at 431 Bayard Street in the city.
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