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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1914
Page
12
Cedar Falls finds social whirl with Edith Harker’s Sioux City visit and Rev B R Wiener returning from revival in Richfield. The community hosts gatherings, welcomes guests, and debates naming for a new hotel, The Black Hawk, with opening planned by February 1 under proprietor John Gemmill.
An early 20th century style advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a powerful blood purifier and health tonic. It claims to strengthen nerves, improve digestion, clear skin, and purify blood by cleansing impurities through liver, bowels, kidneys, and skin, promising renewed vigor and youth.
An advertisement offers Doctor Pierce's cloth bound medical treatise of over 1 000 pages with color plates. Readers may obtain by paying mailing charges. send 20 cents for mail charges to Dr. Pierce, Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N Y, with this notice.
C R Hansen 623 Lafayette street Waterloo jewelry and music store proprietor died at St. Francis hospital after pneumonia complications. Born in Denmark 64 years ago he lived in Waterloo 12 years after moving from Savannah Illinois in 1902. Survived by widow Johanna and two children F N Hansen and Mrs L A Bittorf with funeral set for St Josephs church at 9 tomorrow.
Mrs Hanna Grace Coale aged 59 died at her home at 1312 third avenue west at 4 30 this morning after a lingering illness due to cancer. She was born in Georgetown Ohio on August 28 1855 and had been a resident of this city only five years. She married W N Coale in Bloomington Indiana on April 25 1889 and survives along with three sisters and one brother and children Gertrude Spencer Huntington Ind Ben Coale Waterloo and Albert Coale Logansport. She attended Walnut Street Baptist church. The remains were taken to Peterson Bros undertaking parlors and a prayer service will be held at 8 o clock with Rev J B Smith. The remains will be sent Holden Illinois for funeral services Wednesday afternoon.
The message expresses gratitude to neighbors and friends for kindness during illness and death of Mrs. John Greenley. Signed by Mrs. Grant Willier and brothers and sisters, with thanks for many beautiful flowers.
Authorities clarified that the Black Hawk county quarantine for foot and mouth disease is only modified, not lifted. Owners with stock ready for market may ship to Chicago or packing centers after inspection and postshipment approval by Dr. Scott. no interstate shipments without federal clearance. A government inspector arrived to examine three or four carloads from Chicago to Black Hawk and Buchanan counties to assess any disease presence amid coordinated state vet efforts.
The Waterloo tonight presents The Prince of Pilsen with John W. Ransone Edward T. Mora and Dorothy Delmar among others in an all star revival with a special orchestra directed by Victor Clark. Also Annette Kellerman headlines Neptune’s Daughter in a seven reel vaudeville drama arriving from New York. Alma Where Do You Live features Joe Weber Friday Dec 11 with French vaudeville translation by George W. Hobart. Sarah Padden stars in The Little Shepherd of Bargain Row Saturday with a large company and 25c matinee at 2:30.
Des Moines December 8 reports from the Iowa state fruit men meeting that the past season proves Iowa suitable for commercial apple growing across much of the state. Fine apple exhibits, strong efforts in cooperative buying for spraying and boxing, and plans to expand the cooperative orchard work are noted. Prof. Pammel discusses native Iowa shrubs, and an apple judging contest will feature teams from Iowa Kansas and Nebraska with an identification contest by Ames students. Charles G. Patten of Charles City attends and reports on fruit development and promising pears.
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