Vinton civic program and church events headline
The Vinton civic association staged a successful annual assembly with officers elected and plans for a 1914 gathering. A Mother Goose entertainment is set for Sept 5 on the EH. F. Young lawn.
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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1913
Page
3
The Vinton civic association staged a successful annual assembly with officers elected and plans for a 1914 gathering. A Mother Goose entertainment is set for Sept 5 on the EH. F. Young lawn.
In Jesup Aug 29 roundup, residents mark visits, travels, and family news. Independence’s H L Hawkins visits. infant son of Mr and Mrs Miller reported ill last week. Guests include Mrs C Cook and two children from Littleton. Miss Grace Fox and Miss Lambert at Waterloo. extended stays by several locals in Winthrop and Cedar Rapids. The fall session of the Dubuque ee begins Sept 16 17. Local trips to Lake Okoboji Charles City and Des Moines noted. Abbott and Parker bought Eben Little farm for 35000. Reverend J A Cochren resigns and prepares farewell sermons in Sioux Rapids.
Grant Becker visits Bay City kin while others travel and stay with family. Dr FH Zellhofer and wife Clarksville along with Florence Landgraft and Ralph Eickelberg of Waterloo return after a Shell Rock camp week. Mr and Mrs Ross Garner and daughter host in Waverly. Mrs Marshall Noble visits Waverly relatives. Mrs Meyers and daughter Helen of Davenport visit S D Newell home. Rey Ward of Shell Rock spends Sunday with Chas Williams. Mrs Fred Jacobs Mrs Percy Watson and son Cedar Falls guests at C A George home last week.
In Raymond on August 21 A Burtin visited family briefly before returning home. Mrs A Milla of Waterloo spent Saturday night with daughter Mrs Lynn Smith then left Sunday for Independence to see her mother Mrs Crithia George. Mrs W B Clough visited last week with sister Mrs A W Steeley. Mr and Mrs John Naughton and daughters Annabel and Harriet from South Englewood Chicago visited in the area.
Several Raymond and Waterloo visitors are noted visiting relatives in Cedar Rapids and Waterloo areas. Town residents attend Paine's fireworks, a M. E. Ald Society picnic, and a Wild West show. Local travel includes trips to Jesup, Janesville, and nearby Nebraska. Illnesses include a broken arm from a fall and asthma affecting Charlie Prangley’s son.
Mrs Oscar Casey and daughter Gertrude of Cedar Rapids visit P E McGarvey’s. George Thomas of Waterloo buys horses locally. Louis Weber and mother visit Raymond and John Jungen home. Eagle Center nine wins 12 to 6 at Clutter. Patrick Mullen visits daughter Mrs John Ryan in Austin. Peter Smith family visit Tom Conry in Dubuque. Andrew Lury returns to Marshalltown. Goldie Sessil returns to Muscatine. Twaites brothers visit relatives in Shady Grove. Harvest home picnic scheduled for Aug 27. Theodore Klein and Philip Beck families visit Bancroft. Leo Casey of Dysart visits relatives. Lilley family moving into new house. Peter Beck and Thomas Conry attend Elk Run picnic.
In Marble Rock Aug 21 news covers visits from Nora Springs Cedar Rapids and Waterloo, a lightning incident killing four horses and injuring another near Losee property, a circle trip to Waterloo for a circus, and a large local hostess event at the Shepardson home with musical numbers and a three course reception. Out of town guests include Mrs Stocker from San Diego and several from Greene Ames Charles City and Seattle.
Plainfield notes list Ricka Creger returning from Waterloo and visitors Elsie Barth Nashua Ruth Newcomb La Crosse Wis. Will Wade and family travel to Boscobel Wis and then to Dubuque to visit Mrs. Wade's sister Mrs. Starr. John Biers driving horse was not completed in text.
The community notes a Sunday lightning strike damaging grain stacks at the Harry Michael farm in Greenwood and a rough road prompt for new crossings. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Ray Hinman of Waterloo with family, Miss Beastie Wright, and several others from Estherville Boone Des Moines and Osage.
In Jublies on Aug 21 Bernard Widfile of Benarden Rinche threshers breaks a knee badly after teammates fearfully drop him under a wagon. Wilbirn the blacksmith injures a big toe. Miss Sauerbrie and Miss Beamon from Waverly visit relatives. C Bower sells shelling from 68 cents a bushel. New corn crop is wetter than expected. Osa Lange and Miss Bunce marry and move to the A Lange farm. Mr Gurtz from Indianapolis is Welting at the Lange farm. Mr and Mrs Herbert Benarden welcome a baby girl. C F Benarden receives a carload of Waterloo flour.
Resinol Ointment is advertised as a fast acting antiseptic remedy that stops itching and begins healing immediately. The ad claims eighteen years of doctor prescription use and availability in opal jars priced at fifty cents or one dollar, with samples offered by mail from Dept. M Retinol Baltimore MD.
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