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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1911
Page
12
Mrs George Haskins of Lamont Iowa was stricken with paralytic strokes during breakfast yesterday morning and died at 9 30 a m without regaining consciousness. The obituary notes the morning meal event and location. The report identifies the deceased and gives the time of death.
Boston today opened the annual eight day aviation meet with stars including Lincoln Beachey George Beatty Tom Sopwith and Earl Ovington highlighting the program.
In Kankakee on August 26 Jim Joker an employee of the Kankakee to Milk company was electrocuted while hoisting ice cream from the basement to the roof of an elevator. He touched a motor switch blade and 220 volts passed through his body in the accident.
Sioux City Tribune details Friday evening parties for visiting guests, with Mrs Claire Sedgwick hosting a dinner for Miss Mildred Ward and Mr Morgan Ward of Chicago. Among 60 guests are Sewall Vaughn of Cleveland and Misses Fulton Mann Ade and White from various states. A 9 o'clock breakfast followed for Waterloo guest Miss Charlotte Mann and Chicago guest Miss Harriett Ade.
Waterloo society notes describe gatherings at homes on Logan and Mulberry with fancy work, flowers, and light refreshments. Miss Harriett Purtell of Chicago visits. card parties feature five hundred with prizes. an art collection by Theo dore Neswold is shown at Dr. and Mrs. Small’s. A Galloway Club dinner features a formal program and out of town guests.
Obtain the up to date pattern of accompanying design by filling the coupon and sending it to Fashion Department Wa Terloo Evening Courier with 10 cents per pattern. Patterns include seams. orders filled promptly and should arrive within ten days after sending.
Des Moines August 26 crowds flocked to Iowa's greatest fair as children day opened. Wright aviators Philip Parmalee and J Clifford Turpin were to perform several flights at the amphitheatre while Ray Harroun’s racing car enters auto races. The naval wireless station briefly down due to a sound wave incident is back in operation.
The Waterloo markets saw their largest turnout this week with 63 wagons at the east side and about 1,500 people inspecting produce. Prices collapsed as watermelons went to 5 cents each, with three melons for a nickel signaling a broader market drop. Potatoes sold at $1.10 to $1.20 per bushel, eggs 19 cents a dozen, and live poultry and fish at prior week's prices. Patrolman Tom Morris enforced freshness by removing decayed fruit from sale. Local growers and visitors from nearby towns were noted, including W W H Ensign, Rev. J E B Ensign, and guests from Los Angeles and Earlville.
Union Mercantile company once funded by Waterloo unions is now in the hands of three trustees, with J. B. Webb managing, after failing to collect $4,000 in patron debts. The firm, formed as a $50,000 corporation, has about 34,000 paid-in stock and plans a capital raise of $2,090 to $4,000 to return to union control. A fund will be established to ensure full repayment before resuming management. A separate note records the birth of a baby boy at 712 pounds.
King’s Daughters of the First M E church plan a musical evening Friday Sept 1 at the Waterloo First M E church. Viola Knittle concert soloist with Miriam Marsh as accompanist and pianist. program includes works by Haydn Massenet Liszt Weber Puccini Gounod Mendelssohn Homer Quilter and more to raise funds.
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