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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1913
Page
10
Cyril Hayzlett son of Mr and Mrs John G Hayzlett of Benton county died at 3 am after years long diabetes. He was 22 and lived in La Porte City all his life. Funeral from Pratt Creek church Saturday at 1 pm with interment in Westview cemetery.
John McChane eight miles east of La Porte City has laid out a town along the Interurban line to Brandon. The site sits between Black Hawk and Buchanan counties, six miles west of Brandon and four and a half south of Shady Grove. Lots will be sold as a village may form. W C F N adds a siding. coal car arrives at E O Haymond & Sons premises. Quarrys promise abundant stone for builders. farm lands along the line rise in value.
Rev Dr Lucius Clark of Manon City Iowa named to pastor Hamline Episcopal Church Washington announces the appointment. Bishop Hart Cranston lauds him as a powerful orator and a strong addition to the clergy. Clark and his wife Cornette educated at Cornell Mount Vernon and Boston university theology.
A burglar entered the home of George Hall near the stone quarry while Mrs. Hall was away. He took a bracelet and a box of pearls before fleeing as a neighbor arrived. A twelve year old son was present but unaware. Police have only a vague description of the suspect, believed to be a Greek man.
A Cedar Heights camping week, local visits and homecomings mark Waterloo notes. Miss Maud Dudley and Miss Marjorie Cheney camp, George H Twaddle visits Waterloo, and Maurice Van Metre returns from Des Moines Iowa state fair. Births, theatre plans, dam openings, and school openings are all recorded alongside local travels and civic notices.
Assistant Fire Chief Hurke and Chief of Police Leighton inspected the Majestic theatre exits yesterday afternoon. They found the river side walk satisfactory and the west side walk needing street repairs, which will be repaired at once.
Final inspection of the Courier garden contest shows Mrs. H. B. Tounshendeau winning first prize for a 50 by 71 1 2 foot plot with outlay 3.41 and expected receipts to reach 45.00 this season. C. Reader takes second and Willie Vans third. garden includes beans cabbage tomatoes carrots parsley beets okra chard and fruit beds.
Henry Macaman, 16 months, of 803 West Fifth Street, fell while crossing the kitchen with a bone in his mouth. It penetrated the roof of the mouth and required two attempts by his father to remove it. Neighbors aided after the screams drew their attention. Dr Nestor treated the child who spent a restless night and has taken little nourishment.
Y W C A notes of interest report a picnic at Cedar River park after amusements week where funds from Pain’s fireworks tickets will buy gymnasium apparatus. Miss Fatha Coleman named gym head, Edna Falls and Edna Dawson captains. Echo meetings to resume in September. Bible Institute planned for Waterlaw mid September.
A delegation of business and professional men will inspect Yo Moe AC boys camp at Waverly this evening. Led by J B Bates WR Jameson and others the trip will be by automobile. Sixty boys are encamped near Waverly under George Cockburn A W Hartquist and Joe Rintz. Mrs M R Land of Kingsley expects to return home tomorrow after a ten day visit with her parents Mr and Mrs J Van Metre.
Constable Theodore Peck located the toppled roof of the Case Dairy buttermilk tent stand near Grace Methodist church. A local concern had ripped the top from the attached stand to satisfy a claim against former proprietor D. R. Pettitt. The roof was recovered and a promise of return obtained.
City officials, led by Mayor Thompson, decide to permit automobile dealers to maintain gas filling stations in front of their places of business if they meet requirements. Earlier arrests for walkside gas stations prompted action, and a plan to arrest additional dealers was dropped.
Waterloo automomiles convoyed to Eagle Center for Mt Carmel Catholic church Harvest Home picnic. More than 7,400 attendees enjoyed athletics and a large dinner and supper prepared by rural families. Father James Takin led the event amid praise for the parish’s church and school. Paul Smith, formerly of William Galloway Co, is in serious condition after an overstudy breakdown.
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